List of publications:

Original papers:

Skowroński T., Jakubowski M., Pawlik B. 1985 - Cadmium toxicity to green alga Stichococcus bacillaris . - Acta Microbiologica Polonica 34 (3/4): 309-312.

Skowroński T., Pawlik B., Jakubowski M. 1988 - Reduction of cadmium toxicity to green microalga Stichococcus bacillaris by manganese. - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology . 41: 915-920.

Skowroński T., Szubińska S., Pawlik B., Jakubowski M., Bilewicz R., Cukrowska E. 1991 - The influence of pH on cadmium toxicity to the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris and on the cadmium forms present in the culture medium. - Environmental Pollution, 74: 89-100.

Pawlik B., Skowroński T., Gardestr ö m P., Samuelsson G. 1991 - Investigations of short-term uptake by the blue-green alga Synechocystis aquatilis using rapid filtration technique. - Heavy Metals in the Environment . J.G. Farmer (ed)., CEP Consult. Ltd, Edinburgh, 2: 204-207. (

Skowroński T., Szubińska S., Jakubowski M., Pawlik B. 1992 - Cadmium availability to the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis in solutions containing chloride. - Environmental Pollution , 76: 163-167.

Pawlik B., Skowroński T., Ramazanow Z., Gardestr ö m P., Samuelsson G. 1993 - pH-dependent cadmium transport inhibits photosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis . - Environmental and Experimental Botany . 33: 331-337.

Pawlik B., Skowroński T. 1994 -Transport and toxicity of cadmium: its regulation in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis .- Environmental and Experimental Botany . 34: 225-233.(

Pirszel J., Pawlik B., Skowroński T. 1995 - Cation-exchange capacity of algae and cyanobacteria: a parameter of their metal sorption abilities. - Journal of Industrial Microbiology , 14: 319-322.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 1995 - Production of Cd-binding proteins in the cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae . - Heavy Metals in the Environment . R.-D. Wilken, U. Forstner, A. Knochel (red.), CEP Consult. LTD, Edinburgh, 1: 285-288. (

Pawlik B. 1995 - Physiology of microalgae at high CO 2 concentrations .- RITE Now , 15:17.

Skowroński T., Pirszel J., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 1995 - Phytochelatin synthesis - response to cadmium in the green microalga Stichococcus bacillaris . - Heavy Metals in the Environment . R.-D. Wilken, U. Forstner, A. Knochel (red.), CEP Consult. LTD, Edinburgh, 2: 224-227.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Kaczorowska R., Skowroński T. 1997. -The impact of inorganic tin on the planktonic cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis : the effect of pH and humic acid. - Environmental Pollution 97: 65-69

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Kaczorowska R., Skowroński T. 1998. -The impact of some organotins on the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis . - Oceanological Studies 1:79-90.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 1998. -The sorption and removal of heavy metals by algal biomasses. - Oceanological Studies 1: 91-103.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 2000. Biosorpcja i usuwanie Cd, Cu, Pb oraz Zn z roztworów wodnych przez sorbenty uzyskane z grzyba pleśniowego Rhizopus nigricans i odpadowej biomasy drożdży Saccharomyces uvarum . (Biosorption and removal of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn from aqueous solution by mouldfungus Rhizopus nigricans and waste biomass of yeast Saccharomyces uvarum ). Archiwum Ochrony Środowiska (Archives of Environmental Protection) 26: 39-53.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2000. Changes in the phytochelatin levels in the freshwater green alga Stigeoclonium tenue exposed to heavy metal mixture at different pHs, bicarbonate and suspended matter content.), In: J. Nriagu (ed), 11 th Annual International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment ,University of Michigan, School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI (CD-ROM)

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2000. Relationship between acid-soluble thiol peptides and accumulated Pb in the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris . Aquatic Toxicology 50: 221-230.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2001. Phytochelatin production in freshwater algae Stigeoclonium in response to heavy metals contained in mining water; effects of some environmental factors. Aquatic Toxicology 52: 241-249.

