9:00 - 9:45

Aula Magna left hall

Keynote

Katja Fennel: Biogeochemical controls on coastal hypoxia: A global synthesis and selected case studies

9:45 - 10:45

Aula Magna left hall

Plenary talks

Maria Laamanen: Developments in the policy and management landscape supporting the recovery of the Baltic Sea

Katharina Kesy: Vibrio abundances in early bacterial assemblages on microplastics along a 2000 km Baltic Sea coastline

Henrik Svedäng: Centurial life-history changes in the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) stock in relation to hydrography, benthos and stock size

Gregor Rehder: Unusual observations of productivity patterns during the spring bloom 2018 in the Central Baltic Sea suggest vertical nutrient shuttling and the potential for climate-induced changes

10:45 - 11:15

Aula Magna floor 5

Coffee break

11:15 - 12:45

Parallell sessions

Session 1: Change and Impacts of External Forcing
Session 2: Coastal Seascapes and Dynamics
Session 5: Policy and Management/Assessment Strategies

Session 1

Aula Magna left hall

Session chair: Fernando Jaramillo

Sami Jokinen: Trace metal sequestration mechanisms in a human-impacted boreal estuary in the northern Baltic Sea

Floriaan Eveleens Maarse: Long-term changes in the marine macrophyte community of an isolated, Baltic coast

Franziska Bitschofsky: Phosphorus dynamics and P retention potential of lakes and lake sediments in the catchment of the lowland River Warnow (Germany, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania)

Frank Janssen: The Projection Service for Waterways and Shipping (ProWaS) - a tool for planning, design and assessment of mitigation measures

Jakob Walve: Contribution of sewage, sediments and fresh- and seawater inflow to surface water phosphorus concentrations and cycling in the inner Stockholm archipelago, a stratified Baltic Sea estuary

E. Douglas Nilsson: How changes in wind and water temperature drives sea spray aerosol emissions, based on laboratory tank experiments and Baltic Sea Eddy Covariance fluxes

Session 2

Aula Magna right hall

Session chair: Ellinor Andrén

Klaus Hinsby: Locating and investigating submarine groundwater discharge in the Horsens Fjord estuary, Denmark

Joonas Virtasalo: A submarine groundwater discharge at the Hanko Peninsula, south Finland

Zrinka Mendas: Coastal forest ecosystems: a cross-regional approach

Grzegorz Uścinowicz: Geohazard assessment of the coastal zone – examples from the southern Baltic Sea

Donatas Pupienis: Assessment of spatial fluctuations in rhythmic shoreline patterns related to sediment magnetic characteristics

Viktoras Karaliūnas: Beach-foredune sediment budget response to sea level fluctuation. Lithuanian Curonian Spit coast.

Session 5

De Geer lecture hall

Session chair: Gun Rudquist

Marie Löf: Building university-based boundary organisations that facilitate impacts on environmental policy and practice

Thorsten Blenckner: Assessing ocean health and recovery

Lena Bergström: Application of the ecosystem-based approach in Baltic Sea marine policies

Sofia A. Wikström: Developing ecosystem-based management of the Baltic Sea – Swedish experiences

Katarina Elofsson: The role of water quality for local environmental policy implementation

Rene Friedland: Towards an integrated model-based assessment of scenarios for the North-Western European Shelf

12:45 - 14:00

Aula Magna floor 5

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Parallell sessions

Session 2: Coastal Seascapes and Dynamics
Session 3B: Baltic Sea Ecosystem Structure and Functioning
Session 4: BONUS Science technology workshop

Session 2

Aula Magna right hall

Session chair: Erik Gustafsson

Inga Koszalka: Surface turbulent transport processes and eddy diffusivity in the central Baltic Sea inferred from modeled Lagrangian trajectories

Tuomas Kärnä: Towards coupled circulation-wave modelling of the Baltic Sea

Joanna Staneva: GCOAST Model System: coupling of ocean and atmosphere through a dynamic wave interface

