CALL FOR PAPERS

CCFFR-SCL 2008

 

3-5 January 2008 – Marriott Harbourfront Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Registration (16:00-21:00) and reception (19:00) are planned for Thursday 3 January and the Banquet is scheduled for Friday 4 January (19:00). ←Yet to be confirmed

 

The major session themes of the 2008 Conference are:

Ø     Population Processes at Low Abundance – Recovery, Rarity & Invasives

Ø     Ecosystem-based Management – Science and Policy

Ø     Waterbirds in Marine and Freshwater Food Webs

Ø     Evolutionary Ecology in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Ø     Complexities in Ecological Recovery

Ø     Physical Limnology and Oceanography – Influences on Populations and Ecosystems

Ø     River and Estuary Ecosystems

Ø     Mating Systems in Aquatic Organisms

Ø     A Special Session in Memory of Ram Myers (by invitation)

Ø     Contributed papers in fisheries and aquatic sciences. 

Ø     The invited Annual CCFFR Stevenson Lecture and SCL Frank Rigler Memorial Award LectureAquatic Ecosystem Science

 

Visit http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/ccffr/themes08.html for more details

 

Authors can make submissions for oral or poster presentations. 

The DEADLINE for abstracts is Friday 02 November 2007 and must be submitted by email to: Mark.Ridgway@ontario.ca

 

Graduate students should apply to the Clemens-Rigler Travel Fund. See http://www.phys.ocean.dal.ca/ccffr/CRappleng08.html  

Applications are to be submitted to Rob Mackereth  rob.mackereth@ontario.ca  by Friday 02 November 2007.

 

GUIDELINE for abstracts:

Ø     Abstracts in electronic form must be submitted by email to the Programme Chair, Mark.Ridgway@ontario.ca  by 02 November 2007 (at the latest).

Ø     email an MS Word (*.doc) version of your abstract.

Ø     Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and must be single spaced. Use 12 pt Times Roman font. Do not use bold fonts and titles should be in UPPER CASE.

Ø     Ensure you include an email address for the author who intends to make the presentation, and place an asterisk (*) after the name.

Ø     Indicate whether the presentation will be oral (O) or poster (P) and (CCFFR) or (SCL) after the title. If you are willing to present in either format use (O or P).

Ø     Please indicate on a separate line after the end of your abstract to which theme (1-8) your presentation is most closely related and if you are a graduate student (GS; not noted on programme).

Ø     If your presentation does not fit any of the session themes, please type "contributed paper".

Ø     Use the following as a FORMATTING GUIDE:

 

PHENOTYPIC EXPRESSION OF LIFE HISTORY TRAITS IN TATTOINE RESIDENTS

 

(O or P) (CCFFR or SCL)

 

Vader*, D. and L. Skywalker. Department of Bioengineering, Jedi University, Mos Eisely (email: darth.vader@force1.ca)

 

Intergenerational differences in phenotypic expression was higher in Tattoine residents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 

Theme 4 (GS)

 

VISIT Presentations & Posters for more detail

 

 (B) Power Point Presentations (PowerPoint 2002 or later):

Presentations will be uploaded to a computer prior to the start of individual sessions.  Therefore, participants must provide the audio-visual assistant with a copy of their presentation on a Flash-drive or CD at least 3 hours prior to the start of their session to ensure presentations are uploaded correctly.  (bring a back up storage medium just in case).

Projectors will be provided by chair members.

 

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