ECSA 34
ECSA Symposium 34 
ESTUARIES AND OTHER BRACKISH AREAS
- POLLUTION BARRIERS OR SOURCES TO THE
SEA? 

ECSA 34  PROGRAMME

Sunday 15th September


13.00-17.00 – registration

18.00 – 19.00 - opening of Symposium at the Main Town Hall of Gdańsk, welcome address by President of Gdańsk

19.00-20.30 – sightseeing of the Main Town Hall and the Old City of Gdańsk
(transfer to/from the Old City available)

             
Monday 16th September

9.00 - 9.35. Introductory lecture – V. N. de Jonge – Role of estuarine systems in transformation  and transportation of  dissolved and particulate compounds

9.35 – 12.10. Session I  - chairman – G. Millward

FUNCTIONING  OF  ESTUARI NE  ECOSYSTEMS

9.35-10.10. Key lecture – B.  Pavoni  - The changing environment of the Lagoon of Venice.,
- A particular aspect of the Lagoon contamination: residues of the antifouling compounds in sediments and organisms.
B.Pavoni, F.Pellizzato, L. Sperni, E. Centanni

10.10-10.35.  Functioning of the Neva Estuary ecosystem under anthropogenic stress.
S. Golubkov, A.Alimov, I.Telesh, E. Pavel’eva, V. Panov, M.I.Orlova, L. Anokhina,
L. Zakova

10.35-10.55 – Coffee break

10.55-11.20. Dynamics of particulate nutrients and trace metals in the Daugava Estuary, the eastern Baltic Sea.
A.Yurkovskis

11.20 – 11.45. Role of the Oder Estuary in transformation of the riverine material.
M. Pastuszak, Z. Witek, A. Grelowski

11.45 – 12.10. North Sea Estuaries as filters for contaminants,
R.W.P.M. Laane, G.J.Zwolsman

12.10 – 14.00 – Lunch break
 


14.00 – 16.25. Session  II – chairman – M.J. Belzunce-Segarra

STATE OF THE  COASTAL ZONE  OF THE  BALTIC SEA

14.00 – 14.35. Key lecture –  D. Schulz-Bull -  Input and behaviour of organic pollutants in  coastal seas.
              
14.35 – 15.00. Occurrence of metals, metalloids and radionuclides in the Baltic Sea.
 P. Szefer
 
15.00 – 15.25. Assessment of pollution input to the Baltic Sea.
E. Niemirycz, A. Kaczmarczyk, M. Sosnowska

15.25 – 15.45. Coffee break

15.45 – 16.10. Eutrophication in the Polish coastal zone: the past, present status  and future scenarios.
E. Łysiak-Pastuszak, N. Drgas, Z. Piątkowska

16.10 – 16.35. The current impact of the condition of Vistula on the state of the coastal
zone in the Gulf of Gdańsk – the EUROCAT project.
 A. Kot-Wasik, B. Buszewski, J. Pacyna, J. Namieśnik

19.30. – organ concert in Oliwa Cathedral, sightseeing of the Cathedral
              (transfer to/from Oliva  available)




Tuesday 17th September

9.00 – 12.00. Session III
– chairman – P. Szefer

MONITORING PROGRAMMES  

9.00-9.35. Key lecture – E.-L. Poutanen – Baltic Sea monitoring at presnt and perspective for future.

9.35-10.00 -  M. Gromiec – Representative of Minister of Environment,  Poland
     
10.00- 10.25  The obligations to be fulfilled by Poland under the Helsinki Convention 1992.
E. Włodarczyk,

10.25-10.45. Coffee break
   
10.45– 11.10. Monitoring programmes for submarine outfalls in the Basque country.
 M. J. Belzunce-Segarra, J.Franco, A.Borja, V.Valencia

11.10 -11.35. Development of Water Mangement in Latvia.
M. Vircavs

11.35 – 12.00. Developing indicators for ecosystem quality assessment - conceptual issues   and practical examples related to the Baltic Sea.
E. Andrulewicz

12.00 - 14.00. Lunch break



14.00 – 16.35. Session. IV  – chairman – M. Pliński

CHANGES  IN  PLANKTON  COMMUNITIES

14.00 – 14.35. Key lecture – I.V.Telesh, Plankton of the Baltic estuaries: Research perspectives for the ecosystem state evaluation and management

