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Department of Environmental Research

Head of department dr. Steigvilė Byčenkienė
phone +370 5 264 1954, +370 682 62087
  

ENVIRONMENT-FRIENDLY TECHNOLOGIES FOR OBSERVATION, SIMULATION, PREVENTION AND MITIGATION OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION AND THE ASSOCIATED CLIMATE CHANGE

The Department of Environmental research focuses on challenge-oriented approach and solutions that bring together natural sciences, which underpin the understanding, development and application of technologies to deliver a sustainable future. The main focus is directed to the research of chemical compositions of non-refractory submicron aerosol particles using mass-spectrometry methods, the processes that control aerosol formation and evolution, as well as impacts of the changing atmospheric composition on air quality, human health, climate change and ecosystems.
The department of Environmental Research is also involved in creating and developing methods, experimental means and technologies for monitoring changes of climate and ecosystems as well as for creating safer and healthy environment. The Department is actively engaged in a wide range of topics covering the role and importance of aerosol science across a wide range of applied fields. By conducting fundamental and applied research, we work on long-term solutions for major challenges facing science, society and industry. The research studies aims to explore the developments in experimental techniques for aerosol studies with the ultimate goal of promoting development towards modern environmental-friendly technologies suitable in the vicinity of nuclear facilities and environmental science technologies based on radionuclide methods.

OBJECTIVE

To develop and improve principles, means and technologies of the environment quality evaluation and to ensure the scientific competence in the field of the environmental physics and chemistry, environment contamination and climate changes.

TASKS

  • Development of technologies and equipment for the environment protection quality control as well as methods and experimental basis in the environmental research, investigation of micro-admixture dynamics and balance in the environment components as well as for the characterization of the impact of the environment contamination on the climate change.
  • Evaluation of efficient instrumentation and assessment methods for characterization of the impact of industry, transport and consumer sector on the environment quality by combining of spectrometry methods of the aerosol particle mass and sizes as well as the investigation of physical-chemical aspects of the aerosol particle formation. 

Equipment
Environmental Physics and Chemistry Laboratory
Aerosol chemical speciation monitor ACSM  
  
Scanning mobility particle sizer TSI 3936 (SMPS)
  
Sub-micrometer particle sizer (SMPS)
  
Aerosol generator TSI 3076
  
Aerodynamic aerosol spectrometer (APS) TSI 3321 
  
Electrospray aerosol generator TSI 3480
  
Condensational aerosol counter CPC UF-02
  
Aethalometer (Magee Scientific) EA31 7
  
Integrating Nephelometer TSI 3563
  

Portable industrial combustion and

emission analyser Eurotron GreenLine 8000
  
Air Flow Calibrator Gilibrator-2  
  
Mass Flowmeter TSI 4040
  
Spectrophotometer SPECORD 210 PLUS
  
Ion chromatograph DIONEX 2010i
  
Ozone analyser O341M
  

Atmospheric Pollution Research Laboratory
Aerosol Mass Spectrometer, AMS
  
Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer, ICP-MS
  
Atomic Absorption Spectrometer Zeeman – 3030, AAS
  

Atomic Absorption Mercury Vapor Analyzer, GARDIS – 5 (Developed by FTMC, Department of Environmental Research)

Mercury Vapor Dosimeter, GA – 730 (Developed by FTMC, Department of Environmental Research)
 

  
Automated Aerosol Particle Analyzer, FH62-IR
  
Specific Purpose Automatic Metrological Station, SPAMS
  
Radiochemistry Laboratory

Water purification systems:

  • Milli-Q Synthesis A10
  • Elix 3       
  

Millipore centrifuges:

  • Sigma 4-15
  • Eppendorf 5804
  
pH meter WTW 450
  
Analyzer inolab/Multi Level 1 WTW
  
Millipore membrane filtration unit with a 240 mm holder
  
Scales PG 2002-S METTLER TOLEDO
  
Scales AT201 METTLER TOLEDO
  
Gamma-ray spectrometer (relative efficacy - 42%, resolution - 9.1 keV/1:33 Mev, Genie 2000 software, alpha spectrometers, low background alpha-beta counter (Emberline FHT 770 T MULTI-LEVEL LOW-COUNTER)
  
High pressure liquid chromatograph Milichrom
projects

  • Horizon Europe project: Evidence Driven Indoor Air Quality Improvement (EDIAQI) (2022.12.01 - 2026.12.01, The Lisbon Council (Coordination), 7 876 016,51 Eur, Nr. 101057497, project part leader dr. S. Byčenkienė.

