This study reports the occurrence of the non-native red alga Caulacanthus okamurae, previously unknown on the Slovenian coast (Gulf of Trieste, northern Adriatic Sea). The distribution of the ...species, its abundance, morphological characteristics and reproductive phenology are described. The study is based on seasonal sampling conducted during one year, from winter to autumn 2021, on two different substrates (limestone and sandstone) of the midlittoral zone, and showed a moderate variation in the biomass of C. okamurae populations between the winter-spring and summer-autumn periods. The native algal assemblages of the two substrates impacted by C. okamurae were characterized by generally limited species diversity and consisted mainly of small-sized species with simple morphology. During the study, in addition to non-fertile thalli of C. okamurae, tetrasporophytic thalli with tetrasporocysts and female gametophytes with cystocarps were found.
Ovo istraživanje prikazuje nalaz alohtone crvene alge Caulacanthus okamurae, dosad nepoznate na području slovenske obale (Tršćanski zaljev, sjeverni Jadran). U radu se opisuje rasprostranjenost vrste, njezina brojnost, morfološke karakteristike te reproduktivna fenologija. Istraživanje se temelji na sezonskom uzrokovanju provedenom tijekom jedne godine, od zime do jeseni 2021., na dvije različite podloge (vapnenac i pješčenjak) mediolitoralne zone, a istim je utvrđena umjerena promjenjivost u biomasi naselja C. okamurae između zimsko-proljetnog i ljetno-jesenskog razdoblja. Zajednice zavičajnih algi dvaju supstrata pod utjecajem C. okamurae općenito su okarakterizirane ograničenom raznolikošću vrsta, uglavnom onih malih dimenzija s jednostavnom morfologijom. Tijekom istraživanja, osim sterilnih talusa C. okamurae, pronađeni su tetrasporofitni talusi s tetrasporocistama i ženski gametofiti s cistokarpima.
Health services in tourism are usually provided in hotels with complementary offers and centres without accommodation. The focus of this study is on hotels on the Slovenian coast, a traditional ...health destination. The research is aimed at the identification of hotels that offer health services in order to analyse and determine product clusters; the paper focuses only on the structure of the coastal health products through which providers generate revenue. A total of 25 up-scale, luxury and comfort hotels with health services were identified (population) and included in the analysis. Through qualitative comparative analysis, the following clusters of hotel health products were created: (1) medical therapy, (2) physical activities, (3) spiritual and mental activities, (4) psychological and physical relaxation. The results suggest that hotels should pay attention to constructing complete health-related products by putting more energy into the reinforcement of spiritual activities, and the typical local natural healing factors related to climate and sea. It is also necessary to point out that excessive commercialization should not obscure the primary purpose – to offer preventative and curative programmes to ensure health.
Health services in tourism are usually provided in hotels with complementary offers and centres without accommodation. The study focuses on the hotels on the Slovenian coast, a traditional health ...tourism destination. The research is aimed at the identification of hotels that offer health services in order to analyse and determine product clusters. A total of 25 up-scale, luxury and comfort hotels providing health services were identified and included in the analysis. Through qualitative comparative analysis, the following clusters/products of hotel health products were determined: medical therapy, physical activities, spiritual activities, mental activities with psychological and physical relaxation. Spiritual activities are a weak point in the offer of coastal hotels with health-related products. Hence, local natural resources and related services are surprisingly less represented.
The zonation of midlittoral mainly based on macroalgal communities was studied at six sites of the Bay of Koper (Slovenian south-east part of the Gulf of Trieste) in spring (April) and autumn ...(November) 2010. The study, using the random selection method, involved different types of substrate (limestone, marl and sandstone). It was surveyed from the upper midlittoral to the infralittoral fringe (from the mean higher high water to the mean lower low water), the upper limit of the occurrence of the brown macroalgae Cystoseira compressa. The zonation of the midlittoral zone was divided into three horizons (upper, middle and lower) by biotic (leader species) and abiotic (sea level) criteria. By using multivariate technique the main dissimilarity was found between the macroalgal communities of the upper and lower horizon. The species that most contributed to this difference was Blidingia minima. The main differences in species composition in different substrates were found between limestone and marl. The species Chaetomorpha linum mainly characterized such differences, while the species Fucus virsoides was the main contributor to dissimilarity among the middle horizons on limestone and sandstone.Original Abstract: Podjela tj. zonacija mediolitoralnog pojasa pretezito se temelji na istrazivanjima zajednica makroalgi na sest postaja u zaljevu Koper (slovenski jugoistocni dio trscanskog zaljeva) provedenih u proljece (travanj) i jesen (studeni) 2010. godine. Studija provedena metodom slucajnog odabira, ukljucuje razlicite vrste podloga (vapnenac, lapor i pjescenjak). Uzorkovano je podrucje od gornjeg mediolitoralnog pojasa do ruba infralitorala (izmedu srednje gornje razine plime do srednje donje razine oseke), te gornje granice prisustva smede alge cystoseira Compressa. Zonacijom je mediolitoral podijeljen u tri sloja (visi, srednji i nizi) prema biotickim (vodece vrste) i abiotickim kriterijima (razina mora). Primjenom multivarijatne tehnike glavna razlicitost je ustanovljena izmedu zajednica makroalgi gornjeg i donjeg sloja. Vrsta koja je najvise doprinijela ovakvoj razlicitosti je Blidingia minima.Glavne razlike u sastavu vrsta u razlicitim podlogama su pronadene izmedu vapnenca i lapora. Vrsta Chaetomorpha linum uglavnom karakterizira takve razlike, dok je vrsta Fucus virsoides bila glavni pridonositelj razlicitosti medu srednjim slojem na vapnencu i pjescenjaku.