14.35 – 15.00. Red tide and damage of fishes in closed sea area in Kyushu District of Japan.
R. Hashimura

15.00 - 15.25. Zooplankton trophic chain of the Vistula and Curonian Lagoons of the Baltic  Sea under environment impact.
E. Naumenko

15.25 - 15.50. Seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in the shallow zone of the eastern part of the Gulf of Finland in the 1980s and 1990s.
V. Nikulina

15.50 –16.15. Nodularia spumigena blooms and hepatotoxin production in the Gulf of Gdańsk.
H. Mazur, M. Pliński

16.15. –16.40. Diatom pollution indices as a tool for monitoring coastal zone waters on the example of the Gulf of Gdańsk.
A. Zgrundo, B. Bogaczewicz-Adamczak


16.40 – 17.40 – Coffee + Poster session A



Wednesday 18th September

9.00-12.00. Session V
– chairman – A. Szaniawska

BENTHOS  ORGANISMS  AS  BIOINDICATORS

9.00-9.35. Key lecture – T. Radziejewska – Benthic communities as indicators of environmental change: insights and challenges.

9.35–10.00. Developing biological assessment techniques for estuarine pollution based on benthic macrofaunal communities in subtropical Australia.
M. Stowar, G. Skilleter, A. Jones

10.00-10.25. Potential impacts and observed ecosystem effects of Dreissena polymoprha in the littoral zone of the Neva River Estuary (Eastern Gulf of Finland): does it work as biofilter?
M. I. Orlova, S. M. Golubkov, N. V. Ignatieva

10.25- 10.45. Coffee break

10.45.–11.10. Mercury  content  in  the  musel  Mytilus  galloprovincialis  Lam. from  the Crimean  bays (the Black Sea).
V.I. Ryabushko, V.N. Egorov, A.F. Kozintsev, S.I. Kostova, V.K. Shinkarenko

11.10-11.35. Distribution and co-associations of trace elements in Mytillus edulis galloprovincialis and the associated water of the Southern part of Korea Peninsula.
B.-S. Kim, P. Szefer, C.-K. Kim, E.-H. Kim, C.-B. Lee

11.35 – 12.30. Lunch break

12.30-21.00 – Trip to Hel Peninsula (visit to Marine Station, University of Gdańsk)



Thursday 19th September

9.00 - 12.00. Session VI
– chairman – M. Virkavs

OTHER  METHODS  OF  CONTROL  OF  THE  ENVIRONMENT

9.00- 9.35. Key lecture – C. M.G. van den Berg, L. Laglera – Copper speciation and thiol compounds in estuarine waters

9.35 -10.00. Behaviour of particulate metals in the Rivers Ouse and Trent (UK).
G.E. Millward,  M.R. Williams

10.00-10.25. Chemical characterization of Seine estuary intertidal mudflats porewaters.
G. Bally, V. Mesnage,O. Clarisse, R. Lafite, J.-P. Dupont.

10.25-10.45. Coffee break.
 
10.45-11.10.  Saltmarsh records of industry derived magnetic particulate and heavy metal  pollution.
S. M. Hutchinson

11.10. - 11.35. Assessment of bioavailable polycycling aromatic hydrocarbons in French coastal waters: mussels and semipermeable membrane devices approach.
K. Pazdro, K. Moisan, J. Tronczyński

11.35.-12.00. Acoustical techniques in the study of underwater meadows as an indicator of the state of the coastal ecosystem environment.
N. Gorska, Z. Klusek, J. Tęgowski, K. Groza, D. Faghani, L. Kruk-Dowgiałło , R. Opioła,  J. Nowak

12.00 - 14.00 Lunch break



14.00- 16.25. Session VII – chairman - R.W.P.M. Laane

SEDIMENTS  AS   REFLECTION OF THE STATE OF  ENVIRONMENT

14.00 – 14.35. Key lecture – J. Brils – Sustainable management of European sediment resources and the role of SedNet.

14.35 -15.00. Ria de Aveiro (NW Portugal): A Sediment Quality Triad approach.
H. Castro, V. Quintino, A. M. Rodrigues

15.00 -15.25. Environmental geochemistry of a historical dumping site in the Western Baltic Sea.
T. Leipe, M. Kersten, G. Witt, C. Pohl, G. Liehr

15.25- 15.45. Coffee break.

