[Coral-List] 3rd International Workshop on Trait-based approaches to Ocean Life (Registration open)
Christian Lindemann
Chris.Lindemann at uib.no
Thu Feb 2 09:33:01 EST 2017
Workshop on trait-based approaches to ocean life 20-23rd August 2017
https://traitbased.b.uib.no/
(please forward this email to others you think might be interested)
We are pleased to announce the third Workshop on trait-based approaches
to ocean life, taking place from lunch Sunday 20th to lunch Wednesday
23rd of August 2017. This event is on the verge to become tradition, and
it is the essential place to be updated on state-of-the-art in this
field. Previous meetings (listed below) have attracted a good mix of
empiricists and theoreticians, and covered a wide range of organisms
from microbes to whales, with a common interest in linking key traits to
trade-offs, biodiversity and ocean ecosystem functioning.
Invited keynotes:
Zoe Finkel:
Macromolecular and elemental composition of microalgae
Oswald Schmitz:
The evolutionary ecology of ecosystem functioning: Functional traits,
trophic interactions, and ecosystem nutrient cycling
Helmut Hillebrand:
Trait variability and environmental heterogeneity constrain community
composition and ecosystem processes
Frede Thingstad and Selina Våge:
Can we constrain the “everything” in “everything is everywhere”?
The programme and themes of the workshop is to a large extent formed by
incoming contributions from participants.
The registration form includes the possibility to propose discussions
and break-out sessions.
The registration is now open – submit your abstract here:
https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=2965389
Deadline for registration is 31st of March. The registration fee is
6500NOK/~750USD and includes single room, all meals, and the scientific
program (5750NOK/~670USD in shared double room). Part of the fee (1000
NOK) needs to be paid in April, the rest directly to the hotel at the
meeting.
The venue this year is Solstrand Hotel, pleasantly located at the shore
of a Norwegian fjord, only 30 km from the international Bergen airport
and a similar distance from Bergen, Norway.
Welcome to everyone interested in trait-based approaches to ocean life!
On behalf of the Scientific Steering Committee,
Øyvind Fiksen
(organizer)
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Scientific Steering Committee: Ken Andersen (Technical University of
Denmark), Andrew Barton (Scripps Institution of Oceanography and
University of California, San Diego), Stephanie Dutkiewicz
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Tatiana Rynearson (University
of Rhode Island), Øyvind Fiksen (Organizer, University of Bergen and
Hjort Centre for Marine Ecosystem Dynamics), Agostino Merico (Leibniz
Center for Tropical Marine Ecology), Nicholas Record (Bigelow Laboratory
for Ocean Science), Chris Lindemann (University of Bergen), Jorn
Bruggeman (Plymouth Marine Lab)
Trait-based approaches to Ocean Life:
• 1st Workshop, Copenhagen, 2013
• 2nd Workshop, New Hampshire 2015
• 3rd Workshop, Bergen, Norway 20-23 of August 2017
‘The trait-based approach to ocean life is emerging as a novel framework
for understanding the complexity, structure, and dynamics of marine
ecosystems, but also their broader significance. Rather than considering
species individually, organisms are characterized by essential traits
that capture key aspects of diversity. Trait distributions in the ocean
emerge through evolution and natural selection, and are mediated by the
environment, biological interactions, anthropogenic drivers, and
organism behavior. Because trait variations within and across
communities lead to variation in the rates of crucial ecosystem
functions such as carbon export, this mechanistic approach sheds light
on how variability in the environment, including climate change, impacts
marine ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles, and associated feedbacks to
climate and society.’
From Barton & al (2016). Report on the “Trait-based approaches to ocean
life” scoping workshop.
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