Andris    ANDRUSHAITIS                                                                       

Dr.biol. Andris ANDRUSHAITIS Deputy Director, Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology, 8 Daugavgrivas Str., Riga,  LV 1007   Latvia  Phone/ Fax:     +371 9345412 E-mail: andris@hydro.edu.lv Home: 5-2 Dammes street, Riga, LV-1069, Latvia Phone: +371 7429711

Born: April 18, 1956, Latvia.

Interests:

• Marine productivity
• Functioning of aquatic ecosystems
• Marine eutrophication
• Ecological physiology of marine microzooplankton,
• Implementation of ecosystem quality criteria in the Baltic.

In 1978 - 1981 developed technical methodology for eco-toxicological experiments. Since 1980 specialised in studies of micro-zooplankton structure and eco-physiology. Since 1988 involved in studies of production and liberalization of organic matter and nutrient turnover in marine ecosystems.

Languages: Latvian, English and Russian (German, French).

• University of Latvia  (Faculty of Biology, speciality: Biologist and teacher of biology and chemistry), 1979
• Doctorate student at Shirshov's Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow), 1983-1987
• Dr.biol. (Candidate of Science in former USSR system, Ph.D. in Western countries), Shirshov's Institute of Oceanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1987   

           Thesis: "Microzooplankton as a component of coastal plankton communities in the Baltic                          Sea" 

Experience 

• Deputy Director, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Latvia, 2003 -
• Assistant Coordinator (AC1C) Baltic Sea Regional Project (HELCOM), 2003 -
• Associate Professor (aquatic ecology, hydrobiology), University of Latvia, 2001 -
• Drector and Senior Researcher, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Latvia, 1995-2003 
• Senior Assistant, Junior Reasercher, Researcher, Senior Researcher,  Laboratory of Marine Biology, Institute of Biology, Latvian Academy of Sciences,  1978-1995

Mobility:

• Fisheries College, Tromsoe University, Norway, NorFA fellowship, 1993
• Marine Biological Laboratory, Copenhagen University, Denmark, NorFA fellowship, 1995, 1997

Honours and Awards

• The Latvian Academy of Sciences, joint stock company "ITERA-LATVIA" and the Education Foundation of Latvia Prize, 2003

 

Professional Activities and Memberships

• Alternating Representative from Latvia at ICES Advisory Committee on the Marine Environment, (ACME, since 1994); appointed as a member of newly established ICES Advisory Committee on Ecosystems (ACE, since 2001);
• Observer from Baltic Marine Biologists (BMB) at HELCOM EC - NATURE 1996;
• Expert on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity, UN Convention for Protection of Biological Diversity, participant of the 1st meeting of experts, Jakarta, March 1997;
• Co-chairmen of Baltic Commission of Marine Research (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania), from 1996;
• Panel member of science experts for Latvian National Representative of UNESCO, since 1998;
• Member of the Baltic Marine Biologists (BMB) Committee, member of BMB's Strategic WG, from 1997;
• Programme Committee member (representative of Latvia), EC DG Research, 5^th Framework Programme, Environment, Energy & Sustainable Development Programme ;
• Programme Committee member (representative of Latvia), EC DG Research, 6^th Framework Programme, Environment, Energy & Sustainable Development Programme  

     University of Latvia (Lecturer since 1992)

• Marine Ecosystems
• Biological Oceanography
• Productivity of Aquatic Systems
• Nutrient loads from drainage basin and coastal eutrophycation (intense intl. Ph.d. course, NorFA, 1990)

 

Academic Advisorship

• J.Aigars “Distribution of biologically available Si in the sediments of the Gulf of Riga" (M.sc.),1995
• E.Shmite "Distribution of phytoplankton pigments in the Gulf of Riga" (M.sc.), 1996
• Z.Dekere “Ecological physiology of filamentous macroalgae in the Gulf of Riga” (M.sc.), 1999
• S.Bekere “Terrestrial dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) as an N source for marine heterotrophic bacteria” (Ph.D., co-adviser: S.Maesrtini, France), 1999 -
• I.Purina “Role of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in development and toxicity of marine planktonic cyanobacteria” (Ph.D., co-adviser: S.Maestrini, France), 1999 -
• G.Aispure “Dynamics of Limnocalanus macrurus in the Gulf of Riga” (M.sc.), 2002
• S.Sprice “Impact of biotic and abiotic factors in distribution of dominating marine macro-zoobenthos species of the Gulf of Riga” (M.sc.), 2002.

