Main research interests
- helmithology, with a special emphasis on taxonomy and ecology of helminth fauna of birds;
- evolutionary ecology of parasitism.
Current research projects
- taxonomy and ecology of helminth fauna of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo from north-eastern Poland;
- effects of helminth parasites on survival, growth rate and condition of great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo chicks;
- helminth fauna of mallard, Anas platyrhynchos from Vistula Lagoon.
Selected publications
G. Kanarek, J. Sitko, L. Rolbiecki, J. Rokicki. 2003. Digenean fauna of the Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798) in the brackisch waters of the Vistula Lagoon and the Gulf of Gdańsk. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 49; 293-299.
G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, M. Misztal. 2005. Reighardia sternae (Diesing, 1864) – a pentastomid (Pentastomida) species new for the fauna of Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 48; 101-106.
G. Kanarek, J. Rokicki. 2005. The status of studies of the helminth fauna of the Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) in northern Poland. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 51; 165.
G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, 2006. Syncuaria sqamata (Linstow, 1883) (Nematoda; Acuariidae) in the Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)] in northern Poland. Helminthologia 43; 33-36.
G. Kanarek, L. Rolbiecki, 2006. Third-stage larvae of Anisakis simplex (Rudolphi, 1809) in the Great Cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis (Blumenbach, 1798)] from the Vistula Lagoon, Poland. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies 35; 23-28.
L. Rolbiecki, G. Kanarek, M. Stachnik. 2007. Parvatrema affinis (Jameson et Nicoll, 1913) James, 1964 in the Baltic clam Macoma balthica (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in the Gulf of Gdańsk. Wiadomości Parazytologiczne 53; 25-27.
G, Kanarek. 2009. The occurrence of Cyathostoma (Cyathostoma) microspiculum (Skrjabin, 1915) (Nematoda: Syngamidae) in the great cormorant [Phalacrocorax carbo (L., 1798)] in north-eastern Poland. Journal of Helminthology.
