dr hab. Ożgo MałgorzataEnglish
Research interests
My work focuses on the biology and ecology of molluscs; my particular interests include:
- variation, adaptation and contemporary evolution in populations of Cepaea snails
- life span, growth rates, habitat requirements, threats and conservation of unionid mussels
- distribution, population dynamics, and environmental impacts of the invasive Chinese pond mussel Sinanodonta woodiana.
Education
2013 – habilitation, Łódź University
2002 – Ph.D., Łódź University
1988 – M.Sc. in molecular biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
1982 – 1983 – St. Edward’s College, Malta.
1978 – 1982 – Polish High School in Tripoli, Libya
Employment
2014 – present – Institute of Environmental Biology, Kazimierz Wielki University
2001 – 2013 – Institute of Biology, Pomeranian University, Słupsk
1998 – 2001 – Institute of Biology, Rzeszów University, Rzeszów
1996 – 1998 – Institute of Biology, Pomeranian Pedagogical University
1995 – Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Polish partner of BirdLife International)
1993 – 1995 – Department of Avian Biology and Ecology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
1992 – 1995 – Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań
Courses taught
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz - Biodiversity, Evolutionary Biology, Nature for students of Pre-school and Early School Education, Zoology
Pomeranian University in Słupsk - Biodiversity, Biogeography, Civilizational Threats to the Environment, Conservation Biology, Evolutionary Ecology, Medical Aspects of Biodiversity, Population Ecology
Rzeszów University - Biogeography, Elementary Statistics, Ecology
Publications
Ożgo M., Örstan A., Kirschenstein M., Cameron R. 2016. Dispersal of land snails by sea storms. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 82: 341-343. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyv060
Obolewski K., Glińska-Lewczuk K, Ożgo M., Astel A. 2016. Connectivity restoration of floodplain lakes: an assessment based on macroinvertebrate communities. Hydrobiologia, 774: 23-37. DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2530-8
Obolewski K., Jarosiewicz A., Ożgo M. 2015. Invasive Ponto-Caspian hydrozoan Cordylophora caspia (hydrozoa: Cnidaria) in southern Baltic coastal lakes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 167: 147-153. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2015.06.016
Cook L. M., Ożgo M. 2015. Colour and pattern disequilibrium in Cepaea nemoralis on a northern European transect. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116: 260–266. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12580
Jarosiewicz A., Obolewski K., Ożgo M. 2015. Long-term trends in nutrient concentrations in Polish coastal rivers. Ocean & Coastal Management 118: 37-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.04.007
Ożgo M. 2014. Rapid evolution and the potential for evolutionary rescue in land snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80 (3): 286-290. doi: 10.1093/mollus/eyu029
Ożgo M., Bogucki Z.,Nowakowska M. 2012. Shells of Unio tumidus (Bivalvia: Unionidae) from an archaeological site and contemporary population inhabiting the same lake. Polish Journal of Ecology 60(4): 839-844
Ożgo M. 2012. Shell polymorphism in the land-snail Cepaea nemoralis (L.) along a west-east transect in continental Europe. Folia Malacologica 20(3): 181-235. doi: 10.2478/v10125-012-0015-1
Ożgo M., Schilthuizen M. 2012. Evolutionary change in Cepaea nemoralis shell colour over 43 years. Global Change Biology, 18: 74–81. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02514.x.
Cameron R.A.D., Ożgo M., Horsák M., Bogucki Z. 2011. At the north-eastern extremity: variation in Cepaea nemoralis around Gdańsk, northern Poland. Biologia 66/6: 1097—1113, DOI: 10.2478/s11756-011-0128-9
Ożgo M., Bogucki Z. 2011. Colonization, stability and adaptation in a transplant experiment of the polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) at the limit of its geographical range. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 104: 462-470. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01732.x
Silvertown J., Cook L., Cameron R., Dodd M., McConway K., Worthington J., Skelton P., Anton C., Bossdorf O., Baur B., Schilthuizen M., Fontaine B., Sattmann H., Bertorelle G., Correia M., Oliveira C., Pokryszko B., Ożgo M., Stalažs A., Gill E., Rammul Ü., Sólymos P., Féher Z., Juan X. 2011. Citizen science reveals unexpected continental-scale evolutionary change in a model organism. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18927. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018927
Ożgo M. 2011. Rapid evolution in unstable habitats: a success story of the polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 251-262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01585.x
Ożgo M. 2010. Populations of Cepaea hortensis (O.F. Müller, 1774) polymorphic for the colour of shell lip in north-western Poland and north-central Germany. Folia Malacologica 18: 93-97. doi:10.2478/v10125-010-0011-2
Ożgo M. 2010. Rola małych zbiorników wodnych w ochronie bioróżnorodności. The role of small water bodies in the conservation of biodiversity (in Polish). Parki Narodowe i Rezerwaty Przyrody 29: 117-124.
