Organizing Committee at University of Zagreb
Topics:
zooplankton ecology, food webs, karst hydrosystems, shallow lakes functioning
Topics:
freshwater ecology, shallow lakes and ponds, meiofauna, zooplankton, Rotifera
Topics:
Cladocera and Copepoda diversity, zooplankton ecology, water quality, ecotoxicology
Topics:
ichthyofauna diversity and ecology, biomonitoring, genomics, aquaculture
Topics:
ecology and taxonomy of crustaceans living in karst springs, rivers and groundwater with a broad interest in community ecology and life-history traits; ecological assessment in groundwater-connected ecosystems; development of water management strategies and protection of freshwater with a particular focus on sustainable development of aquatic environment.
Scientific Committee
Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology of Plankton, Tropical Limnology Group, UIICSE. Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Topics:
zooplankton ecology, ecological interactions, ecological speciation and diversification
Steven DECLERCK (Netherlands)
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, KULeuven, Leuven, Belgium
Topics:
freshwater biodiversity, rapid evolution, ecological stoichiometry, barcoding
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Water Research Institute (IRSA), Verbania Pallanza, Italy
Topics:
biodiversity, biogeography, ecology, evolution, taxonomy
Holger HERLYN (Germany)
Affiliation:
Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Anthropology, University of Mainz, Germany
Topics:
evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, primatology, anthropology, parasitology
Department of Water Protection, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Topics:
ecology of small and shallow aquatic ecosystems; importance of macrophyte cover in ecological status of small water bodies, development of methods for diagnosis of the water quality state, particularly human-induced transformation in small water bodies; use of zooplankton as a valid instrument in ecological analyses.
Josephine Bay Paul Center for Molecular Biology and Evolution, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole MA, USA
Topics:
evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, genomics, biochemistry
Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Topics:
zooplankton ecology, taxonomy, diversity and biogeography; Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems, water quality, invasive species.
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Topics:
zooplankton ecology, food webs, karst hydrosystems, shallow lakes functioning
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
Topics:
temporary habitats, phylogenetics, cryptic species, reproductive adaptations, genomics
Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
Topic:
rotifer biodiversity and ecology, bdelloid rotifers, taxonomy
Honored Members of the Scientific Committee
Research Station in Mikołajki, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Topics: Ecology and biology of Rotifera and their role in trophic chains in the lake pelagial; species diversity in the microhabitats of the lake littoral (psammon and epizoon); using zooplankton to assess trophic state of lakes
John GILBERT (USA)
Alois HERZIG (Austria)
Linda MAY (Scotland)
Laboratorio de Zoología Acuática, Edificio UMF, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, FES Iztacala, Tlalnepantla, México
Topics: Life history; Population growth; Taxonomy; Ecotoxicology; Allelopathy
Terry SNELL (USA)
Department of Biology, Ripon College, Wisconsin, USA
Topics: A comprehensive understanding of the biology of rotifers, including taxonomy, ecology, structure and function, and distribution