Thursday, 07th March 2019
11.00 – 13:30 Registration
13.00 – 13:30 Welcome
Ursula Siebert, Director of the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Germany
Thomas M. Kaiser, Chair of Mammalogy and Paleoanthropology, Center of Natural History, University of Hamburg, Germany
13.30 – 14.15 Keynote 1
Mercury in marine vertebrates: new insights from speciation and isotopic composition, Krishna Das, University of Liege, Belgium
14.15 – 14.35: Dental pathology and alveolar bone lesions in Eastern Atlantic harbour seals, Patricia Kahle, University of Hildesheim, Germany
14.35 – 15.20 Coffee / Tea Break /Photo
15.20 – 15.40: Periapical lesions and osteomyelitis of the jaws as sequel, Uwe Kierdorf, University of Hildesheim, Germany
15.40 – 16.00: Dietary trait reconstruction in marine mammals, Elehna Bethune, Center of Natural History, Germany
16.00 – 16.20: Acanthocephalans in intestines of North and Baltic Sea grey and harbour seals: Pathologies, Prevalences and Present Situation, Jan Lakemeyer, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Germany
16.20 – 16.40: Trophic niche structure of marine mammals from the North Sea: Location and time-trend effect, France Damseaux, University of Liege, Belgium
16.40 – 17.00: Skeletal adaptations of aquatic vertebrates to fasting, swimming, diving and hearing, Tim Rolvien, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
17.00 – 17.30: Poster Session
19.00: Icebreaker with buffet, in the Exhibition of the CeNak
Friday, 08th March 2019
9.00 – 9.45: Keynote 2
Whales, Wadden Sea and World Heritage Site – relevance of whales for environmental education, Gerd Meurs, Multimar Wattforum, Germany
9.45 – 10.30: Keynote 3
From morphology to management, Anders Galatius, Aarhus University, Denmark
10.30 – 10.50
Title pending, Morten Tange Olsen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
10.50 – 11.35: Coffee / Tea Break
11.35 – 11.55: A phylogenetic study on the evolutionary history of Canine Distemper Virus and Phocine Distemper Virus, Iben Stockholm, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
11.55 – 12.15: There and back again - the return of the nasal mite Halarachne halichoeri to seals in German waters, Kristina Lehnert, Anja Reckendorf, Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, Germany
12.15 – 12.35: A concept for a travel exhibition - how to bring the research results to the people, Katrin Wollny-Goerke, Meeresmedien, Germany
12.35 – 13.00 Closing Remarks and Farewell