CERF conference session on long-term trends in marine birds and environmental change planned

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The Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation’s (CERF) 20th biennial conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, USA over 1-5 November 2009 with the theme of “Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World”.  Click here for the conference web site.

A conference session with the title “Long-term trends in marine birds and environmental change” is being planned.  Marine birds are numerous and conspicuous organisms in the marine ecosystem.  They breed on coastal areas or offshore islands, and spend most of their lives at sea, where they obtain most of their food by travelling some distance over its surface.  There is compelling evidence suggesting that climate change is affecting marine birds around the globe. The session will examine long-term changes in marine birds and their association with anthropogenic and climate change.

The session will be convened by Jaime Jahncke (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo., Nina Karnovsky (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.) and Mark Herzog (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo.).  Abstracts are due by 15 May 2009.

The mission of CERF is to advance understanding and wise stewardship of estuarine and coastal ecosystems worldwide.