Laboratory of Fish Ecology - Publikacijos

Kudlai, O., Rakauskas, V., Baker, N.J., Pantoja, C., Lisitsyna, O., Binkienė, R. 2024. Helminth parasites of invasive freshwater fish in Lithuania. Animals, 14 (22): art. no. 3293. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14223293

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.

Jakubavičiūtė, E., Arula, T., Dainys, J., Deweber, J.T., Gorfine, H., Härkönen, L.S., Hyvärinen, P., Hommik, K., Kubecka, J., Ložys, L., Mustamäki, N., Naddafi, R., Olin, M., Pūtys, Ž., Sepp, E., Souza, A.T., Šiaulys, A., Vaino, V., Audzijonytė, A. 2024. Status and perspectives for pikeperch (Sander lucioperca ) stocks in the Baltic Sea region and central Europe. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 303: art. no. 108801. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108801

Virbickas, T., Kesminas, V. Prioritisation of barriers according to their impact on migratory fish in the lowland river basin district. Fishes, 9 (4): art. no. 113. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes9040113

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

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Butrimienė, R., Kalnaitytė-Vengelienė, A., Bagdonas, S., Montvydienė, D., Stankevičiūtė, M., Sauliutė, G., Jokšas, K., Kazlauskienė, N., Karitonas, R., Matviienko, N., Jurgelėnė, Ž. 2024. A multiscale study of the effects of a diet containing CdSe/ZnS-COOH quantum dots on Salmo trutta fario L.: Potential feed-related nanotoxicity. Science of the Total Environment, 906: art. no. 167696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167696

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

Audzijonytė, A., Mateos-Gonzalez, F., Dainys, J., Gundelund, C., Skov, C., DeWeber, J.T., Venturelli, P., Vienožinskis, V., Smith, C. 2023. High-resolution app data reveal sustained increases in recreational fishing effort in Europe during and after COVID-19 lockdowns. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (7): art. no. 230408. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230408

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

Olsson, J., Andersson, M.L., Bergstro, U., Arlinghaus, R., Audzijonytė, A., Berg, S., Briekmane, L., Dainys, J., Ravn, H.D., Droll, J., Dziemian, L., Fey, D.P., van Gemert, R., Greszkiewicz, M., Grochowski, A., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Ložys, L., Lejk, A.M., Mustama, N, Naddafi, R., Olin, M., Saks, L., Skov, C., Smolinski, S., Svirgsden, R., Tiainen, J., Ostman, O. 2023. A pan-Baltic assessment of temporal trends in coastal pike populations. Fisheries Research, 260: art. no. 106594. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106594

Kasiulis, E., Šadzevičius, R., Virbickas, T. 2022. Environmental and socio-economic assessment of the dams at the salmonid rivers of Lithuania. Rocznik Ochrona Srodowiska, 24: 129–140. https://doi.org/10.54740/ros.2022.010

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Virbickas, T., Lukša, J., Servienė, E., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Kesminas, V. 2022. Gut microbiome of wild Baltic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Microbial Ecology, 84 (4): 1294–1298. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01910-9

Sideleva, V., Kesminas, V., Zhidkov, Z. 2022. A new species of the genus Cottus (Scorpaeniformes, Cottidae) from the Baltic Sea Basin and its phylogenetic placement. European Journal of Taxonomy, 834: 38–57. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.834.1897

Silva, C.N.S., Dainys, J., Simmons, S., Vienožinskis, V., Audzijonytė, A. 2022. A Scalable open-source framework for machine learning-based image collection, annotation and classification: A case study for automatic fish species identification. Sustainability, 14 (21): art. no. 14324. https://doi.org/10.3390/su142114324

Dainys, J., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Gorfine, H., Kirka, M., Raklevičiūtė, A., Morkvėnas, A., Pūtys, Ž., Ložys, L., Audzijonytė, A. 2022. Impacts of recreational angling on fish population recovery after a commercial fishing ban. Fishes, 7 (5): art. no. 232. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7050232

Dainys, J., Gorfine, H., Mateos-Gonzalez, F ., Skov, C., Urbanavic, R., Audzijonytė, A. 2022. Angling counts: Harnessing the power of technological advances for recreational fishing surveys. Fisheries Research, 254: art. no. 106410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2022.106410

