Anna Iglikowska

Anna Iglikowska na Antarktydzie, w stroju zimowym na śniegu, w tle morze, statek i ośnieżone szczyty

I use a range of mineralogical and chemical techniques to unravel the intrinsic and extrinsic controls that have shaped chemical composition of calcareous skeletons. My main targets are calcifying invertebrates: echinoderms, bivalves, gastropods, bryozoans, crustaceans and brachiopods as these have been important components of marine benthic faunas.

Email: anna.iglikowska@ug.edu.pl

Research interests

  •  Marine invertebrate ecology in polar (Arctic and Antarctic) environments
  •  Incorporation of major, minor and trace elements in carbonate structure of invertebrate skeletons
  •  Changes in shell microstructure in the context of progressing climate warming and related alterations in carbonate seawater chemistry

Publications

  • Krzemińska, M., Balazy, P., Reginia, K., Kukliński, P., Iglikowska, A., Chełchowski, M. 2026. Episodes of bleaching in Arctic crustose coralline algae during 8 years of development. Marine Environmental Research 221: 108313.
  • Grabowska, M., Iglikowska, A., Balazy, P., Borszcz, T., Kuklinski, P. 2026. Spatial patterns of echinoderm diversity, abundance and biomass in the shallow sublittoral of Ezcurra Inlet, King George Island, Antarctica. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 340: 110101.
  • Sowa, A., Balazy, P., Chelchowski, M., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Barnes, D.K.A., Kotwicki, L., Iglikowska, A. 2026. A Decade of Monitoring Annual Benthic Recruitment in the Arctic Shallows – A Field Experiment Using Artificial Substrate. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 36 (2): e70338.
  • Iglikowska, A., Piwoni-Piórewicz, A., Cieślik, B.M., Żyłan, D., Waszczuk, P., Kukliński, P. 2024. Trace metals in skeletal calcite of echinoderms from the Barents Sea. Chemosphere 367: 143635.
  • Iglikowska, A., Szwarc, A., Bartosik, K., Gruba, D., Michalak, A., Namiotko, L., Pouch, A., Zaborska, A., Namiotko, T. 2024. Environmental concentrations of metals (Cu and Zn) differently affect the life history traits of a model freshwater ostracod. The European Zoological Journal 91(1): 687-707. 
  • Piwoni-Piórewicz, A., Liow, L.H., Krzemińska, M., Chełchowski, M., Iglikowska, A., Ronco, F., Mazurkiewicz, M., Smith, A.M., Gordon, D.P., Waeschenbach, A., Najorka, J., | Figuerola, B., Boonzaaier-Davids, M.K., Achilleos, K., Mello, H., Florence, W.K.,  Vieira, L.M., Ostrovsky, A.N., Shunatova, N., Porter, J.S., Sokolover, N., Cumming, R.L., Novosel, M., O'Dea, A., Lombardi, C., Jain, S.S., Huang, D., Kukliński, P. 2024. Skeletal mineralogy of marine calcifying organisms shaped by seawater temperature and evolutionary history – A case study of cheilostome bryozoans. Global Ecology and Biogeography 2024: e13874.
  • Witalis, B., Iglikowska, A., Ronowicz, M., Weydmann-Zwolicka, A., Kukliński, P. 2024. The zooplankton community of Baltic Sea ports: diversity and seasonal dynamics. Oceanologia 66: 353-364.
  • Iglikowska, A., Przytarska, J., Humphreys-Williams, E., Najorka, J., Chełchowski, M., Sowa, A., Hop, H., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P. 2023. Mineralogical and chemical composition of Arctic gastropods shells. Progress in Oceanography, 218: 103134.
  • Iglikowska, A., Przytarska, J., Humphreys-Williams, E., Najorka, J., Chełchowski, M., Sowa, A., Hop, H., Włodarska-Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P. 2023. Shell mineralogy and chemistry – Arctic bivalves in a global context. Marine Pollution Bulletin 189: 114759.
  • Figuerola, B., Griffiths, H. J., Krzeminska, M., Piwoni‐Piorewicz, A., Iglikowska, A.,  Kuklinski, P. 2023. Temperature as a likely driver shaping global patterns in mineralogical composition in bryozoans: implications for marine calcifiers under global change. Ecography 2023(1): e06381.
  • Mioduchowska, M., Iglikowska, A., Jastrzębski, J. P., Kaczorowska, A. K., Kotlarska, E., Trzebny, A., Weydmann-Zwolicka, A. 2022. Challenges of comparing marine microbiome community composition data provided by different commercial laboratories and classification databases. Water 14(23): 3855.
  • Witalis, B., Iglikowska, A., Ronowicz, M., Kukliński, P. 2021. Biodiversity of epifauna in the ports of Southern Baltic Sea revealed by study of recruitment and succession on artificial panels. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 249: 107107.
