Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAN
Powstańców Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot
POLAND
tel: (+ 48 58)
fax: (+ 48 58) 5512130

trapper [at] iopan.pl

• Work: Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences 55 Powstańców Warszawy St, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
• Residence: 26 Merkurego St, 80-299 Gdańsk, Poland

• Polish

• Sedimentology, oceanography, paleoceanography

• Boating, scuba diving, underwater photography

• 2018 - Professor (full professor rank)
• 2010 - Habilitation at Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
• 2000 - Ph.D. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanography
• 1986 - M.Sc. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Geography and Oceanography.

• 2018- present: Professor at Institute of Oceanology PAN
• 2011–2017: Associate Professor at Institute of Oceanology PAN
• 2000–2010: Research Scientist at Institute of Oceanology PAN.
• 1986–2000: Oceanographer at Institute of Oceanology PAN

• Polish, English & University Russian

• Holocene history of the Greenland Gyre
• Dinocysts as the paleoceanographic indicator of the sea ice. Late Holocene history of the sea environment of Hornsund and Storfjorden (Svalbard).
• Paleogentic reconstruction of Atlantic water advection into the Arctic Ocean over the Holocene.
• Paleogenetics record in marine sediment as a new tool for reconstucting of the sea environmental changes in the Arctic.
• Foraminiferal studies in European Arctic fiords
• Atlantic water advection to the European Arctic in Holocene. Paleoceanographic record of the West Spitsbergen Current fluctuation.
• Modern climate changes and their influence on fjords environment.
• Buoyant hypopycnal flux of turbid water at the glaciers front and Vistula River mouth.

• 2016 – Ph.D. Mateusz Damrat, Jageiellonian University in Krakow „Transport and fate of terrigenous material delivered to the Golf of Gdansk by the Vistula river.
• 2016 – Ph.D. Magdalena Łącka, Institute of Oceanology PAS „An interplay between sea ice and thermohaline circulation during Younger Dryas - a multiproxy record of paleoceanographic changes in the European Arctic”.
• 2015 –Ph.D. Joanna Pawłowska, Institute of Oceanology PAS. „Palaeoenvironmental changes over the last millennium in Hornsund fjord (Spitsbergen). New insight from ancient DNA”. Thesis defended with distinction at the IOPAN in Sopot.
• 2011 - Ph.D. Joanna Przytarska, Institute of Oceanology PAS, „Sea environmental changes at the front of Hornsund fjord. Paleoceanogrphical record of the climate changes in European Arctic”
  
  
• 2016 – M. Sc. Agnieszka Kujawa, University of Gdańsk
• 2014 – M. Sc. Kamila Sobala, University of Gdańsk
• 2013 – M. Sc. Emilia Piasecka, University of Gdańsk
• 2011 – M. Sc. Mateusz Ostrowski, University of Gdańsk
• 2010 – M. Sc. Magdalena Łącka, University of Gdańsk
• 2010 – M. Sc. Justyna Zadrożna, University of Gdańsk
• 2009 – M. Sc. Anna Bińkowska, University of Gdańsk
• 2004 – M. Sc. Katarzyna Małuj, University of Gdańsk
• 2004 – M. Sc. Beata Świejkowska, University of Gdańsk
• 2004 – M. Sc. Magdalena Jakubowska, University of Gdańsk.

• SCOR Working Group 122 on Mechanisms of Sediment Retention in Estuaries, Associate Member.
• Member of Committee of Marine Research, section of Marine Geology (from 2014).

