Claudio DiBacco (Bedford Institute of Oceanography,
Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
Heidi L. Fuchs (Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University,
USA)
Fabian Tapia (Centro FONDAP-COPAS, Universidad de Concepción,
Chile)
Invited Speaker:
Jesús Pineda (Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution, USA)
Meroplankton are transient members of the plankton
and crucial to the establishment and sustainability of marine communities.
Local and global marine stressors (e.g., habitat destruction, resource
over-harvesting, contaminant loading, climate change, introduction of
non-native species) will impact some species in diverse ways as individuals
move through both planktonic and benthic life stages. It is thus imperative
to develop a better understanding of larval processes at all functional
levels, from species to ecosystems. In this session, we welcome submissions
on all meroplankton-related topics, including but not limited to larval
behaviour and sensory ecology, dispersal and connectivity, invasions
and fisheries,design of marine reserves and effects of climate change
on larval processes.
