AERS Fall Meeting: 11-13 Oct in Chincoteague!

[Ben Fertig]

Call for Abstracts for the Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) Fall 2012 Meeting!

(Apologies for cross-postings.)

Hold the Date, Spread the Word, and don't forget to register!! The AERS meeting will be held in Chincoteague, VA on October 11-13, 2012.

Meeting information is available on the AERS website: http://www.aers.info/meetings.htm

Registration is OPEN! Visit http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AERSfall2012

Abstract and pre-registration deadline:  September 13, 2012
Student travel awards deadline:  September 13, 2012

This fall's meeting theme and panel discussion will center on "Ecosystem Sustainability & Resilience: From Genetics to Populations, Habitats, & Function", with talks organized into sessions on Sustainability & Resilience, Genetics/Populations, Habitats, and Function, as well as a General Session. The meeting will feature four keynote panelists:

•Dr. Robert Condon, Dauphin Island Sea Lab

•Mr. Louis Hinds, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge

•Dr. Mark Luckenbach, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

•Dr. Michael Peek, William Patterson University 

 

The venue will be the Marine Science Consortium msconsortium.org and the Chincoteague Center www.chincoteaguecenter.com, in Chincoteague, VA. 

Blocks of hotel rooms are available at the Best Western Plus, Comfort Suites, and the Refuge Inn. 

 

The Friday night banquet will take place at the The Chincoteague Center. A box lunch and the banquet on Friday is included in registration, but we request $30 for additional banquet guests.

 

Several field trips, including two birding trips with Chris Swarth are planned. More details available soon. 

 

Thanks very much to our Organizing Committee!

Julie Ambler (Millersville University) has ably led the Organizing Committee, which also includes Danielle Kreeger (Partnership for the Delaware Estuary), Ajoy Kumar (Millersville University), Tiffany Moisan (NASA), David O'Neill (Community College of Baltimore County), Angela Padeletti (Partnership for the Delaware Estuary), Dave Wilson (Maryland Coastal Bays Program), and Louise Wootton (Georgian Court University). 

Thanks very much to our early sponsors!

Full Sponsors: CERF, Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, The Marine Science Consortium, Maryland Coastal Bays Program, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, YSI

Supporting Sponsor: The Eastern Shore Office of the Nature Conservancy in Virginia

AERS aims to foster broad interest in our environment through scientific and public awareness of current issues. We encourage students, scientists, managers, and educators from DC, DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, and VA to submit abstracts.

Looking forward to seeing you in Chincoteague!

 

The AERS Program Committee, 

Ben Fertig, Jeremy Testa, and Sam Lake