14th South African Marine Science Symposium (SAMSS)/ 49th Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (ECSA) International Conference

ESTUARINE, COASTAL AND OCEANIC ECOSYSTEMS: BREAKING DOWN THE BOUNDARIES

Academic Programme 4 - 7  April 2011

Rhodes University, South Africa

SUGGESTED THEMES

1. Ecosystem structure and functioning
2. Biotic responses to abiotic drivers
3. Global change and coastal ecosystems
4. Biogeochemistry in coastal and oceanic systems
5. Role of the coastal zone in the global carbon cycle
6. Remote sensing in coastal and oceanic environments
7. Ecological risk assessment and monitoring
8. Moving from research to management use
9. Stable isotope and lipid analysis in coastal and marine ecosystems
10. Biodiversity and invasion biology
11. Large ocean circulation
12. Marine and coastal conservation
13. Fisheries management
14. Mariculture
15. Operational oceanography

Venues will be available for breakaway workshops.
Participants will be encouraged to submit additional themes that will be considered by the conference Scientific Committee.

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