• Changes in the diatom community in the great lake (Lurë National Park, Albania) from 2005 to 2017 and first steps towards assessment the water quality 

      Vidaković, Danijela; Krizmanić, Jelena; Ndoj, Eriselda; Miho, Aleko; Kupe, Lirika; Schneider, Susanne Claudia (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Great Lake is the largest of 14 lakes situated in Lurë National Park, in the eastern part of the Lurë Mountains, Albania. To characterize lake ecological status, epiphytic and epilithic diatom samples were collected from ...
    • Eutrophication impacts littoral biota in Lake Ohrid while water phosphorus concentrations are low 

      Schneider, Susanne Claudia; Cara, Magdalena; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Goreska, Biljana Budzakoska; Imeri, Alma; Kupe, Lirika; Lokoska, Tatjana; Patceva, Suzana; Trajanovska, Sonja; Trajanovski, Sasho; Talevska, Marina; Sarafiloska, Elizabeta Veljanoska (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Eutrophication has traditionally been measured as increased phosphorus concentrations. In some lakes, however, such as transboundary Lake Ohrid situated between Macedonia and Albania, pelagic phosphorus concentrations are ...
    • Littoral eutrophication indicators are more closely related to nearshore land use than to water nutrient concentrations: A critical evaluation of stressor-response relationships 

      Schneider, Susanne C; Biberdžić, Vera; Braho, Vjola; Gjoreska, Biljana Budzakoska; Cara, Magdalena; Dana, Zamira; Đurašković, Pavle; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Hjermann, Dag; Imeri, Alma; Jovanović, Katarina; Krizmanić, Jelena; Kupe, Lirika; Loshkoska, Tatjana; Kemp, Joanna Lynn; Marković, Aleksandra; Patceva, Suzana; Rakočević, Jelena; Stojanović, Katarina; Talevska, Marina; Trajanovska, Sonja; Trajanovski, Sasho; Veljanoska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta; Vidaković, Danijela; Zdraveski, Konstantin; Živić, Ivana; Vermaat, Jan E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Biological assessment metrics and water chemistry measurements are used to quantify the link between stressors and their effects on lake ecosystems, for the Water Framework Directive. However, correlations between metrics ...
    • Relating environmental pressures to littoral biological water quality indicators in Western Balkan lakes: Can we fill the largest gaps? 

      Vermaat, Jan E.; Biberdžić, Vera; Braho, Vjola; Gjoreska, Biljana Budzakoska; Cara, Magdalena; Dana, Zamira; Đurašković, Pavle; Eriksen, Tor Erik; Hjermann, Dag Øystein; Imeri, Alma; Jovanović, Katarina; Krizmanić, Jelena; Kupe, Lirika; Loshkoska, Tatjana; Kemp, Joanna Lynn; Marković, Aleksandra; Patceva, Suzana; Rakočević, Jelena; Stojanović, Katarina; Talevska, Marina; Trajanovska, Sonja; Trajanovski, Sasho; Veljanovska-Sarafiloska, Elizabeta; Vidaković, Danijela; Zdraveski, Konstantin; Zivic, Ivana; Schneider, Susanne C (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Along six transects in each of six lakes across the Western Balkans, we collected data for three groups of littoral biological water quality indicators: epilithic diatoms, macrophytes, and benthic invertebrates. We assessed ...