Publications

Audzijonytė, A., Arbačiauskas, K., Smith, C. 2023. Does the Ice Age legacy end in Central Europe? The shrinking distributions of glacial relict crustaceans in Lithuania. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 33 (10): 1003–1013. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4001

Copilas-Ciocianu, D., Palatov, D., Rewicz, T., Sands, A.F., Arbačiauskas, K., Van Haaren, T., Hebert, P.D.N., Grabowski, M., Marin, I. 2023. A widespread Ponto-Caspian invader with a mistaken identity: integrative taxonomy elucidates the confusing taxonomy of Trichogammarus trichiatus (= Echinogammarus) (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 198 (3): 821–846. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad010

Raudonytė-Svirbutavičienė, E., Jokšas, K., Stakėnienė, R., Rybakovas, A., Nalivaikienė, R., Višinskienė, G., Arbačiauskas, K. 2023. Pollution patterns and their effects on biota within lotic and lentic freshwater ecosystems: How well contamination and response indicators correspond? Environmental Pollution, 335: art. no. 122294. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122294

Copilas-Ciocianu, D., Šidagytė-Copilas, E., Son, M.O., Morhun, H., Macher, J.N., Arbačiauskas, K. 2023. Genetic diversity of Ponto-Caspian amphipods throughout the invaded Baltic and native NW Black Sea donor ranges: does introduction mode matter? Hydrobiologia, 850 (14): 3061–3076. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05230-6

Copilas-Ciocianu, D., Rewicz, T., Sands, A.F., Palatov, D., Marin, I., Arbačiauskas, K.,Hebert, P.D.N., Grabowski, M., Audzijonytė, A. 2022. A DNA barcode reference library for endemic Ponto-Caspian amphipods. Scientific Reports, 12 (1): art. no 11332. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15442-w

Šidagytė-Copilas, E., Arbačiauskas, K. 2022. A multimetric macroinvertebrate index for the assessment of the ecological status of Lithuanian rivers. Limnologica, 97: art. no. 126010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2022.126010

Borza, P., Arbačiauskas, K ., Zettler, M.L. (2021) Multidimensional niche differentiation might buffer invasion impacts: the case of oligohaline corophiids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) in the Baltic Sea. Biological Invasions, 23 (6): 1891–1900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02479-7

Rybakovas, A., Arbačiauskas, K, Markovskienė, V., Jokšas, K. (2020) Contamination and genotoxicity biomarker responses in bivalve mussels from the major Lithuanian rivers. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. 61 (3): 338–354. https://doi.org/10.1002/em.22336

Butkus, R., Baltrūnaitė, L., Arbačiauskas, K., Audzijonytė, A. (2020) Two lineages of the invasive New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum spreading in the Baltic and Black sea basins: low genetic diversity and different salinity preferences. Biological Invasions, 22 (12): 3551–3559. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02340-3

Gonzalez-Moreno, P., Lazzaro, L., Vila, M., Preda, C., Adriaens, T., Bacher, S., Brundu, G., Copp, G.H., Essl, F., Garcia-Berthou, E., Katsanevakis, S., Moen, T.L., Lucy, F.E., Nentwig, W., Roy, H.E., Srėbalienė, G., Talgo, V., Vanderhoeven, S., Andjelkovic, A., Arbačiauskas, K., Auger-Rozenberg, M.A., Bae, M.J., Bariche, M., Boets, P., Boieiro, M., Borges, P.A., Canning-Clode, J., Cardigos, F., Chartosia, N., Cottier-Cook, E.J., Crocetta, F., D’hondt, B., Foggi, B., Follak, S., Gallardo, B., Gammelmo, O., Giakoumi, S., Giuliani, C (Giuliani, Claudia); Guillaume, F., Jelaska, L.S., Jeschke, J.M., Jover, M., Juarez-Escario, A., Kalogirou, S., Kocic, A., Kytinou, E., Laverty, C., Lozano, V., Maceda-Veiga, A., Marchante, E., Marchante, H., Martinou, A.F., Meyer, S., Michin, D., Montero-Castano, A., Morais, M.C., Morales-Rodriguez, C., Muhthassim, N., Nagy, Z.A., Ogris, N., Onen, H., Pergl, J., Puntila, R., Rabitsch, W., Ramburn, T.T., Rego, C., Reichenbach, F., Romeralo, C., Saul, W.C., Schrader, G., Sheehan, R., Simonovic, P., Skolka, M., Soares, A.O., Sundheim, L., Tarkan, A.S., Tomov, R., Tricarico, E., Tsiamis, K., Uludag, A., van Valkenburg, J., Verreycken, H., Vettraino, A.M., Vilar, L., Wiig, O., Witzell, J., Zanetta, A., Kenis, M. (2019) Consistency of impact assessment protocols for non-native species Neobiota. 44: 1-25. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.44.31650

Butkus, R., Višinskienė, G., Arbačiauskas, K. (2019) First record of the acute bladder snail Physella acuta (Draparnaud, 1805) in the wild waters of Lithuania. Bioinvasions Records. 8 (2): 281-286. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2019.8.2.10

