role of organic matter for shaping the seawater pH
Projects
„PROSPECTOR - Permafrost-Released OrganicS amPlify ocEan aCidificaTiOn in the aRctic”, Principal investigator, 613 646 EUR , Polish National Science Centre, 2020-2025
"BONUS INTEGRAL: Integrated carboN and TracE Gas monitoRing for the bALtic sea", principal investigator, 252.000 EUR, BONUS Blue Baltic, 2017-2020.
"SALSA: Structure and functioning of the acid-base system in the Baltic Sea", project leader, 147.000 EUR, Polish Science Centre, 2016-2019.
"DOMINO - assessment of the Dissolved Organic Matter INfluence On the Baltic Sea acid-base system", project leader, 112.300 EUR, Polish National Science Centre, 2015-2018.
"BONUS-PINBAL: Development of a spectrophotometric pH-measurement system for monitoring in the Baltic Sea", principal investigator, 38.856 EUR, BONUS Innovation, 2014-2017.
"Assessment of the influence of the terrestrial dissolved organic carbon (DOC) input on the carbonate system and pH of the Baltic Sea water", project leader, 107.400 EUR, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2012-2013.
"Organic matter sources and sinks in high Arctic fiord", principal investigator, 37.700 EUR, Polish National Science Centre, 2011-2013.
"Vistula River - the main supplier of suspensions to the Baltic Sea. Transport and fate of terrygenic matter in the Gulf of Gda"sk", principal investigator, 98.700 EUR, Polish National Science Centre, 2011-2013.
"Baltic-C Building predictive capability regarding the Baltic Sea organic/inorganic carbon and oxygen systems", investigator, 1 100 kEUR, BONUS+, 2009-2011.
"The role of the Baltic Sea in the oceanic carbon cycle", principal investigator, 62.500 EUR, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2010-2012.
"Determination the exposure of the southern Baltic coastal areas to the presence of the pharmaceuticals", investigator, 43.100 EUR, 2009-2011.
"Carbon transport from the Baltic to the North Sea", project leader, 12.500 EUR, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2007-2010.
Publications:
Books and chapters in books:
Szymczycha B., Zaborska A., Bełdowski J., Kuliński K., Beszczyńska-Möller A., Kędra M., Pempkowiak J., 2019, The Baltic Sea, in: World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, ed: Charles Sheppard, ISBN 978-0-12-805068-22019.
Schneider B., Dellwig O. Kuliński K., Omstedt A., Pollehne F., Rehder G., Savchuk O., Biogeochemical cycles, in: Biological Oceanography of the Baltic Sea, eds: Snoeijs-Leijonmalm P., Schubert H., Radziejewska T. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, ISBN 978-94-007-0667-5.
Beldowski J., Beldowska M., Kuliński K., Darecki M., 2012, Vertical mercury, cadmium and lead distribution at two stratified stations in the Southern Baltic Sea”, 237-256, in: Heavy Metals in the Environment, eds.: Nriagu J., Pacyna J., Szefer P., Market B., Wünschmann S., Namieśnik J., Maralte, ISBN 978-94-90970-00-0, 376 pp.
Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2012, Carbon Cycling in the Baltic Sea. Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 129 pp., ISBN: 978-3-642-19387-3.
Peer-reviewed:
Kuliński, K., Rehder, G., Asmala, E., Bartosova, A., Carstensen, J., Gustafsson, B., Hall, P. O. J., Humborg, C., Jilbert, T., Jürgens, K., Meier, H. E. M., Müller-Karulis, B., Naumann, M., Olesen, J. E., Savchuk, O., Schramm, A., Slomp, C. P., Sofiev, M., Sobek, A., Szymczycha, B., and Undeman, E., 2022, Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea, Earth Syst. Dynam.,2022, 13, 633–685, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-633-2022,
Meier, H. E. M., Kniebusch, M., Dieterich, C., Gröger, M., Zorita, E., Elmgren, R., Myrberg, K., Ahola, M. P., Bartosova, A., Bonsdorff, E., Börgel, F., Capell, R., Carlén, I., Carlund, T., Carstensen, J., Christensen, O. B., Dierschke, V., Frauen, C., Frederiksen, M., Gaget, E., Galatius, A., Haapala, J. J., Halkka, A., Hugelius, G., Hünicke, B., Jaagus, J., Jüssi, M., Käyhkö, J., Kirchner, N., Kjellström, E., Kuliński, K., Lehmann, A., Lindström, G., May, W., Miller, P. A., Mohrholz, V., Müller-Karulis, B., Pavón-Jordán, D., Quante, M., Reckermann, M., Rutgersson, A., Savchuk, O. P., Stendel, M., Tuomi, L., Viitasalo, M., Weisse, R., and Zhang, W., 2022 Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary, Earth Syst. Dynam., , 13, 457–593, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-457-2022, 2022.
