Programme of the 3rd IOTM - subject to modification - The abstracts can be seen in the Book of Abstracts |
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| Monday, April 2nd | ||
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Opening - Registration | |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome drink | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Antonis ANTONIOU | Welcome greetings addressed to the 3rd IOTM participants by the Acting Director of the Environment Service, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment of the Republic of Cyprus. |
| 11:00 - 11.30 | Christodoulos MAKRIS | The biodiversity of Cyprus |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Tomáš PAVLÍČEK | Has Cyprus autochthonous earthworm fauna immigrated from the Levantine coast to the island? |
| 12:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Antonia Adriana POP | Achievements in terrestrial oligochaeta systematics by using molecular methods |
| 15:00 - 16:00 | Robert J. BLAKEMORE | On the phylogeny of the Megascolecoidea families and other current problems in earthworm taxonomy. A summary of several articles and posters by Robert J. BLAKEMORE (presented by Csaba CSUZDI) |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Chi-Han CHANG | Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the gigantic earthworms in the Metaphire formosae species group (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Csaba CSUZDI | Taxonomic and biogeographical analysis of the Allolobophora sturanyi species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Antonia Adriana POP | Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the genera Octolasion Örley, 1885, Octodrilus Omodeo, 1956 and Octodriloides Zicsi, 1986 (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) based on 16S and COI DNA sequences |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Free time | |
| 19:30 | Dinner | |
| Tuesday, April 3rd | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Jadwiga Danuta PLISKO | Remarks on the endemic South African Tritogenia zuluensis species–group (Oligochaeta: Microchaetidae) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Ana G. MORENO | The family Ocnerodrilidae in South America |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Ana G. MORENO | One study about the relative distance between setae |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Klára DÓZSA–FARKAS | Taxonomical importance of spermathecae (receptacula seminis) with special attention to Enchytraeidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta) |
| 12:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 15:00 | Sam JAMES | Transpacific relationships within the genera Dichogaster and Eutrigaster |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Lindsey NORGROVE | Earthworm densities, diversity and relationships with vegetation and soil properties in land invaded by Imperata cylindrica and Chromolaena odorata in Littoral and North West Provinces of Cameroon |
| 15:30 - 16.00 | Ana G. MORENO | The family Acantodrilidae in South America |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Lindsey NORGROVE | Earthworm species diversity in timber-plantain agroforestry systems in southern Cameroon |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Palanisamy KATHIRESWARI | Taxonomy of Native Earthworms of Coimbatore Forest Division, The Western Ghats, India — a Biodiversity Hotspot |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Presentation of posters | |
| 18:00 - 20:00 | Free time | |
| 20:00 | Dinner at the Trout Farm Restaurant Psilo Dendro in Platres | |
| Wednesday, April 4th | ||
| 09:00 - 16:00 | Mid meeting excursion | Drive to the Troodos National Forest Park to visit the Environmental centre. Short walk to see some of the early flowers on Troodos. Then on to a typical Cypriot village to visit a Byzantine church and to have lunch. Walk in the village and visit to a museum and return. Your guide will be Yiannis CHRISTOFIDES who was born in Platres, studied chemistry in London and is now researching the Cypriot Flora. |
| 16:00 - 19:30 | Free time | |
| 19:30 | Dinner | |
| Thursday, April 5th | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Ana G. MORENO | Geographic distribution of Glossoscolecidae |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Ghania OUAHRANI | Settlement of the Lumbricidae in the semi-arid region of Constantine (eastern Algeria) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Anna ROZEN | Earthworm communities along altidunal gradient in Silesian Beskid Mountains (southern Poland) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Ana G. MORENO | Earthworms data base |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Presentation of posters | |
| 12:00 - 14:30 | Lunch | |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Presentation of posters and general discussion | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 18:00 | General discussion and preparation of the next IOTM | |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Free time | |
| 19:30 | Meeting banquet | |
| Friday, April 6th | ||
| 09:00 | Post-conference field trip (optional) | |
| Posters presented during the 3rd IOTM - subject to modification - The abstracts can be seen in the Book of Abstracts |
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| Sonia BORGES | New earthworm records for Vieques, Puerto Rico | |
| Chi-Han CHANG | Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the gigantic earthworms in the Metaphire formosae species group (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) | |
| Yong HONG | Composition of the family Megascolecidae (Oligochaeta) from Korea | |
| Yong HONG | A long earthworm of the genus Amynthas (Megascolecidae) from Laos and DNA Barcoding Data | |
| Yong HONG | Analysis of phylogenetic relationships among Amynthas corticis (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) using mtDNA partial sequences | |
| Jürgen C. KüLE | The development of earthworm populations on selected floodplain sites of river Elbe and river Mulde after the Great ("century") Flooding in 2002 | |
| Masoumeh MALEK | Preliminary study of earthworm taxonomy from Tehran province | |
| Alirezah SARI | Crab associate oligochaete from Jajroud River, Tehran province, Iran | |
| Emma SHERLOCK | Developing a field guide to British earthworms | |
