Hompage ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Organization Laboratory for Plankton and Shellfish Toxicity

Olja Vidjak

Title

PhD

E-mail

Phone number

021408039

Department

Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity

About

EMPLOYMENT

Scientific adviser for the Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity.

WORK AREA

⦁ biodiversity of the Adriatic zooplankton community

⦁ appearance and impacts of non-native zooplankton species

⦁ the complexity of trophic relationships within the plankton community

⦁ taxonomy of copepod crustaceans

⦁ protection of the Adriatic Sea through the process of implementing the Framework Directive on Marine Strategy (ODMS, 2008/56/EC)

Professional experience

2018. – today

Scientific adviser, Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity

The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split

2013. – 2018.

Senior research associate, Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity

The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split

2009.

Scientific-teaching title; assistant professor

Department of Marine Studies, University of Split

2008.-2013.

Research associate, Laboratory of Plankton and Shellfish toxicity

The Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split

Education

2003.

PhD in Biology, Biology department

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

1998.

Master of Natural Sciences, branch of Oceanology (MSc), Biology department

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb

1993.

Professor of Biology and Chemistry - Undergraduate study "Biology and Chemistry"

Faculty of Science, University of Split

Publications

Publikacije

Paramana T, Dassenakis M, Bassan N,Dallangelo C, Campostrini P. ..., Pavičić M, Skejić S, Vidjak O and others

Achieving coherence between the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive

Published

2023

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marpol.2023.105733

Publikacije

Uttieri M, Anadoli O, Banchi E, Battuello M, Beşiktepe S, Carotenuto Y, Marques S, Sónia C, de Olazabal A, Di Capua I, Engell-Sørensen K, Goruppi A, Guy-Haim T, Hure M, Kourkoutmani P, Lučić D, Mazzocchi MG, Michaloudi E, Morov AR, Kurt TT, Tirelli V, Vannini J, Velasquez X, Vidjak O, Wootton M, Marianne

The Distribution of Pseudodiaptomus marinus in European and Neighbouring WatersA Rolling Review

Published

2023

DOI

ISBN

10.3390/jmse11061238

Publikacije

Kršinić F, Vidjak O

Copepod community from Arctic to Antarctic large scale patterns of naupliar and postnaupliar distribution and abundance in the epipelagic layer revealed by citizen science

Published

2022

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.envres.2022.114108

Publikacije

Lin Y, Vidjak O, Ezgeta-Balić D, Bojanić Varezić D, Šegvić-Bubić T, Stagličić N, Zhan A, Briski E

Plankton diversity in Anthropocene Shipping vs aquaculture along the eastern Adriatic coast assessed through DNA metabarcoding

Published

2022

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151043

Publikacije

Zorica B, Ezgeta-Balić D, Vidjak O, Vuletin V, Šestanovic M, Isajlović I, Čikeš Keč V, Vrgoč N, Harrod C

Diet Composition and Isotopic Analysis of Nine Important Fisheries Resources in the Eastern Adriatic Sea Mediterranean

Published

2021

DOI

ISBN

10.3389/fmars.2021.609432

Publikacije

Mladineo I, Hrabar J, Vidjak O, Bočina I, Čolak S, Katharios P, Cascarano MC, Keklikoglou K, Volpatti D, Beraldo P

Host Parasite Interaction between Parasitic Cymothoid Ceratothoa oestroides and Its Host Farmed European Sea Bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.3390/pathogens9030230

Publikacije

Kršinić F, Böttger-Schnack R, Vidjak O

Small copepods of the deep South Adriatic Pit diversity seasonal and multi annual dynamics and implications from the regional hydrography

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.1007/s10661-020-08462-4

Publikacije

Ezgeta-Balić D, Šantić D, Šegvić-Bubić T, Bojanić N, Bužančić M, Vidjak O, Varezić DB, Stagličić N, Kundid P, Peharda M, Žužul I, Grubišić L, Briski E.

