Coastal and Estuarine Biology and Biogeochemistry



CB001
Advancing Our Knowledge of Land-Sea Connections in the Global Carbon Cycle
Primary Chair:  Michael Seidel, University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg, Germany
Co-chairs:  Patricia M Medeiros, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, Sasha Wagner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Troy, NY, United States and Ryan Pereira, Heriot-Watt University, Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom


CB002
Coastal, Shelf, and Island Mass Effects on Trace Element Biogeochemistry in the Ocean
Primary Chair:  David González-Santana, IOCAG. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Co-chairs:  Aridane G. González, IOCAG. Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, Emilie Le Roy, LEMAR (CNRS, Univ Brest, IRD, Ifremer), Plouzané, Estonia and Gabriel Dulaquais, IUEM Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, LEMAR (CNRS, Univ Brest, IRD, Ifremer), Plouzané, France


CB003
Electro Microbial Ecology. Processes, Players, and Impacts in Aquatic Systems
Primary Chair:  Ugo Marzocchi, Aarhus University, Department of Biology - Center for Electromicrobiology, Aarhus C, Denmark
Co-chairs:  Annette Rowe, Michigan State University, Department of Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology, East Lansing, United States, Diana Vasquez Cardenas, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium and Muammar Mansor, University of Tübingen, Geomicrobiology, Tübingen, Germany


CB004
Mapping, Monitoring, and Modelling Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Fluxes in Coastal habitats to Advance Blue Carbon Science
Student/Early Career Chair:  Julia Mañez, IMEDEA-CSIC, Global Change, Esporles, Spain
Primary Chair:  Iris Eline Hendriks, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Global Change Research, 07190, Esporles, Spain
Co-chairs:  Ariane Arias Ortiz, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Department of Physics, Barcelona, Spain, Dimitris Poursanidis, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Remote Sensing lab, Heraklion, Greece and Julia Mañez, IMEDEA-CSIC, Global Change, Esporles, Spain


CB005
From Local to Global: Biogeochemical Perspectives on Coastal Ecosystem Stressors and Responses
Primary Chair:  Andrea K Kealoha, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, United States
Co-chairs:  Craig E Nelson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, United States and Isaiah W. Bolden, Georgia Institute of Technology, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States


CB006
Hot Spots and Hot Moments Revisited: Accounting for Intermittent Events, Temporal Rhythms and Habitat Variability across Large-Scale Coastal Ecosystem Functioning.
Primary Chair:  Dr. Jacob Yeo, PhD, Southern Cross University, Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Lismore, NSW, Australia
Co-chairs:  Bradley Eyre, Southern Cross University, Centre for Coastal Biogeochemistry, Lismore, NSW, Australia and Ryan J Felton, Southern Cross Univerisity, East Lismore, Australia


CB007
It's All Connected: Lateral Connectivity and Biogeochemical Cycling at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface
Primary Chair:  Peter Regier, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Stephanie J Wilson, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Biogeochemistry Lab, Edgewater, United States, Allison Myers-Pigg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States and Susan E Ziegler, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Earth Science, St John's, NL, Canada


CB008
Nutrients as Drivers of Change in Polar Coastal Ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Bryan M. M. Spears, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Penicuik, United Kingdom and Science Team of the NERC BIOPOLE Project
Co-chairs:  Elena Garcia-Martin, National Oceanography Centre, Katharine R Hendry, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Science Team of the NERC BIOPOLE Project


CB009
Tracing Heavy Metal Contamination in Salt Marshes, Estuaries, and Coastal Systems: Sources, Fate, and Ecological Impacts
Primary Chair:  Maxime Grand, San Jose State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States
Co-chairs:  Edem Mahu, University of Ghana, Marine and Fisheries Sciences, Accra, Ghana and Ivano Aiello, San Jose State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, United States


CB010
Trait development and resilience of aquatic microbial communities to anthropogenic stressors in coastal oceans- a focus on the Global South
Student/Early Career Chair:  Anwesha Ghosh, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Center for Climate and Environmental Studies, Mohanpur (Kalyani), India and drghoshanwesha@gmail.com
Primary Chair:  Punyasloke Bhadury, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Excellence in Blue Economy, Kolkata, India and drghoshanwesha@gmail.com
Co-chairs:  Amit Kumar, Sathyabama University, Centre for Climate Change Studies, Chennai, India, Kamal Ranatunga, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Center for Marine Science & Technology, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, Chew Li Lee, UCSI University, Department of Biotechnology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and drghoshanwesha@gmail.com


CB011
Under Pressure: Multistressor Impacts on Coastal Vegetation and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics
Primary Chair:  Theodor Kindeberg, Sorbonne Université Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-mer, France
Co-chairs:  Iris Eline Hendriks, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, Department of Global Change Research, 07190, Esporles, Spain, Steeve Comeau, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Villefranche-sur-mer, France and Sam Dupont, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden