Dear Friends:

Please be aware of session 14 – Biodiversity response to climate change and the functional consequences in conjunction with the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (26-30 September 2011, Aberdeen, Scotland).

Session outline: The addition of anthropogenic CO2 into the atmosphere has led to ocean warming, increased stratification, altered circulation, deoxygenation (expanding oxygen minima), and acidification. This session is intended to examine how these factors act alone and synergistically to affect the community structure and biodiversity of marine communities, and to explore the functional consequences of these alterations. These effects will occur in shallow and deep water, in planktonic and benthic systems, and superimposed on natural cycles, both past and present.  This session embraces any research that addresses the links between climate change, biodiversity and function, and encourages a discussion of management implications.

Convenor:  Lisa Levin

This is a bit late - please pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.  Let me know if you plan to submit to this session (llevin@ucsd.edu).

thanks,
Lisa