NCRI Conference Special Session
Richard B. Aronson
raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Sat Dec 5 17:01:10 EST 1998
Hi Coral Listers,
The session described below on detectability will run at the NCRI conference
if we have sufficient interest. There will be some invited talks, but if
you want to give a paper on this topic at the conference you can request
the session when you submit your abstract. We will have a panel
discussion to accompany the papers.
The Limits of Detectability: Short-Term Events and Short-Distance Variance
in The Community Structure of Coral Reefs
Organizer: Richard B. Aronson, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama
This session will examine the limits of detectability of short-term
events such as bleaching episodes and algal blooms, which may
have important long-term consequences. The spatial analogue of short-term
events will also be examined: at what spatial scales can we detect
significant variation in the assemblage structure of coral reefs?
Possible topics include reef-to-reef variation; outbreaks of disease;
changes in fish abundance and their ecological significance; effects of
Hurricane Mitch in the Florida Keys; and recent blooms of filamentous
algae in the Keys. The session will fall under the themes of monitoring
and assessment.
Best regards,
Rich Aronson
______________________________________________________________________________
Richard B. Aronson
Senior Marine Scientist
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
101 Bienville Boulevard
Dauphin Island, AL 36528
Voice: (334) 861-7567
Fax: (334) 861-7540
email: raronson at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
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