Scottish Freshwater Group: 2016 meetings

96th meeting (April 2016) | 97th meeting (October 2016)

SFG 96th meeting (April 2016)

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The Spring 2016 meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group followed a different format to normal and was hosted by the University of Glasgow's Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment (SCENE) at Rowardennan. Day One consisted of presentations and posters while there was a second day of Bioblitz events.

Day One: Thursday 21 April 2016

Morning session: Freshwater research in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park

• 10.30 Pauline Lang (SEPA):
  
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  Welcome and overview.pdf PDF - 548.85 KB
• 10.35 Colin Adams (SCENE):
  
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  An introduction to the Scottish Centre for Ecology and the Natural Environment.pdf PDF - 6.53 MB
• 10.45 Alan Bell (LLTNP Authority):
  
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  A foreword on Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.pdf PDF - 3.2 MB
• 10.50 Anwen Bill (University of Stirling):
  
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  Effects of water level fluctuation and habitat on Littorella uniflora v2.pdf PDF - 3.09 MB
• 11.10 Hannele Honkanen (University of Glasgow):
  
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  Acoustic tracking of Atlantic salmon smolt migration in the Lomond system.pdf PDF - 3.25 MB
• 11.30 Carolyn Bryce (Loch Lomond Fisheries Trust):
  
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  Powan in the classroom.pdf PDF - 2.8 MB

Keynote presentation

• 11.50 Colin Adams (University of Glasgow):
  
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  The hidden diversity of Loch Lomond - what you see is not what you get.pdf PDF - 5.04 MB

Lunchtime poster presentations

• The use of a genetic stock identification analytical framework to determine the origin of sea trout in the river Faughan, Northern Ireland (Jessica Fordyce)
• Zooplankton of Loch Lomond (Iain Gunn)
• Wetland restoration using a reintroduced ecosystem engineer (Alan Law)
• More than just fish food: ecosystem services provided by freshwater insects (Craig Macadam)
• Scotland's groundwater quality (Alan MacDonald)
• Impact of Phoslock® addition on sediment-water-atmosphere greenhouse gas fluxes in a eutrophic lake (Alanna Moore)
• Native vs Alien: which invasive wins the battle in suppressing the most native species? (Zarah Pattison)
• Natural Flood Management: evaluating catchment scale impacts on sub-surface storage, flowpaths and river discharge dynamics (Leo Peskett)
• Linkages between riparian invasive plants, hydromorphology and salmonid fish in Scottish rivers (Alex Seeney)
• Scottish saline lagoons (Katherine Whyte)

Afternoon session: A wider view of freshwater research in Scotland

• 14.00 Lucia Lencioni (University College London):
  
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  Algal communities of Loch Maree - indicators of a pristine loch.pdf PDF - 2.32 MB
• 14.20 Anna Doeser (University of Stirling):
  
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  Evaluating short-term changes in habitat and invertebrates of a re-meandered river.pdf PDF - 5.06 MB
• 14.40 Craig Macadam (Buglife):
  
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  The current status of British mayflies and stoneflies.pdf PDF - 1.21 MB
• 15.00 Iain Sime (Scottish Natural Heritage):
  
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  Pearls in peril - improving the conservation of freshwater pearl mussels.pdf PDF - 1.26 MB
• 15.20 Philip Taylor (Centre for Ecology & Hydrology):
  
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  Legends of the deep - Scottish tales from the UK Lakes Portal.pdf PDF - 2.42 MB

SCENE student speed presentations

• 15.40
  
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  Comparative plasticity of four Scottish salmonid species.pdf PDF - 809.97 KB

  (Madeleine Carruthers)

• 15.45
  
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  Temperature effects on Arctic charr phenotypic plasticity.pdf PDF - 2.02 MB

  (Calum Campbell)

• 15.50 Population history and demography of Arctic charr (Arne Jacobs)
• 15.55
  
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  Ecosystem size modulates trophic diversity in Arctic charr.pdf PDF - 1.14 MB

