REMINDER REMINDER REMINDER Invitation ‘MARINE MAMMALS IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT’ Symposium – 07-08 March 2019 – CeNak, Hamburg, Germany Marine mammals comprise top predators and upper trophic levels in oceanic ecosystems of the world. They are increasingly threatened by various anthropogenic impacts in their marine habitat, e.g. pollution by chemical and pharmaceutical substances, marine litter, underwater noise, changes in prey abundance and climate change. These constraints can have serious implications for the health status of marine mammals through elevated stress response, immune suppression as well as higher energy and metabolic demands caused by disturbances that may affect different populations to a varying degree. The project ‘Marine Mammals In a Changing Environment’, funded by the VolkswagenFoundation, forms a consortium of museums and universities in Germany, Denmark and Sweden, combining unique collections, marine mammal expertise and innovative methods to investigate native marine mammal species. Results will be presented with respect to changes in health condition and population status of marine mammals over long time periods and in different marine environments; in particular with respect to 1) to bone lesions in seal skulls, 2) feeding-related dental micro texture, 3) organochlorines in blubber of harbour seals, 4) trace elements in pelts of several seal species, and 5) parasitic and viral pathogens in seals during the last decades and century. Cooperation partners: Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (TiHo), Germany Centrum of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Germany Zoological Museum of Kiel University, Germany German Oceanographic Museum Stralsund, Germany University of Hildesheim, Germany Natural History Museum of Denmark, Denmark Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden Confirmed keynote speakers: Krishna Das, University of Liège, Laboratory of Oceanology-MARE, Belgium Anders Galatius, Aarhus University, Department of Bioscience, Marine Mammal Research, Denmark Gerd Meurs-Scher, Multimar Wattforum, Germany Venue: The symposium will be held at the Centrum of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg; Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany Programme: The detailed programme is available here https://www.tiho-hannover.de/en/clinics-institutes/institutes/institute-for-... 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 Hosts: Center of Natural History (CeNak), University of Hamburg, Germany Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), Büsum, Germany Registration: The symposium is free of charge but formal registration is needed as our venue is limited to 200 attendees. Please e-mail your registration for the symposium until 15 February 2019 to vwkonferenz2019.cenak@uni-hamburg.de<mailto:vwkonferenz2019.cenak@uni-hamburg.de> Best wishes, the organising committee on behalf of the project consortium: Thomas Kaiser, Elehna Bethune (CeNaK Hamburg, Germany) https://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung/abteilungen/mammalogie/projekt... Anita Gilles, Kristina Lehnert, Ursula Siebert (ITAW Buesum, Germany) https://www.tiho-hannover.de/en/clinics-institutes/institutes/institute-for-... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Anita Gilles University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW) Werftstr. 6 | 25761 Büsum Germany Phone: +49 (0)511-8568177 Fax: +49 (0)511-8568181 anita.gilles@tiho-hannover.de http://www.tiho-hannover.de/index.php?id=5380