Due to a dense population and the presence of various activities, among which tourism and port activities must be highlighted, the Slovenian coast is subject to constant changes. This article ...analyzes the extent of these changes between 1954 and 2010, which coincides with a time of major coastline changes resulting from intense development of tourism and the commercial port. The analysis was based on a comparison of aerial photographs from 1954 and 2010. The changes were determined and measured on transects 50 meters apart. The land area gained and lost during this time was also calculated and the coastline was classified into four different types based on the level of naturalness and anthropogenic transformations.
Prispevek obravnava problematiko določanja kratkoročnih sprememb na flišnih klifih na slovenski obali s pomočjo dveh nizov podatkov letalskega lidarskega snemanja (z vmesnim razmikom treh let). ...Metoda se še razvija in se običajno uporablja v kombinaciji s terestričnim lidarjem. Na klifu med Fieso in Pacugom smo izvedli eksperimentalni poskus določanja kratkoročnih sprememb: največji delež razlik se je zgodil na steni klifa in abrazijski polici ter na osrednjem delu klifa, iz česar sklepamo, da je to najaktivnejši del klifa. Raziskava je pokazala, da je uporaba letalskih lidarskih posnetkov kljub določenim pomanjkljivostim lahko zelo uporaben pripomoček.
The purpose – The purpose of this study is to research motivators that help to attract, retain and motivate employees in the catering industry. Design – The special focus is given to the analysis of ...specific demographic factors and their influence on employee motivation. Methodology – Using available secondary data, key motivational factors for work in the catering industry are identified. Followed by a qualitative analysis, motivational factors are then compared to specific demographic factors. Approach – The survey was conducted in the municipality of Piran, which is touristly the most developed Slovenian municipality and an important tourist center in the northern Mediterranean. Findings – The findings show that motivational factors are strongly associated to different demographic factors. By understanding both, demographic factors and their influence on motivational factors, it is possible to successfully motivate different groups of employees. Practical considerations for managers of catering business, how to selectively motivate different groups of employees according to different demographic characteristics, are discussed in conclusion. The originality of this research – The originality comes from the analysis of the specifics of motivation in the catering industry, which provides the guidance and ideas for further improvements and research in this important sector of tourism.
Several bird species utilize artificial structures for communal roosting. Between 26 May and 28 Jun 2012, the selection of buoys and times of departure by Mediterranean Shags Phalacrocorax ...aristotelis desmarestii were studied at three communal roosts within shellfish farms in the Bays of Sv. Jernej (Debeli rtic), Strunjan and Piran (Secovlje). A total of 3,110 buoys were counted and categorized into two groups according to their shape (horizontal and vertical) and colours. The black horizontally floating buoys were of two types (barrelshaped and oval). The Shags chose to utilize the horizontally floating buoys only, most often black and white in colour. Owing to their poorer stability and smaller standing surface, the vertically floating buoys are clearly unsuitable for them. The highest share of Shags with regard to the number of buoys of separate types was registered on black barrel-shaped buoys. As the percentage of occupied buoys was similar at all roost sites (36-39%), it was deduced that Shags distribute evenly among roosts, regardless of the number of individuals present in the Slovenian sea. At the larger roost at Debeli rtic, the percentage of adult individuals (73.5%) was greater than at Strunjan (42.5%). This could be due to the competition for better places, given that competitively stronger individuals select safer larger roosts. Between 5.42 and 9.00 hrs, 53.3% and 69.1% of Shags departed from the roost sites at Debeli rtic and Strunjan, respectively, with the majority of departures recorded between 7.50 and 8.30 hrs. They left their roosts mostly individually (48.7%) or in pairs (23.3%), at Debeli rtic predominantly in the SW (58.9%) and W (16.9%) directions, and at Strunjan in the NE (42.3%) and N (38.5%) directions.
A cultural landscape is simultaneously a complex phenomenon and a process~it is a medium and a result of human activities and perception. This monograph is based on a postmodern view of the landscape ...and it understands the landscape not only as a physical phenomenon, but especially as a social and cultural document. Reading this document discloses the layers of meaning and processes that comprise it. This study examines the understanding and perception of the spatial effects from the history of Slovenian Istria in the twentieth century. It does not deal with direct changes in cultural landscape features, but rather with people’s relationship to them, and so social representation theory is used to represent landscape as a complex phenomenon. The focus is on representations of the landscape and history, such as their appearance in various literary, professional, and scholarly texts. Any literature can be a source for scholarly study and can enable the creation of new geographical knowledge and awareness.
The book deals with erosion processes in the Slovenian part of Istrian peninsula. In the introductory chapters the fluvial-denudation relief in Slovenia, erosion processes, and their influential ...factors, as well as the extent of erosion processes in Slovenia and Slovene Istria are presented. The largest section of the book is devoted to the presentation of measurements of erosion processes in the Dragonja river basin. Measurements included soil erosion measurements (interrill erosion on three different land uses, rill erosion and wind erosion), measurements of rockwall retreat and movements of debris through an erosion gully, as well as chemical denudation in the river basin.
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