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

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

5th SCACR International Short Conference on APPLIED COASTAL RESEARCH, June 2011, Germany






















Last Call for Abstracts


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5th EARSeL Workshop on Remote Sensing of the Coastal Zone, Czech Republic, June - 2011
















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V Conferencia Internacional de Manejo Integrado de Zonas Costeras, Cuba, Mayo-2011





V  Conferencia Internacional de Manejo Integrado de Zonas Costeras
CARICOSTAS 2011
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ICS2011 - 11th International Coastal Symposium








Conference Themes
  • Acoustic Remote Sensing
  • Barrier Islands
  • Beach Processes
  • Beaches in Fetch-Limited Environments
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Dunes
  • Coastal Ecosystems
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal Evolution
  • Coastal Geomorphology
  • Coastal Hazards and Pollution
  • Coastal Modelling
  • Coastal Polices and Planning
  • Coastal Restoration & Mitigation
  • Coastal Tourism
  • Coastal Zone Management
  • Delta Plain Management
  • Estuaries and Lagoons
  • Estuarine & wetland Restoration
  • GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
  • Human impact (interaction)
  • Impact of Extreme Storms
  • Integrated Catchment and Coastal Zone Management
  • Marine & Coastal protected areas
  • Nontidal Coasts (Baltic’s and others)
  • Paleoclimate of the coast
  • Sedimentary processes and morphodynamics of sandy beaches on short time response

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International Symposium on Isotopes in Hydrology, Marine Ecosystems, and Climate Change Studies. April, 2011























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Wednesday, January 5, 2011

7th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference Ocean acidification: consequences for marine ecosystems and society EGU Topical Conference Series | Penang | Malaysia | 20 – 24 June 2011






Objectives of the Conference

Contributions from all fields of the Geosciences are welcome. In particular the conference will focus on:
  1. Ocean acidification and the marine ecosystem
    • Seawater chemistry: paleoreconstructions, present observations, future projections;
    • Impact on calcifying organisms (plankton, corals, commercial shellfish, etc);
    • Animal performance characters and species interactions (including ecosystem response);
    • Microbial processes and interactions;
    • Biogeochemical cycles and climate feedbacks.
  2. Ocean acidification and society and politics
  3. Ocean acidification and biogeoengineering
  4. Outreach

Session Program
 
Ocean acidification and the marine ecosystem
AvH7-2
Ocean acidification and society and politics
Abstract Submission
AvH7-3
Ocean acidification and biogeoengineering
Abstract Submission
AvH7-4
Outreach
Abstract Submission



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European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 Vienna | Austria | 03 – 08 April 2011






Programme Groups


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ASLO, Aquatic Sciences Meeting, February 2011








Special Sessions List

S01:ASLOMP Student Symposium [Schedule]

S02:Ocean Biogeochemistry Time-Series and Climate [Schedule]

S03:Heterotrophic Activity in Aquatic Ecosystems Revisited [Schedule]

S04: Biological and Biogeochemical Science Enabled by the Aquarius and SMOS Missions [Schedule]

S05: Ocean Color Radiometry of Coastal and Inland Waters [Schedule]

S06: From Green Pastures to Green Water: Integrating Soil and Aquatic Approaches to Phosphorus Biogeochemistry Science [Schedule]

S07: Tropical Small Mountainous River Biogeochemistry: Terrestrial Losses, Internal Processing and Coastal Inputs [Schedule]

S08: Intraspecific Variation: Role in the Ecology of Harmful Phytoplankton [Schedule]

S09: Benthic Biogeochemical Processes: From microscale patchiness to ecosystem function [Schedule]

S10: Biological Invasions as a Driver of Change in Aquatic Systems [Schedule]

S12: In Situ Measurement of Concentration, Lability and Bioavailability of Chemical Species in Water, Soils and Sediments Using Diffusional Techniques: DGT and DET [Schedule]

S13: Biodiversity in a Changing World: Insights from Paleoecological Data [Schedule]

S14: Consequences of Hypoxia for Living Resources and Biogeochemical Cycles [Schedule]

S15: Land Based Sources of Pollution in Tropical Marine Ecosystems [Schedule]

S16: Acidification in Coral Reef Ecosystems [Schedule]

S17: Phosphorus Cycling in Marine Systems:  Biogeochemical, Genomic and Model Studies [Schedule]

S18: Connectivity of Ecosystem Processes in the Upper and Mesopelagic Oceans [Schedule]

S20: Multi-tracer Approaches to Understanding Plankton Community Composition Controls on POC Export Flux from the Surface Ocean [Schedule]

S21: Isotopic and Molecular Approaches to Study Microbe-Metazoan Trophic Dynamics [Schedule]

