Tourist activity in the Croatian national parks

U odnosu na susjedne zemlje, Hrvatska je zemlja s mnogo nacionalnih parkova u odnosu na njenu veličinu. U Hrvatskoj danas ima 8 nacionalnih parkova, i to su: Plitvička jezera, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka i Sjeverni Velebit. Velika prirodna raznolikost naše zemlje razlog je vrlo velike različitosti naših nacionalnih parkova. Tako su tri parka planinska (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) i ujedno su to najmanje posjećeni parkovi jer turisti nisu uvijek i planinari. Iskreno, meni su ta tri nacionalna parka najdraža jer se jedino u njima tokom cijele godine može uživati u ljepoti prirode i tišini. Tri otočna nacionalna parka (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) više su posjećena od planinskih. Mogućnosti iznajmljivanja (ili kupnje) broda omogućuje lakše razgledavanje tih parkova. Njih više posjećuju strani turisti, pogotovo oni s više novaca. Najposjećeniji hrvatski nacionalni park su Plitvička jezera, o odmah iza njih po broju gostiju slijedi Nacionalni park Krka. Ta su dva parka jasan primjer bogate krške hidrografije s mnoštvom vodopada i sedrenih barijera. Osam hrvatskih nacionalnih parkova lani je posjetilo 2.140.759 turista, od čega 1.781.999 stranih. Gotovo polovicu od njih zabilježili su na Plitvičkim jezerima, dok je dodatnih 696.000 posjetilo Nacionalni park Krku. Ta dva parka posjete tri četvrtine na godišnjoj razini registriranih posjetitelja nacionalnih parkova. Zanimljiv je podatak da se čak 80 posto posjetitelja ponovno vraća u taj nacionalni park, što je dovoljan dokaz da je riječ o kvalitetnom izletu.Compared to neighbouring countries, Croatia is a country with many national parks in relation to its size. In Croatia today there are 8 national parks, and they are: Plitvice, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka and Sjeverni (Northern) Velebit. Great natural diversity of our country is very big reason for the diversity of our national parks. Three of parks are ‘mountain parks’ (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) and also are at least visited parks for tourists because tourists are not always mountaineers. Honestly, my favourite national parks are those because only in them you can enjoy the beauty of nature and silence all year. Three island national parks (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) are more visited the mountain. If you rent (or purchase) a boat you can easily tour the parks. Their visitors are foreign tourists, especially those with more money. The most visited Croatian national park are Plitvice lakes. Behind them, by the number of guests, followed the National Park Krka. These two parks are a clear example of the rich karst hydrography/ hydrography of debris (?) with numerous waterfalls and travertine dams. 2,140,759 tourists visited Croatian national parks last year, of which 1,781,999 foreign. Almost half of them visited Plitvice Lakes, while 696,000 visited Krka National Park. Three quarters of registered visitors to Croatian national parks visits these two parks. An interesting fact is that even 80 percent of visitor returns to the national park, which is sufficient proof that a trip was good

