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Dr Janas, Urszula

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Thesaurus terms: Baltic Sea; Baltic sea; Macrozoobenthos; Poland

University of Gdansk; Institute of Oceanography; Department of Marine Biology and Ecology; Marine Invertebrates Ecophysiology Laboratory, more

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A1 Publications (24) [show]
Birchenough, S.N.R.; Oug, E.; Beermann, J.; Desroy, N.; Blomqvist, M.; Guérin, L.; Janas, U.; Labrune, C.; Magni, P.; Reiss, H.; Dannheim, J.; Trannum, H.; Donnay, A.; Kröncke, I.; Degraer, S.; Craeymeersch, J. (2026). The importance of long-time series of benthic data for science and management. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 83(3): fsag015. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsag015, more Dannheim, J.; Kloss, P.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Mavraki, N.; Zupan, M.; Spielmann, V.; Degraer, S.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; Janas, U.; Sheehan, E.; Teschke, K.; Gill, A.B.; Hutchison, Z.; Carey, D.A.; Rasser, M.; Buyse, J.; van der Weide, B.; Bittner, O.; Causon, P.; Krone, R.; Faasse, M.; Wrede, A.; Coolen, J.W.P. (2025). Biodiversity information of benthic species at artificial structures – BISAR. Scientific Data 12(1): 604. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04920-1, more Dannheim, J.; Bergström, L.; Birchenough, S.N.R.; Brzana, R.; Boon, A.R.; Coolen, J.W.P.; Dauvin, J.-C.; De Mesel, I.; Derweduwen, J.; Gill, A.B.; Hutchison, Z.L.; Jackson, A.C.; Janas, U.; Martin, G.; Raoux, A.; Reubens, J.; Rostin, L.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Wilding, T.A.; Wilhelmsson, D.; Degraer, S. (2020). Benthic effects of offshore renewables: identification of knowledge gaps and urgently needed research. ICES J. Mar. Sci./J. Cons. int. Explor. Mer 77(3): 1092-1108. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsz018, more Greathead, C.; Magni, P.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Buhl-Mortensen, L.; Janas, U.; Blomqvist, M.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dannheim, J.; Darr, A.; Degraer, S.; Desroy, N.; Donnay, A.; Griffiths, Y.; Guala, I.; Guérin, L.; Hinchen, H.; Labrune, C.; Reiss, H.; Van Hoey, G.; Birchenough, S.N.R. (2020). A generic framework to assess the representation and protection of benthic ecosystems in European marine protected areas. Aquat. Conserv. 30(7): 1253-1275. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3401, more Tykarska, M.B.; Janas, U.; Brzana, R. (2019). Distribution and abundance of Talitridae in the southern Baltic Sea – twelve years after the first record of Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845) in 2005. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 48(1): 66-75. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2019-0007, more Brzana, R.; Janas, U.; Borecka, A. (2017). New records of Conrad’s false mussel Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831) in the Vistula Delta. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 46(2): 231-236. https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2017-0023, more Wilding, T.A.; Gill, A.B.; Boon, A.; Sheehan, E.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Pezy, J.-P.; O'Beirn, F.; Janas, U.; Rostin, L.; De Mesel, I. (2017). Turning off the DRIP ('Data-rich, information-poor') - rationalising monitoring with a focus on marine renewable energy developments and the benthos. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 74: 848-859. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.03.013, more Janas, U. (2014). Benthic non-indigenous species among indigenous species and their habitat preferences in Puck Bay (southern Baltic Sea). Oceanologia 56(3): 603-628. https://dx.doi.org/10.5697/oc.56-3.603, more Janas, U.; Kendzierska, H.; Dabrowska, A.; Dziubinska, A. (2014). Non-indigenous bivalve — the Atlantic rangia Rangia cuneata — in the Wisła Śmiała River (coastal waters of the Gulf of Gdańsk, the southern Baltic Sea). Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 43(4): 427-430. https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0158-3, more Janas, U.; Tutak, B. (2014). First record of the oriental shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus M. J. Rathbun, 1902 in the Baltic Sea. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 43(4): 431-435. https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s13545-014-0157-4, more Janas, U.; Spicer, J.I. (2010). Seasonal and temperature effects on osmoregulation by the invasive prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 in the Baltic Sea. Mar. Biol. Res. 6(3): 333-337. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451001003670086, more Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Kraberg, A.C.; Anisimova, N.; Antoniadou, C.; Araújo, R.; Bartsch, I.; Beker, B.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Bertocci, I.; Cochrane, S.J.; Cooper, K.M.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Christou, E.; Crisp, D.J.; Dahle, S.; De Boissier, M.; de Kluijver, M.; Denisenko, S.; De Vito, D.; Duineveld, G.; Escaravage, V.; Fleischer, D.; Fraschetti, S.; Giangrande, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karez, R.; Kedra, M.; Kingston, P.; Kuhlenkamp, R.; Libes, M.; Martens, P.; Mees, J.; Mieszkowska, N.; Mudrak, S.; Munda, I.; Orfanidis, S.; Orlando-Bonaca, M.; Palerud, R.; Rachor, E.; Reichert, K.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Schubert, P.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Pinto, I.S.; Southward, A.J.; Terlizzi, A.; Tsiaga, E.; van Beusekom, J.E.E.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Warzocha, J.; Wasmund, N.; Weslawski, J.M.; Widdicombe, C.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zettler, M.L. (2010). Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: Creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes. Hydrobiologia 644(1): 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-010-0108-z, more Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Rumohr, H.; Faulwetter, S.; Valavanis, V.D.; Vasileiadou, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Labrune, C.; Grémare, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Kedra, M.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Büntzow, M.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.G.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escavarage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Gray, J.S.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karakassis, I.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Laudien, J.; Mackie, A.S.Y.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Oliver, P.G.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rose, A.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Zenetos, A. (2009). Biological geography of the European seas: Results from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 265-278. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07955, more Renaud, P.E.; Webb, T.J.; Bjørgesæter, A.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Labrune, C.; Lampadariou, N.; Somerfield, P.J.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Bryne, K.H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.G.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Fleischer, D.; Gil, J.; Grémare, A.; Janas, U.; Mackie, A.S.Y.; Palerud, R.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Taboada, S.; Van Hoey, G.; Weslawski, J.M.; Whomersley, P.; Zettler, M.L. (2009). Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 239-252. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07963, more Somerfield, P.J.; Arvanitidis, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Vasileiadou, A.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Denisenko, S.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Grémare, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, K.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Nicolaidou, A.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Janas, U.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. (2009). Assessing evidence for random assembly of marine benthic communities from regional species pools. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 279-286. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07934, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escaravage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Janas, U.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zenetos, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826, more Janas, U.; Spicer, J.I. (2008). Does the effect of low temperature on osmoregulation by the prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 explain winter migration offshore? Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 153(5): 937-943. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0865-z, more Dziubinska, A.; Janas, U. (2007). Submerged objects - a nice place to live and develop. Succession of fouling communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk, Southern Baltic. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 36(4): 65-78. https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10009-007-0026-1, more Janas, U.; Zgrundo, A. (2007). First record of Mnemiopsis leidyi A. Agassiz, 1865 in the Gulf of Gdansk (southern Baltic Sea). Aquat. Invasions 2(4): 450-454, more Spicer, J.I.; Janas, U. (2006). The beachflea Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845): a new addition to the Polish fauna (with a key to Baltic talitrid amphipods). Oceanologia 48(2): 287-295, more Janas, U. (2005). Distribution and individual characteristics of the prawn Palaemon elegans (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the Gulf of Gdansk and the Dead Vistula river. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 34(suppl. 1): 83-91, more Janas, U.; Wysocki, P. (2005). Hemimysis anomala G.O. Sars, 1907 (Crustacea, Mysidacea): first record in the Gulf of Gdansk. Oceanologia 47(3): 405-408, more Janas, U.; Wocial, J.; Szaniawska, A. (2004). Seasonal and annual changes in the macrozoobenthic populations of the Gulf of Gdansk with respect to hypoxia and hydrogen sulphide. Oceanologia 46(1): 85-102, more Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Janas, U.; Szaniawska, A. (1996). Hydrogen sulphide and other factors influencing the macrobenthic community structure in the Gulf of Gdansk. Oceanologia 38: 379-394, more
Book chapter [show]
Szaniawska, A.; Janas, U.; Normant, M. (1999). Changes in macrozoobenthos communities induced by antrophogenic eutrophication of the Gulf of Gdansk, in: Gray, J.S. et al. (Ed.) Biogeochemical Cycling and Sediment Ecology: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Biochemical cycling in Marine Sediments, Hel, Poland, August 1997. pp. 147-152, more
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Dannheim, J.; Degraer, S.; Gutow, L.; Birchenough, S.; Boon, A.; Brey, T.; Coates, D.; Dauvin, J.-C.; de roton, G.; Derweduwen, J.; Gill, A.B.; Janas, U.; Kerckhof, F.; Krone, R.; Lozach, S.; Martin, G.; Mohn, C.; Reichert, K.; Reubens, J.; Robertson, M.; Rostin, L.; Steen, H.; Wilhelmsson, D. (2012). A call for hypotheses-based benthos research in offshore windfarm environmental impact studies. CM Documents - ICES, 2012/O:07. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. , more
Other publication [show]
Degraer, S.; Dannheim, J.; Gutow, L.; Birchenough, S.; Boon, A.; Brey, T.; Coates, D.; Dauvin, J.-C.; de Roton, G.; Derweduwen, J.; Gill, A.B.; Janas, U.; Kerckhof, F.; Krone, R.; Lozach, S.; Martin, G.; Mohn, C.; Reichert, K.; Reubens, J.; Robertson, M.; Rostin, L.; Steen, H.; Wilhelmsson, D. (2012). Targeted monitoring in offshore wind farms. The need to understand cause-effect relationships in the marine benthos. CM Documents - ICES, CM 2012(O:22). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: Copenhagen. 1 pp., more