S22: Diatoms and Coccolithophores: From evolution to global biogeochemical cycles [Schedule]

S23: Nutrient Limitation in River-Influenced Coastal Systems [Schedule]

S24: Climate and Fishing Effects on Life History Traits of Exploited Stocks and the Consequences of Population Sustainability [Schedule]

S25: Research Experiences of Undergraduates in Aquatic Sciences [Schedule]

S26: Improved Broader Impacts = Enhanced Scientific Impacts [Schedule]

S27: Interactions Between Aquatic Microbial Eukaryotes: Intracellular to Community Processes [Schedule]

S28: Biogeochemical, Ecological and Physical Dynamics of Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems [Schedule]

S30: Mechanistic Descriptions of Diverse Plankton Communities: From Observations to Models [Schedule]

S31: Coral Reefs in a Crystal Ball: What Will Be Their Future? [Schedule]

S32: Variability in Freshwater Inputs and its Impacts on Coastal Marine Systems [Schedule]

S33: Effects of Global Change on Carbon Transport and Processing in Tropical Freshwater Ecosystems [Schedule]

S34: Bioluminescent Bays of Puerto Rico: Science, Education, Management and Conservation [Schedule]

S35: Advances in Coastal Hypoxia Modeling: From Physics to Fish [Schedule]

S36: Interactive and Repeat Exposure Effects of Environmental Perturbations Upon Corals and Coral Reef Processes [Schedule]

S37: Evolutionary Rules in the Brave New Ocean – Climate Change and Life History Strategies [Schedule]

S38: Eutrophication Across Aquatic Systems: Causes, Consequences, and Controls [Schedule]

S39: Regional Ecosystem Research Informing Management Decisions [Schedule]

S40: A New Hydrology: Inflow effects on ecosystem form and functioning [Schedule]

S41: Ecological Forecasting: Progress, Challenges and Prospects [Schedule]

S42: Coastal and Inland Hypersaline Environments and Their Differences to Normal Salinity Waters and Freshwater Lakes [Schedule]

S44: The Relevance of Jellyfish Blooms in the Changing Global Oceans [Schedule]

S45. Protists in Extreme Environments: Beyond Diversity  [Schedule]

S46: The Role of Inland Waters in the Carbon Cycle of the Boreal Forest Biome [Schedule]

S48: How will a continued ice retreat affect Arctic productivity and food webs? [Schedule]

S49: Atmospheric Control of Nutrient Cycling and Production in the Surface Ocean [Schedule]

S50: Advancing Ocean Color Science from Space Into the 21st Century [Schedule]

S51. Who’s in the water? Recent Advances in the Detection and Quantification of Phytoplankton Community Composition in Aquatic Ecosystems [Schedule]

S52. Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in Coastal Regions: Observations and Modeling Approaches [Schedule]

S53: Urban Aquatic Systems in a Changing Climate [Schedule]

S54: Student Engagement in Education and Public Outreach [Schedule]

S55: Microbial Carbon Pump: A multidisciplinary focus on origins, cycling and storage of DOM in the ocean [Schedule]

S56: Continental Margin Sedimentation: Geological and Geochemical Signatures of Human Activity [Schedule]

S57: Spatial Connectivity in Aquatic Landscapes: Patterns, Mechanisms and Implications for Populations, Communities and Ecosystems [Schedule]

S58: Emerging Patterns of Nitrogen Fixation and its Controls in the Oceans [Schedule]

S59: Advancing the Science and Ethics of Plankton Ecology: The Legacy of Peter Verity [Schedule]

S60: Biogeochemistry of Re-suspended Sediments in Aquatic and Coastal Marine Environments [Schedule]

S62: Microbial Adaptation to Environmental Changes and Advances in Marine Microbial Diversity and Dynamics in Latin America and the Caribbean [Schedule]

S63: Broadening the Discussion: The consequences of the presence of algal toxins in aquatic food webs [Schedule]

S64: Instrumentation, Software, and Protocols for Semi-automated Identification, Enumeration, and measurement of Plankton – Where Are We Now? [Schedule]

S65. Urbanization and Its Impacts on Tropical Aquatic Ecosystems [Schedule]

S66: The Ecology of Infectious Diseases in Marine Systems [Schedule]

S67: Deep-Sea Corals and Other Communities Associated with Hydrocarbon Seeps and Polymetallic Sulfide Deposits: Life in the crosshairs of human impact [Schedule]

S68: Cyanobacteria in a Changing World [Schedule]

S69: The Biogeochemistry of Coral – Microbe Interactions [Schedule]

S71: Beachfront Real Estate: Microbial ecology and activity along changing coasts [Schedule]

