SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Matek, A.; Omand, M.; Mihanović, H.; Čižmek, H.; Ljubešić, Z. 2024. Optical properties of the Adriatic Sea: Light the way to the preservation of coastal island ecosystem // Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 43 / Rassoulzadegan, Kaveh ; Moschella, Paula ; Mendez, Loriane (Eds.). Palermo: Commision Internationale pour l'exploration scientifique de la mer Mediterranee, 2024. str. 311-311     

Mucko, M.; Matek, A.; Bosak, S.; Čolić, B.; Ljubešić, Z. 2024.Plankton community composition in South Adriatic Sea during summer stratification period // Rapp. Comm. int. Mer Médit., 43 / Rassoulzadegan, Kaveh ; Moschella, Paula ; Mendez, Loriane (Eds.). Palermo: Commision Internationale pour l'exploration scientifique de la mer Mediterranee, 2024. str. 202-202     

Matek, A.; Ljubešić, Z. 2024. Primary production research in the Adriatic Sea: a review.// Acta Adriatica, 65 (2024), 2; 205-222. 

Ljubešić, Zrinka; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Matek, Antonija; Mucko, Maja; Achterberg, Eric P.; Omand, Melissa; Pestorić, Branka; Lučić, Davor; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara et al. 2024. Marine plankton community and net primary production responding to island-trapped waves in a stratified oligotrophic ecosystem // Heliyon, 10, 18; e37788, 20. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e37788

Kolda, Anamarija; Mucko, Maja; Rapljenović, Ana; Ljubešić, Zrinka; Pikelj, Kristina; Kwokal, Željko; Fajković, Hana; Cuculić, Vlado. 2024. Beach wracks microbiome and its putative function in plastic polluted Mediterranean marine ecosystem // Marine environmental research, 202, 106769-106769. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2024.106769

Matek, A., Mucko, M., Casotti, R., Trano, A.C., Achterberg E.P., Mihanović H., Čižmek, H., Čolić, B., Cuculić, V., Ljubešić, Z. 2023. Phytoplankton Diversity and Co-Dependency in a Stratified Oligotrophic Ecosystem in the South Adriatic Sea. Water, 15, 2299. 

Matek, A., Bosak, S., Šupraha, L., Neeley, A., Višić, H., Cetinić, I., Ljubešić, Z. 2023: Phytoplankton diversity and chemotaxonomy in contrasting North Pacific ecosystems // PeerJ, 11, 14501, 30 doi:.org/10.7717/peerj.14501

Mihanović H, Vilibić I., Šepić J., Matić F., Ljubešić Z., Mauri E., Gerin R., Notarstefano G., Poulain PM. 2021: Observation, Preconditioning and Recurrence of Exceptionally High Salinities in the Adriatic Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 384. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.672210

PROCEEDINGS

Ljubešić, Zrinka; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Matek, Antonija; Achterberg, P. Eric; Omand, Melissa; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara; Janeković, Ivica; Orlić, Mirko. Defining drivers of net primary production in a stratified oligotrophic ecosystem impacted by island-trapped waves (Lastovo, Adriatic  Sea) // Ocean Optics XXVI, 06.10.2024-11.10.2024

Mucko, Maja; Pestorić, Branka; Lučić, Davor; Matek, Antonija; Ljubešić, Zrinka. Summer zooplankton community composition   in the South Adriatic Sea (Lastovo Island) // International conference “Adriatic Biodiversity Protection – AdriBioPro2024”. 01-04 October  2024, Kotor, Montenegro. Book of Abstracts. 2024. Institute of Marine Biology, University of  Montenegro. / Đurović, Mirko (ur.). Kotor: Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, 2024. str. 20-20

Pestorić, Branka; Lučić, Davor; Ljubešić, Zrinka; Matek, Antonija; Mucko, Maja. Zooplankton Dynamics in Relation to   Island-Trapped Waves Near Lastovo Island (Adriatic Sea) // International conference “Adriatic Biodiversity Protection – AdriBioPro2024”. 01-04 October  2024, Kotor, Montenegro. Book of Abstracts. 2024. Institute of Marine Biology, University of  Montenegro. / Đurović, Mirko (ur.). Kotor: Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro, 2024. str. 30-30

Viličić, Damir; Ljubešić, Zrinka. Protection and sustainability of biological diversity in the sea and on the islands of Dalmatia // 1st International Congress for  Sustainable Ecosystems in the   Mediterranean Area. Split, Hrvatska, 02.10.2024-03.10.2024

