prof. dr. sc. Zrinka Ljubešić

Teaching

undergraduate

• Biological Oceanography (143980) - Lecturer in charge
• Biological Oceanography (course held in English) (172461) - Lecturer in charge
• Field Course (40341) - Lecturer in charge
• Protists (40330) - Lecturer in charge

graduate

• Biological Oceanography (275545) - Lecturer in charge
• Ecology of Protists (44549) - Lecturer in charge

doctoral

• Ecology and Taxonomy of Marine Phytoplankton (151776) - Lecturer in charge
• Marine Biology (153105) - Lecturer in charge
• Marine Microbial Ecology (194740) - Lecturer in charge
• Photosynthetic processes in the oceans (160717) - Lecturer in charge

Published papers recorded in the Croatian Scientific Bibliography Database

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List of select publications

• Mucko, M., Padisák, J., Gligora Udovič, M., Pálmai, T., Novak, T., Medić, N.,  Gašparović, B., Peharec Štefanić, P., Orlić, S., Ljubešić, Z. 2020: Characterization of a high lipid-producing thermotolerant marine photosynthetic pico alga in the genus Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae) European  Journal of Phycology, 55, 384-399. doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2020.1757763
• Kolda, A., Gavrilović, A., Jug- Dujaković, J., Ljubešić, Z., El- Matbouli, M., Lillehaug, A., Lončarević, S., Perić, L., Knežević, D., Vukić Lušić, D., Kapetanović, D 2020. Profiling of bacterial assemblages in the marine cage farm environment, with implications on fish, human and ecosystem health. Ecological indicators, 118, 106785, 12 doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106785
• Walcutt, N. L., Knörlein, B., Cetinić, I., Ljubešić, Z., Bosak, S., Sgouros, T., Montalbano, A. L., Neeley, A., Menden‐Deuer, S., Omand, M. M. 2020. Assessment of holographic microscopy for quantifying marine particle size and concentration. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods,  doi:10.1002/lom3.10379
• Babić, I., Mucko, M., Petrić, I., Bosak, S., Mihanović, H., Vilibić, I., Dupčić Radić, I., Cetinić, I., Balestrag, C., Casotti, R., Ljubešić, Z. 2018. Multilayer approach for characterization of bacterial diversity in a marginal sea: from surface to seabed. Journal of Marine Systems. 184, 15-27
• Mucko, M., Bosak, S., Casotti, R., Balestra, C., Ljubešić, Z., 2018. Winter picoplankton diversity in an oligotrophic marginal sea. Marine Genomics. 42, 14-24. doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2018.09.002
• Mejdandžić, M., Bosak, S., Nakov, T., Ruck, E., Orlić, S., Gligora Udovič, M., Peharec Štefanić, P., Špoljarić, I., Mršić, G., Ljubešić, Z. 2018. Morphological diversity and phylogeny of the diatom genus Entomoneis (Bacillariophyta) in marine plankton: six new species from the Adriatic Sea. Journal of phycology. 54, 275-298.
• Šupraha, L., Ljubešić, Z., Mihanović, H., Henderiks, J.: 2016: Coccolithophore life-cycle dynamics in a coastal Mediterranean ecosystem: seasonality and species-specific patterns. Journal of plankton research. 38 (5) 1178-1193.

List of select projects

Project leader:

2021-2025  IP-2020-02-9524 Island trapped waves as a driver of primary production,  Croatian Science Foundation

2014 - 2017 Installation Research Project Bio-tracing Adriatic water masses (BIOTA), Croatian Science Foundation

2011 -2012 „Phytoplankton diversity in relation to environmental conditions in Tealšćica aquatorium NP Telašćica“

Associate on international projects:

2019 - COST Action: CA18238 - European transdisciplinary networking platform for marine biotechnology, Leader: dr. sc. Ana Rotter

2016 - COST Action: OC-2015-2-20179 Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment of aquatic ecosystems in Europe (DNAqua-Net), Leader: dr. sc. Florian Leese

2015 - ESSEM COST Action ES1408 European network for algal-bioproducts (EUALGAE), Leader: dr. sc. Christina Gonzales