* * * International seminar: Monitoring and restoration of freshwater (mussel) Habitats Tuesday 27th November – Thursday 29th November 2018, Clervaux, Luxembourg Please click on the link of the respective presentation below to download the PDF-File. [Download abstract book](/files/85492.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) ## **Wednesday, 28 November 2018** ### Session I 09:30-10:00 Taskinen J. et al. Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014 Univ. Jyväskylä, Finland [Decline and conservation of two Southern Finnish Margaritifera margaritifera populations](/files/86260.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 10:00-10:20 Carlevaro A. & Vicentini H. Benthos – Büro für Gewässerökologie, Zürich  & Gewässerökologie, Zürich. Switzerland [Monitoring and restoration of Unio crassus Philipson, 1788 habitats in Switzerland – an overview](/files/86262.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 10:20-10:40 Ożgo M. et al. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland [Local conservation of freshwater mussels and the practical effects of species protection](/files/86255.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 11:10-11:30 Skujiene G. Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania [Monitoring of the Thick Shelled River Mussel Unio crassus (Philipsson, 1788) in Lithuania](/files/86259.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 11:30-11:50 Daill D. & Gumpinger C. Consultants in Aquatic Ecology and Engineering (blattfisch e.U.) – Wels, Austria [Conservation of Freshwater Pearl Mussels (Margaritifera margaritifera) in Austria – Biomonitoring in the interstitial](/files/86252.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 11:50-12:10 Denic M. et al. Landschaftspflegeverband Passau, Fuerstenzell, Germany [Conservation status of two endangered freshwater mussel species in Bavaria, Germany: threats and management implications](/files/86251.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) ### Session II 13:30-14:00 Lorenz A. Department of Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany [Temporal and catchment effects on the success of restoration measures in streams](/files/86253.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 14:00-14:20 Pichon C. Parc naturel régional Périgord Limousin - la Barde 24450 La Coquille- France [Restoration of feshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) habitat in Dronne river, France](/files/86256.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 14:20-14:40 Olofsson P. et al. Environmental Assessment Section, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Luleå, Sweden [Restoration of Boreal Nordic Rivers – ReBorN LIFE](/files/86254.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 15:10-15:30 Schneider J. et al. Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Technology Dresden, Germany [Every small step leads to success in detail: Three years habitat characterization for reintroduction of captive-bred juvenile freshwater pearl mussels](/files/86258.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 15:30-15:50 Schiller T. et al. Institute of Hydrobiology, University of Technology Dresden, Germany [Evaluation of the success of captive-breeding activities in Saxon Vogtland, Germany: First monitoring of reintroduced juvenile river pearl mussels](/files/86257.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 15:50-16:10 Zając K. et al. Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland [Monitoring of Phenology and Reproductive Effort in Unio crassus](/files/86261.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) ## Thursday, 29 November 2018 ### Session III 09:00-09:30 Heumann S. et al. natur & ëmwelt / Fondation Hëllef fir d’Natur, 5 route de Luxembourg, Kockelscheier, Luxembourg [Six years of monitoring and restoration during the LIFE Resto Unio project in the Luxemburgish Ardennes](/files/86265.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 09:30-09:50 Gallé T. et al. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology- ERIN Dept., Luxembourg [Evaluating pesticide pressure on freshwater mussel habitats: monitoring requirements and methodological limitations](/files/86264.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 9:50-10:10 Curley E.A.M. et al. School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom [Investigating the Behavioural and Physiological Response of Endangered Freshwater Pearl Mussels to Stress Exposure](/files/86267.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 10:40-11:00 Pfister L. et al. Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology., Luxembourg [On the potential for freshwater pearl mussels to serve as a stream water stable isotope recorder](/files/86266.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) 11:00-11:20 Degelmann W. & Spisar O. Bund Naturschutz Auguststraße 1, 95028 Hof, Germany & Bilvalvia, Na Klotzmance 9, CZ-78901 Zabreh, Czech Republic [Pearl mussel breeding station Hof - history and actual work](/files/86263.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) ## Poster Session Mayon N. [Can genetic data be used as a decision-support tool to guide restoration of fish connectivity in salmonid streams? The example of the Sûre river catchment (Belgium, Wallonia)](/files/86268.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Vaessen Q. [Caracterisation of Unio crassus Microhabitats in the Sûre River](/files/86273.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Motte G. [Actions in progress for the conservation of the thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) in Belgium (Life BNIP)](/files/86269.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Pichon C. [Translocation of freshwater pearl mussels Margaritifera margaritifera before habitat rehabilitation project : feedback on the Dronne River](/files/86270.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Sehlheim H. [15-year experience of saving the last freshwater pearl mussel population in northrhine-westfalia, Germany](/files/86271.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Frisch M. [Water purification performances of freshwater mussels](/files/86274.pdf?CacheMode=Fresh&OpenMode=Download) Schloemer S. 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