Hompage ABOUT THE INSTITUTE Organization Laboratory of Marine Microbiology

Stefanija Šestanović

Title

PhD

E-mail

Phone number

021408006

Department

Laboratory of microbiology

About

EMPLOYMENT

Research associate

AREA OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST

My research is in the field of marine microbial ecology. My research is focused on studying the ecology of prokaryotic and eukaryotic plankton (community structure and function) in different natural and experimental conditions and on different spatial and temporal scales. Recently, my attention is devoted to the impact of global climate warming on the microbial food web.

Education

2004.

PhD in Biology

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

2000.

MSc in Oceanography

Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia

1995.

BA in Professor of Biology and Chemistry

Faculty of Science and Mathematics, University of Split

Publications

Publikacije

ŠESTANOVIĆ, STEFANIJA and TOMAŠ, ANA VRDOLJAK and ŠOLIĆ, MLADEN and ŠANTIĆ, DANIJELA and BOJANIĆ, NATALIA

Temperature Effects on Growth Rates and Predation Loss of Bacterial Groups in Marine Ecosystems

Published

2025

DOI

ISBN

10.12681/mms.38158

Publikacije

Šantić D, Stojan I, Matić F, Trumbić Ž, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Fredotović Ž, Piwosz K, Lepen Pleić I, Šestanović S, Šolić M

Picoplankton diversity in an oligotrophic and high salinity environment in the central Adriatic Sea

Published

2023

DOI

ISBN

10.1038/s41598-023-34704-9

Publikacije

Ordulj M, Šantić D, Matić F, Jozić S, Šestanović S, Šolić M, Veža J, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Analysis of the Influence of Seasonal Water Column Dynamics on the Relationship between Marine Viruses and Microbial Food Web Components Using an Artificial Neural Network

Published

2023

DOI

ISBN

10.3390/jmse11030639

Publikacije

Vrdoljka Tomaš A, Šantić D, Šolić M, Skejić S, Milinković A, Kušan Cvitešić A, Gašparović B, Šestanović S, Stefanija, Frka S

How do open coastal fire episodes impact sea surface microlayer neuston communities

Published

2023

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160593

Publikacije

Dulčić J, Lepen Pleić I, Zorica B, Bušelić I, Šestanović M, Kovačić M

Fish larvae DNA barcoding indicated the potential appearance of rare species Buenia massutii Kovačić Ordines and Schliewen in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2022

DOI

ISBN

doi.org/10.32582/aa.63.1.4

Publikacije

Gujinović, Luka and Maravić, Ana and Kalinić, Hrvoje and Dželalija, Mia and Šestanović, Stefanija and Zanchi, Dražen and Šamanić, Ivica

Metagenomic analysis of pioneer biofilmforming marine bacteria with emphasis on Vibrio gigantis adhesion dynamics

Published

2022

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112619

Publikacije

Šolić M, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Kušpilić G, Matić F, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Jozić S, Bojanić N, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Changing Ecological Conditions in the Marine Environment Generate Different Microbial Food Web Structures in a Repeatable Manner

Published

2022

DOI

ISBN

10.3389/fmars.2021.811155

Publikacije

Šantić D, Piwos K, Matić F, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Arapov J, Lawrence Dean J, Šolić M, Kobližek M, Kušpilić G, Šestanović S

Artificial neural network analysis of microbial diversity in the central and southern Adriatic Sea

Published

2021

DOI

ISBN

10.1038/s41598-021-90863-7

Publikacije

Fecskeová LK, Piwos K, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Hanusová M, Šolić M, Koblížek M

Lineage specific growth curves document large differences in response of individual groups of marine bacteria to the top down and bottom up controls

Published

2021

DOI

ISBN

10.1128/mSystems.00934-21

Publikacije

Šolić M, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Bojanić N, Grbec B, Jozić S, Vrdoljak A, Ordulj M, Matić F, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Impact of water column stability dynamics on the succession of plankton food web types in the offshore area of the Adriatic Sea

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.seares.2020.101860

Publikacije

Šolić M, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Bojanić N, Jozić S, Ordulj M, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Kušpilić G

Changes in the Trophic Pathways within the Microbial Food Web in the Global Warming Scenario An Experimental Study in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2020

DOI

ISBN

10.3390/microorganisms8040510

Publikacije

Šolić M, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Bojanić N, Jozić S, Vrdoljak A, Ordulj M, Kušpilić G

Temperature and phosphorus interacts in controlling the picoplankton carbon flux in the Adriatic Sea an experimental versus field study

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1111/1462-2920.14634

Publikacije

Šantić D, Kovačević V, Bensi M, Giani M, Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Ordulj M, Santinelli C, Šestanović S, Šolić M, Grbec B

Picoplankton Distribution and Activity in the Deep Waters of the Southern Adriatic Sea

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.3390/w11081655

Publikacije

Vrdoljak Tomaš A, Šantić D, Šolić M, Ordulj M, Jozić S, Šestanović S, Matić F, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Dynamics of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs along the trophic gradient in the central Adriatic Sea

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.dsr2.2019.06.001

Publikacije

Živković I, Fajon V, Kotnik J, Shlyapnikov Y, Obu Vazner K, Begu E, Šestanović S, Šantić D, Vrdoljak A, Jozić S, Šolić M, Lušić J, Veža J, Kušpilić G, Ordulj M, Matić F, Grbec B, Bojanić N, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Horvat M

