Branka Pestorić

dr Branka Pestorić

Senior Scientific Associate | Institute of Marine Biology

Branka Pestorić, PhD,  graduated at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Montenegro in 2008. She obtained the title of Doctor of Ecological Sciences at the Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade in 2013 with doctoral thesis titled "Zooplankton community dynamics in the Bay of Boka Kotorska". Since 2008, she has been working at the Institute of Marine Biology, University of Montenegro in the field of zooplankton biology and ecology, population dinamics, marine ecology, food webs and assesment of trophic state. She got scientific position as research...

Teaching

Member Programme Tip Sem. Course Lec x GLec Ex x GEx Lab x GLab

Selected Publications

Year Category Authors Title Source
2024SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Dragana Drakulovic, Aleksandra Huter, Branka Pestoric, Olivera Markovic, Danijela SukovicPhytoplankton Dynamics in an Oligo-mesotrophic Environment along the Montenegrin Coast (South-East Adriatic Sea)Turkish Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences
2022SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Mandić, M., Gvozdenović, S., De Vito, D., Alfonsom, G., Daja, S., Ago, B., Cela, E., Ivanović, A., Zoto, A., Malovrazić, N., Beli, E., Ingrosso, G., De Leo, F., Pestorić, B., Lule, A., Vata, F., De Rinaldis, A., Carpentieri, C., Bode, A., Nazaj, S., Hoxhaj, M., Durmishi, C., Paladini, G., Peraš, I., Raičević, M., Fraissinet, S., Boero, F., Piraino, SSetting thresholds is not enough: Beach litter as indicator of poor environmental status in the southern Adriatic Sea.Marine Pollution Bulletin
2022SCOPUS
2. Violić, I., Lučić, D., Bojanić, N., Pestorić, B., Gangai Zovko, B., Onofri, I. & Hure, M. Long-term Monitoring of Carnivorous Gelatinous Macrozooplankton in the Area of Dubrovnik-Neretva County (Croatia)Naše more-nanstveni časopis za more i pomorstvo
2022SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Alenka MALEJ, Davor LUČIĆ, Natalia BOJANIĆ, Martin VODOPIVEC, Paolo PALIAGA, Branka PESTORIĆ, Ivana VIOLIĆ, Nastjenjka SUPIĆThe occurrence of the jellyfish Aequorea cf. forskalea in the Adriatic Sea: comparison of historical and recent dataActa Adriatica
2021SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Pestorić Branka, Lučić Davor, Bojanić Natalija, Vodopivec Martin, Kogovšek Tjasa, Violić I, Paliaga P, Malej A.Scyphomedusae and Ctenophora of the Eastern Adriatic: Historical Overview and New Data.Diversity
2020SCOPUS
Pestorić, B., Drakulović, D., Joksimović, D., Jokanović, S.Zooplankton as an indicator of trophic conditions in marina basin, Tivat bay.of agronomy, technology and engineering management
2020SCOPUS
Joksimović, D., Perošević, A., Castelli, A., Pestorić, B., Šuković, D., Đurović, D.Assessment of heavy metal pollution in surface sediments of the Montenegrin coast: a 10-year reviewJournal of soil and sediment
2019SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
D. Joksimović, A. Castelli, B. Pestorić, A. PeroševićAn assessment of trace metal contamination in surface sediments of the Montenegrin coast by using pollution indexes and statistical analysis. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
2019SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Milica MANDIĆ, Branka PESTORIĆ, Olivera MARKOVIĆ, Mirko ĐUROVIĆ and Dragana DRAKULOVIĆPlankton community of trafficked ports as a baseline reference for Non Indigenous Species arrivals. Case study of the Port of Bar (South Adriatic Sea). Medit. Mar. Sci
2019SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Olja Vidjaka,, Natalia Bojanić, Alessandra de Olazabal, Margherita Benzi, Igor Brautović,Elisa Camatti, Marijana Hure, Lovrenc Lipej, Davor Lučić, Marco Pansera,Marijana Pećarević, Branka Pestorić, Silvia Pigozzi, Valentina Tirelli Zooplankton in Adriatic port environments: Indigenous communities and non-indigenous species Marine Pollution Bulletin
2018SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Slađana KRIVOKAPIĆ, Sunčica BOSAK, Damir VILIČIĆ, Grozdan KUŠPILIĆ, Dragana DRAKULOVIĆ and Branka PESTORIĆAlgal pigments distribution and phytoplankton group assemblages in coastal transitional environment – Boka Kotorska Bay (South eastern Adriatic Sea) Acta Adriatica
2018SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Blažo ĐUROVIĆ, Igor ĐUROVIĆ, Aleksandar JOKSIMOVIĆ, Vladimir CRNOJEVIĆ, Slobodan ĐUKANOVIĆ and Branka PESTORIĆ Monitoring the eutrophication using Landsat 8 in the Boka Kotorska BayActa Adriatica
2018SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Gangai Zovko, B, Lučić, D, Hure, M, Onofri, I, Pestorić, B Composition and dial vertical distribution of euphausiid larvae (calyptopis stage) in the deep southern Adriatic. Oceanologia
2017SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Drakulović, D., Gvozdenović, S., Joksimović, D., Mandić, M., Pestorić BToxic and Potentially Toxic Phytoplankton in the Mussel and Fish Farms in the Transitional Area of Montenegrin Coast (South-Eastern Adriatic Sea). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
2012SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Bosak, S., Šilović, T., Ljubešić, Z., Kušpilić, G, Pestorić, B., Krivokapić, S., Viličić, D. Phytoplankton size structure and species composition as an indicator of trophic status in transitional ecosystems: the case of a Mediterranean fjord-like karstic bayOceanologia
2012SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Drakulović, D., Pestorić, B., Cvijan, M., Krivokapić, S. & N. Vuksanović Distribution of phytoplankton community in Kotor Bay (south-eastern Adriatic Sea).Central European Journal of Biology
2012SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Miloslavic, M., Lucic, D., Njire, J., Gangai, B., Onofri, I., Garic, R., Zaric, M., Miri Osmani, F., Pestoric, B., Nikleka, E., Shumka, S. Zooplankton composition and distribution across and offshore waters off Albania (Southern Adriatic) in late spring.Acta Adriatica
2012SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Pestorić, B., Krpo-Ćetković, J., Gangai, B., Lučić, D. Pelagic cnidarians in the Boka-Kotorska Bay (Montenegro, South Adriatic)Acta Adriatica
2012SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Dautović, J., Strmečki, S., Pestorić, B., Vojvodić, V., Plavšić, M., Krivokapić, S., Ćosović, B. Organic matter in the karstic enclosed bay (Boka Kotorska Bay, South Adriatic Sea). Influence of freshwater input.Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
2011SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Krivokapić, S., Pestorić, B., Kušpilić, G., Bosak, S., Wexels Riser, C.Trophic state of Boka Kotorska Bay (Eastern Adriatic Sea).Fresenius Environmental Bulletin
2011SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Lučić, D., Pestorić, B., Malej, A., Lopez-Lopez, L., Drakulović.D., Onofri, V., Miloslavić, M., Gangai, B., Onofri, I. & A. Benović Mass occurrence of the ctenophore Bolinopsis vitrea (L. Agassiz, 1860) in the nearshore southern Adriatic Sea (Kotor Bay, Montenegro). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
2010SCI, SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI
Кrivokapić, S., Pestorić, B.,Drakulović, D. & N. VuksanovićSubsurface chlorophyll a maxima in the Boka Kotorska Bay.Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment SE

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