Session Announcement
Marine Biodiversity in Polar Regions
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
11-15 November 2008
Valencia, Spain
Abstract Deadline: 1 April 2008
For further information, please go to:
http://www.marbef.org/worldconference/
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations are invited for "Marine
Biodiversity in Polar Regions" (session 1.1) to be convened at the World
Conference on Marine Biodiversity on 11-15 November 2008, in Valencia,
Spain.
Session description:
Recently there has been a revived interest in documenting the planet's
biodiversity, identifying large-scale patterns, and investigating its
significance for ecosystem function. Polar regions are arguably the most
poorly described systems in the world's oceans, but there is new
evidence that high-latitude faunas may provide important insights into
evolutionary and ecological processes responsible for generating and
maintaining diversity. Climate change is predicted to have particularly
acute implications for high-latitude marine ecosystems.
The Census of Antarctic Marine Life (CAML) will have completed the bulk
of its fieldwork in the 2007/08 austral summer as a major IPY activity.
This session will present some of the new material obtained during the
program. All biomes and realms are included in CAML and it is hoped that
a range of papers can be presented which describe the biodiversity of
this region. There will be some comparison made with the Arctic Ocean
through the sister project, the Arctic Ocean Dioversity (ArcOD).
Chairs: Paul Renaud; Angelika Brandt; Michael Stoddart
For further information, including registration and abstract submission
instructions, please go to:
http://www.marbef.org/worldconference/