Marta Ronowicz

2024 - Scientific diving expedition to Bellsund, Spitsbergen
2022 – Research cruise with RV Oceania to Kongsfjorden
2016, 2017 – Scientific diving expeditions to Isfjorden, Spitbsergen - LARVAE – Linking Annual cycle of Reproduction and recruitment to environmental variables in Arctic Epifauna
2015 - Training on tropical hydroids taxonomy and ecology under supervision of Dr. Nicole Gravier-Bonnet, University of La Reunion
2011 - British Natural History Museum, London, taxonomical studies on hydrozoan collection
2009 - Numerical methods in ecology (statistical course) - Nicolas Copernicus University, Toruń
2008, 2007, 2005 - Training on Arctic hydroids taxonomy under supervision of Dr. Peter Schuchert, Natural History Museum in Geneva
2007 - Research cruise with RV Lance to Rijpfjorden, Svalbard
2006 - 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
2005 - Taxonomy of hydroids under supervision of Prof. Sofia Stepanjants. Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Rosja
2003 - Research expedition to Spitsbergen - material collection for master thesis
2002 - Biology of Marine Mammals - course at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Ronowicz M., Bałazy P., Chełchowski M., Kukliński P., Patuła W., Sowa A., Søreide J.E., Weydmann-Zwolicka A. 2024. Factors shaping pelagic-benthic coupling in the process of settlement in an Arctic fjord. Scientific Reports 14(1): 23688
Witalis B., Iglikowska A., Ronowicz M., Weydmann- Zwolicka A., Kukliński P. 2024. The zooplankton community of Baltic Sea ports: diversity and seasonal dynamics. Oceanologia 66, 353-364
Moreno B., Sowa A., Reginia K., Balazy P., Chelchowski M., Ronowicz M., Kuklinski P. 2024. Sea water temperature and light intensity at high-Arctic subtidal shallows – 16 years perspective. Scientific Data 11(227)
Sowa A. Kuklinski P., Weydmann-Zwolicka A., Balazy P., Chelchowski M., Søreide J.E., Ronowicz M. 2023. Factors shaping epibionts recruitment in the high Arctic (Isfjorden, Spitsbergen): A year-round investigation using experimental plates. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 283, 108281
Patuła W., Ronowicz M., Weydmann-Zwolicka A. 2023. The interplay between predatory chaetognaths and zooplankton community in a high Arctic fjord. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 285, 1082
Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2022. Morphological variation of kelps (Alaria esculenta, cf. Laminaria digitata, and Saccharina latissima) in an Arctic glacial fjord. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 268: 107802.
Kuklinski, P., Balazy, P., Porter, J., Loxton, J., Ronowicz, M., Sokołowski, A. 2022. Experimental apparatus for investigating colonization, succession and related processes of rocky bottom epifauna. Continental Shelf Research 233: 104641.
Witalis B., Iglikowska A., Ronowicz M., Kukliński P. 2021. Biodiversity of epifauna in the ports of Southern Baltic Sea revealed by study of recruitment and succession on artificial panels. Estuarine Coastal, Shelf Science 249(57): 107107.
Weydmann A., Bałazy P., Kukliński P., Søreide J.E., Patuła W., Ronowicz, M. 2021. Meroplankton seasonal dynamics in the high Arctic fjord: Comparison of different sampling methods. Progress in Oceanography 190: 102484.
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P. 2020. Glacial and depth influence on sublittoral macroalgal standing stock in a high-Arctic fjord. Continental Shelf Research 194: 1-9.
Walczyńska, K., Weydmann A., Søreide, J.E., Ronowicz, M., Gabrielsen, T.M. 2019. DNA barcoding of Cirripedia larvae reveals new knowledge on their biology in the Arctic coastal ecosystems. Hydrobiologia 837(1): 149-159, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-019-3967-y.
Ronowicz, M., Peña Cantero, A.L., Mercado Casares, B., Kukliński, P., Soto Àngel J.J. 2019. Assessing patterns of diversity, bathymetry and distribution at the poles using Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) as a model group. Hydrobiologia 833(1): 25-51, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3876-5.
Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. & Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2018. Diversity of kelp holdfast- associated fauna in an Arctic fjord - inconsistent responses to glacial mineral sedimentation across different taxa. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 205: 100-109.
Iglikowska, A., Ronowicz, M., Humphreys-Williams, E., Kukliński, P. 2018. Trace element accumulation in a shell of Arctic cirriped Balanus balanus. Hydrobiologia 818(1): 43-56.
Ronowicz, M., Boissin E, Postaire B, Bourmaud CA-F, Gravier-Bonnet N, Schuchert P. 2017. Modern alongside traditional taxonomy - integrative systematics of the genera Gymnangium Hincks, 1874 and Taxella Allman, 1874 (Hydrozoa, Aglaopheniidae). PLoS ONE 12(4): e0174244.
Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P., Mapstone, G.M. 2015. Trends in the diversity, distribution and life history strategy of Arctic Hydrozoa (Cnidaria). PLoS ONE 10(3): e 0120204.
Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P., Lock, K., Newman, P.B., Burton, M., Jones, J. 2014. Temporal and spatial variability of zoobenthos recruitment in a north-east Atlantic marine reserve. Journal of the Marine Biological Associations of the United Kingdom 94(7): 1367-1376.
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P. 2013. Hydroid epifaunal communities in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard): effects of substrate characteristics. Polar Biology 36, 705-718.
Ronowicz, M., Legeżyńska, J., Kukliński, P., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2013. Kelp forest as a habitat for mobile epifauna, case study of Caprella septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 in an Arctic glacial fjord. Polar Research, 32, 21037.
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Depth and substrate related patterns of species richness and distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard). Marine Ecology 34: 165-176.
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2011. Patterns of hydroid (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) species richness and distribution in an Arctic glaciated fjord. Polar Biology 34(10): 1437-1445
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. 2008. Factors influencing hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) biodiversity and distribution in Arctic kelp forests. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88:1567-1575
Ronowicz, M. & Schuchert P. 2007. Halecium arcticum, (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), a new hydroid from Spitsbergen. Zootaxa 1549: 55-62
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. 2005. Species diversity of Arctic gravel beach: case study for species poor habitats. Polish Polar Research 26(4): 287-297

