Session: Ecology of Cyanobacteria - Toxic CHAB in Freshwaters and Coastal Systems (Sandra Azevedo, convener)

Plenary: Biogeochemical constraints on ecosystem stoichiometry and its influence on cyanotoxin hazards

Thad Scott, Baylor University

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Tackling the global expansion of CyanoHABs along the freshwater to marine continuum: The need for a dual nutrient (N and P) control strategy

Hans W. Paerl, UNC-Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences
Nathan S. Hall, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences
Malcolm A. Barnard, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences
Haley E. Plaas, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences
Karen L. Rossignol, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Phenology of cyanobacteria bloom development and maintenance in nutrient-rich Minnesota lakes differing in nutrient limitation status

Leah R. Egan, University of Minnesota - Duluth

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

The physiological and transcriptional response of harmful algal blooms in nitrogen limited lakes

Kaela Natwora, University of Minnesota - Duluth
Leah Egan, University of Minnesota - Duluth
Cody Sheik, University of Minnesota - Duluth
Chris Filstrup, University of Minnesota - Duluth

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Cyanobacteria in hot pursuit: Characterization of cyanobacteria strains from thermal springs, including novel taxa, and comparison of their thermophilic ability with the genetic background

Iwona Dorota Jasser, University of Warsaw
Matthos Panou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nataliia Khomutovska, University of Warsaw
Malgorzata Sandzewicz, University of Warsaw
Emmanuel Panteris, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Toirbek Niyatbekov
Lukasz Lach, University of Warsaw
Jan M. Kwiatowski, University of Warsaw
Mikolaj Kokocinski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Spyros Gkelis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Photosynthetic efficiency in Polish and Australian Raphidiopsis raciborskii strains

Przemysław Malec, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
Paweł Żbik, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
Kinga Klodawska, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
Justyna Kowalczyk, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University
Anusuya Willis, Australian National Algae Culture Collection, CSIRO
Mikołaj Kokociński, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University
Dariusz Dziga, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Environmental factors related to the distribution pattern of Raphidiopsis raciborskii and R. mediterranea in Central East Europe

Mikołaj Kokociński, Department of Hydrobiology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Iwona Jasser, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Justyna Kobos, Division of Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Oceanography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Gdynia, Poland
Judita Koreiviene, Laboratory of Algology and Microbial Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Akademijos Vilnius, Lithuania
Joanna Mankiewicz-Boczek, European Regional Centre for Ecohydrology of the Polish Academy of Sciences; UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology and Applied Ecology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódz, Łódź, Poland
Janne Soininen, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Finland
Agnieszka Szczurowska, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Lublin, Poland

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Identification of Cyanometabolites and Toxicity Assessment of Cyanobacteria Isolates from Chosen Polish Eutrophic Waters and Polar Glaciers

Lukasz Wejnerowski, Department of Hydrobiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Tamara Dulić, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
Sultana Akter, Molecular Biotechnology and Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Anna Czerepska, Department of Hydrobiology, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Filip Pniewski, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Michał Rybak, Department of Water Protection, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Zorica Svirčev, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Krzysztof Zawierucha, Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Ewa Poniecka, Department of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
Katarzyna Taylor, Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Agnieszka Piasecka, Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
Marcin Krzysztof Dziuba, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Jussi Meriluoto, Biochemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Characterization of nitrate reductase in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 wild type and non-toxic mutant strain

Sarah K. Caltabiano, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Gregory L. Boyer, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Low environmental microcystin concentrations affected sublethal population-level responses but not survival among freshwater keystone species

Oloyede Adeyemi Adekolurejo, University of Leeds
Christopher Hassall, University of Leeds

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Rates of microcystin production and biodegradation in the western basin of Lake Erie

Justin Chaffin, The Ohio State University

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM