Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher
Jurasinski, G., Barthelmes, A., Byrne, K.A., Chojnicki, B.H., Christiansen, J.R., Decleer, K., Fritz, C., Guenther, A.B., Huth, V., Joosten, H., Juszczak, R., Juutinen, S., Kasimir,Å., Klemedtsson, L., Koebsch, F., Kotowski, W., Kull, A., Lamentowicz, M., Lindgren, A., Lindsay, R., Linkevičienė, R., Lohila, A., Mander,Ü., Manton, M., Minkkinen, K., Peters, J., Renou-Wilson, F., Sendžikaitė, J., Šimanauskienė, R., Taminskas, J., Tanneberger, F., Tegetmeyer, C., van Diggelen, R., Vasander, H., Wilson, D., Zableckis, N., Zak, D.H., Couwenberg, J. 2024. Active afforestation of drained peatlands is not a viable option under the EU Nature Restoration Law. Ambio, 53 (7): 970–983. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-024-02016-5
Unsal, M.H., Ignatavičius, G., Valiulis, A., Prokopčiuk, N., Valskienė, R., Valskys, V. 2024. Assessment of heavy metal contamination in dust in Vilnius schools: Source identification, pollution levels, and potential health risks for children. Toxics, 12 (3): art. no. 224. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12030224
Unsal, M.H., Ignatavičius, G., Valskys, V. 2024. Unveiling heavy metal links: Correlating dust and topsoil contamination in Vilnius schools. Land, 13 (1): art. no. 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13010079
Valskys, V., Ignatavičius, G., Wolkowicz, S., Satkūnas, J., Hassan, H.R. 2023. Contamination and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils of different kinds of land use in Lithuania. Geological Quarterly, 67 (3): art. no. 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1699
Tijūnaitytė, G., Danielius, S., Bevainis, L., Satkūnas, J., Balakauskas, L. 2023. The dynamics of Pilkosios Dunes relief during 2010-2022, based on the digital elevation model analysis. Baltica, 36 (2): 164–175. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2023.2.6
Valskys, V., Kibirkštis, G., Taminskas, J., Ulevičius, A., Ignatavičius, G. 2023. Fires in raised bog: their influence and changes to geochemical elements in peat layers. Land, 12 (10): art. no. 1948. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12101948
Satkūnas, J., Žalūdienė, G. 2023. Geological map of Antony Karol Giedroyc of the territory of Lithuania in the context of geological cartography of the 19th century. Baltica, 36 (1): 30–36. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2023.1.3
Satkūnas, J., Girininkas, A., Rimkus, T., Daugnora, L., Grigienė, A., Stančikaitė, M., Slah, G., Skuratovič, Ž., Uogintas, D., Žulkus, V. 2023. New 14C data of megafaunal remains from Lithuania – implications for the palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Middle Weichselian. Geological Quarterly, 67 (1): art. no. 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1671
Linkevičienė, R., Šimanauskienė, R., Kibirkštis, G., Grigaitė, O., Taminskas, J. 2023. Hydrological and botanical diversity of a raised bog and its evaluation using in situ and remote sensing methods. Journal of Hydrology, 617, Pt. C: art. no. 129119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129119
Ignatavičius, G., Unsal, M.H., Busher, P.E., Wokowicz, S., Satkūnas, J., Valskys, V. 2022. Mercury and methylmercury in Baltic Sea sediments, and Polish and Lithuanian soils. Geological Quarterly, 66 (3): art. no. 22. http://dx.doi.org/10.7306/gq.1654
Valskys, V., Hassan, H.R., Wolkowicz, S., Satkūnas, J., Kibirkštis, G., Ignatavičius, G. 2022. A review on detection techniques, health hazards and human health risk assessment of arsenic pollution in soil and groundwater. Minerals, 12 (10): art. no. 1326. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12101326
Šimanauskienė, R., Linkevičienė, R ., Povilanskas, R., Satkūnas, J., Veteikis, D., Baubinienė, A., Taminskas, J. 2022. Curonian Spit coastal dunes landscape: climate driven change calls for the management optimization. Land, 11 (6): art. no. 877. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11060877
Ignatavičius, G., Satkūnas, J., Grigienė, A., Nedveckytė, I., Hassan, H.R., Valskys, V. (2022) Heavy metals in sapropel of lakes in suburban territories of Vilnius (Lithuania): Reflections of paleoenvironmental conditions and anthropogenic influence. Minerals, 12 (1): art. no. 17. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010017
Manton, M., Ruffner, C., Kibirkštis, G., Brazaitis, G., Marozas, V., Pukienė, R., Makrickienė, E., Angelstam, P. (2022) Fire occurrence in hemi-boreal forests: Exploring natural and cultural Scots pine fire regimes using dendrochronology in Lithuania. Land, 11 (2): art. no. 260. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020260
Weckwerth, P., Kalinska, E., Satkūnas, J. (2022) Glacier activity and meltwater dynamic in landscape evolution and its transformation. Quaternary International, 617: 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.02.020
