Search Results - "Jolita Petkuviene"

The significance of recent glacial history for the limno-terrestrial microfauna in Trygghamna (Svalbard, High Arctic) by Lukashanets, Dzmitry, Petkuvienė, Jolita, Barisevičiūtė, Rūta

“…The diversity and spatial distribution of microscopic invertebrates in the Arctic have yet to be studied in detail. Knowledge of this is especially important…”
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Origin and fate of dissolved organic matter in four shallow Baltic Sea estuaries by Voss, Maren, Asmala, Eero, Bartl, Ines, Carstensen, Jacob, Conley, Daniel J., Dippner, Joachim W., Humborg, Christoph, Lukkari, Kaarina, Petkuviene, Jolita, Reader, Heather, Stedmon, Colin, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Wannicke, Nicola, Zilius, Mindaugas

“…Coastal waters have strong gradients in dissolved organic matter (DOM) quantity and characteristics, originating from terrestrial inputs and autochthonous…”
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Variable Oxygen Levels Lead to Variable Stoichiometry of Benthic Nutrient Fluxes in a Hypertrophic Estuary by Bartoli, Marco, Benelli, Sara, Lauro, Marta, Magri, Monia, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Petkuviene, Jolita

“…Harmful blooms of cyanobacteria may extend over long time spans due to self-sustaining mechanisms. We hypothesized that settled blooms may increase…”
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An assessment of nutrient removal by harvesting constructed floating wetlands in two coastal lagoons in the SE Baltic Sea by Lesutienė, Jūratė, Bielecka, Małgorzata, Petkuvienė, Jolita, Razinkovas‐Baziukas, Artūras

“…In the last decades, so‐called internal or sea‐based mitigation measures have been suggested as nature‐based solutions to remove nutrients and improve water…”
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How much can the occurrence and coverage of charophytes in an estuarine lagoon (Curonian Lagoon) be explained by environmental factors? by Bučas, Martynas, Sinkevičienė, Zofija, Kataržytė, Marija, Vaičiūtė, Diana, Petkuvienė, Jolita, Stragauskaitė, Vaiva, Ilginė, Raimonda

“…Aquatic macrophytes play an important role in the structure and functioning of lagoon ecosystems. We assessed the importance of biotic and abiotic…”
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Monthly Abundance Patterns and the Potential Role of Waterbirds as Phosphorus Sources to a Hypertrophic Baltic Lagoon by Rasa Morkūnė, Jolita Petkuvienė, Modestas Bružas, Julius Morkūnas, Marco Bartoli

“…Compared to external loads from tributaries and sediment recycling, the role of waterbirds as phosphorus (P) sources in estuaries is overlooked. We performed…”
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Biogeochemical Budgets of Nutrients and Metabolism in the Curonian Lagoon (South East Baltic Sea): Spatial and Temporal Variations by Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Mindaugas Zilius, Marco Bartoli, Jolita Petkuviene, Petras Zemlys, Monia Magri, Gianmarco Giordani

“…Estuaries are biogeochemical reactors able to modulate the transfer of energy and matter from the watershed to the coastal zones and to retain or remove large…”
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Microorganisms associated with charophytes under different salinity conditions by Katarzyte, M, Vaiciute, D, Bucas, M, Gyraite, G, Petkuviene, J

“…Microorganisms associated with aquatic macrophytes can in various ways interact with a plant and influence its activity and vice versa. A low-salinity…”
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The Effect of Chironomid Larvae on Nitrogen Cycling and Microbial Communities in Soft Sediments by Aurelija Samuiloviene, Marco Bartoli, Stefano Bonaglia, Ulisse Cardini, Irma Vybernaite-Lubiene, Ugo Marzocchi, Jolita Petkuviene, Tobia Politi, Anastasija Zaiko, Mindaugas Zilius

“…The combination of biogeochemical methods and molecular techniques has the potential to uncover the black-box of the nitrogen (N) cycle in bioturbated…”
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Drivers of Cyanobacterial Blooms in a Hypertrophic Lagoon by Bartoli, Marco, Zilius, Mindaugas, Bresciani, Mariano, Vaiciute, Diana, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Petkuviene, Jolita, Giordani, Gianmarco, Daunys, Darius, Ruginis, Tomas, Benelli, Sara, Giardino, Claudia, Bukaveckas, Paul A., Zemlys, Petras, Griniene, Evelina, Gasiunaite, Zita R., Lesutiene, Jurate, Pilkaitytė, Renata, Baziukas-Razinkovas, Arturas

“…The Curonian Lagoon is Europe’s largest lagoon and one of the most seriously impacted by harmful blooms of cyanobacteria. Intensive studies over the past 20…”
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Changes in Nutrient Concentrations of Two Streams in Western Lithuania with Focus on Shrinkage of Agriculture and Effect of Climate, Drainage Runoff and Soil Factors by Angelija Bučienė, Arvydas Povilaitis, Valdas Langas, Martynas Bučas, Jolita Petkuvienė, Diana Vaičiūtė, Saulius Gužys

