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The Impact of Pollution on Diversity and Density of Benthic Macroinvertebrates in Mountain and Upland Rivers by Kownacki, Andrzej, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa

“…This article summarizes the studies concerning the impact of pollutants on benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the mountain and upland rivers of southern…”
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Physicochemical characteristics of the Dombrovska pit lake (Ukraine) formed in an opencast potassium salt mine and the genome response of Chironomus salinarius Kieffer (Chironomidae, Diptera) to these conditions by Michailova, Paraskeva, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Kownacki, Andrzej

“…This study focuses on the Dombrovska pit lake, near the city of Kalush in Ukraine, which is a former potassium salt mine filled with brine and freshwater. The…”
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The Effects of Channelization with Low In-Stream Barriers on Macroinvertebrate Communities of Mountain Rivers by Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Ciszewski, Dariusz, Kownacki, Andrzej

“…The effects of channelization with low in-stream barriers in mountain rivers on macroinvertebrate communities are still weakly recognised. We aimed to assess…”
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Dr Marta Margreiter–Kownacka (1939-2012) by Andrzej Kownacki

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Response of Cladocera Fauna to Heavy Metal Pollution, Based on Sediments from Subsidence Ponds Downstream of a Mine Discharge (S. Poland) by Pociecha, Agnieszka, Wojtal, Agata Z., Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Cieplok, Anna, Ciszewski, Dariusz, Kownacki, Andrzej

“…Mining is recognized to deeply influence invertebrate assemblages in aquatic systems, but different invertebrates respond in different ways to mining…”
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Genome instability in Chironomus annularius sensu Strenzke (Diptera, Chironomidae): A biomarker for assessment of the heavy metal contaminants in Poland by Michailova, Paraskeva, Ilkova, Julia, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Kownacki, Andrzej, Ciszewski, Dariusz

“…We studied the effect of heavy metal contaminations on genome instability of Chironomus annularius sensu Strenzke from three sampling sites on the River…”
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Comparison of selected parts of larval morphology in some species of the genus Chironomus (Diptera: Chironomidae) using Scanning Electron Microscope by Kownacki, Andrzej, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Dykas, Michał, Jabłońska-Barna, Izabela, Michailova, Paraskeva

“…Comparison of small sized and weakly chitinized structures such as the labrum (labral setae SI-SIII, labral lamella, tormal bar, pecten epipharings) and the…”
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The importance of scanning electron microscopy (sem) in taxonomy and morphology of Chironomidae (Diptera) by Kownacki, Andrzej, Szarek-Gviazda, Eva, Woźnicka, Olga

“…The paper reports on the value of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) in the taxonomy and morphology of Chironomidae. This method has been relatively rarely…”
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Genomic alterations recorded in two species of Chironomidae (Diptera) in the Upper Jurassic limestone area of the Ojców National Park in Poland attributable to natural and anthropogenic factors by Paraskeva MICHAILOVA, Ewa SZAREK-GWIAZDA, Andrzej KOWNACKI, Elżbieta WARCHAŁOWSKA-SLIWA

“…The Ojców National Park is situated in southern Poland in an area of Jurassic limestone, which determines the hydrochemistry of the water in the River Prądnik…”
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Does the subfossil Chironomidae in sediments of small ponds reflect changes in wastewater discharges from a Zn–Pb mine? by Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Kownacki, Andrzej, Michailova, Paraskeva, Ilkova, Julia, Pociecha, Agnieszka, Ciszewski, Dariusz

“…This study was aimed to show whether subfossil Chironomidae (Diptera) may be useful tool for assessing toxicity of heavy metals in the aquatic environment…”
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Prodiamesa olivacea Meigen and Prodiamesa bureshi Michailova (Diptera, Chironomidae, Prodiamesinae) as a candidate for assessing the genotoxicity of trace metals in fluvial sediments by Ilkova, Julia, Michailova, Paraskeva, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Kownacki, Andrzej, Ciszewski, Dariusz

“…The genome response, realized by structure chromosome rearrangements in the polytene chromosomes of two sibling species Prodiamesa bureshi Michailova and…”
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Larva of Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) glaucus (Meigen 1818) (Chironomidae, Diptera)-morphology by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), karyotype, and biology in laboratory conditions by Kownacki, Andrzej, Woznicka, Olga, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Michailova, Paraskeva

“…Larvae belonging to the family Chironomidae are difficult to identify. The aim of the present study was to describe the larval morphology of G. (G.) glaucus…”
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Chromium bioavailability in aquatic systems impacted by tannery wastewaters. Part 1: Understanding chromium accumulation by indigenous chironomids by Vignati, D.A.L., Ferrari, B.J.D., Roulier, J.-L., Coquery, M., Szalinska, E., Bobrowski, A., Czaplicka, A., Kownacki, A., Dominik, J.

“…The tanning industry uses large quantities of Cr whose contribution to the contaminant burden of aquatic organisms is not yet fully understood. The present…”
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Morphology of the adult male and pupal exuviae of Glyptotendipes ( Glyptotendipes ) glaucus (Meigen 1818) (Diptera, Chironomidae) using scanning electron microscope (SEM) by Kownacki, Andrzej, Woznicka, Olga, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Michailova, Paraskeva, Czaplicka, Anna

“…In this paper, a study of the morphology of the pupa and male imago of Glyptotendipes (G.) glaucus (Meigen 1818) was carried out, with the aid of a scanning…”
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Does biodiversity of macroinvertebrates and genome response of Chironomidae larvae (Diptera) reflect heavy metal pollution in a small pond? by Michailova, Paraskeva, Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elzbieta, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Kownacki, Andrzej

“…The investigation was carried out on a small pond situated on a recent mine spoil at Bolesław in the Olkusz region with Zn–Pb ore deposits. Water of the pond…”
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The effect of long-term contamination by heavy metals on community and genome alterations of Chironomidae (Diptera) in a stream with mine drainage water (southern Poland) by Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa, Michailova, Pareskeva, Ilkova, Julia, Kownacki, Andrzej, Ciszewski, Dariusz, Aleksander-Kwaterczak, Urszula

“…This paper reports on studies of the effect of heavy metals on the Chironomidae that inhabit the Matylda stream, which has been contaminated for about 100…”
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Chironomus polonicus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from southern Poland by Michailova, Paraskeva, Kownacki, Andrzej, Langton, Peter H

“…The paper describes larval, pupal and adult morphology as well as the karyotype of Chironomus polonicus sp. n. from southern Poland. The material has been…”
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Two cytotypes of Kiefferulus tendipediformis (Goetghebuer, 1921) (Diptera, Chironomidae) by Michailova, Paraskeva, Kownacki, Andrzej, Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta, Szarek-Gwiazda, Ewa

“…The material identified as Kiefferulus tendipediformis on the basis of the larval morphology consisted of two cytogenetically distinct species, which we called…”
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Cytogenetic variability in species of genus Chironomus (Dip-tera, Chironomidae) from Poland by Michailova, Paraskeva, Warchałowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta, Krastanov, Boris, Kownacki, Andrzej

“…Chromosome variability was analyzed in three Chironomus species: Chironomus plumosus L., Chi-ronomus muratensis Ryser, Scholl & Wulker, and Chironomus…”
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Spring benthic macroinvertebrate communities of selected streams in the high Caucasus (Azerbaijan SSR) by KOWNACKI, A

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