1. Pawłowska, J., Zajączkowski, M., Szczucinski,W., Zaborska, A., Kucharska, M., Jernas, P. E. Forwick, M. 2017 The influence of Coriolis force driven water circulation on the palaeoenvironment of Hornsund (S Spitsbergen) over the last century. Boreas. 10.1111/bor.12249. ISSN 0300-9483.
2. Pawłowska J, Zajączkowski M., Łącka M, Lejzerowicz F, Esling Philippe, Pawłowski J. 2016. Palaeoceanographic changes in Hornsund Fjord (Spitsbergen, Svalbard) over the last millennium: new insights from ancient DNA. Climate of the Past 12, 1459–1472.
3. Urbański, J.A., Wochna, A., Bubak, I., Grzybowski, W., Lukawska-Matuszewska, K., Łącka, M., Śliwińska, B., Wojtasiewicz, B., Zajączkowski M., 2016. Application of Landsat 8 imagery to regional-scale assessment of lake water quality. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 51, 28-36.
4. Ojala A., Arpe L., Luato T., Wacker L., Kurki F., Zajączkowski M., Pawłowska J., Damrat M., Oksman M. 2016. Sedimentary environment, lithostratigraphy and dating of sediment sequences from Arctic lakes Revvatnet and Svartvatnet in Hornsund, Svalbard. Polish Polar Research 37 (1) 23-48.
5. Włodarska-Kowalczuka, M., Mazurkiewicz, M., Jankowska, E., Kotwicki, L., Damrat, M., Zajączkowski M., 2016. Effects of fluvial discharges on meiobenthic and macrobenthic variabilityin the Vistula River prodelta (Baltic Sea). Journal of Marine Systems 157, 135-146. Łącka, M., Pawłowska, J., Zajączkowski M.,: New methods in the reconstruction of Arctic marine palaeoenvironments. In: Tymon Zieliński, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Karol Kuliński (eds) Impact of Climate Changes on Marine Environments, Springer Series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 127-148, 2015.
6. Łącka, M., Zajączkowski M.,: Does the recent pool of benthic foraminiferal tests in fjordic surface sediments reflect interannual environmental changes? The resolution limit of the foraminiferal record, Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 86, 59-71
7. Łącka, M., Zajączkowski M.,, Forwick, M., Szczuciński, W. 2015. Late Weichselian and Holocene paleoceanography of Storfjordrenna, southern Svalbard, Climate of the Past, 11, 587–603
8. Sternal B., Szczuciński W., Forvick W., Zajączkowski M., Lorenc S., Przytarska J. 2014. Postglacial variability in near-bottom current speed on the continental shelf off south-west Spitsbergen. Journal of Qaternary Science 29(8) 767–777.
9. Włodarska-Kowalczuk M., Balazy P., Kobos J., Wiktor, Zajączkowski M., Moskal W., 2014. Large red cyanobacterial mats (Spirulina subsalsa Oersted ex Gomont) in the shallow sublittoral of the southern Baltic. Oceanologia, 56(3), 661-666.
10. Pawłowska J, Lejzerowicz F, Esling P, Szczuciński W, Zajączkowski M., Pawlowski J. 2014. Ancient DNA sheds new light on the Svalbard foraminiferal fossil record from the last millennium. Geobiology 12, 277-288.
11. Lydersen Chr., Assmy P., Falk-Petersen, S., Kohler, J., Kovacs, K.M., Reigstad, M., Steen, H., Strøm, H., Sundfjord, A., Varpe, Ø., Waldek Walczowski, W., Weslawski, J.M., Zajączkowski M., 2014. The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Marine Systems 129, 452-471
12. Damrat, M., Zaborska, A., Zajączkowski M., 2013. Sedimentation from suspension and sediment accumulation rate in the Vistula River prodelta, Gulf of Gdańsk (Baltic Sea). Oceanologia, in press.