15.45-16.10. Biodiversity and organic matter processing on sandy beaches: Are they factors controlling a biological filter of Polish coastal sandy beach system?
M. F. Jędrzejczak

16.10-16.35. Comparison of  behaviour of pyrogenic and selected petrogenic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Odra and Wisła Estuary.
M. Szymczak-Żyła, L. Lubecki,  G. Kowalewska

16.35-17.30. Coffee break + Poster session B
 
19.00. – visit to Sopot (Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences),
(transfer to/from Sopot available)


Conference dinner



Friday  20th September

9.00 – 11.10. Session VIII
– chairman - C. Druet

ENVIRONMENTAL  MODELLING

9.00 – 9.35. Key lecture – S. R. Massel – Hydrodynamics and ecology of coastal waters in the tropical environment.

9.35. – 10.00. Variability of  coastal waters hydrodynamics  in the Southeastern Baltic Sea - by the sigma - coordinate model.
A. Jankowski

10.00. – 10.25. Coupling between net ecosystem metabolism and nitrification-denitrification in an upwelling system on the NW Iberian Coast
A. W. Dale  , R. Prego , and G. E. Millward
 
10.25-10.50. Environmental modelling in the Polish zone of the Baltic Sea
E. Jasińska, M. Robakiewicz, A. Staśkiewicz

10.50-11.15. Nutrient budget of the Szczecin Lagoon (the Odra River Estuary) based on the dynamic box model simulations
M. Wielgat, Z. Witek

11.15-11.30. Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00. PLENARY DISCUSSION – chairman V.N. de Jonge

- Key lecture - M.Elliott, S.J.Boyes - Recent development of control of pollutants in estuaries and the assessment of their effects – challenges for the future.

-  Discussion

 Closing of Symposium.


 Saturday - 21th September
 

post-Symposium excursion to Frombork (not included in conference fee)


 POSTER Session A - Tuesday 17th September

 STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT



1. Health of Cochin Backwater System (West Coast of India) - distribution and mechanisms of  trace metal and nutrient controls.
K.K.Balachandran, T. Joseph, V. K. Das, M. Nair , J. S. Paimpillil

2. Sources and sinks of gaseous mercury in the Polish coastal zone.
M. Bełdowska, R. Marks

3. Influence of silting on organic matter destruction.
D. Burska, B. Graca, K. Matuszewska

 4. Comparison of water  purity level in some rivers in Gdańsk region  from   1990 to 2001.
K. Gazda

5. Distribution of heavy metals in bottom sediments of the Ulsan Bay, east coast of Korea.
B.-S. Kim, P. Szefer, C.-K. Kim,  C.-B. Lee

 6. Extraction studies of heavy metal pollutants in surficial sediments of Korean coastal waters.
B.-S. Kim, P. Szefer,  C.-B. Lee

7. Adsorptive properties of marine surfactants at an air/water interface. A Baltice Sea case.
A. Kogut, S. Pogorzelski

 8. High resolution 3D-ecohydrodynamic model for Neva Bay and Estuary – model    validation and future scenarios.
P. Korpinen, M. Kiirikki, P. Rantanen

 9. Study of bioavailability of heavy metals in marine sediments using sequential extraction and specific bacterial sensors.
K. Kunttu, A. Ivask, M. Leivuori, A. Kahru, M. Virta

10. Monitoring of surfactants in Gdańsk Bay and selected rivers.
S. Pastewski, K. Mędrzycka
 
11. On biohydrochemical processes in the surficial muddy sediments in the Szczecin   Lagoon.
G. Poleszczuk

12. In-situ detection of PAHs in seawater using surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS).
H. Schmidt, B.H. Nguyen, J. Pfannkuche, H. Aman, H.-D. Kronfeld, G. Kowalewska

13. Geochemical  characteristics of the surface sediments from the Inner Shelf Region, off Kalpakkam, Bay of Bengal.
K. Selvaraj, V. Ram Mohan, P. Szefer

14. Sediment disturbance off Tagus Estuary, Western Portugal: marine outfall versus chronic   contamination – a Sediment Quality Triad assessment.
 S. Silva, A.Re, P.Pestana, A.Rodrigues, V.Quintino

