[Aqualist] contributions to IPC/IOPC 2012, Tokyo, Japan

[Ulrike Proske]

Dear colleagues,

pre-proposals for symposia to be held at the IPC/IOPC in 2012 Tokyo, 
Japan, have been accepted.
We would like to invite contributions to our session 'Tropical coastal 
environments: Drivers and consequences of ecological change in the late 
Quaternary':

Coastal ecosystems, such as peat forests, mangroves and salt marshes, 
play a key role along tropical shorelines. Due to their position as link 
between the terrestrial and the marine system, these ecosystems are 
known to prevent the erosion of sediments and thus stabilise coastlines, 
dampen the impact of storm surges, cycle nutrients, store carbon and 
provide a unique habitat for numerous marine and terrestrial organisms. 
Throughout the late Quaternary changes in a variety of local, regional 
and global parameters as well as human impact forced these ecosystems to 
adapt constantly to new environmental conditions. The continuous 
reconfiguration of these ecosystems is reflected in their biodiversity 
pattern and the variance of their spatial extent, which in turn had 
consequences for the coastal system as a whole.
This session welcomes contributions from scientists researching the 
palaeoecology and palaeoenvironment as well as drivers and consequences 
of ecological change in pan-tropical coastal ecosystems.

If you would like to present in this session, please send the following 
information until 31.10.2011 to ulrike.proske at anu.edu.au

1) Speaker
2) Institutions or affiliation
3) Preliminary presentation title

No abstracts are required at this stage, however, we would like to 
encourage you to provide a few sentences on the topic of the contribution.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Session conveners:

Ulrike Proske ulrike.proske at anu.edu.au
Hermann Behling Hermann.Behling at bio.uni-goettingen.de