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Ecology and Evolution
Poland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
44
Citations
8216
World Ranking
5044
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Maciej Zalewski is affiliated with Lodz University of Technology in Poland and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on water-related fields including Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work spans several main topics, reflecting a broad engagement with hydrology and aquatic ecosystems. These topics include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

Maciej Zalewski has contributed to a variety of scientific publications, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nature
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Ecohydrology

Recent notable papers include:

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers, 2020, Nature
  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • The impact of WWTP size and sampling season on the prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater and the river system, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities, 2020, Ecohydrology
  • Over 200,000 kilometers of free-flowing river habitat in Europe is altered due to impoundments, 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues, including:

  • Edyta Kiedrzyńska
  • Marcin Kiedrzyński
  • Kamila Belka
  • Paweł Jarosiewicz
  • Carlos García de Leániz

Best Publications

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers.

    Barbara Belletti;Barbara Belletti;Carlos Garcia de Leaniz;Joshua Jones;Simone Bizzi;Simone Bizzi

  • Ecohydrology - the scientific background to use ecosystem properties as management tools toward sustainability of water resources.

    Maciej Zalewski

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • The dependence of fish community structure and dynamics on floodplain and riparian ecotone zone in Parana River, Brazil

    Angelo A. Agostinho;Maciej Zalewski

  • Ecohydrology—the use of ecological and hydrological processes for sustainable management of water resources / Ecohydrologie—la prise en compte de processus écologiques et hydrologiques pour la gestion durable des ressources en eau

    Maciej Zalewski

  • Ecohydrology—the use of ecological and hydrologîcal processes for sustainable management of water resources

    Maciej Zalewski

  • Ecohydrology as a new tool for sustainable management of estuaries and coastal waters

    E. Wolanski;L. A. Boorman;Luís Chícharo;E. Langlois-Saliou

  • THE ENRICHMENT OF A MESOTROPHIC LAKE BY CARBON, PHOSPHORUS AND NITROGEN FROM THE CAGE AQUACULTURE OF RAINBOW TROUT, SALMO GAIRDNERI

    T. Penczak;W. Galicka;M. Molinski;E. Kusto

  • River Culture: an eco-social approach to mitigate the biological and cultural diversity crisis in riverscapes

    Karl Matthias Wantzen;Aziz Ballouche;Isabelle Longuet;Ibrahima Bao

  • Elimination of microcystins by water treatment processes-examples from Sulejow Reservoir, Poland.

    Tomasz Jurczak;Malgorzata Tarczynska;Katarzyna Izydorczyk;Joanna Mankiewicz

  • The regulation of riverine fish communities by a continuum of abiotic-biotic factors

    M. Zalewski;R.J. Naiman

  • Spin-orbit and tensor mean-field effects on spin-orbit splitting including self-consistent core polarizations

    M. Zalewski;J. Dobaczewski;J. Dobaczewski;W. Satuła;T. R. Werner

  • Measurement of phycocyanin fluorescenceas an online early warning system for cyanobacteria in reservoir intake water

    Katarzyna Izydorczyk;Malgorzata Tarczynska;Tomasz Jurczak;Jaroslaw Mrowczynski

  • Ecohydrology and Hydrologic Engineering: Regulation of Hydrology-Biota Interactions for Sustainability

    Maciej Zalewski

  • The Importance of Riparian Ecotones for Diversity and Productivity of Riverine Fish Communities

    F. Schiemer;M. Zalewski

  • Effects of catchment properties on hydrochemistry, habitat complexity and invertebrate community structure in a lowland river

    Barbara Bis;Anna Zdanowicz;Maciej Zalewski

  • The importance of floodplains for the dynamics of fish communities of the upper river Paraná

    Angelo Antonio Agostinho;Luiz Carlos Gomes;Maciej Zalewski

  • Toxic cyanobacterial blooms in a drinking water reservoir - causes, consequences and management strategy

    M. Tarczyńska;Z. Romanowska-Duda;T. Jurczak;M. Zalewski

  • Riparian zones: where biogeochemistry meets biodiversity in management practice

    H. Décamps;G. Pinay;R. J. Naiman;G. E. Petts

  • Notes on ecotone attributes and functions

    Jurek Kolasa;Maciej Zalewski

Frequent Co-Authors

David M. Harper
David M. Harper University of Leicester
Michael E. McClain
Michael E. McClain IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Konrad Dabrowski
Konrad Dabrowski The Ohio State University
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Fritz Schiemer
Fritz Schiemer University of Vienna
Luís Chícharo
Luís Chícharo University of Algarve
David M. Hannah
David M. Hannah University of Birmingham
Gabriel G. Katul
Gabriel G. Katul Duke University
Witold Nazarewicz
Witold Nazarewicz Michigan State University
Robert B. Jackson
Robert B. Jackson Stanford University

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