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MEMBER COUNTRY: POLAND National Report to SCAR for Years 2015/2016 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email Web Site MEMBER COUNTRY: POLAND National Report to SCAR for years 2015/2016 Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site National SCAR Committee President Jacek Jania University of Silesia, (48-32) 291-72-01 (48-32) 291-58-65 [email protected] www.wnoz.us.edu.pl Department of Karst Geomorphology, 60 B!dzi"ska st. 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland SCAR Delegates Delegate Wojciech Majewski Institute of Paleobiology, Polish (48-22) 697-88-53 (48-22) 620-62-25 [email protected] www.paleo.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland Alternate Delegate Robert Bialik Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 93 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.ibb.waw.pl Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Standing Scientific Groups Life Sciences Katarzyna Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 95 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Chwedorzewska Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Piotr Kukli"ski Institute of Oceanology, Polish (48-58) 731-17-76 (48-58) 551-21-30 [email protected] www.iopan.gda.pl Academy of Sciences, 55 Powsta"ców Warszawy st., 81- 967 Sopot, Poland Maria Olech Jagiellonian University, (48-12) 421-02-77 (48-12) 423-09-49 [email protected] Department of Polar Studies ext. 26 and Documentation, Institute of Botany, 27 Kopernika st., 31- 501 Kraków, Poland Jacek Sici"ski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-92 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Geosciences Aleksander Guterch Institute of Geophysics, Polish (48-22) 691-56-53 (48-22) 691-59-15 [email protected] www.igf.edu.pl Academy of Sciences, 64 Ksi!cia Janusza st., 01-452 Warszawa, Poland Wojciech Majewski Institute of Paleobiology, Polish (48-22) 697-88-53 (48-22) 620-62-25 [email protected] www.paleo.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland Physical Sciences Robert Bialik Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 93 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.ibb.waw.pl Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Activity Contact Name Address Telephone Fax Email web site Scientific Research Program PAIS Andrzej Ga$dzicki Institute of Paleobiology, Polish (48-22) 697-87-96 (48-22) 620-62-25 [email protected] www.paleo.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland Andrzej Tatur Warsaw University, Faculty of (48) 660-92-85-01 [email protected] Geology, Department for Protection of Environment and Natural Resources, %wirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland Krzysztof Krajewski Institute of Geological Sciences, (48-22) 697-87-26 (48-22) 620-62-23 [email protected] www.ing.pan.pl Polish Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st. 00-818 Warszawa, Poland Wojciech Majewski Institute of Paleobiology, Polish (48-22) 697-88-53 (48-22) 620-62-25 [email protected] www.paleo.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland AnT-ERA Jacek Sici"ski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-92 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Krzysztof Ja&d&ewski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-44-45 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Krzysztof Pabis University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-93 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Magda B'a&ewicz- University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-97 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p Paszkowycz of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Anna Ja&d&ewska University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-44-42 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Katarzyna Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 95 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Chwedorzewska Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Ma'gorzata Korczak- Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 94 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Abshire Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland AntEco Jacek Sici"ski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-92 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Krzysztof Ja&d&ewski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-44-45 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Krzysztof Pabis University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-93 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Magda B'a&ewicz- University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-97 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p Paszkowycz of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Anna Ja&d&ewska University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-44-42 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Katarzyna Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 95 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Chwedorzewska Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Ma'gorzata Korczak- Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 94 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Abshire Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Wojciech Majewski Institute of Paleobiology, Polish (48-22) 697-88-53 (48-22) 620-62-25 [email protected] www.paleo.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51/55 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland EXPERT GROUPS Geological heritage Robert Bialik Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 93 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.ibb.waw.pl and Geoconservation Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland SCADM Katarzyna Institute of Biochemistry and (48 22) 659 57 95 (48 22) 592 21 90 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Chwedorzewska Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland NATIONAL ANTARCTIC DATA CENTRE Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, (48-22) 846 33 83 (48-42) 846-19-12 [email protected] www.arctowski.pl Department of Antarctic Biology, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland Department of Polar Studies and Documentation, Institute of Botany, (48-12) 421-02-77 (48-12) 423-09-49 [email protected] Jagiellonian University, 27 Kopernika st., 31-501 Kraków, Poland ext. 26 SCAR-MarBIN (RAMS editors) Jacek Sici"ski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-92 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Ryszard Ligowski University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-44-43 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Magda B'a&ewicz- University of #ód$, Department (48-42) 635-42-97 (48-42) 635-44-40 [email protected] www.invertebrates.uni.lodz.p Paszkowycz of Invertebrate Zoology & l/en/ Hydrobiology, 12/16 Banacha st., 90-237 #ód$, Poland Kasia B'achowiak- Institute of Oceanology, Polish (48-58) 731-17-77 (48-58) 551-21-30 [email protected] www.iopan.gda.pl Samo'yk Academy of Sciences, 55 Powsta"ców Warszawy st., 81- 967 Sopot, Poland Piotr Kukli"ski Institute of Oceanology, Polish (48-58) 731-17-76 (48-58) 551-21-30 [email protected] www.iopan.gda.pl Academy of Sciences, 55 Powsta"ców Warszawy st., 81- 967 Sopot, Poland Anna Rocka Institute of Parasitology, Polish (48-22) 751-17-14 (48-22) 620-62-27 [email protected] www.ipar.pan.pl Academy of Sciences, 51 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland Krzysztof Institute of Parasitology, Polish (48-22) 697-89-81 (48-22) 620-62-27 [email protected] www.ipar.pan.pl Zdzitowiecki Academy of Sciences, 51 Twarda st., 00-818 Warszawa, Poland A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC HIGHLIGHTS: Life Sciences Ecology of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic terrestrial habitats Chwedorzewska K.J., Gie'wanowska I., Olech M., Wódkiewicz M., Molina-Montenegro M.A., Galera H.
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