  • Iglikowska, A., Krzemińska, M., Renaud, P. E., Berge, J., Hop, H., Kukliński, P. 2020. Summer and winter MgCO3 levels in the skeletons of Arctic bryozoans. Marine Environmental Research: 105166.
  • Iglikowska, A., Humphreys-Williams, E., Przytarska, J., Chełchowski, M., Kukliński, P. 2020. Minor and trace elements in skeletons of Arctic echinoderms. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 158, 111377.
  • Piwoni-Piórewicz, A., Krzemińska, M., Iglikowska, A., Najorka, J., Kukliński, P. 2020. Skeletal mineralogy patterns of Bryozoa from the Aleutian Islands in the context of revealing a global pattern in bryzoan skeletal mineralogy. In: Jackson, P.W., Zágoršek, K. (eds), Bryozoan Studies 2019 – Proceedings of the eighteenth International Bryozoology Association Conference Liberec – Czech Republic, Czech Geological Survey, Prague: 111-124. Recenzowana publikacja pokonferencyjna.
  • Piwoni‐Piórewicz, A., Kukliński, P., Strekopytov, S., Humphreys‐Williams, E., Najorka, J., Iglikowska, A. 2019. The chemical composition of Mytilus trossulus carbonate shells from the southern Baltic Sea: implications for environmental monitoring. The Baltic Sea in Transition, 57-58. Recenzowana publikacja pokonferencyjna.
  • Iglikowska, A., Ronowicz, M., Humphreys-Williams, E., Kukliński, P. 2018. Trace element accumulation in the shell of the Arctic cirriped Balanus balanus. Hydrobiologia 818 (1): 43-56.
  • Iglikowska, A., Borszcz, T., Drewnik, A., Grabowska, M., Humphreys-Williams, E., Kędra, M., Krzemińska, M., Piwoni-Piórewicz, A., Kukliński, P. 2018. Mg and Sr in Arctic echinoderm calcite: Nature or nurture?. Journal of Marine Systems 180: 279-288.
  • Iglikowska, A., Najorka, J., Voronkov, A., Chełchowski, M., Kukliński, P. 2017. Variability in magnesium content in Arctic echinoderm skeletons. Marine Environmental Research 129: 207-218.
  • Piwoni-Piórewicz, A., Kukliński, P., Strekopytov, S., Humphreys-Williams, E., Najorka, J., Iglikowska, A. 2017. Size effect on the mineralogy and chemistry of Mytilus trossulus shells from the southern Baltic Sea: implications for environmental monitoring. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 189 (4): 197.
  • Iglikowska, A., Bełdowski, J., Chełchowski, M., Chierici, M., Kędra, M., Przytarska, J., Sowa, A., Kukliński, P. 2017. Chemical composition of two mineralogically contrasting Arctic bivalves' shells and their relationships to environmental variables. Marine Pollution Bulletin 114 (2): 903-916.
  • Krzemińska, M., Kukliński, P., Najorka, J., Iglikowska, A. 2016. Skeletal mineralogy patterns of Antarctic Bryozoa. Journal of Geology 124 (3): 411-422.
  • Iglikowska, A., Pawłowska, J. 2015. The adaptations of the Foraminifera and Ostracoda to fresh water colonization. In: Zieliński, T., Węsławski, J.M., Kuliński, K. (eds), Impact of climate changes on marine environments. Geoplanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences, Springer Special Issue.
  • Iglikowska, A. 2014. Stranded: The conquest of fresh water by marine ostracods. Paleontological Research, 18 (3): 125-133.
  • Iglikowska, A., Boxshall, G.A. 2013. Danielopolina revised: Phylogenetic relationships of the extant genera of the family Thaumatocyprididae (Ostracoda: Myodocopa). Zoologischer Anzeiger 252: 469-485.
  • Maran, B.A.V., Moon, S.Y., Ohtsuka, S., Oh, S-Y., Soh, H.Y., Myoung, J-G., Iglikowska, A., Boxshall, G.A. 2013. The caligid life cycle: new evidence from Lepeophtheirus elegans reconciles the cycles of Caligus and Lepeophtheirus (Copepoda: Caligidae). Parasite 20: 15.
  • Boxshall, G.A., Iglikowska, A. 2012. The composition of the genus Danielopolina Kornicker & Sohn, 1976 (Myodocopa: Thaumatocyprididae). Natura Croatica 21 (supl.): 15-16.
  • Iglikowska, A., Namiotko, T. 2012. The impact of environmental factors on diversity of Ostracoda in freshwater habitats of subarctic and temperate Europe. Annales Zoologici Fennici 49, 4: 193-218.
  • Iglikowska, A., Namiotko, T. 2012. The non-marine Ostracoda of Lapland: changes over the past century. Journal of Limnology 71, 2: 1-8.
  • Iglikowska A., Namiotko T. 2010. Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) of Inari Lapland in northern Finland. Ann. Limnol. – Int. J. Limnol., 46: 199-206.
  • Iglikowska A., Namiotko T. 2009. Ostracoda of the Inari Lapland region (northern Finland). Lobelia, 1: 19-20.

