Dear Colleagues:
We would like to invite you to present the latest results from your
electronic tagging studies at our session on "Marine Predator Hot
Spots", to be held during the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 2-7 March
2008, in Orlando, Florida, USA. Please note that the abstract
submittal deadline is 2 October 2007, less than a month away! The
registration and abstract submission process is being handled on-line
at:
http://www.aslo.org/orlando2008/
About the session:
Session #179: Marine Predator Hot Spots
Organizers:
Steven Bograd, NOAA NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Barbara Block, Stanford University, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daniel Costa, University of California, Santa Cruz,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daniel Palacios, Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research,
University of Hawaii, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The ocean environment is heterogeneous over a spectrum of spatial and
temporal scales. This complexity creates a variety of habitats that
marine organisms exploit throughout their life histories. Marine
populations tend to aggregate for reproduction, foraging, protection,
and migration. Locations where organisms concentrate regularly, or
where there is high biological activity, are termed biological hot
spots. Recent developments in electronic tagging now provide
information on species aggregations and interactions in the context
of the environment they are sampling. The expansion of large-scale
biologging programs in recent years is providing unprecedented
insight into the physical forcing, ecological function, and
biodiversity of biological hot spots in diverse parts of the world
ocean. This session will showcase new information on the location of
essential habitats of marine predators that comes from the animals
themselves by way of satellite telemetry and an increasingly
sophisticated suite of instruments carried by the animals.
Identification and monitoring of optimal species-specific habitat
could constitute an effective approach to marine conservation and
resource management.
About the meeting:
2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting - From the Watershed to the Global Ocean,
2-7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Co-sponsored by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography,
the American Geophysical Union, The Oceanography Society and the
Estuarine Research Federation.
http://www.aslo.org/orlando2008/
Abstract submittal deadline: 2 October 2007
An abstract submission fee of $50.00 USD is required for each
submission, along with a full paid registration. This fee is non-
refundable should it later be determined you are not able to attend
and make your presentation. However, registration fees are refundable
under the registration guidelines. Only one paper per first author
will be accepted. Poster presentations are strongly encouraged and
will play an important role in this meeting.
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Daniel M. Palacios, Ph.D.
Research Oceanographer (JIMAR)
Environmental Research Division
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries
1352 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, CA 93950-2097
voice: (831) 658-3203
fax: (831) 648-8440
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pfeg.noaa.gov/~dpalacio
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