BioMAP 4 Final Schedule

Sunday 17

12:00 - 18:00

20:00+

Registration

Welcome Reception

Monday 18

9:00 - 9:30

 

9:30 - 10:30

 

10:30 - 11:00
11:00 - 11:30

 

 

11:30 - 13:00

Opening

Legislation Session
Chairperson: S.A. Pirintsos, Greece

Invited Speaker: A. Skouloudis, European Commission
A.N. Skouloudis, "Scrutinising environmental monitoring - challenges for environment and health"
Coffee Break
Chairperson: S.A. Pirintsos
S.A. Pirintsos, "Biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution in the framework of EU environmental policy on management and quality of ambient air"

Lectures:

M.C. Freitas, H.Th. Wolterbeek, B. Smodis, "A long way from lichen reference material preparation to advanced biomonitoring"

H. Harmens, D. Norris, G. Koerber and the participants of the European heavy metals in mosses surveys, "Temporal trends (1990-2001) in the heavy metal concentrations in mosses across Europe"

R. Pesch, G. Schmidt, W. Schroeder, "Predictive habitat mapping"

F. Batič, B. Turk, A. Planinšek, B. Zupančič, P. Drogoudi, Z. Tuba, "Ten years of monitoring troposphere ozone by plants in Slovenia and some comparisons with results of Greece and Hungary"

 

15:00 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:30

Health Session
Chairperson: H.Th. Wolterbeek, Netherlands

Invited Speaker: E. Castanas
M. Kampa, E. Castanas, "Health Effects of Air Pollution"
Chairperson: H.Th. Wolterbeek
S.M. Almeida, H.Th. Wolterbeek, T. Verburg, M.C. Freitas, C.A. Pio, "Air particulate matter and respiratory illness in Lisbon"

Coffee Break

Lectures:

D. Nayak, A. Banerjee, D. Chakrabortty, S. Lahiri, "Migration studies of environmentally hazardous ⁵¹Cr in Mung beans"

L. Davranche, D. Cuny, P. Thomas, A. Blanchet, C. Van Haluwyn, "Determination and information on the sanitary risk, linked up the consumption of mushrooms contaminated by heavy metals, near an industrial site"

S. Sarmento, M.C. Freitas, H.Th. Wolterbeek, T. Verburg, "The effect of inhaled trace elements measured by biomonitoring on the health of human populations"

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 18:00

18:00 - 19:00

Tuesday 19

 

9:00 - 10:00

 

 

10:00 - 10:30

Biodiversity Session
Chairperson: S. Loppi, Italy

Invited Speaker: Ch. Scheidegger
Ch. Scheidegger, "Lichen indicators - challenges and pitfalls in monitoring environmental quality, biodiversity and conservation strategies"
Chairperson: S. Loppi
S. Loppi, "Diversity of epiphytic lichens, air pollution and nitrogen deposition"
Coffee Break

Lectures:

P. Pinho, S. Augusto, C. Máguas, M. Pereira, A. Soares, C. Branquinho "Interpreting regional lichen biodiversity affected by multiple environmental factors working at different scales"

F. Cristofolini, P. Giordani, E. Gottardini, "Biomonitoring of atmospheric pollution with lichens in heterogenous environments: a case study from Italian Prealps"

E.J. De França, E.A. De Nadai Fernandes, A.A. Ferrari, C. Elias, "e-EDULIS: Electronic database of chemical elements in the ecosystems"

H. Poličnik, F. Batič, "Monitoring air quality with lichens: a comparison between mapping in forest sites and in open areas"

S. Stamenkovic, "Epiphytic lichens as indicator of air pollution in urban areas of Serbia: a preliminary list of sensitive/tolerant taxa"

R. Lallemant, P. Giraudeau, "A new method of lichen flora studies used in France for mapping air quality"

10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 13:00

 

15:00 - 16:00

16:00 - 16:30

Ecophysiology Session
Chairperson: C. Branquinho, Portugal

Invited Speaker: L. Sanità di Toppi
L. Sanità di Toppi, "Strategies of heavy metal detoxification in eukaryotic lichens"
Chairperson: C. Branquinho
C. Branquinho, P. Pinho, "Factors determining the sensitivity of lichens to metal pollution"

Coffee Break

Lectures:

M. Piccotto, L. Baruffo, M. Tretiach, "Reduction in lichen chlorophyll a fluorescence induced by ambient SO₂ and NO_X: a study case with epiphytic thalli of Flavoparmelia caperata transplanted under controlled conditions"