15. Distribution and co-associations of chemical elements in  sediments from  Szczecin Lagoon and the Gdańsk Basin, Southern Baltic.
P. Szefer, G.P. Glasby, J. Gełdon, K.V. Ragnarsdottir, J. Warzocha

16. Distribution and relationships of  minor, major and macro-elements in bottom sediments from the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone, Southern Baltic Sea
 P. Szefer, G.P. Glasby, J. Gełdon, R.M. Renner, E. Björn, J. Snell, W. Frech,  J. Warzocha

 17. Differences in the zooplankton abundance and distribution patterns of two nearby   estuaries of the Basque coast (Gulf of Biscay) with different level of pollution.
Uriarte, I.  F. Villate

18. Ecotests in water quality assessment.
L.Wolska

19. The present state of the coastal zone in the Gulf of Gdańsk.
B. Żukowska, A. Kot-Wasik, M. Biziuk, J. Pacyna, J. Namieśnik



POSTER Session B - Thursday 19th September

INFLUENCE  OF  ENVIRONMENT  ON  ORGANISMS


1. Assessment of pollution and salinity influence on the benthic communities in the Neva River Estuary.
E.V. Balushkina

2. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in the tissues of flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) and its helminth parasites as biomonitor in the southern Baltic Sea
M. Chibani, P. Szefer, J. Rokicki,

 3. Biomonitoring of geographical and temporal variations in trace metal bioavailabilities to Talitrus saltator in the surf zone of southern Baltic.
W. Fiałkowski

4. Spatial and temporal variability of macrofauna communities in the Gulf  of Gdańsk – oxygen deficiency and H2S aspect.
U. Janas, J. Wocial, A. Szaniawska

 5. Role of phytoplankton in transfer of PCBs  to  the  sea through the Odra Estuary.
J. Konat-Stepowicz, G. Kowalewska

6. AChE as biomarker of bivalvia and fish contamination with chemicals in the Bay of Gdańsk.
J. Kopecka, J. Pempkowiak

7. The growth and production of chlorophyll a in Scenedesmus microspina stressed by   copper.
A. Kosakowska, J. Lewandowska, M. Radomski

 8. Chlorophylls and  their derivatives in sediments of the Odra Estuary as a measure of eutrophication of this area.
 G. Kowalewska, B.Wawrzyniak-Wydrowska, M. Szymczak-Żyła

 9. Dinoflagellates of the Black Sea ecosystems.
A. Krakhmalnyy

10. The ocean quahog Arctica islandica (Cyprina islandica) – a bioindicator for  contaminated sediments?
G. Liehr, M. L. Zettler, M. Kersten, K. Kritsotakis,  T. Leipe, C. Pohl

11. Methods for the determination of  toxic cyanobacterial blooms on the grazing activity of herbivorous zooplankton.
 M. Łotocka

12. Effects of trophic conditions on benthic macrofauna in the area of River Świna discharge into the Pomeranian Bay.
J. Masłowski

13. Bacteriological investigation of the water and sandy sediments in selected streams in the mouth region of  Gdańsk Bay (Southern Baltic).
K.Olanczuk-Neyman, K.Jankowska, A.Łukaszewicz, A. Misiec

14. Experimental study of  241Am accumulation by bivalve mollusk Dreissena polymorpha (pall.) from the Neva Estuary.
M. I. Orlova, M.A.Zuykov,  B.E.Burakov

15. Contents of organic pollutants (PAHs, PCBs, DDT) in zooplankton from Polish coastal waters.
J. Potrykus, J. Pempkowiak, C. Porte

16. Geographical and temporal variations in metal pollution in the Gulf of Gdańsk (Poland)  using biomonitors.
A. Sokołowski, M. Wołowicz, P.S.Rainbow, W.Fiałkowski, B.Smith

17. Growth and ultrastructure changes in cyanobacterium Anabaena flos-aquae in the presence of heavy metals.
W. Surosz, K.A.Palinska

18. Saduria entomon: the necessity of living in the environment with hypoxia and hydrogen sulphide.
A. Szaniawska, J. Miąc, M. Normant

19. Mercury, selenium and radionuclides (137Cs, 40K, 210Po) in liver, kidney and  muscle of marine mammals of the Baltic Sea.
P. Szefer, T. Ciesielski, I. Zdrojewska, R. Bojanowski


updated 2002/09/06