Ljubešić, Zrinka; Matek, Antonija; Mucko, Maja; Bosak, Sunčica; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Orlić, Mirko; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara; Lučić, Davor; Pestorić, Branka et al. Prepoznavanje važnosti i prijedlog dodatne zaštite područja pod utjecajem  valova zarobljenih uz otok – Park prirode Lastovsko otočje // Knjiga sažetaka V.  znanstveno-stručnog skupa Prilagodbe na klimatske promjene i očuvanje morskih ekosustava Jadranskog mora s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem, Zadar, 2024. / Čolak, Slavica; Šarić, Tomislav; Milošević, Rina (ur.). Zadar: Sveučilište u Zadru, 2024. str. 99-100

Ljubešić, Zrinka; Mihanović,Hrvoje; Matek, Antonija; Mucko, Maja; Bosak, Sunčica; Achterberg, P. Eric; Omand, Melissa; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara; Balestra, Cecilia et al. Phytoplankton community composition and net primary production in a stratified oligotrophic ecosystem of south Adriatic Sea // 65th Meeting of the Czech Phycological Society, Olomouc, Češka Republika, 15.09.2024-18.09.2024

Mucko, Maja; Matek, Antonija; Bosak, Sunčica; Ljubešić, Zrinka Summer diatom community composition in the South Adriatic Sea (Lastovo Island) // Book of abstracts of 15th European Diatom Meeting / Levkov, Zlatko; Mitić Kopanja, Danijela; Zaova, Dušica (ur.). Skoplje: Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Skopje, 2024. str. 182-182

Matek, Antonija; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Pasarić, Zoran; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara; Ljubešić, Zrinka. Fine scale light measurements in the South Adriatic Sea // 8th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium: Book of Abstracts / Posarić, Laura; Gmižić, Daria; Ostojić, Tea et al. (ur.).  Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2024. str. 19-19

Mucko, Maja; Mihanović, Hrvoje; Matek, Antonija; Achterberg, Eric P.; Omand, Melissa; Pestorić, Branka; Lučić, Davor; Čižmek, Hrvoje; Čolić, Barbara; Orlić, Mirko et al. Fine-scale changes in plankton community in oligotrophic stratified waters of Lastovo Island (Adriatic Sea) during ITW forcings // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023. Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2023. str. 32-33

Ljubešić, Zrinka. Chasing the Holy Grail – representative marine plankton sample – myth or a truth? // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023 Book of Abstracts. Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2023. str. 18-18

Jacobsen, Jasen R.;  Edwards, Christopher A.;  Kovač, Žarko;  Mihanović, Hrvoje; Ljubešić, Zrinka. Ecosystem Response to Island Trapped Waves Around the Island of Lastovo in an Idealized Numerical Model // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023 Book of Abstracts. Zagreb: Institut Ruđer Bošković, 2023. str. 24-24

Ljubešić, Z., Mihanović, H., Matek, A., Mucko, M., Achterberg, E.P., Omand, M., Čižmek, H., Čolić, B., Orlić, M. - Net primary production facilitated by thermohaline forcings in a stratifed oligotrophic system// Program and Book of Abstracts of 8. European Phycological congress, Brest, Francuska/ Connan, S., Creis, E., Jacquemin, B., Markov, G.,Potin, P.(Eds.) , 2023. 273. 

Matek, A., Ljubešić, Z., Kovač, Ž. Modelling Primary Production at Lastovo Island (South Adriatic Sea) // Program and Book of Abstracts of 8. European Phycological congress, Brest, Francuska/ Connan, S., Creis, E., Jacquemin, B., Markov, G.,Potin, P.(Eds.) , 2023. 160-161. 

Matek, A., Ljubešić, Z., Kovač, Ž., 2023. Primary production in the Adriatic Sea - a review with emphasis on new data obtained at Lastovo Island. //7th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium- Book of Abstracts /Pavlek, K., Vuković, M., Bertoša, M., Korać, P., Lukić, A., Marušić-Paloka, E., Pezelj, Đ., Pikelj, K., Smolčić, V. (Eds.). Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, 2023. str. 94-94 

Ljubešić Z., Kovač Ž., Mihanović H., Orlić M., Casotti R., Trano A. C., Achterberg E. P., Lučić D., Omand M., Cetinić I., Kovačić, L., Matek A., Čižmek H., Čolić B., Viličić D. Island-Trapped Waves (ITWs) effect on plankton primary producers in a Mediterranean hot spot area // Ocean Optics XXV, Qui Nhon, Vijetnam, 2022. (poster, international peer review, unpublished, scholarly)

