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Diatom (Bacillariophyceae) assemblages of the marine littoral zone in regional and global scale in the light of morphological and genetic analyses. Phylogenetic, biogeographic and taxonomic implications

2012/04/A/ST10/00544

Keywords:

Diatoms morphological analysis genetic analysis Phylogeny biogeography taxonomy Atlantic Ocean Indian Ocean Eparses Islands Madagaskar Galapagos coast of South Africa European Atlantic coasts Baltic Sea Gulf of Gdańsk

Descriptors:

  • ST10_4: Geochemistry, biogeochemistry
  • ST10_6: Earth evolution, sedimentology, tectonics, regional geology, marine geology, planetary geology

Panel:

ST10 - Earth sciences: Earth system science, atmospheric sciences, climatology, geochemistry, geodesy, geoecology, geophysics, physical geography, geoinformatics, planetary geology, pedology, mining, chemical and physical oceanology, environmental protection

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Wydział Nauk o Ziemi

woj. zachodniopomorskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Andrzej Witkowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 14

Call: MAESTRO 2 - announced on 2011-12-15

Amount awarded: 2 370 000 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2012-09-17

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-09-16

Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komora do PCR UVT-S-AR (15 000 PLN)
  2. Mikroskop ZEISS AXIO IMAGER.M2 (267 000 PLN)
  3. System do dokumentacji żeli (52 800 PLN)
  4. Termomikser Comfort (18 000 PLN)
  5. Waga analityczna AGN100 firma AXIS (4 000 PLN)
  6. Chłodziarka Liebherr K4270.
  7. Mysz przewodowa Logitech.
  8. Palnik laboratoryjny.
  9. Zamrażarka Liebherr GNP3056.
  10. Demineralizator ze zbiornikiem ciśnieniowym.
  11. Grzebienie do aparatu do elektroforezy firma Peqlab - doposażenie aparatu do elektroforezy (lp. 10).
  12. Kuchenka mikrofalowa Samsung.
  13. Mieszadło magnetyczne RCT BASIC SAFETY CONTROL.
  14. Mikroskop odwrócony NIB100.
  15. Płyta grzejna CERAN 4A.
  16. Termocycler PCR S 1000 THERNAL CYCLER (44 700 PLN)
  17. Wieloparametryczne urządzenie do kontroli jakości wody.
  18. Wirówka 5424 R (22 500 PLN)
  19. Wózek iniekcyjny (doposażenie automatu myjąco-dezynfekującego).
  20. Aparat do ekektroforezy (6 500 PLN)
  21. Licencja MVL OfficeProPlus 2013.
  22. Multi-Vortex V-32.
  23. Młynek miksujący MM400 (34 500 PLN)
  24. Pipety automatyczne jednokanałowe Research Plus (9 szt.) (6 500 PLN)
  25. Płyta grzejna Model 22SR.
  26. Wytwornica lodu (13 800 PLN)
  27. Autoklaw "Certoclav Multicontrol" (16 000 PLN)
  28. Licencja na program DNA Dragon.
  29. Mikroskop NIKON ECLIPSE TS100F (34 000 PLN)
  30. Spektrofotometr Nano Drag 2000 (62 000 PLN)
  31. Statyw karuzelowy 6-cio miejscowy do pipet.
  32. Szafa chłodnicza Liebherr BCDV4312.