Olga Vähä-Piikkiö: Importance of Stokes drift in modelling the drift of substances and objects in the Gulf of Finland

Laura Tuomi: Wave-induced bottom shear stress in the Gulf of Bothnia

Fatemeh Najafzdeh: Baltic Sea wave climate variability and its connection with climatic indices deduced from Empirical Orthogonal Functions

Session 3B

De Geer lecture hall

Session chair: Maren Voss

Roxana Preston: The origin and regeneration of free-living populations of Fucus vesiculosus in the Baltic Sea

Iván Rodil: Macrobenthic respiration rates and secondary production across shallow habitats of the Baltic coast

Tiina Salo: Warming modifies predator effects on traits further down in the benthic food web

Christian Sommer: Changes in sediment bacterial community composition and diversity patterns following a major inflow event into the Baltic Sea

Anna Villnäs: Changes in macrofaunal trait groupings across estuarine gradients – implications for the coastal nutrient filter

Bengt Karlson: Distribution and size structure of cyanobacteria and other plankton in the Baltic Sea and the Kattegat-Skagerrak investigated using a multi-method approach

Session 4

Aula Magna left hall

Session chair: Regine Labrenz

Mats Lindegart: BONUS SEAM – Towards streamlined Baltic Sea environmental assessment and monitoring

Kristian Meissner: FUMARI BONUS – What new technologies are needed to advance the Baltic Sea monitoring and status assessment

Steffen Assmann: Chemical sensors for ocean science

Rudolf Bannasch: Designing and testing Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for locating and monitoring Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Thomas Helzel: Ocean Radar WERA System

Stefand Raimund: Sailing meets science - Innovative Ocean Monitoring

15:30 - 16:00

Aula Magna floor 5

Coffee break

16:00 - 17:00

Parallell sessions

Session 2: Coastal Seascapes and Dynamics
Session 3B: Baltic Sea Ecosystem Structure and Functioning
Session 4: Monitoring, Observations and Assessment systems

Session 2

Aula Magna right hall

Session chair: Sofia Wikström

Diana Vaičiūtė: Advantage of hyperspectral airborne imagery for spatial and temporal heterogeneity of water quality in the Curonian Lagoon (the Baltic Sea)

Alexander Sokolov: On hydrodynamic modelling of coastal areas with complex coastline

Karol Kulinski: Seasonal variability of the CO2 system in the mouth of the Vistula River and in the Gulf of Gdansk

Mari Joensuu: Seasonal variation in sediment erodibility and resuspension in shallow coastal environments of the Baltic sea

Session 3B

De Geer lecture hall

Session chair: Gregor Rehder

Jenny Hieronymus: Modeling cyanobacteria life cycle dynamics and historical nitrogen fixation in the Baltic Sea.

Andreas Novotny: Key trophic links of micro- and mesozooplankton evaluated with selective DNA metabarcoding

Irena Telesh: Harmful planktonic invaders and their impact on the Baltic coastal ecosystems

Lisa Rönspieß: Different phosphorus fractions – how bioavailable are they?

Session 4

Aula Magna left hall

Session chair: Kai Myrberg

Susanne Kratzer: Inorganic suspended matter over the Baltic Sea derived from satellite data indicates coastal influence

Pekka Alenius: ITT Baltic+ Salinity Dynamics: Evaluating quality and usability of SMOS SSS fields in the Baltic Sea

Sampsa Koponen: Monitoring of carbon fluxes and eutrophication in the Baltic Sea with Sentinel satellites

Sander Rikka: Radar remote sensing of the wind and wave field parameters in the Baltic Sea

17:00 - 19:00

Aula Magna floor 5

Poster session

Session 2: Coastal Seascapes and Dynamics
Session 4: Monitoring, Observations and Assessment systems
Session 5: Policy and Management/Assessment Strategies

Mingle, bar and snacks. Bring your Drinkticket.