SIL Working Group on Aquatic Invasive Species Calendar Year 2000 Report
Report
During CY2000 a workshop, "Invasions of European and
North American Ecosystems by Ponto-Caspian Species," was planned and
conducted under the sponsorship of the WGAIS in association with the
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO). The purpose was to
bring together scientists from Europe and North America to discuss the
recent predominance of successful Ponto-Caspian aquatic species invasions in
the Laurentian Great Lakes and Baltic Sea, and to examine the potential for
future scientific collaborations on research studies and information
exchange. Financial support for the workshop was provided by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (Great Lakes National Program Office), the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Canadian Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
The workshop was held in association with the ASLO2000
Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark and was convened on
June 2-3, 2000 at the H.C. Orsted Institute at the Science Faculty in
Copenhagen. Thirty-four scientists, students, and program managers attended,
representing the USA(14), Russia(04), Canada(3), Germany(2), Lithuania(2), Netherlands(2), Austria(1), Estonia(1), Finland(1), Norway(1),
Poland(1), Romania/Canada(1, a doctoral student at University of Guelph,
Canada), and Ukraine/Canada (1, a post-doctoral fellow at University of
Windsor, Canada).
The first full day of the workshop was reserved for
scientific presentations. The second day was used to identify and discuss
international cooperation and future directions. It is clear that additional
efforts and resources will be needed to identify and engage additional
scientists, especially from Ponto-Caspian basin countries.
Change in Working Group Leadership
For background information on the WGAIS and existing
goals, see the following web site:
SIL WGAIS
Effective April 1, 2001, Dr. Vadim Panov has assumed
primary leadership as Chairperson of the Working Group. Dr. Panov is a
Senior Research Scientist with Laboratory of the Freshwater and Experimental
Hydrobiology of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
in St. Petersburg, Russia. He can be contacted by e-mail:
rbic@zin.ru.
Dr. David Reid, senior Physical Scientist at the U.S.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, will assume the role of
Vice-Chairperson and North American liaison for the Working Group. He can be
contacted by e-mail: reid@glerl.noaa.gov.
During the coming year they will work to expand international participation
on the Working Group, review and revise Working Group goals for CY2001 and
CY2002, and plan an activity for the next SIL Congress (2004).
To participate on the Working Group, please send your name, mailing address,
telephone #, FAX #, Email address, and an indication of how you would like
to be involved, to Dr. Panov.
Submitted by David Reid, April 30, 2001.
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