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Dr Janas, Urszula


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

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University of Gdansk; Institute of Oceanography; Department of Marine Biology and Ecology; Marine Invertebrates Ecophysiology Laboratory Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +48-(0)58-523 68 67 E-mail:

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Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence

Publications (27)	Top \| Institute \| Project
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
Report [show]
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.
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.

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