Solvita Strāķe

HORIZON project AquaINRFA “Infrastructure for Marine and Inland Water Research”, 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2026, project leader;

LIFE Programme project LIFE REEF “Marine Protected Habitats Survey and Determination of the Required Conservation Status in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Latvia”, LIFE19 NAT/LV000973 REEF, 01/09/2020 – 31/08/2025.

1. Armoškaite A., Aigars J., Andersone I., Hansen H.S., Schroder L., Strāķe S. (2021). Assessing change in habitat composition, ecosystem functioning and service supply in Latvian protected stony reefs. Journal of Environmental Management. 298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113537
2. Kortsch S., Frelat R., Pecuchet L., Olivier P., Putnis I., Bonsdorff E., Ojaveer H., Jurgensone I., Stracke S., Rubene G., Kruse E., Nordström M.C. (2021). Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1205-1216
3. Pakalniete, K.; Ahtiainen, H.; Aigars, J.; Andersone, I.; Armoškaite, A.; Hansen, H.S.; Strāķe, S. Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Service Benefits and Welfare Impacts of Offshore Marine Protected Areas: A Study from the Baltic Sea. Sustainability (2021), 13, 10121. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131810121
4. Frederiksen P., Morf A., von Thenen M., Armoskaite A., Luhtala H., Schiele K.S., Strake S., Hansen H.S. (2021). Proposing an ecosystem services-based framework to assess sustainability impacts of maritime spatial plans (MSP-SA). Ocean and Coastal Management 208: 105577: , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105577
5. Outinen O., Puntila-Dodd R., Barda I., Brzana R., Hegele-Drywa J., Kalnina M., Kostanda M., Lindqvist A., Normant-Saremba M., Ścibik M., Strake S, Vuolamo J. & Lehtiniemi M. (2021) The role of marinas in the establishment and spread of non-indigenous species in Baltic Sea fouling communities, Biofouling, DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2021.1996564
6. Armoškaitė, A., Bārda, I., Andersone, I., Bonnevie, I.M., Ikauniece, A., Kotta, J., Kõivupuu, A., Lees, L., Psuty, I., Strāķe, S., Sprukta, S., Szymanek, L., von Thenen, M., Schrøder, L., Hansen, H.S. (2021). Considerations of Use-Use Interactions between Macroalgae Cultivation and Other Maritime Sectors: An Eastern Baltic MSP Case Study. Sustainability 13(24): 13888, https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413888
7. Armoskaite A, Purina I, Aigars J, Strake S, Pakalniete K, Frederiksen P, Schroder L, Hansen H.S, (2020). Establishing the links between marine ecosystem components, functions and services: An ecosystem service assessment tool. Ocean and Coastal Management. 193. doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105229
8. Pecuchet, L., Lindegren, M., Kortsch, S., Całkiewicz, J., Jurgensone, I., Margonski, P., Otto, S. A., Putnis, I., Stracke, S., Nordström, M. C. (2020). Spatio-temporal dynamics of multi-trophic communities reveal ecosystem-wide functional reorganization. Ecography 43, 197-208.
9. Gollasch S., David M., Broeg K., Heitmüller S., Karjalainen M., Lehtiniemi M., Normant-Saremba M., Ojaveer H., Olenin S., Ruiz M., Helavuori M., Sala-Perez M., Strake S. (2020). Target species selection criteria for risk assessment based exemptions of ballast water management requirements. Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol. 183, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.105021
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 (7)
11. Minchin D., Arbačiauskas K., Daunys D., Ezhova E., Grudule N., Kotta J., Molchanova N., Olenin S., Višinskienė G., Strake S. (2019). Rapid expansion and facilitating factors of the Ponto-Caspian invader Dikerogammarus villosus within the eastern Baltic Sea. Aquatic Invasions 14(2): 165-181, https://doi.org/10.3391/ ai.2019.14.2.02
12. Labuce A., Ikauniece A., Strāķe 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, Vol. 72: Issue 4, 230-235;
13. Veidemane K., Ruskule A., Strake S., Purina I., Aigars J., Sprukta S., Ustups D., Putnis I., Klepers A. (2017). Application of the marine ecosystem services approach in the development of the maritime spatial plan of Latvia. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 13:1, 398-411, https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2017.1398185;
14. 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, 287-294;
15. Pakalniete, K., Aigars, J., Czajkowski, M., Strake, S., Zawojska, E., Hanley, N. (2017). Understanding the distribution of economic benefits from improving coastal and marine ecosystems. Science of the Total Environment. Vol. 584-585, 29-40;
16. Ojaveer H., Olenin S., Naršičius A., Florin A.-B., Ezhova E., Gollash S., Jensen K.R., Lehtiniemi M., Minchin D., Normant-Saremba M., Strake S. (2017). Dynamics of biological invasions and pathways over time: a case study of a temperate coastal sea. Biological Invasions. Vol. 19: Issue 3, 799-813;
17. Gorokhova E., Lehtiniemi M., Postel L., Rubene G., Amid Callis, Lesutiene J., Uusitalo L., Strake S., Demereckiene N. (2016). Indicator Properties of Baltic Zooplankton for Classification of Environmental Status within Marine Strategy Framework Directive. PLOS ONE. 11(7): e0158326. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158326;
18. Putna I., Strode E., Bārda I., Puriņa I, Rimša E., Jansons M., Balode M., Strāķe S. (2014). Sediment quality of the ecoregion Engure, Gulf of Riga, assessed by using ecotoxicity tests and biomarker responses. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B, Vol. 68 (2014), No. 1/2 (688/689), pp. 20-30;
19. Melecis V., Kļaviņš M., Laiviņš M., Rūsiņa S., Spriņģe G., Vīksne J., Krišjāne Z., Strāķe S. (2014). Conceptual Model of the Long-term Socio-Ecological Research Platform of Engure Ecoregion, Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences. Section B, Vol. 68, Issue 1-2, pp. 1-19;
20. Strāķe S., Ikauniece A., Alberte M., Bārda I., Jurgensone I., Lavrinovičs A., Livdāne L., Puriņa I., Purviņa S., Rimša E., Strode E., Fedoroviča D., Kurakins A., Holodkēvičs S., Balode M., (2013). The ecosystem of the west coast of the Gulf of Riga: environmental quality and biological diversity, Man and nature: Ecoregion of Engure. Kļaviņa M. and Meleča V. ed.; Rīga: LU Akademiskais abgāds: 249-287.
21. Gorokhova E., Lehtiniemi M., Lesutiene J., Strake S., Uusitalo L., Demereckiene N., Amid C. (2013). Zooplankton mean size and total abundance. HELCOM Core Indicator Report. Online.
22. Deimantovica I., Skute R., Strake S. (2011). A survey of the Latvian freshwater free-living Copepoda fauna. Crustaceana, Volume 84, Number 3, 257-279 (23).
23. Klavins M., Kokorite I., Springe G., Skuja A., Parele E., Rodinov V., Druvietis I., Strake S., Urtans A. (2010) Water quality in cutaway peatland lakes in Seda mire, Latvia. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, Vol. 10, No 1, 61-70.
24. Tomczak, M., Müller-Karulis, B., Järv, L., Kotta, J., Martin, G., Minde, A., Põllumäe, A., Razinkovas, A., Strake, S., Bucas, M., Blenckner, T. (2009). Analysis of trophic networks and carbon flows in south-eastern Baltic coastal ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, Vol: 81 (1-4, Special Issue): 111-131.
25. Olesen M., Strake S., Andrushaitis A. (2005). Egestion of non-pellet-bound fecal material from the copepod Acartia tonsa: implication for vertical flux and degradation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 293, 131 – 142.
26. Balode M., Strake S. (2004). Effect of potentially toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa and Nodularia spumigena on the survival and reproductive success of the dominant Baltic copepod species. Harmful Algae 2002. Steidinger K. A., Landsberg C. R., Tomas C. R., Vargo G. A. (Eds.), UNESCO, 479 – 481.
27. Strake S. (2002). The contribution of nonindigenous Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov) in the mesozooplankton community and its population structure in the Gulf of Riga. Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Biol. Ecol., 51, 2, 91 – 102.
28. Strāķe S. (2000). Variations of mesozooplankton species composition, abundance, and biomass in the littoral zone of the Gulf of Rīga, Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B, Vol. 54, No. 5/6, 155-159.

Research and development (R&D) projects, national assessments and information for reporting directives (HD, BD, WFD, MSFD, MSP) related to marine biodiversity, marine spatial planning and marine protected areas, project leader and research coordinator. Leads international and national research projects on biodiversity, ecosystem services, marine spatial planning, identification and mapping of marine protected areas, alien species and the Ballast Water Convention.

Solvita Strāķe is Senior Researcher, chairperson of the Scientific Council and head of the Hydrobiology Laboratory of the Marine Monitoring Department. Solvita started her career at the foundation of LIAE, obtaining a BSc and MSc in Marine (Plankton) Biology. In 2009, she defended her PhD thesis on biodiversity and ecology of marine zooplankton at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Latvia and obtained a PhD in Hydrobiology. At the Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology (over 25 years of experience) as a senior researcher and international project manager, she has acquired deep knowledge in the fields of marine biodiversity, environmental monitoring, marine protected areas, non-indigenous species in Baltic Sea, biodiversity and marine spatial planning.