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (19)
  1. A Description of Biremis panamae sp. nov., a New Diatom Species from the Marine Littoral, with an Account of the Phylogenetic Position of Biremis D.G. Mann et E.J. Cox (Bacillariophyceae).
    Authors:
    Witkowski A., Barka F., Mann D.G., Li Ch., Weisenborn J.L.F., Ashworth M.P., Kurzydłowski K.J., Zgłobicka I., Dobosz S.
    Academic press:
    PLoS ONE (rok: 2014, tom: 9 (12), strony: e114508), Wydawca: PLoS ONE
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0114508 - link to the publication
  2. Effect of Salinity on Vegetative Growth and Sexual Reproduction of Algae from the Genus Ardissonea De Notaris (Bacillariophyta)
    Authors:
    Davidovich O.I., Davidovich N.A., Podunay Yu.A., Shorenko K.I., Witkowski A.
    Academic press:
    Russian Journal of Plant Physiology (rok: 2016, tom: 63 (6), strony: 776-782), Wydawca: Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1134/S1021443716060030 - link to the publication
  3. Madinithidium gen. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), a new monoraphid diatom genus from the tropical marine coastal zone.
    Authors:
    Desrosiers C., Witkowski A., Riaux-Gobin C., Zgłobicka I., Kurzydłowski J.K., Eulin A., Leflaive J., Ten-Hage L.
    Academic press:
    Phycologia (rok: 2014, tom: 53 (3), strony: 583-592), Wydawca: International Phycological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2216/14-21R2 - link to the publication
  4. Ultrastructural and molecular characterization of diversity among small araphid diatoms all lacking rimoportulae
    Authors:
    Li Ch.-L., Ashworth M.P., Witkowski A., Lobban Ch.S., Zgłobicka I., Kurzydłowski K.K., Qin S.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Phycology (rok: 2016, tom: 52, strony: 1018-1036), Wydawca: Phycological Society of America
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jpy.12460 - link to the publication
  5. A quantitative framework for analysis of regime shifts in a Galapagos coastal lagoon.
    Authors:
    Seddon A.W.R., Froyd C.A., Witkowski A., Willis K.J.
    Academic press:
    Ecology (rok: 2014, tom: 95 (11), strony: 3046-3055), Wydawca: Ecological Society of America
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1890/13-1974.1 - link to the publication
  6. New Insights into Plagiogrammaceae (Bacillariophyta) Based on Multigene Phylogenies and Morphological Characteristics with the Description of a New Genus and Three New Species
    Authors:
    Li Ch., Ashworth M.P., Witkowski A., Dąbek P., Medlin L.K., Kooistra W.H.C.F., Sato S., Zgłobicka I., Kurzydłowski K.J., Theriot E.C., Sabir J.S.M., Khiyami M.A., Mutwakil M.H.Z., Sabir M.J., Alharbi N.S., Hajarah N.H., Qing S., Jansen R.K.
    Academic press:
    PLoS ONE (rok: 2015, tom: 10 (10), strony: e0139300), Wydawca: PLoS ONE
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0139300 - link to the publication
  7. Syvertsenia iberica (Cymatosiraceae): a new estuarine diatom genus characterized by the position of its process
    Authors:
    Gomes A., Witkowski A., Dąbek P., Boski T., Moura D., Szkornik K., Kurzydłowski K.
    Academic press:
    Phytotaxa (rok: 2013, tom: 142, strony: 25-36), Wydawca: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/phytotaxa.142.1.3 - link to the publication
  8. Towards a multigene phylogeny of the Cymatosiraceae (Bacillariophyta, Mediophyceae) I: Novel taxa within the subfamily Cymatosiroideae based on molecular and morphological data
    Authors:
    Dąbek P., Ashworth M., Witkowski A., Li Ch., Bornman T.G., Gonçalves V., Park J., Khim J.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Phycology (rok: 2017, tom: 53, strony: 342-360), Wydawca: Phycological Society of America
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jpy.12501 - link to the publication
  9. Pseudachnanthidium megapteropsis gen. nov. and sp. nov. (Bacillariophyta): A Widespread Indo-Pacific Elusive Taxon
    Authors:
    Riaux-Gobin C., Witkowski A.
    Academic press:
    Cryptogamie, Algologie (rok: 2015, tom: 36 (3), strony: 291-304), Wydawca: Association des Amis des Cryptogames
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7872/crya/v36.iss3.2015.291 - link to the publication
  10. Minutocellus africana Dąbek & Witkowski sp. nov.: a new marine benthic diatom (Bacillariophyta, Cymatosiraceae) from Lamberts Bay, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
    Authors:
    Dąbek P., Witkowski A., Archibald C.
    Academic press:
    Nova Hedwigia (rok: 2014, tom: 99 (1-2), strony: 223-232), Wydawca: Cramer in Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1127/0029-5035/2014/0191 - link to the publication