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

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105051

Publikacije

Uttieri M, Aguzzi L, Aiese Cigliano R, Amato A, Bojanić N, Brunetta M, Camatti E, Carotenuto Y, Damjanović T, Delpy F, de Olazabal A, Di Capua I, Falcão J, Fernandez de Puelles ML, Foti G, Garbazey O, Goruppi A, Gubanova A, Hubareva E, Iriarte A, Khanaychenko A, Lučić D, Marques SC, Mazzocchi MG, Mikuš J, Minutoli R, Pagano M, Pansera M, Percopo I, Primo AL, Svetlichny L, Rožić S, Tirelli V, Uriarte I, Vidjak O, Villate F, Wootton M, Zagami G, Zervoudaki S

WGEUROBUS Working Group Towards a EURopean OBservatory of the non indigenous calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinUS

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.1007/s10530-019-02174-8

Publikacije

Lučić D, Hure M, Bobanović-Ćolić S, Njire J, Vidjak O, Onofri I, Gangai Zovko B, Batistić M

The effect of temperature change and oxygen reduction on zooplankton composition and vertical distribution in a semi enclosed marine system

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1080/17451000.2019.1655161

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, de Olazabal A, Benzi M, Brautović I, Camatti E, Hure M, Lipej L, Lučić D, Pansera M, Pećarević M, Pestorić B, Pigozzi S, Tirelli V

Zooplankton in Adriatic port environments Indigenous communities and non indigenous species

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.055

Publikacije

Tsiamis K, Palialexis A, Stefanova K, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Skejić S, Despalatović M, Cvitković I, Dragičević B, Dulčić J, Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Žuljević A, Aplikioti M, Argyrou M, Josephides M, Michailidis N, Jakobsen HH, Staehr PA, Ojaveer H, Lehtiniemi M, Massé C, Zenetos A, Castriota L, Livi S, Mazziotti C, Schembri PJ, Evans J, Bartolo AG, Kabuta SH, Smolders S, Knegtering E, Gittenberger A, Gruszka P, Kraśniewski W, Bartilotti C, Tuaty-Guerra M, Canning-Clode J, Costa AC, Parente MI, Botelho AZ, Micael J, Miodonski JV, Carreira GP, Lopes V, Chainho P, Barberá C, Naddafi R, Florin AB, Barry P, Stebbing PD, Cardoso AC

Nonindigenous species refined national baseline inventories A synthesis in the context of the European Unions Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.06.012

Publikacije

Varkitzi I, Basset A, Cozzoli F, Stanca E, Zervoudaki S, Giannakourou A, Assimakopoulou G, Venetsanopoulou A, Mozetič P, Tinta T, Skejić S, Vidjak O, Cadiou JF, Pagou K

Pelagic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea A review of Good Environmental Status GES determination for plankton components and identification of gaps and priority needs to improve coherence for the MSFD implementation

Published

2018

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.07.036

Publikacije

Brautović I, Bojanić N, Vidjak O, Grbec B, Gangai Zovko B

Composition and distribution patterns of marine planktonic ostracods Crustacea Ostracoda in the Adriatic Sea a historical perspective

Published

2018

DOI

ISBN

10.32582/aa.59.1.6

Publikacije

Zorica B, Čikeš Keč V, Vidjak O, Kraljević V, Brzulja G

Seasonal pattern of population dynamics spawning activities and diet composition of sardine Sardina pilchardus Walbaum in the eastern Adriatic Sea

Published

2017

DOI

ISBN

10.3906/zoo-1609-27

Publikacije

Arapov J, Skejić S, Bužančić M, Bakrač A, Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Ujević I, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Taxonomical diversity of Pseudonitzschia from the Central Adriatic Sea

Published

2017

DOI

ISBN

10.1111/pre.12184

Publikacije

Skejić S, Car A, Marasović I, Jozić S, Bužančić M, Arapov J, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Bakrač A, Kušpilić G, Vidjak O, Larsen J

Morphology and ecology of the poorly known dinoflagellate Prorocentrum arcuatum Dinophyceae from the Medulin Bay eastern Adriatic Sea

