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Dariusz Halabowski

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assistant professor
Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection

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assistant professor

Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology

I am a researcher at the Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz.

My scientific interests focus on freshwater ecology, with particular emphasis on the evolutionary dynamics of aquatic species, interactions with invasive species, and biodiversity conservation. I study coevolutionary processes, especially the ecological role of freshwater mussels, and the impact of anthropogenic changes on aquatic ecosystems. My research also includes analysing the effects of environmental stressors, such as salinisation and plastic pollution, on aquatic communities. Additionally, I am involved in developing environmental monitoring methods and the conservation of threatened taxa, such as freshwater bivalves from the Sphaeriidae family.

I also supervise the Student Scientific Association of Animal Ecology.


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Publications (51 scientific papers including 42 articles in JCR-indexed journals)

  • 2025
    • Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Černecký J., Dołęga J., Drăgan O., Ercoli F., Halabowski D., Ilarri M., Kazmierczak S., Labecka A. M., Mioduchowska M., Osterling M., Ożgo M., Palmik-Das K., Piria M., Rock S. L., Shumka S., Teixeira A., Urbanska M., Varela Dopico C., Zlatkovic S., Sousa R. 2025. Knowledge and uses of freshwater mussels in Europe. Ambio. In Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-025-02288-5
    • Halabowski D., Anil A. N., Zięba G., Pyrzanowski K., Grabowska J., Smith C., Reichard M. 2025. Temporal dynamics of biological invasions: perception of host quality differs between native and alien host species. Ecology and Evolution. 15(10), e72270. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72270
    • Halabowski D., Gwenzi W., Skubała P., Fal A., Szuster-Ciesielska A, Rzymski P. 2025. Outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 in minks: Public health, environmental and bioethical perspectives. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37(1), 149. https://doi.org.10.1186/s12302-025-01202-w
    • Cossey D. A., Urbańska M., Sousa R., Geist J., Atasaral Ş., Bonk M., Bylyna L., Collas F. P. L., Daill D., Dobler A. H., Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Halabowski D., Ilarri M. I., Labecka A. M., Lajtner J., Mageroy J. H., Moorkens E. A., Morales J., Morgan W. H., Motte G., Nakamura K., Ondina P., Österling M., Oźgo M., Paunović M., Prié V., Raković M., Schevchuk L., Shumka S., Son M. O., Taskinen J., Thielen F., Timm H., Tomović J., Ulikowski D., Urbanič G., Varandas S., Wasilewska A. I., Wengström N., Aldridge D. C. 2025. The distribution, scale, and drivers of mass mortality events of Europe’s freshwater bivalves. Conservation Biology. In Press.
    • Halabowski D., Pyrzanowski K., Zięba G., Grabowska J., Przybylski M., Smith C., Reichard M. 2025. Distribution of parasitic larvae of non-native Sinanodonta woodiana on fish hosts across an invasion gradient. Neobiota. 103: 149–164. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.103.160537
    • Zieritz A., Brian J., Sousa R., Aldridge D., Atkinson C., Douda K., Vaughn C., Bespalaya Y., Richmond T., Cmiel A., Crisp A., Dobler A., Ercoli F., Esteves E., Ferreira-Rodríquez N., Geist J., Sánchez González I., Halabowski D., Hoos P., Hopper G., Hyvärinen H., Ilarri M., Lewin I., Lipinska A., Mageroy J., Nizzoli D., Ollard I., Österling M., Riccardi N., Rock S., Sjönberg T., Taskinen J., Urbanič G., Urbanska M., Yu Q., Vaz A.S. 2025. A global meta-analysis of ecological functions and regulating ecosystem services of freshwater bivalves. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(10): 2982–2997. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70190 
    • Fehlinger L., Chaguaceda F., Tirozzi P., Tomás-Martín M., Jakobsson E., Chonova T., Misteli B., Scotti A., Henriques J. F., Rubio-Ríos J., Morant D., Marle P., Kolar V., Stamenković O., Mondav R., Münzner K., Osakpolor S. E., Bonacina L., Nava V., Drohan E., Fenoy E., Llorente A., Mathieu-Resuge M., Halabowski D., Juvigny-Khenafou N. P. D., Martelo J., Nash L. N., Fahy J. C., Cunillera-Montcusí D., Balibrea A., Rimcheska B. 2025. Nutrients on the move: Investigating large scale fatty acid exports from European ponds via emerging insects. Limnology and Oceanography. 70(10): 2844–2857. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.70180