2024-2027 – Polish National Science Center – 2023/51/B/NZ8/02512 – HYDMEA – Hydroid meadows as habitat formers in polar regions – principal investigator
2023-2026 – Artsdatabanken: The Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre – NOAH – Norwegian Arctic Hydrozoa – investigator
2020-2023 – Polish National Science Center – 2019/33/B/NZ8/02154 – ASCOMEA Influence of Atlantification on Succession and biotic COMponents in the shallow hard-bottom Ecosystem in the Arctic – principal investigator
2020-2023 - POPC.02.03.01-00-0081/19-00 - IMBIO - Integration and mobilization of data on Eucaryota diversity in stocks of the Polish science institutes – coordinator
2015-2019 – Polish National Science Center – 2014/15/B/NZ8/00237 – LARVAE – Linking Annual cycle of Reproduction and recruitment to environmental variables in Arctic Epifauna – principal investigator
2015-2018 – FRAM Centre grant – Meroplankton biodiversity, seasonal dynamics and function in high latitude coastal ecosystems – investigator
2012-2015 – Polish National Science Center - 2012/04/M/NZ8/00670 – Comparative studies of marine Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) in areas vulnerable to climate change (Comoros and Svalbard) – biodiversity, ecology and morphological adaptations – principal investigator - (Svalbard hydroids)
2010-2011 – Polish Ministry of Science – 593/N-AODP/2009/0 – Taxonomy and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids – scientific leader - Taxonomy and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
2008-2010 – Polish State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – N N304 071934 - Factors influencing distribution and biodiversity of Hydrozoa from Spitsbergen waters – principal investigator
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
2005 – Polish State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – 2 PO4 F06529 – Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord – scientific leader

Laboratory Of Ecosystem Functioning