Arctic char conference

MFRI and Matís will host the conference Arctic char: Ecology, genetics, climate change, and the implication for conservation and management on October 31 to November 1.

Location: Skúlagata 4, 1st floor.

Programme:

Tuesday October 31:

8.30-9.10 Registration

9.10-9.20 Welcoming words bySigurður Guðjónsson, Director, MFRI

9.20-9.30 Motivation and practical arrangements, Guðbjörg Ólaf sdóttir, conference coordinator

Chair: Sigurður Guðjónsson

9.30-9.50 Guðbjörg Ólafsdóttir: Detection and mapping of mtDNA SNPs in Arctic Char across the species range

9.50-10.10 Lucio Marcello: A transrange assessment of the selective relevance of mtDNA SNPS

10.10-10.30 Eric Verspoor: A transrange overview of the phylogeny of the Arctic char species complex

10.30-11.10 Coffee break

11.10-11.30 Sigríður Rut Franzdóttir: Developmental mechanisms of Arctic charr divergence

11.30-11.50 Zophonías O. Jónsson: The Charr in Thingvallavatn – Genome and epigenome sequencing

11.50-12.10 Drywa, A: Genetic differentiation of Arctic Char in Loch Rannoch: nuclear differentiation of the known morphs and substructuring of morphs into multiple breeding populations

12.10-12.30 Ólafur Sigurgeirsson: SWOT- analysis of Icelandic Arctic charr culture

12.30-13.30 Lunch break

Chair: Eric Verspoor

13.30-13.50 Jóhannes Guðbrandsson: Extensive genetic divergence between sympatric Arctic charr morphs in Lake Thingvallavatn

13.50-14.10 Jónína Herdís Ólafsdóttir og Kalina Hristova: Pre-zygotic mechanisms of reproductive isolation in Thingvallavatn Arctic charr

14.10-14.30 Samantha V. Beck: Harnessing the power of maternal effects for increasing the adaptive potential of a single population through developmental processes

14.30-15.00 Coffee break

15.00-15.20 Bjarni K. Kristjánsson: The evolution of phenotypic diversity in Arctic charr

15.20-15.40 Arnar Pálsson: Population subdivision and genetic differences among anadromous Arctic charr in Iceland

15.40-16.00 Guðni Guðbergsson og Ingi Rúnar Jónsson: Status of Arctic charr in Iceland

16.00-16.30 Open discussion

16.00-18.00 Poster session and welcomin reception

Wednesday November 1:

Chair: Sten Karlsson

9.00-9.20 Erik Jeppesen: Food-web studies in salmonid lakes in Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands

9.20-9.40 Gustav Hellström: Comparing behaviour and habitat preferences between Arctic Charr and Lake Charr in a mountain lake

9.40-10.00 Helgi Thorarensen: The effect of climate change on Arctic charr populations in Iceland – A physiologist perspective

10.00-10.20 Stefán Ó. Steingrímsson: Diverse diel activity patterns in wild stream-dwelling Arctic char

10.20-11.00 Coffee break

11.00-11.20 Jón Kjartan: Icelandic Arctic charr aquaculture

11.20-11.40 Ingeborg Mulder: Within lake winter movement patterns of anadromous Arctic charr in Labrador lakes

11.40-12.00 Michael Power: A retrospective of Arctic charr otoliths: what have we learned about temperature use?

12.00-12.30 Open discussion and closing

More details and registration Matís' website