Estuaries and bays are vital systems at the continent-ocean interface playing major roles for ecology and economy at the global scale. These vulnerable systems are facing different degrees of anthropogenic pressure and today’s estuaries show various stages, from close-to-pristine to heavily modified and/or polluted. Understanding the reciprocal interactions of dynamic and complex natural gradients and processes on the one hand and anthropogenic factors on the other still is a major challenge in Biogeochemistry of coastal water bodies.
The 2015 meeting is the 13th edition of the IEBS series focused on estuarine biogeochemical processes and covering the wide diversity of estuaries and bays in terms of morphology, geographic position, climate region, and anthropogenic pressure. The objective is to identify, understand and predict roles and responses of estuaries and bays in a context of forecast increasing population pressure on the global coastal zones. Contributions on reference (close-to-natural) and modified systems and approaches to estuary trajectories (“past-present-future”) are welcome. Specific items include, but are not restricted to; sources, behavior and fate of nutrients, organic matter, historical and emerging contaminants (Trace Elements, nanoparticles and organic compounds). One session will be dedicated to new sensors and recent developments for permanent high-resolution monitoring of chemicals in coastal zones.
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Professor of Environment and Human Health Chair of the Board of the European Centre for Environment and Human HealthMedical School University of Exeter Interconnections between Estuaries, Human Health and Wellbeing
Professor Andy Cundy
Professor of Geoscience (Applied Geochemistry)School of Environment and TechnologyUniversity of Brighton
Reconstructing the past, predicting the future: geochemical records of estuarine change
Registration fees
Registration fees include registration, a book of abstracts, ice-breaker, three lunches and 6 coffee breaks.
A reduced registration fee will apply to students (undergraduate, master and PhD students).
The conference dinner will take place in Bordeaux city center and will cost 45 € per head.
Students of the University of Bordeaux and members of the scientific committee, please contact iebs2015@mail.epoc.u-bordeaux.fr prior to registration.
Fees
Early Registration
before April 30, 2015
Late Registration
after April 30, 2015
Regular
350 €
450 €
Students
240 €
320 €
SCHEMA partners 1-day
(Wednesday, June10)
100 €
130 €
Conference Dinner
45 €
Subject to availability after April 30, 2015
Accompanying person* for the Conference Dinner
60 €
Subject to availability after April 30, 2015
Accompanying person* for the three lunches
80 €
Subject to availability after April 30, 2015
*Accompanying persons do not need to register (participants choose for them the gala dinner and/or 3 lunches options).
Colours of the Gironde Estuary
Marine Chemistry Special Issue
As for previous IEBS meetings, there will be a
Special Issue of Marine Chemistry (IF 3.2) based on contributions to IEBS 2015.
Please consider submitting a full paper version of your work to this SI.
Manuscript submission will be open from 1 July to 30 September 2015.
These deadlines cannot be modified. The expected on-line publication date for accepted papers is July 2016.