Project publications
Rapljenović, Ana; Kwokal, Željko; Purgar, Marija; Viskić, Marko; Cuculić, Vlado, Adsorption of trace metals onto different plastics during long-term exposure in an estuarine environment: influence of time, stratified water column, and specific surface area // Marine chemistry, 265-266C (2024), 104431, 13. doi: 10.1016/j.marchem.2024.104431.
Kolda, Anamarija; Kwokal, Željko; Ljubešić, Zrinka; Mucko, Maja; Pikelj, Kristina; Rapljenović, Ana; Cuculić, Vlado, Plastisphere communities profile in marine wracks from central and southern Adriatic // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023, Book of Abstracts, Zagreb Croatia, 2023. pp. 34 - 35.
Matek, Antonija ; Mucko, Maja ; Casotti, Raffaella ; Trano, Anna Chiara ; Achterberg, Eric P. ; Mihanović, Hrvoje ; Čižmek, Hrvoje ; Čolić, Barbara ; Cuculić, Vlado ; Ljubešić, Zrinka, Phytoplankton Diversity and Co-Dependency in a Stratified Oligotrophic Ecosystem in the South Adriatic Sea // Water, 15 (2023), 12; 2299, 23. doi: 10.3390/w15122299
Cukrov, Nuša; Ljubičić, Lucijan; Cuculić, Vlado; Frankić, Anamarija; Cukrov, Neven, Microplastic in the Adriatic Sea, urban vs remote areas // 1st International Scientific Symposium Interdisciplinary Approach to the Scientific Research of the Adriatic Sea InspireAdriatic 2023, Book of Abstracts, Zagreb Croatia, 2023. pp. 30 - 31.
Rapljenović, Ana; Fajković, Hana; Kapetanović, Damir; Lakuš, Ivan; Pikelj, Kristina; Purgar, Marija; Stančec, Vito; Cuculić, Vlado, Marine plastic litter, trace metals and bacteria: seasonal and spatial distribution on two Adriatic islands // 7th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium, Book of Abstracts, Zagreb, Croatia, 2023. pp. 136.
Pucić, Irina; Rapljenović, Ana; Kwokal, Željko; Cuculić, Vlado, An attempt to quantitatively analyse submillimetre microplastics by DSC // 28th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers Book of Abstracts, Rovinj, Croatia, 2023. pp. 237
Viskić, Marko; Rapljenović, Ana; Cukrov, Neven; Cuculić, Vlado, Trace metal adsorption on plastic pellets and fibers in the marine and estuarine environment // 28th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers, Book of Abstracts, Rovinj, Croatia, 2023. pp. 137.
Rapljenović, Ana; Fajković, Hana; Kapetanović, Damir; Lakuš, Ivan; Pikelj, Kristina; Stančec, Vito; Cuculić, Vlado, Beached marine plastic litter as a carrier of abiotic and biotic phases in the coastal Adriatic Sea // ECSA 59 Using the best scientific knowledge for the sustainable management of estuaries and coastal seas / Morley, Marie-Claire (Ed.). San Sebastian, Spain, 2022. 019.02, 1.
Parać, Marija; Cuculić, Vlado; Cukrov, Nuša; Geček, Sunčana; Lovrić, Marin; Cukrov, Neven, Microplastic Distribution through the Salinity Gradient in a Stratified Estuary // Water, 14 (2022) 3255. doi: 10.3390/w14203255.
Fajković, Hana; Cukrov, Neven; Frančišković-Bilinski, Stanislav; Huljek, Laura; Kostanjšek, Iva; Kwokal, Željko; Matekalo, Renata; Pikelj, Kristina; Cuculić, Vlado, Correlation of metals and degraded marine (micro)plastic litter in geologically similar coastal areas with different anthropogenic characteristics // Marine Pollution Bulletin, 183 (2022) 114041. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114041
Rapljenović, Ana; Cuculić, Vlado, Modification of electroanalytical method for analysis of metal amounts from marine plastic surfaces // 11th ISE Satellite Student Regional Symposium on Electrochemistry 2022 / - Zagreb: Croatian Society of Chemical Engineers, Zagreb, Croatia, 2022.
Rapljenović, Ana; Cuculić, Vlado, Comparison of the trace metals mass fractions adsorbed on the beached plastic litter: different ubiquitous items of every day use // EGU General Assembly 2022 / - Vienna : Copernicus Meetings, 2022. Beč: Copernicus GmbH, 2022. EGU22-4329, 2 doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4329.
