International seminar: Monitoring and restoration of freshwater (mussel) Habitats
Tuesday 27th November – Thursday 29th November 2018, Clervaux, Luxembourg
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Wednesday, 28 November 2018
Session I
09:30-10:00
Taskinen J. et al.
Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Univ. Jyväskylä, Finland
Decline and conservation of two Southern Finnish Margaritifera margaritifera populations
10:00-10:20
Carlevaro A. & Vicentini H.
Benthos – Büro für Gewässerökologie, Zürich & Gewässerökologie, Zürich. Switzerland
Monitoring and restoration of Unio crassus Philipson, 1788 habitats in Switzerland – an overview
10:20-10:40
Ożgo M. et al.
Department of Evolutionary Biology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Local conservation of freshwater mussels and the practical effects of species protection
11:10-11:30
Skujiene G.
Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Monitoring of the Thick Shelled River Mussel Unio crassus (Philipsson, 1788) in Lithuania
11:30-11:50
Daill D. & Gumpinger C.
Consultants in Aquatic Ecology and Engineering (blattfisch e.U.) – Wels, Austria
Conservation of Freshwater Pearl Mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Austria – Biomonitoring in the interstitial
11:50-12:10
Denic M. et al.
Landschaftspflegeverband Passau, Fuerstenzell, Germany
Conservation status of two endangered freshwater mussel species in Bavaria, Germany: threats and management implications
Session II
13:30-14:00
Lorenz A.
Department of Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
Temporal and catchment effects on the success of restoration measures in streams
14:00-14:20
Pichon C.
Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin - la Barde 24450 La Coquille- France
Restoration of feshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) habitat in Dronne river, France
14:20-14:40
Olofsson P. et al.
Environmental Assessment Section, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden
Restoration of Boreal Nordic Rivers – ReBorN LIFE
15:10-15:30
Schneider J. et al.
Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Technology Dresden, Germany
Every small step leads to success in detail: Three years habitat characterization for reintroduction of captive-bred juvenile freshwater pearl mussels
15:30-15:50
Schiller T. et al.
Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Technology Dresden, Germany
Evaluation of the success of captive-breeding activities in Saxon Vogtland, Germany: First monitoring of reintroduced juvenile river pearl mussels
15:50-16:10
Zając K. et al.
Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
Monitoring of Phenology and Reproductive Effort in Unio crassus
Thursday, 29 November 2018
Session III
09:00-09:30
Heumann S. et al.
natur & ëmwelt / Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur, 5 route de Luxembourg, Kockelscheier, Luxembourg
Six years of monitoring and restoration during the LIFE Resto Unio project in the Luxemburgish Ardennes
09:30-09:50
Gallé T. et al.
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology- ERIN Dept., Luxembourg
Evaluating pesticide pressure on freshwater mussel habitats: monitoring requirements and methodological limitations
9:50-10:10
Curley E.A.M. et al.
School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Investigating the Behavioural and Physiological Response of Endangered Freshwater Pearl Mussels to Stress Exposure
10:40-11:00
Pfister L. et al.
Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology., Luxembourg
On the potential for freshwater pearl mussels to serve as a stream water stable isotope recorder
11:00-11:20
Degelmann W. & Spisar O.
Bund Naturschutz Auguststraße 1, 95028 Hof, Germany & Bilvalvia, Na Klotzmance 9, CZ-78901 Zabreh, Czech Republic
Pearl mussel breeding station Hof - history and actual work
Poster Session
Mayon N.
Can genetic data be used as a decision-support tool to guide restoration of fish connectivity in salmonid streams? The example of the Sûre river catchment (Belgium, Wallonia)
Vaessen Q.
Caracterisation of Unio crassus Microhabitats in the Sûre River
Motte G.
Actions in progress for the conservation of the thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) in Belgium (Life BNIP)
Pichon C.
Translocation of freshwater pearl mussels Margaritifera margaritifera before habitat rehabilitation project : feedback on the Dronne River
Sehlheim H.
15-year experience of saving the last freshwater pearl mussel population in northrhine-westfalia, Germany
Frisch M.
Water purification performances of freshwater mussels
Schloemer S.
New insights into the invertebrate fauna of beaver dams – a comparative study conducted with a vacuum sampler