Schedule
Registration 9:00 - 10:30
Coffee 10:30 - 11:00
Opening Session 11:00 - 11:45
Plenary Session with Chris Swan 11:45 - 12:45
Deep Dimensions of Biodiversity and After Life Effects on Ecosystem Processes
Presented by Cristina Canhoto
Lunch 12:45 - 14:15
Regular Session moderated by Eric Chauvet
14:15 – O1. Alencar, Mery: Evaluating the non-additive effects on litter decomposition: a meta-analyses approach compares aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
14:30 – O2. Seena, Sahadevan: Inter- and intraspecific functional variability of aquatic hyphomycetes and freshwater ecosystem processes
14:45 – O3. Oester, Rebecca: Riparian vegetation affects macroinvertebrate community composition and leaf litter breakdown rates in headwater streams
15:00 – O4. Abelho, Manuela: Does the effect of leaf mixtures on leaf decomposition change along the riparian-stream meta-ecosystem?
15:15 – O5. Rota, Thibaut: Using individual-based traits can change our inference of relationships between shredder functional diversity and leaf-litter decomposition in streams
15:30 – O6. Alonso, Alberto: Effects of plantations on phytotelmata in Northern Iberian Peninsula
Discussion 15:45 - 16:00
Coffee-Break 16:00 - 16:30
Regular Session moderated by Andreas Bruder
16:30 – O7. Gessner, Mark: Microbial colonization and decomposition dynamics of emergent macrophyte and riparian tree leaf litter in the littoral zone of a lake
16:45 – O8. Fernandes, Isabel: Phylogenetics and biogeography of aquatic hyphomycetes based on new ITS rDNA barcodes
17:00 – O9. Anderson, Jennifer: Broad diversity and a distinctive molecular toolkit in the ascomycete genus Tetracladium
17:15 – O10. Mariz, Joana: A novel approach for the identification and documentation of aquatic hyphomycetes diversity
Discussion 17:30 - 17:45
Posters Session 17:45 - 18:30
moderated by Isabel Fernandes
P1. Chauvet, Eric: Distribution patterns of freshwater lichens across 4 European ecoregions
P2. Hungate, Bruce: Bringing the quantitative back to ecology: isotopes + ‘omics = insights
P3. Ramião, José Pedro: Hydrological models can help to improve the design of studies on climate change impacts on plant litter decomposition
P4. Ferreira, Verónica: Colonization and decomposition of litter produced by invasive Acacia dealbata and native tree species by stream microbial decomposers
P5. Oliveira, Ricardo: Intra-specific leaf trait variability controls leaf decomposition of Vitis vinifera L. cultivars in streams
P6. Moretti, Marcelo: Freshwater crabs from Atlantic Forest streams can process recalcitrant leaf litter but prey more on caddisfly shredders with low protective cases
P7. Bruder, Andreas: The collection of aquatic hyphomycete pure cultures at SUPSIs Institute of Microbiology
Welcome Reception 18:30 - 20:30
Plenary Session with Mirco Bundschuh 9:00 - 10:00
Do Chemical Stressors Impact Carbon and Nutrient Dynamics in Freshwaters and Beyond?
Presented by Fernanda Cássio
Regular Sessions moderated by Mark Gessner
10:00 – O11. Batista, Daniela: Can mixtures of micro and macroplastics impact freshwater decomposers?
10:15 – O12. Trabulo, José: How do microplastics and silver nanoparticles affect microbial decomposition of plant-litter in streams?
