Solvita Strāķe

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Solvita Strāķe

Deputy Director and Senior Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department

Deputy Director and Senior Researcher, Marine Monitoring Department

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.

Contact information

E-mail: solvita.strake[at]lhei.lv

ResearchGate

  1. Armoskaite, A., Aigars, J., Andersone, I., Bonnevie, I.M., Hansen, H.S., Strake, S., Thenen, M., Schroder, L. (2023) Setting the scene for a multi-map toolset supporting maritime spatial planning by mapping relative cumulative impacts on ecosystem service supply. Frontiers in Marine Science. Vol. 10, 1213119. doi:0.3389/fmars.2023.1213119
  2. Ruskule, A., Kotta, J., Saha, C.R., Arndt, P., Ustups, D., Strake, S. Bergstrom, L. (2023) Testing the concept of green infrastructure at the Baltic Sea scale to support an ecosystem-based approach to management of marine areas. Marine Policy. Vol. 147, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105374
  3. Armoskaite, A., Barda, I., Andersone, I., Bonnevie, I.M., Ikauniece, A., Kotta, J., Koivupuu, A., Lees, L., Psuty, I., Strake, S., Sprukta, S., Szymanek, L. (2021) Considerations of use-use interactions between macroalgae cultivation and other maritime sectors: An eastern Baltic MSP case study. Sustainability (Switzerland) Vol 13, Issue 24, Article number 13888. DOI: 10.3390/su132413888
  4. Armoskaite, A., Aigars, J., Andersone, I., Hansen, H.S., Schroder, L., Strake, 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
  5. Pakalniete, K., Ahtiainen, H., Aigars, J., Andersone, I., Armoskaite, A., Hansen, H.S., Strake, S. (2021) Economic valuation of ecosystem service benefits and welfare impacts of offshore marine protected areas: A study from the baltic sea. Sustainability (Switzerland), Vol. 13. DOI: 10.3390/su131810121
  6. 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, Vol. 208. DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105577
  7. Kortsch, S., Frelat, R., Pecuchet, L., Olivier, P., Putnis, I., Bonsdorff, E., Ojaveer, H., Jurgensone, I., Strake, S., Rubene, G., Kruze, E., Nordström, M.C. (2021) Disentangling temporal food web dynamics facilitates understanding of ecosystem functioning. Journal of Animal Ecology 90: 1205-1216
  8. 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
  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., 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
  11. Pecuchet, L., Lindegren, M., Kortsch, S., Całkiewicz, J., Jurgensone, I., Margonski, P., Otto, S. A., Putnis, I., Strake, S., Nordström, M. C. (2020). Spatio-temporal dynamics of multi-trophic communities reveal ecosystem-wide functional reorganization. Ecography 43, 197-208.
  12. Armoskaite, A., Barda, I., Andersone, I., Bonnevie, I.M., Ikauniece, A., Kotta, J., Kõivupuu, A., Lees, L., Psuty, I., Strake, 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
  13. 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)
  14. 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
  15. Minchin, D., Arbaciauskas, K., Daunys, D., Ezhova, E., Grudule, N., Kotta, J., Molchanova, N., Olenin, S., Visinskiene, 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
  16. 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, Vol. 72: Issue 4, 230-235;
  17. 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;
  18. Ojaveer, H., Olenin, S., Narscius, 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;
  19. 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;
  20. 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;
  21. Gorokhova, E., Lehtiniemi, M., Postel, L., Rubene, G., Amid, C, 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;
  22. Putna, I., Strode, E., Barda, I., Purina, I, Rimsa, E., Jansons M., Balode M., Strake, 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;
  23. Melecis, V., Klavins, M., Laivins, M., Rusina, S., Springe, G., Viksne, J., Krisjane, Z., Strake, 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;
  24. Strake, S., Ikauniece, A., Alberte, M., Barda, I., Jurgensone, I., Lavrinovics, A., Livdane, L., Purina, I., Purvina, S., Rimsa, E., Strode, E., Fedorovica, D., Kurakins, A., Holodkevics, 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. red.; Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais abgāds: 249-287. (in Latvian).
  25. 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.
  26. 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).
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. Olesen, M., Strake, S., Andrusaitis, 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. Strake, S. (2000). Variations of mesozooplankton species composition, abundance, and biomass in the littoral zone of the Gulf of Riga, Latvia. Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Section B, Vol. 54, No. 5/6, 155 – 159.
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