Dr Marta Ronowicz

Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAS
Powstancow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot
POLAND
tel: (+ 48 58) 73 11 780
fax: (+ 48 58) 551 21 30
e-mail: martar [at] iopan.gda.pl



Education

  • 2004: M.Sc. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography
  • 2004 - 2010: PhD student at the Institute of Oceanology, PAS. Thesis: "Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Svalbard waters"
  • 2010: became PhD on lovely autumn day (galery)

Courses

  • 2002 - Biology of Marine Mammals - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
  • 2005, 2006, 2008 - Taxonomy of Arctic hydroids under supervision of Dr. Peter Schuchert. Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland
  • 2005 - Taxonomy of hydroids under supervision of Prof. Sophia Stepanjants. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg
  • 2008 - Salsa dance course organizer
  • 2009 - Numerical methods in ecology - Nicolas Copernicus University, Toruń

Professional interests

On- going projects

Publications

  • Ronowicz, M. 2005. Species diversity of Arctic gravel beach: case study for species poor habitats. Polish Polar Research 26 (4): 287-297
  • Ronowicz, M. 2007. Benthic hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Svalbard waters - biodiversity and distribution. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 1089-1094
  • Ronowicz, M., Schuchert P. 2007. Halecium arcticum (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), a new hydroid from Spitsbergen. Zootaxa 1549: 55-62
  • Ronowicz, M., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kuklinski, P. 2008. Factors influencing hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) biodiversity and distribution in Arcitc kelp forest. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88(8), 1567-1575.
  • Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P., Ronowicz, M., Legeżyńska, J., Gromisz, S. 2009. Assessing species richness of macrofauna associated with macroalgae in Arctic kelp forests (Hornsund, Svalbard). Polar Biology, 32(6), 897-905
  • Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2011. Patterns of hydroid (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) species richness and distribution in an Arctic glaciated fjord. Polar Biology, DOI 10.1007/s00300-011-0999-9
  • Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. Depth and substrate related patterns of species richness and distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard). Hydrobiologia (submitted)
  • Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. Diversity, zoogeography and reproductive trends in Arctic Hydrozoa (in prep.)

Grants and research expeditions

  • 2003 - Research expedition to Spitsbergen - Biodiversity of Arctic gravel beaches
  • 2005 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants - 2 PO4 F06529 - Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
  • 2006 - European-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative - SYNTHESYS - NL-TAF- 2789 - Taxonomical studies of hydroids from Arctic regions - scientific visit to Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 2006 - Scientific, diving expedition to Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen - Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
  • 2007 - Research cruise with RV Lance to Rijpfjorden, Svalbard
  • 2008 - 2010 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants - N N304 071934 - Factors influencing distribution and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
  • 2010 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants - 593/N-AODP/2009/0 - Taxonomy and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
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    http://www.iopan.gda.pl/ekologia/Hydrozoa/hydrozoa/ronowicz.htm

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