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Velda Lauringson

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Velda_Lauringson/eng
30.09.1975
velda.lauringson@gmail.com

Career

Institutions and positions
01.03.2021–15.03.2023   
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Hydrobiology and Fishery, Researcher (0,50)
2008–2017   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Researcher (1,00)
01.01.2007–31.12.2007   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Research Fellow extraordinarius (0,80)
01.01.2003–31.12.2005   
Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu; Technician
 
 
Education
higher

Qualifications

Academic degrees
Velda Lauringson, Doctor's Degree, 2010, (sup) Jonne Kotta, Role of suspension feeding in a brackish-water coastal sea, University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Chair of Hydrobiology.
Velda Lauringson, Research Master's Degree, 2005, (sup) Toomas Saat; Jonne Kotta, Eutrofeerumise mõju põhjaloomastiku kooslustele Eesti rannikumeres (The Impact of Eutrophication on Zoobenthos Communities in the Coastal Sea of Estonia), University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology.
 
 

Projects in progress

Completed projects

Supervised dissertations

Publications

Category
Year
Publication
 
1.1.
2020
Lauringson, Velda; Veldre, Gudrun; Horak, Peeter (2020). Adolescent Cranial Volume as a Sensitive Marker of Parental Investment: The Role of Non-material Resources? Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 602401. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.602401.
1.1.
2018
Paiva, Filipa; Barco, Andrea; Chen,Yiyong; Mirzajani, Alireza; Chan, Farrah T.; Lauringson, Velda; Baltazar-Soares, Miguel; Zhan, Aibin; Bailey, Sarah A.; Javidpour, Jamileh; Briski, Elizabeta (2018). Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions? Global Change Biology, 24 (6), 2708−2720. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14049.
1.1.
2018
Briski, Elizabeta; Chan, Farrah T.; Darling, John A.; Lauringson, Velda; MacIsaac, Hugh J.; Zhan, Aibin; Bailey, Sarah A. (2018). Beyond propagule pressure: importance of selection during the transport stage of biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (6), 345−353. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1820.
1.1.
2017
Oganjan, K.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Rostin, L.; Martin, G. (2017). Factors affecting the recruitment of Amphibalanus improvisus and Dreissena polymorpha in a highly eutrophic brackish bay. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 184, 37−45. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.042.
1.1.
2016
Herkül, Kristjan; Lauringson, Velda; Kotta, Jonne (2016). Specialization among amphipods: the invasive Gammarus tigrinus has narrower niche space compared to native gammarids. Ecosphere, 7 (6), 1−16. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1306.
1.1.
2016
Lauringson, V.; Kotta J. (2016). Mussels of a marginal population affect the patterns of ambient macrofauna: A case study from the Baltic Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 116, 10−17. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.02.010.
1.1.
2016
Lennuk, L.; Kotta, J.; Taits, K.; Lauringson, V.; Jänes, H. (2016). Which environmental scales and factors matter for mesozooplankton communities in a shallow brackish water ecosystem? Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (1), 139−153. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbv111.
1.1.
2015
Kotta, J.; Oganjan, K.; Lauringson, V.; Pärnoja, M.; Kaasik, A.; Rohtla, L.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H. (2015). Establishing functional relationships between abiotic environment, macrophyte coverage, resource gradients and the distribution of Mytilus trossulus in a brackish non-tidal environment. PLoS ONE, 10 (8), e0136949. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136949.
1.1.
2015
Kuprijanov, Ivan; Kotta, Jonne; Lauringson, Velda; Herkül, Kristjan (2015). Trophic interactions between native and alien palaemonid prawns and an alien gammarid in a brackish water ecosystem. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 64 (4), 518−524. DOI: 10.3176/proc.2015.4.06.
1.1.
2014
Lauringson, Velda; Kotta, Jonne; Orav-Kotta, Helen; Kaljurand, Kaire (2014). Diet of mussels Mytilus trossulus and Dreissena polymorpha in a brackish nontidal environment. Marine Ecology, 35 (1), 56−66. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12120.
1.1.
2014
Oganjan, Katarina; Lauringson, Velda (2014). Grazing rate of zebra mussel in a shallow eutrophicated bay of the Baltic Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 102, 43−50. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.05.003.
1.1.
2013
Oganjan, Katarina; Virro, Taavi; Lauringson, Velda (2013). Food spectrum of the omnivorous rotifer Asplanchna priodonta in two large northeastern European lakes of different trophy. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 42 (3), 314−323. DOI: 10.2478/s13545-013-0088-5.
1.1.
2012
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Kersen, P.; Leisk, Ü.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, I. (2012). Use case of biomass-based benthic invertebrate index for brackish waters in connection to climate and eutrophication. Ecological Indicators, 12, 123−132.
1.2.
2012
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kaasik, A.; Kotta, I. (2012). Defining the coastal water quality in Estonia based on benthic invertebrate communities. Estonian Journal of Ecology, 61 (2), 86−105. DOI: 10.3176/eco.2012.2.02.
2.3.
2010
Lauringson, V. (2010). Role of suspension feeding in a brackish-water coastal sea. Tartu: Tartu University Press.
1.1.
2009
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, I.; Herkül, K.; Põllumäe, A. (2009). Comparison of benthic and pelagic suspension feeding in shallow water habitats of the northeastern Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology, 30, 43−55.
1.1.
2009
Veber, T.; Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2009). Influence of the local abiotic environment, weather and regional nutrient loading on macrobenthic invertebrate feeding groups in a shallow brackish water ecosystem. Oceanologia, 51 (4), 541−559.
3.1.
2008
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Martin, G.; Simm, M.; Kotta, I.; Herkül, K.; Ojaveer, H. (2008). Gulf of Riga and Pärnu Bay. In: Schiewer, U. (Ed.). Ecology of Baltic Coastal waters (217−243). . Berlin: Springer. (Ecological Studies; 197).
1.1.
2007
Lauringson, Velda, Mälton, Evely, Kotta, Jonne, Kangur, Külli, Orav-Kotta, Helen, Kotta, Ilmar (2007). Environmental factors influencing the biodeposition of the suspension feeding bivalve Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas): comparison of brackish and fresh water population. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 75, 459−467.
1.1.
2007
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2007). Response of zoobenthic communities to changing eutrophication in the northern Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia, 580 (1), 97−108. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0462-z.
1.1.
2006
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Simm, M.; Lankov, A.; Lauringson, V.; Põllumäe, A.; Ojaveer, H. (2006). Ecological consequences of biological invasions: three invertebrate case studies in the north-eastern Baltic Sea. Helgoland Marine Research, 60 (2), 106−112.
1.1.
2006
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J. (2006). Influence of the thin drift algal mats on the distribution of macrozoobenthos in Koiguste Bay, NE Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia, 554, 97−105.
3.2.
2006
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Lauringson, V. (2006). Potential impacts of key invasive benthic invertebrate species. In: Ojaveer, H., Kotta, J. (Ed.). Alien invasive species in the north-eastern Baltic Sea : population dynamics and assessment of ecological impacts (53−56). . Tallinn: Eesti Mereinstituut. (Estonian Marine Institute report series ; 14).
5.2.
2004
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2004). Role of benthic diversity and physical environment on the stability of zoobenthos communities along the eutrophication gradient. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 11, 30.
14.12.2021