  • 2014-2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Invesments in Lithuania European Social Fund Cohesion, priority axis 1, straingthening research and development and inovation, Competence Center for the Development and Design of Innovative Environmentally Friendly Facilities, VGTU, 2020.04.20 - 2023.04.30, project part leader dr. S. Byčenkienė

  • Research Council of Lithuania Researcher groups projects "Contribution of outdoor air pollution to indoor air quality and inhaled deposited dose", 150 000 Eur, 2020.03.10 - 2022.12.31, project leader dr. S. Byčenkienė

  • COST CA Action DAMOCLES "Understanding and modeling compound climate and weather events“, Nr. CA17109, 2018.09.14. – 2022.09.13, project part leader dr. S. Byčenkienė.
  • COST CA Action project COLOSSAL „Chemical OnLine cOmpoSition and Source Apportionment of fine aerosoL“, Nr. CA16109, 2017.03.03 – 2021.03.02, project part leader dr. V. Ulevičius
  • “Assessment of atmospheric pollution emissions and forecast as well as assessment of anthropogenic pollution levels and critical loads of ecosystems”, 2016.12.28 – 2018.12.18, Environmental Protection Agency, 70 000 EUR, project leader dr. V. Ulevičius.
  • „Assessment of transboundary air pollution from other countries impact on overall Lithuanian air basin pollution levels“ No. 28TP-2016-99, Environmental protection agency, 2017 – 2019, project leader dr. D. Jasinevičienė.
  • National Research Programme “Sustainability of agro-, forest and water ecosystems” project FOREstRESS “Integrated effect of climate and other environmental stresses on forest capacity to adapt to and mitigate the main threats of global changes” No. SIT-3/2015 (2100-P298), (2015 - 2018), Research Council of Lithuania, 72 105 EUR, project part leader dr. V. Ulevičius.
Most important publications
  1. Davtalab, Mehri; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Uogintė, Ieva. Global research hotspots and trends on microplastics: a bibliometric analysis // Environmental science and pollution research. ISSN 0944-1344. 2023, vol. 30, iss. 49, p. 107403-107418.
  2. Pleskytė, Sonata; Uogintė, Ieva; Burbulytė, Austėja; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Characteristics and removal efficiency of microplastics at secondary wastewater treatment plant in Lithuania // Water environment research. ISSN 1061-4303. 2023, vol. 95, iss. 12, art. no. e10958, p. 1-16.
  3. Šarka, Karolis; Nanbu, Shinkoh. Potential energy curves and ultraviolet absorption cross sections of sulfur dimer // ACS earth and space chemistry. ISSN 2472-3452. 2023, vol. 7, ISS. 12, p. 2374-2381.
  4. Saraga, Dikaia Ε.; Querol, Xavier; Duarte, Regina M.B.O.; Aquilina, Noel J.; Canha, Nuno; Alvarez, Elena Gómez; Jovasevic-Stojanovic, Milena; Bekö, Gabriel; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Kovacevic, Renata; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Carslaw, Nicola. Source apportionment for indoor air pollution: Current challenges and future directions//Science of the total environment. ISSN 0048-9697. 2023, vol. 900, art. no. 165744, p. 1-21.
  5. Dementjev, Andrej; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Gelžinis, Andrius; Gylienė, Ona; Binkienė, Rima; Jasinevičienė, Dalia; Ulevičius, Vidmantas. The CARS microscopy application for determination of the deacetylation degree in chitin and chitosan species//Journal of Raman spectroscopy. ISSN 0377-0486. 2023, vol. 54, iss. 5, p. 524-531.
  6. Makaras, Tomas; Jurgelėnė, Živilė; Pakštas, Vidas; Šemčuk, Sergej. Interacting effects of graphene oxide derivatives and trace metals on freshwater brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) behaviour at different stages of development//Environmental science: nano. ISSN 2051-8153. 2023, vol. 10, iss. 8, p. 2172-2184.
