[Coral-List] Reminder - Coral Reefs in Extreme, Compromised and Marginal Environments... ICRS 2016 Session 28A Call for Abstracts

Daniel Holstein dan.holstein at gmail.com
Wed Jan 6 12:28:37 EST 2016


Dear Listers,

With the deadline fast-approaching, we are pleased to invite you to submit abstracts for presentations in Session 28A of the 13th International Coral Reef Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii: 
CORAL REEFS IN EXTREME, COMPROMISED AND MARGINAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND THEIR ROLES AS REFUGIA - HIGHLY STRESSED, URBANIZED AND EXPOSED REEF SYSTEMS
https://www.sgmeet.com/icrs2016/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=28A <https://www.sgmeet.com/icrs2016/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=28A>

Peripheral coral reefs
Peripheral coral reefs - those far away from biodiversity centers – present unique conservation challenges and opportunities. Often characterized by low biodiversity and reduced extension, they typically are overlooked by conservation oriented to biodiversity hotspots. However, a growing body of research demonstrates that they contribute with evolutionary innovation to global biodiversity, their importance in demographic feedbacks as sources of propagules, and their potential as refuges for ongoing climate change. Some peripheral coral reefs are far from urban nuclei and often in pristine conditions. However, their remoteness also constitutes a challenge because they are less accessible to research, receive little conservation attention, and management is rarely enforced. These characteristics make them particularly vulnerable to increased fishing pressure or sudden disturbances. Additionally, they often sustain communities with in need for development and high dependence on coastal resources, where conservation is rarely a priority.

Oases and extreme environments as reef refugia
The effective management of coral reef resources involves identifying and protecting subpopulations that are likely to persist under climate change. In many cases these are oases – subpopulations that are physically removed from coastal and climate stressors. In other cases, these are extreme environments where coral reefs may be poised to weather adverse conditions. This session will explore the overlapping potential of these environments – including their interactions with each other and adjacent populations – to protect coral reef biodiversity. We invite papers that discuss the ecology, genomics and connectivity of these unique refuge environments in the context of the metapopulation persistence of corals, their symbionts and coral reef associated organisms, on scales ranging from individual coral colonies to regional metapopulations.

Coral Communities In Extreme Environments
Our oceans are experiencing change. Ocean acidification, elevated global temperatures, and increasing local impacts are real and pervasive threats to corals and reef-associated communities. While the existence of more than two thirds of coral reefs is jeopardized, not all locations are equally affected around the globe. In several regions, coral communities thrive under exceptionally harsh conditions, including temperature maxima of up to 34C. Their existence in these extreme habitats indicates that at least some species can survive under environmental conditions predicted for most reef locations in the near future as a result of climate change. Therefore, corals and reef-associated communities from extreme habitats offer excellent models to explore the capability and mechanisms of reefs to adapt to changing environmental conditions, which can be used to guide conservation and policy making in other parts of the world. The primary goal for this symposium is to discuss recent advances in the understanding of the biology of coral reefs from extreme environments from a molecular to ecosystem level, and to highlight their relevance for policy development and knowledge-based coral reef management. This Mini-Symposium builds on the success of the previous session on this topic at the 12th ICRS in Cairns, Australia.

For submission information, please see: http://sgmeet.com/icrs2016/submission_overview.asp <http://sgmeet.com/icrs2016/submission_overview.asp>

The deadline is January 15, 2016.

Please forward to any who may be interested. 

Thanks, and we look forward to your submission. 

Dan

Daniel M. Holstein, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of the Virgin Islands
Center for Marine and Environmental Studies
#2 John Brewers Bay
St. Thomas, USVI 00802

daniel.holstein at live.uvi.edu <mailto:daniel.holstein at live.uvi.edu>
www.danielmholstein.com <http://www.danielmholstein.com/> 


Christian R. Voolstra , KAUST University 
christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa <mailto:christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa?cc=joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac..uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Joerg Wiedenmann , University of Southampton 
joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk <mailto:joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu..sa,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
John Burt , New York University - Abu Dhabi 
John.Burt at nyu.edu <mailto:John.Burt at nyu.edu?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Maren Ziegler , KAUST University 
maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa <mailto:maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Iria Fernandez-Silva , California Academy of Sciences / Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology 
iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com <mailto:iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu..sa,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Hudson T. Pinheiro , California Academy of Sciences 
htpinheiro at gmail.com <mailto:htpinheiro at gmail.com?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Eva Salas , California Academy of Sciences 
salas.e at gmail.com <mailto:salas.e at gmail.com?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Richard R. Coleman , Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology 
richard.colema at gmail.com <mailto:richard.colema at gmail.com?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,daniel..holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Daniel Holstein , University of the Virgin Islands 
daniel.holstein at uvi.edu <mailto:daniel.holstein at uvi.edu?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg..wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard..colema at gmail.com,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Tyler Smith , University of the Virgin Islands 
tsmith at uvi.edu <mailto:tsmith at uvi.edu?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel.holstein at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Marilyn Brandt , University of the Virgin Islands 
mbrandt at uvi.edu <mailto:mbrandt at uvi.edu?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel.holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,paul.r.jones at noaa.gov>
Paul Jones , Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS)/ NOAA AOML Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division (OCED)
paul.r.jones at noaa.gov <mailto:paul.r.jones at noaa.gov?cc=christian.voolstra at kaust.edu.sa,joerg.wiedenmann at noc.soton.ac.uk,John.Burt at nyu.edu,maren.ziegler at kaust.edu.sa,iriafernandezsilva at gmail.com,htpinheiro at gmail.com,salas.e at gmail.com,richard.colema at gmail.com,daniel.holstein at uvi.edu,tsmith at uvi.edu,mbrandt at uvi.edu>






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