2018, vol. 10, issue 2

Ecologia Balkanica – 2018, vol. 10, issue 2 – Whole issue

First pages

Research Articles

Medicinal Plants on the Territory of the Waterfall Canyon Eco-trail (Soskovcheto Reserve, Western Rhodopes Mts., South Bulgaria)
Plamen S. Stoyanov, Krasimir T. Todorov, Ivanka I. Teneva, Tsvetelina R. Mladenova, pp. 1-6 
Article № eb.18106 [Full text – PDF]

Determination of the Total Nitrogen (N) Content and Anatomical Study on the Leaves Epidermal Cells of Plant Species in Urban and Mountainous Environments (Part 1)
Tzenka I. Radoukova, Maria N. Lacheva, Miroslava T. Ivanova, Lilko K. Dospatliev, pp. 7-14 
Article № eb.18113 [Full text – PDF]

Determination of the Total Phosphorus (Р) Content and Anatomical Study on Stomata of Plant Species in Urban and Mountainous Environments (Part 2)
Lilko K. Dospatliev, Maria N. Lacheva, Miroslava T. Ivanova, Tzenka I. Radoukova, pp. 15-26 
Article № eb.18114 [Full text – PDF]

Conservation Activities for Mountain viper, Montivipera albizona (Nilson, Andrén and Flärdh, 1990) in Anatolia, Turkey)
Kerim Çiçek, Murat Afsar, Efkan Bağda, Cemal Varol Tok, pp. 27-40 
Article № eb.18144 [Full text – PDF] 

Biodiversity of Family Chironomidae (Diptera) in Srebarna Lake (North-East Bulgaria) and Genome Instability of Some Species from Genus Chironomus Meigen, 1803
Mila K. Ihtimanska, Julia S. Ilkova, Paraskeva V. Michailova, pp. 41-53
Article № eb.18109 [Full text – PDF] 

Assessment of the Conservation Significance and Threats to the Amphibians and Reptiles in Three Wetlands in Southern Bulgaria, with Different Degree of Anthropogenic Influence
Ivelin A. Mollov, pp. 55-62
Article № eb.18143 [Full text – PDF] 

Intercalibration of Macroinvertebrate-Based Method for Status Assessment of Bulgarian Tributaries of the Danube River
Rabia Soufi, YankaVidinova, Violeta Tyufekchieva, Vesela Evtimova, Desislava Stoianova, Maria Kerakova, Galia Georgieva, Stefan Stoichev, Ivailo Dedov, Georg Wolfram, pp. 63-72
Article № eb.18129 [Full text – PDF] 

The effects of lead and cadmium on cell division and chromosomal structure in Allium cepa test system in vivo
Ivan Y. Stoyanov, Penka L. Vasileva, Teodora P. Popova, Betina N. Slavova, pp. 73-81
Article № eb.18120 [Full text – PDF]

The Attitude of Adolescents Towards the Management of Food Wastes
Borislava A. Todorova, Iliana G. Velcheva, Stoyka P. Penkova, pp. 83-92
Article № eb.18142 [Full text – PDF]

The Ecological and Floristic Characteristics of Populations of Sideritis scardica Griseb. in Olympus Mts., Greece
Ina Aneva, Peter Zhelev, pp. 93-99
Article № eb.18140 [Full text – PDF]

Survey on the Distribution, Diversity and Phyochemistry of Genus Thymus in Bulgaria
Ina Aneva, Petar Zhelev, Stoyan Stoyanov, Yulian Marinov, Kristina Georgieva, pp. 101-110
Article № eb.18141 [Full text – PDF]

Species Composition and Toxic Potential of Cyanobacteria in Some Western Rhodopes Dams
Ivanka I.Teneva, Diyana Y. Basheva, Tsvetelina R. Mladenova, Plamen S. Stoyanov, Detelina S. Belkinova, Rumen D. Mladenov, pp. 111-121
Article № eb.18127 [Full text – PDF]

Efficiency of Long- and Short-Term Educational Activities for Environmental Protection in “Vrachansky Balkan” Nature Park
Hristina Bancheva-Preslavska, Dilyanka Bezlova, pp. 123-131
Article № eb.18123 [Full text – PDF]

Chemical Composition and Levels of Heavy Metals in Fish Meat of the Cyprinidae Family from Zhrebchevo Dam, Central Bulgaria
Georgi I. Zhelyazkov, Dian M. Georgiev, Stanislava P. Peeva, Silvia E. Kalcheva, Kremena Y. Georgieva, pp. 133-140
Article № eb.18110 [Full text – PDF]

