Hydrological Study - Sovereign Base Areas Cyprus

Consulting CYPRUS
Greater Sandplover, and breeding Black-winged Stilt, Eleonora’s and Peregrine
Falcons and Griffon Vulture, it is also possible to estimate population sizes.
On the other hand, data on population sizes of other important species, such as
breeding, wintering and migrating populations of Mediterranean Shag, Cyprus
Warbler and Eurasian Thick-knee are not sufficient.
Overall, the majority of data from the area has focused on the presence / absence of
bird species in the area, and on calculating population sizes. Information on bird use
around the antennas has also been studied. However, ecological studies of the
requirements of particular species, e.g. of their breeding and feeding biology, or of
food-web structures in the area, are lacking, apart from one study investigating the
bird-habitat relationship of the bird species occurring at Akrotiri Peninsula. In this
study, thirteen habitat types representing all habitat types found in the area, were
identified and mapped, and monitored regularly for one year. One hundred and
fifteen bird species were recorded throughout the duration of the study (Hadjikyriakou
2011).
4.4 Phallocryptus (Branchinella) spinosa
4.4.1 Status of the taxonomy of Phallocryptus (Branchinella) spinosa
The anostracan family of crustaceans known as Thamnocephalidae, particularly the
genus Branchinella, has long been a convenient drawer to keep fairy shrimps with
dubious affinities. It is only recently that Rogers (2003, 2006) made a major revision
of the Branchinella genus and changed to Phallocryptus. We collected live
specimens and shipped them to C. Rogers (world specialist in anostracan taxonomy)
for positive ID.
4.4.2 Status of Phallocryptus (Branchinella) spinosa in the IUCN Red List
P. spinosa appear to be broadly distributed and without immediate threats to their
continued existence, and it is categorized under the IUCN criteria as “Species of
Least Concern” (Rogers 2006, and http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/search).
4.4.3 Status of Phallocryptus (Branchinella) spinosa in Cyprus and elsewhere
The general distribution of Phallocryptus spinosa is a disjunct mosaic of populations:
west to the Iberian Peninsula, through the Mediterranean Basin, Ukraine,
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