EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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1996 - 2001 M.Sc., University of Gdansk, 2001
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2001 - 2006 Ph.D., Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot, 2006
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2006 -
Marine zooplankton ecologist, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot
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2006 -
Interchange Canada visiting fellowship to the Department of Fisheries and
Oceans, Winnipeg
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
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Ecology of zooplankton communities in the Arctic
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Zooplankton distribution and its consequences on foraging of planktivorous birds (Little
Auks Alle alle)
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Foraging of pelagic fish larvae on zooplankton in the Beaufort Sea
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Foraging of baleen whales (Bowhead, Balaena mysticetus) in the Beaufort Sea
ON-GOING PROJECTS:
 2008 -
WinAmp: Winter shift in amphipods’ feeding strategy? (lead: Monika Kędra,
IO PAS, Sopot, Poland)
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2006 -
A Survey of the Ecosystem on the Mackenzie Shelf, Beaufort Sea
Study Program (lead: Don Cobb, DFO, Winnipeg, Canada)
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2003 -
The Response of the Little Auk to Environmental Changes in Feeding
Grounds (lead: Katarzyna Wojczulanis - Jakubas, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland)
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2002 -
Little Auks as Marine Predators in a Changing Arctic (lead: Ann Harding,
Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, USA)
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2001 -
Consequences of Contrasting Foraging Conditions for Little Auks in
the Greenland Sea (lead: Nina Karnovsky, Pomona College, Pomona, USA)
PUBLICATIONS:
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Walkusz Wojciech, Joclyn E. Paulić, Sławomir Kwaśniewski, William J. Williams, Sally
Wong, Michael H. Papst:
Distribution, diversity and biomass of summer
zooplankton from the coastal Canadian Beaufort Sea. Polar Biology, DOI:
10.1007/s00300-009-0708-0.
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Wojczulanis-Jakubas K., Dariusz Jakubas, Nina J. Karnovsky, Wojciech Walkusz:
Foraging strategy of little auks under divergent conditions on feeding grounds.
Polar Research, in print.
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Walkusz Wojciech., Kwasniewski Sławek, Falk-Petersen Stig, Hop Haakon, Tverberg
Vigdis, Wieczorek Piotr and Weslawski Jan Marcin, 2009: Seasonal and spatial
changes in zooplankton composition in the glacially influenced Kongsfjorden,
Svalbard. Polar Research, 28: 254-281.
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Ann Marie Aglionby Harding, Carsten Egevang, Wojciech Walkusz, Flemming Merkel,
Stéphane Blanc, and David Grémillet, 2009: Estimating prey capture rates of a
planktivorous seabird, the little auk (Alle alle), using diet, diving behaviour, and
energy consumption. Polar Biology, 32: 785-796.
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Kasia Piwosz, Wojciech Walkusz, Ryszard Hapter, Piotr Wieczorek, Haakon Hop and
Józef Wiktor, 2009: Comparison of productivity and phytoplankton in a warm
(Kongsfjorden) and a cold (Hornsund) Spitsbergen fjord in mid-summer 2002.
Polar Biology, 32: 549 - 559.
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Ann Harding, Keith
Hobson, Wojciech Walkusz, Kasia Dmoch, Nina Karnovsky,
Thomas Van Pelt and Jan Lifjeld, 2008: Can stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N)
measurements of little auk (Alle alle) adults and chicks be used to track changes in
high-Arctic marine foodwebs? Polar Biology, 31: 725-733.
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Dariusz Jakubas, Katarzyna Wojczulanis and Wojciech Walkusz, 2007: Response of
dovekie to changes in food availability. Waterbirds, 30: 421-428.
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Wojciech Walkusz and Leszek Rolbiecki, 2007: Epibionts (Paracineta) and parasites
(Ellobiopsis) of copepods from Spitsbergen (Kongsfjorden area). Oceanologia, 49: 112.
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Wojciech Walkusz, Sławomir Kwaśniewski, Katarzyna Dmoch and Agnieszka
Beszczyńska – Möller, 2007: A contribution to the knowledge of Arctic zooplankton
diurnal variability (Kongsfjorden, Svalbard). Polish Polar Research, 28: 43-56.
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Wold Anette, Leu Eva, Walkusz Wojciech and Falk- Petersen Stig, 2007: Lipids in
different developmental stages of Calanus glacialis. Polar Biology, 30: 655-658.
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Wojczulanis Katarzyna, Jakubas Dariusz, Walkusz Wojciech and Wenneberg Liv, 2006:
Differences in food quantity and quality delivered to chick by male and female of
the monogamous Little Auk Alle alle during the chick rearing period. Journal of
Ornithology, 147: 543–548.
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Pempkowiak Janusz, Walkusz- Miotk Joanna, Bełdowski Jacek and Walkusz Wojciech,
2006: Concentrations of heavy metals in Copepoda and Cladocera from the
Southern Baltic. Chemosphere, 62: 1697-1708.
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Wojciech Walkusz, Sławomir Kwaśniewski, Katarzyna Dmoch, Haakon Hop, Maria
Iwona Żmijewska, Luiza Bielecka, Stig Falk-Petersen and Jacek Siciński, 2004:
Characteristics of the Arctic and Antarctic zooplankton in the neritic zone during
summer. Polish Polar Research, 25: 275-291.
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Wojciech Walkusz, Katharina Storemark, Torunn Skau, Charlotte Gannefors, Marte
Lundberg, 2003: Zooplankton community structure; a comparison of fjords, open
water and ice stations in the Svalbard area. Polish Polar Research, 24: 149-165.
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Nina J. Karnovsky, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Sławomir Kwaśniewski, Wojciech Walkusz,
Agnieszka Beszczyńska Moeller, 2003: The foraging behaviour of Little Auks in a
heterogeneous environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 253: 289-303.