This protocol for monitoring the southern damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale has been produced as partof Life in UK Rivers – a project to develop methods for conserving the wildlife and habitats of riverswithin the Natura 2000 network of protected European sites.The project’s focus has been theconservation of rivers identified as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and of relevant habitats andspecies listed in annexes I and II of the European Union Directive on the Conservation of NaturalHabitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora (92/43/EEC) (the Habitats Directive).
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