Dear colleagues,
You are probably aware that the next CIESM (the Mediterranean Science Commission) congress (http://www.ciesm.org/marine/congresses/index.htm) is to take place in Venice next May (10-14 May 2010), and the submission of papers is open until 15 November 2009.
This time, within each one of the scientific committees, specific subjects have been proposed to stimulate contributions. These will be given preference when selecting oral presentations.
In six CIESM committees (C), the selected subjects are:
C1 – Marine Geosciences:
•Turbidites, catastrophic events, geohazards; •Mud/gas expulsion structures; •Interfaces (oxic/anoxic); •Messinian salinity crisis; •Estuaries/subterranean estuaries; •High resolution mapping, new technological tools; •Archaeological items.
C2 – Physics and Climate of the Ocean:
•Small scale processes (turbulence, etc.); •New techniques for satellite data analyses; •Inter-basins connections; •Large scale phenomena (teleconnections); •Physical/biological coupling at meso-scale; •Integrated system of (Med) observatories.
C3 – Marine Biogeochemistry:
•Contaminants (methodological advances/new approaches); •Ocean acidification; •Vertical fluxes of metals and organic compounds; •Mediterranean precipitation regime.
C4 – Marine Microbiology:
•From viruses to microzooplankton – synoptic views; •New microbiogical approaches /techniques; •Functional microbial diversity; •Microbial exchanges with Black Sea and Atlantic Ocean ; •Marine biotechnologies.
C5 – Living Resources & Marine Ecosystems:
•Indo-Pacific Aliens; •Marine reserves and biodiversity; •Deep sea biodiversity; •Ecology of marine mammals, turtles and sea birds; •Coastal vs. offshore ecology; •Ecological impact of extreme events; •New species to science, threatened species; •From fish to jelly seas; •Bio-constructions; •Fishing down food webs vs high trophic aquaculture.
C6 – Coastal Systems:
•Shoreline evolution: natural and anthropogenic changes; •Success stories in restoration of coastal marine ecosystems; •Impacts of coastal biodiversity loss on coastal economies; •Impacts of global warming on Mediterranean coastal ecosystems.
I strongly encourage you, and your collaborators, to submit contributions on these subjects and make them present in the important forum of the tri-annual CIESM congress, where the whole Mediterranean sea science community is gathering.
Expecting to see you in Venice, have my best wishes,
Cemal Turan
co-Chairman of the CIESM Living Resources & Marine Ecosystems
Prof.Dr. Cemal Turan
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Fisheries Genetics Laboratory
Faculty of Fisheries
Mustafa Kemal University
31200 Iskenderun, Hatay, Turkey
Tel:+90(326)6141866
Fax:+90(326)6141877
E-mail:cturan@ymail.com ; cturan@mku.edu.tr
GSM:+90 535 818 91 49
http://www.mku.edu.tr/birimler/suurunleri/personel_aras.php?c=123&x=20
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