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Dr. Sergey Piontkovsky
Field of interests:
Multiscale spatial-temporal variability of marine ecosystems (1000-100-10-1-0.1km scales)
Behavior of zooplankton organisms
Biology of mesoscale eddies
Coupling between plankton and climat
Awarded Fellowships:
Fellowship from Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute " Temporal dynamics of size structure of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean plankton communities: comparative approach. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA (1997).
Fellowship from The Leverhulme Trust, U.K. " Multiscale spatial-temporal variability of the marine ecosystems". Plymouth Marine Laboratory, U.K. (1994-1996).
Fellowship from the Royal Society, U.K. "Multiscale variability of the planktonic communities". Plymouth Marine Laboratory, (1993-1994).
Fellowship from the European Comission. International Summer School on Environmental Dynamics: general circulation of the oceans. Italy. (1994).
Fellowship from the Swedish Academy of Science. "Experimental studies of the behavior of marine copepods". Goeteborg University. (1993).
Fellowship from the Marseille Oceanologic Center at the Marseille University (France). "Experimental studies of the plankton behavior". (1991-1992).
Fellowship from the Office of Naval Research (USA) and SOROS Foundation.
Cooperation program between Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (1990).
Oceanographic research and teaching experience:
Participant of 8 National and 4 International expeditions in the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.
USSR National Program "KIPRIO" (Studies of the Indian Ocean productivity). Acad.Sci.Ukr.SSR (1980). Research biologist.
USSR National Program "Transects" (Studies of hydrophysical fields and mass transport in the Tropical Atlantic), Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Acad.Sci.Ukr.SSR (1982- 1989). Research biologist.
Soviet-Belgian Program of Scientific Collaboration. (1990-1993). Co-promoter at the International Courses on Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology, Free University of Brussels.
University of Amsterdam (1994-1995).Visiting scientist.
Membership of Professional Societies:
Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the International GLOBEC program. (1997-present)
Active member of the New York Academy of Sciences (1995-present)
Member of the Soviet All-Union Society of Hydrobiology (1978-1989)
Publications:
Author and co-author of 4monographs and over 60 papers.
Books:
Ecology of behavior of Copepods . 1985. Naukova Dumka. T.S.Petipa (ed.).
Kiev, 166pp. ( in Russian).
Ecological systems in active dynamical zones of the Indian Ocean. 1986.
Naukova Dumka. T.S.Petipa (ed.). Kiev, 286pp. (in Russian). Coauthor.
Productivity of equatorial Atlantic. 1990. Naukova Dumka. G.V.Zuev (ed.).
Kiev, 202pp. (in Russian). Coauthor.
Multiscale variability of zooplanktonic fields. ( in prep.). Naukova Dumka.
Z.Z.Finenko (ed.). Kiev, 320pp. ( in Russian)
Selected scientific publications:
Piontkovski S.A. 1985. Statistical estimations of biological fields mesoscale structure of the Indian Ocean tropical zone and their relationships with fields of the physical and chemical elements. Pol.Arch.Hidrobiol., 32: 280-287.
Piontkovski S.A., A.Plotnikov, T.A.Melnik, and A.Chistenko. 1985. The elements of spatial structure of pelagic communities of quasihomogeneous layer of the Indian Ocean. Pol. Archiv Hydrobiol., 32: 291-298.
Piontkovski S.A., P.V.Scherbatenko, and T.A.Melnik. 1985. Spatial-temporal characteristics of horizontal and vertical zooplankton distribution in the Indian Ocean. Pol. Archiv Hydrobiol., 32: 310-318.
Piontkovski S.A. 1987. Mesoscale heterogeneity of biological fields of the Indian Ocean tropical zone: the structure, dynamics and interactions. In: Production et Relations Trophiques dans less Ecosystems Marins. 2 Coll.Franco.Sovietique. IFREMER Act.Coll.,5: 35-38.
Piontkovski S.A., R.Williams, and T.A.Melnik. 1995. Spatial-temporal and size structure of the Indian Ocean epipelagic ecosystems: some general trends. Marine Ecology Progr.Ser., 117: 219-227.
Piontkovski S.A., and R.Williams. 1995. Multiscale variability of tropical ocean zooplankton biomass. ICES Journ.Mar.Sci., 52: 643-656.
Piontkovski S.A., R.Williams, and V.N.Kosnirev. 1995. The relationship between oceanic zooplankton and energy of eddy fields. Marine Ecology Pogr.Ser., 128: 35-41.
Tiselius P., B.Hansen, P.Jonsson, T.Kiorboe, T.G.Nielsen, S.Piontkovski, and E.Saiz. 1995. Can we use laboratory reared copepods for feeding experiments? A comparison of behaviour between a field and a laboratory population of Acartia tonsa. Journal. ICES Journal Mar.Sci., 52: 643-656.
Tokarev Yu.N., Williams R., Piontkovski S.A. 1997. The identification of the small-scale structure of pelagic plankton communities of the Black and Ionian Seas by bioluminescent characteristics. Marine Biological Conference. June 7-12, 1997. Turku, Finland.
Piontkovski, S.A., R.Williams, W.T.Peterson, O.A.Yunev, N.A.Minkina, V.L.Vladimirov and V.Blinkov. 1997. The mesoscale spatial heterogeneity of the open ocean planktonic fields. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser.,148: 145-154.
