Program (PRELIMINARY) of International Scientific Conference to commemorate the 100^th anniversary of Professor G.G. Winberg

AQUATIC ECOLOGY AT THE DAWN OF XXI CENTURY

3-7 October, 2005

St. Petersburg, Russia

• 9.00-10.30: Registration
• 10.30: Opening ceremony – SPEECH BY PRESIDENT OF RUSSIAN HYDROBIOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ACADEMICIAN ALEXANDER ALIMOV
• 11.00 Session 1: Role of G.G. Winberg in creation and development of theoretical ecology. Co-chairs: Alexander Alimov & Leonid Suschenya

1. L. Suschenya (Byelorussia) ROLE OF G.G. WINBERG IN DEVELOPMENT OF HYDROBIOLOGY IN USSR
2. A. Alimov (Russia) THEORY OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS FUNCTIONING
3. W. Lampert (Germany) CHANGING VIEWS IN LIMNOLOGY: FROM ECOPHYSIOLOGY TO EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY
4. A. Ostapenya (Belorussia) NAROCHANSKIJE LAKES FROM WINBERG’S TIME UP TO NOW

• 13.30-14.30 Lunch
• 14.30 Session 2: Theory of aquatic ecosystems functioning. Co-chairs: Victor Bogatov & Arkady Parparov

1. S. Golubkov, A. Alimov, E. Balushkina, M. Golubkov, L. Litvinchuk (Russia) INFLUENCE OF ABIOTIC FACTORS AND BIOTIC INTERACTIONS ON THE FUNCTIONING OF HYPERSALINE LAKES OF THE CRIMEA
2. M. Vinogradov, G.M. Vinogradov (Russia) IMPACT OF GEOTHERMAL ECOSYSTEMS ON THE SURROUNDING OCEAN SPACE
3. N. Sergeeva & M.B. Gulin (Russia) MEIOBENTHOS OF THE METHANE GAS SEEPS IN THE UPPER ANOXIC ZONE (UNDERWATER DNIEPER CANYON, BLACK SEA)
4. O. Titov (Russia) ELEMENTS OF THEORY OF THE BARENTS SEA ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING
5. A. Railkin, N., Usov, V. Kazarjan, I. Bashmachnikov., A. Bessiadovski (Russia) THE OPTIMIZATION OF SETTLEMENT AND RECRUITMENT OF INVERTEBRATES BY BENTHIC COMMUNITIES
6. N. Mineeva (Russia) PHYTOPLANKTON SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN THE VOLGA RIVER RESERVOIRS

• 9.00-13.00 Session 3: Energy flows and matter cycles in freshwater ecosystems. Co-chairs: Victor Boulion & Alexander Ostapenya

1. M. Gophen (Israel) LONG TERM (1969-2003) DYNAMICS OF ZOOPLANKTON PRODUCTION IN LAKE KINNERET (ISRAEL): AN ATTRIBUTE TO G.G. WINBERG
2. M. Gladyshev, S. Chuprov, V. Kolmakov, O. Dubovskaya, E. Ivanova. E. Kravchuk (Russia) BIOMANIPULATION BYPASS THE TROPHIC CASCADE IN A SMALL RESERVOIR
3. V. Bogatov (Russia) STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL PECULIARITIES OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
4. Z. Finenko (Ukraine) PRIMARY PRODUCTION OF THE OCEAN
5. S. Komulainen (Russia) PERIPHYTON STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN A SMALL RIVER
6. N. Arzhanova, N. Mordasova, and O. Ivanova (Russia) THE EUPHOTIC LAYER STOCKS OF NUTRIENTS AND CHLOROPHYLL AND ASSESSMENT OF THE PHYTOPLANKTON PRODUCTION IN THE BERING AND OKHOTSK SEAS
7. E. Naumenko (Russia) THE ENERGY FLOWS THROUGH THE ZOOPANKTON IN THE OPENED AND CLOSED ESTUARIES

• 13.00-14.00 Lunch
• 14-15.00 Presentation of poster session 1 Chair: Victor Alekseev
• 15.00-18.00 Session 4: Comparative ecological physiology of aquatic organisms. Co-chairs Winfried Lampert & Leonid Suschenya

1. L. Polyshchuk and J. Vijverberg (Russia & The Netherlands) ВODY MASS DYNAMICS: CONCEPT, METHODOLOGY, AND SOME RESULTS
2. N. Ozernyuk (Russia) MECHANISMS OF THERMAL ADAPTATIONS IN POIKILOTHERMAL AQUATIC ANIMALS
3. М. Levinskikh, V. Sychev (Russia) USE OF AN EXPERIMENTAL MICROCOSM FOR STUDYING SPACEFLIGHT EFFECTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM LEVEL OF A BIOLOGICAL ORGANIZATION
4. G. Shulman (Ukraine) FUNCTIONAL BASIS OF BIODIVERSITY AND BIOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN AQUATIC ANIMALS

• Poster session 1
• 19.30 Theater performance (opera or ballet)

• 9.30-11.40 Session 5: Population dynamics and structure of aquatic ecosystems. Co-chairs: Sergey Golubkov & Robert Kemp

1. N. Shadrin (Ukraine) CLIMATE VARIATION AND LONG-TERM CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEMS OF THE COASTAL SEA ZONE: LIMITS OF UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING
2. M. Ivanova (Russia) CORRELATIONS BETWEEN ABIOTIC FACTORS AND BIOMASS OF ZOOPLANKTON IN LAKES
3. E. Kurashov (Russia) MEIOBENTHOS OF FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS AND AQUATIC ECOLOGY
4. N. Bolotova, M.Borisov, N. Dumnich, A. Konovalov (Russia) SPECIFIC FEATURES OF THE FUNCTION “DRAINAGE AREA–VOZHE LAKE” SYSTEM

