[Coral-List] Call for Abstracts: Coral Reef Restoration and Remediation Mini Symposium 4-21, 10th ICRS
Richard E. Dodge
dodge at nova.edu
Thu Oct 23 10:10:06 EDT 2003
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
Dear Colleagues:
Please feel welcome to submit your oral or poster presentation for
consideration at the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium in Okinawa
(June 28-July 2, 2004) in the Mini-Symposium "4-21" on Coral Reef
Restoration and Remediation (part of Theme 4: Towards a system where humans
and coral reefs coexist).
Aim and scope of the Mini-Symposium on Coral Reef Restoration and Remediation:
A wide variety of naturally occurring and human-induced impacts have and
continue to degrade or substantially alter coral reefs worldwide. While
affording the protection from such effects is vitally important, science
and management also need to develop understanding, tools, procedures, and
policies for effective and efficient coral reef restoration.
Despite the increasing number of restoration activities, the discipline of
coral reef restoration remains in its formative stages. In many coral reef
restoration activities, time series monitoring (including of survival and
growth of corals after transplantation and/or reattachment) is
insufficient. Little attention may be given to the surrounding physical,
chemical, and biological factors of the surrounding coral reef environment.
Results of many activities have not been reported widely or in scientific
journals.Consequently, science, management, and policy suffer because there
is considerable uncertainty on the effectiveness and efficiency of current
approaches to coral reef restoration.
Most existing reef restoration research and activities have concentrated on
man-induced physical injuries from events such as ship groundings, dynamite
fishing, and mining. In addition to these types of events, there are many
other opportunities for restoration or enhancement of injured or damaged
coral reef resources. The Mini-Symposium on Coral Reef Restoration and
Remediation will focus on elucidating hypothesis-driven research that
advances the science of the discipline for all applications. Topics could
include restoration in response to:
* Injuries ranging from catastrophic to moderate
* Loss of biodiversity
* Loss of productivity (including fisheries)
* Reduction from ecotourism
Important areas to be addressed concerning restoration could include:
* Spatial and temporal scales of restoration, variability, and
success factors
* Materials and substrates; Attractants
* The role of reef complexity in restoration
* Artificial reefs as aids to coral reef rehabilitation
* Transplantation and reattachment: effects to the injured reef
and to the donor site
* Recruitment; Enhancing larval supply
* Nursery programs, culture programs
* Relative efficiencies and costs of various technological
approaches
* Economics of resource injury and restoration
* Hypothesis-driven science in comparison to
performance-monitoring
* Capacities for natural recovery (the necessity for intervention)
Please visit http://www.plando.co.jp/icrs2004/ for instructions on your
submissions and important information on the Symposium.
Sincerely,
Coral Reef Restoration and Remediation Mini Symposium 4-21 Organizers,
Richard Dodge, Alasdair Edwards, David Gilliam, Andrew Heyward, Makoto Omori
Richard E. Dodge
Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
8000 N. Ocean Drive
Dania, FL 33004
954-262-3651
954-262-4027 fax
NSUOC http://www.nova.edu/ocean/
NCRI http://www.nova.edu/ocean/ncri/index.html
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