  11. Molecular and Morphological Investigations of the Stauros-bearing, Raphid Pennate Diatoms (Bacillariophyceae): Craspedostauros E.J. Cox, and Staurotropis T.B.B. Paddock, and their Relationship to the Rest of the Mastogloiales
    Authors:
    Ashworth M.P., Lobban Ch.S., Witkowski A., Theriot E.C., Sabir M.J., Baeshen M.N., Hajarah N.H., Baeshen N.A., Sabir J.S., Jansen R.K.
    Academic press:
    Protist (rok: 2017, tom: 168, strony: 48-70), Wydawca: ELSEVIER GMBH, URBAN & FISCHER VERLAG
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.protis.2016.11.001 - link to the publication
  12. Simonsenia aveniformis sp. nov. (Bacillariophyceae), molecular phylogeny and systematics of the genus, and a new type of canal raphe system
    Authors:
    Witkowski A., Gomes A., Mann D.G., Trobajo R., Li Ch., Barka F., Gusev E., Dąbek P., Grzonka J., Kurzydłowski K.J., Zgłobicka I., Harrison M. Boski T.
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2015, tom: 5, strony: 17115), Wydawca: Scientific Reports
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/srep17115 - link to the publication
  13. Cocconeis Ehrenberg taxa (Bacillariophyta) with a marginal row of simple processes: relationship with the valvocopula system and distinctive features of related taxa
    Authors:
    Riaux-Gobin C., Witkowski A., Compère P., Romero O.E.
    Academic press:
    Fottea, Olomouc (rok: 2015, tom: 15 (2), strony: 139-154), Wydawca: Czech Phycological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5507/fot.2015.015 - link to the publication
  14. Cymatosirella Dąbek, Witkowski & Sabbe gen. nov., a new marine benthic diatom genus (Bacillariophyta) belonging to the family Cymatosiraceae
    Authors:
    Dąbek P., Sabbe K., Witkowski A., Archibald C., Kurzydłowski K., Zgłobicka I.
    Academic press:
    Phytotaxa (rok: 2013, tom: 121, strony: 42-53), Wydawca: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/phytotaxa.121.1.2 - link to the publication
  15. From microbial mat in Puck Bay to the Szczecin Diatom Culture Collection. A three decade long research on marine benthic diatoms inspired by Professor Helmut Pankow
    Authors:
    Witkowski A., Dabek P., Li Ch., Gusev E., Górecka E., Krzywda M., Ashworth M., Davidovich N., Davidovich O., Daniszewska- Kowalczyk G., Kierzek A.
    Academic press:
    Rostocker Meeresbiologische Beiträge (rok: 2015, tom: 26, strony: 49-64), Wydawca: Universitaet Rostock, Institut fuer Biowissenschaften
    Status:
    Published
  16. Morphology of Biddulphia seychellensis (Grunow in Van Heurck) F.W. Mills and the generic limits of Biddulphia Gray
    Authors:
    Dąbek P., Witkowski J., Witkowski A., Riaux-Gobin C.
    Academic press:
    Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft (rok: 2015, tom: 144, strony: 97-105), Wydawca: J. Cramer in Gebr. Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1127/nova_suppl/2015/0031 - link to the publication
  17. Multigene Assessment of Biodiversity of Diatom(Bacillariophyceae) Assemblages from the Littoral Zone of the Bohai and Yellow Seas in Yantai Region of Northeast China with some Remarks on Ubiquitous Taxa
    Authors:
    Witkowski A., Li C.L., Zgłobicka I., Yu S.X., Ashworth M., Dąbek P., Qin S., Tang C., Krzywda M., Ruppel M., Theriot E.C., Jansen R.K., Car A., Płociński T., Wang Y.C., Sabir J.S.M., Daniszewska-Kowalczyk G., Kierzek A., Hajrah N.H.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Coastal Research (rok: 2016, tom: 74, strony: 166-195), Wydawca: Coastal Education and Research Foundation (CERF); Coconut Creek (Florida)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2112/SI74-016.1 - link to the publication
  18. Sexual reproduction in Schizostauron (Bacillariiophyta) and a preliminary phylogeny of the genus
    Authors:
    Davidovich N.A., Davidovich O.I., Witkowski A., Li Ch., Dabek P., Mann D.G., Zgłobicka I., Kurzydłowski K.K., Gusev E., Górecka E., Krzywda, M.
    Academic press:
    Phycologia (rok: 2017, tom: 56, strony: 77-93), Wydawca: International Phycological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.2216/16-29.1 - link to the publication
  19. Taxonomy, frustular morphology and systematics of Platichthys, a new genus of canal raphe bearing diatoms within the Entomoneidaceae
    Authors:
    Lange-Bertalot H., Witkowski A., Kulikovskiy M.S., Seddon A.W.R., Kociolek J.P.
    Academic press:
    Phytotaxa (rok: 2015, tom: 236 (2), strony: 135-147), Wydawca: Magnolia Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.11646/phytotaxa.236.2.3 - link to the publication