Coral Reefs - CALL FOR PAPERS: European Coral Reef Symposium
The European Coral Reef Symposium (ECRS) (this opens in a new tab)aims to pursue within Europe, and among reef scientists based in or visiting Europe, the mission and aims of the International Coral Reef Society (ICRS). The ECRS is held every four years and hosted in European countries on a rotation basis by the European Chapter of the International Coral Reef Society (ICRS).
ECRS 2024 will be held in Naples, Italy at the “Città della Scienza” and at the Anton Dohrn Zoological Station, from 2 to 5 July 2024.
For this edition of ECRS, our energies will concentrate on bridging knowledge gaps between tropical, temperate, and cold-water coral reefs.
The symposium will bring together coral reef scientists, researchers, conservationists, policymakers, and reef managers to present the latest research findings and exchange current knowledge critical to advising international and national policies in the conservation and sustainable use of coral reefs.
The event represents a unique occasion to meet researchers working on tropical and temperate coral reefs. Twelve sessions will be organized covering the most urgent and challenging topics. Three plenaries will open each conference day to provide a vision of the future of coral reef research challenges.
Sessions:
1 Lessons from the Past to Inform the Future
2 Coral Reef Structure and Functioning
3 Biology and Ecology of Holobionts in Coral Reefs
4 Global Climate Change and Environmental Stressors
5 Coral Reef Anthropic Pressures, Conservation and Restoration
6 Community-Based Monitoring and Ecosystem-Based Management
7 Shallow Temperate Reefs
8 Mesophotic and Cold-Water Coral Ecosystems
9 Technological and Methodological Innovation in Underwater Surveys and Data Analysis
10 Coral Reefs Under a Socio-Economic Perspective
11 Beyond Corals and Fishes - Evolution and Biodiversity of Neglected Reef Taxa
12 The Ocean Decade: The Science We Need for the Coral Reefs We Want
Following the conference, a Coral Reefs special issue will feature peer-reviewed manuscripts related to the symposium. Authors of poster and oral presentations are welcome to submit their original manuscripts to the special issue; the deadline for submissions is October 31, 2024.
Guest Editors:
Prof. Massimo Ponti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Ecology and Director of the MSc degree in Marine Biology at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Italy
Address:
Environmental Sciences Laboratories of the Ravenna Campus Via S. Alberto 163
48123 Ravenna, Italy
Prof. Carlo Cerrano, Ph.D.
Full Professor in Zoology at the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche
Address:
Via Brecce Bianche
60131 Ancona, Italy
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Gert Wörheide, Ph.D.
Chair of Paleontology and Geobiology, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Address:
Richard-Wagner-Str. 10
80333 München (Germany)