Published

2017

DOI

Publikacije

Hummel H, Van Avesaath P, Wijnhoven S, Kleine-schaars L, Degraer S, Kerckhof F, Bojanić N, Skejić S, Vidjak O, Maria Rousou M, Orav-Kotta H, Kotta J, Jourde J, Pedrotti ML, Leclerc JC, Simon N, Rigaut-Jalabert F, Bachelet G, Lavesque N, Arvanitidis C, Pavloudi C, Faulwetter S, Crowe T, Coughlan J, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Dal Bello M, Magni P, Como S, Coppa S, Ikauniece A, Ruginis T, Jankowska E, Weslawski JM, Warzocha J, Gromisz S, Witalis B, Silva T, Ribeiro P, Kirienko Fernandes de Matos V, Sousa-Pinto I, Veiga P, Troncoso J, Guinda X, de la Pena JA, Puente A, Espinosa F, Pérez-Ruzafa A, Frost M, Mcneill CL, Peleg O, Rilov G

Geographic patterns of biodiversity in European coastal marine benthos

Published

2017

DOI

ISBN

10.1017/S0025315416001119

Publikacije

Zorica B, Čikeš Keč V, Vidjak O, Mladineo I, Ezgeta-Balić D

Feeding habits and helminth parasites of sardine S pilchardus and anchovy E encrasicolus in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2016

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Skejić S, Grbec B

First record of small tropical calanoid copepod Parvocalanus crassirostris Copepoda Calanoida Paracalanidae in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2016

DOI

ISBN

10.12681/mms.1743

Publikacije

Bojanić Varezić D, Vidjak O, Kraus R, Precali R

Regulating mechanisms of calanoid copepods variability in the northern Adriatic Sea Testing the roles of westeast salinity and phytoplankton gradients

Published

2015

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.ecss.2015.07.026

Publikacije

Grbec B, Morović M, Matić F, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Marasović I, Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Čikeš Keč V, Zorica B, Kušpilić G, Matić-Skoko S

Climate regime shifts and multidecadal variability of the Adriatic Sea pelagic ecosystem

Published

2015

DOI

Publikacije

Skejić S, Bojanić N, Matijević S, Vidjak O, Grbec B, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Šestanović S, Šantić D

Analysis of the phytoplankton community in the vicinity of domestic sewage outflow during stratified conditions

Published

2014

DOI

ISBN

10.12681/mms.866

Publikacije

Bojanić N, Vidjak O, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Brautović I, Matijević S, Kušpilić G, Šestanović S, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Marasović I

Community structure and seasonal dynamics of tintinnid ciliates in Kaštela Bay middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2012

DOI

ISBN

10.1093/plankt/fbs019

Publikacije

Berline L, Marasović I, Vidjak O, Gorsky G

Intercomparison of six Mediterranean zooplankton time series

Published

2012

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.pocean.2011.11.011

Publikacije

Peharda M, Ezgeta-Balić D, Davenport J, Bojanić N, Vidjak O, Ninčević-Gladan Ž

Differential ingestion of zooplankton by four species of bivalves Mollusca in Mali Ston Bay Croatia

Published

2012

DOI

ISBN

10.1007/s00227-011-1866-5

Publikacije

Ezgeta-Balić D, Peharda M, Davenport J, Vidjak O

Size structure of zooplankton ingested by four commercially important bivalves

Published

2012

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Matijević S, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Skejić S, Grbec B, Brautović I

Environmental drivers of zooplankton variability in the coastal eastern Adriatic Mediterranean Sea

Published

2012

DOI

Publikacije

Leonori I, Tičina V, De Felice A, Vidjak O, Grubišić L, Pallaoro A

Comparisons of two research vessels properties in the acoustic surveys of small pelagic fish

Published

2012

DOI

Publikacije

Skejić S, Marasović I, Vidjak O, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Šestanović S, Bojanić N

Effects of cage fish farming on phytoplankton community structure biomass and primary production in an aquaculture area in the middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2011

DOI

ISBN

10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02733.x

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N

Species composition and distribution patterns of the family Corycaeidae Dana Copepoda Cyclopoida in the middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2009

DOI

ISBN

10.1080/17451000802603629

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Kušpilić G, Grbec B, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Matijević S, Brautović I

Population structure and abundance of zooplankton along the Krka river estuary in spring

Published

2009

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Zorica B, Sinovčić G

First record of parasitic copepod Peniculus fistula von Nordmann Siphonostomatoida Pennellidae from garfish Belone belone Linnaeus in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2008

