SEMINAR: [FORUM] Title deadline extended to Monday noon Aug 16 for 2nd Annual Coral Reef Forum

["John McManus" <jmcmanus@rsmas.miami.edu>]

By popular demand, the deadline for submitting titles for the Coral reef Forum has been extended until Monday noon, August 16.

 

Abstracts will not be needed.

 

Please ensure that all UM labs engaged in any form of coral reef research are represented. This is very important for planning future collaborations.

 

We would like to invite the lead person from any UM or adjunct lab engaged in coral reef research, or a representative, to give a brief overview of the work ongoing in her/his lab.

 

For these summary presentations, just send me the name of the lab group  or name of the PI and the person presenting.

 

 

The National Center for Coral Reef Research (NCORE) of the University of Miami is pleased to announce the

 

2^nd Annual NCORE University-wide Coral Reef Forum

August 23-24, 2010

SLAB Building, RSMAS

 

Any student, staff, regular faculty, research faculty, or adjunct faculty member of the University of Miami engaged in coral reef related research is encouraged to submit a presentation title to:

jmcmanus@rsmas.miami.edu. Please ensure that [FORUM] appears in the subject heading for this and any matter related to the Forum, lest the communication be lost.

 

The deadline for presentation titles is Monday noon, 16 August. Each presenter should submit only one presentation, although co-authorship is not restricted. Include an email address for communications if different from the return address.

 

The presentation length (probably within 8 -15 minutes) and choice of rooms will depend on the presentations submitted.

 

Research need not be completed to be presented. The main objective of the Forum is to foster collaborative thinking and project development by letting everyone interested know about everyone else’s coral reef research. We use the term ‘Forum’ to indicate a strong emphasis on discussion of related topics.

 

The term ‘coral reef’ here is used in the broad sense of any ecological habitat in which corals play or have played a substantial ecological role, including seagrass and mangrove systems residing on coral reef frameworks.  Research topics can include physical, chemical, geological, biological, or socio-economic aspects, including management issues, and combinations of these.  

 

Attendance at the Forum will be open to all interested parties, including incoming students.

 

Sincerely,

 

John

 

John W. McManus, PhD

Director, National Center for Coral Reef Research (NCORE)

Professor, Marine Biology and Fisheries

Coral Reef Ecology and Management Lab (CREM Lab)

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS)

University of Miami, 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, 33149

jmcmanus@rsmas.miami.edu      http://ncore.rsmas.miami.edu

 Phone: 305-421-4814  

 

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