Skowroński T., Pirszel J., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2001. Heavy metal removal by the waste biomass of Penicillium chrysogenum. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada 36 (4): 793-803.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2002. Correlations between toxic Pb effects and production of Pb-induced thiol peptides in the microalga Stichococcus bacillaris . Environmental Pollution 119: 119-127.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Sanita di Toppi L., Favali M. A., Fossati F., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 2002. Lichens respond to heavy metals by phytochelatin synthesis. New Phytologist 156: 95-102

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2003. Resistance, accumulation and allocation of Zn in two ecotypes of the green alga Stigeoclonium tenu e Kütz. coming from habitats of different heavy metal concentrations. Aquatic Botany 75: 189-198

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2003. When adapted to high zinc concentrations the periphytic green alga Stigeoclonium tenue produces high amounts of novel phytochelatin-related peptides. Aquatic Toxicology 62: 155-163

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Kalinowska R., Skowroński T. 2004 - Arsenic bioavailability, toxicity and direct role of GSH and phytochelatins in As detoxification in the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris - Aquatic Toxicology , 70: 201-212

Torricelli E., Gorbi G., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Sanita di Toppi L., Corradi M.G. 2004- Cadmium tolerance , cysteine and thiol peptide levels in wild type and chromium-tolerant strains of Scenedesmus acutus (Chlorophyceae)- Aquatic Toxicology , 68:315-323

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T., Pirszel J., Adamczyk A., 2004. Relationship between cyanobacterial bloom composition and anatoxin-a and microcystin occurrence in the eutrophic dam reservoir (SE Poland). Polish Journal of Ecology . 52(4): 479-490.

Sanita di Toppi L., Musetti R., Vattuone Z., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Fossati F., Bertoli L., Badjani M., Favali MA. (2005). Cadmium distribution and effects on ultrastructure and chlorophyll status in photobionts and mycobionts of Xanthoria parietina . Microscopy Research and Technique , 66: 229-238

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Purvis O.W., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 2005. Copper accumulation and defence mechanisms in Lecanora polytropa - crustose lichen growing on Cu-rich rocks. In: Trindade RBE, Melamed R., Sobral LGS., Barbosa JP (eds). 13 th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment . Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 2005. Extended Abstracts CETEM/MTC (CD-ROM) .

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Purvis O.W. Pirszel J., Skowroński T. (w druku). Cellular mechanisms of Cu-tolerance in the epilithic lichen Lecanora polytropa growing at a copper mine. The Lichenologist

Review articles:

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T. 1996 - Sinice i ich interakcje z metalami ciężkimi.- Wiadomości Botaniczne , 40 (3): 17-30

Skowroński T., Kalinowska R., Pawlik - Skowrońska B. - 2002 - Glony środowisk zanieczyszczonych metalami ciężkimi.- Kosmos , 51(2): 165-173

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2002- Tajemnice odporności glonów i sinic na toksyczne metale ciężkie. - Kosmos, 51(2): 175-184

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2005. Role of non-protein thiol compounds in heavy metal detoxification and tolerance in eukaryotic algae. Annual Report 2005 :

Burchardt L., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. (w druku). Zakwity sinic -konkurencja międzygatunkowa i zagrożenie dla środowiska. Wiadomości Botaniczne

Book chapters:

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T. 2001 - Freshwater Algae. W: - Metals in the Environment; Analysis by Biodiversity. M.N.V. Prasad (ed). Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York : 59-94

Sanita di Toppi L., Cobbett C.S., Gremigni P., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., M.N.V. Prasad. 2003 - Response to heavy metals in plants . W: Abiotic Stresses in Plants . Sanita di Toppi L., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. (eds). Kluwer Academic Publisher , Dodrecht Boston, London, str.133-156.

Conference abstracts published in English:

Pawlik B., Budd K., Skowroński T. 1990. Energetics of cadmium transport into the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis. - 10th School on Biophysics of Membrane Transport. Szczyrk, May,. School Proceedings, 2: 295.

Pawlik B., Jakubowski M., Skowroński T. 1990. The mechanisms of cadmium sorption by the blue-green alga Synechocystis aquatilis. - 9th Symposium Phycological Section, Polish Botanical Association - Evolution of Freshwater Lakes. Poznań, May, Materiały Naukowe Zjazdu, p. 81.

