CWE symposium Palaeolimnology: shifting the baselines of aquatic ecology

The Centre for Wetland Ecology organises its 2026 Symposium on Palaeolimnology, at Utrecht University. Registration is free, bring your own lunch please.

Please register 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