Hi all,
I don't think we've had a WCMB (World Conference on Marine Biodiversity) promo notice, so here it is.
The 4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity will be held at the Palais des congrès de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, from May 13-16, 2018
Abstract deadline 1 October, 2017
Website http://wcmb2018.org/
THEME: BIODIVERSITY IN A CHANGING OCEAN
Session 1: Climate change impacts on marine biodiversity
Session 2: Climate change and highly migratory species
Session 3: Cumulative impacts of human activities on marine biodiversity
Session 4: Role of systematics in understanding ocean change
THEME: MARINE BIODIVERSITY IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
Session 1: Ecosystem stability and biodiversity
Session 2: Relationship between BD and resilience
Session 3: Plastic marine debris
Session 4: Invasions and the Anthropocene 'natural'
THEME: STRATEGIES FOR CONSERVATION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY
Session 1: Biodiversity restoration
Session 2: High tech for marine conservation (drones, nanosatellites, acoustic arrays)
Session 3: Conservation strategies for protection of species and ecosystems
Session 4: Ecologically and biologically significant areas
THEME: BIODIVERSITY DISCOVERY & PREDICTION
Session 1: Biodiversity in frontier areas I: Polar regions
Session 2: Biodiversity in frontier areas II: Deep sea
Session 3: Biodiversity in frontier areas III: Atlantic Basin scale
Session 4: Biodiversity in frontier areas IV: The tropics
THEME: BLUE BIOTECHNOLOGY & MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES
Session 1: Pharmaceutical & bioproduct discovery
Session 2: Marine natural products & policy
THEME: INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORKS TO LINK ENVIRONMENTAL & BIOLOGICAL DRIVERS OF BIODIVERSITY
Session 1: Indicators & proxies for biodiversity (development, use & meaning)
Session 2: Connectivities among the deep pelagic, open ocean & coastal waters
Session 3: Biogeography: macroecology, richness, endemicity, gradients & trends
THEME: LINKING BIODIVERSITY TO ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION AND SERVICES
Session 1: Approaches to integrated assessments for fisheries and ecosystem
Session 2: Challenges in moving from single species to ecosystem management
Session 3: Linking biodiversity, ecosystem function, and ecosystem services)
Session 4: Ecological traits & ecosystem function
Session 5: Biodiversity & ecosystem function in the real world
THEME: BIODIVERSITY TOOLS & DATA
Session 1: Ecological insights from beta-diversity
Session 2: Biodiversity indicators
Session 3: Big vs smart data in ocean observation: Making the most of what's available
Session 4: New technologies for biodiversity observation, data management, analysis & visualisation
Session 5: Balancing the use and misuse of more precise & abundant data
Session 6: Bioinformatics and data access
Session 7: Analytical approaches in marine biodiversity science
Session 8: Reconciling observations in space & time: Methods, models & case studies
THEME: APPLICATION OF BIODIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE
Session 1: Marine policy & law
Session 2: Biodiversity in ecosystem state reporting: Ecosystem stability & biodiversity
Session 3: Policy & legal needs for the high seas/deep ocean beyond national jurisdiction
Session 4: Transcending the boundary between science & users/management
Session 5: Policy in data poor scenarios
THEME: THE HUMAN ELEMENT
Session 1: Marine biodiversity & society (coastal mega-cities, indigenous peoples, art)
Session 2: Marine biodiversity education & outreach
Session 3: Marine stewardship & society
Session 4: Sorting misinformation & promoting rigour in public perception
