I am a palaeontologist working on Palaeozoic tabulate corals. I focus principally on their ecology, especially on symbiotic associations, with emphasis on photosymbiosis - photosymbionts do not fossilize, so I have to evidence it indirectly. This led me to research of platy corals, and finally, to the Devonian and Silurian MCEs. I am currently running a project on the origin of the MCEs in the Middle Palaeozoic (National Science Center, Poland).

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

	Deep in shadows, deep in time: the oldest mesophotic coral ecosystems from the Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland) | article Zapalski MK, Wrzolek T, Skompski S, Berkowski B (2017) Coral Reefs 36:847-860
	Cryptic encrusting communities in a Middle Devonian mesophotic paleoenvironment of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland | article Zatoń M, Zapalski MK, Berkowskic B, Wrzołek T (2018) Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 501:82-91
	The Silurian mesophotic coral ecosystems: 430 million years of photosymbiosis | article Zapalski MK, Berkowski B (2019) Coral Reefs 38:137-147
	In the shadow of a giant reef: Palaeoecology of mesophotic coral communities from the Givetian of Anti-Atlas (Morocco) | article Majchrzyk A, Jakubowicz M, Berkowski B, Bongaerts P, Zapalski MK (2022) Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 602:111177
	Different times, similar mechanism? Convergent patterns in light-induced phenotypic plasticity in Devonian and modern corals | article Majchrzyk A, Jakubowicz M, Bongaerts P, Zapalski MK (2023) Coral Reefs 41:893-903
	Early life strategies and juvenile mortality in Favosites (Anthozoa, Tabulata) from the Middle Devonian of the Mader Basin (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) | article Berkowski B, Król J, Jakubowicz M, Zapalski MK (2023) Palaeogeogr Palaeoclimatol Palaeoecol 625:111684
	Mesophotic vs. shallow water reefs: ecosystem connectivity in the Silurian of Gotland | article Łuczyński P, Skompski S, Zapalski MK (2023) Coral Reefs 42:1147-1161

  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Snorkeling
  Land-based