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C:\Documents and Settings\Veron THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAUNA CONFERENCE (THIRIMCO) July 29 - August 3, 2007 Location: Recife Palace Hotel, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Hosted by: International Association of Meiobenthologists (IAM) Organized by: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE) Administered by: Bureau de Eventos Fundaçào para o Desenvolvimento da UFPE (FADE) Sponsored by: Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Petróleo Brasileiro (PETROBRAS) THIRIMCO ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Paulo Jorge Parreira dos Santos (UFPE) André Morgado Esteves (UFPE) Verónica da Fonseca Genevois (UFPE) Lilia Pereira de Souza Santos (UFPE) Clélia Márcia Cavalcanti da Rocha (UFRPE) Adriane Pereira Wandeness (UFPE) CONFERENCE LOGO Designed by Paulo Henrique de Oliveira Bonifácio PE Tn u o n A j Re :ife 1 A [VI ó [IFImL HJUILDlfUL ED H U 3_ INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEIOBENTHOLOGISTS (www.meiofauna.org) Executive Committee Chairperson Keith Walters Treasurer Ann Vanreusel Assistant Treasurer Robert Feller Past Chairperson John Lambshead Committee members Thais Corbisier Antonio Todaro Kevin Carman Emil Olafsson Boards of Correspondents: Jeffrey Baguley, Janet Gwyther, Lara Arroyo, Jyotsna Sharma CONFERENCE PROGRAMME, THIRIMCO 2007 Scientific agenda and social events Sunday 10:00-15:00 h Registration 15:00- 22:00 h Excursion to Olinda City and Opening Dinner Monday 8:30 - 18:00 h Registration 9:00-10:10 h Opening conference (coordination Paulo Santos and Keith Walters) Bruce C. Coull. Ecological studies on Oral 1 Meiobenthos: An historical journey and predictions for the future 10:10-10:30 h Coffe^break Session Ecology of Meiofauna - The Nematode Communities - Chairperson Magda Vincx 10:30- 10:50 h Michaela Schratzberger, Karema Warr & Oral 2 Stuart Rogers. Functional diversity of nematode communities 10:50 -11:10 h Sofie Derycke, Roxane Van Vynckt, Joost Oral 3 Vanoverbeke, Magda Vincx, Tom Moens. Colonisation of decomposing algae by Nematoda: founder and priority effects shape the population-genetic structure of the dominant species Pellioditis marina. 11:10-11:30 h Paul Whomerslev. M. Schratzberger, M. Oral 4 Huxham & S. Bolam. An investigation into the effects of burial on an intertidal nematode community using community- based metrics and biological traits analysis. 11:30- 11:50 h Irina Kulakova. The Structure of the Oral 5 nematode taxocene in the marine part of the Ukrainian Danube Delta. THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAUNA CONFERENCE 11:50 - 12:10 h Chairperson Magda Vincx and general discussion 12:10-13:40 h Lunch Session Ecology of Meiofauna - Mangrove Communities and Interactions with Macrofauna - Chairperson John Fleeger 13:40- 14:00 h Agnes Muthumbi & Simiyu Musobi. Oral 6 Distribution of meiofauna in mangrove sediments: what factors determines assemblages? 14:00- 14:20 h Tania Nara C. Bezerra, Ilse de Mesel, Oral 7 Steven Bouillon, Ann Vanreusel & Tom Moens. Diversity and structure of nematode communities across mangrove and seagrass vegetations at Gazi Bay, Kenya. 14:20- 14:40 h John Fleeger & David Johnson. Top-down Oral 8 and bottom up effects on saltmarsh meiofauna using whole-ecosystem manipulation 14:40- 15:00 h C. Dupuy, L. Rossignol, P.Y. Pascal & J.P. Oral9 Debenay. Benthic food web in mudflat: relationship between Foraminifera and Hydrobia ulvae. 15:00- 15:20 h Matthew J. Boeckner & H.C. Proctor. The Oral 10 role of benthic bivalves in structuring marine meiofaunal communities. 15:20 - 15:40 h Chairperson John Fleeger and general discussion 15:40 - 16:00 h Coffee break Session Ecology of Meiofauna - Sandy Environments- Chairperson Antonio Todaro 16:00- 16:20 h Katerina Sevastou & Anastassios Oral 11 Eleftheriou. Meiofaunal communities of sandy beaches: what factors influence their diversity and zonation patterns in the microtidal environment of Eastern Mediterranean? THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAU NA CONFERENCE 16:20- 16:40 h Virag Venekey, Veronica da Fonsêca- Oral 12 Genevois & Paulo J.P. Santos. Tidal and rainfall cycles influence on the structure of the nematofauna in a tropical sandy beach (Tamandaré Bay-PE, Brazil). 16:40 -17:00 h Alzira P.C. Silva & Paulo J.P. Santos. Oral 13 Tidal effects on the vertical distribution of Copepoda Harpacticoida at Maracaipe sandy beach (Pernambuco, Brazil). 17:00 -17:20 h Lidia Lins. Rita de C. Lima, Alzira P.C. Oral 14 Silva, Paulo J.P. Santos, André M. Esteves & Verónica da Fonsêca-Genevois. Vertical distribution of Nematoda in a tropical sandy beach (Maracaipe, Pernambuco, Brazil). 17:40 -18:00 h Chairperson Antonio Todaro and general discussion Tuesday Session Major Projects: MANUELA - Chairperson Jan Vanaverb eke 8:00- 8:20 h M. Vincx, Jan Vanaverbeke, MANUELA Oral 15 participants. Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unravelling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects (MARBEF- MANUELA): an introduction. 8:20- 8:40 h Maaike Steyaert, Tania N. C. Bezerra. Oral 16 Ulrike Braeckman, Gustavo Fonseca, Eveline Hoste, Jeroen Ingels, Bea Merckx, Maarten Raes, Lien Steenhuyse, Jan Vanaverbeke, Saskia Van Gaever, Magda Vincx & Tim Deprez. Nemys: an online nematode identification and taxonomical tool. 8:40- 9:00 h Leen Vandepitte, Jan Vanaverbeke. Oral 17 Edward Vanden Berghe & Tania N. C. Bezerra. Developing an integrated database to perform joint analyses: MANUELA participants. Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unravelling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAUNA CONFERENCE 9 :0 0 -9 :2 0 h M Schratzberger. N Lampadariou, P Oral 18 Somerfield, M Austen, A McEvoy, L Vandepitte & E Vanden Berghe. Response of nematode communities to physical perturbation: role of man-made impacts 9:20- 9:40 h Bea Merckx, Peter Goethals, Maaike Oral 19 Steyaert, Ann Vanreusel, Magda Vincx & Jan Vanaverbeke. Predicting nematode biodiversity using artificial neural networks. 9:40- 10:00 h Coffee-break Session Major Projects: MANUELA - Chairperson Jan Vanaverbeke 10:00- 10:20 h C. Gambi- A. Vanreusel, S. van Gaever, R. Oral 20 Danovaro, C. Heip, P.J.D. Lambshead, N. Lampadariou, A. Muthumbi, K. Soetaert, J.H. Tietjen, J. Vanaverbeke, S. Vanhove, H. Venneeren & M. Vincx. Unravelling patterns in deep-sea nematoda communities. 10:20-10:40 h Jan Vanaverbeke, Maria Franco, Nikoloas Oral 21 Lampadario, Agnes Muthumb, Maaike Steyaert, Leen Vandepitte, Edward Vanden Berghe, Karline Soetaert. Nematode morphometry from the shelf to the deep sea in european marine water 10:40- 11:00 h Gritta Veit-Köhler. Marleen de Troch, Oral 22 Mateja Grego, Wendy Bonne, Vriser Borut, Christina Folkers, Michael Gee, Kai Horst George, Chen Guotong, Rudi Herman, Rony Huys, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Pedro M. Arbizu, Annin Rose, Michaela Schratzberger, Paul Somerfied, Edward V. Berghe & Leen Vandepitte. Large scale patterns in harpacticoid copepod diversity - exploring the MANUELA data base. THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAU NA CONFERENCE 11:00 - 11:20 h T. J. Ferrero, N. Lampadariou, H. Adào, A. Oral 23 Ameryk, N. Bames, T. N. Bezerra, T. Deprez, A Drgas, V. Kalogeropoulou, J. Kuhnert, M. Schratzberger, K. Sevastou, B. Urban Maringa, J. Vanaverbeke, G. Veit-Köhler, P. Whomersley & M. Steyaert. Response of meiofauna communities to increased rainfall as predicted by global climate change models 11:20 - 11:40 h Chairperson Jan Vanaverbeke and general discussion 11: 40-13:20 h Lunch Session Selected Habitats - Chairperson Keith Walters 13:20 - 13:40 h Julian J. Lewis & Janet W. Reid. Patterns and processes of groundwater invasion by Oral 24 copepods in the interior low plateaus of the U.S.A. 13:40 - 14:00 h Ainhoa Gaudes. Isabel Muñoz & Tom Oral 25 Moens. Bottom-up influence on a freshwater nematode population: a microcosm approach. 14:00 - 14:20 h Maarten Raes. Wilfrida Decraemer & Ann Oral 26 Vanreusel. Ecology of the free-riving marine nematodes associated with cold- water and tropical coral structures. 14:20 - 14:40 h Paula Foltran Gheller & Thaïs Navajas Oral 27 Corbisier. Antarctic marine nematodes as indicators of anthropogenic impact near the brazilian station 14:40 - 15:00 h Gritta Veit-Köhler, Jürgen Laudien, Jan Oral 28 Knott & Ricardo Sahade. Colonisation in the cold: an experiment in Arctic Glacial Kongsíj orden. 15:00 - 15:20 h Chairperson Keith Walters and general discussion 15:20 - 15:40 h Coffe^break THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL MEIOFAUNA CONFERENCE Session Trophic Relationships - Chairperson Tom Moens 15:40- 16:00 h Pierre-Yves Pascal. Christine Dupuy, Oral 29 Pierre Richard, Jadwiga Rzeznik & Nathalie Niquil. Bacterial ingestion by a nematode community from an intertidal mudflat: influence of biotic and abiotic factors. 16:00- 16:20 h Giovanni A P. dos Santos. Maria T. S. Oral 30 Correia, Eline V. Puyvelde, Verónica Fonseca-Genevois & Tom Moens. l+l+l=or?3? Three bacterial-feeding nematode species indirect interactions and their implications for population development. 16:20- 16:40 h Marleen De Troch. Mateja Grego, Marisa Oral 31 Wyckmans, Victor Chepurnov, Ann Vanreusel & Magda Vincx. Grazing of harpacticoid copepods on epipelic diatoms: the effect of food concentration and diversity. 16:40 - 17:00 h Tom Moens. Steven Bouillon, Tania N. C. Oral 32 Bezerra, Use De Mesel, Frank Dehairs & Ann Vanreusel. Carbon sources supporting nematode communities in Kenyan mangrove and seagrass sediments. 17:00- 17:20 h Franco M A. Soetaert K, van Oevelen D, Oral 33 Van Gansbeke D, Costa M J, Vincx M & Vanaverbeke J. Trophic resource and position of metazoan meiobenthos at contrasting subtidal sediments: combining carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis and labelling of food resources. 17:20-
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