Third CORE Mini-Symposium
04.05.2009 at 10:00
We would like to draw your attention to our "Third CORE Mini-Symposium on Ecological and Biogeochemical Coral Reef Research", to be held at the Department of Earth and Environmental SciencesLMU on Monday 4 May 2009, and would like to cordially invite all interested parties to attend.
Schedule
10:00 – 10:20
Christian Wild (CORE) Update on CORE activities in warm and cold watercoral reefs
10:20 – 10:40
Wolfgang Niggl (CORE) Reverse pelagic-benthic coupling in coral reefs:The upside-down jellyfish association with mysids
10:40 – 11:00
Carin Jantzen (CORE/ZMT) The upside-down jelly fish Cassiopeia sp.increases advective nutrient rich pore water effluxes via bell pumpingactivity
11:00 – 11:20 COFFEE BREAK
11:20 – 11:40
Miriam Weber (MPI/Hydra) In situ applications of a new diver-operatedmicrosensor system (DOMS)
11:40 – 12:00
Gertraud Schmidt (ZMT/AWI) Growth of the scleractinian coral Poriteslutea under the influence of internal waves along Similan Islands, Thailand
12:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00 – 14:30
Fleur van Duyl (NIOZ, The Netherlands) Dissolved organic matterturnover on coral reefs
14:30 – 14:50
Malik Naumann (CORE) Release of organic matter by tropical hermatypiccorals under the influence of variable environmental factors
14:50 – 15:10
Sandra Schöttner (CORE/MPI) The interdisciplinary “Tjärnö mucusventure” - Exploring the ecological role of cold-water coral-derived organicmatter
15:10 – 15:30
Laura Wehrmann (CORE/MPI) The fate of cold-water corals in sediments- A balance between dissolution & preservation
15:30 – 16:00 COFFEE BREAK
16:00 – 16:20
Esther Borell (ZMT) Coral feeding and thermal resistance of thescleractinian symbiosis
16:20 – 16:50
Georgios Tsounis (CSIC, Spain) Precious coral fishery managementand conservation: A call for a paradigm shift
16:50 – 17:10
Sebastian Ferse (ZMT) Linking people and coral reefs – how realistic aresustainable alternatives?
17:10 – 17:30 COFFEE BREAK
17:30 – 18:00
Maggy Nugues (ZMT) Life and death of coral reefs: The role of benthicalgae
18:00 – 18:20
Andreas Haas (CORE) Elevated nutrient concentrations can affect coral -algae interactions in the Red Sea
Further information (symposium programme with schedule)
Luisenstraße 3780333 Munich
Germany
Lecture room 335