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
- Boehnke R., Wichorowski M., Trudnowska E., Balazy K., Jakubas D., Wold A., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Falk‐Petersen S., Kidawa D., Błachowiak‐Samołyk K., Hop H., (2022) Application of artificial neural network to estimate the quality of little auks' potential foraging grounds on Spitsbergen. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, ,
- Jakubas D., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Szeligowska M., Darecki M., Boehnke R., Balazy K., Trudnowska E., Kidawa D., Grissot A., Descamps S., Błachowiak-Samołyk K. (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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