A5080501112- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Environmental Science and Water Management
- Plant Ecology and Taxonomy Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine and environmental studies
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Selenium in Biological Systems
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Plant Ecology and Soil Science
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Botanical Studies and Applications
- Aquatic and Environmental Studies
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
University of Osijek
2014-2025
Abstract To determine the drivers of phytoplankton biomass, we collected standardized morphometric, physical, and biological data in 230 lakes across Mediterranean, Continental, Boreal climatic zones European continent. Multilinear regression models tested on this snapshot mostly eutrophic (median total phosphorus [TP] = 0.06 nitrogen [TN] 0.7 mg L −1 ), its subsets (2 depth types 3 zones), show that light climate stratification strength were most significant explanatory variables for...
Extreme hydrological events have become more frequent in the Danube River Basin recent decades. In this research, we focus on consequences of such dynamic invasive cyanobacteria Raphidiopsis raciborskii (Wołoszyńska) Aguilera et al. (formerly known as Cylindrospermopsis Seenayya Subba Raju). floodplain lake used a case study, investigated period from 2003 to 2016 was characterized by cyclical occurrence extreme floods (2006 and 2013) droughts (2003 2015). As result, changed several times...
Abstract Under ongoing climate change and increasing anthropogenic activity, which continuously challenge ecosystem resilience, an in-depth understanding of ecological processes is urgently needed. Lakes, as providers numerous services, face multiple stressors that threaten their functioning. Harmful cyanobacterial blooms are a persistent problem resulting from nutrient pollution climate-change induced stressors, like poor transparency, increased water temperature enhanced stratification....
The freshwater cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii is an invasive species that was originally described as tropical and now widely distributed in temperate regions. current taxonomic position established based on a multilevel approach with the morphological description of natural populations well their ultrastructural, physiological molecular characterization. practical problem identifying this morphology trichome environment can vary considerably during population growth. aim study to...
Climate change has increased the frequency, duration and intensity of heatwaves in Europe. These extreme events result alterations physical, chemical, biological properties lakes that may synergistically promote cyanobacterial dominance. In our study we focused on blooms distributed over a longitudinal gradient Central Europe during one "top ten European heat waves" summer 2015. 92 were included study, located across three climatic subregions: cool northern lakes, situated Lithuania,...
Abstract Current efforts to yield an appropriate method that would simplify the use of phytoplankton in ecological evaluation freshwaters resulted different approaches based on clustering organisms. In this study, we applied morphology‐based functional group (MBFG) concept determine spatial changes natural riverine floodplain alluvial reaches Danube River along horizontal gradient from river towards habitats. The obtained results showed magnitude environmental depended alternations...
Croatia, having high plant species diversity, offers an important opportunity for studying the wild uses in ethnobotanical context. Comprehensive investigations were undertaken Croatian Mediterranean areas, but little is currently known about plants traditionally used by local populations north-eastern part of Croatia situated Pannonian sector Pannonio-Carpathian province. An survey was at two study areas: six settlements around town Našice and seven area Đakovo. A performed using...
Disturbance event-driven changes in periphytic algal communities were studied a Danubian floodplain using artificial substrata (glass slides). The hydrological regime of the river-floodplain system strongly influenced physical and chemical environment investigated lake. Directional communities, demonstrated by results non-metric multidimensional scaling, indicated three distinct phases periphyton development. Strong seasonal influences initial accrual phase favored diatom dominance spring...
The colonization of periphytic algae in a temperate floodplain was studied Lake Sakadaš, part fluvial along the Danube River. An situ investigation, using artificial substrata, started after extremely high spring flooding and carried out during long-lasting summer floods (July–August 2010). physical chemical environment variable large stands metaphyton, submersed floating macrophytes were spread lake. periphyton development initiated on first day exposition algal abundance increased...
Riverine floodplains are recognized as centers of biodiversity, but due to intense anthropogenic pressures, many active have disappeared during the last century. This research focuses on long-term changes in phytoplankton diversity floodplain lake situated Kopački Rit (Croatia), one largest conserved Middle Danube. The recent dataset from 2003 2016 and historical data 1970s 1980s indicate high diversity, summarising 680 taxa for nearly half a variability species richness is driven by...
Temporal changes in autotrophic periphyton (algae and cyanobacteria) relation to the colonization of Dreissena polymorpha, an invasive species, were investigated situ using artificial substrata (glass slides) from April August 2008 a Danubian floodplain. The cyanobacteria planktonic diatoms firmly attached followed by development apical pad forming stalk diatoms, resulted rapid formation three-dimensional structure periphyton. Increasing water temperatures, to- gether with well developed...