  7.  Uogintė, Ieva; Vailionytė, Agnė; Skapas, Martynas; Bolanos, Dave; Bagurskienė, Ernesta; Gruslys, Vygantas; Aldonytė, Rūta; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. New evidence of the presence of micro- and nanoplastic particles in bronchioalveolar lavage samples of clinical trial subjects//Heliyon. ISSN 2405-8440. 2023, vol. 9, iss. 9, art. no. e19665, p. 1-6.
  8. Minderytė, Agnė; Ugboma, Emeka A.; Mirza Montoro, Fátima Francisca; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Impact of long-range transport on black carbon source contribution and optical aerosol properties in two urban environments//Heliyon. ISSN 2405-8440. 2023, vol. 9, vol. 9, art.no. e19652, p. 1-13.
  9. Janicka, Lucja; Davulienė, Lina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Stachlewska, Iwona S. Long term observations of biomass burning aerosol over Warsaw by means of multiwavelength lidar//Optics express. eISSN 1094-4087. 2023, vol. 31, no. 20, p. 33150-33174.
  10. Davtalab, Mehri; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Bimbaitė, Vilma. Long-term spatial and temporal evaluation of the PM2.5 and PM10 mass concentrations in Lithuania//Atmospheric pollution research. ISSN 1309-1042. 2023, vol. 14, no. 12, art. no. 101951, p. 1-12.
  11. Lujanienė, Galina; Novikau, Raman; Leščinskytė, Agnė; Mažeika, Kęstutis; Pakštas, Vidas; Tumėnas, Saulius; Skapas, Martynas; Šilobritienė, Beata. Prussian blue composites for Cs adsorption – modification of the method and modelling of the adsorption processes // Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry. ISSN 0236-5731. 2023, vol. 332, p. 1033-1045.
  12. Floutsi, Athena Augusta; Baars, Holger; Engelmann, Ronny; Althausen, Dietrich; Ansmann, Albert; Bohlmann, Stephanie; Heese, Birgit; Hofer, Julian; Kanitz, Thomas; Haarig, Moritz; Ohneiser, Kevin; Radenz, Martin; Seifert, Patric; Skupin, Annett; Yin, Zhenping; Abdullaev, Sabur F.; Komppula, Mika; Filioglou, Maria; Giannakaki, Elina; Stachlewska, Iwona S.; Janicka, Lucja; Bortoli, Daniele; Marinou, Eleni; Amiridis, Vassilis; Gialitaki, Anna; Mamouri, Rodanthi-Elisavet; Barja, Boris; Wandinger, Ulla. DeLiAn – a growing collection of depolarization ratio, lidar ratio and Ångström exponent for different aerosol types and mixtures from ground-based lidar observations //Atmospheric measurement techniques. ISSN 1867-1381. 2023, vol. 16, iss. 9, p. 2353-2379.
  13. Krokaitė, Edvina; Jocienė, Lina; Shakeneva, Dinara; Rekašius, Tomas; Valiulis, Darius; Kupčinskienė, Eugenija. Ionome of Lithuanian populations of Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and its relation to genetic diversity and environmental variables // Diversity. eISSN 1424-2818. 2023, vol. 15, iss. 3, art. no. 418, p. 1-20.
  14. Pärn, Ove; Davulienė, Lina; Macias Moy, Diego; Vahter, Kaimo; Stips, Adolf; Torsvik, Tomas. Effects of Eulerian current, Stokes drift and wind while simulating surface drifter trajectories in the Baltic Sea // Oceanologia. ISSN 0078-3234. 2023, vol. 65, p. 453-465.
  15. Kazlauskas, M.; Jurgelėnė, Ž.; Šemčuk, S.; Jokšas, K.; Kazlauskienė, N.; Montvydienė, D. Effect of graphene oxide on the uptake, translocation and toxicity of metal mixture to Lepidium sativum L. plants: Mitigation of metal phytotoxicity due to nanosorption // Chemosphere. ISSN 0045-6535. 2023, vol. 312, pt. 1, art. no. 137221, p. 1-13.
  16. Dudoitis, Vadimas; Gylienė, Ona; Dementjev, Andrej; Mordas, Genrik; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Jasinevičienė, Dalia; Ulevičius, Vidmantas. Fabrication of chitosan-palladium nanoparticles by liquid atomization // Journal of polymers and the environment. ISSN 1566-2543. 2023, vol. 31, p. 1029-1037.
