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List of works by Krzysztof Zawierucha

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

scientific article published in 2020

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

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

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

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

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

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

An integrative revision ofMesocristaPilato, 1987 (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae)

scientific article published in 2016

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

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Calamicoptes anatidus sp. nov., a new quill wall mite (Acari: Laminosioptidae) from the Greater Scaup Aythya marila (L.) (Aves: Anseriformes).

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Checklist of Gastrotricha of the Polish Baltic Sea with the first reports of Heterolepidoderma joermungandri Kånneby, 2011, and Turbanella hyalina Schultze, 1853

scientific article (publication date: 30 September 2014)

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

scientific article published in February 2022

Cryophilic Tardigrada have disjunct and bipolar distribution and establish long-term stable, low-density demes

Current knowledge of the Tardigrada of Svalbard with the first records of water bears from Nordaustlandet (High Arctic)

article by Krzysztof Zawierucha et al published January 2013 in Polar Research

Description of Megastygarctides sezginii sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the Turkish Black Sea coast and a key to the genus Megastygarctides

scientific article published in 2017

Disappearing Kilimanjaro snow-Are we the last generation to explore equatorial glacier biodiversity?

scientific article published on 13 July 2019

Dispersal of pollen and invertebrates by wind in contrasting Arctic habitats of Svalbard

scientific article published in 2023

Distribution and diversity of Tardigrada along altitudinal gradients in the Hornsund, Spitsbergen (Arctic)

scientific article published in 2015

Diversity and distribution of Tardigrada in Arctic cryoconite holes

scientific article published on 7 June 2016

Estimating optimal sample size for tardigrade morphometry

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

scientific article published in 2016

Extreme weather event results in the removal of invertebrates from cryoconite holes on an Arctic valley glacier (Longyearbreen, Svalbard)

scientific article published in 2019

Fine-scale spatial heterogeneity of invertebrates within cryoconite holes

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

First observation of the marine tardigradesBatillipes mirusandBatillipes noerrevangi(Arthrotardigrada, Batillipedidae) from a strongly brackish part of the Polish Baltic Sea coast

scientific article published in 2015

Five animal phyla in glacier ice reveal unprecedented biodiversity in New Zealand's Southern Alps

scientific article published on 16 February 2021

Gastrotricha from the Poznań Palm House—one new subgenus and three new species of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha)

scientific article (publication date: 27 September 2013)

Glacial ecosystems are essential to understanding biodiversity responses to glacier retreat

scientific article published on 30 March 2020

Hidden invertebrate diversity – phytotelmata in Bromeliaceae from palm houses and florist wholesalers (Poland)

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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

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Integrative approach reveals new species of water bears (Pilatobius, Grevenius, and Acutuncus) from Arctic cryoconite holes, with the discovery of hidden lineages of Hypsibius

article by Krzysztof Zawierucha et al published November 2020 in Zoologischer Anzeiger

Integrative description of a new Dactylobiotus (Eutardigrada: Parachela) from Antarctica that reveals an intraspecific variation in tardigrade egg morphology

scientific article published on 04 June 2020

Integrative redescription of a common Arctic water bear Pilatobius recamieri (Richters, 1911)

article by Piotr Gąsiorek et al published 21 June 2017 in Polar Biology

Is Oxygenation Related to the Decomposition of Organic Matter in Cryoconite Holes?

scientific article published on 17 December 2021

Micromorphological features of mineral matter from cryoconite holes on Arctic (Svalbard) and alpine (the Alps, the Caucasus) glaciers

scientific article published in December 2019

Milnesium berladnicorum sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Apochela, Milnesiidae), a new species of water bear from Romania

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New tardigrade records for the Baltic states with a description of Minibiotus formosus sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)

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

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Palm house – biodiversity hotspot or risk of invasion? Aquatic invertebrates: The special case of Monogononta (Rotifera) under greenhouse conditions

article by Małgorzata Kolicka et al published 1 January 2015 in Biologia

Phytophagous mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) recorded from Svalbard, including the description of a new species

Prey or parasite? The first observations of live Euglenida in the intestine of Gastrotricha

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

Re-description of the Arctic tardigrade Tenuibiotus voronkovi (Tumanov, 2007 (Eutardigrada; Macrobiotidea), with the first molecular data for the genus

scientific article (publication date: 24 November 2016)

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

scientific article published in 2018

Seabird guano boosts body size of water bears (Tardigrada) inhabiting the arctic tundra

article by Krzysztof Zawierucha et al published 9 November 2014 in Polar Biology

Seabirds modify trophic groups, while altitude promotes xeric-tolerant species of Tardigrada in the high Arctic tundra (Svalbard archipelago)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

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

scholarly article by Krzysztof Zawierucha et al published 3 August 2017 in Limnology

Snow algae blooms are beneficial for microinvertebrates assemblages (Tardigrada and Rotifera) on seasonal snow patches in Japan

Spatial distribution and stable isotopic composition of invertebrates uncover differences between habitats on the glacier surface in the Alps

scientific article published in 2023

Stable isotopic composition of top consumers in Arctic cryoconite holes: revealing divergent roles in a supraglacial trophic network

scientific article published on 04 March 2021

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

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Tardigrada from Arctic tundra (Spitsbergen) with description of Isohypsibius karenae sp. n. (Isohypsibiidae)

scientific article published in 2013

Tardigrada in Svalbard lichens: diversity, densities and habitat heterogeneity

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

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

scientific article (publication date: 17 April 2014)

Temperature (latitude) and nutrient (seabird guano) effects on limno-terrestrial Tardigrada ( Testechiniscus spitsbergensis and Pilatobius recamieri ) body size

scientific article published in January 2018

The First Record of Tardigrada from Zambia, with a Description ofDoryphoribius niedbalain.sp. (Eutardigrada: Isohypsibiidae, theevelinaegroup)

scientific article published in 2012

The impact of marine vertebrates on polar terrestrial invertebrate communities

scientific article published in 2023

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

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

scientific article published on 17 July 2018

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

Trophic and symbiotic links between obligate-glacier water bears (Tardigrada) and cryoconite microorganisms

scientific article published on 12 January 2022

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

scientific article published on 15 January 2020