Skowroński T., Pawlik B., Jakubowski M. 1990. Cadmium uptake by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis. - 12th ESCPB Annual Conference "Physiological and Biochemical Approaches to the Toxicological Assessment of Environmental Pollution". Utrecht, August . Abstracts P 1: 35.

Skowroński T., Jakubowski M., Pawlik B. 1990. Effect of chlorides on cadmium sorption by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis. -12th ESCPB Annual Conference Physiological and Biochemical Approaches to the Toxicological Assessment of Environmental Pollution. Utrecht, August 27-31,. Abstracts P 1;36.

Pawlik B., Skowroński T., Ramazanow Z., Gardeström P., Samuelsson G. 1992. pH-Dependence of cadmium transport and toxicity toward a blue - green alga. - 2nd European Conference on Ecotoxicology. Amsterdam, 11-15 maja. Abstracts, S 2-36.

Pawlik B., Skowroński T. 1993. The influence of environmental factors on cadmium uptake and toxicity in planktonic cyanobacteria. International Conference. Environmental Toxicology: Pathways of Anthropogenic Pollutants in the Environment and their Toxic Effects. Porąbka-Kozubnik, 23-26 sierpnia. Abstracts, 88

Pawlik B., Ikemoto H., Kurano N., Miyachi S. 1994. New isolated green algae of Western Pacific Ocean and their physiology at extremely high CO2 concentrations. - Materiały Zjazdowe, XIII Międzynarodowe Sympozjum Fykologiczne, Olsztyn-Stare Jabłonki , str. 12

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Kaczorowska R., Skowroński T. 1996. Impact of tin compounds on the planktonic cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis. - Biol. Bull of Poznań, vol. 33 (Suppl.): 45

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Kaczorowska R., Skowroński T. 1996. Availability and toxicity of inorganic and organic tin compounds towards the cyanobacterium Synechocystis aquatilis. - International Symposium on Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology. 14-18 July, Sydney, Abstract book p. 49

Skowroński T., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., 1997. Removal of heavy metals by fungal biomass. 1997 Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology, Reno NV, USA, August 1997. - Abstracts: 98

Skowroński T., Pirszel J., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 1997. Phytochelatins in green microalgae as indicators of heavy metal bioavailability. 1997 Annual Meeting of the Society for Industrial Microbiology, Reno NV, USA, August 1997. - Abstracts: 98

Skowroński T., Pirszel J., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 1997 - Phytochelatin production in green algae exposed to heavy metals. - Phycologia 36(4):104, suplement

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 1998 . Production of phytochelatin in periphytic green algae in response to heavy metals. 2nd International Conference: Trace Elements -Effects on Organisms and Environment, Cieszyn, June 1998, - Book of Abstracts: 102

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 1999. Phytochelatin induction in periphytic green algae of the genus Stigeoclonium by heavy metals contained in mining water. - Proceedings of extended abstracts of the 5th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Wien (Austria), July 1999: 1168-1169.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 1999 - Lead uptake and production of thiol-containing peptides in the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris- 3rd Intern. Conf. on Ecophysiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 1999, 21,3 (Suppl.): 61

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 1999. Phytochelatin production in algal cells in response to Pb exposure. 9th Annual Meeting of SETAC-Europe "Quality of Life and Environment in Cultured Landscapes", 25-29 maja 1999, Lipsk, (Germany). Abstracts p. 167

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2000. The role of phytochelatins and some environmental factors in survival of the filamentous green alga Stigeoclonium in the heavy metal polluted waters. Materiały Konferencyjne, XIX Sympozjum Sekcji Fykologicznej PTB: Ekologia i Taksonomia Glonów-Małżeństwo z rozsądku?, Tleń, May, pp.42-43.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2000. Changes in phytochelatin production in the algae Stigeoclonium exposed to heavy metals occurring in mining water, under various environmental conditions. Book of Abstracts of the III Conference on Trace Metals - Effects on Organisms and Environment, Sopot, June, p..218.

