Dear all, The MARES Consortium and EuroMarine Network are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016 has been extended until the 9th October 2015. The abstract submission deadline has been extended for the reason that authors now have the option to publish accepted abstracts in the Open Access Mares Conference 2016 Collection via the publisher PeerJ <http://www.maresconference.eu/peerj> Collections. All accepted abstracts can be published in the <https://peerj.com/preprints/> PeerJ PrePrints (a preprint server incurring no cost) in the Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation 2016 Collection. We also invite full length journal articles of accepted abstracts to be submitted for publication in PeerJ (the peer-reviewed journal), with the best 10 oral presentations and 10 posters being subsidised for the publication costs of the first author. The second Mares Conference on Marine Ecosystems Health and Conservation will be held from the 1st to 5th February 2016 in Olhão, Portugal. Throughout the conference scientific sessions and exhibitions six thematic subjects will be explored, with the following keynote speakers presenting on each theme: * Future oceans: temperature changes - hypoxia acidification - Professor Jean-Pierre Gattuso * Understanding biodiversity effects on the functioning of marine ecosystems - Professor Steve Widdicombe * Biological invasions - Professor Anna Occhipinti Ambrogi * Natural resources: overexploitation, fisheries and aquaculture - Dr Jake Rice * Ocean noise pollution - René Dekeling * Habitat loss, urban development, coastal infrastructures and marine spatial planning - Dr Tundi Agardy Further details on the conference themes, keynote speakers, programme and training workshops can be found at www.maresconference.eu <http://www.maresconference.eu> or visit www.facebook.com/maresconference. We look forward to seeing you in Olhão. Kind regards, On behalf of the organising committee, Dr. Tim Deprez Dr. Pierre-Francois Baisnée Dr. Rick Officer Prof. Dr. Marina Cunha Prof. Dr. Adelino Canario Prof. Dr. Karim Erzini Katherine Brownlie Mares Conference Coordination Office Ghent University Marine Biology Research Group Krijgslaan 281/S8 B-9000 Gent, Belgium Phone: +32 9 264 85 26 <mailto:info@maresconference.eu> info@maresconference.eu <http://www.maresconference.eu/> www.maresconference.eu
