Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology || dr hab. Michal Grabowski (Head)

Michal Grabowski

Laboratory of Biogeography & Invertebrate Ecology
e-mail:michalg@biol.uni.lodz.pl
tel.: +42 635 42-96

Education & present position

Head of the Laboratory of Biogeography & Invertebrate Ecology

since 2007: Associate professor (Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Hydrobiology, University of Lodz)

2007: Habilitation (D.Sc.) in biological sciences (zoology), University of Lodz
Subject: Biogeography of alien Crustacea invasions in Polish waters

2000: Ph.D. in biological sciences (zoology & marine biology), University of Lodz
Subject: Phylogeography of the pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Burkenroad, 1939) (Crustacea, Penaeidae), revealed with molecular markers

Scientific interests

- taxonomy and biogeography of fresh- and brackishwater gammarids (Crustacea Amphipoda) in Western Palearctic

- biology and ecology of amphipods (life strategies, habitat preferences)

- ecology and invasion routes of aquatic alien invasive species, particularly crustaceans and fish

Selected publications

Grabowski M., Mamos T. 2011. Contact zones, range boundaries and vertical distribution of three epigean gammarids (Amphipoda) in the Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains (Poland). Crustaceana 84(2): 153-168. PDF request

Grabowska J., Grabowski M., Kostecka A. 2009. Diet and feeding habits of monkey goby (Neogobius fluviatilis) in a newly invaded area. Biological Invasions 11(9): 2161-2170, DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9499-z PDF request

Grabowski M., Bacela K., Konopacka A., Jazdzewski K. 2009. Salinity-related distribution of alien amphipods in rivers provides refugia for native species. Biological Invasions 11(9): 2107-2117, DOI 10.1007/s10530-009-9502-8 PDF request

Grabowski M., Bacela K., Konopacka A. 2007. How to be an invasive gammarid – comparison of life history traits. Hydrobiologia, 590: 75-84. PDF

Jażdżewski K., Grabowski M. 2011. Alien crustaceans along the southern and western Baltic Sea. In: B.S. Galil et al. (Eds) In the Wrong Place – Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts, Invading Nature – Springer Series in Invasion Ecology 6, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.: 323-344 PDF request

Panov V.E., Alexandrov B.G., Arbaciauskas K., Binimelis R., Copp G.H., Grabowski M., Lucy F., Leuven R.S., Nehring S., Paunović M., Semenchenko V., Son M.O. 2009. Assessing the risks of aquatic species invasions via European inland waterways: from concepts to environmental indicators. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 5 (1): 110-126. PDF

Väinölä R., Witt J.D.S., Grabowski M., Bradbury J.H., Jazdzewski K., Sket B. 2008. Global diversity of amphipods (Amphipoda; Crustacea) in freshwater. In: Balian E et al. (eds) A global assessment of animal diversity in continental waters. Hydrobiologia 595:241-255. PDF

Zamanpoore M., Grabowski M., Poeckl M., Schiemer F. 2011. Taxonomic review of freshwater Gammarus (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Iran. Zootaxa 3140: 1-14. PDF request

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Research fellowships

2007: Zoological Museum Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands / SYNTHESYS project NL-TAF-3208: Biodiversity of freshwater gammarids in the Balkan Peninsula

2006, 2007: Ecologie Evolutive, UMR CNRS 5561 Biogeosciences, Universite de Bourgogne, France / EGIDE-POLONIUM: Invasion of Polish fresh waters by the Ponto-Caspian gammarid, Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea, Amphipoda): population genetics and identification of associated parasites.

1997: North Carolina State University, USA / Summer Course in Statistical Genetics & Analysis of Molecular Data

1996-97, 1999: Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; University of Southern Mississippi / Phylogeography and population structure of pink shrimp, Farfantepenaeus duorarum (Decapoda, Penaeidae), in Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean

Scientific expeditions

2011: Greece (Amphi-Balkan Expedition V)

2011: Austria, Włochy, Szwajcaria, Niemcy (Alpine Lake Survey)

2010: Germany, Netherlands (Central Invasion Corridor Expedition II)

2009: Ukraine (Central Invasion Corridor Expedition I)

2008: FYR Macedonia, Greece (Amphi-Balkan Expedition IV)

2007: Bulgaria, Serbia, Turkey, Romania (Amphi-Balkan Expedition III)

2006: Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Hercegovina (Amphi-Balkan Expedition II)

2005: Romania, Bulgaria (Amphi-Balkan Expedition I)

1996, 1997: Gulf of Mexico (SEAMAP program)

National research projects (last 5 years)

2010-2013: Cryptic diversity and phylogeography of amphipods from “Gammarus roeselii” and “G. balcanicus” groups in Europe / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (head)

2010-2013: Co-phylogeography of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus and its intracellular parasite Cucumispora dikerogammari / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (investigator)

2010-2013: Testing principles of genetic divergence in the endemic complex Ochridagammarus (Amphipoda) from the Ohrid Lake / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (investigator)

2008-2011: Range extension of parasites and their gammarid hosts (Gammaroidea, Amphipoda) along the central invasion corridors of Ponto-Caspian hydrobionts / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (investigator)

2007-2010: Biogeographic aspects of alien Malacostraca (Crustacea) invasions in Polish waters / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (head)

2007-2009: Growth rate, reproduction and feeding strategy as invasion potential indicators in Amur sleeper, Perccottus glenii (Odontobutidae, Perciformes) / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (investigator)

2005-2008: Alien and native gammarids (Gammaroidea, Amphipoda) as parasite hosts / Polish Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education grant (investigator)

2004-2007: Alien invasive species in Poland and native biodiversity conservation / Polish State Committee on Scientific Research grant (investigator)

2004-2007: Small and medium-sized rivers as refuges for native gammarids during invasion of Ponto-Caspian species / Polish State Committee on Scientific Research grant (principal investigator)

International research projects (last 5 years)

2003-2009: ALARM – Assessing Large-scale environmental Risks with tested Methods / EC FP6 Programme for Research and Technological Development (associated partner, head of the Polish team)

2008: Biodiversity of freshwater gammarids in the Balkan Peninsula / EC FP6 “SYNTHESYS” (head of the project)

2006-2007: Invasion of Polish fresh waters by the Ponto-Caspian gammarid, Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea, Amphipoda): population genetics and identification of associated parasites / EGIDE-POLONIUM grant (head of the Polish team)