Thursday 11th June

Venue: Room T121

09.00 – 13.30: Workshop on Aquatic Ecology
    • Moderator: Dr Sandra Brucet. Biodiversity, Ecology, Technology and Environmental Management Research Group, UVic-UCC.
    • 09.00 – 09.20: Welcome and presentation of BETA Technology Centre and the Aquatic Ecology group. Dr Sergio Ponsá, Director of BETA Technology Centre, UVic-UCC.
    • 09.20 – 09.55: Lessons learned from long-term monitoring of lake fish communities and populations. Kerstin Holmgren, researcher at the Large Lakes Unit, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
    • 09.55 – 10.20: Invasive fish, ecology and conservation in high mountain lakes of the Pyrenees. Dr Marc Ventura, researcher at the Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies (CEAB).
    • 10.20 – 10.45: Size-based trophic cascades in aquatic communities. Dr Xavier Quintana, member of the Research Group in Continental Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona.
10.45 – 11.30 Coffee break and poster session
    • 11.30 – 11.55: Quantify the responses of ecosystems and society in a world increasingly rich in N and C but limited in Phosphorus (Synergy Grant). Dr Mireia Bartrons, junior associate researcher, CREAF.
    • 11.55 – 12:20: Impact of nutrient and water level changes on submerged macrophytes along a latitudinal gradient: pan-European mesocosm experiment. Dr Zeynep Ersoy, Middle East Technical University/UVic-UCC.
    • 12.20 – 12:45 Freshwater salinization: testing sub-lethal effects of increased salinity on stream organisms. Dr Miguel Cañedo, post doctoral student, Middle East Technical University/UVic-UCC.
12.45 – 13.30 Networking session
15.00 – 17.30: Workshop on Terrestrial Ecology
    • Moderator: Dr Carme Casas, member of the Research Group in Biodiversity, Ecology, Technology and Environmental Management, UVic-UCC.
    • 15.00 – 15.15 Welcome and presentation of the biodiversity and land ecology area. Dr Carme Casas, lecturer at UVic-UCC.
    • 15.15 – 15:30: Rural landscape changes and effects on vegetation. Albert Palau, doctoral student, UVic-UCC.
    • 15.30 – 16.00: Using vegetation data for understanding biodiversity patterns. Borja Jiménez-Alfaro, post doctoral student, Masaryk University.
    • 16.00 – 16.30: Grassland-forest transition in the Mediterranean: extinction debts, colonization credits and species replacements.Joan Pino, deputy director, CREAF.
    • 16.30 – 17.00. Plant systematics and conservation, entangled disciplines, common future. Javi López, lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
17.00 – 17.30 Networking session