S73: Biochemicals in Action in Trophic Interactions: Their role in information transfer and nutritional quality [Schedule]

S75: Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning: Current Needs and Future Challenges [Schedule]

S76: Increasing Diversity in the Ocean Science Work

Effective Recruitment and Mentoring [Schedule]

S77: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems: Structure, Patterns, Processes and Refugia [Schedule]

S78: Genetics of Aquatic Microbial Populations [Schedule]

S79: Dynamics of Tropical Aquatic Systems: Rivers, Estuaries, and Coastal Waters [Schedule]

S80: Frontiers in Ocean Acidification Research: Responses of marine carbon cycling and ecosystems to ocean acidification [Schedule]

S82: Microbe-DOM Interactions in Aquatic Environments [Schedule]

S83: Impacts of Climate Change and Secular Variability on the Caribbean and Tropical Americas [Schedule]

S86: Linking the Physiology of Photoautotrophs to the Generation of Reactive Trace Gases [Schedule]

S87: Trace Metals and their Nutritional Importance to Marine Phytoplankton and Bacteria [Schedule]

S90: Biological Contamination of Puerto Rican Streams and Coastal Waters: Sources, Fate, Monitoring, and Predictive Modeling [Schedule]

S91: Oxygen Dynamics in Coastal Hypoxic Zones [Schedule]

S92: Exploring the Foundations of Interactions Among the Major Biogeochemical Cycles: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Stoichiometry [Schedule]

S93: Urban Watersheds and Aquatic Ecosystems: State of the Science and Future Directions [Schedule]

S94: Impact of Hypoxia on Biogeochemical Cycles [Schedule]

11th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Our Changing Oceans on January 19-21, 2011





More information here

Monday, January 3, 2011

CMOS Congress 2011

CMOS Congress 2011:

"Ocean, Atmosphere and the Changing Pacific"
hosted by the
June 5 to 9, 2011
at the
Victoria Conference Centre
Victoria, British Columbia
Many excellent session proposals have been received representing fields ranging from weather, climate and atmospheric sciences, to oceanography and biogeochemistry. We now have eight confirmed high-profile plenary speakers at the conference, and we are planning two public lectures.
We invite you to come and enjoy the congress.

  

Deadlines:

Abstract submissions:
Jan 7 - Feb 11
Early registration:
Apr 12
Hotel booking:
May 5


More details here

Saturday, December 11, 2010

AQUATIC SCIENCES MEETING, Puerto Rico - 2011









For More Information

For more information on the 2011 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting Meeting, address all correspondence and questions regarding registration, conference logistics, and hotel accommodations to:
Helen Schneider Lemay
ASLO Business Office
5400 Bosque Boulevard, Suite 680
Waco, Texas 76710-4446
business@aslo.org E-mail
800-929-ASLO Voice: within the U.S., Canada, and the Caribbean
254-399-9635 Voice: all other countries


OFFICIAL WEBSITE

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Water & Environment 2011 CIWEM'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE










Water & Environment 2011
CIWEM'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Olympia Conference Centre | London | 6th-7th April 2011
Organised by Bob Earll, CMS

Sponsored by:
Halcrow logo - h180          Hydro Logo Stormwater h170
MWH - 190x55 YSI+Hydrodata logo h187

Exhibitors to date:
Polypipe Logo 100x20 Maltby 120 x 35 MottMac h120

Media Partners:
Environment Analyst logo 100x30 LowCarbonEconomy h120  Earthscan 125x21


Big Society - Future Environment

The current trend toward austerity, whilst at the same time delivering front line services, is a major global challenge. Funding for projects will be more restricted, demanding novel and innovative solutions. We are facing a new financial reality which will focus our efforts towards achieving our aims for sustainability and environmental gains with decreasing funding.
The UK coalition government has launched a "Big Society" programme intended to "take power away from politicians and give it to the people". (Full details on the programme can be found in the page documents side tab). The programme includes giving communities more power, transferring power from central to local government - 'localism', using 'third sector' resources to deliver government programmes and giving wider public access to government data. This programme will create opportunities and challenges for the environment sector and society as a whole.
In April 2011, CIWEM will hold a two-day Annual Conference that will address multidisciplinary issues across all areas of the global water and environment sector and will also focus on the issue of the "Big Society" and the implications for the environment sector.
Aim
The aim of the conference is to challenge and inspire the water and environmental community by sharing knowledge and best practice, which is at the heart of meeting key global challenges. There will be a mix of keynote speakers, offered papers, exhibitions and networking opportunities that will make this the key event for water and environment professionals.
We aim to provide the optimal public benefit by making outputs from the conference freely available on the CIWEM website after the event
Call for Presentations
The call for presentations is now closed and the Programme Committee is currently scoring the abstracts submitted.
A draft programme will be available in November 2010.
New! Keynote speakers confirmed
  • Richard Benyon MP, Minister for Natural Environment and Fisheries
  • Tony Juniper, campaigner, writer, sustainability adviser, environmentalist and former Executive Director of Friends of the Earth
  • Dr Mike Clarke, Chief Executive of RSPB
  • John Edmonds, Aldersgate Group Lead on Environmental Skills, Non-Executive Director of Carbon Trust, Former General Secretary of the GMB Trade Union and Chair of the Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC)
  • The Rt. Reverend Dr James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool
Sponsorship