Rapljenović, Ana; Pucić, Irina; Cuculić, Vlado, Voltammetry and differential scanning calorimetry for trace metals and polymer type determination in marine microplastics // Book of Abstracts, 6th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Schneider, Petra (Ed.). Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 2022. 60-61.
Huljek, Laura; Strmić Palinkaš, Sabina; Fiket, Željka, Fajković, Hana, Geochemical analysis of manganese tailings from Šibenik Bay (Croatia) and their environmental impact // Book of Abstracts, 6th Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium / Schneider, Petra (Ed.). Zagreb: Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, 2022. 112-113.
Laura Huljek; Hana Fajković, Density based mineral separation // Book of Abstracts, Znanstvena škola o okolišu 2021: Sveobuhvatni pristup istraživanju antropogenih pritisaka na okoliš, / Furdek Turk, Martina; Fiket, Željka (Eds.). Zagreb: Ruđer Bošković Institute, 2021. p. 28.
Rapljenović, Ana; Cuculić, Vlado, Interaction of marine (micro)plastic litter and trace metals // Book of Abstracts, Znanstvena škola o okolišu 2021: Sveobuhvatni pristup istraživanju antropogenih pritisaka na okoliš / Furdek Turk, Martina; Fiket, Željka (Eds.). Zagreb: Ruđer Bošković Institute, 2021. p. 34.
Huljek, Laura; Strmić Palinkaš, Sabina; Fiket, Željka; Fajković, Hana, Environmental Aspects of Historical Ferromanganese Tailings in the Šibenik Bay, Croatia // Water, 13 (2021), 21; 3123, doi:10.3390/w13213123
Pucić, Irina; Cuculić, Vlado; Kwokal, Željko, DSC analysis of submillimeter microplastics from Adriatic sea // 27th Croatian Meeting of Chemists and Chemical Engineers and 5th Symposium Vladimir Prelog: Book of Abstracts / Marković, Dean ; Meštrović, Ernest ; Namjesnik, Danijel ; Tomašić, Vesna (Eds.). Zagreb: Croatian Chemical Society, 2021. p. 74.
Matekalo, Renata, Trace metals concentrations in seawater and on microplastic particles from Mala Martinska beach sediments near Šibenik, 2021., Graduate thesis, Supervisor: V. Cuculić, Faculty of Science / Department of Geology, University of Zagreb.
Kostanjšek, Iva, Characterization of sedimentary environment and plastics in marine and beach sediment in Stupica Mala Bay (Žirje island), 2021., Graduate thesis, Faculty of Science / Department of Geology, University of Zagreb.
Cuculić, Vlado; Fajković, Hana; Kwokal, Željko; Matekalo, Renata, Trace metals load on beached microplastics in the anthropogenically influenced estuarine environment - Croatian middle Adriatic // EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna: Copernicus Meetings, 2021. EGU21-1171, 1 doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1171.
Huljek, Laura; Fajković, Hana; Kwokal, Željko, Reach of pollution and sediment correlation with the tailings in Šibenik Bay (Croatia) // EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna: Copernicus Meetings, 2021. 870, 1 doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-870.
Fajković, Hana; Cukrov, Neven; Kwokal, Željko; Pikelj, Kristina; Huljek, Laura; Kostanjšek, Iva; Cuculić, Vlado, Correlation of microplastic type and metal association: Croatian coast case study (Žirje Island) // EGU General Assembly 2021, Vienna: Copernicus Meetings, 2021. EGU21-1022, 1 doi:10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1022.
Marinović, Slavica; Fajković, Hana; Cuculić, Vlado, Geochemical Investigation of Tar Balls Collected on a Beach on Žirje Island (Croatia) Using Petroleum Biomarkers // Kem. Ind. 70 (2021), 5-6; 311-317 doi:10.15255/KUI.2020.059.
Fajković, Hana; Cuculić, Vlado; Cukrov, Neven; Kwokal, Željko; Pikelj, Kristina; Huljek, Laura; Marinović, Slavica, Plasto-tarball - a sinkhole for microplastic (Croatian coast case study) // MICRO 2020 International Conference / Baztan, Juan (Ed.)., Lanzarote: MICRO 2020, 2020. 333877, 1.