Dr Monika Kędra

Department of Marine Ecology
Institute of Oceanology PAS
Powstancow Warszawy 55
81-712 Sopot
POLAND
tel: + 48 58 7311779
fax: + 48 58 5512130
e-mail: kedra [at] iopan.gda.pl




C.V.:
2003: M.Sc. at the University of Gdansk in cooperation with Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia
2003 - 2007: PhD studies - Institute of Oceanography, PAS
2007 - 2008 - oceanographer at Institute of Oceanography, PAS, Department of Marine Ecology
2008 - PhD at Institute of Oceanology PAS
2008 - present - research scientist at Institute of Oceanology PAS, Department of Marine Ecology
2011 - present - Assistant Research Scientist/Post-Doctoral Associate at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA

Main scientific interests:
- ecology of benthic macrofauna
- taxonomy and ecology of Arctic Polychaeta
- taxonomy and ecology of Sipuncula

Projects:
2011 - present: Arctic in Rapid Transition - member of ART Executive Committee
2011 - 2013: Organic matter sources and sinks in high Arctic fiord; contract no: DEC 2011/01/B/ST10/06985
2009 - 2011: Taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution of polychaetes in fjords of west Spitsbergen; contract no: 540/N-AODP/2009/0
2009 - 2010: WinAMP: Winter and summer amphipods' feeding strategies; contract no: 1033/ARCFAC/2009/7
2009 - 2010: Taxonomy and biodiversity of Arctic Sipuncula; contract no: 525/N-AODP/2009/0
2009: WinAMP: Winter shift in amphipods' feeding strategy? European Centre for Arctic Environmental Research in Ny-Alesund (ARCFAC V), 2008 EC contract no. 026129; ARCFAC-026129-2009-28
2008-2011: Modeling benthic consumption, advection, and carbon subsidies in the Barents Sea, BANKMOD; contract number: NFR 184719/S40
2008-2010: Arctic Seas Biodiversity: Bank biodiversity and production, ENIBANK, contract number: 382/W-Akvaplan-niva/2009/0
2008: Biodiversity of Sipunculan Fauna in Svalbard (ArcOD Mini-Grants)
2007: Climate induced changes in biodiversity and structure soft bottom macrofauna assemblages in an arctic fjord - Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen (KBN - N304 006 32/0666)
2006: European Union funded grant SYNTHESYS: scientific visit in Zoological Museum in Copenhagen (Biodiversity of Arctic Sipuncula (Kongsfjorden and Hornsund, Spitsbergen) - DK-TAF-1371)
2006: European Union funded grant SYNTHESYS: scientific visit in Natural History Museum in Berlin (Biodiversity of polar Sipuncula - DE-TAF-1451)
2005: European Union funded grant SYNTHESYS: scientific visit in Natural History Museum Naturalis in Leiden (Ecology and biodiversity of Arctic Sipunculida (Kongsfjorden, Spitsbergen) - NL-TAF-832)

Awards:
2006: MARS - Otto Kinne - lecture award 2006 at 41st EMBS in Cork

Publications:

  • Sokołowski A, Wołowicz M, Asmus H, Asmus R, Carlier A, Gasiunaité Z, Grémare A, Hummel H, Lesutiené J, Razinkovas A, Renaud PE, Richard P, Kędra M, 2012. Is benthic food web structure related to diversity of macrobenthic communities? Estuarine Coastal Shelf Science, DOI 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.011
  • Legeżyńska J, Kędra M, Walkusz W, 2012, Trophic ecology of Arctic amphipods revealed by gut content, stable isotopes and lipid analysis, Hydrobiologia; DOI 10.1007/s10750-011-0982-z
  • Wegner C, Forest A, Forwick M, Frey K, Kędra M, Mathis JT, Michel C, Mizobata K, Nikolopoulos A, O'Regan M, Peeken I, Reigstad M, 2011, Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Implementation Plan, Arctic Ocean Sciences Board: Marine Working Group/International Arctic Science Committee, http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/ART, 14pp.
  • Kędra M, Legeżyńska J, Walkusz W, 2011, Shallow winter and summer macrofauna in high Arctic fjord (79oN, Spitsbergen), Marine Biodiversity, 41:425-439
  • Węsławski JM, Kendall MA, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Iken K, Kędra M, Legezynska J, Sejr M, 2011, Climate change effects on Arctic fjord and coastal macrobenthic diversity - observations and predictions, Marine Biodiversity, 41:71 - 85
  • Kędra M., Legeżyńska J., Walkusz W., 2011, Shallow winter and summer macrofauna in high Arctic fjord (79oN, Spitsbergen), Marine Biodiversity, DOI 10.1007/s12526-010-0066-8
  • Kędra M., Shields M., 2011, On the deep-sea Nephasoma species in the Eastern North Atlantic - taxonomic guide, Marine Biology Research, 7: 43 -53; DOI: 10.1080/17451001003660293
  • Vandepitte L, Vanhoorne B, Kraberg A, Anisimova N, Antoniadou C, Araújo R, Bartsch I, Beker B, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Bertocci I, Cochrane S, Cooper K, Craeymeersch J, Christou E, Crisp DJ, Dahle S, de Boissier M, de Kluijver M, Denisenko S, De Vito D, Duineveld G, Escaravage V, Fleischer D, Fraschetti S, Giangrande A, Heip C, Hummel H, Janas U, Karez R, Kędra M, Kingston P, Kuhlenkamp R, Libes M, Martens P, Mees J, Mieszkowska N, Mudrak S, Munda I, Orfanidis S, Orlando-Bonaca M, Palerud R, Rachor E, Reichert K, Rumohr H, Schiedek D, Schubert P, Sistermans WCH, Sousa Pinto I, Southward AJ, Terlizzi A, Tsiaga E, van Beusekom JEE, Vanden Berghe E, Warzocha J, Wasmund N, Weslawski JM, Widdicombe C, Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M, Zettler ML, 2010, Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes, Hydrobiologia, 664: 1 - 13; DOI 10.1007/s10750-010-0108-z
  • Kędra M., Gromisz S., Jaskuła R., Legeżyńska J., Maciejewska B., Malec E., Opanowski A., Ostrowska K., Włodarska-Kowalczuk M., Węsławski J.M., 2010, Soft bottom makrofauna of an All Taxa Biodiversity Site: Hornsund (77N, Svalbard), Polish Polar Research, 31(4): 309 - 326; doi: 10.2478/v10183-010-0008-y
  • Kędra M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M, Węsławski, J. M., 2010, Decadal change in soft-bottom community structure in high arctic fjord (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard), Polar Biology, 33:1-11; DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0679-1
  • Shields M., Kędra M., 2009, A deep burrowing sipunculan of ecological and geochemical importance, Deep Sea Research I, 56, 2057-2064; DOI:10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.006
  • Grémare A, Labrune C, Vanden Berghe E, Amouroux JM, Bachelet G, Zettler ML, Vanaverbeke J, Fleischer D, Bigot L, Maire O, Deflandre B, Craeymeersch J, Degraer S, Dounas C, Duineveld G, Heip C, Herrmann M, Hummel H, Karakassis I, Kedra M, Kendall M, Kingston P, Laudien J, Occhipinti A, Rachor E, Sardá R, Speybroeck J, Van Hoey G, Vincx M, Whomersley P, Willems W, Wlodarska-Kowalczuk M, Zenetos A, 2009, Comparison of the performances of two biotic indices based on a soft-bottom macrozoobenthos pan-European database, Marine Biology Progress Series, 382: 297-311
  • Arvanitidis C, Somerfield PJ, Rumohr H, Faulwetter S, Valavanis V, Vasileiadou A, Chatzigeorgiou G, Vanden Berghe E, Vanaverbeke J, Labrune C, Grémare A, Zettler ML, Kędra M, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Aleffi IF, Amouroux JM, Anisimova N, Bachelet G, Büntzow M, Cochrane S, Costello MJ, Craeymeersch J, Dahle S, Degraer S, Denisenko S, Dounas C, Duineveld G, Emblow C, Escavarage V, Fabri MC, Fleischer D, Gray JS, Heip C, Hermann M, Hummel H, Janas U, Karakassis I, Kendall MK, Kingston P, Kotwicki L, Laudien J, Mackie ASY, Nevrova HL, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Oliver PG, Olsgard F, Palerud R, Petrov A, Rachor E, Revkov NK, Rose A, Sardá R, Sistermans WCH, Speybroeck J, Van Hoey G, Vincx M, Whomersley P, Willems W, Zenetos A, 2009, Biological geography of the European Seas: results from the macrofaunal inventory of the soft-substrate communities, Marine Biology Progress Series, 382: 265-278
