16° workshop of the international association of Phytoplankton taxonomy and ecology. Phytoplankton responses to human impact at different scales.

Programme

Sunday, 21 August
Arrival and Accommodation

20:00 get together at the “Convitto”

Monday, 22 August

9:00 Opening of the workshop

9:15 L. Naselli Flores - The IAP phylosophy: a brief introduction

Session 1 - Taxonomy and autoecology - Chair: Georg Gärtner

 9:30 Plenary lecture: L. Krienitz & C. Bock - Systematics of coccoid green algae - struggle for a practical conception
10:15 M.P. Stoyneva, H. Sarmento, V. Balagué, P. Compère, M. Leitao & J.-P. Descy- The queer Tetraedron minimum (A. Braun) Hansgirg from Lake Kivu (Africa)
10:45 Coffee break

Session 2 - Anthropic impacts and the physical environment - Chair: Larelle Fabbro
11:15 A. Abonyi, M. Leitão, A.-M. Lançon & J. Padisák - Application of phytoplankton functional group concept for characterization of functional sections and anthropogenic impacts in the River Loire (France)
11:45 S. Fraisse, M. Bormans & Y. Lagadeuc - Phytoplankton dynamics and community structure along an environmental gradient in coastal rivers: a functional approach
12:30 Lunch

Session 2 - Anthropic impacts and the physical environment (cont.) - Chair: Giuseppe Morabito
14:30 K. Çelik & T.O. Sevindik - The relationships between the seasonal dynamics of the phytoplankton assemblages and certain physical and chemical parameters in a eutrophic freshwater reservoir
15:00 Ren Hu & Lamei Lei - A comparison of phytoplankton assemblages in three subtropical reservoirs with distinct water supply output
15:30 L. Fabbro, L. Stitz & S. Kinnear - Phytoplankton responses to human impact at different scales – pumping and mixing into shallow tropical man made dams

16:00 Coffee break

16:30–18:00 First poster session (posters 1-6) - Chair: Maya Stoyneva
18:00 Microscopy and taxonomic work
19:15-20:30 Dinner

Tuesday, 23 August

Session 3 - Ecological model applications - Chair: Tamar Zohary
8:30 Plenary lecture: D. Hamilton - Ecological model applications for prediction of phytoplankton biomass and succession: can you believe them?
9:15 E. Carraro, N. Guyennon, L. Valsecchi, G. Viviano, F. Salerno, G. Tartari, G. Morabito & D. Copetti - Coupling high resolution spatial measurements with a 3D lake model (ELCOM-CAEDYM) to assess the spatial distribution of Planktothrix rubescens in a mid-sized South-Alpine lake (Lake Pusiano)
9:45 A.M. Segura, C. Kruk, D. Calliari, F. García-Rodriguez, S. Bonilla, D. Conde, L. Nogueira & H. Fort - Estuarine phytoplankton community structure shift following natural or anthropogenic hydrodynamic changes
10:15 Coffee break

Session 4 - Climate and trophic status - 1 - Chair: Carla Kruk
10:45 Plenary lecture: M. Winder - Visible impacts of climate change at the base of the aquatic food web
11:30 T. Zohary & A. Sukenik - The loss of a keystone dinoflagellate from the Kinneret phytoplankton
12:00 J. Padisák, V. Üveges, K. Tapolczai, G. Balázs Selmeczy, N. Salmaso, P. Kasprzak, R. Koschel & L. Krienitz - Unexpected cyanobacterial dominance in a deep oligo-mesotrophic lake, Lake Stechlin, Germany: Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, an ecosystem engineer
12:30 Lunch

Session 4 - Climate and trophic status – 1 (cont.) - Chair: Judit Padisák
14:30 S. Kosten, V.L.M. Huszar, E. Bécares, L.S. Costa, E. van Donk, L.-A. Hansson, E. Jeppesen, C. Kruk, G. Lacerot, N. Mazzeo, L. De Meester, B. Moss, M. Lürling, T. Nõges, S. Romo & M. Scheffer - Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes
15:00 J. Komárková, E. Rejmánková, J. Komárek, J. Veselá & M. Dix - What conditions promoted dominance of Lyngbya robusta in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala?
15:30 O. Hadas, R. Pinkas, N. Malinsky-Rushansky, A. Nishri, A. Kaplan, A. Rimmer & A. Sukenik - Invasion of Nostocales to Lake Kinneret, Israel
16:00 I. O’Farrell, F. Bordet & G. Chaparro - Spatial and temporal characterization of cyanobacterial blooms in Salto Grande Reservoir
16:30 Coffee break