  17. Ahlberg, Erik; Ausmeel, Stina; Nilsson, Lovisa; Spanne, Mårten; Pauraitė-Dudek, Julija; Nøjgaard, Jacob Klenø; Bertò, Michele; Skov, Henrik; Roldin, Pontus; Kristensson, Adam; Swietlicki, Erik; Eriksson, Axel. Measurement report: Black carbon properties and concentrations in southern Sweden urban and rural air – the importance of long-range transport // Atmospheric chemistry and physics. ISSN 1680-7316. 2023, vol. 23, iss. 5, p. 3051-3064.
  18. Lujanienė, Galina; Novikau, Raman; Joel, Edith Flora; Karalevičiūtė, Karolina; Šemčuk, Sergej; Mažeika, Kęstutis; Talaikis, Martynas; Pakštas, Vidas; Tumėnas, Saulius; Mažeika, Jonas; Jokšas, Kęstutis. Preparation of graphene oxide-maghemite-chitosan composites for the adsorption of europium Ions from aqueous solutions // Molecules. ISSN 1420-3049. 2022, vol. 27, iss. 22, art. no. 8035, p. 1-20.
  19. Jurgelėnė, Živilė; Montvydienė, Danguolė; Šemčuk, Sergej; Stankevičiūtė, Milda; Sauliutė, Gintarė; Pažusienė, Janina; Morkvėnas, Augustas; Butrimienė, Renata; Jokšas, Kęstutis; Pakštas, Vidas; Kazlauskienė, Nijolė; Karabanovas, Vitalijus. The impact of co-treatment with graphene oxide and metal mixture on Salmo trutta at early development stages: The sorption capacity and potential toxicity // Science of the total environment. ISSN 0048-9697. 2022, vol. 838, iss. 4, art. no. 156525, p. 1-18.
  20. Davulienė, Lina; Khan, Abdullah; Šemčuk, Sergej; Minderytė, Agnė; Davtalab, Mehri; Kandrotaitė, Kamilė; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Uogintė, Ieva; Skapas, Martynas; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Evaluation of work-related personal exposure to aerosol particles // Toxics. ISSN 2305-6304. 2022, vol. 10, iss. 7, art. no. 405, p. 1-15.
  21. Garbarienė, Inga; Pauraitė-Dudek, Julija; Pashneva, Daria; Minderytė, Agnė; Šarka, Karolis; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Davulienė, Lina; Gaspariūnas, Mindaugas; Kovalevskij, Vitalij; Lingis, Danielius; Bučinskas, Laurynas; Šapolaitė, Justina; Ežerinskis, Žilvinas; Mainelis, Gedi; Ovadnevaitė, Jurgita; Kecorius, Simonas; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Indoor-outdoor relationship of submicron particulate matter in mechanically ventilated building: Chemical composition, sources and infiltration factor // Building and environment. ISSN 0360-1323. 2022, vol. 222, art. no. 109429, p. 1-16.
  22. Novikau, Raman; Lujanienė, Galina; Pakštas, Vidas; Talaikis, Martynas; Mažeika, Kęstutis; Drabavičius, Audrius; Naujokaitis, Arnas; Šemčuk, Sergej. Adsorption of caesium and cobalt ions on the muscovite mica clay-graphene oxide-γ-Fe2O3-Fe3O4 composite // Environmental science and pollution research. ISSN 0944-1344. 2022, vol. 29, iss. 49, p. 74933-74950.
  23. Minderytė, Agnė; Pauraitė-Dudek, Julija; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Kilikevičius, Artūras; Matijošius, Jonas; Rimkus, Alfredas; Kilikevičienė, Kristina; Vainorius, Darius; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Carbonaceous aerosol source apportionment and assessment of transport-related pollution // Atmospheric environment. ISSN 1352-2310. 2022, vol. 279, art. no. 119043, p. 1-26.
  24. Mašalaitė-Nalivaikė, Agnė; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Pauraitė, Julija; Garbarienė, Inga; el Haddad, I.; Bozzetti, C.; Jaffrezo, J.L.; Besombes, J.L.; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Garbaras, Andrius; Šapolaitė, Justina; Ežerinskis, Žilvinas; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Barisevičiūtė, Rūta; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Prevot, A.S.H.; Remeikis, Vidmantas. Seasonal observation and source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosol from forested rural site (Lithuania). Atmospheric environment. ISSN 1352-2310. 2022, vol. 272, art. no. 118934, p. 1-12.
