Māris Skudra

Māris Skudra

Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department, Hydrochemistry laboratory

Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department, Hydrochemistry laboratory

  • Research activities and project management mostly related to oceanography, physical parameters of water (temperature, salinity, currents, oxygen, etc.)
  • Responsible for the operation of various measuring instruments (probes, current meter), data processing and data quality
  • Responsible for oxygen and pH determination and data quality
  • Responsible for the development and maintenance of the LIAE data storage system LATMARE
  • Training of new employees in measuring/collecting samples (probes, rosette samplers, etc.)
  • Historical pollution and its remediation
  1. Aigars, J., Suhareva, N., Cepite-Frisfelde, D., Kokorite, I., Iital, A., Skudra, M., Viska, M. (2024) From green to brown: two decades of darkening coastal water in the Gulf of Riga, the Baltic Sea. Front.Mar.Sci. Vol. 11, article number 1369537. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1369537
  2. Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Bebrite, A., Skudra, M., Retike, I., Viska, M., Bikse, J., Barone, M., Prokopovica, A., Svipsta, S., Aigars, J. (2023) The baseline for micro- and mesoplastic pollution in open Baltic Sea and Gulf of Riga beach. Front. Mar. Sci. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1251068
  3. Skudra, M., Väli, G., Ikauniece, A., Papirtis, M. (2023) Upwelling characteristics in the Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea): multiple data source approach. Front. Mar. Sci. Volume 10 – 2023. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1244643
  4. Stoicesku, S.T., Laanemets, J., Liblik, T., Skudra, M., Samlas, O., Lips, I. and Lips, U. (2022) Causes of the extensive hypoxia in the Gulf of Riga in 2018. Biogeosciences. Vol. 19, 2903-2920. doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-2903-2022
  5. Liblik, T., Skudra, M., Lips, U. (2017) On the buoyant sub-surface salinity maxima in the Gulf of Riga. Oceanologia, 59 (2), pp. 113-128. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2016.10.001
  6. Skudra, M., Lips, U. (2017) Characteristics and inter-annual changes in temperature, salinity and density distribution in the Gulf of Riga. Oceanologia, 59 (1), pp. 37-48. doi.org/10.1016/j.oceano.2016.07.001
  7. Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Väli, G. (2016) A numerical study of circulation in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Part II: Mesoscale features and freshwater transport pathways. Continental Shelf Research, 115, pp. 44-52. DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2015.12.018
  8. Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Väli, G. (2016) A numerical study of circulation in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Part I: Whole-basin gyres and mean currents. Continental Shelf Research, 112, pp. 1-13. doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2015.11.008
  9. Lips, U., Zhurbas, V., Skudra, M., Vali, G. (2014) Features of summertime circulation in the Gulf of Riga (A numerical simulation). Measuring and Modeling of Multi-Scale Interactions in the Marine Environment – IEEE/OES Baltic International Symposium 2014, BALTIC 2014. Article number 6887846. DOI:10.1109/BALTIC.2014.6887846
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