    • Krodkiewska M., Spyra A., Koczorowska A., Łozowski B., Czerniawski R., Sługocki Ł., Libera M., Woźnica A., Absalon D., Matysik M., Bąk M., Sierka E., Halabowski D., Sierka E., Cieplok A. 2025. Exploring a large European river: unraveling the spatial distribution and diversity of benthic invertebrates along the course Vistula River (Poland). Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 100681, In Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2025.100681 
    • Lipińska A. M., Ćmiel A. M., Halabowski D. 2025. Life history traits explain the intra-seasonal abundance pattern of rare land snail species Vertigo moulinsiana: bridging the theory-application gap. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 24737. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-10471-7 
    • Halabowski D., Lewin I., Bąk M., Płaska W., Rosińska J., Rechulicz J., Dukowska M. 2025. Ecological assessment of rivers under anthropogenic pressure: Testing biological indices across abiotic types of rivers. Water, 17(12), 1817. https://doi.org/10.3390/w17121817https://doi.org/10.3390/w17121817
    • Lipińska A. M., Adamski P., Ćmiel A. M., Golab M. J., Idczak-Figiel P. A., Lopes-Lima M., Mageroy J. H., Nowakowska A., Österling M., Sniegula S., Teixeira A., Costa S., Varandas S., Halabowski D. 2025. Cold tolerance strategies of freshwater mussels across latitudes. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 22232.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06450-7https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-06450-7
    • Lopes-Lima M., Aldridge D. C.. Álvarez M. G., Araujo R., Barea Azcón J. M., Bikashvili A., Bragado D., Bylyna L., Carlevaro A., Černecký J., Cherot F., Cichy A., Collas F., Csányi B., Douda K., Ercoli F., Fehér Z., Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Froufe E., Geist J., Gil M. G., Gołdyn B., Golski J., Gomes-dos-Santos A., Gumpinger C., Halabowski D., Harbar O., Kamocki A., Karaouzas I., Labecka A. M., Lajtner J., Larsen B. M., Lavictoire L., Lewin I., Lipinskaya T., Madeira M. J., Magerøy J. H., Moorkens E., Morales J., Motte G., Mumladze L., Nakamura K., Ondina P., Österling M., Outeiro A., Ożgo M., Patzner R., Paunovic M., Pereira J., Petkevičiūtė R., Prié V., Reis J., Riccardi N., Richling I., Romero R., Sablon R., Sandaas K., Severijns N., Shevchuk L., Sîrbu I., Skawina A., Son M. O., Sousa R., Spikkeland I., Stanevičiūtė G., Stanicka A., Stöckl K., Stunżėnas V., Taskinen J., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Timm H., Todorov M., Tomović J., Tończyk G., Trichkova T., Urbanič G., Urbańska M., Väinölä R., Varandas S., Vercauteren T., Vincentini H., Zając K., Zając T. 2025. A curated dataset on the distribution of West Palaearctic freshwater bivalves. Scientific Data, 12(2), 1139. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05318-9 
    • Marumure J., Gwenzi W., Makuvara Z., Simbanegavi T. T., Alufasi R., Goredema M., Gufe C., Karidzagundi R., Rzymski P., Halabowski D. 2025. Global occurrence of cyanotoxins in drinking water systems: Recent advances, human health risks, mitigation, and future directions. Life, 15 15(5), 825. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15050825https://doi.org/10.3390/life15050825
    • Halabowski D., Pyrzanowski K., Zięba G., Grabowska J., Przybylski M., Smith C., Reichard M. 2025. The impact of invasive Sinanodonta woodiana (Bivalvia, Unionidae) and mussel macroparasites on the egg distribution of parasitic bitterling fish in host mussels. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 9417. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93717-8https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-93717-8
    • Lipińska A. M., Książkiewicz Z., Ćmiel A. M., Hnatyna O., Laskowska P., Halabowski D. 2025. Winter activity and dormancy of snails: freezing and food shortage avoidance strategy facing snow cover shortage. Animals, 15(3), 348. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15030348https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15030348
    • Kaczmarczyk-Ziemba A ., Halabowski D., Berchi G. M., Rewicz T., Boda P., Krepski T., Višinskienė G., Stoianova D., Tończyk G., Momotko A., Chylińska J., Raupach M . 2025 . Evidence for mitochondrial heteroplasmy in the freshwater bug Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Insecta: Heteroptera): a challenge for future studies based on mtDNA markers . Hydrobiologia, 825: 3567–3581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05737-6https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05737-6
