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Cryoconite holes - unique habitats for tardigrades. How tundra ecosystems influence water bears (Tardigrada) assemblages in cryoconite holes?

2013/11/N/NZ8/00597

Keywords:

Tardigrada glaciers tundra biome cryoconite holes extreme ecosystems

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity
  • NZ8_12: Zoology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

woj. wielkopolskie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

Krzysztof Zawierucha 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call: PRELUDIUM 6 - announced on 2013-09-16

Amount awarded: 149 996 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2014-07-10

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2017-07-09

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Komputer przenośny (notebook) z wzmocnioną obudową (3 500 PLN)
  2. Mikroskop laboratoryjny do obserwacji w technice jasnego pola, ciemnego pola oraz kontrastu fazowego (40 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (9)
  1. Area, depth and elevation of cryoconite holes in the Arctic do not influence Tardigrada densities.
    Authors:
    Zawierucha K, Vonnahme TR, Devetter M, Kolicka M, Ostrowska M, Chmielewski S, Kosicki JZ.
    Academic press:
    Polish Polar Research (rok: 2016, tom: 37, strony: 325-334), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/popore-2016-0009 - link to the publication
  2. Diversity and distribution of Tardigrada in Arctic cryoconite holes
    Authors:
    Zawierucha K, Ostrowska M, Vonnahme TR, Devetter M, Nawrot AP, Lehmann S, & Kolicka M.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Limnology (rok: 2016, tom: 75, strony: 545-559), Wydawca: CNR
    Status:
    Published
  3. First report of microorganisms of Caucasus glaciers (Georgia)
    Authors:
    Makowska N, Zawierucha K, Mokracka J, Koczura R.
    Academic press:
    Biologia (rok: 2016, tom: 71, strony: 620-625), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/biolog-2016-0086 - link to the publication
  4. The microorganisms of cryoconite holes (algae, Archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, and Protista): a review
    Authors:
    Łukasz Kaczmarek, Natalia Jakubowska, Sofia Celewicz-Gołdyn, Krzysztof Zawierucha
    Academic press:
    Polar record (rok: 2016, tom: 52, strony: 176-203), Wydawca: Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1017/S0032247415000637 - link to the publication
  5. Accumulation of atmospheric radionuclides and heavy metals in cryoconite holes on an Arctic glacier
    Authors:
    Łokas A, Zaborska A, Kolicka M, Różycki M, Zawierucha K.
    Academic press:
    Chemosphere (rok: 2016, tom: 160, strony: 162-172), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.051 - link to the publication
  6. Snapshot of micro-animals and associated biotic and abiotic environmental variables on the edge of the south-west Greenland ice sheet
    Authors:
    Zawierucha K, Buda J, Pietryka M, Richter D, Lehmann-Konera S, Makowska N, Bogdziewicz M
    Academic press:
    Limnology (rok: 2017, tom: N/A, strony: 45301), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10201-017-0528-9 - link to the publication
  7. What animals can live in cryoconite holes? A faunal review
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Zawierucha, Małgorzata Kolicka, Nozomu Takeuchi, Łukasz Kaczmarek
    Academic press:
    Journal of Zoology (rok: 2015, tom: 295, strony: 159-169), Wydawca: The Zoological Society of London
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/jzo.12195 - link to the publication
  8. Extreme weather event results in the removal of invertebrates from cryoconite holes on an Arctic valley glacier (Longyearbreen, Svalbard)
    Authors:
    Zawierucha K, Buda J, Nawrot A
    Academic press:
    Ecological Research (rok: 2019, tom: N/A, strony: N/A), Wydawca: Wiley
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  9. Applicability of cryoconite consortia of microorganisms and glacier-dwelling animals in astrobiological studies
    Authors:
    Zawierucha K, Ostrowska M, Kolicka M
    Academic press:
    Contemporary Trends in Geosciences (rok: 2017, tom: 6, strony: 45301), Wydawca: De Gruyter
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1515/ctg-2017-0001 - link to the publication