 

• Andrushaitis A. (1990) Distribution of micro-zooplankton in the central part of the Baltic Sea, August, 1982. -In: Proceedings of the Third Soviet - Swedish Symposium on Marine Biology, Riga, November 1985, 28 p.
• Andrushaitis A., Laganovska R. (1990) Comparison of two methods for sampling small zooplankton. -In: Proceedings of the Third Soviet -Swedish Symposium on Marine Biology, Riga, November 1985, 4p.
• Andrushaitis A. (1990) Reproduction rate in the most abundant ciliate species of the Gulf of Riga.- In: Protozoology, vol. 13, p.17-25 (in Russian).
• Andrushaitis G., Andrushaitis A., Bitenieks J., et al. (1992) Balance of organic carbon of the Gulf of Riga. -In: Proceedings of the 17 Conference of Baltic Oceanographers, Norrkoping,1990, Norrkoping: SMHI, 12p
• Andrushaitis A., Balode M., Lagzdins G. (1992) Eutrophication of the Gulf of Riga. - In: Symposium on Measurement of Primary Production from the Molecular to the Global Scale. Paper and poster abstracts, Copenhagen: ICES, pp. 23-24.
• Wassmann P., Andrushaitis A. (1993) Overgjodsling av Ostersjon og Riga-bukten [Over nutrition of the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga], - Naturen, N 5, pp. 205-213 (in Norvegian).
• Yurkovskis A., Wulff F., Rahm L., Andrushaitis A., Rodrigues-Medina M. (1993) A nutrient budget of the Gulf of Riga; Baltic sea. - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol.37, pp. 113-127.
• Aigars J., Andrushaitis A. (1993) Nutrient transport through water-sediment interface in the Gulf of Riga.- Proceedings of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Part B, N 10, pp. 73-77.
• Andrushaitis A., Seisuma Z., Legzdina M., Lenshs E. (1995) River load of eutrophying substances and heavy metals into the Gulf of Riga. -In.: E. Ojaveer (Ed.)Ecosystem of the Gulf of Gulf of Riga between 1920 and 1990, Estonian Academy Publishers: Tallinn, pp 32-40.
• Andrushaitis. A. (1996) Nutrient load and the trophic status of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic  Sea. -In: A.Brooks, W.Bell and J.Reer (Eds.) Our Coastal Seas. What is Their Future?, Maryland Sea Grant Publication, College Park, MD, pp. 64-65.
• Andrushaitis, A. (ed.)(1996) Proceedings of 13th Symposium of Baltic Marine Biologists, Riga, 260 p.
• Olesen,M., A.Andrushaitis (1999) Primary production, community respiration and sedimentation in the Kategat and the Gulf of Riga: a comparative analysis of two stratified brackish systems. - 16^th Baltic Marine Biologists Symposium, Klaipeda, June 21-26, 1999, Klaipeda University, p.29.
• Olesen, M., C.Lundsgaard, A.Andrushaitis (1999), Influence of nutrients and mixing on the primary production and community respiration in the Gulf of Riga. - Journal of Marine Systems, 23 (1-3) (1999) pp. 127-143
• Wasmund, N., G.Nausch, ….A.Andrushaitis et al.(2000) Trophic status of coastal and open areas of the south-eastern Baltic sea based on nutrient and phytoplankton data from 1993-1997. -In: Meereswissenschaftilche Berichte, N 38, Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde, 83p.
• Andrushaitis, A., E.Ojaveer, A.Yurkovskis, G.Martin (submitted) Introduction to the Gulf of Riga and environmental setting. - Ambio, Special report, November, 2000
• Conley, D.J., A.Andrushaitis, P.Stalnacke, A.Yurkovskis, M.Balode, G.Martin (submitted) The state of the Gulf of Riga ecosystem. - Ambio, Special report, November, 2000
• Wasmund, N., A.Andrushaitis, E.Lysiak-Pastuszak, B.Mueller-Karulis et al.(2001) Trophyc status of the south-eastern Baltic Sea: a comparison of coastal and open areas. - Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Sci., vol. 53, N 6, pp. 849-864.
• Andrushaitis, A. (Ed. and project coordinator), (2001) Baltic Sea Environment Hot Spot No.37: “Gulf of Riga Environmental Management”. - STATE ASSESSMENT, Latvian Helcom office/Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Latvia, 52 p.
• Coffin R.B., A.Andrushaitis, T.J.Boyd (2001) Analysis of PAH distribution and source variation in Karaostas Canal, Liepaja, Latvia. - Proceedings  Fifth International Symposium & Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central & Eastern Europe, 12-14 September 2000, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Kostrichkina, Ye., A.Andrushaitis (2002) The Gulf of Riga: Productivity. - In: Fourth Periodic Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea, 1994-1998, Baltic Sea Environmental Proceedings, HELCOM, pp.92-93.
• Pöder T., Maestrini S., Balode M., Lips U., Bechemin Ch., Andrushaitis A., Purina I. The role of inorganic and organic nutrients on the development of phytoplankton along the transect from the Daugava River mouth to the Open Baltic, in spring and summer 1999. - ICES Journal of Martine Sciences, 2003, vol. 60, pp.827-835. 
• Ojaveer H., Andrushaitis A. Hystory of the ecosystem studies of the Gulf of Riga. - Proc.Estonian Acad.Sci.Biol.Ecol., 2004, pp. 116-143.
• M. Olesen, S.Strake, A.Andrushaitis. Egestion of non-pellet-bound fecal material from the copepod Acartia tonsa: implication for vertical flux and degradation. - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2005,  vol. 293, pp.  131-142.
  

