We are excited to convene a special session during the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2014 called, “Impacts of Global Change on Aquatic Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes in Mountains (#108).”
Link to special session: www.sgmeet.com/jasm2014/sessionschedule.asp?SessionID=108 Mountain lakes and streams are referred to as “canaries in the coal mine” or “sentinels of global change” because of their relatively unperturbed state. Further, several lines of evidence reveal that many environmental changes are most pronounced and increasing more rapidly at higher elevations around the world. However, the multitude of novel human-related environmental changes (e.g., extreme climate change, invasive species, nutrient deposition) occurring in mountains poses serious challenges to limnologists as these stressors often interact to generate unexpectedly complex indirect effects or “ecological surprises.” Currently, our ability to understand or predict these non-additive cumulative impacts of multiple stressors at the abiotic, genetic, physiological, population, or community-level is simply very limited. This session seeks to integrate the diverse perspectives of freshwater ecologists to elucidate the causal mechanisms underlying the net effects of multiple stressors on aquatic biodiversity, ecosystem function, and related services to humans in mountain environments. Submission Link: http://www.sgmeet.com/jasm2014/ Abstract Deadline: 23:59 U.S. Central Standard Time on Friday, 7 February 2014. We’re looking forward to seeing you in Portland! Sincerely, Rolf Vinebrooke , University of Alberta [email protected] Angela Strecker , Portland State University [email protected] Jeff Brittain , Portland State University [email protected]