Pawlik -Skowrońska B. 2000. Effect of pH and suspended matter on phytochelatin level in algae exposed to heavy metals. Abstract Book of III SETAC World Congress, Brighton (UK), May, p. 195.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Sanita di Toppi L., Favali M.A., Fossati F., Skowroński T. 2001. Response of lichens to heavy metal stress by phytochelatin production. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 23 (Supplement): 80.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2001 - Role of Cys-enriched thiol peptides in adaptation of periphytic green algae to high Zn concentrations. - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 23 (3, Suppl.) str. 79-80

Sanita di Toppi L., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Favali M.A., Fossati F., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 2002 - Thiol peptide production in heavy metal exposed foliose lichens. 13th Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology. Heraklion, Greece, September . Abstract Book, str. 630

Torricelli E., Gorbi G., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Sanita di Toppi L., Corradi M.G. 2002 - Differences in thiol peptide production between Cr-tolerant and wild-type strains of Scenedesmus acutus in reponse to heavy metals. 13th Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology. Heraklion, Greece, September .Abstract Book, str.519

Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2003. Biochemical mechanism of Zn and Pb tolerance in the green alga Stigeoclonium tenue living in mining waters. W : "Glony a stan biologii wód - zagrożenie czy sprzymierzeńcy" - Streszczenia XXII Międzynarodowego Sympozjum Sekcji Fykologicznej PTB, Olsztyn, May 2003, pp.. 65-66.

Pirszel J., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T. 2003. - Monitoring of cyanobacteria and application of HPLC and GC-MS for analysis of cyanobacterial toxins in Zemborzycki lake. W: "Glony a stan biologii wód - zagrożenie czy sprzymierzeńcy". Streszczenia XXII Międzynarodowego Sympozjum Sekcji Fykologicznej PTB, Olsztyn, May 2003, pp. 123-124.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Kalinowska R., Skowroński T. 2004 - Arsenic toxicity and detoxification in the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris- Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 26(3): 205, Special issue.

Kalinowska R., Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T. 2004 - Cu-adaptation of soil green alga Stichococcus bacillaris fo. minor isolated from copper polluted grounds- Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 26(3): 205, Special issue.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Skowroński T., Wójciak H. 2004 - Zinc and lead resistance of lichen populations inhabiting environments of different metal contents - Acta Physiologiae Plantarum , 26(3): 207, Special issue

Favali M.A., Musetti R., Fossati F., Vattuone Z., Bertoli L., Pawlik-Skowrońska B.,Sanita di Toppi L. 2004- Study on cadmium distribution and damage in lichen thalli - Riassunti. 99 Congresso Nazionale della Societa Botanica Italiana, Torino ( Italy), p..85.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Adamczyk A., Skowroński T. 2004 - Toxic blooms in Zemborzycki water reservoir (Lublin, 2001-2003) - Materiały konferencyjne Ogólnopolskiej konferencji naukowej- Zakwity wody - monitoring i kontrola zagrożeń. Baltder, Gdynia (ed).

Skowroński T., Adamczyk A., Bańka K., Pawlik-Skowrońska B. 2005. Water temperature -a factor modulating cyanobacterial bloom composition and cyanotoxin production. Materiały International Conf. "Hazardous algae - a problem for modern ecology", Gdańsk, May p. 27.

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Adamczyk A., Bańka K., Skowroński T. 2005. Changes in cyanobacterial bloom composition and cyanotoxin production in dam reservoir Zemborzycki (SE Poland) dependent on water temperature. Materiały XXIV Int. Symposium of the Phycological Section of the Polish Botanical Society " Toxic cyanobacteria- problem of the future". Krynica Morska, May, 2005, p. 55

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Pirszel J., Kalinowska R., Skowroński T. 2005. Uptake, toxicity and detoxification of inorganic arsenic forms in the green alga Stichococcus bacillaris. Materiały XXIV Int. Symposium of the Phycological Section of the Polish Botanical Society, Krynica Morska , May 2005, p.108

Pawlik-Skowrońska B., Purvis O.W., Pirszel J., Skowroński T. 2005. Copper accumulation and defence mechanisms in Lecanora polytropa- a crustose lichen growing on Cu-rich rocks. In: Trindade RBE, Melamed R., Sobral LGS, Barbos JP (eds). 13th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June, 2005. Abstracts CETEM/MCT, pp.169