  25. Pauraitė-Dudek, Julija; Minderytė, Agnė; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Effect of urban submicron particles on single scattering albedo: the case study of high pollution event. Journal of quantitative spectroscopy and radiative transfer. ISSN 0022-4073. 2022, vol. 280, art. no. 108075, p. 1-8.
  26. Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Pashneva, Daria; Uogintė, Ieva; Pauraitė-Dudek, Julija; Minderytė, Agnė; Davulienė, Lina; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Skapas, Martynas; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Touqeer, Gill; Andriejauskienė, Jelena; Araminienė, Valda; Dzenajavičienė, Eugenija Farida; Sicard, Pierre; Gudynaitė-Franckevičienė, Valda; Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Iveta; Pedišius, Nerijus; Lemanas, Egidijus; Vonžodas, Tomas. Evaluation of the anthropogenic black carbon emissions and deposition on Norway spruce and silver birch foliage in the Baltic region. Environmental research. ISSN 0013-9351. 2022, vol. 207, art. no. 112218, p. 1-10.
  27. Novikau, Raman; Lujanienė, Galina. Adsorption behaviour of pollutants: Heavy metals, radionuclides, organic pollutants, on clays and their minerals (raw, modified and treated): A review. Journal of environmental management. ISSN 0301-4797. 2022, vol. 309, art. no. 114685, p. 1-23.
  28. Unagar, Ajaykumar; Hashmi, Azharuddin; Tiwari, Anoop K.; Jawak, Shridhar D.; Desai, Brijesh; Urba, Andriejus; Qureshi, Asif. Coast of Eastern Antarctica as the source of atmospheric mercury during austral summer. Atmospheric pollution research. ISSN 1309-1042. 2021, vol. 12, iss. 12, art. no. 101226, p. 1-14.
  29. Raudonytė-Svirbutavičienė, Eva; Stakėnienė, Rimutė; Jokšas, Kęstutis; Valiulis, Darius; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Žarkov, Aleksej. Raudonytė-Svirbutavičienė, Eva; Stakėnienė, Rimutė; Jokšas, Kęstutis; Valiulis, Darius; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Žarkov, Aleksej. Chemosphere. ISSN 0045-6535. 2022, vol. 286, art. no. 131556, p. 1-8.
  30. Garbarienė, Inga; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Kilikevičius, Artūras; Matijošius, Jonas; Rimkus, Alfredas; Kilikevičienė, Kristina; Vainorius, Darius; Maknickas, Algirdas; Borodinas, Sergejus; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Application of acoustic agglomeration technology to improve the removal of submicron particles from vehicle exhaust. Symmetry. ISSN 2073-8994. 2021, vol. 13, iss. 7, art. no. 1200, p. 1-15.
  31. Cuesta-Mosquera, Andrea; Močnik, Griša; Drinovec, Luka; Müller, Thomas; Pfeifer, Sascha; Cruz Minguillón, María; Briel, Björn; Buckley, Paul; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Fernández-García, Javier; Fernández-Amado, María; Ferreira De Brito, Joel; Riffault, Veronique; Flentje, Harald; Heffernan, Eimear; Kalivitis, Nikolaos; Kalogridis, Athina-Cerise; Keernik, Hannes; Marmureanu, Luminita; Luoma, Krista; Marinoni, Angela; Pikridas, Michael; Schauer, Gerhard; Serfozo, Norbert; Servomaa, Henri; Titos, Gloria; Yus-Díez, Jesús; Zioła, Natalia; Wiedensohler, Alfred. Intercomparison and characterization of 23 Aethalometers under laboratory and ambient air conditions: procedures and unit-to-unit variabilities. Atmospheric measurement techniques. ISSN 1867-1381. 2021, vol. 14, iss. 4, p. 3195-3216.
  32. Davulienė, Lina; Jasinevičienė, Dalia; Garbarienė, Inga; Andriejauskienė, Jelena; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė. Long-term air pollution trend analysis in the South-eastern Baltic region,1981–2017. Atmospheric research. ISSN 0169-8095. 2021, vol. 247, art. no. 105191, p. 1-14.