Jurkus, E., Povilanskas, R., Taminskas, J. (2022) Current trends and issues in research on biodiversity conservation and tourism sustainability. Sustainability, 14 (6): art. no. 3342. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14063342
Jurkus, E., Taminskas, J., Povilanskas, R., Kontautienė, V., Baltranaitė, E., Dailidė, R., Urbis, A. (2021) Delivering tourism sustainability and competitiveness in seaside and marine resorts with GIS. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 9 (3): art. no. 312. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9030312
Satkūnas, J., Šliaupa, S. (2021) Evidence of paleoseismic activity recorded in glaciolacustrine sediments predating the Weichselian glacial maximum in East Lithuania. Quaternary Research, 104: 54–68. https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2021.25
Bautrėnas, A., Česnulevičius, A., Morkūnaitė, R., Bevainis, L., Kumetaitienė, A., Ovodas, D., Maciulevičiūtė-Turlienė, N., Sutinienė, L., Karaliūnas, V., Baubinienė, A., Baužienė, I. (2021) Investigation and mapping of the temporary dynamics of the highest Lithuanian outcrop using ground-based measurements and UAV imagery. Baltica, 34 (1): 108–122. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2021.1.9
Balakauskas, L., Vaikutienė, G., Paškeviciūtė, M., Valskys, V., Spiridonov, A. (2021) Effects of spatial heterogeneity on the estimation of diatom assemblage composition: an example of Lake Imbradas (NE Lithuania). Baltica, 34 (1): 123–134. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2021.1.10
Tagliapietra, D., Povilanskas, R., Razinkovas-Baziukas, A., Taminskas, J. (2020) Emerald growth: A new framework concept for managing ecological quality and ecosystem services of transitional waters. Water, 12 (3): art. no. 894. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12030894
Taminskas, J., Šimanauskienė, R., Linkevičienė, R., Volungevičius, J., Slavinskienė, G., Povilanskas, R., Satkūnas, J. (2020) Impact of hydro-climatic changes on coastal dunes landscape according to normalized difference vegetation index (The case study of Curonian Spit). Water, 12 (11): art. no. 3234. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113234
Baltrūnas, V., Slavinskienė, G., Karmaza, B., Pukelytė, V. (2020) Effectiveness of a modern landfill liner system in controlling groundwater quality of an open hydrogeological system, se Lithuania. Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 28 (4): 174–182. https://doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2020.13730
Satkūnas, J., Minkevičius, V., Guobytė, R., Baubinienė, A., Linkevičienė, R ., Taminskas, J (2020) Morphometric indicators of insular and marginal morainic uplands (based on LiDAR data) of the Last and pre-Last Glaciations, case of Lithuania. Baltica, 33 (2): 166–176. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2020.2.4
Taminskas, J., Edvardsson, J., Linkevičienė, R., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Tamkevičiūtė, M. (2019) Combining multiple proxies to investigate water table fluctuations in wetlands: A case study from the Rekyva wetland complex, Lithuania. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 514: 453-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.11.004
Rimkus, E., Edvardsson, J., Kazys, J., Pukienė, R., Lukošiūnaitė, S., Linkevičienė, R., Corona, C., Stoffel, M. (2019) Scots pine radial growth response to climate and future projections at peat and mineral soils in the boreo-nemoral zone. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 136 (1-2): 639-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2505-6
Šimanauskienė, R., Linkevičienė, R., Bartold, M., Dabrowska-Zielinska, K., Slavinskienė, G., Veteikis, D., Taminskas, J. (2019) Peatland degradation: The relationship between raised bog hydrology and normalized difference vegetation index. Ecohydrology. 12 (8): art. no. e2159. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2159
Urbis, A., Povilanskas, R., Šimanauskienė, R., Taminskas, J. (2019) Key aesthetic appeal concepts of coastal dunes and forests on the example of the Curonian Spit (Lithuania). Water. 11 (6): art.no. 1193. a href=”https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061193″>https://doi.org/10.3390/w11061193
Edvardsson, J., Baužienė, I., Lamentowicz, M., Šimanauskienė, R., Tamkevičiūtė, M., Taminskas, J., Linkevičienė, R., Skuratovič, Ž., Corona, C., Stoffel, M. (2019) A multi-proxy reconstruction of moisture dynamics in a peatland ecosystem: A case study from Cepkeliai, Lithuania. Ecological Indicators. 106: art. no. 105484. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105484
Armanavičius, A., Satkūnas, J. (2019) Application of aerial photogrammetric technology for determination and parametrization of areas affected by extraction of raw materials. Baltica. 32 (2): 202-209. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.2.7
