Call for Abstracts
Special Session: High-Latitude Marine Ecology
AAAS Arctic Division 2006 Annual Meeting
2-4 October 2006
Abstract Submission Deadline: Tuesday, 1 August 2006
Further information and online registration is available at:
http://arctic.aaas.org/
Please consider submitting an abstract for a special session at the
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2006 Arctic
Division Annual Meeting highlighting the recent changes in the arctic
marine environment from a life sciences perspective. Contributions from
a broad range of topics in marine ecology are sought, including zoology,
biological oceanography, pollution, ecological aspects of fisheries,
conservation, environmental protection, ecosystems, ocean
biogeochemistry, biogenic trace gas exchanges, and microbiology.
Submissions that relate arctic marine biology and ecology to broader
environmental changes that are ongoing in the Arctic are especially
encouraged.
Session Chair:
Clara Deal
International Arctic Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Phone: 907-474-1875
E-mail: deal [at] iarc.uaf.edu
The conference sessions will be held at the Westmark Hotel in downtown
Fairbanks, Alaska. A block of rooms at a special conference rate is
being held for attendees. The conference will include an evening
reception and art exhibit on Monday, 2 October, at the newly expanded
Museum of the North on the campus of the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Anyone interested in submitting an abstract for the conference can do so
online at the conference website. Both oral and poster presentations are
welcome. A schedule of sessions and presentations will be available by
Thursday, 31 August 2006.
Further information and online registration is available at:
http://arctic.aaas.org/