Foreign internships and trainings

  • 17‐28 January 2012 – “Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data – CANOCO training”, Czeske Budejovice, Czech Republic
  • 5‐25 February 2012 – internship in Natural History Museum (Darwin Centre) in London (UK) within the frame of „Synthesys” program, title of the project: „To undertake basic taxonomic research on the polyphyletic halocyprid ostracod genus Paraconchoecia”. Scanning microscopy training (model: Zeiss Ultra Plus field emission SEM)
  • 11‐15 November 2013 – powder X‐ray diffraction training (XRD, model: Enraf‐Nonius Powder Diffraction Systems 120) in Natural History Museum in London (UK)
  • 27 April‐16 May 2014 – trace elements analysis using ICP AES (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Atomic Emission Spectroscopy) and ICP MS (Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry) trainings. Scanning microscopy training (model: FEI Quanta 650 FEG SEM), both trainings in Natural History Museum in London (UK)
  • 1‐14 March 2015 – conducting mineralogical analyses using XRD in Natural History Museum in London (UK)
  • 3 September‐1 October 2016 – conducting mineralogical analyses using XRD and X‐ray micro‐diffractometry training (model: Rigaku Rapid 2 Micro‐XRD with curved 2D detector) in Natural History Museum in London (UK)
  • 16‐30 March 2018 – conducting mineralogical analyses using XRD in Natural History Museum in London (UK)
  • 1 July-1 October 2025 - internship at the University of Cambridge (UK) within the frame of "NAWA Bekker" program, title of the project: "Calcification in high-CO2 Arctic seas - are there reasons for alarm?"

Trainings in Poland

  • February 2008 – “Biostatistical design and analysis for the field and laboratory research” – Marie Curie Research and Training Network, Gdańsk‐Leźno
  • 5‐7 April 2011 – MIKE by DHI training course “Marine Modelling with Flexible Mesh – using the following MIKE software applications: MIKE 21 HD FM, MIKE 3 HD FM, MIKE 21 SW, MIKE 21 ST FM”, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot
  • 19‐20 December 2011 – “MIKE by DHI, hydrodynamical model – using MIKE 21 and MIKE 3”, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot
  • 1‐2 February 2012 – “MIKE by DHI, EKOLab training course”, Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot

Lecture

  • 23rd May 2014 – lecture at the University of Oslo, title: “Stranded: The conquest of fresh water by marine ostracods”. Lecture on request: NIVA Oslo (Norwegian Institute for Water Research)