• 11.55-13.35 Session 6: Modelling of aquatic ecosystems. Co-chairs: Vladimir Menshutkin & Reinhard Heerkloss

1. R. Heerkloss (Germany) PLANKTON DYNAMICS AND DETERMINISTIC CHAOS
2. V. N. de Jonge (The Netherlands) ASSESSING ANTHROPOGENIC EUTROPHICATION EFFECTS BY HOLISTIC ECOSYSTEM APPROACH
3. V.V. Boulion (Russia) EXPERIENCE IN PREDICTION OF WATER BODY PRODUCTIVITY ON THE BASIS OF GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS
4. V. Menshutkin (Russia) CURRENT TRENDS IN MODELLING OF LAKE AND RESERVOIR ECOSYSTEM

• 13.30-14.30 Lunch
• 14.30-15.00 Presentation of poster session 2. Chair: Irena Telesh
• 15.00-18.00 Session 7: Biodiversity and ecosystem health. Co-chairs: Jolanta Ejsmont-Karabin & Marina Ivanova

1. O. Ravera (Italy) BIOMONITORING OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT: ECOLOGICAL BASIS AND PRACTICES
2. A. Parparov (Israel) THE WATER QUALITY QUANTIFICATION AND TROPHIC SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION
3. J. Ejsmont-Karabin (Poland) HOW MANY ROTIFER SPECIES LIVE IN A LAKE AND IS THAT OF ANY ECOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE?
4. M. Orlova , I. Telesh , N. Berezina , A. Maximov , L. Litvinchuk , A. Antzulevich, A. Yakovlev (Russia) AQUATIC INVADERS IN THE NEVA ESTUARY ECOSYSTEM (BALTIC SEA): FUNCTIONAL GROUPS, IMPACTS AND EFFECTS
5. E. Balushkina, S Golubkov (Russia) BIODIVERSITY OF BENTHIC ANIMAL COMMUNITIES AND FUNCTIONING OF THE NEVA ESTUARY ECOSYSTEMS UNDER ANTHROPOGENIC STRESS
6. V. Yakovlev (Russia) INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN DIVERSITY AND SOME INDEXES OF ZOOBENTHOS COMMUNITIES DEPENDING ON NATURAL CONDITIONS AND ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE

• Poster session 2
• 20.00 Banquet

• 10.00-13.00 Visit to the Hermitage Museum
• 13.00-14.00 Lunch
• 14.00 -18.00 Bus trip to Tzarskoe Selo Museum

• 10.00-13.30 Session 8: Seasonal and biotope adaptations of aquatic organisms. Co-chairs: Victor Alekseev & Oscar Ravera

1. G. Belmonte (Italy) THE ROLE OF RESTING STAGES IN MARINE PLANKTON ECOLOGY
2. V. Alekseev & D. Lajus (Russia) ROLE OF MATERNAL EFFECTS OF PHOTOPERIOD CHANGES IN DAPHNIA’S SEASONAL ADAPTATIONS
3. K. Kosobokova (Russia) REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND EGG PRODUCTION OF DEEP-WATER COPEPODS IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN
4. K. Arbachauskas (Lithuania) SEASONAL PHENOTYPES OF DAPHNIA: ADAPTATION TO DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS
5. E. Afanasyeva, M. Shimaraev (Russia) PERENNIAL VARIATIONS OF ZOOPLANKTON IN THE PELAGIAL OF LAKE BAIKAL DURING GLOBAL WARMING
6. H. MacIsaac, M. Orlova and I. Telesh (Canada & Russia) BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS BY NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES IS AN EMERGING FORCE OF CHANGE TO GLOBAL AQUATIC COMMUNITIES

• 13.30-14.30 Lunch
• 14.30-15.30 Presentation and poster session 3. Chair: Sergey Golubkov
• 15.30-18.00 Session 9: Food webs in aquatic ecosystems. Co-chairs: Alexander Kopylov & Joukko Sarvala

1. A. Kopylov, D. Kosolapov , A. Romanenko, Z. Mylnikova, N.G. Kosolapova (Russia) MICROBIAL LOOP AS A COMPONENT OF PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES IN LAKES, RIVERS AND RESERVOIR
2. S. Kiyashko, K. Gorbatenko, A. Ignatiev (Russia) TROPHIC STUDIES ON AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM USYING STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO ANALYSIS
3. T. Radziejewska (Poland) – SEDIMENT ENRICHMENT WITH PHYTAL MATERIAL VERSUS SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF MEIOBENTHIC COMMUNITIES IN A EUTROPHIC BALTIC COASTAL LAGOON
4. V. Drabkova, L. Kapustina, G. Letanskaya (Russia) SELF-PURIFICATION PROCESSES IN LAKE LADOGA DURING DIFFERENT STAGES OF ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT
5. R. Kemp (UK) – VIRAL CONTROL OF THE MARINE MICROBIAL LOOP
6. D. Kosolapov, A. Kopylov (Russia) STRUCTURALLY FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF BACTERIOPLANKTON OF VARIOUS LAKES
7. J. Sarvala (Finland) FOOD-WEBS IN L. TANGANYIKA STUDIED WITH STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUE
8. V. Straskrabowa (Czech Republic) SIZE-FRACTIONED PRIMARY PRODUCTION IN MICROBIAL LOOP IN MESOTROPHIC LAKES

• Discussion and closing ceremony

• 10.00 -13.00 Post-conference Workshop on the role of diapause for new biotechnology creations in space. Co-chairs: Victor Alekseev & Vladimir Sychev
• Excursions to museums and departure