Tourist activity in the Croatian national parks

U odnosu na susjedne zemlje, Hrvatska je zemlja s mnogo nacionalnih parkova u odnosu na njenu veličinu. U Hrvatskoj danas ima 8 nacionalnih parkova, i to su: Plitvička jezera, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka i Sjeverni Velebit. Velika prirodna raznolikost naše zemlje razlog je vrlo velike različitosti naših nacionalnih parkova. Tako su tri parka planinska (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) i ujedno su to najmanje posjećeni parkovi jer turisti nisu uvijek i planinari. Iskreno, meni su ta tri nacionalna parka najdraža jer se jedino u njima tokom cijele godine može uživati u ljepoti prirode i tišini. Tri otočna nacionalna parka (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) više su posjećena od planinskih. Mogućnosti iznajmljivanja (ili kupnje) broda omogućuje lakše razgledavanje tih parkova. Njih više posjećuju strani turisti, pogotovo oni s više novaca. Najposjećeniji hrvatski nacionalni park su Plitvička jezera, o odmah iza njih po broju gostiju slijedi Nacionalni park Krka. Ta su dva parka jasan primjer bogate krške hidrografije s mnoštvom vodopada i sedrenih barijera. Osam hrvatskih nacionalnih parkova lani je posjetilo 2.140.759 turista, od čega 1.781.999 stranih. Gotovo polovicu od njih zabilježili su na Plitvičkim jezerima, dok je dodatnih 696.000 posjetilo Nacionalni park Krku. Ta dva parka posjete tri četvrtine na godišnjoj razini registriranih posjetitelja nacionalnih parkova. Zanimljiv je podatak da se čak 80 posto posjetitelja ponovno vraća u taj nacionalni park, što je dovoljan dokaz da je riječ o kvalitetnom izletu.Compared to neighbouring countries, Croatia is a country with many national parks in relation to its size. In Croatia today there are 8 national parks, and they are: Plitvice, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka and Sjeverni (Northern) Velebit. Great natural diversity of our country is very big reason for the diversity of our national parks. Three of parks are ‘mountain parks’ (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) and also are at least visited parks for tourists because tourists are not always mountaineers. Honestly, my favourite national parks are those because only in them you can enjoy the beauty of nature and silence all year. Three island national parks (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) are more visited the mountain. If you rent (or purchase) a boat you can easily tour the parks. Their visitors are foreign tourists, especially those with more money. The most visited Croatian national park are Plitvice lakes. Behind them, by the number of guests, followed the National Park Krka. These two parks are a clear example of the rich karst hydrography/ hydrography of debris (?) with numerous waterfalls and travertine dams. 2,140,759 tourists visited Croatian national parks last year, of which 1,781,999 foreign. Almost half of them visited Plitvice Lakes, while 696,000 visited Krka National Park. Three quarters of registered visitors to Croatian national parks visits these two parks. An interesting fact is that even 80 percent of visitor returns to the national park, which is sufficient proof that a trip was good

Tourist activity in the Croatian national parks

U odnosu na susjedne zemlje, Hrvatska je zemlja s mnogo nacionalnih parkova u odnosu na njenu veličinu. U Hrvatskoj danas ima 8 nacionalnih parkova, i to su: Plitvička jezera, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka i Sjeverni Velebit. Velika prirodna raznolikost naše zemlje razlog je vrlo velike različitosti naših nacionalnih parkova. Tako su tri parka planinska (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) i ujedno su to najmanje posjećeni parkovi jer turisti nisu uvijek i planinari. Iskreno, meni su ta tri nacionalna parka najdraža jer se jedino u njima tokom cijele godine može uživati u ljepoti prirode i tišini. Tri otočna nacionalna parka (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) više su posjećena od planinskih. Mogućnosti iznajmljivanja (ili kupnje) broda omogućuje lakše razgledavanje tih parkova. Njih više posjećuju strani turisti, pogotovo oni s više novaca. Najposjećeniji hrvatski nacionalni park su Plitvička jezera, o odmah iza njih po broju gostiju slijedi Nacionalni park Krka. Ta su dva parka jasan primjer bogate krške hidrografije s mnoštvom vodopada i sedrenih barijera. Osam hrvatskih nacionalnih parkova lani je posjetilo 2.140.759 turista, od čega 1.781.999 stranih. Gotovo polovicu od njih zabilježili su na Plitvičkim jezerima, dok je dodatnih 696.000 posjetilo Nacionalni park Krku. Ta dva parka posjete tri četvrtine na godišnjoj razini registriranih posjetitelja nacionalnih parkova. Zanimljiv je podatak da se čak 80 posto posjetitelja ponovno vraća u taj nacionalni park, što je dovoljan dokaz da je riječ o kvalitetnom izletu.Compared to neighbouring countries, Croatia is a country with many national parks in relation to its size. In Croatia today there are 8 national parks, and they are: Plitvice, Paklenica, Risnjak, Mljet, Kornati, Brijuni, Krka and Sjeverni (Northern) Velebit. Great natural diversity of our country is very big reason for the diversity of our national parks. Three of parks are ‘mountain parks’ (Risnjak, Paklenica, Sjeverni Velebit) and also are at least visited parks for tourists because tourists are not always mountaineers. Honestly, my favourite national parks are those because only in them you can enjoy the beauty of nature and silence all year. Three island national parks (Kornati, Mljet, Brijuni) are more visited the mountain. If you rent (or purchase) a boat you can easily tour the parks. Their visitors are foreign tourists, especially those with more money. The most visited Croatian national park are Plitvice lakes. Behind them, by the number of guests, followed the National Park Krka. These two parks are a clear example of the rich karst hydrography/ hydrography of debris (?) with numerous waterfalls and travertine dams. 2,140,759 tourists visited Croatian national parks last year, of which 1,781,999 foreign. Almost half of them visited Plitvice Lakes, while 696,000 visited Krka National Park. Three quarters of registered visitors to Croatian national parks visits these two parks. An interesting fact is that even 80 percent of visitor returns to the national park, which is sufficient proof that a trip was good