Goldberg G.A., Piontkovski S.A., and R.Williams. 1997. Zooplankton field biomass heterogeneity mesoscale formation : elements of the theory and empirical characteristics. Ecol. Modelling, 96: 41-49.
Piontkovski S.A. 1997. The Ukraine oceanographical centres and the international GLOBEC intiatives: interaction points. GLOBEC International Newsletter, vol.3, No.1: 7-8.
Piontkovski S.A., Tokarev Yu.N., Bitukov E.P., Williams R., and Kiefer D. 1997. The bioluminescent field of the Atlantic Ocean. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser.,156: 33-41.
Kushnir V.M., Yu.N.Tokarev, R.Williams, S.A.Piontkovski, and P.V.Evstigneev. Mechanisms of formation of the bioluminescent field mesoscale heterogeneity in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Mar.Ecol.Progr.Ser., 1998, 160: 1-11.
Piontkovski S.A., S.van der Spoel, and I.Prusova. 1998. Diurnal rhythm of biodiversity in zooplankton community of the macroscale anticyclonic gyre. Crustaceana.
Conference talks and papers:
Piontkovski S.A., and M.H.Daro. 1994. Spatial distribution of plankton in the upwelling region of Cape Blanc (Tropical Atlantic Ocean). In: Proceedings of the Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference. Melbourne, Australia 1.4 March, 1994. J.Le Marchall and J.D.Jasper (eds.): 237-242.
Evstigneev P.V., R.Williams, S.A.Piontkovski, and O.K.Bileva. 1994. Spatial and temporal distribution of bioluminescent invertebrates in the central Atlantic Ocean. In: Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence: Fundamental and applied aspects. A.K.Campbel te al., eds.Proceedings of 8th Int.Symp.on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. Univ. Cambridge, 5-8 Sept., 1994: 123-126
Svetlichny L.S., S.A.Piontkovski, and S.A. Seregin. 1996. Copepod locomotion as a function of size and age. In: Sixth International Conference on Copepoda. July 29- August 3, Oldenburg.
Bitukov E.P., Tokarev Yu.N., Piontkovski S.A., Vasilenko V.I., Williams R., Sokolov B.G. 1996. The bioluminescence field as an indicator of the spatial structure of the planktonic community of the Mediterranean Sea basin. 9th International Symposium on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. 4-8 October, 1996.Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Journal of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, v.11, No.4/5: p.235.
Evstigneev P.V., Piontkovski S.A., Williams R. 1996. The specificity of copepod bioluminescence. In: Sixth International Conference on Copepoda. July 29- August 3, 1996. Oldenburg.
Evstigneev P.V., Williams R., Piontkovski S.A. 1996. Bioluminescence of marine copepods: general trends in relation to ontogenesis and the behaviour of the organism. In: Sixth International Conference on Copepoda. July 29-August 3, 1996. Oldenburg. p.48.
Williams R., Piontkovski S.A., Tokarev Yu., Mishonov A., Vladimirov V. 1997. Data base on plankton bioluminescence and associated parameters for the Mediterranean Sea basin. In: Progress in Oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea. November 17-19, EU, MAST. vol.1, p.323.
Tokarev Yu.N., Williams R., Piontkovski S.A. 1997. Small-scale plankton patchiness in the Black Sea euphotic layer. Volume of the 32nd European Marine Biology Symposium. August 16-22, 1997. Lysekil, Sweden. Munk-Reklam AB, p.81.
Piontkovski S.A., and S.van der Spoel. 1997. Some trends of mesozooplankton spatial distribution on macroscale in the tropical Atlantic. In: A.C. Pierrot-Bults & S. van der Spoel. Pelagic Biogeography ICoPB II. Proceedings of the 2nd Intrenational Conference. IOC/UNESCO Paris, i-vi: 317-326.
Kovalev A.V., and S.A.Piontkovski. 1997. Biogeographical basis of the large marine ecosystems studies: The macroscale gyre of the South Atlantic Ocean. In: A.C. Pierrot-Bults & S. van der Spoel. Pelagic Biogeography ICoPB II. Proceedings of the 2nd Intrenational Conference. IOC/UNESCO, Paris: 235-248.
Seregin S.A., and S.A. Piontkovski. 1997. The behaviour of Acartia clausi Giesbr. (Copepoda) in a salinity gradient environment. Volume of the 32nd European Marine Biology Symposium. August 16-22, 1997. Lysekil, Sweden. Munk-Reklam AB, p.127.
Conversi A., Piontkovski S., Hameed S. 1997. Seasonal and interannual changes in Calanus finmarchicus and Pseudocalanus spp. in the Northern US shelf. ICES Annual Science Conference. September 25- October 3, 1997. Baltimore, USA: 162-163.
Mishonov A., Vladimirov V., Piontkovski S. 1998. Data base on marine ecosystems. ASPRS-RTI Annual Conference. March 30-April 4, 1998. Tampa, Florida.
Vladimirov V., V.Miroshnichenko, V.Lubartsev, and S.Piontkovski. 1998. Special data base management systems as a tool to store, process, and analyze marine biological and interdisciplinary data. GLOBEC First Open Science Meeting. Paris, 17-20 March, 1998. SCOR., p.84-85
Piontkovski S., S.Hameed, A.Conversi, K.Sherman, and C.Reid. 1998. Zooplankton-climate linkages in different regions of the northern hemisphere. GLOBEC First Open Science Meeting. Paris, 17-20 March, 1998. SCOR., p.67-68
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