  33. Garbarienė, I.; Garbaras, A.; Masalaite, A.; Ceburnis, D.; Krugly, E.; Kauneliene, V.; Remeikis, V.; Martuzevicius, D. Identification of wintertime carbonaceous fine particulate matter (PM2.5) sources in Kaunas, Lithuania using polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and stable carbon isotope analysis. Atmospheric Environment. ISSN 1352-2310. 2020, Vol. 237, art. no. 117673, p. 1-9.
  34. Davulienė, Lina; Šakalys, Jonas; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Reklaitė, Agnė; Ulevičius, Vidmantas. Long-term black carbon variation in the South-Eastern Baltic Region in 2008–2015. Atmospheric pollution research. ISSN 1309-1042. 2019, vol. 10, iss. 1, p. 123-133.
  35. Araminienė, Valda; Sicard, Pierre; Anav, Alessandro; Agathokleous, Evgenios; Stakėnas, Vidas; De Marco, Alessandra; Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė, Iveta; Paoletti, Elena; Girgždienė, Raselė. Trends and inter-relationships of ground-level ozone metrics and forest health in Lithuania. Science of the total environment.ISSN 0048-9697. 2019, vol. 658, p. 1265-1277.
  36. Baumgarten, Manuela; Hesse, Benjamin D; Augustaitienė, Ingrida; Marozas, Vitas; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Mordas, Genrik; Pivoras, Ainis; Pivoras, Gintaras; Juonytė, Diana; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Matyssek, Rainer. Responses of species-specific sap flux, transpiration and water use efficiency of pine, spruce and birch trees to temporarily moderate dry periods in mixed forests at a dry and wet forest site in the hemi-boreal zone. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology. ISSN 0021-8588. 2019, vol. 75, iss. 1, p. 13-29.
  37. Uogintė, Ieva; Lujanienė, Galina; Mažeika, Kęstutis. Study of Cu (II), Co (II), Ni (II) and Pb (II) removal from aqueous solutions using magnetic Prussian blue nano-sorbent. Journal of hazardous materials. ISSN 0304-3894. 2019, vol. 369, p. 226-235.
  38. Marozas, Vitas; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Pivoras, Ainis; Baumgarten, Manuela; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Sasnauskienė, Jurgita; Dautartė, Anželika; Abraitienė, Jolita; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Mordas, Genrik; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Rainer, Matyssek. Comparative analyses of gas exchange characteristics and chlorophyll fluorescence of three dominant tree species during the vegetation season in hemi-boreal zone, Lithuania. Journal of Agricultural Meteorology. ISSN 0021-8588. 2019, vol. 75, iss. 1, p. 3-12.
  39. Pauraitė, Julija; Pivoras, Ainis; Plauškaitė-Šukienė, Kristina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Mordas, Genrik; Augustaitis, Algirdas; Marozas, Vitas; Mozgeris, Gintautas; Baumgarten, Manuela; Matyssek, Rainer; Ulevičius, Vidmantas. Characterization of aerosol mass spectra responses to temperature over a forest site in Lithuania. Journal of aerosol science. ISSN 0021-8502. 2019, vol. 133, p. 56-65.
  40. Mozgeris, Gintautas; Brukas, Vilis; Pivoriūnas, Nerijus; Činga, Gintautas; Makrickienė, Ekaterina; Byčenkienė, Steigvilė; Marozas, Vitas; Mikalajūnas, Marius; Dudoitis, Vadimas; Ulevičius, Vidmantas; Augustaitis, Algirdas. Spatial pattern of climate change effects on Lithuanian forestry. Forests. ISSN 1999-4907. 2019, vol.10, iss. 9, art. no. 809, p. 1-28.
  41. Algirdas Augustaitis, Ingrida Augustaitienė, Manuela Baugarten, Steigvilė Byčenkienė, Raselė Girgždienė, Gintaras Kulbokas, Edgaras Linkevičius, Vitas Marozas, Marius Mikalajūnas, Genrik Mordas, Gintautas Mozgeris, Edmundas Petrauskas, Ainis Pivoras, Giedrius Šidlauskas, Vidmantas Ulevičius, Adomas Vitas, Rainer Matyssek. Tree-ring formation as an indicator of forest capacity to adapt to the main threats of environmental changes in Lithuania. Science of the total environment. ISSN 0048-9697. 2018, vol. 615, p. 1247-1261.
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