  • Somerfield PJ, Arvanitidis C, Faulwetter S, Chatzigeorgiou G, Vasileiadou A, Amouroux J, Anisimova N, Cochrane S, Craeymeersch J, Dahle S, Denisenko S, Dounas K, Duineveld G, Grémare A, Heip C, Herrmann M, Karakassis I, Kędra M, Kendall M, Kingston P, Kotwichi L, Labrune C, Laudien J, Nevrova H, Nicolaidou A, Occhipinti-Ambrogi A, Palerud R, Petrov A, Rachor E, Revkov N, Rumohr H, Sardá R, Janas U, Vanden Berghe E, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, 2009, Assessing evidence for random assembly of marine benthic communities from regional species pools, Marine Biology Progress Series, 382: 279-286
  • Vanden Berghe, E., Claus, S., Appeltans, W., Faulwetter, S., Arvanitidis, C., Somerfield, P. J., Aleffi, I. F., Amouroux, J. M., Anisimova, N., Bachelet, G., Cochrane, S., Costello, M. J., Craeymeersch, J., Dahle, S., Degraer, S., Denisenko, S., Dounas, C., Duineveld, G., Emblow, C., Escaravage, V., Fabri, M. C., Fleischer, D., Grémare, A., Herrmann, M., Hummel, H., Karakassis, I., Kędra, M., Kendall, M., Kingston, P., Kotwicki, L., Labrune, C., Laudien, J., Nevrova, H., Occhipinti, A., Olsgard, F., Palerud, R., Petrov, A., Rachor, E., Revkov, N., Rumohr, H., Sardá, R., Sistermans, W. C. H., Speybroeck, J., Janas, U., Van Hoey, G., Vincx, M., Whomersley, P., Willems, W., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Zenetos, A., Zettler, M. L., Heip C., 2009, 'MacroBen' integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe, Marine Biology Progress Series, 382: 225-238
  • Webb, T.J., Aleffi, I.F., Amouroux, J.M, Bachelet, G., Degraer, S, Dounas, C., Fleischer, D., Grémare, A., Herrmann, M., Hummel, H., Karakassis, I., Kędra, M., Kendall, M.A., Kotwichi, L., Labrune, C., Nevrova, E.L., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., Petrov, A., Revkov, N.K., Sardá, R., Simboura, N., Speybroeck, J., Van Hoey, G., Vincx, M., Whomersley, P., Willems, W., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. 2009, Macroecology of the European soft sediment benthos: insights from the Macroben database, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 382: 287-296
  • Renaud PE, Webb TJ, Bjorgesater A, Karakassis I, Kędra M, Kendall MA., Labrune C, Lampadariou N, Somerfield PJ, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M, Vanden Berghe E, Claus S, Aleffi F, Amouroux JM, Bryne KH, Cochrane SJ, Dahle S, Degraer S, Denisenko SG., Deprez T, Dounas C, Fleischer D, Gil J, Grémare A, Janas U, Mackie ASY, Palerud R, Rumohr H, Sardá R, Speybroeck J, Taboada S, Van Hoey G, Węsławski JM, Whomersley P, Zettler ML, 2009, Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: Insights from the MarBEF database, Marine Biology Progress Series, 382:239-252
  • Kędra M, Włodarska-Kowalczuk M., 2008, Distribution and diversity of sipunculan fauna in high Arctic fjords (west Svalbard), Polar Biology, 31:1181-1190; DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0456-6.
  • Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kędra M., 2007, Surrogacy in natural patterns of benthic distribution and diversity: lower taxonomic resolution versus indicator groups, Marine Ecology Progress Series; 352, 53-63
  • Kędra M. and Murina V., 2007, The Sipunculan fauna of Svalbard, Polar Research, Vol 26 (1), pp. 37-47
  • Kędra M., Urbański J., 2007, "Linear referencing as a tool for analyses of organic material deposition along sandy beach of Gdańsk - Sopot - Gdynia (Polish coast of Baltic Sea)", Vanden Berghe, E., W. Appeltans, M.J. Costello, P. Pissierssens (Eds). Proceedings of 'Ocean Biodiversity Informatics': an international conference on marine biodiversity data management Hamburg, Germany, 29 November - 1 December, 2004. Paris, pp. 75-79
  • Pelczarski W., Kędra M., 2005, The impact of hydrological conditions on the catch results of Bigeye Tuna in Polish longline fishing, ICCAT Collective Volume of Scientific Papers (Madrit), vol. 58, no. 1, p. 253 - 26
 

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