Education
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2004: M.Sc. at University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biological Oceanography
2004-2010: PhD in Earth Sciences; Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of
Sciences. PhD thesis: Biodiversity and ecology of Arctic hydroids (Cnidaria,
Hydrozoa)
Courses
 2002 - Biology of Marine Mammals - University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
 2005, 2006, 2008 - Taxonomy of Arctic hydroids under supervision of Dr. Peter
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Schuchert. Natural History Museum in Geneva, Switzerland
2005 - Taxonomy of hydroids under supervision of Prof. Sophia Stepanjants.
Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St.Petersburg
2009 - Numerical methods in ecology - Nicolas Copernicus University, Toruń - 2009
Professional interests
Ecology of Arctic benthic Hydrozoa
Taxonomy of hydroids
Ecology of marine organisms
On- going projects
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Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of Arctic benthic hydroids
Taxonomy and ecology of hydroids from Southern Indian Ocean (with special interest
on Family Aglaopheniidae)
Publications
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Ronowicz, M. 2005. Species diversity of Arctic gravel beach: case study for species
poor habitats. Polish Polar Research 26 (4): 287-297
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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
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Ronowicz, M. & Schuchert P. 2007. Halecium arcticum, (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa), a new
hydroid from Spitsbergen. Zootaxa 1549: 55-62
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Ronowicz, M., Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kuklinski, 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
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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
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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, 1437-1445
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Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Depth and substraterelated patterns of species richness and distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)
in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard). Marine Ecology (Suppl. 1), 165-176
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Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Hydroid epifaunal
communities in Arctic coastal waters: effects of substrate characteristics. Polar
Biology, 36, 705-718
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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 (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in an Arctic glacial fjord. Polar Research
(submitted)
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Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. Diversity, zoogeography and reproductive trends in
Arctic Hydrozoa (in prep.)
Grants and research expeditions
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2003 – Research expedition to Spitsbergen – Biodiversity of Arctic gravel beaches
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2005 – State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – 2 PO4 F06529 – Biodiversity
and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
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2006 – European-funded Integrated Infrastructure Initiative - SYNTHESYS – grant
NL-TAF- 2789 - Taxonomical studies of hydroids from Arctic regions – scientific visit
to Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark
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2006 - Scientific, diving expedition to Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen - Biodiversity and
ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
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2007 - Research cruise with RV Lance to Rijpfjorden, Svalbard
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2008-2010 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – N N304 071934 –
Factors influencing distribution and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
2010 - State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – 593/N-AODP/2009/0 –
Taxonomy and biodiversity of Svalbard hydroids
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2012-2015 - National Science Centre, Poland – 2012/04/M/NZ8/00670 – Biodiversity
and ecology of Hydrozoa on the extreme edges of global climate - comparison of
fauna from Svalbard (polar zone) and Comoros (tropical zone)