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Krzysztof Zawierucha is affiliated with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. Their research primarily spans environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable focus on polar research and ecology, tardigrade biology and ecology, and microbial community ecology and physiology. The work also covers biocrusts and microbial ecology, cryospheric studies and observations, geology and paleoclimatology research, as well as radioactive contamination and transfer.

Zawierucha has contributed to multiple scientific publications, particularly in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Polar Biology
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jakub Buda, Roberto Ambrosini, Andrea Franzetti, Francesca Pittino, and Edyta Łokas.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Zawierucha include:

  • "A hole in the nematosphere: tardigrades and rotifers dominate the cryoconite hole environment, whereas nematodes are missing" (2020) published in Journal of Zoology
  • "Trophic and symbiotic links between obligate-glacier water bears (Tardigrada) and cryoconite microorganisms" (2022) published in PLoS ONE
  • "Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat" (2020) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Cryoconite - From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Biotope and biocenosis of cryoconite hole ecosystems on Ecology Glacier in the maritime Antarctic" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Their research subjects include detailed ecological investigations of glacial and cryoconite hole ecosystems, examining the biological and symbiotic relationships within these environments. Work on tardigrades, rotifers, and microorganisms contributes to a deeper understanding of biodiversity and ecosystem dynamics in polar and glacial habitats.

Zawierucha's research scope also involves broader topics such as global and planetary change, atmospheric sciences, and oceanography, which frame their ecological studies within the context of environmental transformations and climate-related processes.

Best Publications

  • The terrestrial and freshwater invertebrate biodiversity of the archipelagoes of the Barents Sea; Svalbard, Franz Josef Land and Novaya Zemlya

    S.J. Coulson;P. Convey;K. Aakra;L. Aarvik

  • Tardigrades from Peru (South America), with descriptions of three new species of Parachela.

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Joanna Paulina Cytan;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Dawid Diduszko

  • Accumulation of atmospheric radionuclides and heavy metals in cryoconite holes on an Arctic glacier

    Edyta Łokas;Agata Zaborska;Małgorzata Kolicka;Michał Różycki

  • Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry

    Daniel Stec;Piotr Gąsiorek;Witold Morek;Paulina Kosztyła

  • What animals can live in cryoconite holes? A faunal review

    K. Zawierucha;M. Kolicka;N. Takeuchi;Ł. Kaczmarek

  • Cryoconite – From minerals and organic matter to bioengineered sediments on glacier's surfaces

    Piotr Rozwalak;Paweł Podkowa;Jakub Buda;Przemysław Niedzielski

  • Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat.

    Marek Stibal;James A. Bradley;Arwyn Edwards;Scott Hotaling

  • A hole in the nematosphere: tardigrades and rotifers dominate the cryoconite hole environment, whereas nematodes are missing

    K. Zawierucha;D. L. Porazinska;G. F. Ficetola;G. F. Ficetola;R. Ambrosini

  • Experimental taxonomy confirms the environmental stability of morphometric traits in a taxonomically challenging group of microinvertebrates

    Paulina Kosztyła;Daniel Stec;Witold Morek;Piotr Gąsiorek

  • High Mitochondrial Diversity in a New Water Bear Species (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada) from Mountain Glaciers in Central Asia, with the Erection of a New Genus Cryoconicus

    Krzysztof Zawierucha;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Daniel Stec;Dorota Lachowska-Cierlik;Nozomu Takeuchi

  • An integrative description of Ramazzottius subanomalus (Biserov, 1985 (Tardigrada) from Poland

    Daniel Stec;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • An integrative redescription of the nominal taxon for the Mesobiotus harmsworthi group (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae) leads to descriptions of two new Mesobiotus species from Arctic

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Jakub Buda;Daniel Stec

  • Revision of Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) refutes the polar-temperate distribution of the genus.

    Piotr Gąsiorek;Daniel Stec;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Reinhardt MøBJERG Kristensen

  • Untangling systematics of the Paramacrobiotus areolatus species complex by an integrative redescription of the nominal species for the group, with multilocus phylogeny and species delineation in the genus Paramacrobiotus

    Daniel Stec;Łukasz Krzywański;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • The sources of high airborne radioactivity in cryoconite holes from the Caucasus (Georgia)

    Edyta Łokas;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Anna Cwanek;Katarzyna Szufa

  • Tardigrada and Rotifera from moss microhabitats on a disappearing Ugandan glacier, with the description of a new species of water bear.

    Krzysztof Zawierucha;Piotr Gąsiorek;Jakub Buda;Jun Uetake

  • The microorganisms of cryoconite holes (algae, Archaea, bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, and Protista): a review

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Natalia Jakubowska;Sofia Celewicz-Gołdyn;Krzysztof Zawierucha

  • Occurrence of integrons and antibiotic resistance genes in cryoconite and ice of Svalbard, Greenland, and the Caucasus glaciers.

    Nicoletta Makowska;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Paulina Nadobna;Kinga Piątek-Bajan

  • Biotope and biocenosis of cryoconite hole ecosystems on Ecology Glacier in the maritime Antarctic

    Jakub Buda;Edyta Łokas;Mirosława Pietryka;Dorota Richter

  • Tardigrada of the Revdalen (Spitsbergen) with the descriptions of two new species: Bryodelphax parvuspolaris (Heterotardigrada) and Isohypsibius coulsoni (Eutardigrada)

    Łukasz Kaczmarek;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Jerzy Smykla;Jerzy Smykla;Łukasz Michalczyk

  • An integrative revision of Mesocrista Pilato, 1987 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae)

    Piotr Gąsiorek;Daniel Stec;Witold Morek;Krzysztof Zawierucha

  • The influence of a seabird colony on abundance and species composition of water bears (Tardigrada) in Hornsund (Spitsbergen, Arctic)

    Krzysztof Zawierucha;Katarzyna Zmudczyńska-Skarbek;Łukasz Kaczmarek;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas

  • Snapshot of micro-animals and associated biotic and abiotic environmental variables on the edge of the south-west Greenland ice sheet

    Krzysztof Zawierucha;Krzysztof Zawierucha;Jakub Buda;Mirosława Pietryka;Dorota Richter

Frequent Co-Authors

Łukasz Kaczmarek
Łukasz Kaczmarek Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Łukasz Michalczyk
Łukasz Michalczyk Jagiellonian University
Nozomu Takeuchi
Nozomu Takeuchi Chiba University
Andrea Franzetti
Andrea Franzetti University of Milano-Bicocca
Roberto Ambrosini
Roberto Ambrosini University of Milan
Michał Bogdziewicz
Michał Bogdziewicz Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Dorota L. Porazinska
Dorota L. Porazinska University of Florida
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen
Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen University of Copenhagen
Witold Szczuciński
Witold Szczuciński Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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