Dependencies  Between Some Sperm Quality Parameters and the DNA Integrity in the Spermatozoa Nuclei in Accordance with Environmental and Lifestyle Factors
Spas D. Dzhoglov, Vesela I. Mitkovska, Doychin Boyadzhiev, Evgeniya N. Ivanova, pp. 141-147
Article № eb.18121 [Full text – PDF]

Ecological State Assessment of Batova River (Bulgaria)
Sonya Damyanova, Emilia Varadinova, pp. 149-154
Article № eb.18139 [Full text – PDF]

Phytoecological Study of Selected Wetlands in Southern Bulgaria
Tzenka I. Radoukova, Ivanka Zh. Dimitrova-Dyulgerova, Rumen D. Mladenov, Plamen S. Stoyanov, pp. 155-164
Article № eb.18133 [Full text – PDF]

Application of Experimental Metrics Based on Macrozoobenthos for Ecological Status Assessment of Bulgarian Standing Water Bodies
Marin A. Smilyanov, Emilia D. Varadinova, Galia N.Georgieva, pp. 165-172
Article № eb.18138 [Full text – PDF]

Microbial Community Structure And Its Biofilm Forming Capacity In Wetland Soils, Southern Bulgaria
Mariana I.Marhova, Marinela K. Tsankova, Sonya Kostadinova, Ivan Z. Iliev, pp. 173-184
Article № eb.18130 [Full text – PDF] 

Isolation and Purification of Proteolytic Enzymes, Produced by Strains of Genus Bacillus
Yordan M. Stefanov, Ivan Z. Iliev, MarianaMarhova, Sonya Kostadinova, pp. 185-197
Article № eb.18132 [Full text – PDF] 

Characteristics of Personality in People with Musical Talent and Other Talents
Evgeniya N. Ivanova, Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova, Stanislav Ivanov, Stela Grozeva, Michaela Georgieva, Tanya Dimitrova, Teodora Hayverova, pp. 199-204
Article № eb.18124 [Full text – PDF]

Age and Sex as Factors that influence the Human Health
Evgeniya N. Ivanova, Anna Alexandrova-Karamanova, Stanislav Ivanov, Desislava Lazarova, Bozhidara Bozhinova, Elena Karadzhova pp. 205-211
Article № eb.18122 [Abstract] [Full text – PDF]

Addition to the Lichenized Fungi (Ascomycota) of Central Rilski Reserve (Rila Mts.)
Dimitar Y. Stoykov, pp. 213-221
Article № eb.18135 [Full text – PDF]

European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) as a Biomonitor for Contemporary Heavy Metal Pollution of the Environment in Forest Mountain Regions in Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria
Georgi G. Markov, Atidzhe A. Ahmed, pp. 223-227
Article № eb.18107 [Full text – PDF]

Taxonomic Structure of Genus Carduus L. in Bulgaria
Krasimir T. Todorov, Iliya V. Cheshmedzhiev, Plamen S. Stoyanov, Tsvetelina R. Mladenova, Ivanka Zh. Dimitrova-Dyulgerova, pp. 229-233
Article № eb.18112 [Full text – PDF]

Induction of Erythrocytic Nuclear Abnormalities by Permitted Concentration оf Cadmium in Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)
Vesela I. Mitkovska, Hristo A. Dimitrov, Tsenka G. Chassovnikarova, pp. 235-247
Article № eb.18125 [Full text – PDF]

Short notes

Terrestrial Snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) as Intermediate Hosts of Protostrongylid Nematodes in Balkan Chamois in the Regions of Western Rhodopes Mts. and Pirin Mts., Bulgaria: Preliminary Data
Yanko G. Yankov, Dian M. Georgiev, pp. 249-253
Article № eb.18204 [Full text – PDF] 

On the Activity of Edible Dormouse (Glis glis Linnaeus, 1766) in the Central Part of Stara Planina Mts (Bulgaria)
Stanislava P. Peeva, pp. 255-258
Article № eb.18206 [Full text – PDF]

Synopses

Use of essential oils as natural herbicides
Milena T. Nikolova, Strahil H. Berkov, pp. 259-265
Article № eb.18301 [Full text – PDF] 

Reviewers

List of reviewers, who participated in the peer-review process of the current issue.