Butrimienė, R., Kalnaitytė, A., Januškaitė, E., Bagdonas, S., Jurgelėnė, Ž., Butkauskas, D., Virbickas, T., Montvydienė, D., Kazlauskienė, N., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V. 2022. Interactions of semiconductor Cd-based quantum dots and Cd2+with gut bacteria isolated from wild Salmo trutta fry. PeerJ, 10: art. no. e14025. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14025

Jurgelėnė, Ž., Montvydienė, D., Stakėnas, S., Poviliūnas, J., Račkauskas, S., Taraškevičius, R., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Kazlauskienė, N. (2022) Impact evaluation of marking Salmo trutta with Alizarin Red S produced by different manufacturers. Aquatic Toxicology, 242: art. no. 106051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.106051

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

Jakubavičiūtė, E., Candolin, U. (2021) Density-dependent behavioural interactions influence coexistence between a native and a non-native mesopredator. Biological Invasions, 23 (11): 3427–3434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02585-6

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

Virbickas, T., Dementavičius, D., Rumbutis, S., Vaitkuvienė, D., Dagys, M., Treinys, R. (2021) Understanding recreational targets and ecological consequences: increased northern pike stocking reflected in top avian predator diet. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 67 (1): art. no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-020-01445-3

Eriksson, B.K., Yanos, C., Bourlat, S.J., Donadi, S., Fontaine, M.C., Hansen, J.P., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kiragosyan, K., Maan, M.E., Merila, J., Austin, A.N., Olsson, J., Reiss, K., Sundblad, G., Bergstrom, U., Eklof, J.S. (2021) Habitat segregation of plate phenotypes in a rapidly expanding population of three-spined stickleback. Ecosphere, 12 (6): art. no. e03561. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3561

Makaras, T., Stankevičiūtė, M., Šidagytė-Copilas, E., Virbickas, T., Razumienė, J. (2021) Acclimation effect on fish behavioural characteristics: determination of appropriate acclimation period for different species. Journal of Fish Biology, 99 (2): 502–512. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14740

Stakėnas, S., Pilinkovskij, A., Poviliūnas, J. (2021) Survey-based assessment of recapture data for Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) in Lithuanian fisheries. Boreal Environment Research, 26: 117–128.

Rohtla, M., Vilizzi, L., Kovac, V., Almeida, D., Brewster, B., Britton, J.R., Glowacki, L., Godard, M.J., Kirk, R., Nienhuis, S., Olsson, K.H., Simonsen, J., Skora, M.E., Stakėnas, S., Tarkan, A.S., Top, N., Verreycken, H., Zieba, G., Copp, G.H. (2021) Review and meta-analysis of the environmental biology and potential invasiveness of a poorly-studied cyprinid, the Ide Leuciscus idus. Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, 29 (4): 512–548. https://doi.org/10.1080/23308249.2020.1822280

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

Dementavičius, D., Rumbutis, S., Virbickas, T., Vaitkuvienė, D., Dagys, M., Treinys, R. (2020) Spatial and temporal variations in the White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla breeding diet revealed by prey remains. Bird Study, 67 (2): 206–216. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2020.1808591

Virbickas, T., Vezza, P., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Akstinas, V., Šarauskienė, D., Steponėnas, A. (2020) Impacts of low-head hydropower plants on cyprinid-dominated fish assemblages in Lithuanian rivers. Scientific Reports, 10 (1): art. no. 21687. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78701-8

Kriaučiūnienė, J., Virbickas, T., Šarauskienė, D., Jakimavičius, D., Kazys, J., Bukantis, A., Kesminas, V., Povilaitis, A., Dainys, J., Akstinas, V., Jurgelėnaitė, A., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, D., Tomkevičienė, A. (2019) Fish assemblages under climate change in Lithuanian rivers. Science of the Total Environment. 661: 563-574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.142

Stakėnas, S., Pilinkovskij, A. (2019) Migration patterns and survival of stocked Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill, 1815) in Nemunas Basin, Baltic Sea. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 35 (1): 128-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13871

