Conference ICAIS 2022

The International Conference of Alien Invasive Species (ICAIS) arrived in Europe for the third time in its history. Its theme was global climate change amplifying aquatic invasive species impacts to demonstrate the interconnectedness of invasive species issues and inspire international collaboration on research projects on a global scale.

This conference took place in Oostende (Belgium) at the Hotel Thermal Palace on the 19th – 22nd of April. Almost 400 participants from 39 countries presented more than 180 oral contributions and 50 posters.

Three faculty members gave their oral presentations:

Ismael Soto presented his work about the trends and effects of alien crustaceans in the recipient ecosystem in Europe. He focused on increasing trends of invasive species using Ponto-Caspian species, their impacts on compositional and functional ß-diversity and lastly, the population dynamics of the killer shrimp.

Jan Kubec presented his work comparing behavioural interactions among four invasive crayfish in three different temperatures. He analysed the interactions and the behavioural dominance across the gradient of temperatures.

Antonín Kouba presented his work about the survival, growth, and reproduction of marbled crayfish compared to other prominent crayfish invaders under two temperature regimes.