Sedimentological processes and environmental variability at Lake Ohrid (Macedonia, Albania) between 637 ka and the present

A Francke, B Wagner, J Just, N Leicher… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
Lake Ohrid (Macedonia, Albania) is thought to be more than 1.2 million years old and host
more than 300 endemic species. As a target of the International Continental scientific Drilling …

Neogene paleogeography provides context for understanding the origin and spatial distribution of cryptic diversity in a widespread Balkan freshwater amphipod

M Grabowski, T Mamos, K Bącela-Spychalska… - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Background The Balkans are a major worldwide biodiversity and endemism hotspot. Among
the freshwater biota, amphipods are known for their high cryptic diversity. However, little is …

The obscure history of the Lake Skadar and its biota: a perspective for future research

M Grabowski, A Jabłońska, A Wysocka… - The Skadar/Shkodra Lake …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Lake Skadar and its basin, representing the classic karst of the Dinarides with a
very complex hydrogeology, are unique areas with high landscape heterogeneity and rich …

Molecular species delimitation methods provide new insight into taxonomy of the endemic gammarid species flock from the ancient Lake Ohrid

M Grabowski, A Wysocka… - Zoological Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Evidence for cryptic diversity has been accumulated for many animal groups. In reply,
effective tools for ordering this diversity by detecting and delimiting new species have been …

Evidence of lake-level fluctuations during the late Holocene based on diatoms from Lake Vransko, Cres Island (north-central Mediterranean)

KC Mihalić, I Galović, N Ilijanić, O Hasan… - Quaternary …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract An investigation of Lake Vransko, located on the island of Cres in the Adriatic Sea,
was performed in order to reconstruct the palaeoenvironmental changes that occurred …

Ash leachates from some recent eruptions of Mount Etna (Italy) and Popocatépetl (Mexico) volcanoes and their impact on amphibian living freshwater organisms

M D'Addabbo, R Sulpizio, M Guidi, G Capitani… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Leaching experiments were carried out on fresh ash samples from Popocatépetl 2012, Etna
2011, and Etna 2012 eruptions, in order to investigate the release of compounds in both …

Constant diversification rates of endemic gastropods in ancient Lake Ohrid: ecosystem resilience likely buffers environmental fluctuations

K Föller, B Stelbrink, T Hauffe, C Albrecht… - …, 2015 - bg.copernicus.org
Ancient lakes represent key ecosystems for endemic freshwater species. This high endemic
biodiversity has been shown to be mainly the result of intra-lacustrine diversification …

Description of a new fossil diatom genus, Cribrionella gen. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from Quaternary sediments of Lake Ohrid

E Jovanovska, A Cvetkoska, S Tofilovska… - Phytotaxa, 2016 - biotaxa.org
A new diatom genus, Cribrionella gen. nov., is described from Quaternary sediments of Lake
Ohrid. Cribrionella comprises distinct morphological features, such as: i) presence of …