The Changing Coastal and Estuarine Environment: A Comparative Approach
La Normandina -- Club de Mar, Mar del Plata, Argentina
November 11-14, 2012
Registration and Call for Abstracts Open: 14 March 2012
Call for Abstracts Closes: 24 May 2012
CERF 2012 Organizers:
Paulina Martinetto, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) CONICET -- UNMDP and Lab. Ecología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, pmartin@mdp.edu.ar
Robert Christian, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA, christianr@ecu.edu
Oscar Iribarne, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC) CONICET -- UNMDP and Lab. Ecología, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina, osiriba@mdp.edu.ar
Keynote Speakers:
Ivan Valiela, The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA as Opening Speaker
Carlos Duarte, Instituto Mediterraneo de Estudios Avanzados Esporles, Islas Baleares, Spain as Closing Speaker
Conference Goals:
- Summarize the state of knowledge of six topics of concern within a changing coastal environment. Changes may be the result of local, regional or global impacts of humans.
- Compare the nature of human impacts within temperate South America and those in comparable climates within North America. In this way we can examine common and unique aspects that may provide insights for environmental management.
- Foster future international collaborations.
- Foster broader education of students and young scientists and promote networking among peers and with the geographically larger community.
Comparison focuses on temperate, coastal systems within Southern and Northern Hemispheres and the conference organizers invite you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation for one of the following six specific topics:
- Changing baseline populations
- Land-sea couplings in rapidly changing environments
- Fisheries exploitation
- Impacts of UV on coastal waters
- Acidification of coastal waters
- Warmer climate, increased freshwater use on land and the hydrodynamics of estuaries.
For more information on submitting an abstract and registering for the conference go to CERF's Homepage: www.erf.org
For questions and concerns contact Ally Garza at ally@erf.org or Paulina Martinetto at pmartin@mdp.edu.ar
