There is emerging evidence that Climate Change (CC) already is impacting coastal and offshore marine phytoplankton communities, and that future trends may include increases in the frequency and severity of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).
The 4-day conference will:
- Bring together algal physiologists, ecologists, oceanographers, modellers and climate change specialists to develop a consensus on the priority research directions for future HAB/CC funding.
- Develop “proactive” research strategies that build rigorous, testable hypotheses to guide scientists, managers and the public on what environmental and HAB changes are projected.
- Design funding-realistic observing infrastructures (combining research studies, detection schemes, observing systems) to capture the critical datasets needed to assess HAB patterns in relation to measurable indicators of climate change.
The symposium will consist primarily of participant poster presentations and a few invited and selected oral presentations, and will focus on participant-led break-out group discussions on specific topics.
The conference will be held between 19-22 May at the Conference Centre Wallenberg in Göteborg, Sweden.
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