    • Nava V., Dar J. Y., De Santis V., Fehlinger L., Pasqualini J., Adekolurejo O. A., Burri B., Cabrerizo M. J., Chonova T., Cour M., Dory F., Drost A. M., Figler A., Gionchetta G., Halabowski D., Harvey D. R., Manzanares-Vázquez V., Misteli B., Mori-Bazzano L., Moser V., Rotta F., Schmid-Paech B., Touchet C. M., Gostyńska J. 2025 . Zooming in the plastisphere: the ecological interface for phytoplankton–plastic interactions in aquatic ecosystems. Biological Reviews, 100(2): 834–854. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.13164 
  • 2024
    • IUCN SSC MSG/CPSG/CONFREMU. 2024. European Freshwater Bivalves: Moving from Assessment to Conservation Planning. European Freshwater Bivalves: Moving from Assessment to Conservation Planning. Conservation Planning Specialist Group, Apple Valley, MN, USA
    • Halabowski D., Sousa R., Lopes-Lima M., Killeen I., Aldridge D. C, Zając K., Mageroy J. H., Cossey D. A., Urbańska M., Österling M., Prié V. 2024 . Off the conservation radar: The hidden story of Europe's tiny pea clams (Bivalvia: Sphaeriidae). Biodiversity and Conservation, 33(13): 3567–3581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02921-x 
    • Marumure J., Simbanegavi T. T., Makuvara Z., Karidzagundi R., Alufasi R., Goredema M., Gufe C., Chaukura N., Halabowski D., Gwenzi W. 2024 . Emerging organic contaminants in drinking water systems: Human intake, emerging health risks, and future research directions. Chemosphere , 356, 141699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141699 
    • Gwenzi W., Gufe C., Alufasi R., Makuvara Z., Marumure J., Shanmugam S. R., Selvasembian R., Halabowski D. 2024 . Insects to the rescue? Insights into applications, mechanisms, and prospects of insect-driven remediation of organic contaminants. Science of the Total Environment , 925, 171116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171116 
    • Halabowski D ., Reichard M., Pyrzanowski K., Zięba G., Grabowska J., Smith C., Przybylski M. 2024. The depressed river mussel Pseudanodonta complanata as an occasional host for the European bitterling Rhodeus amarus . Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems , 425, 3. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2023025 
    • Gholipour S., Shamsizadeh Z., Halabowski D., Gwenzi W., Nikaeen M. 2024 . Combating antibiotic resistance using wastewater surveillance: Significance, applications, challenges, and future directions. Science of the Total Environment , 908, 168056 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168056
  • 2023
    • Woźnica A., Absalon D., Matysik M., Bąk B., Cieplok A., Halabowski D., Koczorowska A., Krodkiewska M., Libera M., Sierka E., Spyra A., Czerniawski R., Sługocki Ł., Łozowski B. 2023. Analysis of the salinity of the Vistula River based on patrol monitoring and state environmental monitoring. Water, 15 (5): 838. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15050838
    • Kozyra A., Gnida A., Halabowski D., Kippen R., Lewin I. 2023. Increasing the pro-entrepreneurial attitude of students through interdisciplinary action in STEM related fields. In: Kaya-Capocci S. & Peters E. E. (Eds.), Enhancing Entrepreneurial Mindsets through STEM Education. Integrated Science, 15, pp. 117–140. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17816-0_6
    • Sousa R., Zając T., Halabowski D., Aksenova O. V., Bespalaya Y. V., Carvalho F., Castro P., Douda K., da Silva J. P., Ferreira-Rodríguez N., Geist J., Gumpinger C., Labecka A. M., Lajtner J., Lewin I., Lopes-Lima M., Meira A., Nakamura K., Nogueira J. G., Ondina P., Ożgo M., Reis J., Riccardi N., Shumka S., Son M. O., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Urbańska M., Varandas S., Wengström N., Zając K., Zieritz A., Aldridge D. C. 2023. A roadmap for the conservation of freshwater mussels in Europe. Conservation Biology, 37 (2): e13994. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13994
    • Fehlinger L., Misteli B., Morant D., Juvigny-Khenafou N., Cunillera-Montcusí D., Chaguaceda F., Stamenković O., Fahy J., Kolář V., Halabowski D., Nash L. N., Jakobsson E., Nava V., Tirozzi P., Urrutia Cordero P., Mocq J., Camacho Santamans A., Manuel Zamora J., Marle P., Chonova T., Bonacina L., Mathieu-Resuge M., Suarez E., Osakpolor S. E., Timoner P., Evtimova V., Nita D., Carreira B. M., Tapolczai K., Martelo J., Gerber R., Dinu V., Henriques J., Selmeczy G. B., Rimcheska B. 2023. The ecological role of permanent ponds in Europe: a review of dietary linkages to terrestrial ecosystems via emerging insects. Inland Waters, 13 (1): 30–46. https://doi.org/10.1080/20442041.2022.2111180
