DIVISION OF EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY OF MARINE ORGANISMS

Head – Dsc. Urszula Janas, Assistant Professor

tel: +48 58 523 6867,fax: +48 58 523 6678

e-mail: urszula.janas@ug.edu.pl

Website: http://www.ocean.ug.edu.pl/pages/pl/o-instytucie/zaklady/zeeom/zespol.php

Research areas:

• Species diversity of benthic communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk - spatial, seasonal and long-term changes. Behavioral, physiological and biochemical diversity of benthic species
• Non-indigenous species in the Gulf of Gdańsk: distribution and population dynamics, adaptive strategies (behavioral, physiological, biochemical) to environmental conditions, and their effect on native biocenosis
• Effect of natural and anthropogenic factors on behavior and physiological processes of indigenous and non-indigenous marine invertebrate species (food consumption, excretion, assimilation, respiration, total metabolism, secondary production, osmoregulation)
• Rate and direction of succession of fouling communities in the Gulf of Gdańsk
• Bio-indicators and biomarkers as a tool to estimate marine environment quality
• Assessment of the socio-economic importance of marine ecosystems (direct and indirect valuation of marine ecosystem goods and services, economic valuation of marine biodiversity preservation, ecological valuation, development of decision support systems)
• Baltic invertebrates used for aquaculture and as a marine products in industry