Astra Labuce

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Astra Labuce

Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department

Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department

  • Zooplankton taxonomist and ecologist interested in pelagic food webs and interrelationship of organisms, as well as biodiversity in the marine environment.
  • Responsible for zooplankton monitoring and data quality, experienced in development and implementation of environmental status assessment indicators.
  • Forms LHEI policy of data management and implementation of open science principles, responsible of the development of LATMARE biological parameters section in the marine monitoring data portal.
  • Works in HELCOM Zooplankton Expert Group (EG ZOO) and HELCOM Food Web Working Group (CG Foodweb), as well as in ICES Zooplankton Ecology Working Group (ICES WGZE) and Baltic Sea Integrated Assessment Working Group (ICES WGIAB).

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  1. Labuce, A., Batare, L., Ikauniece, A. (2024) Spatiotemporal dataset on moon jellyfish Aurelia aurita incidental observations in the Gulf of Riga and Eastern Gotland Basin, Baltic Sea. Data in Brief, ISSN: 2352-3409, Vol: 56. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2024.110880
  2. Zagars, M., Labuce, A., Peipers, J. (2023) Functional ecological metrics of good ecological quality – Needs of managers and data from pristine lakes. Ecological Indicators. Vol. 155, 111016. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111016
  3. Labucis, A., Labuce, A., Jurgensone, I., Barda, I., Andersone, I., Ikauniece, A. (2023) Seasonal variation in size structure and production of autotrophic plankton community in eutrophied, low-light environment: A focus on Mesodinium rubrum. Oceanologia. Vol. 65, Issue 2, 398-409. doi: 10.1016/j.oceano.2022.11.003
  4. Labuce, A., Grokhova, E. (2023) A script-based workflow to calculate zooplankton community indicator for environmental status assessment in the Baltic Sea. Ecological Informatics. Vol. 74. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101965
  5. Tunens, J., Aigars, J., Poikane, R., Jurgensone, I., Labucis, A., Labuce, A., Liepina-Leimane, I., Busa, L., Viksna, A. (2022) Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Composition in Suspended Particulate Matter Reflects Seasonal Dynamics of Phytoplankton Assemblages in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. Estuaries and Coasts. doi.org/10.1007/s12237-022-01071-z
  6. Labuce, A., Ikauniece, A., Jurgensone, I., Aigars, J. (2021) Environmental impacts on zooplankton functional diversity in brackish semi-enclosed gulf. Water (Switzerland), Vol. 13. DOI: 10.3390/w13141881
  7. Labuce, A., Strake, S., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. (2020) Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880) (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Gulf of Riga, BalticSea-elemental composition and diurnal vertical migration. Crustaceana. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003977
  8. Labuce, A., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Tunens, J., Strake, S. (2020) Zooplankton indicator-based assessment in relation to site location and abiotic factors: a case study from the Gulf of Riga. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 192. DOI:10.1007/s10661-020-8113-9
  9. Labuce, A., Ikauniece, A., Strake, S., Souissi, A. (2018) Survey of presence of non-indigenous Eurytemora carolleeae in the gulf of Riga (Baltic sea) five years after its first discovery. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B: Natural, Exact, and Applied Sciences, 72 (4), pp. 230-235. DOI: 10.2478/prolas-2018-0032
  10. Labuce, A., Strake, S. (2017) An overview of Synchaeta ehrenberg, 1832 (Rotifera: Monogononta: Synchaetidae) species in the eastern Gotland Basin, Baltic Sea, with complementary characteristics for the trophi of S. fennica Rousselet, 1902 and s. monopus plate, 1889. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 66 (3), pp. 287-294. DOI: 10.3176/proc.2017.3.06
  11. Labucis, A., Purina, I., Labuce, A., Barda, I., Strake, S. (2017) Spring seasonal pattern of primary production in the Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea) after a mild winter. Environmental and Experimental Biology, 15: 247–255. DOI: 10.22364/eeb.15.26

Since 2023: member of LIAE Scientific Council

2022-2024: Head of Hydrobiology laboratory

2022. PhD. University of Latvia, Biology faculty, degree in hydrobiology

Since 2021 : Researcher at LIAE

2008-2021: Research Assistant at LIAE

2012: internship at University of Lille, Laboratory of Oceanography and Geoscience, Supervised by Dr. Sami Souissi, funded by OSMOSE

2007-2008: Laboratory Assistant at LIAE

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