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Sample fixation and preservation are crucial steps for biological research. This is especially true for resolving ecological changes across various spatial and temporal scales based on sediment and/or macrozoo...
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Open AccessDiversity of protist genera in periphyton of tufa-depositing karstic river
In aquatic ecosystems, protists play a crucial role and cover numerous ecological functions. The karstic Krka River (Croatia) is a unique hotspot for high diversity of aquatic organisms, especially protists. T...
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Energy and Matter Dynamics Through the Barrage Lakes Ecosystem
In this chapter, we present the results of seston, macroinvertebrate drift and meiobenthos across several lentic and lotic stretches within the Plitvice Lakes hydrosystem. The insight into the micro-distributi...
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Temperate Urban Streams as Summer-Critical Ecosystems Regarding Metal Contamination
Urbanization leads to changes in the natural state of the environment, including changes in natural aquatic habitats within urbanized zones. In the present study, the impact of urbanization on the water qualit...
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The assessment of metal contamination in water and sediments of the lowland Ilova River (Croatia) impacted by anthropogenic activities
The aim of the present study was to assess physico-chemical water parameters, granulometric sediment characteristics and concentrations of trace and macroelements in the water and sediments of the Ilova River....
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Spatio-temporal shifts of macroinvertebrate drift and benthos in headwaters of a retreating glacier
Recent alpine stream studies have aimed to predict biotic responses to changing environmental conditions, hydrological regime and climate, but there is little information on macroinvertebrate drift shifts in ...
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Meiofauna constitute a considerable portion of invertebrate drift among moss-rich patches within a karst hydrosystem
Aiming to establish the most frequent invertebrate taxa in drift at the small spatial scale within a moss-rich karst tufa-precipitating hydrosystem, we sampled drift among microhabitats differing in substratum...
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Ecological determinants of rotifer vertical distribution in a coastal karst lake (Vrana Lake, Cres Island, Croatia)
Vrana Lake is a coastal karst lake on Cres Island within the eastern Adriatic coast. It appears to have formed as a cryptodepression on karstified carbonate rocks, and is filled with fresh water. It is classif...
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Genotoxicity monitoring of freshwater environments using caged carp (Cyprinus carpio)
The present study deals with genotoxicity assessment of freshwaters using caged carp (Cyprinus carpio). Carps were transplanted from a fish-farm to three differently polluted sites in eastern Croatia. Two pollute...
