ERC-BLOOMTOX Symposium: Impacts of Global Change on Cyanobacterial Blooms

PROGRAM

9:15-9:45 Registration

9:45-10:00 Welcome by Dedmer Van de Waal (chair)

10:00-11:00 Thad Scott - Baylor University, USA
Nitrogen fixation, ecosystem stoichiometry, and lake eutrophication

11:00-11:30 Annemieke Drost - NIOO-KNAW
Effects of nutrients and warming on natural cyanobacterial communities

11:30-12:00 Savannah Sarkis - NIOO-KNAW
Linking environmental drivers, phytoplankton community succession, and cyanobacterial population toxicity

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:00 Elke Dittmann - University of Potsdam, Germany
Microcystin as a modulator of high-light adaptation in Microcystis

14:00-14:30 Arnaud Louchart - NIOO-KNAW
From cells to communities: scaling phytoplankton traits responses across hierarchical levels

14:30-15:00 Harley Lin - NIOO-KNAW
Phytoplankton-on-a-Chip: A high-throughput method to study inter- and intraspecific variations in nutrient competitive traits

15:00-15:30 Coffee

15:30-16:30 Elena Litchman - Michigan State University, USA
Using traits to understand and predict harmful algal blooms

16:30-16:45 Closing remarks

16:45-19:00 Posters & Drinks

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