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

Dainys, J., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Gorfine, H., Pūtys, Ž., Virbickas, T., Jakimavičius, D., Šarauskienė, D., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė, D., Povilaitis, A., Bukantis, A., Kazys, J., Ložys, L. (2019) Predicted climate change effects on European perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) – A case study from the Curonian Lagoon, south-eastern Baltic. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 221: 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.03.020

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Budrienė, A., Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Budrys, E. (2019) Illumina-based 16S metagenomic analysis of the indigenous gut microbiota of cavity-nesting bee Megachile centuncularis: a comparison with the cavity-nesting wasp Ancistrocerus antilope. Journal of Apicultural Research. 58 (4): 587-590. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2019.1614734

Butkauskas, D., Pilinkovskij, A., Ragauskas, A., Kesminas, V., Fopp-Bayat, D. (2019) Genetic characterization of Atlantic sturgeon stocking material used in Lithuania to restore the Baltic sea population. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 49 (3): 251-256. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02557

Olsson, J., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kaljuste, O., Larsson, N., Bergstrom, U., Casini, M., Cardinale, M., Hjelm, J., Bystrom, P. (2019) The first large-scale assessment of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) biomass and spatial distribution in the Baltic Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76 (6): 1653-1665. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz078″>https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz078

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

Dainys, J., Gorfine, H., Šidagytė, E., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kirka, M., Pūtys, Ž., Ložys, L. (2018) Are Lithuanian eels fat enough to reach the spawning grounds? Environmental Biology of Fishes. 101 (1): 127-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-017-0686-y

Dainys, J., Stakėnas, S., Gorfine, H., Ložys, L. (2018) Mortality of silver eels migrating through different types of hydropower turbines in Lithuania. River Research and Applications. 34 (1): 52-59. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3224

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

Kraufvelin, P., Pekcan-Hekim, Z., Bergstrom, U., Florin, A.B., Lehikoinen, A., Mattila, J., Arula, T., Briekmane, L., Brown, E.J., Celmer, Z., Dainys, J., Jokinen, H., Kaaria, P., Kallasvuo, M., Lappalainen, A., Ložys, L., Moller, P., Orio, A., Rohtla, M., Saks, L., Snickars, M., Stottrup, J., Sundblad, G., Taal, I., Ustups, D., Verliin, A., Vetemaa, M., Winkler, H., Wozniczka, A., Olsson, J. (2018) Essential coastal habitats for fish in the Baltic Sea. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 204: 14-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.02.014

Jakubavičiūtė, E., De Blick, Y., Dainys, J., Ložys, L., Olsson, J. (2018) Morphological divergence of three-spined stickleback in the Baltic Sea-Implications for stock identification. Fisheries Research. 204: 305-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2018.03.012

Stonevičius, E., Rimkus, E., Kazys, J., Bukantis, A., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Akstinas, V., Jakimavičius, D., Povilaitis, A., Ložys, L., Kesminas, V., Virbickas, T., Pliūraitė, V. (2018) Recent aridity trends and future projections in the Nemunas River basin. Climate Research. 75 (2): 143-154. a href=”https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01514″>https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01514

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

Stankevičiūtė, M., Sauliutė, G., Makaras, T., Markuckas, A., Virbickas, T., Baršienė, J. (2018) Responses of biomarkers in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) following exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of complex metal mixture (Zn, Cu, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cd). Part II. Ecotoxicology. 27 (8): 1069-1086. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-018-1960-2

Povilaitis, A., Widen-Nilsson, E., Šarauskienė, D., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Jakimavičius, D., Bukantis, A., Kazys, J., Ložys, L., Kesminas, V., Virbickas, T., Pliūraitė, V. (2018) Potential impact of climate change on nutrient loads in Lithuanian rivers. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 17 (9): 2229-2240.

