Zrinka Dragun,^* Damir Kapetanović,^** Biserka Raspor,^*** Emin Teskeredžić<sup>****


*</sup>Zrinka Dragun () is a research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, in the Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals. Her research interests include studies of metal bioavailability in the freshwater and marine environment. Her work is focused on the determination of metal concentrations in the river water, as well as estimation of metal bioavailability based on determination of labile metal species by use of passive samplers for metals (DGTs), and cytosolic metal levels in different tissues of freshwater and marine organisms Address: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals, Bijenička c. 54, P.O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia. e-mail: zdragun@irb.hr
^**Damir Kapetanović is a research associate at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, in the Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms. His main interests are the diagnosis of bacterial diseases in aquatic organisms, as well as research in environmental microbiology, such as analysis of water, using conventional and fast substrate methods. Address: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms, Bijenička c. 54, P.O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia.
^***Biserka Raspor is senior scientist at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, in the Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals. Since 1974 has a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University in Zagreb. Principal investigator of fundamental research projects and leader of international cooperation projects. Scientific interest include speciation of trace metals in marine and freshwater systems; study of metallothionein levels in various tissues of marine and freshwater organisms; application of cytosolic metal levels in various tissues of aquatic organisms as early-warning indicators of metal exposure. Address: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Laboratory for Biological Effects of Metals, Bijenička c. 54, P.O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia.
^****Emin Teskeredžić is senior scientist at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, in the Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms. His research interest is in the field of aquaculture and research of diseases of aquatic organisms. His work is focused on application and performing services in the field of the aquaculture (monitoring and management studies), as well as on the quality of final products. Address: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Laboratory for Aquaculture and Pathology of Aquatic Organisms, Bijenička c. 54, P.O. Box 180, HR-10002 Zagreb, Croatia.