13. Lydersen Chr., Assmy P., Falk-Petersen, S., Kohler, J., Kovacs, K.M., Reigstad, M., Steen, H., Strøm, H., Sundfjord, A., Varpe, Ø., Waldek Walczowski, W., Weslawski, J.M.,Zajączkowski M., 2013. The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway. Journal of Marine Systems, in press
14. Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Pawłowska, J., Zajączkowski M., 2013. Do foraminifera mirror diversity and distribution patterns of macrobenthic fauna in an Arctic glacial fjord? Marine Micropeleontology 103, 30-39.
15. Kuklinski, P., Berge, J., McFadden, L., Dmoch, K., Zajączkowski M.,, Nygard, H., Piwosz, K., Tatarek, A. 2013. Seasonality of occurrence and recruitment of Arctic marine benthic invertebrate larvae in relation to environmental variables. Polar Biology 36, 549-560.
16. Szczuciński W. ∓ Zajączkowski M. 2012. Factors controlling downward fluxes of particulate matter in glacier-contact and non-glacier contact settings in a subpolar fjord (Billefjorden, Svalbard). In: Li M., Sherwood C., Hill P. (eds): Sediments, Morphology and Sedimentary Processes on Continental Shelves. IAS Special Publication, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. 44: 369-386
17. Kozak, L., Chamski, K., Zajączkowski M.,, Niedzielski, P. 2011. Technika Łączona HPLC-HG-AAS w badaniach zawartości wybranych form arsenu w osadach. (In) Chromatografia w praktyce, Voelkel. A., Wasiak, W. (eds.) Wydawnictwo Politechniki Poznańskiej, 201-209
18. Pawłowska J., Włodarska-Kowalczuk M., Zajączkowski M., Nygård H., Berge J. 2011. Seasonal variability of meio- and macrobenthic standing stocks and diversity in an Arctic fjord (Adventfjorden, Spitsbergen). Polar Biology: 34(6):833-845
19. Zajączkowski M., Szczuciński W., Plessen B., Jernas P., 2010. Benthic foraminifera in Hornsund (Svalbard): Implication on paleoenvironmental reconstructions. Polish Polar Research 31: 349-375.
20. Zajączkowski M., Darecki M., Szczuciński W., 2010. Report on the development of the Vistula river plume in the coastal waters of the Golf of Gdańsk during the May 2010 flood. Oceanologia 52 (2): 311-317.
21. Zajączkowski M., Nygård H., Hegseth E.N., Berge J., 2010. Vertical flux of particulate matter in an Arctic fjord: the case of lack of the sea-ice cover in Adventfjorden 2006 - 2007. Polar Biology 33: 223-239.
22. Szczuciński W., Zajączkowski M., 2009. Sediment accumulation rates in subpolar fjords – impact of post-"Little Ice Age" glaciers retreat, Billefjorden, Svalbard. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 85: 345–356
23. Majewski W., Szczuciński W., Zajączkowski M. 2009. Interactions of Arctic and Atlantic water masses and associated environmental changes during the last millennium, Hornsund (SW Svalbard). BOREAS 38:529-544
24. Zajączkowski M., 2008. Sediment supply and fluxes in glacial and outwash fjords: Kongsfjorden and Adventfjorden, Svalbard. Polish Polar Reasearch, 29(1): 59-72. Włodarska M., Szymelfenig M., Zajączkowski M., 2007: Dynamic sedimentary environments of an Arctic glacier-fed river estuary (Adventfjorden, Svalbard). II. Meio- and macrobenthic fauna.. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74, 274-284.
25. Zajączkowski M., Włodarska M., 2007 Dynamic sedimentary environments of an Arctic glacier-fed river estuary (Adventfjorden, Svalbard). I. Flux, deposition, and sediment dynamics. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 74, 285-296.