Relations between mercury fractions and microbial community components in seawater under the presence and absence of probable phosphorus limitation conditions

Published

2019

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.jes.2018.03.012

Publikacije

Šolic M, Šantic D, Šestanovic S, Bojanic N, Ordulj M, Jozic S, Vrdoljak A

The effect of temperature increase on microbial carbon fluxes in the Adriatic Sea an experimental approach

Published

2018

DOI

ISBN

10.1093/femsec/fiy169

Publikacije

Šolić M, Grbec B, Matić F, Šantic D, Šestanović S, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Bojanic N, Ordulj M, Jozić S, Vrdoljak Ana

Spatiotemporal reproducibility of the microbial food web structure associated with the change in temperature Longterm observations in the Adriatic Sea

Published

2018

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.pocean.2018.02.003

Publikacije

Šolić M, Krstulović N, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Kušpilić G, Bojanić N, Ordulj M, Jozić S, Vrdoljak A

Impact of the degrees C temperature rise on bacterial growth and carbon transfer towards higher trophic levels Empirical models for the Adriatic Sea

Published

2017

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.jmarsys.2017.01.001

Publikacije

Šantić D, Šestanović S, Vrdoljak A, Šolić M, Koblížek M, Kušpilić G, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in the Eastern Adriatic Sea

Published

2017

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.07.012

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Peković J, Matijević S, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Effects of fish farming on microbial planktonic communities in the middle Adriatic sea

Published

2016

DOI

ISBN

10.1111/are.12560

Publikacije

Šolić M, Krstulović N, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Ordulj M, Bojanić N, Kušpilić G

Structure of microbial communities in phosphoruslimited estuaries along the eastern Adriatic coast

Published

2015

DOI

ISBN

10.1017/S0025315415000442

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

Šantić D, Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Kušpilić G, Ordulj M, Ninčević Gladan Ž

Dynamics of the picoplankton community from coastal waters to the open sea in the Central Adriatic

Published

2014

DOI

Publikacije

Krstulović N, Šolić M, Šantić D, Maršić-Lučić J, Ordulj M, Šestanović S

Microbial community structure in two anchialine caves on Mljet Island Adriatic Sea

Published

2013

DOI

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

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

Krstulović N, Šolić M, Šantić D, Šestanović S, Kušpilić G

Monitoring of environmental impact of the submarine outfall Stobreč

Published

2011

DOI

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N

The influence of organic matter and phytoplankton pigments on the distribution of bacteria in sediments of Kaštela Bay Adriatic Sea

Published

2009

DOI

ISBN

10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1083

Publikacije

Šolić M, Krstulović N, Vilibić I, Bojanić N, Kušpilić G, Šestanović S, Šantić D, Ordulj M

Variability in the bottomup and topdown controls of bacteria on trophic and temporal scales in the middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2009

DOI

ISBN

10.3354/ame01342

Publikacije

Šolić M, Krstulović N, Vilibić I, Kušpilić G, Šestanović S, Šantić D, Ordulj M

The role of water mass dynamics in controlling bacterial abundance and production in the middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2008

DOI

ISBN

10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.01.004

Publikacije

Peharda M, Richardson CA, Mladineo I, Šestanović S, Popović Z, Bolotin J, Vrgoč N

Age growth and population structure of Modiolus barbatus from the Adriatic

Published

2007

DOI

ISBN

10.1007/s00227-006-0501-3

Publikacije

Bojanić N, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Šestanović S, Ninčević Gladan Ž, Marasović I, Brautović I

The role of ciliates within microbial food web in the eutrophicated part of Kaštela Bay middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2006

DOI

Publikacije

Marasović I, Kušpilić G, Krstulović N, Šolić M, Šestanović S

Abundance and composition of picoplankton in the mid Adriatic Sea

Published

2006

DOI

Publikacije

Bojanić N, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Šestanović S, Marasović I, Ninčević Ž

Temporal variability in abundance and biomass of ciliates and copepods in the eutrophicated part of Kaštela Bay Middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2005

DOI

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Bogner D

Volume abundance and biomass of sediment bacteria in the eastern mid Adriatic Sea

Published

2005

DOI

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Bojanić N, Ninčević Ž

Simultaneous effect of different variables on bacterial and HNF abundances in Kaštela Bay Adriatic Sea

Published

2004

DOI

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N, Ninčević Ž

Seasonal and vertical distribution of planktonic bacteria and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the middle Adriatic Sea

Published

2004

DOI

Publikacije

Šestanović S, Šolić M, Krstulović N

Bacterial biomass in sediments of coastal Adriatic Sea

Published

2004

DOI

Publikacije

Šolić M, Krstulović N, Šestanović S

The roles of predation substrate suply and temperature in controlling bacterial abundance interaction between spatial and seasonal scale

Published

2001

DOI

Other

Publications:

Author’s books

1. Šolić, Mladen; Krstulović, Nada; Šestanović, Stefanija; Šantić, Danijela; Bojanić, Natalia; Ordulj, Marin; Jozić, Slaven. Microbial Community Ecology of the Adriatic Sea., Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2016 (monografija)