CERF 2013 Session on Microbial Ecology and Ecosystem Feedbacks
leila....@nrl.navy.mil
Dear Colleagues,
The Biennial Conference of the Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation
(CERF) will take place in San Diego, California on November 3-7, 2013.
As part of a long term goal to increase interest in Microbial Ecology
studies at CERF, we have organized the session “SCI-070:
Microbial Ecology: Processes, Linkages and Ecosystem Feedbacks”. This
session will highlight new discoveries of microbial processes and environmental
feedbacks and explore how these discoveries inform understanding of aquatic
ecosystem function. Because your research interests center on aquatic
microbiology and microbial ecology we believe that your studies will make a
valuable contribution to this effort. Thus, we encourage you to
submit an abstract to our session.
Abstract submission is currently open, and all abstracts must be received by 1 June 2013.
The CERF 2011 conference Website is www.erf.org/cerf2013.
To submit your abstract, visit: http://cerf2013.abstractcentral.com/
We hope you will contribute to session SCI-070. Please contact us with questions and forward this announcement to other potential contributors.
Sincerely,
Leila Hamdan, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (leila....@nrl.navy.mil)
Jennifer Biddle, University of Delaware (jfbi...@udel.edu)
Robert Jonas, George Mason University (rjo...@gmu.edu)
SCI-070: Microbial Ecology - Processes, Linkages and Ecosystem Feedbacks
Session Chair: Leila J.Hamdan, Co-chairs: Jennifer F. Biddle, Robert B. Jonas
Short Description: Microbial processes influence water quality, shape benthic and pelagic environments and mediate biogeochemical cycles. Microbiomes are shaped by past events and change in the contemporary environment. The metabolic roles of coastal and estuarine microorganisms are being probed through investigations of newly discovered processes (eg: ANAMOX, AOM) and uncultivated lineages. Their impact on environmental issues (e.g., hypoxia, oil spills, eutrophication, climate) and settings (hydrocarbon seeps, high latitudes) is important and can affect entire trophic webs. This session will highlight new discoveries of microbial processes, lineages and environmental feedbacks and explore how these discoveries can inform understanding of whole ecosystem function.
When submitting an abstract, select session SCI-070 in the first choice session drop-down. Sessions are listed in numerical order in the drop-down (i.e., SCI-001, SCI-002, etc.).
CERF 2013: Toward Resilient Coasts and Estuaries, Science for Sustainable Solutions
3-7 November 2013, San Diego, California
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Leila J. Hamdan, Ph.D
Research Microbial Ecologist
Marine Biogeochemistry Section
Code 6114
US Naval Research Laboratory
4555 Overlook Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20375
Tel: 202-767-3364