  • 2022
    • Gwenzi W., Skirmuntt E. C., Musvuugwa T., Teta C., Halabowski D., Rzymski P. 2022. Grappling with (re)-emerging infectious zoonoses: Risk assessment, mitigation framework, and future directions. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 82, 103350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103350
    • Halabowski D., Bielańska-Grajner I., Lewin I., Sowa A. 2022. Diversity of rotifers in small rivers affected by human activity. Diversity, 14 (2): 127. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14020127
  • 2021
    • Sousa R., Halabowski D., Labecka A. M., Douda K., Aksenova O., Bespalaya Y., Bolotov I., Geist J., Jones H. A., Konopleva E., Klunzinger M. W., Lasso C., Lewin I., Liu X., Lopes-Lima M., Mageroy J., Mlambo M., Nakamura K., Nakano M., Österling M., Pfeiffer J., Prié V., Paschoal L. R. P., Riccardi N., Santos R., Shumka S., Smith A. K., Son M. O., Teixeira A., Thielen F., Torres S., Varandas S., Vikhrev I. V., Wu X., Zieritz A., Nogueira J. 2021. The role of anthropogenic habitats in freshwater mussel conservation. Global Change Biology, 27 (11): 2298–2314. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15549
    • Halabowski D., Bąk M., Lewin I. 2021. Distribution and ecological note of two interesting diatom species Navicula flandriae Van de Vijver et Mertens and Planothidium nanum Bąk, Kryk et Halabowski in the rivers of Southern Poland and their spring areas. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 50 (2): 137–149. https://doi.org/10.2478/oandhs-2021-0013
    • Halabowski D., Lewin I. 2021. Triggers for the impoverishment of the macroinvertebrate communities in the human-impacted rivers of two Central European ecoregions. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 232 (2), 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05005-6
    • Halabowski D., Rzymski P. 2021. Taking a lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: Preventing the future outbreaks of viral zoonoses through a multi-faceted approach. Science of the Total Environment, 757, 143723. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143723
  • 2020
    • Sowa A., Krodkiewska M., Halabowski D. 2020. How does mining salinisation gradient affect the structure and functioning of macroinvertebrate communities? Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231 (9), 453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-020-04823-4
    • Halabowski D., Lewin I. 2020. Impact of anthropogenic transformations on the vegetation of selected abiotic types of rivers in two ecoregions (Southern Poland). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 421, 35. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2020026
    • Bąk M., Halabowski D., Kryk A., Lewin I., Sowa A. 2020. Mining salinisation of rivers: its impact on diatom (Bacillariophyta) assemblages. Fottea, 20 (1): 1–16.https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2019.010
    • Halabowski D., Lewin I., Buczyński P., Krodkiewska M., Płaska W., Sowa A., Buczyńska E. 2020. Impact of the discharge of salinised coal mine waters on the structure of the macroinvertebrate communities in an urban river (Central Europe). Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 231 (1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-019-4373-9
  • 2019
    • Sowa A., Krodkiewska M., Halabowski D., Lewin I. 2019. Responses of mollusc communities to environmental factors along an anthropogenic salinity gradient. The Science of Nature, 106 (11–12), 60. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-019-1655-4
    • Halabowski D., Krodkiewska M., Sowa A., Lewin I. 2019. First record of the alien aquatic oligochaete species Monopylephorus limosus (Hatai, 1898) (Annelida) in Central Europe. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 48 (3): 290–295. https://doi.org/10.2478/ohs-2019-0026
    • Halabowski D., Bielańska-Grajner I., Lewin I. 2019. Effect of underground salty mine water on the rotifer communities in the Bolina River (Upper Silesia, Southern Poland). Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, 420, 31. https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2019023
  • 2018