17:00 N. Gallina, N. Salmaso, G. Morabito & M. Beniston - Are the main drivers for phytoplankton configuration related to climate change and nutrient loading? A study on seven deep peri-Alpine lakes

17:30 L. Naselli-Flores, G. Castelli & R. Barone - Phytoplankton dynamics in permanent and temporary Mediterranean waters: is the game hard to play because of human impact?
18:00 Summary and discussion
19:15-20:30 Dinner

Wednesday, 24 August
Session 5 - Climate and trophic status – 2 - Chair: Vera Lucia Huszar
8:30 Plenary lecture: J. Padisák - Phytoplankton assemblages along trophic gradients - rules and exceptions
9:15 K. Olrik - Phytoplankton and long-lasting anthropogenic stress in two Danish lake types. How can we save the lakes from phytoplankton mass occurrences and recycling phosphorus, and how can we save the phosphorus from the lakes?
9:45 E. Rott - Are temperate functional species groups applicable to tropical phytoplankton?
10:15 M. Tolotti, U. Nickus & H. Thies - Recent phytoplankton changes in a restored mountain lake as a response to nutrients and climate
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 L. Carvalho, C. McDonald, G. Phillips, U. Mischke, C. Hoyos, A. Lyche-Solheim, G. Borics, S. Poikane & B. Skjelbred - Cyanobacteria responses to phosphorus: identifying thresholds for monitoring and management
11:45 G. Morabito, A. Oggioni & M. Austoni - Assessing the effects of oligotrophication and local climatic variability on long-term dynamics of spring diatoms assemblages in Lago Maggiore
12:15 N. Salmaso & L. Cerasino - Atmospheric modes of variability and eutrophication control phytoplankton development at different temporal scales in a deep lake south of the Alps
12:45 Lunch

Session 5 - Climate and trophic status – 2 (cont.) - Chair: Luigi Naselli Flores
14:30 W. Paul, I. Ostrovsky, D. Hamilton, K. Muraoka & A. Zhang - Environmental variables that influence species composition in lakes of differing trophic status
15:00 U. Mischke, L. Carvalho, C. de Hoyos, C. Laplace-Treyture, A. Lyche-Solheim & P. Geoff - Can Diversity serve as a Phytoplankton Index?
15:30 Summary and Discussion Preliminary ideas on topics for the 17th IAP meeting
16:30 Coffee break

17:00–19:15 Second poster session (posters 7-15) - Chair: Laurence Carvalho

Thursday, 25 August
8:00-19:00 Mid congress excursion: LTER lakes, and the south eastern Alps
19:15-20:30 Dinner

Friday, 26 August
8:30 Microscopy and taxonomic work
10:30 Coffee break

Session 6 - Taxonomy and autoecology - 2 - Chair: Lothar Krienitz
11:00 Plenary lecture: Ø. Moestrup - The taxonomy and phylogeny of dinoflagellates, a new system is emerging
11:45 G. Flaim, F. Camin, G. Guella & U. Obertegger - Adaptation to ultraviolet radiation: a case study of Borghiella dodgei - a psycrophilic dinoflagellate
12:30 Lunch

Session 6 - Taxonomy and autoecology – 2 (cont.) - Chair: Eugen Rott
14:30 Plenary lecture: J. Komárek - Modern taxonomy of freshwater planktic heterocytous cyanobacteria
15:15 A. Sukenik, R.N. Kaplan-Levy, J.M. Welch & A.F. Post - Massive genome and ribosome multiplication in dormant cells (akinetes) - a novel survival strategy in cyanobacteria
15:45 A. Alster, J. Komárek & E. Zapomělová - Morphology, ultrastructure and molecular characteristics of new morphospecies of Romeria from Lake Hula (Israel)

16:15 Coffee break
16:45 Renhui Li - Diversity of bloom forming Cyanobacteria in Chinese waters
17:15 E. Zapomělová & K. Řeháková - Comparison of 16S rRNA and rbcLX phylogeny in planktonic Anabaena-like and Aphanizomenon-like cyanobacteria from the Czech Republic
17:45 D. D’Alelio - Which species concept for cyanobacteria? The genus Planktothrix as a case study
18:15 Summary and Discussion
Topics and location for the 17th IAP meeting Publication of the proceedings
20:15 IAP16th Social Dinner

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Convener: Nico Salmaso - Limnology and fresh water ecology