Fish Monitoring in Kornati National Park: Baited, Remote, Underwater Video (BRUV) Versus Trammel Net Sampling

We evaluated (1) the suitability of two alternative methods for fish monitoring: trammel net sampling and BRUV (Baited Remote Underwater Video), and (2) the potential to cross-calibrate the methods based on a set of shared species with high catch probabilities. A statistical power analysis concluded that BRUV can be conducted with sufficient sample size to perceive small changes in fish populations with high power, and therefore can be used as a sentinel monitoring method. We found that fish species detected by both methods amounted to almost a third of the number of species in each method’s catch, and that 90% of these species are candidates for cross-calibration. 74% of the species at BRUV and 50% at trammel had occurrence probabilities above 10%, a reasonable threshold allowing stock assessment of these species. The sampled and predicted total species richness, extrapolated from the species accumulation curves, were almost identical across methods. We conclude that cross-calibrating the two methods and eventual replacement of the trammel method with non-destructive BRUV is feasible. The most effective areas of improvement are increased BRUV night-sampling effort and increased total sampling size to increase the statistical power of BRUV as a monitoring tool. This work has been supported under the Croatian Science Foundation under the project COREBIO (3107)

Population dynamics of red mullet (Mullus surmuletus) in the wider area of Kornati National Park

Stanje i sezonska dinamika priobalnih naselja populacije trlja od kamena istraživani su mjesečno, od siječnja do prosinca 2009. godine, analizom lovina mreža poponica veličine oka srednjeg sloja (mahe) 28 mm. Istraživanje je provedeno na četiri lokaliteta od kojih su tri bila u Nacionalnom parku ''Kornati'' (zona ''stroge zaštite'' – Klobučar, zona ''djelomične zaštite'' – Mana i Kurba Vela), a jedan izvan granica Parka (nezaštićena zona – Žutska Aba). Na temelju prikupljenih podataka analizirane su biološke i ekološke osobitosti ciljane vrste, te je određena starost svih ulovljenih jedinki. Tokom godinu dana prikupljeno je 947 jedinki čija brojnost na područjima pod različitim režimom zaštite ne ukazuje na veće vrijednosti ''strogo zaštićenih područja'', kao ni veće vrijednosti unutar Parka u odnosu na područje izvan Parka.Recent state and seasonal fluctuations of striped red mullet have been investigated monthly (January – December 2009) using trammel bottom net (''maha'' mesh size 28 mm) at four areas out of which tree were inside Kornati National Park (strictly protected zone – Klobučar Island; partially protected zones – Mana and Kurba Vela Islands) and one zone was outside of Kornati National Park (Žut Island). Biological and ecological characteristics of the target species were analyzed and age of individuals were determined. During the year 2009 collected 947 individuals whose abundance in areas with different protection regime does not indicate a higher value ''strictly protected areas'', or greater value within the park compared area outside the park