26. Majewski, W., Zajączkowski M., 2007: Benthic foraminifera in Adventfjorden, Svalbard: Last 50 years of hydrographic changes. Journal of Foraminifera Research. 37 (2), 107-124
27. Kaczmarek, H., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Legeżyńska, J., Zajączkowski M.,, 2005. Shallow sublitoral macrozoobenthos In Kongsfjord, West Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Polish Polar Research 26, No 2, 137-155.
28. Majewski, W., Pawłowski, J., Zajączkowski M., 2005. Monothalamous foraminifera from West Spitsbergen fjords, Svalbard: a brief overview. Polish Polar Research. 26 no. 4: 269-285.
29. Zajączkowski M.,, Szczuciński, W. & Bojanowski, R., 2004: Recent sediment accumulation rates in Adventfjorden, Svalbard. Oceanologia 46: 217-231.
30. Kotwicki, L., Szymelfenig, M., De Troch, M. & Zajączkowski M.,, 2004: Distribution of meiofauna in Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen. Polar Biology 27: 661-669.
31. Zajączkowski M.,, 2002: On the use of sediment traps in sedimentation measurements in glaciated fjords. Polish Polar Research 23: 161-174.
32. Hop H., Pearson T., Hegset E. H., Kovacs K., Wiencke C., Kwaśniewski S., Eiane K., Mehlum F., Gulliksen F., Włodarska-Kowalczuk M., Lydersen Ch., Węsławski J. M., Cochrane S., Gabrielsen G. W., Leakey R., Lonne O. J., Zajączkowski M., Falk-Petersen S., Kendall M., Wangberg S. A., Bishof K., Voronkov A. Y., Kovaltchuk N., Wiktor J., Plterman M., Di Prisco G., Estopey A., Papucci C., Gerland S., Lipertt H., 2002, The ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard. Polar Research, 24:113–121
33. Svendsen H, Beszczynska-Møller A, Hagen J.O., Lefauconnier B., Tverberg V., Gerland S., Ørbæk J. B., Kai Bischof, Papucci C., Zajączkowski M., Azzolini R., Bruland O., Wiencke Ch., Winther J. G., Dallmann W., 2002, Physical Kongsfjord environment overview paper. Polar Research, 21, 133-166.
34. Zajączkowski M. J., Legeżyńska J., 2001, Estimation of zooplankton mortality caused by an Arctic glacier outflow. Oceanologia 43, 341-351.
35. Węsławski J. M., Szymelfening M., Zajączkowski M., Keck A., 1999, Salinity, suspensions and sedimentation gradients influence on Arctic tidal flat benthos. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 56 Supplement:194-202.
36. Wiktor J.,Węsławski J.M., Wieczorek P., Zajączkowski M., Okolodkow Y., 1998, Phytoplankton and suspensions in relation to the freshwater in Arctic coastal marine ecosystems Pol.Pol.Res. 19(3-4): 219-234
37. Beszczyńska-Moller A., Węsławski J. M., Walczowski W., Zajączkowski M., 1997, Estimation of glacial meltwater discharge into Svalbard coastal waters. Oceanologia 39(3): 289-298.
38. Węsławski J. M., Wiktor J., Zajączkowski M., Futseater G., Moe K.A. 1997, Vulnerability assesment of Svalbard intertidal zone for the oil spills. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 44 (Supplement A): 33-41.
39. Węsławski J. M., Zajączkowski M., Wiktor J., Szymelfenig M., 1997, Intertidal zone of Svalbard. 3. Littoral of a subarctic, oceanic island: Biornoya. Polar Biology 18:45-52
40. Pempkowiak J., Zajączkowski M., Sikora A. 1997, Heavy metals in fauna of polar regions. Wyprawy Geograficzne na Spitsbergen, [ed:] J. Pawłowski, UNCS Lublin: 237-244.
