
The objective of WG2 is to establish an international scientific network for studying ecosystem functions and services provided by freshwater mussels. Currently ongoing and planned activities/outcomes are:
- Systematic literature review and meta-analysis of available data on ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels
(ongoing, Leads: Alexandra Zieritz, Noe Ferreira, Karel Douda) - Financial evaluation of ecosystem services provided by freshwater mussels through various approaches, including “willingness-to-pay”
(ongoing, Leads: Alexandra Zieritz and Ana Sofia Vaz) - Systematic collation of data on traditional ecological knowledge and expert opinion
(ongoing, Leads: Noe Ferreira and Ronaldo Sousa) - Studying the effects of parasites, such as trematodes and mites, on freshwater mussels and their ecosystem functions
(ongoing, Lead: Jouni Taskinen) - Development of trans-disciplinary projects to fill gaps in knowledge on freshwater mussels’ roles in ecosystem functions and services
(planned for later in 2020-, Lead: Martin Österling) - Training school on “Modern tools in freshwater mussel functional roles research”
(planned for 2021, Lead: Karel Douda)
List of the Working Group members
You can find a list of members belonging to Working Group 2 – Ecosystem (according to COST declarations) below:
Name | Country |
Dr Fundime Miri | Albania |
Mr Clemens Gumpinger | Austria |
Mr Daniel Daill | Austria |
Dr Grégory Motte | Belgium |
Dr Teodora Trichkova | Bulgaria |
Mr Ivan Špelic | Croatia |
Dr Karel Douda | Czechia |
Dr Ondřej Cudlín | Czechia |
Ms Radwa Saad | Egypt |
Dr Fabio Ercoli | Estonia |
Mr Panu Oulasvirta | Finland |
Prof Jouni Taskinen | Finland |
Ms Agnes Blaise | France |
Dr Karl-Otto Nagel | Germany |
Dr Katharina Stöckl-Bauer | Germany |
Dr Sebastian Beggel | Germany |
Prof Juergen Geist | Germany |
Dr Dimitrios Karagiannis | Greece |
Dr ILIAS CHALIGIANNIS | Greece |
Dr THEOFILOS PAPADOPOULOS | Greece |
Dr Evelyn Moorkens | Ireland |
Prof Ilia Ostrovsky | Israel |
Dr Camilla Della Torre | Italy |
Dr daniele nizzoli | Italy |
Dr Nicoletta Riccardi | Italy |
Dr Vanessa Modesto | Italy |
Dr Halil Ibrahimi | Kosovo |
Dr Agnija Skuja | Latvia |
Prof Arturs Skute | Latvia |
Dr Vytautas Rakauskas | Lithuania |
Dr Munjiu Oxana | Moldova |
Ms Milica Jovanović | Montenegro |
Mr Frank Collas | Netherlands |
Dr Valentina Slavevska Stamenkovic | North Macedonia |
Ms Jelena Hinic | North Macedonia |
Prof Dijana Blazhekovikj – Dimovska | North Macedonia |
Prof Stoimir Stojanovski | North Macedonia |
Dr Jon Hamner Magerøy | Norway |
Dr Adam Ćmiel | Poland |
Dr Anna Lipińska | Poland |
Dr Cecylia Wardak | Poland |
Dr Dariusz Halabowski | Poland |
Dr Katarzyna Zajac | Poland |
Dr Maciej Wyrębek | Poland |
Dr Malgorzata Ozgo | Poland |
Mr Jacek Dołęga | Poland |
Ms Maria Urbańska | Poland |
Prof Malgorzata Grabarczyk | Poland |
Prof Tadeusz Zając (chair of MC) | Poland |
Dr Amílcar Teixeira | Portugal |
Dr Eduardo Esteves | Portugal |
Dr Joaquim Reis | Portugal |
Dr Manuel Lopes Lima | Portugal |
Dr Martina Ilarri | Portugal |
Ms Joana Nogueira | Portugal |
Prof Ronaldo Sousa | Portugal |
Prof Simone Varandas | Portugal |
Dr Ioan Sîrbu | Romania |
Dr Ira Simionov | Romania |
Dr Aleksandra Miloskovic | Serbia |
Dr Aleksandra Petrovic | Serbia |
Dr Jelena Tomović | Serbia |
Dr Maja Raković | Serbia |
Dr Simona Đuretanović (born Kovačević) | Serbia |
Mr Slobodan Zlatkovic | Serbia |
Mr Stefan Anđus | Serbia |
Ms Jelena Đuknić | Serbia |
Mr Ján Černecký | Slovakia |
Dr Miguel Clavero | Spain |
Dr Noé Ferreira Rodríguez | Spain |
Ms Keiko Nakamura Antonacci | Spain |
Dr Martin Österling | Sweden |
Mr Niklas Wengström | Sweden |
Dr Arzu FIRAT ERSOY | Turkey |
Dr Emel ZERAY ÖZTÜRK | Turkey |
Dr FUSUN AKGUL | Turkey |
Dr Şebnem Atasaral | Turkey |
Dr Ümit KEBAPÇI | Turkey |
Dr Alexandra Zieritz | United Kingdom |
Ms Isobel Ollard | United Kingdom |
Prof David Aldridge | United Kingdom |
Prof Philip Boon | United Kingdom |
Dr Caryn Vaughn | United States |
Dr Jan Pawlowski |