A. Francini, C. Nali, E. Pellegrini, G. Lorenzini, "Intraspecific response to ozone: the case of Centaurea jacea, a potential bioindicator. I. Characterization and isolation of genes of the shikimate pathway"

R.M. Godinho, H.Th. Wolterbeek, T.Verburg, M.C. Freitas, M. Reis, "Bioaccumulation behaviour of explanted Parmelia caperata in relation to atmospheric particles and total deposition in a polluted location"

J. Fabure, F.O. Denayer, A. Deram, D. Cuny, N. Bernard, A. Gaudry, C. Van Haluwyn, "Biomarkers of oxidative stress induced by airborne matter and associated heavy metals in two bryophytes species"

E. Barreno, "Interdisciplinary approaches monitoring atmospheric pollution with lichens and bryophytes. In Situ and In Vitro case studies from Spain"

T. Mrak, Z. Šlejkovec, Z. Jeran, J. Simčič, P. Pelicon, M.A. Reis, "Arsenic and its interactions in lichens"

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 19:00

Wednesday 20

 

Excursion

Thursday 21

9:00 - 10:00

 

10:00 - 10:30

Urban Session
Chairperson: Z. Jeran, Slovenia

Invited Speaker: A. Klumpp
A. Klumpp, K. Borowiak, J. Franzaring, A. Fangmeier, "Higher plants as bioindicators of urban air quality in Europe - Active monitoring procedures and steps towards harmonisation of methods"
Chairperson: Z. Zeran
Z. Jeran, N. Ogrinc, P. Simončič, "Total nitrogen and δ¹⁵N signatures in mosses and lichens collected in a national survey in Slovenia"

Coffee Break

Lectures:

S. Gorbi, A. Notti, S. Tedesco, B. Pisanelli, D. Fattorini, N. Macella, R. Bocchetti, M. Benedetti, F. Regoli, "Use of the land snail Helix aspersa as sentinel organism for monitoring ecotoxicological effects of atmospheric pollution in urban areas"

S.M.R. Sant'Anna, M.P. Esposito, M. Domingos, S.R. Souza, "Suitability of Nicotiana tabacum 'Bel W3' for biomonitoring ozone in São Paulo city, Southeast Brazil"

E. Gottardini, M. Ferretti, F. Cristofolini, R. Valentinotti, "Does pollen viability respond to different NO₂ levels? An observational study in Trento, Northern Italy"

E.S. Lima, S.R. Souza, M. Domingos, "Potential of Tradescantia pallida (Rose) Hunt. 'Purpurea' Boom for biomonitoring the clastogenicity of ozone"

M.A. Rzepka, D. Cuny, F. Cazier, L. Davranche, C. Van Haluwyn, "VOCs accumulation, oxidative stress biomarkers and genotoxic effects observed in higher plants exposed in an industrial area"

S. Katsogiannis, S. Loppi, E. Navakoudis, K. Kotzabasis, S.A. Pirintsos, "Do exogenous polyamines have an impact on the photosynthetic apparatus of Pseudevernia furfuracea under pollution stress?"

10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 13:00

 

15:00 - 16:00

 

16:00 - 16:30

Energy Session
Chairperson: J. Garty, Israel

Invited Speaker: F. Sabatelli
S. Malloggi, F. Sabatelli, "Abatement of hydrogen sulfide and trace elements from geothermal power plant emissions with "AMIS" technology"
Chairperson: J. Garty
J. Garty, H. Lehr, "Impact of environmental factors on elemental content and physiology of the lichen Ramalina lacera in Israel"
Coffee Break

Lectures:

S. Al Sayegh Petkovšek, F. Batič, C. Ribarič Lasnik, "Assessment of plant stress by antioxidants in the case of Norway Spruce Needles from the emission area of thermal power plant Sostanj, Slovenia"

L. Paoli, S. Loppi, "Monitoring the effects of air pollution from geothermal power plants on some physiological parameters in the lichen Evernia prunastri (Larderello, Italy)"

I. Suchara, J. Sucharová, "Distribution of current and long-term deposition loads of Hg modified by the flood in 2002 around the Solana chemical plant at Neratovice, Czech Republic"

B.J. Vieira, M.C. Freitas, A. Lopes, A.M.G. Pacheco, S. Sarmento, “Comparisons between trace element concentrations in atmospheric deposition and in biomonitors (tree bark and lichens) – Viana Do Castelo and Pico Island (Portugal)”

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 18:30

18:30 - 19:00