ERF 2001 Conference Themes
In May Penny Hall and Susan Bell, co-chairs of the
Scientific Program Committee for the ERF 2001 conference, invited
Federation members' suggestions for special sessions as well as
expressions of interest from prospective session convenors.
The following are the general themes for the conference:
- Detecting estuarine change
- Measuring estuarine health
- Temperate/tropical comparisons
- Marine restoration/conservation
- Essential fish habitat: new perspectives on habitat use
and trophic interactions
- Combining science and management to solve estuarine problems
- Technological advances: applications to estuarine science
- Modeling estuarine processes
- Ecological impacts of invasive species and of disease
Drs. Hall and Bell received many interesting proposals for special
sessions and they are pleased with the thematic and geographic diversity
represented. Many people responded positively to the suggestion
that proposals contain contributions from graduate students as well
as more senior scientists.
The conference themes as currently conceived will be presented
to the members of the conference steering committee at their August
meeting. Stay tuned for further developments in the winter issue
of your ERF newsletter or visit our web site for the most recent
information about the upcoming conference at http://erf.org
If you would like additional information about conference sessions,
please contact the co-chairs at the addresses shown below :for the
scientific program
Dr. Susan S. Bell
Department of Biology
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL 33620
sbell@chuma1.cas.usf.edu
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Dr. Penny Hall
Florida Marine Research Institute
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
100 8th Ave. S.E.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
penny.hall@fwc.state.fl.us
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