[Coral-List] Benthic Environments I: Shallow-water Habitats
Rusty Brainard
Rusty.Brainard at noaa.gov
Mon Oct 17 22:57:28 EDT 2005
Dear colleagues,
Please note that the deadline for submission of abstracts for the
TOS/AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting (February 20-24, 2006) is this
Thursday October 20th. We encourage you to submit abtracts for the
session OS102 "Benthic Environments I: Shallow-Water Habitats" or the
companion session "Benthic Environments II: Deep-Water Habitats" is
being covened by Chris Kelley and Gary Greene. Details are accessible
from http://www.agu.org/meetings/os06/.
Best wishes,
Rusty Brainard and Mark Monaco
OS102 " Benthic Environments I: Shallow-Water Habitats"
Description:
Shallow water benthic habitats are the foundation of coastal and insular
marine ecosystems. They are comprised of a complex array of
geomorphological and biological substrates that provide essential food
and shelter for the highest diversity of benthic-associated organisms in
the global ocean. In tropical areas, shallow water habitats include
coastal, atoll, and insular coral reef ecosystems, as well as sheltered
estuarine environments supporting productive mangrove and sea grass
ecosystems. Over the past several years, extensive efforts have been
undertaken to systematically develop benthic habitat maps and monitor
the health of coral reef ecosystems around the globe. This session
invites presentations of recent findings of both the geomorphology and
ecology of shallow water habitats in the tropics. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to shallow-to-moderate depth (0 - ~200 m)
benthic habitat mapping and classification, multi-disciplinary ecosystem
monitoring, recent technological advances to map or monitor these
habitats and ecosystems, and the seamless integration of shallow and
deep water benthic habitat mapping products derived using fundamentally
different technologies, aerial imagery and multibeam sonar, respectively.
Conveners:
Russell E. Brainard
/NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/
Coral Reef Ecosystem Division
1125B Ala Moana Blvd.
Honolulu, HI, USA 96814
(808)592-7011; rusty.brainard at noaa.gov <mailto:rusty.brainard at noaa.gov>
Mark E. Monaco
/NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science/
Biogeography Program
National Ocean Service, Room 9306
1305 East-West Highway
Silver Spring, MD, USA 20910
(301) 713-3028 ext 160; mark.monaco at noaa.gov <mailto:mark.monaco at noaa.gov>
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