Velda Lauringson

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Velda_Lauringson/est
30.09.1975
velda.lauringson@gmail.com

Teenistuskäik

Töökohad ja ametid
01.03.2021–15.03.2023   
Eesti Maaülikool, Põllumajandus- ja keskkonnainstituut, Hüdrobioloogia ja kalanduse õppetool, teadur (0,50)
2008–2017   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Eesti Mereinstituut, Teadur (1,00)
01.01.2003–31.12.2005   
TÜ Eesti Mereinstituut; Laborant
 
 
Haridustee
kõrgem

Kvalifikatsioon

Teaduskraadid
Velda Lauringson, Doctor's Degree, 2010, (sup) Jonne Kotta, Role of suspension feeding in a brackish-water coastal sea, University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Chair of Hydrobiology.
Velda Lauringson, Research Master's Degree, 2005, (sup) Toomas Saat; Jonne Kotta, Eutrofeerumise mõju põhjaloomastiku kooslustele Eesti rannikumeres (The Impact of Eutrophication on Zoobenthos Communities in the Coastal Sea of Estonia), University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology.
 
 

Jooksvad projektid

Lõppenud projektid

Juhendatud väitekirjad

Publikatsioonid

Klass
Aasta
Publikatsioon
 
1.1.
2020
Lauringson, Velda; Veldre, Gudrun; Horak, Peeter (2020). Adolescent Cranial Volume as a Sensitive Marker of Parental Investment: The Role of Non-material Resources? Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 602401. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.602401.
1.1.
2018
Paiva, Filipa; Barco, Andrea; Chen,Yiyong; Mirzajani, Alireza; Chan, Farrah T.; Lauringson, Velda; Baltazar-Soares, Miguel; Zhan, Aibin; Bailey, Sarah A.; Javidpour, Jamileh; Briski, Elizabeta (2018). Is salinity an obstacle for biological invasions? Global Change Biology, 24 (6), 2708−2720. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14049.
1.1.
2018
Briski, Elizabeta; Chan, Farrah T.; Darling, John A.; Lauringson, Velda; MacIsaac, Hugh J.; Zhan, Aibin; Bailey, Sarah A. (2018). Beyond propagule pressure: importance of selection during the transport stage of biological invasions. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 16 (6), 345−353. DOI: 10.1002/fee.1820.
1.1.
2017
Oganjan, K.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Rostin, L.; Martin, G. (2017). Factors affecting the recruitment of Amphibalanus improvisus and Dreissena polymorpha in a highly eutrophic brackish bay. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 184, 37−45. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.10.042.
1.1.
2016
Herkül, Kristjan; Lauringson, Velda; Kotta, Jonne (2016). Specialization among amphipods: the invasive Gammarus tigrinus has narrower niche space compared to native gammarids. Ecosphere, 7 (6), 1−16. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1306.
1.1.
2016
Lauringson, V.; Kotta J. (2016). Mussels of a marginal population affect the patterns of ambient macrofauna: A case study from the Baltic Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 116, 10−17. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.02.010.
1.1.
2016
Lennuk, L.; Kotta, J.; Taits, K.; Lauringson, V.; Jänes, H. (2016). Which environmental scales and factors matter for mesozooplankton communities in a shallow brackish water ecosystem? Journal of Plankton Research, 38 (1), 139−153. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbv111.
1.1.
2015
Kotta, J.; Oganjan, K.; Lauringson, V.; Pärnoja, M.; Kaasik, A.; Rohtla, L.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H. (2015). Establishing functional relationships between abiotic environment, macrophyte coverage, resource gradients and the distribution of Mytilus trossulus in a brackish non-tidal environment. PLoS ONE, 10 (8), e0136949. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0136949.
1.1.
2015
Kuprijanov, Ivan; Kotta, Jonne; Lauringson, Velda; Herkül, Kristjan (2015). Trophic interactions between native and alien palaemonid prawns and an alien gammarid in a brackish water ecosystem. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 64 (4), 518−524. DOI: 10.3176/proc.2015.4.06.