Selected presentations at conferences

  • Błachowiak‐Samołyk, K., Baczewska, A., Wichorowski, M., Iglikowska, A., Angel, M.V. 2011. The diversity of pelagic ostracods in the Central Eastern Atlantic Ocean. World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Aberdeen, UK (author and speaker presenting computer animation)
  • Boxshall, G.A., Iglikowska, A. 2012. The composition of the genus Danielopolina Kornicker & Sohn, 1976 (Myodocopa: Thaumatocyprididae). International Symposium on Anchialine Ecosystems, Cavtat, Croatia (speaker)
  • Iglikowska, A., Kukliński, P., Przytarska, J., Piwowarczyk, J., Włodarska‐Kowalczuk, M., Renaud, P., Carroll, M., Bellerby, R., Stolarski, J. 2014. POLNOR – the changing ocean of the polar north. XXXV Polar Symposium, Wrocław, Poland (speaker)
  • Iglikowska, A., Przytarska, J., Chełchowski, M., Sowa, A., Chierici, M., Kędra, M., Kukliński, P. 2016. Shell chemical composition of two mineralogically contrasting Arctic bivalves. XXXVI Polar Symposium, Lublin, Poland (speaker)
  • Iglikowska, A., Przytarska, J., Humphreys‐Williams, E., Najorka, J., Chełchowski, M., Sowa, A., Hop, H., Włodarska‐Kowalczuk, M., Kukliński, P. 2022. Shell mineralogy and chemical composition in Arctic bivalves. 55th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS) Gdańsk, Poland (speaker)
  • Witalis, B., Iglikowska, A. 2026. Benthic macrofauna of Southern Baltic port basins – between anthropogenic pressure and biodiversity. XXX Polish Benthological Workshops, Gułtowy-Poznań, Poland (speaker)

Prizes and awards

  • 2012 and 2013 ‐ two individual awards for research activities and publications assigned by the Scientific Council of theInstitute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 2020 and 2024 ‐ contribution to the publication achievement of the research team of the Department of Evolutionary Genetics and Biosystematics of the University of Gdańsk, i.e. the 3rd‐ (2020) and 2nd-degree (2024) team award of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk for scientific activity.

Other achievements

  • Reviewer in scientific journals: Biologia – Section Zoology (in 2012), Turkish Journal of Zoology (in 2013), Zoologischer Anzeiger (in 2013), Limnologica (in 2014), Zootaxa (in 2015), CBM – Cahiers de Biologie Marine (in 2021), Scientific Reports (in 2021), Polish Hyperbaric Research (in 2022), Journal of Marine Systems (in 2023), Marine Pollution Bulletin (in 2025), Marine Environmental Research (in 2026)
  • Preparation of the taxonomic database of flatworms Digenea as a part of the program „LifeWatch Data Grant: Filling the gaps in the World Register of Marine Species (WORMS) partim Digenea” (Digenea - WORMS), Organiser: Flanders Marine Institute – VLIZ, Oostende, Belgium, coordinator: Leen Vandepitte. Implementation period: 23.11.2012 – 23.02.2013
  • 2012 – obtaining funds for scientific project within the frame of international program. Project title: “To undertake basic taxonomic research on the polyphyletic halocyprid ostracod genus Paraconchoecia” (GB‐TAF‐2014), funded by: European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” – as the head of the project
  • Contribution to the preparation of a global database of pelagic copepod body size and occurrence (Biodiversity of Marine Planktonic Copepods). Organiser: EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network) – Biology, coordinator: Stefanie Dekeyzer. Implementation period: 1.06.2013 – 30.11.2013

Other key information impacting the evaluation of the academic and research career

  • Experienced scuba diver (certificates: Open Water Diver 20m, Explorer 30m, Dry Suit Diver, Nitrox Diver, Master Rescue Diver, Divemaster)

Participation in offshore (oceanic) research cruises

  • 24 July‐12 August 2014 – sampling along the coast of the Svalbard Archipelago (Arctic), R/V Oceania (Institute of Oceanology PAS, Sopot, Poland)
  • 26 August‐9 September 2015 – sampling on the Barents Sea, R/V Johan Hjort (Institute of Marine Research, Havforskningsinstituttet, Bergen, Norway)
  • 19 June‐14 August 2019 – sampling on the Norwegian Sea, Greenland Sea and the Arctic Ocean, R/V Oceania (Institute Oceanology PAS, Sopot, Poland)
  • 14 March‐14 April 2024 ‐ sampling along the eastern coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean), R/V Noosfera (National Antarctic Center of Ukraine)
  • 27 January-28 February 2026 – sampling along the western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula (Southern Ocean), R/V Noosfera (National Antarctic Center of Ukraine)

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