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From: Sally Little &lt;S.Little@LBORO.AC.UK&gt;
Subject: Call for Papers - All at Sea? Synergies between past and present
	coastal processes and ecology. Conference,
	Loughborough University, UK, 22nd-23rd April 2010.
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Apologies for cross-posting

Call for Papers - Conference, Loughborough University, UK, 
22nd-23rd April 2010:

All at Sea? Synergies between past and present coastal 
processes and ecology

Organisers: Dr D. B. Ryves, Professor N. J. Anderson &amp; Dr 
P.J. Wood

 

Coastal zones are dynamic systems. They are high-energy 
environments exhibiting rapid spatial and temporal change 
and are constantly evolving. The complex interaction of 
physical processes operating on both short (e.g. tides, 
fluvial input of nutrients and sediment) and longer-term 
timescales (e.g. climate &amp; sea level change) form the 
driving force for many of the biological, chemical and 
sedimentological processes that occur in these systems. 
Coastal zones are unique in their steep gradation of 
conditions (e.g. salinity) which produce distinctive 
ecological communities.

 

In recent years human impact has seriously altered many of 
these coastal systems resulting in issues such as 
eutrophication, over-exploitation of resources and 
pollution catching media attention. Such major 
anthropogenic changes make it increasingly difficult to 
understand the already complex natural physical processes 
and ecological changes operating within the coastal zone. 
These complex issues must be dealt with before we can 
begin to use these archives as palaeo-records for 
understanding the past, for which they offer great 
potential to integrate the independent terrestrial and 
marine records of past climatic and environmental change. 
By understanding the past in these terms we can provide 
valuable context for investigating recent and future 
change.

 

This conference aims to address the following questions:

1. How do physical, biological and chemical processes in 
the coastal zone impact ecological communities and how do 
these communities change and evolve over time?

2. Can we successfully isolate natural environmental 
change from human impact in modern and recent coastal 
systems?

3. How can we most effectively apply complex contemporary 
ecological information to improve our interpretation of 
palaeo-records?

4. How can we integrate complex contemporary ecological 
data with time-averaged palaeo-data to improve policy and 
management of coastal ecological systems and future 
predictions under changing climate?

 

This conference will be composed of four sessions 
entitled:

1. The contemporary coastal zone: physical, biological and 
chemical impacts on ecology.

2. Assessment of the strength of climatic and 
environmental change inferences from palaeoecological 
investigations.

3. Formation of the palaeo-record in high-energy 
environments: chronology, taphonomy and diagenesis

4. Integrating contemporary and palaeo datasets from the 
coastal zone: synthesis and visions for the future.

 

Abstract deadline: 31st January 2010

For more information and registration details see: 
(http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/allatsea/) or 
e-mail allatsealboro@gmail.com

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PhD Student, Department of Geography, Loughborough 
University
Conference co-organiser: All at Sea? Synergies between 
past and present coastal process and ecology
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/gy/allatsea/
e-mail: allatsealboro@gmail.com
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