Slavinskienė, G., Jurevičius, A., Satkūnas, J., Šimanauskienė, R. (2019) Landfill leachate quantity and attenuation distance of inorganic contaminants in the groundwater of different hydrogeological systems: a case study of Lithuania. Baltica. 32 (2): 127-138. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2019.2.1
Morkūnaitė, R., Bautrėnas, A., Česnulevičius, A., Dobrotin, N., Baubinienė, A., Jankauskaitė, M., Kalesnikas, A., Maciulevičiūtė-Turlienė, N. (2018) Changes in quantitative parameters of active wind dunes on the south-east Baltic Sea coast during the last decade (Curonian Spit, Lithuania). Geological Quarterly. 62 (1): 38-47. https://doi.org/10.7306/gq.1389
Taminskas, J., Linkevičienė, R., Šimanauskienė, R., Jukna, L., Kibirkštis, G., Tamkevičiūtė, M. (2018) Climate change and water table fluctuation: Implications for raised bog surface variability. Geomorphology. 304: 40-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2017.12.026
Tamkevičiūtė, M., Edvardsson, J., Pukienė, R., Taminskas, J., Stoffel, M., Corona, C., Kibirkštis, G. (2018) Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) based reconstruction of 130 years of water table fluctuations in a peatland and its relevance for moisture variability assessments. Journal of Hydrology. 558: 509-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.01.067
Slavinskienė, G., Jurevičius, A., Arustienė, J. (2018) Evolution of inorganic pollutants from landfills in shallow aquifers of different hydrogeological systems in Lithuania. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25 (33): 33709-33723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3334-y
Edvardsson, J., Šimanauskienė, R., Taminskas, J., Baužienė, I., Stoffel, M. (2015) Increased tree establishment in Lithuanian peat bogs – Insights from field and remotely sensed approaches. Science of the Total Environment. 505: 113-120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.09.078
Baubinienė, A., Satkūnas, J., Taminskas, J. (2015) Formation of fluvial islands and its determining factors, case study of the River Neris, the Baltic Sea basin. Geomorphology. 231: 343-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2014.12.025
Baubinienė A., Morkūnaitė R., Bauža D., Vaitkevičius G., Petrošius R. (2015) Aspects and methods in reconstructing the medieval terrain and deposits in Vilnius. Quaternary International. 386: 83-88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2014.09.068
Zinkutė R., Baužienė I., Dilys K., Mažeika J., Taminskas J., Taraškevičius R. (2015) Recent Lithuanian peri-urban ombrotrophic bog records: indices derived from the contents of lead, zinc, copper and nickel. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 15 (4): 293-318. https://doi.org/10.1144/geochem2013-245
Satkūnas, J., Grigienė, A., Buynevich, I. V., Taminskas, J. (2013) A new Early-Middle Weichselian palaeoenvironmental record from a lacustrine sequence at Svirkanciai, Lithuania. Boreas. 42 (1): 184–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3885.2012.00280.x
Balakauskas, L., Taminskas, J., Mažeika, J., Stančikaitė, M. (2013) Lateglacial and early-Holocene palaeohydrological changes in the upper reaches of the Ūla River : an example from southeastern Lithuania. The Holocene, 23 (1): 117–126. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683612455552
Taminskas, J., Petrošius, R., Šimanauskienė, R., Satkūnas, J., Linkevičienė, R. (2013) Prediction of change in wetland habitats by groundwater : case study in Northeast Lithuania. Estonian journal of earth sciences. 62 (2): 57–72. https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2013.06
Povilanskas, R., Armaitienė, A., Breber, P., Razinkovas-Baziukas, A., Taminskas, J. (2012) Integrity of linear littoral habitats of Lesina and Curonian Lagoons. Hydrobiologia. 699 (1): 99–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-012-1156-3
Taminskas, J., Pileckas, M., Šimanauskienė, R., Linkevičienė, R. (2012) Wetland classification and inventory in Lithuania. Baltica. 25 (1): 33–44. https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2012.25.03
Taminskas, J., Pileckas, M., Simanauskienė, R., Linkevičienė, R. (2011) Lithuanian wetlands: classification and distribution. Baltica. 24 (SI): 151–162.
Diliūnas, J., Jurevičius, A., Karvelienė, D., Zuzevičius, A. (2011) Hydrogeology at the Institute of Geology and Geography in 2001-2010. Baltica. 24 (SI): 47–54.
Diliūnas, J., Dundulis, K., Gadeikis, S., Jurevičius, A., Kaminskas, M. (2010) Geotechnical and hydrochemical properties of sewage sludge. Bulletin of engineering geology and the environment. 69 (4): 575–582. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-010-0279-x
Diliūnas, J., Karvelienė, D., Jurevičius, A. (2010) Subsurface chemical discharge in Lithuanian area. Journal of environmental engineering and landscape management. 18 (2):196–206. https://doi.org/10.3846/jeelm.2010.23