Dear Colleagues,
The 18th Scientific Committee on Antarctic
Research Open Science Conference will be held from 25-29 August 2014 in
Aukland, New Zealand. The call for
abstracts is now open, and I encourage submissions (http://www.scar2014.com/call-for-abstracts/).
Specifically, there will be a
session entitled: Influence of top predators on ecosystem diversity around
Antarctica: present processes and historical signal.
This session will aim to consider
the Influence of top predators on ecosystem diversity around Antarctica:
present processes and historical signals.
Using data from a range of taxonomic groups including seabirds,
penguins, seals, and whales, we seek presentations that will explore the
relationships between predators and their environment over a range of spatial
and temporal scales. We encourage
multi-disciplinary presentations that develop or test ecological relationships
between top predators and the marine ecosystem. We will seek to bring together experts with a broad range of
field and analytical methodologies (e.g. telemetry, remote sensing) to provide
a foundation for our current knowledge on how predators influence ecosystem
diversity as well as to stimulate ideas for collaborative research to address
these issues in the face of environmental variability and climate-driven
changes in the Antarctic marine ecosystem.
Please email me if you have any questions, I
look forward to seeing you at SCAR.
Ari Friedlaender