ASLO 2000 Pre-Conference Workshop (WS-4)

INVASIONS OF EUROPEAN NORTH AMERICAN ECOSYSTEMS BY PONTO-CASPIAN SPECIES

University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dates: June 2-3, 2000

Agenda

09:00-09:10

09:10-09:30

Geologic and evolutionary history of the Ponto-Caspian region, Baltic Sea, and the Great Lakes basin
David Reid (USA) and Marina Orlova (Russia)

09:30-10:00

Eastern and Western European patterns of species invasion
Bram bij de Vaate (Netherlands) and Krzysztof Jazdzewski (Poland)

10:00-10:30

patterns of species invasion
Ed Mills (USA)

10:30-11:00

11:00-11:25

Invasion mechanisms, vectors, and the role of estauries
Greg Ruiz (USA) and Paul Fofonoff (USA)

11:25-11:55

Invasion Models
Diffusion vs. human vector spread: Hugh MacIsaac and Norm Yan (Canada) 11:25-11:40
Biotic Resistance vs. Facilitation: Tony Ricciardi (Canada) 11:40-11:55

11:55-12:25

Genetics of Invading Species
Melania Cristescu (Canada/Romania) and Paul Hebert (Canada)

12:25-13:55

Lunch

13:55-14:40

Physiological Considerations of Invasions
Life in ballast tanks: Stephan Gollasch (Germany) 13:55-14:20
Evolutionary and physiological adaptations: Bob McMahon (USA) 14:20-14:40

14:40-16:30

Ecosystem Impacts of invading species in 'triangle' basins
Great Lakes:
  Hank Vanderploeg (USA) 14:40-15:00
Baltic Sea:
  Vadim Panov (Russia), Marina Orlova (Russia), Irena Telesh (Russia), Henn Ojaveer
  (Estonia), Jonne Kotta (Estonia), Sergej Olenin (Lithuania), Erkki Leppakoski
  (Finland), and Piotr Grushka (Poland) 15:00-15:20
Ponto-Caspian region:
  Igor Grigorovich (Canada/Ukraine) 15:20-15:40

15:40-16:10

Break

16:10-16:30

River Rhine and inland Europe
Henk Ketelaars (Netherlands)

16:30-16:50

Synthesis and overview of invasions in the triangle basins (e.g. ecosystem engineering)
Henn Ojaveer (Estonia), Erikki Leppakoski (Finland), and Tony
Ricciardi (Canada)

16:50-17:10

Economic Impacts of Invasions in triangle basins
David Pimentel (USA)

Saturday, June 3, 2000

09:00-09:50

International Cooperation
Baltic Fellowship Program
Julie Wagemakers (USA) -9:00-9:30
Baltic Sea Cooperation
Sergej Olenin (Lithuania) -9:30-9:50
European Cooperation
Vadim Panov (Russia) - 09:50 - 10:10

10:10-10:30

Review of Day 1 and Setting the Invasion Agenda
David Reid (USA) and Hugh MacIsaac (Canada)

10:30-16:00

Breakout Groups established to discuss topics that shall include:
(Note: coffee, tea, cakes available mid-morning & mid-afternoon; lunch break from 13:00-14:40)

development of taxonomic expert list
specimen banking
funding opportunities for international collaborative research projects
pathogen transmission
effects on biodiversity
database development/management
priorities for invasion research

16:00-17:10

Plenary: Breakout Group Reports (10 minutes for each group)

17:10-17:30

Closing Remarks and Wrap-up

This workshop is sponsored by the Working Group on Aquatic Invasive Species of the International Association for Theoretical and Applied Limnology ("SIL" - Societas Internationalis Limnologiae), in association with ASLO 2000.
Support for this workshop has been provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Great Lakes National Program Office, and the International Opportunities Fund of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. We gratefully acknowledge support from each of these agencies.