1.1.
2014
Lauringson, Velda; Kotta, Jonne; Orav-Kotta, Helen; Kaljurand, Kaire (2014). Diet of mussels Mytilus trossulus and Dreissena polymorpha in a brackish nontidal environment. Marine Ecology, 35 (1), 56−66. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12120.
1.1.
2014
Oganjan, Katarina; Lauringson, Velda (2014). Grazing rate of zebra mussel in a shallow eutrophicated bay of the Baltic Sea. Marine Environmental Research, 102, 43−50. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.05.003.
1.1.
2013
Oganjan, Katarina; Virro, Taavi; Lauringson, Velda (2013). Food spectrum of the omnivorous rotifer Asplanchna priodonta in two large northeastern European lakes of different trophy. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 42 (3), 314−323. DOI: 10.2478/s13545-013-0088-5.
1.1.
2012
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Kersen, P.; Leisk, Ü.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, I. (2012). Use case of biomass-based benthic invertebrate index for brackish waters in connection to climate and eutrophication. Ecological Indicators, 12, 123−132.
1.2.
2012
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kaasik, A.; Kotta, I. (2012). Defining the coastal water quality in Estonia based on benthic invertebrate communities. Estonian Journal of Ecology, 61 (2), 86−105. DOI: 10.3176/eco.2012.2.02.
2.3.
2010
Lauringson, V. (2010). Role of suspension feeding in a brackish-water coastal sea. Tartu: Tartu University Press.
1.1.
2009
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Kotta, I.; Herkül, K.; Põllumäe, A. (2009). Comparison of benthic and pelagic suspension feeding in shallow water habitats of the northeastern Baltic Sea. Marine Ecology, 30, 43−55.
1.1.
2009
Veber, T.; Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2009). Influence of the local abiotic environment, weather and regional nutrient loading on macrobenthic invertebrate feeding groups in a shallow brackish water ecosystem. Oceanologia, 51 (4), 541−559.
3.1.
2008
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Martin, G.; Simm, M.; Kotta, I.; Herkül, K.; Ojaveer, H. (2008). Gulf of Riga and Pärnu Bay. In: Schiewer, U. (Ed.). Ecology of Baltic Coastal waters (217−243). . Berlin: Springer. (Ecological Studies; 197).
1.1.
2007
Lauringson, Velda, Mälton, Evely, Kotta, Jonne, Kangur, Külli, Orav-Kotta, Helen, Kotta, Ilmar (2007). Environmental factors influencing the biodeposition of the suspension feeding bivalve Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas): comparison of brackish and fresh water population. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 75, 459−467.
1.1.
2007
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2007). Response of zoobenthic communities to changing eutrophication in the northern Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia, 580 (1), 97−108. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0462-z.
1.1.
2006
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Simm, M.; Lankov, A.; Lauringson, V.; Põllumäe, A.; Ojaveer, H. (2006). Ecological consequences of biological invasions: three invertebrate case studies in the north-eastern Baltic Sea. Helgoland Marine Research, 60 (2), 106−112.
1.1.
2006
Lauringson, V.; Kotta, J. (2006). Influence of the thin drift algal mats on the distribution of macrozoobenthos in Koiguste Bay, NE Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia, 554, 97−105.
3.2.
2006
Kotta, J.; Kotta, I.; Orav-Kotta, H.; Lauringson, V. (2006). Potential impacts of key invasive benthic invertebrate species. In: Ojaveer, H., Kotta, J. (Ed.). Alien invasive species in the north-eastern Baltic Sea : population dynamics and assessment of ecological impacts (53−56). . Tallinn: Eesti Mereinstituut. (Estonian Marine Institute report series ; 14).
5.2.
2004
Kotta, J.; Lauringson, V.; Kotta, I. (2004). Role of benthic diversity and physical environment on the stability of zoobenthos communities along the eutrophication gradient. Biologia Marina Mediterranea, 11, 30.
14.12.2021