41. Zajączkowski M., 1997, Methodology of measuring the sedimentation in glaciated fjords. Wyprawy Geograficzne na Spitsbergen UMCS: 211 – 221. Węsławski J.M., Wiktor J., Koszteyn J., Zajączkowski M., Wieczorek P., Kotwicki L., 1997, The coastal edge of the Northest Water polynia in spring 1993, Journal of Marine Systems 10: 429-444.
42. Sikora A., Zajączkowski M., Pempkowiak J., 1996. Heavy metals in marine sediments and biota of Spitsbergen. Oceanological Studies 25 (3): 97-109.
43. Węsławski J.M., Koszteyn J., Zajączkowski M., Wiktor J., Kwaśniewski S., 1995, Fresh water in Svalbard fjord ecosystems. {in:) Ecology of fjords and coastal waters (eds.) Skjodal H.R., Hopkins C.C. Erikstad K.E., Leinaas H.P., Elsevier Sci BV: 229-241.
44. Sywula T., Namiotko T., Sell J., Witkowski A., Zajączkowski M., 1994, Crustacean specioes new to Spitsbergen with notes on the polimophism and the subfossil preservation of Cytherissa lacustris (G.O. Sars). Polar Research 13(2):233-235.
45. Węsławski J.M., Kwaśniewski S., Wiktor J., Zajączkowski M., 1993, Observations on the fast ice biota in the fjords of Spitsbergen. Pol. Pol. Res. 14(4):331-343.
46. Sagan S., Kowalczuk P., Zajączkowski M., 1993, Optical Propertires of waters around Svalbard and Frantz Jozef Land. SPIE vol.2048 Underwater Light Measurements:64-72
47. Węsławski J.M., Zajączkowski M., Suryn T., 1993. Intertidal zone of Spitsbergen and Frantz Josef Land. Proceedings Int. Coastal Congress:322-339. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Mein 1993.
48. Węsławski J., M., Zajączkowski M., 1992 Benthic fauna and its environment in Tikhaja Bay, Frantz Jozef Land. [in:] Environmental Studies From Franz Josef Land, With Emphasis On Tikhaia Bay, Hooker Island. Gjertz I., Morkved B. [eds.] Meddelelser, Nr 120: 35-42.
49. Wiktor J., Zajączkowski M., 1992, Suspended matter and phytoplankton in Tikhaia Bay. Summer 1991. [in:] Environmental Studies From Franz Josef Land, With Emphasis On Tikhaia Bay, Hooker Island. Gjertz I., Morkved B. [eds.] Meddelelser, Nr 120: 14 – 21.
50. Swerpel S., Zajączkowski M., 1990, Phisical environment, Atlas of the marine fauna of Southern Spitsbergen, Klekowski R. Z., Węsławski J. M., (eds.) T.1, Ossolineum, Wrocław: 25-42.
51. Węsławski J.M., Kwaśniewski S., Wiktor J., Zajączkowski M., Ostrowski M., Siwecki R., Swerpel S., 1990. Summer environmental survey of Gipsvika, Svalbard. In Brekke B., Hansson R. (eds.) Environmental Atlas og Gipsdalen, vol.1, Oslo, NPI:112-131
52. Węsławski J.M., Jezierski J., Zajączkowski M., 1989, Wildlife and coastal biocenoses of Belsund, Spitsbergen. In: Pękala K. (ed) Wyprawy UMCS na Spitsbergen 1996-1988:123-129.
53. Zajączkowska B., Zajączkowski M., 1989, Quantitative Microbiological Survey in Hornsund, SW Spitsbergen. Reconaissance Study in Summer 1985. Bulletyn of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Biological Sciences. Vol. 37 No. 4 – 6: 79-84.
54. Węsławski J.M., Zajączkowski M., Jezierski J., Moskal W., Kwaśniewski S., 1988, Seasonality in an Arctic fjord Ecosystem. Pol. Pol.Res., no. 6: 185-189.
55. Zajączkowski M., 1987, Hornsund - bathymetry, [w:] Hornsund, Spitsbergen, geomorfology, Jania J., Pulina M., Karczewski A. (sci. edit.), Uniw. Śląski, Katowice, The Map.
56. Gorlich, K., J. M. Węsławski, M. Zajączkowski , 1987. Suspensions settling effect on macrobenthos biomass distribution in the Hornsund fjord, Spitsbergen. Polar Research 5: 175-192.