Educational records:
• 2003 – 2009: M.Sc. - Oceanography and Geography Faculty of the University of
Gdansk; M.Sc. thesis title: “Epibionts and parasites on massively – occurring Copepoda inhabitating the Gulf of Gdansk”
• 2009 – present: Ph.D. studies at the Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot, Poland
Department of Marine Ecology; preliminary title of Ph.D. thesis: Zooplankton as a food source for Little Auks in different hydrological regimes of Svalbard fiords
Main scientific interests:
 ecology and taxonomy of Arctic zooplankton,
 copepods parasites
Experience records:
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R/V Oceania Arctic cruise, Spitsbergen, June - August 2008 (AREX, fjords);
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R/V Oceanograf 2, Gulf of Gdansk Zooplankton Monitoring cruises of Institute of
Oceanography, University of Gdansk - Oceanograf 2, 2006 – 2007;
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Fluent analysis of Arctic zooplankton samples from different regions and depths within
Polish Albert project and several Norwegian projects (e.g., MariClim, KongHau,
UniPlankton, ALKEKONGE);
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Two weeks training (16.04-27.04.2012) at Zoological Museum, University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, within the project DK-TAF-2152 (Biodiversity of deep-water copepods from Spitsbergen area) SYNTHESYS: the European Union-funded Integrated
Activities grant.
On-going projects:
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2008-2011 – ”Response of marine and terrestrial ecosystems to climate changes in Arctic
– links between physical environment, biodiversity of zooplankton and seabird populations” (ALKEKONGE) – Polish-Norwegian Research Fund PNRF - 234 - A I -
1/07 (investigator of zooplankton task);
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2009-2011 - The KongsfjordHausgarten transect case study: Impact of climate on Arctic marine community structures and food webs (KongHau) (DPN/DWM/AD/5348/08/09;

13.03.2009), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project linked to the Norwegian project KongHau (project investigator);
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2013-2014 – Seasonality of Arctic plankton community of Isfjorden (UniPlankton),
Polish Ministry of Education and Science project linked to the Norwegian projects
CLEOPATRA II, MicroFun, MeroSeason and CircA (project investigator);
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2014-2017 – Is size so crucial? Complex examination of plankton size structure in the warming European Arctic (PicMac), Polish Ministry of Education and Science project
(project investigator).
Conference presentations:
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Preliminary zooplankton results from Smeerenburgfjorden (summer 2008), Kick-off meeting ALKEKONGE, Sopot, Poland, 18-19.02.2009 (oral presentation)
 Zooplankton composition at Little Auks’ feeding grounds – a case study from
Magdalenefjorden and Smeerenburgfjorden (NW Spitsbergen) in 2007-2009, Arctic
Frontiers 2010 Living In High North 24-29.01.2010, Tromso, Norway (poster)
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The role of deep water zooplankters in feeding ecology of Little Auks – the matter of quality, 12 th
Deep - sea Biology Symposium 7-11.06.2010, Reykjavik, Iceland (poster)
 Zooplankton composition at Little Auks’ foraging grounds - a case study from
Magdalenefjorden and Smeerenburgfjorden (NW Spitsbergen) in 2007-2009, 13 th
ISBE
Congress 26.09 – 01.10.2010, Perth, Australia (poster)
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Alternative diet of little auks as an adaptation to changing climate in the Arctic, Arctic
Frontiers 2011, Arctic Tipping Points 23-28.01.2011, Tromso, Norway (poster)
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Is climate warming modifying little auk’s chicks diet? A case study from NW
Spitsbergen (Magdalenefjorden, European Arctic), World Conference on Marine
Biodiversity 26-30.09.2011, Aberdeen United Kingdom
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The latitudinal gradient of key Arctic zooplankters distribution and its significance for ecosystem functioning., Ocean Sciences Meeting 23-28.02.2014, Honolulu, United States of America
Publications:

Stempniewicz L., Darecki M., Trudnowska E., Błachowiak-Samołyk K., Boehnke R ., Jakubas
D., Keslinka-Nawrot L., Kidawa D., Sagan S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K. (2013) Visual prey availability and distribution of foraging little auks (Alle alle) in the shelf waters of West
Spitsbergen.
Polar Biology , 36: 949-955
Trudnowska E., Szczucka J., Hoppe L., Boehnke R ., Hop H., Błachowiak-Samolyk K. (2012)
Multidimensional zooplankton observations on the northern West Spitsbergen Shelf.
Journal of
Marine Systems , 98: 18-25
Jakubas D., Głuchowska M., Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Karnovsky N. J., Keslinka L., Kidawa D.,
Walkusz W., Boehnke R
., Cisek M., Kwaśniewski S., Stempniewicz L. (2011) Different foraging effort does not influence body condition and stress level in little auks.
MarineEcology
Progress Series, 432: 277–290