  (Hans Recknagel)

Evening Agenda: Guest speaker and discussion session

• 19.30
  
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  Freshwater biology in Scotland - a brief history.pdf PDF - 4.02 MB

  (Peter Maitland, University of Glasgow)

• 20.15
  
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  The Glasgow Naturalist and citizen science.pdf PDF - 1.41 MB

  (Dominic McCafferty, University of Glasgow)

Day Two: Friday 22 April

Morning: Freshwater Bioblitz events (coordinators: Pauline Lang, Colin Adams, Laurence Carvalhi, Rona Brennan)

• Brief overview (Laurence Carvalho, Colin Adams, Pauline Lang)
• Loch Lomond (co-leaders: Colin Adams and Laurence Carvalho)
  • including a search for the Lomond worm, Arcteonais lomondi
• Altquhur Burn (co-leaders: Jennifer Dodd and Craig Macadam)
  • including a search for the subterranean crustacean, Bathynella natans
• Dubh Loch (co-leaders: Garth Foster and Iain Gunn)
  • including a search for the aquatic whirligig beetle, Gyrinus aeratus

Afternoon: Freshwater biodiversity recording and skills-transfer session

• Processing of freshwater samples and taxonomic identification
• Biodiversity recording - compiling species lists and relative abundance per sampling site
• Learn a range of ID skills and contribute to freshwater biodiversity recording
  • Phytoplankton and Benthic Algae (Pauline Lang and Helen Woods)
  • Zooplankton (Iain Gunn)
  • Macrophytes (Laurence Carvalho and Iain Gunn)
  • Benthic Invertebrates (Jennifer Dodd, Craig Macadam and Colin Adams)
  • Aquatic Beetles (Garth Foster)
  • UK Lakes Portal - species queries and recording (Phil Taylor)
• Feedback on bioblitz findings and wrap-up

SFG 97th Meeting (October 2016)

The 97th meeting will take place on Thursday 27th October 2016. Talks will be held in Lecture Theatre LT2V1 and poster demonstrations in room 2v2 in the Cottrell Building, University of Stirling. 

Morning session

Chair: Colin Bull (University of Stirling)

• 10:00   Meet for tea/coffee (not provided, please bring your own)
• 10:30   Anna Moss (University of Dundee):
  
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  ClimateXChange Adaptation Indicators.pdf PDF - 4.21 MB
• 11:00   Emma Wiik (University of Regina, Canada):
  
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  CO2 exchange cover slide.pdf PDF - 1.16 MB
• 11:30   Colin Bull (University of Stirling):
  
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  Sea lamprey population status assessment.pdf PDF - 4.68 MB
• 12:00   Jenny McLeish (Edinburgh Napier University):
  
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  Invasive bullhead in Scotland cover slide.pdf PDF - 215.71 KB

12:30 – 13:50  Lunch & Poster Demonstrations

Afternoon session - A Fuller Picture of Fisheries

• 13:50   Iain Sime: "Scottish Freshwaters picture quiz – the results!"
• 14:00   Kate Comins & Jo Girvan (Forth Fisheries Trust): 
  
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  SFG RFFT Reconnecting wildlife and communities.pdf PDF - 5.27 MB
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  SFG RFFT Monitoring Success.pdf PDF - 4.1 MB
• 14:30   Martin Hughes (University of Glasgow):
  
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  The ecology of ferox trout.pdf PDF - 5.2 MB
• 15:00   Jeff Gibbons (Marine Scotland, Scottish Government):
  
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  Wild Fisheries Reform in Scotland.pdf PDF - 366.66 KB
• 15:30   Pauline Lang (SEPA):
  
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  Spring back to Rowardennan.pdf PDF - 2.09 MB
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  What the SFG means.pdf PDF - 701.92 KB
• 16:00   Social drink in the Meadowpark Hotel

The next meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group will be on Thursday 20 April 2017.

To offer talks or a field visit to a demonstration restoration site or another BioBlitz event, please contact Pauline Lang.