Participants

Dr Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk (IO PAS)

Prof. Hans Petter Leinaas (UiO)

Prof. Dag Olav Hessen (UiO)

Dr Martin-A. Svenning (NINA)

Dr Paul Renaud (APN NIVA)

Dr Sławomir Kwaśniewski (IO PAS)

Dr Joanna Pawłowska (IO PAS)

Prof. Jan Marcin Węsławski (IO PAS)

Dr Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk (IO PAS)

Barbara Górska (IO PAS)

Dr Piotr Kukliński (IO PAS)

Dr Joanna Legeżyńska (IO PAS)

Joanna Piwowarczyk (IO PAS)

Dr Anna Stępień (IO PAS)

Dr Emilia Trudnowska (IO PAS)

Dr Marek Zajączkowski (IO PAS)

Krzysztof Zawierucha (University in Poznań)

Kristian Alfsnes (UiO)

Dr Magdalena Łącka (IO PAS)

Dr Agata Zaborska (IO PAS)

Partner Institutions:

IO PAS - Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

University of Oslo (UiO)

Akvaplan-niva (APN)

Norwegian Institute of Nature Research (NINA)

JMW Jan Marcin Węsławski

Jan Marcin Węsławski – is a senior scientist, leader of Departament of Ecology at IO PAS. His speciality are marine crustaceans, yet the interest is in wide aspects of ecology – from biodiversity, climate change, food web to marine space management. He was working in number of polar areas (Svalbard, East and West Greenland, Ellesmere Island, Franz Josef Land) spend two whole years at Polish Polar Station in Hornsund, Spitsbergen.

He received pdD in 1984 at University of Gdansk, habilitation in 1993, and professorship in 2000. Since the beginning of marine biodiversity interest in Europe he was in the center of EU programs like BIOMARE, MARBENA, MARBEF being responsible for the maintanency of All Taxa Inventory Site in Hornsund and Long Term Biodiversity Observation in Kongsfjorden (Svalbard) and Puck Bay – Baltic Sea.

In the DWARF project he is responsible for the dissemination and integration – summary of the results from various work packages.

affiliation: Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Benthic Ecology Laboratory
e-mail: weslaw at iopan.gda.pl
web page: Jan Marcin Węsławski, ResearchGate