Reckermann, M., Omstedt, A., Soomere, T., Aigars, J., Akhtar, N., Bełdowska, M., Bełdowski, J., Cronin, T., Czub, M., Eero, M., Hyytiäinen, K. P., Jalkanen, J.-P., Kiessling, A., Kjellström, E., Kuliński, K., Larsén, X. G., McCrackin, M., Meier, H. E. M., Oberbeckmann, S., Parnell, K., Pons-Seres de Brauwer, C., Poska, A., Saarinen, J., Szymczycha, B., Undeman, E., Wörman, A., and Zorita, E., 2022, Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region, Earth Syst. Dynam., 2022, 13, 1–80, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-1-2022,
Saniewska,, D., Bełdowska, M., Szymczak, E., Kuliński, K., Bełdowski, J., Voss, M., Pryputniewicz-Flis, D., Burska, D., 2022, Processes affecting the transformation of mercury in the coastal zone in the vicinity of two river mouths in the southern Baltic Sea. Marine Chemistry, 238, 104065
Lengier M., Szymczycha B., Brodecka-Goluch A., Kłostowska Ż., Kuliński K., 2021, Benthic diffusive fluxes of organic and inorganic carbon, ammonium and Kuliński Karol: phosphates from deep water sediments of the Baltic Sea, Oceanologia, 63(3), 370-384, DOI:10.1016/j.oceano.2021.04.0002\
Matej-Łukowicz, K.; Wojciechowska, E.; Strycharz, J.; Szubska, M.; Kuliński, K.; Bełdowski, J.; Winogradow, A., 2021, Can Bottom Sediments Be a Prospective Fertilizing Material? A Chemical Composition Analysis for Potential Reuse in Agriculture. Materials 2021, 14, 7685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14247685
Silberberger M. J., Koziorowska-Makuch K., Kuliński K., Kędra M., 2021, Stable isotope mixing models are biased by the choice of sample preservation and pre-treatment: implications for studies of aquatic food webs, Front Mar Sci 2021, 7. DOI:10.3389/fmars.2020.621978
Stokowski M., Makuch P., Rutkowski K., Wichorowski M., Kuliński K., 2021, A system for the determination of surface water pCO2 in a highly variable environment, exemplified in the southern Baltic Sea. Oceanologia, 63, 276–282. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceano.2021.01.001.
Stokowski M., Winogradow A., Szymczycha B., Carstensen J., Kuliński K., 2021, The CO2 System Dynamics in the Vicinity of the Vistula River Mouth (the southern Baltic Sea): A baseline investigation. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 258, 107444. DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107444
Szymańska N. K., Łącka M., Koziorowska-Makuch K., Kuliński K., Pawłowska J., Kujawa A., Telesiński M., Zajączkowski M., 2021, Foraminifera‐derived carbon contribution to sedimentary inorganic carbon pool: A case study from three Norwegian fjords, Geobiology, 19 (1). DOI:10.1111/gbi.12460
Bathmann U., Schubert H., Andren E., Tuomi L., Radziejewska T., Kuliński K., Chubarenko I., 2020. Editorial: Living Along Gradients: Past, Present, Future, Frontiers in Marine Science 6, art. number 801.
Stokowski M., Schneider B., Rehder G., Kuliński K., 2020. The characteristics of the CO2 system of the Oder River estuary (Baltic Sea). Journal of Marine Systems 211, Article Number: 103418.