“…The causal relationship of changes in nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the Akmena-Danė River and its largest tributary, the Eketė River, was analysed…”
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Charophytes in the estuarine Curonian Lagoon: Have the changes in diversity, abundance and distribution occurred since the late 1940s? by Sinkevicene, Z, Bucas, M, Ilgine, R, Vaiciute, D, Katarzyte, M, Petkuviene, J

“…The results of the recent (2014-2015) inventory and three historical datasets (1949-1959, 1960-1980 and 1997-2007) were analyzed in order to track the…”
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Sediment-water oxygen, ammonium and soluble reactive phosphorus fluxes in a turbid freshwater estuary (Curonian lagoon, Lithuania): evidences of benthic microalgal activity by Zilius, Mindaugas, Daunys, Darius, Petkuviene, Jolita, Bartoli, Marco

“…Seasonal measurements of total and diffusive benthic fluxes were performed during the ice-free period in the Curonian Lagoon (Lithuania). This mostly…”
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Coastal wastewater treatment plants as a source of endocrine disrupting micropollutants: a case study of Lithuania in the Baltic Sea by Jucyte-Cicine, Agne, Lorre, Elise, Petkuviene, Jolita, Gasiunaite, Zita R., Politi, Tobia, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Zilius, Mindaugas

“…In temperate coastal areas, the resident population often increases during holidays. As a result, this can lead to higher wastewater production and release of…”
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Microphytobenthos and chironomid larvae attenuate nutrient recycling in shallow‐water sediments by Benelli, Sara, Bartoli, Marco, Zilius, Mindaugas, Vybernaite‐Lubiene, Irma, Ruginis, Tomas, Petkuviene, Jolita, Fano, Elisa Anna

“…In shallow‐water sediments, the combined action of microphytobenthos and bioturbating fauna may differentially affect benthic nutrient fluxes and exert a…”
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Phosphorus Cycling in a Freshwater Estuary Impacted by Cyanobacterial Blooms by Petkuviene, Jolita, Zilius, Mindaugas, Lubiene, Irma, Ruginis, Tomas, Giordani, Gianmarco, Razinkovas-Baziukas, Arturas, Bartoli, Marco

“…The availability of reactive phosphorus (P) may promote cyanobacterial blooms, a worldwide increasing phenomenon. Cyanobacteria may also regulate benthic P…”
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Carbon Fluxes from River to Sea: Sources and Fate of Carbon in a Shallow, Coastal Lagoon by Bukaveckas, Paul A., Barisevičiūtė, Ruta, Zilius, Mindaugas, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Petkuviene, Jolita, Vaiciute, Diana, Zemlys, Petras

“…Lagoons act to transport, retain (via sedimentation), and divert (via outgassing) carbon (C) on its route from land to sea. Their role in transporting vs…”
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Stoichiometry of regenerated nutrients differs between native and invasive freshwater mussels with implications for algal growth by Benelli, Sara, Bartoli, Marco, Zilius, Mindaugas, Vybernaite‐Lubiene, Irma, Ruginis, Tomas, Vaiciute, Diana, Petkuviene, Jolita, Fano, Elisa A.

“…Filter‐feeding mussels couple benthic and pelagic environments and create biogeochemical hot spots. Mussels may exert either top‐down control (via filtration)…”
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A bioturbator, a holobiont, and a vector: The multifaceted role of Chironomus plumosus in shaping N‐cycling by Politi, Tobia, Barisevičiūte, Rūta, Bartoli, Marco, Bonaglia, Stefano, Cardini, Ulisse, Castaldelli, Giuseppe, Kančauskaitė, Akvilė, Marzocchi, Ugo, Petkuviene, Jolita, Samuiloviene, Aurelija, Vybernaite‐Lubiene, Irma, Zaiko, Anastasija, Zilius, Mindaugas

“…Tube‐dwelling chironomid larvae are among the few taxa that can withstand and thrive in the organic‐rich sediments typical of eutrophic freshwater ecosystems…”
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Temporal and spatial differences in nitrogen and phosphorus biogeochemistry and ecosystem functioning of a hypertrophic lagoon (Curonian Lagoon, SE Baltic Sea) revealed via Ecological Network Analysis by Magri, Monia, Bondavalli, Cristina, Bartoli, Marco, Benelli, Sara, Žilius, Mindaugas, Petkuviene, Jolita, Vybernaite-Lubiene, Irma, Vaičiūtė, Diana, Grinienė, Evelina, Zemlys, Petras, Morkūnė, Rasa, Daunys, Darius, Solovjova, Sabina, Bučas, Martynas, Gasiūnaitė, Zita Rasuole, Baziukas-Razinkovas, Artūras, Bodini, Antonio

“…In coastal lagoons, eutrophication and hydrology are interacting factors that produce distortions in biogeochemical nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) cycles…”
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