Research Expeditions, Scientific Visits & Other Scientific Activity

  • Scientific internship in Fish Evolutionary Ecology Group at the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, the Czech Republic (01.10.2023-30.06.2024)
  • Training school about freshwater mussel breeding: Releasing and monitoring of mussels and their potential habitats. Landschaftspflegeverband Passau e.V., CIBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, Passau, Germany (11-15.09.2023)
  • Workshop on sphaeriids - identification and biology. SPYGEN, CIBIO - Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, MNHN - Institute of Systematics, Evolution, Biodiversity, IUCN - Molluscs Specialists Group, Montpellier, France (06-07.09.2023)
  • Short Term Scientific Mission (E-COST-GRANT-CA18239-0b1013d1) at Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (17-31.08.2023)
  • Hydrology, telemetry and restoration workshop. Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Umianowice, Poland (11-12.07.2023)
  • Training school about freshwater mussel breeding: From selection of populations to rearing of juveniles. natur & ëmwelt / Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur, Mill of Kalborn, Luxembourg (20-22.06.2023)
  • Electrofishing course. The Stanislaw Sakowicz Inland Fisheries Institute, Wrocław, Poland (01-02.12.2022)
  • Short Term Scientific Mission at Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal (01.07.2022-01.08.2022)
  • ForBio and STI course: DNA barcoding – from sequences to species 2022. Forskerskole in Biosystematikk – Research School in Bio-systematics, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway (28.03.2022–01.04.2022)
  • Participant in Freshwater Biodiversity Observation Network (FW BON) (2022 - present)
  • Training school on freshwater mussel ecosystem services. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (14-17.09.2021)
  • Training school on freshwater mussel parasites. Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland (17-18.08.2021)
  • Participant in Czysta Wisła? WHY NOT? - scientific expedition on a research boat along the Vistula River (2021)
  • Statistical analysis in R (basic) (21-23.12.2020)
  • Application of Numerical Methods in Ecology (PAST, MVSP, TWINSPAN, CANOCO). Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland (9-13.09.2019)
  • Scientific internship at the Department of Hydrobiology and Protection of Ecosystems of the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland (08-21.07.2019)
  • Course of DNA barcoding. University of Lodz, Spała, Poland (23-25.05.2019)
  • EduCO2cean – STS Education models to transmit to society the challenge of global change in the ocean. Caretakers of the Environment International, Katowice, Poland (6-10.11.2017)
  • Macrophyte Index for Rivers course. Poznań University of Life Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland (12-13.06.2017)

Awards & Achievements

Journal's Editorial & Reviewer’s Work

  • One review of PhD Thesis (2024 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • 19 reviews of scientific papers (including reviews for JCR-indexed journals)
    • 2025 - Two research papers
    • 2024 - Four research papers
    • 2023 - One research paper and three chapters of a book
    • 2022 - Four research papers and four chapters of a book
    • 2021 - Five research papers and one chapter of a book
    • 2020 - One research paper

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Last update: 10.11.2025

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