Education 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
2004-2010: PhD in Earth Sciences; Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences. PhD thesis: Biodiversity and ecology of Arctic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)
Taxonomy and ecology of hydroids from Southern Indian Ocean (with special interest on Family Aglaopheniidae)
Publications
Ronowicz, M. 2005. Species diversity of Arctic gravel beach: case study for species poor habitats. Polish Polar Research 26 (4): 287-297
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
Ronowicz, M. & Schuchert P. 2007. Halecium arcticum, (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa),a new hydroid from Spitsbergen. Zootaxa 1549: 55-62
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
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
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
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Depth and substrate- related patterns of species richness and distribution of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Arctic coastal waters (Svalbard). Marine Ecology (Suppl. 1), 165-176
Ronowicz, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M. & Kukliński, P. 2013. Hydroid epifaunal communities in Arctic coastal waters: effects of substrate characteristics. Polar Biology, 36, 705-718
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)
Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. Diversity, zoogeography and reproductive trends in Arctic Hydrozoa (in prep.)
2003 – Research expedition to Spitsbergen – Biodiversity of Arctic gravel beaches
2005 – State Committee for Scientific Research Grants – 2 PO4 F06529 – Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
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
2006 - Scientific, diving expedition to Hornsund Fjord, Spitsbergen - Biodiversity and ecology of hydroids from Hornsund Fjord
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)