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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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
- Ecosystem structure and functioning
- Biotic responses to abiotic drivers
- Global change and coastal ecosystems
- Biogeochemistry in coastal and oceanic systems
- Role of the coastal zone in the global carbon cycle
- Remote sensing in coastal and oceanic environments
- Ecological risk assessment and monitoring
- Moving from research to management use
- Stable isotope and lipid analysis in coastal and marine ecosystems
- Biodiversity and invasion biology
- Large ocean circulation
- Marine and coastal conservation
- Fisheries management
- Mariculture
- Operational oceanography
Participants will be encouraged to submit additional themes that will be considered by the conference Scientific Committee.
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International Workshop: Exploring the Role of MPAs in Reconciling Fisheries Management with Conservation, Norway
The Challenge:There is now wide consensus that management of human activities using natural resources must take into account direct and indirect impacts they may have...
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Thursday, March 17, 2011
8th International Scientific Symposium: Ocean Climate and Marine Ecosystems in the Western Pacific
Theme
Main Theme
Ocean Climate and Marine Ecosystems in the Western Pacific
Sub Theme
- Innovative observational studies concerning physical or biogeochemical processes in coastal and marginal seas are needed. Development and assessment of instruments or observing systems (e.g. fixed in-situ, satellite, ferries, floats, gliders, HF Radar) which provide the data required for oceanic studies will be mentioned, too.
- Ocean acidification, caused by a rapid rise in anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), is rapidly changing ocean chemistry. A cooperative researches and knowledge-sharing collaborations including regional networking programs for ocean acidification beyond geopolitical boundaries are desperately needed.
- Recent developments in the coupled climate modeling, ensemble, prediction results and the understanding of the interactions between ocean and atmosphere.
- Under the influence of climate change, it is important to predict the changing trend of air-sea interactions from the frequency and strength of storms to the response of the thermal structure of the upper layer by observing and modeling the sea state.
- Ecosystem changes caused by anthropogenic impacts, such as eutrophication, chemical pollution, overfishing, hypoxia and habitat modification and how climate change influences anthropogenic impacts and ecosystem
- Marine remote sensing provides a window on synoptic scales. It is the sole method to take a global view of marine biosphere and monitor the ocean environments as climate change, water quality, fishery, and species at risk.
- Assessment of regional as well as global impacts of natural disasters related to the climate change and developments of natural disaster reduction and mitigation systems will be covered.
- The past climatic records which are monsoons evolution and effects such as linkage between terrestrial and ocean records, and other records from trees, corals, sediments, glaciers and other natural or proxy sources.
- It is predicted that 15% of the world’s coral reefs are under imminent threat of joining the "Effectively Lost" category within the next 10-20 years. These predictions are based on observed trends over the past decade, on demographic increases in human population pressure, and assessments of the effectiveness of current management.
- Most of coastal countries have been suffering from natural and man-made coastal erosions. Sound coastal management integrating various areas and considering the effects of climate change as well as development of new technology for erosion control is prerequisite for sustainable development of coastal zone.
Understanding the biogeochemical cycling of materials (salt, carbon, nutrients, trace elements etc.) requires knowledge of their diverse sources and sinks, as well as their transport and chemical form in the ocean. Without this understanding, the impact of any resulting changes due to human activity in elemental cycling on marine ecosystems and the global carbon cycle cannot be meaningfully predicted.
- Marine biodiversity in the Western Pacific, especially in the coral triangle, is highest in the world ocean providing a rich source of food and biomaterials. Yet, a significant number of marine organisms remain to be discovered and identified.
- The abundance, distribution of major fish species and fisheries, species composition in ecosystem, and some social issues on economy can be altered by the climate changes. It is important to describe the climate change impacts on fish and fisheries and discuss conservation measures for mitigation and preparation in fisheries.
- The best way to mitigate impacts for environmental sustainable aquaculture is to utilize an organic aquaculture. It will provide eco-friendly guidance to improve the environmental performance of sustainable aquaculture.
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Taxonomy and Ecology of the Diatom Pseudo-nitzschia 20th - 23rd March 2011, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
Further Enquiries
Please forward your enquires on the training workshop to:Prof Fukuyo (The University of Tokyo) Email: ufukuyo@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Dr. Lim (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) Email: ptlim@frst.unimas.my
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Responding to the Global Water Crisis. May - USA
Program Committee Special Sessions:
Water Crisis: Biodiversity
Sustaining Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Global Patterns, Processes, and Planning
The United Nations declared 2010 “International Year of Biodiversity” and the Convention on Biological Diversity has reconfigured its 2010 targets to reduce loss rates of biodiversity by 2020. What are the biodiversity targets in freshwater ecosystems, which have the highest threat of species losses? We need to be able to make stronger predictions of the patterns and consequences of declines and changes in biodiversity, specifically functional diversity, in global fresh waters. Freshwater ecosystems provide a variety of services (e.g., clean drinking water, nutrient processing, fisheries) that are maintained by the functioning of species. Global environmental changes are particularly threatening to freshwater organisms because of the direct effects of climate on water temperature and water scarcity, as well as the human demands of ecosystem services. Therefore, maintaining functional diversity likely ensures resilience of freshwater biodiversity and ecosystem services to global environmental changes. However, balancing the freshwater needs of humans and the environment will likely require targeting specific ecosystem services and the freshwater functional diversity required to maintain them.
This session will address the global threats to freshwater functional diversity and ecosystem services, and investigate targets and planned implementation to establish freshwater sustainability. Talks can range from theoretical to applied, empirical to synthetic, as well as perspective talks that forecast patterns and processes related to global change effects on freshwater biodiversity, ecosystem services, and the sustainability of both. International talks, interdisciplinary talks, and participation from junior and senior scientists is encouraged.
Organizer: John Kominoski (jkominoski@gmail.com)
Water Crisis: Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem Service Concepts in the Management of Freshwater Habitats
Recognizing and quantifying ecosystem services can help managers justify and allocate public funding for conservation, restoration, and preservation of freshwater systems. Ecosystem benefits integrates the public’s values in decision-making. Accounting for the ecosystem benefits of a management alternative or scenario (e.g., the environmental benefits per dollar spent) fosters more reliable prioritization among of restoration, remediation, conservation, or other management alternatives. The ecosystems services provided by aquatic systems are increasingly the motivation for and subject of ecological and socioeconomic research. In this session, we hope to feature presentations that address some of the key questions related to this expanding discipline including “what ecosystem services and human benefits do freshwaters provide?”, “what are the ecological functions that underlie ecosystem services (or benefits) and how should we quantify them?”, “how should we assign value to services?”, and “what research directions should we pursue?” Our goal for the session is to include presentations on the conceptual aspects of ecosystem services, on research that includes empirical measurements leading to estimation of benefits, on ecosystem valuation, and case studies where ecosystem service concepts have influenced decision-making. We encourage submissions from any geographic region dealing with ecosystem services provided by streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, brackish and freshwater estuaries, ephemeral waters, or groundwater.
Organizers: David Bolgrien (bolgrien.dave@epa.gov), Ted Angradi (angradi.theodore@epa.gov)
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Plankton, Biodiversidty and Global Change, September - 2011, UK
Plankton 2011: Biodiversity & Global Change- Past, Present and Future.
What are the causes and consequences of long-term changes in plankton communities?
Rationale: We live in a world influenced by a myriad of complex global processes including climate warming, ocean acidification, pollution events and varying fishing pressures. Plankton are influenced by all of these. They also provide us with key ecological services...
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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