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Lech Stempniewicz

Lech Stempniewicz

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
31
Citations
2672
World Ranking
8289
National Ranking
33

Overview

Lech Stempniewicz is affiliated with the University of Gdańsk in Poland and has made notable contributions primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in their work include Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, cryospheric studies and observations, avian ecology and behavior, climate change and permafrost, marine animal studies overview, climate variability and models, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Stempniewicz's recent publications include:

  • "Flexibility of little auks foraging in various oceanographic features in a changing Arctic" (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • "Yes, they can: polar bears Ursus maritimus successfully hunt Svalbard reindeer Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus" (2021, Polar Biology)
  • "The Little Auk Alle alle: an ecological indicator of a changing Arctic and a model organism" (2021, Polar Biology)
  • "Advection of Atlantic water masses influences seabird community foraging in a high-Arctic fjord" (2021, Progress In Oceanography)
  • "Abundance, habitat use and food consumption of seabirds in the high-Arctic fjord ecosystem" (2021, Polar Biology)

Frequent coauthors contributing to their research efforts include Adrian Zwolicki, Jan Marcin Węsławski, Katarzyna Zmudczyńska-Skarbek, Dariusz Jakubas, and Dorota Kidawa.

Stempniewicz has published most often in the following venues:

  • Polar Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Progress In Oceanography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Climate change and the increasing impact of polar bears on bird populations

    Jouke Prop;Jon Aars;Bård-Jørgen Bårdsen;Sveinn Are Hanssen

  • Climate change and phenological responses of two seabird species breeding in the high-Arctic

    Børge Moe;Lech Stempniewicz;Dariusz Jakubas;Frédéric Angelier

  • Impact of climate change on zooplankton communities, seabird populations and arctic terrestrial ecosystem—A scenario

    Lech Stempniewicz;Katarzyna Błachowiak-Samołyk;Jan M. Węsławski

  • Guano deposition and nutrient enrichment in the vicinity of planktivorous and piscivorous seabird colonies in Spitsbergen

    Adrian Zwolicki;Katarzyna Małgorzata Zmudczyńska-Skarbek;Lech Iliszko;Lech Stempniewicz

  • The impact of different hydrographic conditions and zooplankton communities on provisioning Little Auks along the West coast of Spitsbergen

    Slawomir Kwasniewski;Marta Gluchowska;Dariusz Jakubas;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas

  • Interannual changes in zooplankton on the West Spitsbergen Shelf in relation to hydrography and their consequences for the diet of planktivorous seabirds

    Slawomir Kwasniewski;Marta Gluchowska;Wojciech Walkusz;Wojciech Walkusz;Nina J. Karnovsky

  • Foraging by little auks in the distant marginal sea ice zone during the chick-rearing period

    Dariusz Jakubas;Lech Iliszko;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas;Lech Stempniewicz

  • Influence of allochtonous nutrients delivered by colonial seabirds on soil collembolan communities on Spitsbergen

    Katarzyna Zmudczyńska;Izabela Olejniczak;Adrian Zwolicki;Lech Iliszko

  • Subglacial discharges create fluctuating foraging hotspots for sea birds in tidewater glacier bays.

    Jacek Andrzej Urbanski;Lech Stempniewicz;Jan Marcin Węsławski;Katarzyna Dragańska-Deja

  • Summer feeding strategy of the little auk (Alle alle) from Bjørnøya, Barents Sea

    J. M. Węsławski;L. Stempniewicz;F. Mehlum;S. Kwaśniewski

  • Summer diet of seabirds from the Frans Josef Land archipelago, Russian Arctic

    Jan M. Weslawski;Lech Stempniewicz;Kiryl Galaktionov

  • Breeding biology of the little auk Plautus alle in the Hornsund region, Spitsbergen

    Lech Stempniewicz

  • Biodiversity and energy transfer to top trophic levels in two contrasting Arctic fjords

    Jan Marcin;Lech Stempniewicz;Instytut Oceanologii

  • Foraging closer to the colony leads to faster growth in little auks

    Dariusz Jakubas;Emilia Trudnowska;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas;Lech Iliszko

  • Foraging effort does not influence body condition and stress level in little auks

    D. Jakubas;M. Głuchowska;K. Wojczulanis-Jakubas;NJ Karnovsky

  • Seabird colony effects on soil properties and vegetation zonation patterns on King George Island, Maritime Antarctic

    Adrian Zwolicki;Mateusz Barcikowski;Adam Barcikowski;Mariusz Cymerski

  • Importance of Marine-Derived Nutrients Supplied by Planktivorous Seabirds to High Arctic Tundra Plant Communities.

    Adrian Zwolicki;Katarzyna Zmudczyńska-Skarbek;Pierre Richard;Lech Stempniewicz

  • Habitat foraging niche of a High Arctic zooplanktivorous seabird in a changing environment

    Dariusz Jakubas;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas;Lech M. Iliszko;Hallvard Strøm

  • Polar Bear Predatory Behaviour toward Molting Barnacle Geese and Nesting Glaucous Gulls on Spitsbergen

    Lech Stempniewicz

  • Predator-prey interactions between Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus and Little Auk Alle alle in Spitsbergen

    Lech Stempniewicz

  • The polar bear Ursus maritimus feeding in a seabird colony in Frans Josef Land

    Lech Stempniewicz

  • Flexibility of little auks foraging in various oceanographic features in a changing Arctic

    Dariusz Jakubas;Katarzyna Wojczulanis-Jakubas;Lech M. Iliszko;Dorota Kidawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Dariusz Jakubas
Dariusz Jakubas University of Gdańsk
Jan Marcin Węsławski
Jan Marcin Węsławski Polish Academy of Sciences
Jon Aars
Jon Aars Norwegian Polar Institute
Nina J. Karnovsky
Nina J. Karnovsky Pomona College
Wojciech Walkusz
Wojciech Walkusz Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Børge Moe
Børge Moe Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Claus Bech
Claus Bech Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Geir W. Gabrielsen
Geir W. Gabrielsen Norwegian Polar Institute
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey
Hallvard Strøm
Hallvard Strøm Norwegian Polar Institute

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