Personal details
Kaja Bałazy Department of Marine EcologyInstitute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences |
Education
- 2020-present - Research internship, The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso
- 2019-present - Adjunct, IO PAN, Sopot
- 2014-2019 - PhD sudent in Interdisciplinary Polar Studies, Centre for Polar Studies KNOW (Leading National Research Centre), IO PAN. PhD (with honours), Thesis: "The phenology of key Calanus species in the context of food demand of plantivorous little auk (Alle alle)
- 2013-2015 - Postgraduate studies in Valorisation and protection of natural areas, University of Gdansk
- 2012-2014 - M.Sc. in Biology, Faculty of Animals Ecology, University of Gdansk. M.Sc. thesis: "The variability of haematological parameters in Mute Swans (Cygnus olor) residing in the Tricity beaches area".
- 2009-2012 - B.Sc. in Biology, University of Gdansk, Poland
Scientific interest
- Ecology of Arctic zooplankton and seabirds
- Phenology
- Behavioral ecology
Professional experience
- 2016 - PERMANOVA+ course, Auckland, New Zeland
- 2016 - AREX summer cruise R/V Oceania, Hornsund, Spitsbergen
- 2016 - STATISTICA training course, StatSoft, Krakow, Poland
- 2015 - Big Black Box Workshop: Marine ecological processes during the polar night UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway
- 2015 - Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Svalbard (IPSiS) Meeting – Field Workshop in Longyearbyen Area, University Centre in Svalbard & Centre for Polar Studies, Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen
- 2015 - AREX summer cruise R/V Oceania, Hornsund, Spitsbergen
- 2015 - MOSJ cruise R/V Lance, Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen
Grants and awards
- 2021-2025 - "When colour matters –key Arctic zooplakton species as a source of carotenoids for seabirds during breeding period" (ORANGE)National Science Centre Poland (2021/41/B/NZ8/03830) (project leader)
- 2018-2021 - "Separation of two sibling Calanus species in little auks’ diet using molecular techniques" The Iwanowska Programme, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/IWA/2018/1/00080/U/0001) (project leader)
- 2016-2020 - Influence of relationship between protists and zooplankton on Svalbard planktivorous birds population (SEAPOPII) (3605/SEAPOP/2016/2). Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project investigator)
- 2016-2017 - Isfjorden Marine Observatory Svalbard (IMOS) (3550/Norway/2016/2) (project investigator)
- 2016 - Travel Grant Award for the ASLO 2016 Summer Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Selected presentations
- Szeligowska M., Bałazy K., Boehnke R., Trudnowska E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. From Seawater via Plankton to Seabirds - Transfer of Microplastics through the Arctic Food Web, International Symposium on Plastics in the Arctic and Sub Arctic Region, 2021, online event, Islandia (poster)
- Trudnowska E., Bałazy K., Stoń-Egier J., Borwn T., Smolina I., Gluchowska M. Ecological plasticity – a key skill to survive in a changing Arctic, tested on Calanus, Svalbard Science Conference, 2019, Oslo, Norway (Oral)
- Trudnowska E.; Gluchowska M.; Balazy K.; Stoń-Egiert J.; Brown T.; Smolina I. Ecological plasticity – a key skill to survive in a changing Arctic, tested on Calanus – the basis of the high latitude marine food webs. , IMBER , 2019, Brest, France (Poster)
- Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K Phenology of Calanus glacialis – comparison between Arctic and Atlantic domains and its implications for reproductive success of little auks, 27th International Polar Conference, Rostock , 2018, Rostock, Niemcy (poster presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. Shifts in the prey availability for little auk: inter-annual trends in zooplankton distribution on the southern West Spitsbergen Shelf, Arctic Frontiers Conference, 2017, Tromsø, Norway (oral presentation)
- Boehnke R., Wichorowski M, Trudnowska E.; Ostaszewska K.; Falk-Petersen S; Hop H.; Błachowiak-Samołyk K. Deeper into little auks’ prey availability - an estimation of their feeding grounds using neural nets. , Arctic Frontiers 2017, White Space-Blue Future, 2017, Tromso, Norway (poster)
- Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Boehnke R., Ostaszewska K., Trudnowska E. Development of neural network for estimation of feeding fields quality, SciDataCon, 2016, Denver, Colorado, USA (oral presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. How do the hydrographic conditions determine zooplankton size, ASLO 2016 Summer Meeting, 2016, SantaFe, New Mexico, USA (oral presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. Inter-annual variability in abundance and distribution of various zooplankton size fractions in Spitsbergen waters at the Polar Front during five summer seasons, ICES/PICES 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium, 2016, Bergen, Norway (poster presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Boehnke R., Trudnowska E., Falk-Petersen S., Wichorowski M., Hop H., Błachowiak Samołyk K. Estimation of the quality of foraging grounds for planktivorous little auk on West Spitsbergen, 2nd World Seabird Conference , 2015, Cape Town, South Africa (poster presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. Interannual distribution of various zooplankton size fractions vs. front position along West Spitsbergen Shelf during five summer seasons (2010-2014), Interdisciplinary Polar Studies in Svalbard (IPSiS) Meeting, Scientific Conference & Field Workshop, 2015, Longyearbyen & Hornsund, Svalbard (oral presentation)
- Ostaszewska K., Boehnke R., Trudnowska E., Falk-Petersen S., Wichorowski M., Hop H., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. Influence of climate on the quality of foraging grounds for little auk on West Spitsbergen, Arctic Froniers: Climate and Energy, 2015, Tromsø, Norway (poster presentation)
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Publications
- Balazy K., Balazy P. (2024) Climate-driven diatom aggregations pose a risk to long-lived Antarctic filter feeders. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 22, e2742
- Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D., Praebel K., Choquet M., Brandner M.M., Schultz M., Bitz-Thorsen J., Boehnke R., Szeligowska M., Descamps S., Strøm H., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. (2023) Molecular tools prove little auks from Svalbard are extremely selective for Calanus glacialis even when exposed to Atlantifcation. Scientific Reports, 13, 13647
- Błachowiak‐Samołyk K., Hop H., Falk‐Petersen S., Wold A., Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Boehnke R., Kidawa D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D. (2022) Application of artificial neural network to estimate the quality of little auks' potential foraging grounds on Spitsbergen. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, ,
- Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Descamps S., Grissot A., Trudnowska E., Balazy K., Boehnke R., Darecki M., Szeligowska M., Kidawa D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Jakubas D. (2022) Gone with the wind - wind speed affects prey accessibility for a High Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird, the little auk Alle alle. Science of the Total Environment, ,
- Balazy K., Boehnke R., Trudnowska E., Søreide J. E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., (2021) Phenology of Oithona similis demonstrates that ecological flexibility may be a winning trait in the warming Arctic. Scientific Reports, ,
- Trudnowska E., Balazy K., Stoń-Egiert J., Smolina I., Brown T., Gluchowska M. (2020) In a comfort zone and beyond – ecological plasticity of key marine mediators. Ecology and Evolution, 10, 14067-14081
- Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. (2019) Dynamics of Calanus Copepodite Structure during Little Auks’ Breeding Seasons in Two Different Svalbard Locations. Water, 11, 1405
- Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Wichorowski M., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. (2018) Large versus small zooplankton in relation to temperature in the Arctic shelf region. Polar Research, 37/1/1427409, 1-12
- Ostaszewska K., Balazy P., Berge J., Johnsen G., Staven R. (2017) Seabirds During Arctic Polar Night: Underwater Observations from Svalbard Archipelago, Norway. Waterbirds, 40(3), 302-308
- Boehnke R., Balazy K., Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. (2017) Meso-scale variations in little auk chicks diet composition in NW Spitsbergen. Polar Research, 36:1, 1409585
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