LABORATORY FOR FRESHWATER AND TERRESTRIAL
ECOSYSTEMS RESEARCH NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, LJUBLJANA;
SLOVENIA (LFTER-NIB)
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Responsible scientist
Anton Brancelj
E-mail:anton.brancelj@uni-lj.si ,
Institute: National Institute of Biology,
Address: Vecna pot 111 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Phone: +386 1 423 33,
Fax: +386 1 423 50
Department of Biology, University of
Ljubljana: BSc (1981): zoology - ecology; MSc. (1986): zoology -
speleobiology; PhD (1991): zoology - hydrobiology - secondary
production of zooplankton. Experience: 1983 - 1999: National
Institute of Biology, Ljubljana. From 1993 head of the
Laboratory for Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecosystems
Research. Co-ordinator of several national projects financed by
Ministry of Science. International activity: participation in EC
projects: AL:PE2 (1993-1995 MOLAR (1996-1999) site
co-ordinator for Slovenia. Main activity: taxonomy and ecology
of Copepoda and Cladocera; secondary production and oxygen
consumption in zooplankton; speleobiology.
Members
Natasa Gorjanc
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E-mail:natasa.gorjanc@uni-lj.si,
Institute: National Institute of Biology,
Address: Vecna pot 111 Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Phone: +386 1 423 33,
Fax: +386 1 423 50
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Gregor Muri
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E-mail:gregor.muri@uni-lj.si,
Institute: National Institute of Biology,
Address: Vecna pot 111 Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Phone: +386-1-423 33,
Fax: +386-1-423 50
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Faculty of Chemistry, University of Ljubljana:
BSc (1996): physical chemistry - rare earth fluorides.
MSc (2000): environmental chemistry - black carbon in
lacustrine sediments.
PhD (2003): organic geochemistry - lipids in lacustrine
sediments.
Experience:
1997 - : National Institute of Biology, Ljubljana.
International activity: participation in EC project MOLAR (1997-1999),
Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, USA (March - June 2001, Nov 2001 - Jan 2002,
Oct 2002).
Main activity: black carbon, organic geochemistry, water chemistry, air pollution |
Milija Sisko
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E-mail:Milijan.Sisko@nib.si,
Institute: National Institute of Biology,
Address: Vecna pot 111 Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Phone: +386-1-423338,
Fax: +386-1-423503
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Department of Biology, University of
Ljubljana: BSc (1986): marine biology - ecology and
ecotoxycology. Experience: 1987-1999: National Institute of
Biology, Ljubljana. International activity: participation in EC
projects AL:PE2 (1993-1995), MOLAR (1997-1999). Main activity:
taxonomy of diatoms, algae cultures, ecophysiology of algae,
ecological modelling. |
Jurij Dobravec
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E-mail:Jurij.Dobravec@tnp.gov.si,
Institute: National Institute of Biology,
Address: Vecna pot 111 Ljubljana, Slovenia,
Phone: +386 1 423 33,
Fax: +386 1 423 50
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Irena Rejec Brancelj
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E-mail:irena.rejec.brancelj@uni-lj.si,
Institute: Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London,
Address: Bedford Way, 26 London, United Kingdom,
Phone: ,
Fax:
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Tasks:
LFTER-NIB undertakes all field sampling operations for the
Julian Alp Classification and Validation lakes. Particular
attention is put into biological responses to environmental
gradients for modelling species distribution and food-web
structure. Analyses include epipelic diatoms, litoral
invertebrates, plankton analyses, major water ions and short core
analyses for diatoms and cladocera. An automatic weather station
and deposition measurements is maintained the Valley of Sedmera
Jezera. The karstic geology of the Julian Alp Lake District makes
these lakes quite unique among European mountain lakes and
catchment hydrology (snow water equivalent, annual water budget) of
two lakes is studied using tracer applications. LFTER-NIB
co-ordinates the biological harmonisation of cladocera across the
project. Together with the University of Ljubliana LFTER-NIB
implements a pilot study of the socio-economic methodology devised
elsewhere by CSERGE-UEA and IOES-NLH to assess the effects that a
different cultural and economic framework may have on these
techniques. GIS for the region of the Triglav National Park already
exists and is upgraded with data emerged from the EMERGE
project. The Triglav National Park as an end user of those data
participates in the programme with no additional costs. EMERGE is
complimentary with a national project focused on the Julian Alpine
lakes: "Slovenian mountain lakes: Palaeoecology and ecology -
eutrophication processes in mountain lakes".
Lake Districts:
Recent Publications
Electron transport system (ETS) activity and
respiration rate in five Daphnia species at different
temperatures |
Simeie, T.,
&. Brancelj, A. (1997)
Hydrobiologia. 360, 117-125.
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Alona stochi n.sp. - the third cave-dwelling
cladoceran (Crustacea: Cladocera) from the Balkans |
Brancelj, A. (1997)
Hydrobiologia. 360, 47-54.
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Distribution of algae and crustacea (Copepoda &
Cladocera) in mountain lakes in Slovenia with different trophic
levels |
Brancelj, A., Kosi,
G. & Sisko, M. (1997)
Periodicum Biologorum. 99(1), 87-96.
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Ab initio studies on the structures and vibrational
frequencies of rare earth fluorides LnFn (Ln= Er, Tm; n = 1,2,3)
and their positive ions and an assessment of their ionization
and dissociation energies |
Lesar A., Muri G., &
Hodoseek M., (1998) J. Phys. Chem. 102, 1170-1176.
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Influence of modern farming on karstic
landscapes |
Rejec Brancelj I.. (1998)
Acta Carsologica XXVII/1, 13, 203-213.
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