Cyanobacterial blooms and health hazards

Cyanobacterial blooms and health hazards - an overview Wayne W.Carmichael

Problems caused by mass occurrences of cyanobacteria in Finnish fresh waters and the Baltic Sea Kaarina Sivonen

Problems caused by mass occurrences of cyanobacteria in Estonian waters Kalle Olli

Cyanobacteria and off-flavours Per-Edvin Persson

Ecology of cyanobacteria and their role in aquatic communities

A comparison of cyanobacterial bloom dynamics in freshwater, estuarine and marine environments Hans Paerl

Structural and functional relationships in some marine nitrogen fixing cyanobacteria Birgitta Bergman, Anne Heinänen, Ulla Rasmussen and S. Janson

Experimental and 'in situ' comparison of 15N2- and acetylene reduction methods for the measurement of nitrogen fixation by Baltic Sea cyanobacteria Pia Moisander, Jaana Lehtimäki, Kaarina Sivonen and Kaisa Kononen

Fine scale intrusions: one link in the chain of nutrient transport for cyanobacteria Jaan Laanemets, Hannu Haahti, Kaisa Kononen and Juss Pavelson

Initiation of cyanobacterial blooms in a frontal region at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea Kaisa Kononen, Jorma Kuparinen, Jaan Laanemets, Kalervo Mäkelä, Sulev Nõmmann and Juss Pavelson

Copepod interactions with toxic cyanobacteria in the Gulf of Finland Kevin Sellner, Marcia M. Olson and Kalle Olli

Sedimentation and buoyancy in cyanobacterial bloom dynamics Anna-Stina Heiskanen and Kalle Olli

Cyanobacterial toxins - detection and analysis

Trace analysis of microcystins Ken-ichi Harada

Conformations of cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystin-LR and nodularin Arto Annila, Maarit Kontteli, Jaana Lehtimäki, Kaarina Sivonen, Jussi Meriluoto and John Eriksson

Identification of cyanobacteria based on morphology or molecular biology

Present status of morphological taxonomy of cyanobacteria Pertti Eloranta

Usage of protein patterns in classification of cyanobacteria Jarkko Hantula, Eeva Vainio, Leo Rouhiainen and Kaarina Sivonen

Molecular biological characterization of toxic cyanobacteria Christina Lyra, Leo Rouhiainen, Jaana Lehtimäki, Jarkko Rapala, Anna- Maria Torsti, Jaana Korpela, Tuomas Tenkanen, Pekka Mattila, Kari Pitkänen and Kaarina Sivonen

Cloning and characterization of peptide synthetase genes from a hepatotoxic Anabaena strain Leo Rouhiainen, William Buikema, Lars Paulin, Kaarina Sivonen and Robert Haselkorn

Cyanobacterial toxins - production and persistence

Persistence and degradation of cyanobacterial toxins Kirsti Lahti, Jarkko Rapala, Michael Färdig, Maija Niemelä and Kaarina Sivonen

Comparison of toxin production by hepatotoxic and neurotoxic Anabaena spp. Jarkko Rapala, Kaarina Sivonen and Seppo I. Niemelä

Comparison of growth, toxin production and nitrogen fixation of cyanobacteria from the Baltic Sea Jaana Lehtimäki, Pia Moisander, Kaarina Sivonen and Kaisa Kononen

Cyanobacterial toxins - cellular, physiological and ecological effects and mechanisms of action

Tumor promotion by cyanobacterial toxins Ian R.Falconer and Andrew R.Humpage

Cellular and subcellular targets of microcystin-LR Diana Toivola, Ann-Sofi Härmälä-Braskén, Jussi A.O. Meriluoto and John E. Eriksson

Cellular and molecular mechanisms behind microcystin-induced liver toxicity John E. Eriksson, Ann-Sofi Härmälä-Braskén and Diana M. Toivola

Toxicity of cyanobacteria to mosquito larvae Jari Kiviranta

Life-table analysis in assessing sublethal effects of toxic cyanobacteria on zooplankton Mari Walls, Jaana Hietala, Camilla Laurén-Määttä and Marko Reinikainen

Effects of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa and food level on the population dynamics of two Daphnia pulex clones Camilla Laurén-Määttä, Jaana Hietala and Mari Walls

Choosing analytical strategy for microcystins Jussi O. Meriluoto, Ann- Sofi Härmälä-Braskén and John Eriksson

Acute and subacute effects of microcystins in fish Christina Råbergh and J John E. Eriksson

Monitoring and management of toxins and blooms of cyanobacteria

Cyanobacteria and their toxins in drinking water treatment Kirsti Lahti

Small scale drinking water purifiers in the removal of cyanobacterial toxins Erkki Vuori

Management of the cyanobacterial blooms in the sea area off Helsinki Hilkka Viljamaa

Successful biomanipulation of Lake Vesijärvi: have cyanobacterial blooms been vanquished? Timo Kairesalo

High-resolution monitoring of algal blooms in the Baltic Sea with unattended recording and sampling on ferries Juha-Markku Leppänen, Eija Rantajärvi and Seija Hällfors

Public lectures

Sinilevien aiheuttamat ongelmat Suomen vesistöissä Kaarina Sivonen

Itämeren sinileväkukintojen automaattinen seuranta- ja varoitusjärjestelmä Juha-Markku Leppänen

POSTERS

Life history responses of water flea Daphnia pulex to toxic cyanobacteria Microcystis aeruginosa Jaana Hietala, Camilla Laurén-Määttä and Mari Walls

The horizontal distribution of blue-green algae in Lake Ladoga, Russia Pertti Huttunen, Anna-Liisa Holopainen, Galina I. Letanskaya and Elena V. Protopopova

Daily vertical movement by cyanobacteria Aphanizomenon flos-aquae, Nodularia spumigena and an endosymbiotic ciliate Mesodinium rubrum and nutrient distribution peculiarities in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea Marjaana Kokkonen, Kaisa Kononen, Jaan Laanemets, Hannu Haahti and Kevin Sellner

Development of water quality during seasonal succession towards dominance by blue-green algae in two eutrophic lakes Minna Kortteinen and Taina Hammar

Cyanobacteria in Baltic Sea ice and winter time water column Maria Laamanen

The blue-green algae of the eutrophic Lake Tuusulanjärvi in 1963 to 1994. Liisa Lepistö, Leena Villa, O.-P. Pietiläinen and Eeva-Riitta Puomio

Isolation and biological properties of an unknown toxin from Oscillatoria agardhii M. Suomalainen, J. Kiviranta, E. Saario and M.-L. Niku-Paavola

Application of FINEST-ecological model for modelling diazotrophic cyanobacterial blooms in the Gulf of Finland Rein Tamsalu and Kaisa Kononen

Effect of fish removal on the blue-green algae in Lake Köyliönjärvi Kristiina Vuorio

Cyanobacteria in the Åland archipelago in late summer 1994 Petra Öhman