January 3, 2024
Some team members have previously collaborated on the project COCOA - “Competition between native Ostrea edulis and invasive Crassostrea gigas oysters in the Adriatic Sea – effects on the ecosystem, fisheries, and aquaculture, funded by the Unity through Knowledge Fund and the World Bank. Within the COCOA project, the focus was on the interactions between the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas and the native species Ostrea edulis.
The project involved extensive field and laboratory work, resulting in published papers on the distribution, abundance, and aspects of genetics, reproduction, and feeding ecology of these oysters. Further information about the COCOA project can be found here.
In addition to the COCOA project, oysters have been the focus of several other research studies.
Here is a list of published works exploring various biological and ecological characteristics of oysters:
Ezgeta-Balić D, Vrgoč N, Isajlović I, Medvešek D, Vujević A, Despalatović M, Cvitković, I. (2021). Comparison of beam trawl catch, by-catch and discard in fishing and non-fishing areas–a case study from the northern Adriatic Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 22(1), 108-120. doi:10.12681/mms.24973
Ezgeta-Balić D, Šantić D, Šegvić-Bubić T, Bojanić N, Buzančić M, Vidjak O, Bojanić Varezić D, Stagličić N, Kundid P, Peharda M et al. (2020) Competitive feeding interactions between native Ostrea edulis and non-native Crassostrea gigas with implications of introducing C. gigas into commercial aquaculture in the eastern Adriatic Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 160, 105051, 11. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105051
Stagličić N, Šegvić-Bubić T, Ezgeta-Balić D, Bojanić Varezić D, Grubišić L, Žuvić L, Lin Y, Briski E (2020) Distribution patterns of two co-existing oyster species in the northern Adriatic Sea: The native European flat oyster Ostrea edulis and the non-native Pacific oyster Magallana gigas. Ecological Indicators, 113, 106233, 12. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106233
Ezgeta-Balić D, Radonić I, Bojanić Varezić D, Zorica B, Arapov J, Stagličić N, Jozić S, Peharda M, Briski, E, Lin Y, Šegvić- Bubić T (2020) Reproductive cycle of a non-native oyster, Crassostrea gigas, in the Adriatic Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science, 21, 1; 146-156. doi:10.12681/mms.21304
Ezgeta-Balić D, Šegvić-Bubić T, Stagličić N, Lin Y, Bojanić Varezić D, Grubišić L, Briski E (2019) Distribution of non-native Pacific oyster Magallana gigas (Thunberg, 1793) along the eastern Adriatic coast. Acta Adriatica, 60, 2; 137-146 doi:10.32582/aa.60.2.3
Ezgeta-Balić D, Lojen S, Dolenec T, Žvab Rožič P, Dolenec M, Najdek M, Peharda, M. (2014)Seasonal differences of stable isotope composition and lipid content in four bivalve species from the Adriatic Sea. Marine Biology Research, 10(6), 625-634. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.833338
Ezgeta-Balić D, Peharda M, Davenport J, Vidjak O, Boban, J. (2012) Size structure of zooplankton ingested by four commercially important bivalves. Acta adriatica, 53(2), 277-290.
Ezgeta-Balić D, Najdek M, Peharda M, Blažina M (2012) Seasonal fatty acid profile analysis to trace origin of food sources of four commercially important bivalves. Aquaculture, 334, 89-100.doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.12.041
Peharda M, Ezgeta-Balić D, Davenport J, Bojanić N, Vidjak O, Ninčević-Gladan Ž (2012) Differential ingestion of zooplankton by four species of bivalves (Mollusca) in the Mali Ston Bay, Croatia. Marine biology, 159, 881-895.doi:10.1007/s00227-011-1866-5
Skejić S, Ninčević Gladan, Ezgeta-Balić D, Peharda, M. (2012). Differences in phytoplankton accumulation between Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 and European flat oyster Ostrea edulis Linneaus, 1758 after natural exposure to toxic Dinophysis bloom. Cah. Biol. Mar, 53(2), 189-195.doi: 10.21411/CBM.A.693AE099