There are two main 'packages' for the Annual Conference - Full Sponsor and exhibitor packages
For the full list of benefits see the sponsorship terms in the page documents panel.
Previous sponsors have found the event valuable:
'The staff were helpful, the numbers attending and interest our stall generated also positive. I felt it was a useful conference for us to be involved, certainly as a sponsor.'
'We appreciated a very good stand position and the inclusion of the company logo on delegate notes, slides etc.'
'First time exhibiting and very worthwhile'
For more information contact Lauren Goozee
Previous Event
Water & Environment 2010: CIWEM's Annual Conference
This took place on 28th- 29th April 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre, London.
See the Conference Outputs page for the presentations and delegate notes.

CMOS Congress — Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Congress 2011








Dear colleagues,

The 45th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) will be held June 5-9, 2011 at the Victoria Conference Centre in the heart of Victoria, British Columbia.
CMOS Congresses encompass all disciplines and topics represented by the CMOS membership, and session proposals representing all such areas are sought. There is traditionally also a Congress theme which provides, as an additional dimension, a focus for certain scientific and plenary sessions. The theme for this Congress will be "Ocean, Atmosphere and the Changing Pacific". The Pacific Ocean contains nearly half or our planet's seawater and covers approximately one third of the earth's surface. Its changes, both natural and human-induced, thus can have a profound influence on the planetary environment and its ecosystems. Because such influences are largely governed by interactions between the many components of the earth system, this theme potentially has a very broad reach.
All scientific and plenary sessions of the Congress will take place from Monday June 6 until Thursday June 9, 2011. In addition, time and venue space have been set aside on Sunday, June 5 for related workshops, business meetings, courses and other Congress-related events (as well as the traditional Icebreaker to be held that evening). Parties interested in making such arrangements may contact Scientific Program Committee member Mike Foreman.
To propose a session, please submit your proposal through Session Proposals. The proposal should include the session title (up to 40 characters), information about the session convener or co-convenors, and a short paragraph of up to 300 words describing the scientific content of the session. The deadline for session proposals is September 30, 2010. I look forward to receiving your submissions as we plan an exciting 2011 Congress. Sincerely,
Bill Merryfield
(cccma_cmos2011@ec.gc.ca)
Chair, Scientific Program Committee for the Victoria 2011 Congress 


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ISCC — 1st International Seminar 2010 on Climate Change and Environmental Challenges of 21st Century

7 December 2010 - 9 Decembar 2010 Rajshahi, Bangladesh.

abstract: Bangladesh is considered as the most threatened country in the world referring to climate change impact. The entire world is now positively conscious about the potential threat that is going to affect almost each and every parts of the planet in different magnitudes and in different dimensions. One significant aspect is the possible sea-level rise that is estimated to displace about one-third of the population of Bangladesh if it rises more than 3 meters from present average sea-level. Multiplied impacts are going to affect different aspects of the country such as food security, human health, bio-diversity loss etc. and finally the impact will potentially affect other parts of the world through the world’s global partnership. The question appears whether the nation is ready to cope with the possible change. The impact of climate change may affect locally but its management must be global and the mega- issues can only be tackled if the entire earth unites to work together. So the seminar intends to address certain selected aspects which are imminent and burning and yet to be decided appropriately to outline a strategy and to show how and where we can work together to tackle the problem of the 21st century – the century which is going to the most important in earth’s history. During the last several world meets the national leaders have perpetually been unsuccessful due to improper understanding of three things – one is the reasons of crises, the second one is the depth and dimension of the effect and the third one is the possible way of solution. The proposed seminar is a small effort to unite ideas and concepts to open up a path for better understanding of the three misunderstood goals.
The seminar will provide an opportunity to discuss current environmental issues, promote greater collaboration and strengthen the connection among scientists, policy makers and practitioners.

weblink: http://www.ru.ac.bd/ies/ISCC-2010_flier.pdf

related subject(s): Ecosystems, Environment and Sustainable Development
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