The capacity of ecosystems to provide ecosystem services (hereinafter referred as ES) depends on the state their structure, processes, and functions, which is determined by interactions with other systems. These are complex take place in different climatic areas, have impacts use ES. As most sensitive part Lithuanian shore zone climate change seaside or coastal zone, includes Curonian Lagoon se...

Activities of (137)Cs, (241)Am and (239,240)Pu were analyzed with special emphasis on better understanding of radionuclide transport from land via the Neman River estuaries to the Baltic Sea and behavior in the marine environment. Although activity concentrations of (137)Cs in water samples collected the Baltic Sea were almost 100 times higher as compared to the Curonian Lagoon, its activities ...

Aminotransferases (ATs) are pyridoxal 5′-phosphate-dependent enzymes that catalyze the reversible transfer of an amino group from donor to a keto substrate. ATs promising biocatalysts replacing traditional chemical routes for production chiral amines. In this study, in silico-screening metagenomic library isolated Curonian Lagoon identified 11 full-length fold type IV aminotransferases were suc...

This paper presents the results of a study on fluctuations in water level Curonian Lagoon (in Baltic Sea). To date, genesis this inland bay as part complex postglacial development southeastern is poorly understood. The data from lithological, geochronological, and phytolith analyses, well assessments plant animal macroremains lagoonal sediments, provide reconstruction local coastal biocenoses d...

Spatial assessments of ecosystem services (ES) are needed to fulfil EU policy requirements and support practical applications the ES concept in implementation. So far, have largely focused on terrestrial systems. A joint approach for land sea is especially lacking. To overcome this gap, we present a novel spatial habitat typology classification an assessment across land–sea interface. We build ...

Only 4 species of centipedes were previously reported for Lithuania. Here we present current distributional data for a total of 20 species (12 species of Lithobiomorpha and 8 species of Geophilomorpha) collected mainly during 7 years conducting ecological research at Curonian Spit, drawing on samples from the central, eastern and north-western parts of Lithuania.