1. Ana Bekavac, Ana Beck, Paula Dragičević, Zrinka Dragun, Ivana Maguire, Dušica Ivanković, Željka Fiket, Romana Gračan*, Sandra Hudina* (2022) Disturbance in invasion? Idiopathic necrotizing hepatopancreatitis in the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Croatia. Journal of Fish Diseases, 45:261-276.

Link to scientific article:

Disturbance in invasion? Idiopathic necrotizing hepatopancreatitis in the signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus (Dana, 1852) in Croatia - Bekavac - - Journal of Fish Diseases - Wiley Online Library

2. Zrinka Dragun*, Dušica Ivanković*, Nesrete Krasnići, Zoran Kiralj, Marita Cvitanović, Ivana Karamatić, Damir Valić, Fran Barac, Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Tatjana Mijošek, Emil Gjurčević, Krešimir Matanović, Snježana Kužir (2022) Metal-binding biomolecules in the liver of northern pike (Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758): the first data for the family Esocidae. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C - Toxicology and Pharmacology, 257:109327.

Link to scientific article:

Metal-binding biomolecules in the liver of northern pike (Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758): The first data for the family Esocidae - ScienceDirect

3. Zrinka Dragun*, Draženka Stipaničev, Željka Fiket, Mavro Lučić, Nikolina Udiković Kolić, Ana Puljko, Siniša Repec, Zvjezdana Šoštarić Vulić, Dušica Ivanković, Fran Barac, Zoran Kiralj, Tomislav Kralj, Damir Valić* (2022) Yesterday’s contamination – a problem of today? The case study of discontinued historical contamination of the Mrežnica River (Croatia). Science of the Total Environment, 848:157775.

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Yesterday’s contamination – a problem of today? The case study of discontinued historical contamination of the Mrežnica River (Croatia)

4. Zoran Kiralj, Zrinka Dragun, Jasna Lajtner, Krešimira Trgovčić, Damir Valić, Dušica Ivanković* (2023) Accumulation of metal(loid)s in the digestive gland of the mussel Unio crassus: a reliable detection of historical freshwater contamination. Environmental Pollution, 334:122164.

Link to scientific article:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122164

5. Draženka Stipaničev, Zrinka Dragun*, Siniša Repec, Dušica Ivanković, Fran Barac, Zoran Kiralj, Tomislav Kralj, Damir Valić (2023) Dynamics of drug contamination of the river-water in the rural, semirural and urban areas of the Mrežnica River in Croatia during COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30:93652-93666.

Link to scientific article:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11356-023-28845-7

6. Zrinka Dragun*^#, Zoran Kiralj^#, Ana Pećnjak, Dušica Ivanković* (2024) The study of acidic/basic nature of metallothioneins and other metal-binding biomolecules in the soluble hepatic fraction of the northern pike (Esox lucius). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 256:128209.

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The study of acidic/basic nature of metallothioneins and other metal-binding biomolecules in the soluble hepatic fraction of the northern pike (Esox lucius) - ScienceDirect

7. Jasna Lajtner*, Krešimir Matanović, Emil Gjurčević, Dušica Ivanković, Zoran Kiralj, Krešimira Trgovčić, Zrinka Dragun (2024) The first record of Aspidogaster conchicola (Trematoda: Aspidogastridae) in the freshwater mussel Unio pictorum in Croatia. Natura Croatica, 33:167-173.

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/462214

8. Zrinka Dragun*^#, Zoran Kiralj^#, Dušica Ivanković, Branka Bilić, Saša Kazazić, Snježana Kazazić* (2024) Iron-binding biomolecules in the soluble hepatic fraction of the northern pike (Esox lucius): two-dimensional chromatographic separation with mass spectrometry detection. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 416:5097-5109.

Link to scientific article:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00216-024-05446-y?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20240724&utm_content=10.1007/s00216-024-05446-y

9. Niko Bujas, Jasna Lajtner, Dušica Ivanković, Zoran Kiralj, Krešimira Trgovčić, Zrinka Dragun, Hana Uvanović, Melita Peharda* (2024) Age structure and growth patterns of freshwater bivalve Unio crassus Philipsson, 1788 under different environmental conditions. Aquatic Sciences, 86:92.

Link to scientific article:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00027-024-01110-w

10. Zrinka Dragun*, Dušica Ivanković*, Nataša Tepić, Vlatka Filipović Marijić, Sara Šariri, Tatjana Mijošek Pavin, Sara Drk, Emil Gjurčević, Krešimir Matanović, Snježana Kužir, Fran Barac, Zoran Kiralj, Tomislav Kralj, Damir Valić (2024) Metal bioaccumulation in the muscle of the northern pike (Esox lucius) from historically contaminated river and the estimation of the human health risk. Fishes, 9:364.

Link to scientific article:

https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/9/364

11. Zrinka Dragun*#, Zoran Kiralj#, Željka Fiket, Dušica Ivanković (2024) Preliminary insight into intracellular behaviour of rare earths and other technology critical elements (TCE) in the northern pike liver: study of TCE-binding biomolecules by size-exclusion HPLC-ICP-MS. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, accepted for publication.

12. Zoran Kiralj, Zrinka Dragun, Jasna Lajtner, Krešimira Trgovčić, Tatjana Mijošek Pavin, Bruno Bušić, Dušica Ivanković* (2024) Changes in subcellular responses in the digestive gland of the freshwater mussel Unio crassus from historically contaminated environment. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, submitted.

*corresponding author

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