Vilnius university
Institute of Ecology laboratory of Marine Ecology
Location : Vilnius, LITHUANIA
Head : Rimantas REPECKA mailto:repecka@ekoi.lt
Annual budget: €/year of external funding (period)
Contact for Diadfish: Linas LOŽYS
Laboratory of Marine Ecology (LME) has some decades experience (since
1949), good facilities and offers high quality expertise in a number of
areas related to the study, the development and the management of the
marine, estuarine and freshwater fish communities and fisheries. Studies
are focused on coastal zone of the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon.
According Lithuanian State monitoring programme the data for assessment
of coastal fish resources are collected in central and northern parts
of the Lagoon and northern part of the Baltic Sea coast since 1993. According
Swedish – Baltic States projects “Integrated coastal monitoring”
and “Assessment and monitoring of coastal fish resources”
the data are collected and estimated in Central and Northern parts of
Curonian Lagoon since 1991.
The Laboratory of Marine Ecology has close scientific collaboration relations
with AtlantNIRO (Kaliningrad district, Russia) on all questions of fish
resources studies in the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea coast. Lithuanian
ministries of Agriculture and Environment in accordance with studies and
recommendations of Institute of Ecology (LME) and AtlantNIRO organize
fishery management and protection of fish stock in the Curonian Lagoon
and coastal waters.
Research themes :
- studies of water fauna populations, community abundance and trophic
relations;
- evaluation of environmental and anthropogenic affect on the functioning
of water fauna populations and communities;
- control of rational utilization of fish resources in natural (mainly
Curonian Lagoon and coastal waters of the Baltic Sea) and artificial
water bodies.
- studies of anadromous, catadromous, rare and endangered fish species
biology and stock dynamics;
- ecological expertises in the Baltic Sea coastal areas associated
with the expanding of the State Klaipeda sea-port and other projects
of marine industry;
Scientist Staff:
| Name |
Thematic |
Status |
|
Rimantas Repečka |
- fish stock assessment
in coastal waters;
- ecology of migratory
fish species;
- condition dynamics of different fish species. |
Ph D, senior researcher, head of the laboratory |
|
Linas Ložys |
- assessment and monitoring of Percid fish species
in coastal waters;
- recruitment, feeding, growth, condition dynamics
of Percids;
- physiological influence of salinity and temperature to the fish growth
and condition parameters;
- cormorants and fishery
relationship;
- eel recruitment, stocking and stock assessment. |
Ph. D., researcher |
|
Valdemaras Žiliukas |
-
young-of-the-year fish communities ecology;
-
fish stock assessment in the inland water bodies;
- artificial reproduction;
-
ichtiological evaluation of efficiency of fish passes. |
PhD, senior researcher |
|
Vida Žiliukiene |
-
biology and ecology of the ichthyoplankton;
- nutrition of fish larvae;
-
fish stock assessment in the inland water bodies;
- artificial reproduction;
-
ichtiological evaluation of efficiency of fish passes |
PhD, senior researcher |
|
Svajunas Stankus |
-
assessment and monitoring of flatfish (including
flounder Platichthys
flesus) in coastal waters: growth, alimentation, condition dynamics; |
Ph. D, researcher |
|
Algis Bubinas |
-
feeding of fish and bottom fauna in the Kaunas hydro - electric
plant water reservoir, Nemunas river, Curonian Lagoon and Baltic
Sea; |
Ph. D., senior researcher |
|
Gintautas Vaitonis |
- studies of hydrocenosis
structure and stock assessment in the main Lithuanian water bodies;
-
ecoengineering problems.
|
Ph D, researcher |
Technician staff:
Dalia LEVICKIENE
Dainora SKRIPKAITE
Tatjana OVERKAITE
Remigijus RIMKUS (captain of research boats)
Field stations:
Field station in the delta of river Nemunas (Rusné);
Field station on the Curonian Lagoon (Venté);
Field station on the Baltic Sea coast;
Field station on the Kaunas Water Reservoir;
Vessels:
17 m research boat “Ventvejas”;
8 m research boat “Ekologas”.
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