DOI

Publikacije

Ninčević-Gladan Ž, Skejić S, Bužančić M, Marasović I, Arapov J, Ujević I, Bojanić N, Grbec B, Kušpilić G, Vidjak O

Seasonal variability in Dinophysis spp abundances and diarrhetic shellfish poisoning outbreaks along the eastern Adriatic coast

Published

2008

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N

Redescription of Ditrichocorycaeus minimus indicus M Dahl Copepoda Cyclopoida Corycaeidae from the Adriatic Sea

Published

2008

DOI

ISBN

10.1093/plankt/fbm103

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Tičina V

Zooplankton community and hydrographical properties of the Neretva Channel eastern Adriatic Sea

Published

2007

DOI

Publikacije

Bojanić N, Vidjak O, Brautović I

Spatial and temporal variability in abundance and biomass of oligotrich ciliates in Kaštela Bay middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2006

DOI

Publikacije

Tičina V, Katavić I, Dadić V, Marasović I, Kršinić F, Grbec B, Kušpilić G, Cetinić P, Ninčević Ž, Matić Skoko S, Franičević M, Soldo A, Vidjak O, Emrić Tičina V, Bojanić D, Skejić S, Matić F

Acoustic estimates of small pelagic fish stocks in the eastern part of the Adriatic Sea

Published

2006

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O, Bojanić N, Kušpilić G, Marasović I, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Brautović I

Annual variability and trophic relations of the mesozooplankton community in the eutrophicated coastal area Vranjic Basin eastern Adriatic Sea

Published

2006

DOI

Publikacije

Bojanić N, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Marasović I, Ninčević Ž, Vidjak O

Seasonal and vertical distribution of the ciliated protozoa and micrometazoa in Kaštela Bay Central Adriatic

Published

2001

DOI

Publikacije

Tičina V, Vidjak O, Kačić I

Feeding of adult sprat Sprattus sprattus during spawning season in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2000

DOI

Publikacije

Vidjak O

Comparative sampling of the mesozooplankton with and micrometer mesh size nets in the Kaštela Bay

Published

1998

DOI

Other

MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS AND EXPERT GROUPS

⦁ EUROMARINE research network (GA)

⦁ WG EUROBUS (“Towards an EURopean OBservatory of the invasive calanoid copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinUS”), ICES

⦁ WG GES (Working group on Good Environmental Status), EC

⦁ IGMETS grupa – International group for marine ecological time-series

⦁ National expert on biodiversity and non-native species (according to descriptors D1 and D2 of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive)

⦁ Croatian Biological Society

PROJECTS

⦁ 2022.-2023. – Monitoring the dynamics and impact of the invasive rib species Mnemiopsis leidyi in the fishing areas of the northern Adriatic (Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Croatia)

⦁ 2020.-2022. ABIOMMED – Support coherent and coordinated assessment of biodiversity
and measures across Mediterranean for the next 6-year cycle of MSFD implementation (DG Environment, EC)

⦁ 2020.- 2022.- ADRIACLIM – Climate change information, monitoring and management tools for adaptation strategies in Adriatic coastal areas (Interreg Italija-Hrvatska)

⦁ 2018.-2023. MAUD – (Middle Adriatic Upwelling and Downwelling) (HRZZ)

⦁ 2019.-2021 MEDREGION – „Support Mediterranean Member States towards implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive new GES decision and Programmes of Measures and contribute to Regional/subregional Cooperation Needs“ (DG Environment, EC)

⦁ 2017.-2019 MEDCIS – “Support MEDiterranean member states towards coherent and Coordinated Implementation of the Second phase of the MSFD ” (DG Environment, EC)

⦁ 2014.-2018 MARIPLAN – Marine plankton as a tool for assessment of climate and anthropogenic influence on the marine ecosystem (HRZZ)

⦁ 2013.-2016.- BALMAS – Ballast water management for the protection of the Adriatic Sea, (IPA Adriatic, CBC, 2013.-2016.)

⦁ 2011. – today: Supervisory and operational monitoring for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (Croatian waters)