Ożgo M. 2010. Rola, zagrożenia i problemy ochrony małży skójkowatych (Unionidae). The role, threats, and conservation of unionid mussels Unionidae (in Polish). Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 66: 201-208.
Ożgo M., Abraszewska A. 2009. The importance of peat excavation water bodies for biodiversity and conservation – a case of three Unionidae (Bivalvia) mussel species. Polish Journal of Ecology 57: 793-798.
Ożgo M., Komorowska A. 2009. Shell banding polymorphism in Cepaea vindobonensis in relation to habitat in south-eastern Poland. Malacologia 51: 81-88 (30 pkt., IF 1,429)
Ożgo M. 2008. Current problems in the research of Cepaea polymorphism. Folia Malacologica 16: 55-60.
Ożgo M., Kinnison M.T. 2008. Contingency and determinism during convergent contemporary evolution in the polymorphic land snail Cepaea nemoralis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 5: 721-733.
Ożgo M., Hetmański T. 2008. Tree frog Hyla arborea L. in the protected landscape area ,,Pas Pobrzeża na wschód od Ustki'', N Poland (in Polish). Chrońmy Przyrodę Ojczystą 64: 63-75.
Bogucki Z. i Ożgo M. Kolmetz A. 2007. Preliminary analysis of species composition and shell size of freshwater mussels from an archeological site in Nowy Łowicz, Drawsko Pomorskie District (in Polish). In P. Fudziński (ed.) : Aktualne problemy kultury łużyckiej na Pomorzu. Muzeum Archeologiczne w Gdańsku.
Ożgo M. Bogucki Z. 2006. Shell predation and cannibalism in land snails living on acid and calcium-deficient soils. Folia Malacologica 14: 217-220.
Ożgo M. 2005. Cepaea nemoralis (L.) in south-eastern Poland: association of morph frequencies with habitat. Journal of Molluscan Studies 71: 93-103.
Ożgo M., Kubea A. 2005. Humidity and the effect of shell colour on activity of Cepaea nemoralis (Linneaus, 1758). Folia Malacologica 13: 109-114.
Ożgo M. 2005. Polymorphism in Cepaea nemoralis (L.): from visual selection to molecular variation (in Polish). Przegląd Zoologiczny 49: 7-30.
Ożgo M., Zięba K. 2004. Shell polymorphism of Cepaea vindobonensis (Fér.) in south-eastern Poland (in Polish). Przegląd Zoologiczny 48: 109-112.
Ożgo M. i Bogucki Z. 1999. Home range and intersexual differences in the foraging habitat use of a White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) breeding pair. In: Schulz H. (ed.). 1999. White Stork on the up? Proceedings, Internat. Symp. on the White Stork, Hamburg 1996. - NABU, Bonn; 481-492.
Bogucki Z. i Ożgo M. 1999. Changes in nest site selection of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia in Wielkopolska (Western Poland) over the period 1974-1994. In: Schulz H. (ed.). 1999. White Stork on the up? Proceedings, Internat. Symp. on the White Stork, Hamburg 1996. - NABU, Bonn; 443-450.
Bogucki Z. i Ożgo M. 1999. A method to determine White Stork Ciconia ciconia egg volume. W: Schulz H. (red.). 1999. White Stork on the up? Proceedings, Internat. Symp. on the White Stork, Hamburg 1996. - NABU, Bonn; 451-457.
