ECClima congress

The ECClima congress refers to climate change impacts in estuarine ecosystems issues, being held in Porto (Portugal), 5-9 April 2011.

Scope of the congress:
ECClima project’s goal is to predict climate change impacts, namely temperature rise, on the ecophysiology and production of estuarine organisms. Focus is made on abundant species common to a wide geographic area, in three estuaries, Minho (Portugal) in the south, the Wadden Sea (The Netherlands) at intermediate latitude, and Skibotn, Tromso (Norway) in the north, and hence covering a large latitudinal range.
The conference will cover relevant subjects, as Trophic interactions, Molecular Evolution, Eco-physiology, Dynamic Energy Budgets modelling, Phylogeography studies, Population dynamics modelling and Integrated Coastal Zone Management in estuaries.

Scientific commission includes Dr. Henk van der Veer (NIOZ, The Netherlands), Prof. Audrey Geffen (Bergen University, Norway), Prof. Bas Kooijman (Amsterdam Vrije University).

A special issue of the Journal of Sea Research, in order to publish the most relevant articles presented in the congress is also being planned.

All the available information is now accessible on the internet at http://www.cimar.org/ECClima.