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The broader isotopic niche of Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis implies a higher risk of ingesting plastic and non-plastic debris than for other diving seabirds by Morkūnas, Julius, Biveinytė, Veronika, Balčiūnas, Arūnas, Morkūnė, Rasa

“…This study presents the first data relating to debris ingestion by diving seabirds wintering in the south-eastern Baltic Sea, sets baselines for further…”
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Ecosystem Services in the Nemunas Delta: Differences in Perceptions of Farmers, Birdwatchers and Scientists by Morkūnė, Rasa, Gasiūnaitė, Zita Rasuolė, Žukovskis, Jan, Marcinkevičiūtė, Lina, Razinkovas-Baziukas, Artūras

“…Engaging relevant stakeholders to identify ecosystem services is an important step in ensuring better management actions and nature protection. In this study,…”
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Macrophyte habitat selection by moulting mute swans and the effect of recreational disturbance in the largest Baltic Sea lagoon by Morkūnė, Rasa, Bučas, Martynas, Morkūnas, Julius

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Effect of round goby (Neogobius melanostomus) invasion on blue mussel (Mytilus edulis trossulus) population and winter diet of the long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) by Skabeikis, Artūras, Morkūnė, Rasa, Bacevičius, Egidijus, Lesutienė, Jūratė, Morkūnas, Julius, Poškienė, Aistė, Šiaulys, Andrius

“…The invasive round goby has established a viable population within 9 years of its first introduction to Lithuanian coastal waters (SE Baltic Sea). During its…”
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Wind energy development and wildlife conservation in Lithuania: A mapping tool for conflict assessment by Morkūnė, Rasa, Marčiukaitis, Mantas, Jurkin, Viačeslav, Gecevičius, Giedrius, Morkūnas, Julius, Raudonikis, Liutauras, Markevičius, Antanas, Narščius, Aleksas, Gasiūnaitė, Zita R

“…The paper presents a mapping tool aiming to identify and minimise potential conflicts between onshore wind energy development and wildlife conservation in…”
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High contrast panels and lights do not reduce bird bycatch in Baltic Sea gillnet fisheries by Field, Rob, Crawford, Rory, Enever, Robert, Linkowski, Tomasz, Martin, Graham, Morkūnas, Julius, Morkūnė, Rasa, Rouxel, Yann, Oppel, Steffen

“…Bycatch is a cause of mortality among marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and birds. For some species this mortality may be sufficient to cause population…”
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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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Counting stars: contribution of early career scientists to marine and fisheries sciences by Smoliński, Szymon, Ottmann, Daniel, Outinen, Okko, Schadeberg, Amanda, Melli, Valentina, Funk, Lara, Denechaud, Côme, Wieczorek, Alina, Orio, Alessandro, Mussgnug, Robert, Morkūnė, Rasa, Vereide, Emilie Hernes, Zdulska, Maja, Phillips, Genevieve, Lishchenko, Fedor, Srėbalienė, Greta

“…Scientific careers and publishing have radically changed in recent decades creating an increasingly competitive environment for early career scientists (ECS)…”
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Expert-Based Assessment and Mapping of Ecosystem Services Potential in the Nemunas Delta and Curonian Lagoon Region, Lithuania by Karolina Kaziukonytė, Jūratė Lesutienė, Zita Rasuolė Gasiūnaitė, Rasa Morkūnė, Soukaina Elyaagoubi, Artūras Razinkovas-Baziukas

“…The Curonian Lagoon (SE Baltic Sea) and the coastal wetland system play a vital role in maintaining the overall cultural, economic and ecological health of the…”
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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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Seabird bycatch in a Baltic coastal gillnet fishery is orders of magnitude larger than official reports by Morkūnas, Julius, Oppel, Steffen, Bružas, Modestas, Rouxel, Yann, Morkūnė, Rasa, Mitchell, Daniel

“…Bycatch, or the incidental capture of non-target species in fisheries, has been identified as one of the major threats affecting seabird populations worldwide…”
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Food Sources for Benthic Grazers in Trophic Networks of Macrophyte Habitats in a Transitional Baltic Ecosystem by Rasa Morkūnė, Martynas Bučas, Marija Kataržytė, Tobia Politi, Diana Vaičiūtė, Salvatrice Vizzini, Georg Martin

“…In this study, we provide insights into that characteristics of two sites representing different conditions of productivity and salinity impact on trophic…”
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Recolonization origin and reproductive locations, but not isolation from the sea, lead to genetic structure in migratory lagoonal fishes by Fernández-Alías, Alfredo, Razinkovas-Baziukas, Artūras, Morkūnė, Rasa, Ibáñez-Martínez, Helena, Bacevičius, Egidijus, Muñoz, Irene, Marcos, Concepción, Pérez-Ruzafa, Angel

“…The assessment of connectivity in marine ecosystems is a requirement to adequate fisheries management. In this study we have selected two commercially…”
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Trophic network model of exposed sandy coast: Linking continental and marine water ecosystems by Razinkovas-Baziukas, Artūras, Morkūnė, Rasa, Bacevičius, Egidijus, Gasiūnaitė, Zita Rasuolė

“…A macroscopic food web network for the exposed sandy coastal zone of the south-eastern Baltic Sea was reconstructed using ECOPATH software to assess the matter…”
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Food sources of wintering piscivorous waterbirds in coastal waters: A triple stable isotope approach for the southeastern Baltic Sea by Morkun, Rasa, Lesutien, Jurat, Bariseviciut, Ruta, Morkunas, Julius, Gasiunait, Zita R

“…This study uses a triple isotope approach (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S) to quantify the main food sources for wintering piscivorous waterbirds in the coastal zone of…”
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Triple stable isotope analysis to estimate the diet of the Velvet Scoter ( Melanitta fusca ) in the Baltic Sea by Morkūnė, Rasa, Lesutienė, Jūratė, Morkūnas, Julius, Barisevičiūtė, Rūta

“…This study quantifies contributions of different food sources in the winter diet of the Velvet Scoter ( ) in coastal waters of the Lithuanian Baltic Sea using…”
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A bottom-up practitioner-derived set of Essential Variables for Protected Area management by Hummel, Herman, Kalle, Valerie, Bienfait, Louise, Boyer, Yolande, Heurich, Marco, Svajda, Juraj, Adamescu, Mihai, Cazacu, Constantin, Medina, Félix Manuel, Morkūnė, Rasa, Razinkovas-Baziukas, Arturas, Poursanidis, Dimitris, Tasevska, Orhideja, Al Malla, Ajman, Stritih, Ana, Rossi, Christian, Arenas-Castro, Salvador, Carvalho-Santos, Claudia, Smit, Izak P.J., Valentini, Emiliana, Xuan, Alessandra Nguyen, Orenstein, Daniel, Provenzale, Antonello, de Wit, Rutger, Hummel, Christiaan

“…Assessing the environmental status of Protected Areas (PAs) is a challenging issue. To indicate that status, the identification of a common set of variables…”
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Can an oligotrophic coastal lagoon support high biological productivity? Sources and pathways of primary production by Pérez-Ruzafa, Angel, Morkune, Rasa, Marcos, Concepción, Pérez-Ruzafa, Isabel Ma, Razinkovas-Baziukas, Arturas

“…Coastal lagoons are among the most productive systems in the world. Many marine species make use of this by entering the lagoons as juveniles for nursery and…”
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