Leszek Bledzki, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Education
- Forest Engineer (Forest Management), Forest Technical High School 1972
- M.S. (Environmental Biology), Nicholas Copernicus University 1978
- Ph.D. (Natural Sciences, Biology), Nicholas Copernicus University 1989
Postdoctoral Training
- Biometry-321, Mount Holyoke College, 1997
- Postgraduate Educational Course for University Teachers, Division of Education, Nicholas Copernicus University, 1986
Research Interests
Functioning and restoration of freshwater ecosystems (wetlands, bogs, lakes, rivers reservoirs)
- Experimental and field community ecology
- Ecology, taxonomy and biogeography of Rotifera, Cladocera and Copepoda
Selected Publications
Bubier, J., T. Moore, and L. Bledzki. 2007. Effects of nutrient addition on vegetation and carbon cycling in an ombrotrophic bog. Global Change Biology 13: 1168-1186, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01346.x.
Moore, T, J. Bubier and L. Bledzki. 2007. Litter decomposition in temperate peatlands: the effect of substrate and site. Ecosystems 10: 949-963, doi: 10.1007/s10021-007-9064-5.
Lotocka, M., Styczynska-Jurewicz, E., Bledzki L. A., 2004. Changes in carotenoid composition in different developmental stages of copepods:Pseudocalanus acuspes Giesbrecht and Acartia spp. Journal of Plankton Research, 26 (2): 159-166.
Bledzki, LA and Ellison A. M. 2003. Diversity of rotifers from northeastern USA bogs with new species records for North America and New England. Hydrobiologia 497:53-62.
Bledzki, LA and A.M. Ellison 2002. Nutrients regeneration by rotifers in New England (USA) bogs. Verh.Int.Ver.Limnol., 28 :1328-1331.
Bledzki L. A. and Ellison A. M. 2000. Effects of water retention time on zooplankton of shallow rheolimnic reservoirs. Verh.Internat.Verein.Limnol. 27: 2865-2869.
Kornijow, R. and Bledzki, L. A. 1999. Experimental studies in the ecology of freshwater with consideration of the Polish contribution. Gorniak, A. (ed.) Modern trends in hydrobiological research. Acta Hydrobiol. Suppl. 41: 61-71.
Bledzki, LA and A.M. Ellison 1998. Population growth and production of Habrotrocha rosa Donner (Rotifera : Bdelloidea) and its contribution to the nutrient supply of its host, the northern pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea L. (Sarraceniaceae). Hydrobiologia, 385:193-200.
Gizinski, A., L.A. Bledzki, A. Kentzer, R. Wisniewski, W. Zawislak, J. Zbikowski, R. Zytkowicz. 1992. Abiotic and zoocenotic conditions for the functioning of selected lake ecosystems with various trophic levels. (In:) R. Bohr, A. Nienartowicz, J. Wilkon-Michalska. (eds.) Some ecological processes of the biological systems in North Poland. Nicholas Copernicus University Press, Torun, p.: 437-479.
Bledzki, L. A. 1991. Zooplankton under stress caused by sediment resuspension. Verh.Internat.Verein.Limnol. 24: 1349-1350.
Wiíniewski, R., Bledzki, L. A. 1989. Factor influencing the microspatial zooplankton and oxygen heterogeneity in Wloclawek dam reservoir. Arch.Hydrobiol.Beih.,Ergebnisse der Limnologie 33: 3-8.
Gizinski, A., Bledzki, L. A., Kentzer, A., Wisniewski, R., Zytkowicz, R. 1989. Hydrobiological characteristic of the lowland, rheolimnic Wloclawek Reservoir on the Vistula River. Ekol.Pol. 37(3/4): 359-403.
Bledzki, L. A., Szarowski, L. 1988. The nutrition of 2-year-old bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis (Rich.)) in ponds. Acta Hydrobiol. 30(3/4): 411-419.
Bledzki, L. A. 1988. Cladoceran remains analysis in sediments of Lake Strazym (Brodnica Lake District). Acta Palaeobotanica 27(1): 311-317.