Gębka, K., Beldowska, M., Saniewska, D., Kuliński, K., Beldowski, J., 2018. Watershed characteristics and climate factors effect on the temporal variability of mercury in the southern Baltic Sea rivers. Journal of Environmental Sciences 68, 55-64.
Kuliński K., Szymczycha B., Koziorowska K., Hammer K., Schneider B., 2018 Anomaly of total boron concentration in the brackish waters of the Baltic Sea and its consequence for the CO2 system calculations. Marine Chemistry, 204: 11-19.
Koziorowska K., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2018, Deposition, return flux, and burial rates of nitrogen and phosphorus in the sediments of two high-Arctic fjords. Oceanologia, 60 (4): 431-445
Koziorowska K., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2018, Comparison of the burial rate estimation methods of organic and inorganic carbon and quantification of carbon burial in two high Arctic fjords. Oceanologia, 60 (3): 405-418.
Pawłowska J., Łącka M., Kucharska M., Szymańska N., Koziorowska K., Kuliński K., Zajączkowski M., 2017, Benthic foraminifera contribution to fjord modern carbon pools: A seasonal study in Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen. Geobiology 15(5), 704-714.
Kuliński K., Schneider B., Szymczycha B., Stokowski M., 2017, Structure and functioning of the acid–base system in the Baltic Sea. Earth System Dynamics 8, 1107-1120.
Szymczycha B., Winogradow A., Kuliński K., Koziorowska K., Pempkowiak J., 2017, Diurnal and seasonal DOC and POC variability in the land-locked sea. Oceanologia 59, 379-388.
Hammer K., Schneider B., Kuliński K., Schulz-Bull D., 2017, Acid-base properties of Baltic Sea dissolved organic matter. Journal of Marine Systems 173, 114-121.
Jędruch A., Kwasigroch U., Bełdowska M., Kuliński K., 2017, Mercury in suspended matter of the Gulf of Gdańsk: Origin, distribution and transport at the land–sea interface. Marine Pollution Bulletin 118, 354-367.
Kuliński K., Hammer K., Schneider B., Schulz-Bull D., 2016, Remineralization of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in the Baltic Sea. Marine Chemistry 181, 10-17.
Koziorowska K., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2016, Accuracy and precision of selected analytical methods used in marine geochemical studies. Inżynieria Morska i Geotechnika 3/2016, 123-129
Koziorowska K., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2016, Sedimentary organic matter in two Spitsbergen fjords: Terrestrial and marine contributions based on carbon and nitrogen contents and stable isotopes composition. Continental Shelf Research 113, 38-46.
Ulfsbo A., Kuliński K., Anderson L.G., Turner D.R., 2015, Modelling organic alkalinity in the Baltic Sea using a Humic-Pitzer approach. Marine Chemistry 168, 18-26.
Kuliński K., Kędra M., Legeżyńska J., Głuchowska M., Zaborska A., 2014, Particulate organic matter sinks and sources in high Arctic fjord. Journal of Marine Systems 139, 27-37.
Hammer K., Schneider B., Kuliński K., Schulz-Bull D.E., 2014, Precision and accuracy of spectrophotometric pH measurements at environmental conditions in the Baltic Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 146, 24-32.
Kuliński K., Schneider B., Hammer K., Machulik U., Schulz-Bull D., 2014, The influence of dissolved organic matter on the acid-base system of the Baltic Sea. Journal of Marine Systems 132, 106-115.
Jankowska E., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M., Kotwicki L., Balazy P., Kuliński K., 2014, Seasonality in vegetation biometrics and its effects on sediment characteristics and meiofauna in Baltic seagrass meadows. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 139, 159-170.
Wrobel B., Filippini M., Piwowarczyk J., Kedra M., Kuliński K., Middelboe M., 2013, Low virus to prokaryote ratios in the cold: benthic viruses and prokaryotes in a subpolar marine ecosystem (Hornsund, Svalbard). International Microbiology 16, 45-52.
