A5020525939- Marine and environmental studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Food Industry and Aquatic Biology
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Diatoms and Algae Research
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
2015-2025
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
2015-2025
University of Gothenburg
2022
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2021
Institute of Oceanology
2021
Centre for Advanced Study
2021
Societal Impact Statement Seagrass ecosystems are of fundamental importance to our planet and wellbeing. Seagrasses marine flowering plants, which engineer that provide a multitude ecosystem services, for example, blue foods carbon sequestration. have largely been degraded across much their global range. There is now increasing interest in the conservation restoration these systems, particularly context climate emergency biodiversity crisis. The collation 100 questions from experts Europe...
We studied the diet composition and feeding preferences of Grey Plover ( Pluvialis squatarola ) at its migration stopover Pomorie Lake on South-Western Black Sea coast, Bulgaria, through DNA metabarcoding faeces. Faecal samples were collected in autumn 2020 spring 2021, preserved 95% ethanol, stored -20ºC until extraction metabarcoding. Two molecular markers initially targeted - ITS2 for plant identification, CO1 animal identification; however, subsequent analyses focused dominant prey...
Food quality and availability at migration stopover sites is crucial for wader success, particularly nowadays with their populations in decline due to widespread anthropogenic habitat degradation loss. We studied the diet composition preferences of Grey plover ( Pluvialis squatarola ) a site on Black Sea-Meditteranean Flyway - Pomorie Lake, SW Sea coast, Bulgaria, through DNA metabarcoding faeces. The study aimed determine bird's feeding strategy, coastal use, possible seasonal variations as...
Available information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians, crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, seabirds) covered by the global database SeaLifeBase were reviewed eight ecosystems (Adriatic Sea, Aegean Baltic Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast , Black North western Mediterranean Levantine Sea) across European Seas. The review dataset, which is based on published literature, analyzed coverage biological characteristics (diet,...
Habitat mapping is nеcessary for the efficient conservation and protection of marine ecosystems. In addition, it a requirement EU Member States as stated in European Union (EU) Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), well necessary achievement maintenance 'good environmental status (GES)' benthic habitats framework Marine Strategy Framework (2008/56/EC).This study provides baseline information on Sozopol Bay (Black Sea) Karpathos Saria Islands (Mediterranean Sea). These two Natura 2000 sites were...
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Seagrass habitats play an important role in maintaining the biodiversity and functions of coastal marine ecosystems Black Sea. Еutrophication pressures 1970s 1980s had a severe impact on phytobenthic communities, including deterioration, decrease geographical depth distribution disappearance from certain areas. The state Zostera spp. SW Sea has not been studied since 1970s. purpose this study is to evaluate current distribution, structure overall condition seagrasses Burgas Bay, Bulgaria....
Seagrass habitats play an important role in maintaining the biodiversity and functions of coastal marine ecosystems Black Sea. Еutrophication pressures 1970s 1980s had a severe impact on phytobenthic communities, including deterioration, decrease geographical depth distribution disappearance from certain areas. The state Zostera spp. SW Sea has not been studied since 1970s. purpose this study is to evaluate current distribution, structure overall condition seagrasses Burgas Bay, Bulgaria....
There is increasing demand for ecosystem service assessments as part of European Union efforts to enhance and safeguard the valuable benefits ecosystems provide. Understanding which services occur together where, well their interactions, can help in design marine policy. Despite mankind derives from oceans, relatively few such have been carried out coastal ecosystems, especially terms maintenance ES related whole biota. Ecosystem bundles analysis an approach used identify suites that tend...
Abstract Statistically significant differences between phytoplankton of the pelagic area and littoral zone, overgrown with macrophytes, were observed in seven reservoirs three natural lakes. Both total biomass species diversity higher macrophyte settlements than zone. Regarding biomass, divisions Pyrrhophyta Cryptophyta main contributors to similarity areas while pennate Bacillariophyta zones. The structure zone differed also within same water body but sites different dominant species, as...
The current distribution of Zostera spp. seagrass meadows along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast was studied. We used a combination historical and recent observations habitat studied coastline. Remote sensing data (satellite images, sonar side-scans) groundtruthed with georeferenced drop camera observations, scuba diving sampling photo video transects. Тhe total area type ‘MB548 - on lower infralittoral sands’ (EUNIS list 2019) in study is 916.9 ha, which only 17.9 ha are man-made sheltered...
Habitat mapping is nеcessary for the efficient conservation and protection of marine ecosystems. In addition, it a requirement EU Member States as stated in European Union (EU) Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), well necessary achievement maintenance 'good environmental status (GES)' benthic habitats framework Marine Strategy Framework (2008/56/EC). This study provides baseline information on Sozopol Bay (Black Sea) Karpathos Saria islands (Mediterranean Sea). These two Natura 2000 sites were...