Fish Reproduction Group: HU-SRB Bilateral project "Invasive and blooming cyanobacteria in Serbian and Hungarian waters

3/22/2018

HU-SRB Bilateral project "Invasive and blooming cyanobacteria in Serbian and Hungarian waters - a threat to fish?"

From March 14^th until 17^th, Eszti, Jelena and Ilija Šćekić (Master student in our group) were in Serbia as a part of our HU-SRB Bilateral project "Invasive and blooming cyanobacteria in Serbian and Hungarian waters - a threat to fish?".

In this project, we collaborate with our dear colleagues from the University of Novi Sad lead by prof. dr Zorica Svirčev. During their stay, they were hosted by colleagues from the Laboratory for Paleoenvironmental Research (LAPER) and Laboratory for Hydrobiology, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad.

Our team had opportunity to visit Novi Sad Cyanobacterial Culture Collection (NSCCC) and Chamber for experimental research of BLOCDUST hypothesis that are part of LAPER long-term projects at the Department in Novi Sad.

The main goal of the visit was fieldwork and the first sampling of water, phytoplankton and fish on the Special Nature Reserve "Ludaš" for this year. Various fish tissues were collected for further histological analysis and examination of possible effects of continued water blooming that occurs in that lake.

After the successful field work, we got invitation to visit Palić Zoo where we were guests of Kristian Ovari, the main biologist at the Zoo. We spent nice time there in a friendly atmosphere; thank you Kristian.

We would also like to thank our hosts, especially dr Nada Tokodi, dr Damjana Drobac, Sándor Sipos and Nemanja Pankov for perfect organization, joint work and valuable support and help on the field.