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Stravinskaitė, K., Jautakienė, R., Čitavicienė, I., Pikūnienė, A., Stankevičė, G., Rakauskas, V. 2024. The methodology for rearing the Fire-bellied Toad (Bombina bombina) from protected, small, isolated (but degraded) habitats in its northern distribution range. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation, 18 (1-2): 47–57.
Akstinas, V., Virbickas, T., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, D., Šarauskienė, D., Vezza, P., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Rakauskas, V., Steponėnas, A., Jurgelėnaite, A., Jakimavicius, D., Nazarenko, S. 2024. Multicomponent assessment of the impact of hydropower cascade on fish metrics. Science of the Total Environment, 906: art. no. 167541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167541
Butkauskas, D., Ignatavičienė, I., Ragauskas, A., Rakauskas, V. 2023. Temporal variation of genetic diversity in Rutilus rutilus populations from Lithuania using mtDNA markers in the context of anthropogenic activities. Diversity, 15 (11): art. no. 1113. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15111113
Barisevičiūtė, R., Mažeika, J., Maceika, E., Juodis, L., Rakauskas, V., Jefanova, O., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Butkus, L., Remeikis, V. 2023. What cooling pond sediments can reveal about 14C in nuclear power plant liquid effluents: Case study Lake Drūkšiai, Ignalina nuclear power plant cooling pond. PLoS ONE, 18 (10): art. no. e0285531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285531
Ragauskas, A., Ignatavičienė, I., Rakauskas, V., Grauda, D., Prakas, P., Butkauskas, D. 2023. Trends of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) mtDNA ATP6 region genetic diversity within the hydro-systems of the Eastern part of the Baltic Sea in the Anthropocene. Animals, 13 (19): art. no. 3057. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13193057
Ignatavičienė, I., Ragauskas, A., Rakauskas, V., Butkauskas, D. 2023. Quality of DNA extracted from freshwater fish scales and mucus and its application in genetic diversity studies of Perca fluviatilis and Rutilus rutilus. Biology Methods & Protocols, 8 (1): art. no. bpad022. https://doi.org/10.1093/biomethods/bpad022
Barisevičiūtė, R., Rakauskas, V., Virbickas, T., Ežerinskis, Ž., Šapolaitė, J., Remeikis, V. 2023. Analysis of radiocarbon distribution in the eutrophic lake fish assemblage using stable C, N, S isotopes. Radiocarbon, 65 (1): 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1017/RDC.2022.82
Rakauskas, V., Virbickas, T., Steponėnas, A. 2021. Several decades of two invasive fish species (Perccottus glenii, Pseudorasbora parva) of European concern in Lithuanian inland waters; from first appearance to current state. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 70 (4): art. no. 21048. https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.21048
Akstinas, V., Virbickas, T., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Šarauskienė, D., Jakimavičius, D., Rakauskas, V., Negro, G., Vezza, P. (2021) The combined impact of hydropower plants and climate change on river runoff and fish habitats in lowland watersheds. Water, 13 (24): art. no. 3508. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13243508
Rakauskas, V., Šidagytė-Copilas, E., Stakėnas, S., Garbaras, A. (2020) Invasive Neogobius melanostomus in the Lithuanian Baltic Sea coast: Trophic role and impact on the diet of piscivorous fish. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 46 (3): 597–608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.03.005
Grabowska, J., Kvach, Y., Rewicz, T., Pupins, M., Kutsokon, I., Dykyy, I., Antal, L., Zieba, G., Rakauskas, V., Trichkova, T., Ceirans, A., Grabowski, M. (2020) First insights into the molecular population structure and origins of the invasive Chinese sleeper, Perccottus glenii, in Europe. Neobiota, 57: 87–107. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.57.48958
Butkus, R., Rakauskas, V. (2020) Experimental evidence that the invasive snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) survives passage through the digestive tract of common riverine fish. Management of Biological Invasions, 11 (1): 96–104. https://doi.org/10.3391/mbi.2020.11.1.07
Barisevičiūtė, R., Maceika, E., Ežerinskis, Z., Šapolaitė, J., Butkus, L., Mažeika, J., Rakauskas, V., Juodis, L., Steponėnas, A., Druteikienė, R., Remeikis, V. (2020) Distribution of radiocarbon in sediments of the cooling pond of RBMK type Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in Lithuania. PLOS ONE, 15 (8): art. no. e0237605. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237605
Rakauskas, V., Virbickas, T., Stakėnas, S., Steponėnas, A. (2019) The use of native piscivorous fishes for the eradication of the invasive Chinese Sleeper, Perccottus glenii. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 420: art. no. 21. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019013
Rakauskas, V. (2019) The impact of introduced Ponto-Caspian mysids (Paramysis lacustris) on the trophic position of perch (Perca fluviatilis) in European mesotrophic lakes. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 420: art. no. 38. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019030
Rakauskas, V., Šidagytė, E., Butkus, R., Garbaras, A. (2018) Effect of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) on the littoral macroinvertebrate community in a temperate mesotrophic lake. Marine and Freshwater Research . 69 (1): 155-166. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF17059
Rakauskas, V., Šidagytė, E., Kesminas, V., Kaminskas, O. (2018) Can the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) threaten fisheries of temperate lakes? A case study from lake Dusia, Lithuania. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 48 (1): 37-49. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02261
Rakauskas, V., Virbickas, T., Skrupskelis, K., Kesminas, V. (2018) Delayed expansion of Ponto-Caspian gobies (Pisces, Gobiidae, Benthophilinae) in the Nemunas River drainage basin, the northern branch of the central European invasion corridor. Bioinvasions Records. 7 (2): 143-152. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.2.05
Rakauskas V., Butkus R., Merkytė E. (2016) Consumption of the invasive New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum) by benthivorous predators in temperate lakes: a case study from Lithuania. Hydrobiologia. 775 (1): 213-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-2733-7
Rakauskas V., Stakėnas .S., Virbickas T., Bukelskis, E. (2016) Non-indigenous fish in the northern branch of the central European invasion corridor. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 26 (3): 491-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11160-016-9438-x
Butkus, R., Šidagytė, E., Rakauskas, V., Arbačiauskas, K. (2014) Distribution and current status of non-indigenous mollusc species in Lithuanian inland waters. Aquatic Invasions. 9 (1): 95-103. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2014.9.1.08
Rakauskas, V., Pūtys, Ž., Dainys, J., Lesutienė, J., Ložys, L., Arbačiauskas, K. (2013) Increasing population of the invader round goby, Neogobius melanostomus (Actinopterygii: perciformes: gobiidae), And its trophic role in the Curonian Lagoon, SE Baltic Sea. Acta ichthyologica et piscatoria. 43 (2): 95–108. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2013.43.2.02
Arbačiauskas, K., Višinskienė, G., Smilgevičienė, S., Rakauskas, V. (2011) Non-indigenous macroinvertebrate species in Lithuanian fresh waters, Part 1: Distributions, dispersal and future. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 402 (12): 12p1–12p18. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2011075
Arbačiauskas, K., Rakauskas, V. and Virbickas, T. (2010) Initial and long-term consequences of attempts to improve fish-food resources in Lithuanian waters by introducing alien peracaridan species: a retrospective overview. Journal of applied ichthyology. 26 (2): 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01492.x