10:30 – O13. Barros, Diana: A systems toxicology approach discloses distinct mechanisms of toxicity of silver nanoparticles in freshwater microbes with different background
10:45 – O14. Wang, Ziming: Effects of Environmental Stressors on the Optimal N/P Ratios of Microbial Decomposers
Discussion 11:00 - 11:15
Coffee-Break 11:15 - 11:45
Regular Sessions moderated by Arturo Elosegi
11:45 – O15. Canhoto, Cristina: Salt pulses effects on in-stream litter processing: the importance of leaf quality
12:00 – O16. Graça, Diana: Impacts of global change related multi-stressors on the activity of fungal decomposers in freshwaters
12:15 – O17. Bruder, Andreas: Effects of multiple stressors on benthic communities, food webs, and processes in small agricultural streams
12:30 – O19. Gutiérrez-Canovas, Cayetano: Multiple stressors boost river metabolism and greenhouse gas emissions
Discussion 12:45 - 13:00
Lunch 13:00 - 14:15
Plenary Session with Amy Rosemond 14:15 - 15:15
Quantifying Global Change Stressor Effects on the Rates and Fates of Terrestrial Litter Inputs in Streams
Presented by Cláudia Pascoal
Regular Sessions moderated by Verónica Ferreira
15:15 – O20. Danger, Michael: Temperature and nutrient effects on the relative importance of brown and green pathways for stream ecosystem functioning: a mesocosm approach
15:30 – O21. Pradhan, Arunava: Warming reduces functional but not taxonomic diversity of fungal assemblages decomposing leaf-litter in headwater streams
15:45 – O22. Elosegi, Arturo: Plant litter processing in freshwaters drives multiple environmental consequences of a large dam decommissioning
16:00 – O23. Pereira, Ana: Invasion of native riparian forests by Acacia species: implications on litterfall biomass, water N concentration, aquatic decomposers, and litter decomposition in streams
Discussion 16:15 - 16:30
Coffee-Break 16:30 - 17:00
Posters Session 17:00 - 18:00
moderated by Arunava Pradhan
P8. Arias, Rebeca: Are the decomposition rates different between artificial and natural wetlands? The effect of agricultural runoff
P9. Cássio, Fernanda: Interactive effects of microplastics and ciprofloxacin on aquatic microbial decomposers
P10. Cerroti, Francesca: MULTIBEF: Assessing multiscale B-EF relationships in water-filled tree holes under multiple stressors
P11. Alonso, Alberto: Warming overrides eutrophication effects on alder litter processing in streams
P12. Guerra, Alisson: Chlorothalonil fungicide effects on microbial decomposition and aquatic hyphomycetes communities: temperate vs tropical microcosm experiments
P13. Guerra, Alisson: Effects of a common fungicide (Chlorothalonil) on litter decomposition rate and survival of detritivore invertebrates: temperate vs tropical microcosm experiment
P14. Barros, Juliana: Coping mechanisms of freshwater fungi to metals
P15. Jabiol, Jeremy: Pesticide contamination in agricultural streams revealed by integrative chemical, structural and functional indicators
Plenary Session with Jane Marks 9:00 - 10:00
Revisiting the Fate of Dead Leaves in Streams: Lessons from Stable Isotope
Presented by Manuel Graça
Regular Sessions moderated by Marcelo Moretti
10:00 – O24. Moulton, Timothy: Trophic cascades and strong interactions in tropical streams and their consequences for material processing and productivity
10:15 – O25. Cereghetti, Eva: Processing of leaf litter in headwaters over a year: changes in litter quality, decomposition rates and shredder community structure
10:30 – O26. Marchand, Théo: Mandibular Traits along with Resource Mechanical Resistance Explain Consumption of Dead Leaves by Macrodetritivores
10:45 – O27. Pardo, Isabel: Seasonality in alder decomposition in headwaters: interactions among invertebrates, food quality and temperature
Discussion 11:00 - 11:15
Coffee-Break 11:15 - 11:45
Regular Sessions moderated by Manuela Abelho
11:45 – O28. Moretti, Marcelo: No evidence of litter bag shape on leaf breakdown and invertebrate colonization in an Atlantic Forest stream
12:00 – O29. Guerrero-Brotons, Mercedes: Effect of the substrate on litter decomposition and DOM chemical quality in constructed wetlands
12:15 – O30. Gwendoline, David: Effect of salinization and flow velocity changes on leaf litter decomposition in experimental flow-through systems
12:30 – O31. Gómez, Rosa: Effect of salinity on woody litter decomposition and DOM quality in an arid Mediterranean stream
Discussion 12:45 - 13:00
Lunch 13:00 - 14:15
Plenary Session with Dani Von Schiller 14:15 - 15:15
Carbon Cycling in Intermittent Inland Waters
Presented by Tano Gutierrez
Regular Sessions moderated by Dani Von Schiller
15:15 – O32. Viza, Aida: How does flow intermittence affect organic matter decomposition along a Mediterranean basin?
15:30 – O33. Ferreira, Verónica: Leaf litter decomposition along a gradient of stream intermittency in a karst region of central Portugal
15:45 – O34. del Campo, Rubén: Exploring leaf litter decomposition across drying river networks
16:00 – O35. Arias-Real, Rebeca: Fungal biodiversity mediates the effects of drying on freshwater ecosystem functioning
16:15 – O36. Simões, Sara: Hydrological contraction patterns and duration of drying period shape microbial-mediated litter decomposition
Discussion 16:30 - 16:45
Coffee-Break 16:45 - 17:15
Round Table 17:15 - 18:00
Global Change and Terrestrial-Aquatic Connections: What´s on the Horizon?
With Jane Marks, Chris Swan, Mark Gessner, Andreas Bruder, Manuel Graça, Cláudia Pascoal, Fernanda Cássio