Dr Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk

Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAS
Powstancow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot
POLAND
tel: (+ 48 58) 551 72 81 ext 455
fax: (+ 48 58) 551 21 30
e-mail: maria
[at]iopan.gda.pl



C.V.:

  • 1995 : M.Sc. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography
  • 2001 : Ph.D. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography
  • 1999 - present : research scientist at Institute of Oceanology PAS, Department of Marine Ecology
Main scientific interests:
  • Benthic communities in Arctic coastal waters – community structure (species composition, diversity, functional groups composition) in relation to environmental factors
  • Natural and anthropogenic disturbances effects on benthic fauna
  • Arctic Mollusks
On-going projects:
Publications:
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M.,Szymelfenig M., Zajaczkowski M., 2007, Dynamic sedimentary environments of an Arctic glacier-fed river estuary (Adventfjorden, Svalbard). II. Meio- and macrobenthic fauna, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 74, 274-284
  • Zajaczkowski M., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., 2007, Dynamic sedimentary environments of an Arctic glacier-fed river estuary (Adventfjorden, Svalbard). I. Flux, deposition and dynamics of the sediment, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 74, 285-296
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., Sicinski, J., Gromisz, S., Kendall, M.A., Dahle, S., 2007, Similar soft-bottom polychaete diversity in Arctic and Antarctic marine inlets, Marine Biology, 151, 607-616
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., 2007, Molluscs in Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Svalbard): a species list and patterns of distribution and diversity, Polar Research, 26, 48-63
  • Renaud, P.E., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., Trannum H., Holte B., Weslawski J.M., Cochrane S., Dahle S., Gulliksen B., 2007, Multidecadal stability of benthic community structure in a high-Arctic glacial fjord (van Mijenfjord, Spitsbergen),Polar Biology, 30, 295-305
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Pearson,T.H., Kendall, M.A., 2005, Benthic response to chronic natural physical disturbance by glacial sedimentation in an Arctic fiord , Marine Ecology Progress Series,303, 31-41
  • Soltwedel, T., Bauerfeind, E., Bergmann, M., Budaeva, N., Hoste, E., Jaeckisch, N., von Juterzenka, K., Matthiessen, J.,Mokievsky, V., Nöthig, E.-M., Quéric, N.-V. Sablotny,B., Sauter, E., Schewe, I., Urban-Malinga, B., Wegner, J., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Klages, M., 2005, HAUSGARTEN - multidisciplinary investigations at a deep-sea long-term observatory in the Arctic Ocean, Oceanography 18, 46-61
  • Kaczmarek, H., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Legezynska, J., Zajaczkowski, M., 2005, Shallow sublittoral fauna in Kongsfjord (west Spitsbergen, Svalbard), Polish Polar Research, 26, 137-155
  • Jankowska, K., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Wieczorek, P., 2005, Abundance and biomass of bacteria in two Arctic glacial fjords, Polish Polar Research, 26, 77-84
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kendall, M.A., Weslawski, J.M., Klages, M., Soltwedel, T., 2004, Depth gradients of benthic standing stock and diversity on the continental margin at a high latitude ice-free site (off West Spitsbergen, 79 °N)., Deep-Sea Research I, 51, 1903-1914
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.>, Pearson, T., 2004, Soft-bottom macrobenthic faunal associations and factors affecting species distributions in an Arctic glacial fjord (Kongsfjord, Spitsbergen), Polar Biology, 27, 155-167
  • Weslawski, J.M., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Legezynska, J., 2003. Occurrence of soft bottom macrofauna along the depth gradient in High Arctic, 79 °N. Polish Polar Research 24, 73-88.
  • Hop H., Pearson T., Hegseth E.N., Kovacs K.M., Wiencke C., Kwasniewski S., Eiane K., Mehlum F., Gulliksen B., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Lydersen C., Weslawski J.M., Cochrane S., Gabrielsen G.W., Leakey R., Lønne O.J., Zajaczkowski M., Falk-Petersen S., Kendall M., Wängberg S.-Å., Bischof K., Voronkov A., Kovaltchouk N.A., Wiktor, J., Poltermann M., di Prisco G., Papucci C., Gerland S. (2002) The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Polar Research 21, 167-208
  • Rogers, A., Billett, D.S.M., Berger, W., Flach, E., Freiwald, A., Gage, J.D., Hebbeln, D., Heip, C., Pfannkuche, O., Ramirez-Llodra, E.Z., Medlin,L., Sibuet, M., Soetart, K., Tendal, O., Vanreusel, A., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., 2002, Life at the edge: achieving prediction from environmental variability and biological variety, In: Wefer, G., Billett, D.S.M. et al. eds. Ocean Margin Systems, Springer, Berlin, 387-404.
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Weslawski, J.M., 2001, Impact of climate warming on Arctic benthic biodiversity: a case study of two Arctic glacial bays, Climate Research 18, 127-132.
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Szymelfenig M., Kotwicki L, 1999, Macro- and meiobenthic fauna of the Yoldiabukta glacial bay (Isfjorden, Spitsbergen), Pol. Polar Res. 20, 367-386.
  • Kotwicki L., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Wieczorek P., 1999, Macrozoobenthos of the sandy littoral zone in the military area between Hel and Jurata, Oceanological Studies 28, 97-107.
  • Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Weslawski, J.M., Kotwicki, L., 1998, Spitsbergen glacial bays macrofauna - a comparative study, Polar Biology, 20, 66-73.
  • 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.
  • Wlodarska, M., Weslawski J.M., Gromisz, S., 1996, A comparison of the macrofaunal community structure and diversity in two arctic glacial bays - a ‘cold’ one off Franz Josef Land and a ‘warm’ one off Spitsbergen, Oceanologia, 38, 251-283


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