GEOHAB Open Science Meeting on Benthic HABs

GEOHAB Open Science Meeting on Benthic Harmful Algal Blooms

Tentative dates 21-23 June 2010, Hawaii, USA
The Programme will focus on Intoxications, Biodiversity and Biogeography including biogeographical species distribution, global analyses/data sets, methodology for sampling to estimate abundance and distribution, methodology for taxonomic identification; Ecological Factors such as methodology for evaluation/comparison of habitats, anthropogenic forces and/or stimuli, bottom-up and/or top-down control, controls such as nutrients and grazing, relationships with macroalgae and/or substrates, and effects of toxins on marine foodwebs; Adaptive Strategies including physiological characteristics and life cycle traits; Phylogenetic Characteristics; and Modelling. Detailed information will appear at www.geohab.info
Contact: Dr. Paul Bienfang