CWE symposium Palaeolimnology: shifting the baselines of aquatic ecology

Centre for Wetland Ecology organizes it's 2026 Symposium about Palaeolimnology at Utrecht University. Registration is free, bring your own lunch

Registration at https://wetland-ecology.nl/en/register-for-CWE-symposium

Programme

• 09:30 Registration
  Chair: Suzanne McGowan (NIOO-KNAW)
• 10:10 Opening
• 10:15 Suzanne McGowan (NIOO-KNAW): Palaeolimnology: a window into the past.
• 10:40 Doreen Yu-Tuan Huang (University of Southampton): Reconstruction of past ecosystem diversity using sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA).
• 11:15 Break
• 11:45 Romée van der Kuil (Utrecht University): Automated diatom quantification using deep learning: a case study from Saliña Bartol, Bonaire.
• 12:10 Aleksandra Cvetkoska (Waardenburg Ecology): Palaeo landscapes and aquatic environments in the Netherlands: a diatom story from a consultancy perspective.
• 12:35 Lunch break (bring your own food)
• 13:50 Richard Walton (University of Southampton): Utilising plant macrofossils to aid in analysing lake ecosystem response across multiple trophic levels: recovering from eutrophication
• 14:25 Laura Tack (University of Amsterdam): Life in a freshwater sea: how large historical landscape transformations in lake Markermeer drive changes in biological communities.
• 14:50 Break
• 15:30 Jasper Candel (Wageningen University): Peat-rivers, how do they form and why are we not restoring them?
• 15:55 Ralf Verdonschot (Wageningen Environmental Research): Reconstructing past aquatic invertebrate communities: a good reference for determining stream restoration targets?
• 16:20 Closing remarks
• 16:30 Drinks (provided)

Registration fee: free, bring your own lunch
Participants need to register at:
www.wetland-ecology.nl