12th EWRS International Symposium on Aquatic Weeds
August 24-28, 2009, The University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Symposium on Aquatic Weeds was organised by European Weed Research Society (EWRS), in cooperation with the International Society of Limnology (SIL), the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), the University of Jyväskylä and the Waterpraxis project.
The main theme of the symposium was ‘Aquatic invasions and their relation to environmental changes’. The various sessions were primarily concerned with distribution, indicator value, ecological effects and management of aquatic plants. The symposium was attended by more than one hundred participants from thirty countries.
The Scientific Committee of the Symposium decided to organize the next (13th) EWRS International Symposium on Aquatic Plants in Poznan, Poland, in 2012.
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| Photo: Anne-Mari Rytkönen / SYKE |
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