Zvjezdana Popović Perković

University of Split · University Department of Marine Studies

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are widely used tools to conserve marine ecosystems and their services. They are complex socio-ecological systems where human activities and nature interact. Croatia has 409 protected areas, of which 19 are coastal-marine. The aim of this paper is to analyze the management model of MPAs in Croatia and to identify their...

The aim of the paper is to present preliminary shellfish community data on shellfish larvae mesh bag collectors placed at three locations in the ecological network – Natura 2000 Cetina estuary (HR3000126) with several replicas at different depths at 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 m. Larvae mesh bag collectors were set up to collect long-lived, strictly protecte...

Over the last few decades, isolations and chemical characterizations of secondary metabolites with proved biological activities have been of interest for numerous research groups across the world. Phenolics, as one of the largest and most widely distributed group of phytochemicals, have gained special attention due to their pharmacological activity...

The warty venus (Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758) is commercially one of the most important bivalves in the Mediterranean Sea. Studies of reproductive cycle and gonad development of this species were conducted in Kaštela Bay, eastern Adriatic Sea, in a period between March 2009 and February 2010. We analysed sex ratios, gonad developmental stages, p...

The growth rates of Venus verrucosa collected from five locations in the eastern Adriatic Sea, were studied using shell-sectioning techniques. At each sampling site, mean shell lengths at ring formation were asseessed and von Bertalanffy growth curves fitted. Asymptotic length (Linf) values ranged between 48.2 mm (Istria) to 57.9 mm (Pag Bay) and t...

Fruit and seed traits of Berberis croatica Horvat and Berberis vulgaris L The three year variability of fruits and seeds was investigated in Berberis croatica (Vošac, Mt Biokovo, Rakov Potok near Zagreb) and in B. vulgaris (Fran Kušan Pharmaceutical Botanical Garden in Zagreb). Berberis croatica had the following dimensions of fruits (seeds): lengt...

Chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra L.) with the Biokovo Nature Park is one of the largest and most stable populations of chamois in Croatia. Reintroduced in year 1964, and present estimated population size is estimated at 350 to 400 individuals. Estimating population size is very important and sometimes very expensive, since the animals are distributed a...

Age, growth and population structure of Modiolus barbatus from Mali Ston Bay, Croatia were determined using modal size (age) classes in length frequency distributions, annual pallial line scars on the inner shell surface, internal annual growth lines in shell sections of the middle nacreous layer and Calcein marked and transplanted mussels. The len...