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Research

My intention as a scientist is to link the importance of conservation with that of aquatic systems because the animals and/or specific groups of organisms we find in these systems can aid in determining their quality and viability for human use and enjoyment. Questions about how and why global biodiversity is changing through time and space provide the foundation for my research. It is through integrative science that I believe I may further unlock the secrets of complex ecological systems and potentially elucidate how to protect them better.

Published Papers

Weevil

Towards a Global Repository of Insect Traits (GRIT)

Forthcoming
Fish Caught in Hook

Comparison of historic and novel data reveals higher contemporary diversity of trematode metacercariae in freshwater fish

Forthcoming
Rock Reflection

First records of the black bullhead Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) and its parasites in Lithuania

Forthcoming
Sewage Filtration

Flushing away the future: The effects of wastewater treatment plants on aquatic invertebrates

River

The recovery of European freshwater biodiversity has come to a halt

Northern Lights

Seasonal and spatial variation of stream macroinvertebrate taxonomic and functional diversity across three boreal regions

Dragonfly

Recovery or reorganisation? Long-term increases in riverine taxonomic and functional diversity are confounded by compositional dynamics

Forest Lake

A long-term case study indicates improvements in floodplain biodiversity after river restoration

Venice Grand Canal Aerial

Multi-decadal improvements in the assessed ecological quality of European streams are inconsistently reflected in biodiversity metrics

River Raft Rowing

Helminth parasites of invasive freshwater fish in Lithuania

Aerial View of a Mountain River

Cryptic species complex shows population-dependent, rather than lineage-dependent tolerance to a neonicotinoid

Aerial View of Curved River

Time series of freshwater macroinvertebrate abundances and site characteristics of European streams and rivers

Close-up of a Bug

​Temperature driven increases in interspecific but not intraspecific body sizes in German stream macroinvertebrate species across two decades

National park

Protected areas promote ecological recovery in degraded European rivers

Forthcoming
Water Flowing Out Pipe

Stream baseline conditions shape functional responses to wastewater: evidence from insect-dominated sites

Coast Line

Long-term data reveal unimodal responses of ground beetle abundance to precipitation and land use but no changes in taxonomic and functional diversity

River

Multidecadal changes in functional diversity lag behind the recovery of taxonomic diversity

Wild River

Recovery from air pollution and subsequent acidification masks the effects of climate change on a freshwater macroinvertebrate community

Waterfall in nature

Predatory functional responses under increasing temperatures of two life stages of an invasive gecko

River

Shift happens: Changes to the diversity of riverine aquatic macroinvertebrate communities in response to sewage effluent runoff

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A multivariate examination of ‘artificial mussels’ in conjunction with spot water tests in freshwater ecosystems

Birds on Frozen Grass

Metal accumulation in House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) from Thohoyandou, Limpopo province, South Africa

Forest Landscape

Ecological risk assessment of trace elements in sediment: A case study from Limpopo, South Africa

Fishing Net Closeup

Age determination in the channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus using pectoral spines: a technical report

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