Inta Dimante-Deimantoviča

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Inta Dimante-Deimantoviča

Senior Researcher, Head of Microplastic laboratory at the Marine Monitoring Department

Senior Researcher, Head of Microplastic laboratory at the Marine Monitoring Department

  • Freshwater ecology, diversity and distribution of zooplankton (Cladocera and Copepoda) species, paleolimnology (Cladocera), research of microplastic pollution in the Baltic Sea and other habitats (lakes, rivers, soil, wastewater).
  • Restoration and bioremediation of aquatic ecosystems, floating islands, binding of phosphorus with aluminum salts.
  • Citizen science, public involvement in research.
  • Responsible for the Microplastics laboratory at LIAE, microplastic pollution monitoring in the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga, coastal sands, as well as the development of the research direction of microplastics pollution.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor at Daugavpils University.

inta.dimante-deimantovica[at]lhei.lv

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  1. Barone, M., Dimante-Deimantoviča, I., Bušmane, S., Koistinen, A., Poikāne, R., Saarni, S., Stivriņš, N., Tylmann, W., Uurasjärvi, E., Vīksna, A. (2024) What to monitor? Microplastics in a freshwater lake – from seasonal surface water to bottom sediments. Environmental Advances. 100577. DOI: 10.1016/j.envadv.2024.100577
  2. Lanka, A., Dimante-Deimantoviča, I., Saarni, S., Stivriņš, N., Tylmann, W., Zawiska, I., Veski, S. (2024) Urbanization-driven Cladocera community shifts in the lake – a case study from Baltic region, Europe. Anthropocene, 100439, ISSN 2213-3054, doi.org/10.1016/j.ancene.2024.100439
  3. Dimante-Deimantoviča, I., Saarni, S., Barone, M., Buhhalko, N., Stivriņš, N., Suhareva, N., Tylmann, W., Vianello, A., Vollertsen, J. (2024) Downward migrating microplastics in lake sediments are a tricky indicator for the onset of the Anthropocene. Science Advances. doi/10.1126/sciadv.adi8136
  4. Dimante-Deimantoviča, I., Bebrīte, A., Skudra, M., Retiķe, I., Viška, M., Bikše, J., Barone, M., Prokopoviča, 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
  5. Barone, M., Suhareva, N., Aigars, J., Putna-Nimane, I., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. 2023. Dataset on microplastic concentrations, characteristics, and chemical composition in the marine surface waters of Latvia – The Eastern Gotland basin and the Gulf of Riga. Data in Brief, 108992, doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.108992
  6. Hamulić, D., Putna-Nimane, I., Liepina-Leimane, I., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Rodič, P., Milošev, I. 2022. Field testing and ecotoxicity of acrylate-based sol–gel coatings in fresh and seawater. J Coat Technol Res, DOI: 10.1007/s11998-022-00701-2
  7. Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Suhareva, N., Barone, M., Putna-Nimane, I., Aigars, J. 2022. Hide-and-seek: a threshold values and contribution towards better understanding of recovery rate in microplastic research. MethodsX, 9. DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2021.101603
  8. Aigars, J., Barone, M., Suhareva, N., Putna-Nimane, I., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. 2021. Occurrence and spatial distribution of microplastics in the surface waters of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga Marine Pollution Bulletin. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 172. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112860
  9. Labuce, A., Strake, S., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. 2020. Eurytemora affinis (Poppe, 1880) (Copepoda, Calanoida) in the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea — elemental composition and diurnal vertical migration. Crustaceana, 93 (3-5): 447-466. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003977
  10. 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, 192 (2). DOI: 10.1007/s10661-020-8113-9
  11. Zawiska, I., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Luoto, T. P., Rzodkiewicz, M., Saarni, S., Stivrins, N., Tylmann, W., Lanka, A., Robeznieks, M., Jilbert, T. 2020. Long-Term Consequences of Water Pumping on the Ecosystem Functioning of Lake Sekšu, Latvia. Water, Water Quality of Freshwater Ecosystems in a Temperate Climate (special issue), 12 (5): 1459. DOI:10.3390/w12051459
  12. Jensen, T.C., Walseng, B., Hessen, D. O., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Novichkova, A. A., Chertoprud, E. S., Chertoprud, M. V., Sakharova, E. G., Krylov, A. V., Frisch, D., Christoffersen, K.S. 2019. Changes in trophic state and aquatic communities in high Arctic ponds in response to increasing goose populations. Freshwater Biology, 64 (7): 1241-1254. DOI: 10.1111/fwb.13299
  13. Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Walseng, B., Chertoprud, E., & Novichkova, A. 2018. New and previously known species of Copepoda and Cladocera (Crustacea) from Svalbard, Norway – who are they and where do they come from? Fauna Norvegica, 38: 18-29. DOI: 10.5324/fn.v38i0.2502
  14. Walseng, B, Jensen, T.C, Dimante-Deimantovica I, Christoffersen, K.S, Chertoprud, M.V, Chertoprud, E.S, Novichkova, A.A, & Hessen, D.O. 2018. Freshwater diversity in Svalbard: providing baseline data for ecosystems in change. Polar Biology, 41: 1995-2005. DOI:10.1007/s00300-018-2340-3
  15. Chertoprud,M., Palatov,D., Dimante-Deimantovica,I. (2017) Macrobenthic communities in water bodies and streams of Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Natural History, 51:47-48, 2809-2825, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1395092
  16. Chertoprud, E.S., Sinev, A. Y., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. (2017) Fauna of Cladocera and Copepoda from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China). Zootaxa, 4258 (6): 561-573, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.6.5
  17. Holynska, M., Dimante-Deimantovica, I. 2016. Redescription and taxonomic notes on Cyclops bohater Koźmiński, 1933 and Cyclops lacustris G. O. Sars, 1863, with an identification key to the Cyclops of Fenno-Scandinavia. European Journal of Taxonomy, 212: 1-31. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2016.212
  18. Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Jensen, T. C., Walseng, B. 2016. Freshwater harpacticoids (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in Norway – a comprehensive contribution from G. O. Sars and a provisional checklist. Journal of Natural History, 50:27-28, 1773-1795, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1159348
  19. Jensen, T. C., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Schartau, A. K. & Walseng, B. 2013. Cladocerans respond to differences in trophic state in deeper nutrient poor lakes from Southern Norway. Hydrobiologia, 715 (1): 101-112. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-012-1413-5
  20. Paidere, J., Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Grinko, O., Brakovska, A., Bruvere, I. 2012. Applicability of zooplankton community study for ecological quality of salmonid water lakes in Latvia during summer, 2010. Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis, Supplement 3: 65-81.
  21. Dimante-Deimantovica, I., Skute, A. & Skute, R. 2012. Vertical variability of pelagic zooplankton fauna in deep Latvian lakes, with some notes on changes in ecological conditions. Estonian Journal of Ecology, 61 (4): 247-264. DOI: 10.3176/eco.2012.4.02
  22. Deimantovica, I., Skute, R. & Strake, S. 2011. A survey of the Latvian freshwater free-living Copepoda fauna. Crustaceana, 84 (3): 257-279. DOI: 10.1163/001121611X554373
  23. Deimantovica, I. 2010. First records of Cyclops bohater Kozminski, 1933 from Latvia’s Lakes with Notes on its Morphometry, Acta Zoologica Lituanica, 20 (3): 215-224, DOI: 10.2478/v10043-010-0029-0
  24. Deimantovica, I. 2005. Spatial structure of zooplankton fauna in Lake Dridzis. Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie: Verhandlungen, 29(2): 683–684, DOI: 10.1080/03680770.2005.11902765
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