Search Results - "Legeżyńska, Joanna"
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Assessment of exposure of benthic organisms to selected organochlorine pollutants in the west Spitsbergen fjords
Published in The Science of the total environment (20-10-2023)“…Climate-related changes in environmental conditions, such as reduction of sea ice, intensive glacier retreat, and increasing summer precipitation, directly…”
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The shallow benthic food web structure in the high Arctic does not follow seasonal changes in the surrounding environment
Published in Estuarine, coastal and shelf science (01-12-2012)“…Seasonality, quality and quantity of food resources strongly affect fitness and survival of polar fauna. Most research conducted in polar areas has been…”
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Particulate organic matter sinks and sources in high Arctic fjord
Published in Journal of marine systems (01-11-2014)“…The main aim of this paper is to present results on concentrations, fluxes and isotopic composition (δ13Corg) of particulate and sedimentary organic carbon…”
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Sedimentary organic matter sources, benthic consumption and burial in west Spitsbergen fjords – Signs of maturing of Arctic fjordic systems?
Published in Journal of marine systems (01-04-2018)“…Mature ecosystems sequester little organic carbon (Corg) in sediments, as the complex and effective food webs consume most available organic matter within the…”
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Macrobenthic diversity response to the atlantification of the Arctic Ocean (Fram Strait, 79°N) – A taxonomic and functional trait approach
Published in Ecological indicators (01-11-2022)“…•After warm period in the Fram Strait macrofauna density and taxonomic diversity increased.•Macrofauna taxonomic composition changed significantly after a warm…”
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Identifying trophic relationships within the high Arctic benthic community: how much can fatty acids tell?
Published in Marine biology (01-04-2014)“…Multivariate analysis of fatty acids (FA) profiles proved to be a useful tool for demonstrating feeding preferences of Arctic invertebrates belonging to…”
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Unexpected Levels of Biological Activity during the Polar Night Offer New Perspectives on a Warming Arctic
Published in Current biology (05-10-2015)“…The current understanding of Arctic ecosystems is deeply rooted in the classical view of a bottom-up controlled system with strong physical forcing and…”
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Is the trophic diversity of marine benthic consumers decoupled from taxonomic and functional trait diversity? Isotopic niches of Arctic communities
Published in Limnology and oceanography (01-09-2019)“…It is predicted that a diverse array of functional traits in species-rich assemblages can lead to strong resource partitioning among coexisting species and…”
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Lack of strong seasonality in macrobenthic communities from the northern Barents Sea shelf and Nansen Basin
Published in Progress in oceanography (01-12-2023)“…•Macrofauna taxonomic and functional composition remained seasonally constant.•A sediment “food bank” might be responsible for lack of seasonality in…”
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Will shrinking body size and increasing species diversity of crustaceans follow the warming of the Arctic littoral?
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-10-2020)“…Over thirty species of littoral marine Gammaridea occur along the coasts of the North Atlantic. From one to several species can coexist in a single region…”
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When season does not matter: summer and winter trophic ecology of Arctic amphipods
Published in Hydrobiologia (01-03-2012)“…Polar marine ecosystems’ functioning is known to be strongly affected by the seasonality of water column production. However, a response of benthic organisms…”
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Gammarus (Amphipoda) species competitive exclusion or coexistence as a result of climate change in the Arctic?
Published in Polish polar research (01-01-2021)“…The coexistence of two congeneric amphipods, boreal Gammarus oceanicus, and arctic G. setosus, was studied during the summer seasons of 2017-2019 in the region…”
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Range extension of a boreal amphipod Gammarus oceanicus in the warming Arctic
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-08-2018)“…The recent (2008–2016) occurrence of a boreal intertidal amphipod Gammarus oceanicus along the Spitsbergen coast is compared with corresponding data from 1980…”
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Seasonal constancy (summer vs. winter) of benthic size spectra in an Arctic fjord
Published in Polar biology (15-07-2019)“…Size spectra are important descriptors of community structure and can indicate changes in community functioning in response to shifts in environmental…”
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First records of Lacydonia eliasoni Hartmann-Schröder, 1996 (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) in the European Arctic
Published in Polish polar research (27-06-2017)“…Lacydonia (Polychaeta: Phyllodocida) is a poorly known genus containing 16 species that are sporadically collected in low densities all over the world oceans…”
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Hermit crabs (Pagurus spp.) at their northernmost range: distribution, abundance and shell use in the European Arctic
Published in Polar research (01-01-2015)“…Hermit crabs are important components of Arctic benthic systems, yet baseline data on their densities and distribution patterns in this rapidly changing region…”
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The malacostracan fauna of two Arctic fjords (west Spitsbergen): the diversity and distribution patterns of its pelagic and benthic components
Published in Oceanologia (01-10-2017)“…This study examines the performance of pelagic and benthic Malacostraca in two glacial fjords of west Spitsbergen: Kongsfjorden, strongly influenced by warm…”
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Kelp forest as a habitat for mobile epifauna: case study of Caprella septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in an Arctic glacial fjord
Published in Polar research (01-01-2013)“…Distribution and abundance of the amphipod Caprella septentrionalis in relation to environmental conditions and habitat preferences were investigated in a kelp…”
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Food resource partitioning among Arctic sublittoral lysianassoid amphipods in summer
Published in Polar biology (01-05-2008)“…Five species of lysianassoid amphipods ( Anonyx nugax , Anonyx sarsi , Onisimus caricus , Onisimus edwardsii , Orchomenella minuta ) co-occur in the shallow…”
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Can seabirds modify carbon burial in fjords?
Published in Oceanologia (01-10-2017)“…Two high latitude fjords of Spitsbergen (Hornsund 77°N and Kongsfjorden 79°N) are regarded as being highly productive (70g and 50gCm−2year−1) and having…”
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