Šarauskienė, D., Akstinas, V., Kriaučiūnienė, J., Jakimavičius, D., Bukantis, A., Kazys, J., Povilaitis, A., Ložys, L., Kesminas, V., Virbickas, T., Pliūraitė, V. (2018) Projection of Lithuanian river runoff, temperature and their extremes under climate change. Hydrology Research. 49 (2): 344-362. https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2017.007

Lesutienė, J., Ložys, L., Dainys, J., Karosienė, J., Pilkaitytė, R., Pūtys, Ž., Bukaveckas, P.A., Gasiūnaitė, Z.R. (2018) Migratory patterns and cyanotoxin concentrations of pikeperch (Sander lucioperca) in the coastal waters of the Baltic Sea. Boreal Environment Research. 23: 315-327.

Poikane, S., Ritterbusch, D., Argillier, C., Bialokoz, W., Blabolil, P., Breine J., Jaarsma N.G., Krause T., Kubecka, J., Lauridsen, T.L., Noges, P., Peirson, G., Virbickas, T. (2017) Response of fish communities to multiple pressures: Development of a total anthropogenic pressure intensity index. Science of the Total Environment. 586: 502-511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.211

Jakubavičiūtė, E., Casini, M., Ložys, L., Olsson, J. (2017) Seasonal dynamics in the diet of pelagic fish species in the southwest Baltic Proper. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 74 (3): 750-758. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw224

Bukaveckas, P.A., Lesutienė, J., Gasiūnaitė, Z.R., Ložys, L., Olenina, I., Pilkaitytė, R ., Pūtys, Ž., Tassone, S., Wood, J. (2017) Microcystin in aquatic food webs of the Baltic and Chesapeake Bay regions. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 191: 50-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.04.016

Dainys, J., Gorfine, H., Šidagytė, E., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Kirka, M., Pūtys, Ž., Ložys, L. (2017) Do young on-grown eels, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), outperform glass eels after transition to a natural prey diet? Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 33 (3): 361-365. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13347

Orio, A., Bergstrom, U., Casini, M., Erlandsson, M., Eschbaum, R., Hussy, K., Lehmann, A., Ložys, L., Ustups, D., Florin, A.B. (2017) Characterizing and predicting the distribution of Baltic Sea flounder (Platichthys flesus) during the spawning season. Journal of Sea Research. 126: 46-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2017.07.002

Dainys, J., Stakėnas, S., Gorfine, H., Ložys, L. (2017) Silver eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758), migration patterns in lowland rivers and lagoons in the North-Eastern region of their distribution range. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 33 (5): 918-924. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13426

Pilecka-Rapacz, M., Piasecki, W., Glocko, M., Kesminas, V., Domagatai, J., Wisniewski, G., Czerniawski, R. (2017) Parasitological survey of smelt, Osmerus eperlanus (Actinopterygii: Osmeridae), from five estuary sites along the southern coast of the Baltic Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies. 46 (3): 314-324. https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0033

Jakubavičiūtė, E., Bergstrom, U., Eklof, J.S., Haenel, Q., Bourlat, S.J. (2017) DNA metabarcoding reveals diverse diet of the three-spined stickleback in a coastal ecosystem. Plos One. 12 (10): e0186929. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186929

Vainikka, A., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Hyvarinen, P. (2017) Synchronous decline of three morphologically distinct whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) stocks in Lake Oulujarvi with concurrent changes in the fish community. Fisheries Research. 196: 34-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2017.08.013

Dainys, J., Pūtys, Ž., Bacevičius, E., Shiao, J.C., Iizuka, Y., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Ložys, L. (2017) First record of tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna (Linnaeus, 1758), from the south-eastern Baltic Sea (Lithuania). Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 33 (6): 1223-1225. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13491

Ložys, L., Shiao, J.C., Iizuka, Y., Minde, A., Pūtys, Ž., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Dainys, J., Gorfine, H., Tzeng, W.N. (2017) Habitat use and migratory behaviour of pikeperch Sander lucioperca in Lithuanian and Latvian waters as inferred from otolith Sr: Ca ratios. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 198: 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.08.020

Virbickas T., Stakėnas S. (2016) Composition of fish communities and fish-based method for assessment of ecological status of lakes in Lithuania. Fisheries Research. 173 (Pt. 1): 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2015.08.015

