7th International Flatfish Symposium: The impact of environmental changes on flatfish productivity

Agende-se. Vem aí o Simpósio Internacional de linguados: Impactos das alterações ambientais na produtividade dos linguados. O evento será realizado na cidade de Sesimbra, Portugal entre os dias 2 e 7 de novembro de 2008.

7th International Flatfish Symposium: The impact of environmental changes on flatfish productivity

Sesimbra, Portugal 2nd - 7th November 2008

Thematic sessions and keynote speakers

• Impacts of climate change on flatfish populations
a) Patterns of change - David Sims (UK)
b) Processes - Nils Christian Stenseth (Norway)

• Impacts of habitat modifications on flatfishes
Jan Geert Hiddink (UK)

• Fisheries and aquaculture related impacts on flatfish stocks
Jeffrey Hutchings (Canada)

• Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
J. Emmet Duffy (USA)
Henrik Gislason (Denmark)

• Ecosystem management
Timothy Essington (USA)
Workshops (optional)

• Flatfish systematics and ecology
Thomas Munroe (USA) & Juan Diaz de Astarloa (Argentina)

• Habitat mapping of flatfish populations
Olivier Le Pape (France)

• Modelling ecophysiology: fitting Ecophys.Fish to your species of interest
Bill Neill (USA) & John Miller (USA)

Abstract submission
Open until 31st May

http://www.flatfish2008.fc.ul.pt
7th IFS Secretariat
E-mail ff2008@fc.ul.pt
Webpage http://www.flatfish2008.fc.ul.pt
Phone + 351 21 750 08 26
Fax + 351 21 750 02 07

Steering Committee
Henrique Cabral

Adriaan Rijnsdorp
Josianne Støttrup

Henk van der Veer
Richard Nash

Yoh Yamashita