SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

PLENARY SPEAKERS AND OVERVIEW

1^ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The 1^st General Assembly will be held in the Robert Blackwood Hall (Building 2) at 8 am, Monday 5^th February.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

The proceedings of the 28th SIL Congress will form Volume 28 of the Proceedings of the International Association for Limnology (which will be available in either hard copy or CD ROM format).

THE BALDI LECTURE:

Dr J.Talling (The Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, UK) "Freshwater phytoplankton: accessible, microbial, influential population dynamics" in the Robert Blackwood Hall, commencing at 9.30 am Monday 5^th February.

THE KILHAM LECTURE:

Prof J. Melack (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Ecological dynamics in saline lakes" in the South 1 Lecture Theatre at 8.30 am on Tuesday 6^th February.

PLENARY LECTURES:

Seven plenary lectures are planned.

Tuesday 9.30 am Prof. Jay O’Keefe, Instream flow requirements, the ecological reserve, and the 1998 South African Water Act

Thursday 8.30 am Prof. Jorg Imberger, Bouyancy effect in a stratified lake

Thursday 9.10 am Prof. Graham Harris, Australian Limnology: process, pricing and policy

Thursday 9.50 am Prof. David Dudgeon, The most endangered ecosystems in the world? Conservation of river biodiversity in Asia

Friday 8.30 am Prof. Masahisa Nakamura, Lake Biwa watershed transformation and the changes in water environments over past decades

Friday 9.10 am Prof. Ken Cummins, Riparian-stream macroinvertebrate linkage

Friday 9.50 am Dr Ian Bayly, The life of temporary waters in Australia gnammas (rock-holes)

2^ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY:

The 2^nd General assembly will be held in South 1 Theatre at 4.30 pm on Friday 9^th February.

XXV111 SIL CONGRESS OPENING SESSION

R1 R4 H1 H4 H5 H6 South 1

Monday 5^th

8.30-10.30 First General Assembly and Baldi Lecture : Robert Blackwood Hall

11.00-1.00 Ultraviolet Radiation in Aquatic Systems I Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions I Stability of Freshwater Systems Ecology of Large Rivers I Restoration Ecology I Biology & ecolgy of Aquatic Organisms I Integrated Catchment Studies

2.00-4.00 Ultraviolet Radiation in Aquatic Systems II Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions II Modelling Aquatic Systems Water Resources and Sustainability I Ecology of Large Rivers II Restoration Ecology II Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms II

4.30-6.15 Micro, Nano and Pico Scale Limnology Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions III Stream Nurtrients Water Resources & Sustainability II Ecology of Large Rivers III Restoration Ecology III Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms III

Tuesday 6th

8.30-10.00 Plenary Session

10.30-12.30 Plankton Ecology I. Phytoplankton Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions IV Wetlands Conservation and Management of Running Waters I Hyporheos and Groundwater I Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms I Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Large Lakes

1.30-3.30 Plankton Ecology II Ecology of Specific Water Bodies Predicting and Managing Wetland Response to EnvironmentalChange Conservation and Management of Running Waters II Genetics of Freshwater Organisms Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms II Palaeo-limnology and Environmental Change

4.00-6.00 Plankton Ecology III Zooplankton Carbon Cycling in Lakes and Wetlands Ecology of Streams and Rivers I Conservation and Management of Running Waters III Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms III Sustainable Aquaculture

Wednesday 7th Mid-Conference Excursion

Thursday 8th

RI R4 HI H4 H5 H6 Plenary Session
South 1

11.00-1.00 Plankton Ecology IV Limnology of Arid Areas Ecology of Streams and Rivers II Tropical Limnology I Erosion and Sedimentation in Watercourses and on Floodplains Ecotoxicology and Pollution I Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms IV

2.00-4.00 Plankton Ecology V Microbial Ecology in Freshwaters I Ecology of Streams and Rivers III Tropical Limnology II Limnology in Water Treatment Polar and Alpine Streams and Lakes I Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms V

4.30-6.45 Great Lakes Coastal Ocean Processes Microbial Ecology in Freshwaters II Ecology of Streams and Rivers IV Tropical Limnology III Urbanization and Stream Ecology Polar and Alpine Streams and Lakes II

Friday 9th

8.30-10.30 Plenary Session

11.00-1.00 Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gasses I Limnology of Large Lakes I Ecology of Streams and Rivers V Restoring Lateral Connectivity and Floodplain Function in Large Rivers I Ecotoxicology and Pollution II Diapause as a seasonal Adaptation in Hydrobionts

2.00-3.45 Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gasses II Limnology of Large Lakes II Ecology of Streams and Rivers VI Restoring Lateral Connectivity II and
Large River Wetlands
Mercury and Metals in Aquatic Environments

4.30 Second General Assembly : In South 1

	R1	R4	H1	H4	H5	H6	South 1
Monday 5^th
8.30-10.30	First General Assembly and Baldi Lecture : Robert Blackwood Hall
11.00-1.00	Ultraviolet Radiation in Aquatic Systems I	Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions I	Stability of Freshwater Systems	Ecology of Large Rivers I	Restoration Ecology I	Biology & ecolgy of Aquatic Organisms I	Integrated Catchment Studies
2.00-4.00	Ultraviolet Radiation in Aquatic Systems II	Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions II	Modelling Aquatic Systems	Water Resources and Sustainability I	Ecology of Large Rivers II	Restoration Ecology II	Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms II
4.30-6.15	Micro, Nano and Pico Scale Limnology	Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions III	Stream Nurtrients	Water Resources & Sustainability II	Ecology of Large Rivers III	Restoration Ecology III	Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms III
Tuesday 6th
8.30-10.00							Plenary Session
10.30-12.30	Plankton Ecology I. Phytoplankton	Foodweb dynamics and Predator-Prey Interactions IV	Wetlands	Conservation and Management of Running Waters I	Hyporheos and Groundwater I	Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms I	Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Large Lakes
1.30-3.30	Plankton Ecology II	Ecology of Specific Water Bodies	Predicting and Managing Wetland Response to EnvironmentalChange	Conservation and Management of Running Waters II	Genetics of Freshwater Organisms	Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms II	Palaeo-limnology and Environmental Change
4.00-6.00	Plankton Ecology III Zooplankton	Carbon Cycling in Lakes and Wetlands	Ecology of Streams and Rivers I	Conservation and Management of Running Waters III	Biodiversity and Distribution of Freshwater Organisms III		Sustainable Aquaculture
Wednesday 7th	Mid-Conference Excursion
Thursday 8th
	RI	R4	HI	H4	H5	H6	Plenary Session South 1
11.00-1.00	Plankton Ecology IV	Limnology of Arid Areas	Ecology of Streams and Rivers II	Tropical Limnology I	Erosion and Sedimentation in Watercourses and on Floodplains	Ecotoxicology and Pollution I	Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms IV
2.00-4.00	Plankton Ecology V	Microbial Ecology in Freshwaters I	Ecology of Streams and Rivers III	Tropical Limnology II	Limnology in Water Treatment	Polar and Alpine Streams and Lakes I	Biology and Ecology of Aquatic Organisms V
4.30-6.45	Great Lakes Coastal Ocean Processes	Microbial Ecology in Freshwaters II	Ecology of Streams and Rivers IV	Tropical Limnology III	Urbanization and Stream Ecology	Polar and Alpine Streams and Lakes II
Friday 9th
8.30-10.30							Plenary Session
11.00-1.00	Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gasses I	Limnology of Large Lakes I	Ecology of Streams and Rivers V	Restoring Lateral Connectivity and Floodplain Function in Large Rivers I		Ecotoxicology and Pollution II	Diapause as a seasonal Adaptation in Hydrobionts
2.00-3.45	Reservoirs and Greenhouse Gasses II	Limnology of Large Lakes II	Ecology of Streams and Rivers VI	Restoring Lateral Connectivity II and Large River Wetlands			Mercury and Metals in Aquatic Environments
4.30	Second General Assembly : In South 1