[Coral-List] Deadline postponement and Coral Reefs special issue for ECRS 2024 authors

[Massimo Ponti]

Dear Coral-Listers,

Here some news about the next European Coral Reef Symposium, 2 – 5 July 2024 – Naples, Italy - https://ecrs2024.eu/ 

Extended deadline for abstract submission, January 31st!

New general session added to accommodate the most diverse contribution:
1. Lessons from the Past to Inform the Future
2. Coral Reef Structure and Functioning
3. Biology and Ecology of Holobionts in Coral Reefs
4. Global Climate Change and Environmental Stressors
5. Coral Reef Anthropic Pressures, Conservation and Restoration
6. Community-Based Monitoring and Ecosystem-Based Management
7. Shallow Temperate Reefs
8. Mesophotic and Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems
9. Technological and Methodological Innovation in Underwater Surveys and Data Analysis
10. Coral Reefs Under a Socio-Economic Perspective
11. Beyond Corals and Fishes – Evolution and Biodiversity of Neglected Reef Taxa
12. The Ocean Decade: The Science We Need for the Coral Reefs We Want
13. Insights into further fields of coral reef research around the world

Coral Reefs journal special issue
Following the conference, a Coral Reefs special issue will feature peer-reviewed manuscripts related to the symposium. Springer’s Coral Reefs, the official Journal of the International Coral Reef Society, is a widely indexed, multidisciplinary journal that publishes articles in electronic and print formats across broad fields of coral reef science. Authors of poster and oral presentations are welcome to submit their original manuscripts to the special issue from July 1, 2024 through October 31, 2024. Further details about the manuscript submission will be made available nearer the time of the symposium.

Important dates
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
• OPEN – Call for abstracts opening
• January 31st, 2024 (23.59 CET) – Call for abstracts closing
• February 28th, 2024 – Notification of acceptance
• March 28th, 2024 – Authors registration deadline
 
REGISTRATION
• OPEN – Early bird registration opened
• March 5th, 2024 (23.59 CET) – Authors’ registration deadline
• March 20th, 2024 (23.59 CET) – Early bird registration closing
• March 21st, 2024 – Regular registration opening
• June 25th, 2024 (23.59 CET) – Regular registration closing
• July 1st – 5th, 2024 – Onsite registration

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Looking forward to meet many of you
Best Regards
Massimo Ponti and Carlo Cerrano, on behalf of the scientific and organizing committees