• Andrushaitis G., Andrushaitis A., Yurkovska V. Studies of the production-mineralization processes on the hetherotrophic plankton level in the coastal zone of the Baltic Sea. – 3rd Congress of Soviet Oceanographers, Leningrad, 1987.
• Andrushaitis G., Andrushaitis A., Bitenieks J.et al. Balance of organic carbon of the Gulf of Riga. –The 17.Conference of Baltic Oceanographers, Norkoping, Sweden,1990.
• Ritinsh Yu., Laskhovs A., Andrushaitis A. Sea-related problems in Riga. - First Baltic Cities Workshop on Environment and Health, Turku, Finland, 1991.
• Andrushaitis A., Balode M., Priede S. Eutrophication of the Gulf of Riga. -Symposium on Measurement of Primary Production from the molecular to the Global Scale, La Rochelle, France, 1992.
• Andrushaitis A., Priede S., Filmanovicha R. Diurnal dynamics of primary production in the southern part of the Gulf of Riga. The 13th Symposium of Baltic Marine Biologists Symposium, Riga, 1993.
• Andrushaitis A., Filmanovicha R., Priede S. Nutrient diurnal dynamics in the Southern part of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. An approach to nutrient limitation problem. International Symposium on Nutrient Dynamics, Helsingoer, Denmark, 1993.
• Andrushaitis A., Andrushaitis G., Balode M., Kahru M., Filmanovicha R., Lagzdinsh G. Nutrient load and trophyc status of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. International Conference "Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas", Baltimore, USA, 1993.
• Andrušaitis A., Andrušaitis G., Skujinš J. Productivity and eutrophycation of the Gulf of Riga, Baltic Sea. XII International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry "Biosphere and Atmosperic Changes",  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3-8 September, 1995.
• Andrushaitis A. Total plankton productivity and export production of the Gulf of Riga. The Gulf of Riga Project Symposium, Jurmala, Latvia, June 1998
• M.Olesen, A.Andrushaitis Primary production, community respiration and sedimentation in the kategat and the Gulf of Riga: a comparative analysis of two stratified brackish systems. 16^th baltic Marine Biologists Symposium, Klaipeda, Lithuania, June 21-26, 1999
• Coffin,R.B., A.Andrushaitis, T.J.Boyd Analysis of PAH distribution and source variation in Karaostas Canal, Liepaja, Latvia. Fifth International Symposium & Exibition on Environmental Contamination in Central & Eastern Europe, 12-14 September 2000, Prague, Czech Republic.
• T.Poder, S.Y.Maestrini, M.Balode, U.Lips, C.Bechemin, A.Andrushaitis, I.purina. The role of inorganic and organic nutrients on the development of phytoplankton along a transect from the Daugava River mouth to the Open Baltic, in spring and summer 1999. - ICES Journal of Marine Science, 2003, vol. 60, pp. 827-835.

• Turnover of organic carbon and nutrients in the Gulf of Riga (Co-ordinator). Latvian Council of Science (1991-1995)
• Impact of eutrophycation on trophic relationships in different coastal areas in the Southern Baltic. EC Environmental Programme (1993 - 1996).
• Pelagic eutrophication and sedimentation (sub project of “The Gulf of Riga Project”). Nordic Environmental Programme (1993-1998).
• Formation and Fate of Marine Detritus ( subproject BASYS). EC MAST III Programme (1996-2000).
• Nature resources of Latvia and ecological stability (Co-ordinator).  Marine Module (1996-2000).
• Impact of vertical cycling in plankton autotrophs in turbid coastal waters  (subproject of "Seasonal Phenomena in the Plankton of the Gulf of Riga") (Co-ordinator). Latvian Council of Science (1997- )
• Importance of dissolved organic matter for the production, community structure and toxicity of phytoplankton of the European Atlantic and Baltic coastal waters (DOMTOX). EC MAST III Programme (1998 - 2001).
• Characterisation of the Baltic Sea Ecosystem: Dynamics and Function of Coastal Types.  EC FP5 Research Project (EVK3-CT-2001-00065) 
• Bonus for the Baltic Sea – Network of Funding Agencies.  EC FP6 ERA-NET Scheme Project (2003 – 2006)
• Baltic Sea Regional Project.  WB/GEF (managed by HELCOM )(2003 – 2008) 
• Joint NRL-Latvia Research on Harbor Remediation in Liepaja Latvia.  US Office of Navy Research, co-PI (1998-2001)
• A.Andrusaitis (Programme Director). Elaboration of the Scientific Basis for Sustainable Management of the Open Baltic Ecosystems. Latvian Council of Science (2005–2008 ).  

   

    I have also participated or coordinated various applied environmental impact assessment and consultancy projects.

Married, 4 children:
wife - Solveiga Priede: purchasing manager at Oriola Latvia Ltd., suppliers of medical and
lab materials;
son - Jekabs Andrushaitis (1978): project manager/C programmer at Konts Ltd., student
of computer science at  University of Latvia;
daughter - Ieva Andrushaite (1979): local unit manager at Latvijas Unibanka A/S, student at
Latvian University of Latvia;
daughter - Anna (1992);
son - Peteris (1994)

 

Last update 30.10.2007