Matek A., Bosak S., Ljubešić Z. Phytoplankton diversity at one station in Lastovo archipelago (southern Adriatic) // Knjiga sažetaka 7. Hrvatskog botaničkog simpozija / Vuković, Nina ; Šegota, V. (ed.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko botaničko društvo, 2022. pp. 51-51 (poster, local peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Matek A., Lučić D., Pestorić B., Achterberg E. P., Casotti R., Trano A. C., Mihanović H., Čižmek H., Čolić B., Bosak S., Mucko M., Viličić D. Bacterial, phyto-, and zooplankton community succession in highly dynamic ecosystem of the southern Adriatic // Zbornik sažetaka (Hrvatski biološki kongres s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem) / Caput Mihalić, Katarina ; Mičetić Stanković, Vlatka ; Urlić, Inga ; Mešić, Armin ; Kružić, Petar (ed.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. pp. 47-48 (lecture, local peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Lučić D., Violić, I., Bojanić, N., Pestorić, B., Gangai Zovko, B., Onofri, I., Hure, M. Long-term monitoring of carnivorous gelatinous macrozooplankton in the  coastal area of southern Adriatic Sea (Croatia)// Zbornik sažetaka (Hrvatski biološki kongres s međunarodnim sudjelovanjem) / Caput Mihalić, Katarina ; Mičetić Stanković, Vlatka ; Urlić, Inga ; Mešić, Armin ; Kružić, Petar (ur.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko biološko društvo, 2022. str. 46-47 (lecture, local peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Ljubešić Z., Mihanović H., Orlić M., Lučić D., Viličić D. Adaptive sampling strategy of island trapped waves - compromising between wind forcing and the possibility of working on a research vessel // Anatomija otoka, Knjiga sažetaka / Perinić Lewis, Ana ; Blagaić Bergman, Marina (ed.). Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i foristiku, Zagreb ; Anatomija otoka - centar za istraživanje i razvoj Vis, 2022. pp. 31-34 (lecture, local peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Orlić, M. Climate change and islands // Anatomija otoka, Knjiga sažetaka / Perinić Lewis, Ana ; Blagaić Bergman, Marina (ur.). Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i foristiku, Zagreb ; Anatomija otoka - centar za istraživanje i razvoj Vis, 2022. str. 92-93 (invited lecture, local peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Ljubešić Z., Kovač Ž., Orlić, M., Mihanović H., Lučić D., Čižmek H., Čolić B., Viličić D. Island Trapped Waves as a Driver of Primary Production at Lastovo Island (Adriatic Sea)?. // Ocean Carbon from Space Workshop 2022, online skup, 2022. (poster, international peer review, pp slides, scholarly)

Mucko M., Matek A., Bosak S., Žižek M., Ljubešić Z. Metabarcoding of size-fractioned plankton affected by Island-trapped waves along Lastovo Island (Adriatic Sea) // Knjiga sažetaka 7. Hrvatskog botaničkog simpozija / Vuković, N. ; Šegota, V. (ed.). Zagreb: Hrvatsko botaničko društvo / Croatian Botanical Society, 2022. pp. 51-52 (poster, international peer review, abstract, scholarly)
Ljubešić Z., Mihanović, H., Orlić M., Viličić D., Čižmek H., Čolić B., Lučić D., Garić R. Observing Island-Trapped Waves around Lastovo Island, Adriatic Sea // Book of Abstracts ISLANDS: NATURE AND CULTURE / Čuka, Anica ; Oroz, Tomislav ; Klarin, Tomislav (ed.). Zadar: University of Zadar, 2022. pp. 73-73 (lecture, information about peer review not available, abstract, scholarly)

Ljubešić Z. Island of Lastovo – unique oceanographic phenomena // Anatomija otoka knjiga sažetaka / Blagaić Bergman, Marina ; Marčeta Frlan, Ivana ; Oroz, Tomislav ; Perinić Lewis, Ana ; Strac, Nenad (ed.). Zagreb: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku Zagreb ; Anatomija otoka - centar za istraživanje i razvoj, Vis, 2021. pp. 48-48 (invited, peer review, abstract, scholarly)

Master thesis

Petrović, Ana. 2024. Primary producers in the sea / Ljubešić, Zrinka (mentor). Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb.

Grabarević, Divna. 2024. Regions of increased primary production in Adriatic Sea / Ljubešić, Zrinka (mentor). Zagreb, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb

Marić, Marko. 2022. Benthic community diversity on the slope of the island of Lastovo, diplomski rad, Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet, Zagreb