PROGRAMME

DAY 1 - MONDAY
May 19th 2025

DAY 2 - TUESDAY
May 20th 2025

* IL = invited lecturer, SL = selected lecturer

08:00
09:00

Registration of participants

09:00
09:45

Opening ceremony and tribute to Marko Branica

Session 1

09:45
10:15

IL1 - A. Ivčević
Science-policy interactions, inter- and transdisciplinary research – success factors for integrated coastal zone management

10:15
10:30

SL1 - M. Wagner
Towards a sustainable gravel beach management along the Croatian coastline

10:30
10:45

SL2 - S. Beqiraj
Assessment of existing and proposed MPAs in Albania: the need to review their environmental state and reconsider their proposed conservation status

10:45
11:00

SL3 - A. Steckenreuter
Acoustic telemetry as an innovative tool to track aquatic animals

11:00
11:15

SL4 - P. Radolović
Microplastic problem - concept of an autonomous sampling vessel

11:15
11:45

Coffee break

Session 2

11:45
12:15

IL2 – S. K. Fagervold
UV filters unfiltered: What happens to sunscreens after use?

12:15
12:30

SL5 - M. Peharda
Variegated scallop Mimachlamys varia - new archive of sea temperature data

12:30
12:45

SL6 - S. Grđan
Ocean acidification: an understudied stressor in the Adriatic sea

12:45
13:00

SL7 - B. Hamer
Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819 valve gaping behaviour as an indicator of favourable environmental conditions

13:00
15:00

Lunch break (not provided)

Session 3

15:00
15:30

IL3 – S. Matić-Skoko
Importance of nursery habitats: Addressing threats and challenges

15:30
15:45

SL8 - V. Šebalj
Reproductive cycle of the Mediterranean scallop (Pecten jacobaeus L.) from the Krka river estuary in relation to environmental conditions

15:45
16:00

SL9 - A. Jaklin
Recent phenomena and changes in the Northern Adriatic

16:00
16:15

SL10 - J. Hartkamp
Describing specific benthic environments on the cliffs of the Lastovo island

16:15
16:30

SL11 - F. Grgurević
Zooplankton diversity and trophic interactions in the area influenced by island trapped waves (Southern Adriatic)

16:30
19:00

Welcome Reception with Poster Session

08:00
09:00

Registration of participants

Session 4

09:00
09:30

IL4 – S. Frka
On the linkage of the atmosphere and the ocean: Responses of sea surface to source-depended atmospheric deposition inputs

09:30
09:45

SL12 - S. Strmečki Kos
The dynamics of pollen deposition and its biogeochemical consequences in the coastal Adriatic seawater

09:45
10:00

SL13 - A. Milinković
Carbohydrates in atmospheric deposition over the coastal central Adriatic sea: input dynamics, distribution, and potential sources

10:00
10:15

SL14 - I. Dominović Novković
Rogoznica lake: exploring the environmental interactions

10:15
10:30

Sponsor presentation

10:30
11:00

Coffee break

Session 5

11:00
11:30

IL5 – I. Živković
Mercury in the Adriatic seawater, sediments, and biota: origin, transformations, and trends

11:30
11:45

SL15 - D. Crmarić
Copper redox speciation in Krka river estuary: a case study

11:45
12:00

SL16 - O. Grozdanić
Distribution of trace metals and rare earth elements in seawater and sediments of the Pula bay

12:00
12:15

SL17 - S. Marcinek
Rare earth elements dynamics in the stratified Krka river estuary

12:15
12:30

SL18 - E. Terzić
The deep Adriatic transient

12:30
12:45

SL19 - F. Memmola
Insights into record salinities in the southern Adriatic sea during autumn 2024

12:45
13:15

Announcement of the Best Poster Award
and Coffee break

13:15
15:15

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Navigating turbulent waters: science and sustainability in the changing Adriatic
and closing of the Symposium