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ProgramTypeNumberNameProject startProject endPrincipal investigatorInstitutionFinancing
MUULLOMI13153/1Compilation of data on current state of coastal waters for intercallibration excercise with Latvian and Finnish indicators04.03.201428.11.2014Georg MartinUniversity of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu10 000,00 EUR
PRGPRG1137Life-history evolution in contemporary society01.01.202131.12.2025Peeter HõrakUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences337 500,00 EUR
ETFETF6015The role of suspension feeding in coastal marine food webs01.01.200531.12.2008Jonne KottaUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old)30 910,68 EUR
PRGPRG709Nitrogen in lakes – new perspectives and challenges for winter limnology 01.01.202031.12.2024Tiina NõgesEstonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences771 375,00 EUR
SFSF0180013s08Interactive effect of small and large scale environmental variability on ecosystem functioning in the Baltic Sea01.01.200831.12.2012Jonne KottaUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu747 887,20 EUR
IUTIUT34-8Explaining mechanisms and functions of individual covariation of behaviour, signal traits and immunity in the context of the pace-of-life-syndrome01.01.201531.12.2020Peeter HõrakUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences787 200,00 EUR
1.1.7.2.1SLOMI15089 (9658)Remediation of coastal marine environment with the aid of aquaculture01.06.201508.06.2017Velda LauringsonUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Estonian Marine Institute95 002,97 EUR
ETFETF8807Patterns in productivity and community regulation in marine ecosystems in relation to mesoscale environmental variability01.01.201131.12.2014Velda LauringsonUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu40 800,00 EUR
SFSF0180009As11Optics and remote sensing of optically complex coastal and inland waters01.01.201131.12.2016Tiit KutserUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu601 140,00 EUR
MUUSLOMI11121Restoration of Good Environmental Status of the Pärnu Bay by the Means of Artificial Reefs, Stage 101.05.201130.06.2013Velda LauringsonUniversity of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu139 384,00 EUR
SFSF0182578s03The effect of temporal and spatial variability of coastal processes on the biological and functional diversity in the NE Baltic Sea01.01.200331.12.2007Jonne KottaUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu469 239,31 EUR
IUTIUT2-20Coastal ecosystems and rapid change: Understanding and projecting effects of multiple stressors on marine biodiversity and functioning01.01.201331.12.2018Jonne KottaUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Estonian Marine Institute1 050 000,00 EUR
MUULLOMI13153Compilation of data on current state of coastal waters for intercallibration excercise with Latvian and Finnish indicators.16.10.201315.12.2013Georg MartinUniversity of Tartu; University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu4 500,00 EUR
ETFETF8254Ecological significance of scale-specific environmental variability on marine ecosystems01.01.201031.12.2012Jonne KottaUniversity of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu36 813,44 EUR