Szczepanska A., Zaborska A., Maciejewska A., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2012, Distribution and origin of organic matter in the Baltic Sea sediments dated with 210Pb and 137Cs. Geochronometria 39, 1-9.
Kedra M., Kuliński K., Walkusz W., Legezynska J., 2012, The shallow benthic food web structure in the high Arctic does not follow seasonal changes in the surrounding environment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 114, 183-191.
Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2011, The carbon budget of the Baltic Sea. Biogeosciences 8, 3219-3230.
Kuliński K., She J., Pempkowiak J., 2011, Short and medium term dynamics of the carbon exchange between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Continental Shelf Research 31, 1611-1619.
Kuliński K., Maciejewska A., Dzierzbicka-Glowacka L., Pempkowiak J., 2011, Parameterisation of a zero-dimensional Pelagic Detritus Model, Gdansk Deep, Baltic Sea. Annual Set The Environment Protection 13, 187-206.
Dzierzbicka-Glowacka L., Kuliński K., Maciejewska A., Jakacki J., Pempkowiak J., Numerical modelling of POC dynamics in the southern Baltic under possible future conditions determined by nutrients, light and temperature, Oceanologia 53 (4), 971-992.
Dzierzbicka-Glowacka L., Kuliński K., Maciejewska A., Pempkowiak J., 2010, Particulate Organic Carbon in the southern Baltic Sea: numerical simulations and experimental data. Oceanologia 52 (4), 621-648.
Kowalczuk P., Zablocka M., Sagan S., Kuliński K., 2010, Fluorescence measured in situ as a proxy of CDOM absorption and DOC concentration in the Baltic Sea. Oceanologia 52 (3), 431-471.
Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2008, Dissolved organic carbon in the southern Baltic Sea: Quantification of factors affecting its distribution, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 78, 38-44.
Kuliński K., Swieta-Musznicka J., Staniszewski A., Latalowa M., Pempkowiak J., 2007, Lignin degradation products as paleoenvironmental proxies in the sediments of small lakes, Journal of Paleolimnology 38, 555-567.
Other:
Meier H. E. M., Rutgersson-Owenius A., Reckermann M., Aigars J., Berger F., Dailidienė I., Haapala J., Keevalik S., Kuliński K., Lehmann A., Myrberg K., Nilsson C., Omstedt A., Partasenok I., Post P., Rehder G., Smith B., Stendel M., von Storch H., Zorita E., Zhuravlev S., 2013, Baltic Earth – Earth System Science for the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Earth Newsletter 1, 1-3.
Pempkowiak J., Kuliński K., Szczepanska A., 2013, Carbon cycling in the Baltic Sea. Annual Report Polish Academy of Sciences, 70-71.
Pempkowiak J., Beldowski J., Kuliński K., 2009, Global change vs. threats to and from the Baltic Sea. Papers on Global Change IGBP 16, 111-123.
Dzierzbicka-Glowacka L., Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2007, Simulations of the particulate organic carbon (POC) in the Southern Baltic Sea, a pilot Study, BALTEX Newsletter 10, 10-11.
Kuliński K., Pempkowiak J., 2007, Budgeting approach for the CO2 uptake estimations, SOLAS Newsletter 5, 2.
Awards:
Grant for outstanding young scientists awarded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Warsaw, Poland, 2015-2018.
"Stanislaw Staszic Award" of Division III of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 2012.
Award of Director of the Institute of Oceanology PAN for publications activities in 2011, Sopot, Poland, 2012.
"Prof. Stanislaw Szymborski Award" – the best scientific presentation, II Sopot Young Scientists Forum, Sopot, Poland, 2010.
"Award for an outstanding CARBOOCEAN related Publication" – Bergen, Norway, 2009.
"National Leader of Innovation 2008 Award" – Innovative Scientific Project – representative of science, Warsaw, Poland, 2008.
"VII Young Oceanographers Symposium Award", Gdynia, Poland, 2008.
"SCOR Financial Support Award" – „SOLAS Open Science Conference", Xiamen, China, 2007.
"NATO Financial Support Award" – Summer School "Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems", Ankara, Turkey, 2006.