Dear Colleagues,
Several recent posts have called attention to sessions or workshops set
for the upcoming 2013 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
Conference in San Diego (November 3-7).
We are organizing a session entitled, "Mangrove Expansion into Salt
Marsh Habitats: Causes and Consequences" (CI-072). We invite researchers
and managers working on all aspects of these dynamic coastal ecotones to
submit your abstract to this session. Please find a summary of the
session below.
The deadline for abstract submissions is June 1, 2013.
http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2013/
Please pass this along to your colleagues, or send an email to any of
the session organizers for more information.
With best regards,
Candy Feller ([email protected])
John Parker ([email protected])
Rick Osman ([email protected])
Dan Gruner ([email protected])
Steve Pennings ([email protected])
Anna Armitage ([email protected])
CI-072 *Mangrove Expansion into Salt Marsh Habitats: Causes and Consequences
* The mechanisms behind the encroachment of mangroves into salt marshes
remain obscure and are thought to involve multiple interacting factors,
e.g., global warming, changes in rainfall patterns, land-use change, and
increases in nutrient levels and sedimentation. Given that these shifts
entail the replacement of one critically important foundation species
with a dissimilar though equally important foundation species, there are
likely to be large though relatively unstudied consequences. Thus, this
session will focus on the mechanisms driving the current and future
displacement of salt marsh species along coastlines around the world by
invading native and non-native mangroves and will examine the
implications for coastal management. This session will also include
studies that focus on the ecology of shifting wetland ecotones, such as
the effects on community composition, food web dynamics, nutrient
cycling, carbon sequestration, and buffering capacity against shoreline
erosion.
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Daniel S. Gruner, Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology
4112 Plant Sciences Bldg
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742 U.S.A.
(o) 301-405-3957 (f) 301-314-9290
[email protected]
http://grunerlab.umd.edu
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