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The Seventh MARBENA e-conference will run for three weeks, from 6 to 24 September 2004:
The Southern and Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea: New challenges for marine biodiversity research and monitoring
Conference chairs:
Conference co-chairs:
- Dr Izdihar AMMAR, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria
- Dr Lovrenc LIPEJ, Marine Biology Station, NIB, Piran, Slovenia
- Dr Paolo MAGNI, International Marine Centre, Italy
- Dr Alenka MALEJ, Marine Biology Station, NIB, Piran, Slovenia
- Dr Snejana MONCHEVA, IOBAS, Bulgaria
The programme is:
- Dr Christos ARVANITIDIS, Hellenic Center for Marine research, Crete, Greece
- Dr Ferdinando BOERO, University of Lecce, Italy
- Dr Alessandro DE MADDALENA, Mediterranean Shark Research Group
- Dr Andreas DEMETROPOULOS, Cyprus Wildlife Society, Cyprus
- Dr Jakov DULCIC, Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia
- Dr Serena FONDA-UMANI, University of Trieste, Italy
- Dr Samir GRIMES, ISMAL, Alger, Algérie
- Dr Marian GOMOIU, National Institute of Marine Geology and Ecology, Romania
- Dr Ahmet KIDEYS, Middle East Technical University, Erdemli, Turkey
- Dr Luydmila KAMBURSKA, IOBAS, Bulgaria
- Dr Temel OGUZ, Middle East Technical University, Erdemli, Turkey
- Dr Chedly RAIS, Regional Centre for Specially Protected Areas, Tunisie
- Dr Andreja RAMSAK, National Institute of Biology, Slovenia
- Dr Tamara SHIGANOVA, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
- Dr Valentina TODOROVA, IOBAS, Bulgaria
SESSION 1: Eastern and Southern Mediterranean
Topic Starting date Title Introduced by 1 6 September "The role of top predators (incl. gelatinous organisms) and large nekton (incl. whales & dolphins, seals, sharks, turtles) for biodiversity" Ahmet KIDEYS & Alessandro DE MADDALENA 2 7 September "Monitoring studies on marine biodiversity in the Mediterranean, with special reference to Eastern and Southern Countries" Chedly RAIS 3 8 September "Historical data sets and grey literature: the value of 'real' data and the need for quality control" Samir GRIMES, Izdihar AMMAR, Paolo MAGNI 4 9 September "New techniques, tools and approaches to study marine biodiversity at the regional (Mediterranean) scale" Lovrenc LIPEJ & Andreja RAMSAK 5 10 September "Do we need a revision of our biodiversity research agenda?" Ferdinando BOERO
SESSION 2: Joint session on Eastern and Southern Mediterranean, and Black Sea
Topic Starting date Title Introduced by 1 13 September "Endangered biodiversity and management of marine protected areas, wetlands, lagoons, estuaries and seagrass meadows" Samir GRIMES, Izdihar AMMAR, Marian GOMOIU & Paolo MAGNI 2 14 September "Biodiversity conservation, impact of human activities, environmental policy and public awareness" Andreas DEMETROPOULOS 3 15 September "Climate change and exotic/invasive species" Jakov DULCIC & Tamara SHIGANOVA 4 16 September "Environmental variability and biodiversity predictability: data collection and ocean models - what to do?" Temel OGUZ, Izdihar AMMAR, Samir GRIMES & Paolo MAGNI 5 17 September "Regional and international cooperation and comparative situations in the Mediterranean and Black Seas (CIESM, Regional Seas Programmes: MAP, Black Sea Programme, IOI, MAMA network, etc.)" Izdihar AMMAR, Samir GRIMES, Paolo MAGNI, Alenka MALEJ & Snejana MONCHEVA
SESSION 3: Black Sea
Topic Starting date Title Introduced by 1 20 September "From taxonomy to patterns and processes - the problem of "classical taxonomist guild extinction" and the need to develop advance biodiversity research in the Black Sea" Snejana MONCHEVA 2 21 September "Microbiota, deep sea biodiversity and unexploited habitats - the neglected biodiversity" Serena FONDA-UMANI 3 22 September "In search of pressure-state-response biodiversity indicators: extending science to policy" Christos ARVANITIDIS, Valentina TODOROVA & Luydmila KAMBURSKA
FINAL
Starting date 23-24 September "Comments & discussions on summaries of all sessions, general discussions, and synthesis"
General coordination: Carlo Heip ,Herman Hummel and Pim van Avesaath Web site and conference hosted by VLIZ |