A5072741762- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Integrated Water Resources Management
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Geology and Environmental Impact Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz
2014-2024
Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku
2004-2013
Organisms provide some of the most sensitive indicators climate change and evolutionary responses are becoming apparent in species with short generation times. Large datasets on genetic polymorphism that can an historical benchmark against which to test for recent very rare, but exception is found brown-lipped banded snail (Cepaea nemoralis). This its thermal environment exhibits several polymorphisms shell colour banding pattern affecting albedo majority populations within native range...
Europe has a long history of human pressure on freshwater ecosystems. As continues to grow and new threats emerge, there is an urgent need for conservation biodiversity its ecosystem services. However, whilst some taxonomic groups, mainly vertebrates, have received disproportionate amount attention funds, other groups remain largely off the public scientific radar. Freshwater mussels (Bivalvia, Unionida) are alarming example this bias here we point out six conceptual areas that immediate...
Abstract We compared shell colour forms in the land snail Cepaea nemoralis at 16 sites a 7 × 8 km section of Province Groningen, N etherlands, between 1967 and 2010. To do so, we used stored samples natural history collection resampled exact localities. found that almost all populations had experienced considerable evolutionary change various phenotypes, possibly due to population bottlenecks habitat after repeated consolidation schemes area. More importantly, consistent increase yellow...
The present study reports on a natural experiment with twelve replicates in which rapid, predictable and consistent divergence of Cepaea nemoralis populations occurred response to repeated selection gradient adjacent open shaded habitats. Because the frequencies various genetically-based phenotypes varied widely among surveyed populations, there was large overlap between habitat types, no overall association apparent. In paired comparisons, however, significant changes were consistently...
Successful rehabilitation programmes of river–floodplain systems require understanding environmental impacts restoring hydrological connectivity. The present study is based on a field experiment carried out between 2008 and 2013 in floodplain lowland river northern Poland, which two oxbow lakes isolated the 1920s were reconnected to main channel. Water macroinvertebrate samples collected three four times year from six sites (n = 114). After reconnection, water quality improved diversity...
Abstract An increasing threat to local, native freshwater mussels (Unionida)—an ecologically important but globally alarmingly declining group—is the invasion by exotic bivalves. The Enemy Release Hypothesis predicts that introduced species should benefit from enemy-mediated competition because they are less likely be harmed natural enemies, such as parasites, than their competitors. We investigated within-site differences in parasitism between sympatric (tot. five spp.) and invasive three...
Cepaea nemoralis shell colour and banding morphs were studied in southeastern Poland, at the eastern edge of its distribution Europe. Overall, 73% shells yellow, 94% banded mid-banded. The frequency yellow was significantly higher open (median 85%) than shaded habitats 60%). Distribution frequencies consistent with climatic rather visual selection. Colonies less polymorphic colonies habitats, indicating that more extreme conditions, selection can act against certain genotypes. Analysis a...
Abstract Freshwater mussels are in decline worldwide, with the depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata being one of rarest and most endangered species Europe. Invasive suspected to be an important factor decline, but there is little information on their interaction native species. This study analyzed densities, depth distribution, individual sizes weights largest known populations P. Europe relation co‐occurring invasive zebra Dreissena polymorpha other , using a systematic transect...
Abstract Unionid mussels are essential for the integrity of freshwater ecosystems but show rapid worldwide declines. The large-sized, thermophilic Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana s.l., however, is a successful global invader, spread with commercially traded fish encysted larvae; its negative impacts on native expected. Here, we exploit natural experiment provided by simultaneous introduction S. and four species unionids water filtration to in north-eastern Poland. established...
Abstract The explosive global spread of Sinadonta woodiana , a large‐bodied unionid mussel East Asian origin, potentially affects the functioning freshwater habitats and threatens native mussels. Molecular data indicate that its invasion in Europe started with single colonization event, followed by situ adaptation. This study traces one possible routes such It documents population S. known history two‐stage introduction: first, from heated water source to production fish pond northern...
1. Arnold R. W. 1968. Studies on Cepaea. VII. Climatic selection in Cepaea nemoralis the Pyrenees. Phil. Trans. Soc. Lond. B 253: 549-593. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1.... CrossRef Google Scholar
At the eastern margins of geographical distribution in Europe, populations Cepaea nemoralis are sparse and limited to urban environments which they possibly confined by relatively warmer climates. In 1999 we introduced 1101 C. individuals originating from nine a rural location area. The snails established viable population, suggests that confinement settings is dispersal- rather than climate-limited. filled available habitats at rate approximately 400–600 m2 year−1. On whole, morph...
Abstract Invasive bivalves continue to spread and negatively impact freshwater ecosystems worldwide. As different metrics for body size biomass are frequently used within the literature standardise bivalve‐related ecological impacts (e.g. respiration filtration rates), lack of broadly applicable conversion equations currently hinders reliable comparison across bivalve populations. To facilitate improved comparative assessment among studies originating from disparate geographical locations,...
1. Arnold R. W. 1968. Studies on Cepaea. VII. Climatic selection in Cepaea nemoralis the Pyrenees. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London B 253: 549-593. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1.... CrossRef Google Scholar
We studied the frequencies of shell-banding variants Cepaea vindobonensis (Férussac) in open, semi-open and shaded habitats two geographically separate but climatically similar areas southeastern Poland. The faint-banded phenotype was more frequent open than areas. Within dark-banded phenotype, those with missing bands were associated habitats, fusion habitats. feature most strongly habitat type width relative to ground area. It significantly higher semiopen areas, which it Our study thus...
A countrywide data set of 1048 samples the European land snail Cepaea nemoralis (L.) from Poland was assembled both published and unpublished sources. Analyses shell colour banding polymorphism revealed distinctive patterns variation. While frequency brown shells showed a clear geographical pattern related to climate, other morphs no such trends. Variation among populations great, but little this could be accounted for by variation regions. Spatial autocorrelation generally restricted very...
Natural history collections are an important and largely untapped source of long-term data on evolutionary changes in wild populations. Here, we utilize three large geo-referenced sets samples the common European land-snail Cepaea nemoralis stored collection Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, Netherlands. Resampling these populations allowed us to gain insight into occurring over 95, 69, 50 years. is polymorphic for colour banding shell; mode inheritance patterns known, polymorphism under...
The role of evolutionary rescue, i.e. adaptive evolution prolonging the persistence populations declining under environmental stress, has become focus intensive research. Sufficiently rapid adaptation is basis rescue. Recent studies have shown that land snails are capable changes within a few decades or an even shorter time. These concerned shell colour, shape and size, occurred selective pressures including climatic shifts impacts introduced species. Selection coefficients reached up to 0.5...