Minchin, D., Arbačiauskas, K., Daunys, D., Ezhova, E., Grudule, N., Kotta, J., Molchanova, N., Olenin, S., Višinskienė, G., Strake, S. (2019) Rapid expansion and facilitating factors of the Ponto-Caspian invader Dikerogammarus villosus within the eastern Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions. 14 (2): 165-181. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2019.14.2.02

Copilas-Ciocianu, D., Arbačiauskas, K. (2018) First record of Dikerogammarus bispinosus Martynov, 1925 in Kazakhstan: invasive or overlooked native in the Caspian Sea basin? Bioinvasions Records. 7 (3): 285-291. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2018.7.3.09

Šidagytė, E., Solovjova, S., Šniaukštaitė, V., Šiaulys, A., Olenin, S., Arbačiauskas, K. (2017) The killer shrimp Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) invades Lithuanian waters, South-Eastern Baltic Sea. Oceanologia. 59 (1): 85-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2016.08.004

Kaupinis, A., Aitmanaitė, L., Strepetkaitė, D., Valius, M., Lazutka, J.R., Arbačiauskas, K. (2017) Proteomic and gene expression differences between post-diapause and subitaneous offspring phenotypes in the cyclic parthenogen Daphnia pulex. Hydrobiologia 798 (1): 87-103. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-016-3057-3

Audzijonytė, A., Baltrūnaitė, L., Vainola, R., Arbačiauskas, K. (2017) Human-mediated lineage admixture in an expanding Ponto-Caspian crustacean species Paramysis lacustris created a novel genetic stock that now occupies European waters. Biological Invasions. 19 (8): 2443-2457. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1454-9

Šidagytė, E., Razlutskij, V., Alekhnovich, A., Rybakovas, A., Moroz, M., Šniaukštaitė, V., Vaitonis, G., Arbačiauskas, K. (2017) Predatory diet and potential effects of Orconectes limosus on river macroinvertebrate assemblages of the southeastern Baltic Sea basin: implications for ecological assessment. Aquatic Invasions. 12 (4): 523-540. https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2017.12.4.09

Arbačiauskas, K., Šidagytė, E., Šniaukštaitė, V., Lesutienė, J. (2017) Range expansion of Ponto-Caspian peracaridan Crustaceans in the Baltic Sea basin and its aftermath: Lessons from Lithuania. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 20 (4): 393-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2017.1328229

Poikane S., Johnson R.K., Sandin L., Schartau A.K., Soliminie A.G., Urbanič G., Arbačiauskas K., Aroviita J., Gabriels W., Miler O., Pusch M.T., Timm H.B. (2016) Benthic macroinvertebrates in lake ecological assessment: a review of methods, intercalibration and practical recommendations. Science of the Total Environment. 543 (Pt. A): 123-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.021

Strepetkaitė D., Alzbutas G., Astromskas E., Lagunavičius A., Sabaliauskaitė R. Arbačiauskas, K., Lazutka, J. (2016) Analysis of DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation in the genome of crustacean Daphnia pulex. Genes. 7 (1): art. no. 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes7010001

Šidagytė E., Arbačiauskas K. (2016) Resistance to low oxygen in the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Pontogammarus robustoides varies among lentic habitats of its northern invaded range. Limnologica. 61: 7-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2016.09.001

Audzijonytė, A., Baltrūnaitė, L., Vainola, R., Arbačiauskas, K. (2015) Migration and isolation during the turbulent Ponto-Caspian Pleistocene create high diversity in the crustacean Paramysis lacustris. Molecular Ecology. 24 (17): 4537-4555. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13333

Audzijonytė, A., Haugstetter, J., Arbačiauskas, K. (2014) Characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers in an invasive Ponto-Caspian mysid crustacean Paramysis lacustris. Conservation Genetics Resources. 6 (2): 309-311. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-013-0075-6

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

Šidagytė, E., Višinskienė, G., Arbačiauskas, K. (2013) Macroinvertebrate metrics and their integration for assessing the ecological status and biocontamination of Lithuanian lakes. Limnologica. 43 (4): 308–318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.limno.2013.01.003

Arbačiauskas, K., Lesutienė, J., Gasiūnaitė, Z. R. (2013) Feeding strategies and elemental composition in Ponto-Caspian peracaridans from contrasting environments : can stoichiometric plasticity promote invasion success? Freshwater biology. 58 (5): 1052–1068. https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.12108

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

Butkus, R., Šidagytė, E., Arbačiauskas, K. (2012) Two morphotypes of the New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (JE Gray, 1843) (Mollusca: Hydrobiidae) invade Lithuanian lakes. Aquatic invasions. 7 (2): 211–218. http://dx.doi.org/10.3391/ai.2012.7.2.007

Arbačiauskas, K., Višinskienė, G., Smilgevičienė, S. (2011) Non-indigenous macroinvertebrate species in Lithuanian fresh waters, Part 2: Macroinvertebrate assemblage deviation from naturalness in lotic systems and the consequent potential impacts on ecological quality assessment. Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems. 402 (13): 13p1–13p18. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2011076

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