Čivas L., Kesminas V., Sullivan S.M.P. (2016) Influences of hydrogeomorphology and chemical water quality on fish assemblages in the Nevėžis River, Lithuania: implications for river basin management plans in the Baltics. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188 (2): art. no. 109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-016-5098-5

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Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Čepulytė-Rakauskienė R., Apšegaitė V., Būda V. (2016) A three-year survey of honey bee viruses in Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Research. 55 (2): 176-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2016.1211389

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Čivas L., Kesminas V., Barisevičiūtė R (2016) Impact of the riverbed morphology on the source of organic material and the trophic structure of fish community along the upper reaches of the Nevezis river, Lithuania. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria. 46 (4): 302-312. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2016.46.4.04

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Ragauskas, A., Butkauskas, D., Sruoga, A., Kesminas, V., Rashal, I., Tzeng, W.-N. (2014) Analysis of the genetic structure of the European eel Anguilla anguilla using the mtDNA D-loop region molecular marker. Fisheries Science. 80 (3): 463-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12562-014-0714-1

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Blažytė-Čereškienė, L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Būda, V. (2014) Microsporidian parasites of honey bees Nosema ceranae and N. apis in Lithuania : supplementary data on occurrence along Europe. Journal of Apicultural Research. 53 (3): 374-376. https://doi.org/10.3896/IBRA.1.53.3.04

Pilecka-Rapacz, M., Kazlauskienė, N., Kesminas, V., Czerniawski, R. (2013) Intestinal parasites of juvenile salmonids from the lower Oder River basin and from the middle of the Neman River. Rocznik ochrona srodowiska. 15: 671–682

Domagała, J., Czerniawski, R., Pilecka-Rapacz, M., Kesminas, V. (2013) Do beaver dams on small streams influence the effects of trout (Salmo trutta trutta) stocking? Rocznik ochrona srodowiska. 15: 96–106

Kesminas, V., Steponėnas, A., Pliūraitė, V., Virbickas, T. (2013) Ecological impact of Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) activity on fish communities in Lithuanian trout streams. Rocznik ochrona srodowiska. 15: 59–80

Stakėnas, S., Vilizzi, L., Copp, G. H. (2013) Habitat use, home range, movements and interactions of introduced Lepomis gibbosus and native Salmo trutta in a small stream of Southern England. Ecology of freshwater fish. 22 (2): 202–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12015

Fobert, E., Zięba, G., Vilizzi, L., Godard, M.J., Fox, M.G., Stakėnas, S., Copp, Gordon H. (2013) Predicting non-native fish dispersal under conditions of climate change : case study in England of dispersal and establishment of pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus in a floodplain pond. Ecology of freshwater fish. 22 (1): 106–116. https://doi.org/10.1111/eff.12008

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

Troynikov, V., Whitten, A., Gorfine, H., Pūtys, Ž., Jakubavičiūtė, E., Ložys, L., Dainys, J. (2013) Cormorant catch concerns for fishers : estimating the size-selectivity of a piscivorous bird. PLoS ONE. 8 (4): e77518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0077518

Butkauskas, D., Ragauskas, A., Sruoga, A., Kesminas, V., Ložys, L., Rashal, I., Tzeng, W.-N., Žalakevičius, M. (2012) Investigations into genetic diversity of the perch inhabiting Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant cooler and other inland water bodies of Lithuania on the basis of mtDNA analysis. Veterinarija ir zootechnika. 60(82) : 7–15.

Vilizzi, L., Stakėnas, S., Copp, G. H. (2012) Use of constrained additive and quadratic ordination in fish habitat studies : an application to introduced pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus) and native brown trout (Salmo trutta) in an English stream. Fundamental and applied limnology. 180 (1): 69–75. https://doi.org/10.1127/1863-9135/2012/0277

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Kazlauskienė, N., Vosylienė, M. Z., Virbickas, T. (2012) Aeromonas salmonicida infected fish transfer disease to healthy fish via water. Central European journal of biology. 7 (5): 878–885. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-012-0066-8

Svecevičius, G., Kazlauskienė, N., Taujanskis, E. (2012) The Acute and Behavioral Effects of a Copper-Nickel Mixture on Roach Rutilus rutilus. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 89 (1): 147–151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-012-0636-5

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Radžiutė, S., Stunžėnas, V., Būda, V. (2012) Erwinia typographi sp. nov., isolated from bark beetle (Ips typographus) gut. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 62 (4): 942–948. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.030304-0

Pliūraitė, V., Kesminas, V. (2012) Ecological impact of Eurasian beaver ( Castor fiber) activity on macroinvertebrate communities in Lithuanian trout streams. Central European journal of biology. 7 (1): 101–114. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-011-0084-y

Troynikov V. S., Gorfine H. K., Ložys L., Pūtys Ž., Jakubavičiūtė E., Day R. W. (2011) Parameterization of European perch Perca fluviatilis length-at-age data using stochastic Gompertz growth models. Journal of Fish Biology. 79 (7): 1940-1949. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03135.x

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

Švažas, S., Chukalova, N., Grishanov, G., Pūtys, Ž., Sruoga, A., Butkauskas, D., Raudonikis, L., Prakas, P. (2011) The role of great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) for fish stock and dispersal of helminthes parasites in the Curonian Lagoon area. Veterinarija ir zootechnika. 55 (77): 79–85.

Virbickas, T., Pliūraitė, V., Kesminas, V. (2011) Impact of agricultural land use on macroinvertebrate fauna in Lithuania. Polish journal of environmental studies. 20 (5): 1327–1334.

Nika, N., Virbickas, T., Kontautas, A. (2011) Spawning site selection and redd gravel characteristics of sea trout Salmo trutta in the lowland streams of Lithuania. Oceanological and hydrobiological studies. 40 (1): 46–56. https://doi.org/10.2478/s13545-011-0006-7

Marčiulionienė, D., Montvydienė, D., Kazlauskienė, N., Kesminas, V. (2011) Changes in macrophytes and fish communities in the cooler of Ignalina nuclear power plant (1988-2008). Journal of environmental engineering and landscape management. 19 (1): 21-33. https://doi.org/10.3846/16486897.2011.557273

Kazlauskienė, N., Taujanskis, E. (2011) Effects of crude oil and oil cleaner mixture on rainbow trout in early ontogenesis. Polish journal of environmental studies. 20 (2): 509-511.

Vosylienė, M. Z., Kazlauskienė, N., Baršienė, J., Andreikėnaitė, L., Milukaitė, A. and Taujanskis, E. (2010) Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity relating to fish in wastewaters discharged from the Vilnius treatment plant. Water science and technology. 62 (4): 859–865. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2010.916

Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė, V., Kazlauskienė, N., Vosylienė, M. Z. and Virbickas, T. (2010) Identification of Aeromonas salmonicida in European perch from North Lithuanian rivers during mass mortalities in 2008. Central European journal of biology. 5 (6): 831–838. https://doi.org/10.2478/s11535-010-0091-4

Pliūraitė, V. and Kesminas, V. (2010) Response of benthic macroinvertebrates to agricultural pollution and channelization in the Mūša River, Lithuania. Fresenius environmental bulletin. 19 (12a): 2929–2937.

Nika, N. and Virbickas, T. (2010) Brown trout Salmo trutta redd superimposition by spawning Lampetra species in a lowland stream. Journal of fish biology. 77 (10): 2358–2372. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02818.x

Idzelis, R. L., Kesminas, V., Svecevičius, G. and Venslovas, A. (2010) Experimental investigation of heavy metal accumulation in tissues of stone loach Noemacheilus barbatulus (L.) and rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum) exposed to a model mixture (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Pb, Cd). Journal of environmental engineering and landscape management. 18 (2): 111–117.

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

Gozlan, R. E., Andreou, D., Asaeda, T., Beyer, K., Bouhadad, R., Burnard, D., Caiola, N., Cakic, P., Djikanovic, V., Esmaeili, H. R., Falka, I., Golicher, D., Harka, A., Jeney, G., Kováč, V., Musil, J., Nocita, A., Povz, M., Poulet, N., Virbickas, T. (2010) Pan-continental invasion of Pseudorasbora parva: towards a better understanding of freshwater fish invasions. Fish and fisheries. 11 (4): 315-340. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-2979.2010.00361.x