ECSA 57: Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities

3-6 September 2018 | Pan Pacific Perth, Perth, WA, Australia

Welcome to ECSA’s next major symposium, ECSA 57: Changing estuaries, coasts and shelf systems - Diverse threats and opportunities, which will take place from the 3-6 September 2018 in Pan Pacific Perth, Perth, WA, Australia.

The structure and functioning of our estuaries and seas are shifting due to diverse drivers from local to global scales. The resulting threats to these systems are often all too apparent, yet such changes can also present new opportunities. The challenge is to harness these opportunities through new ways of thinking, scientific developments, innovative technology and more effective integration of science and management.

Proposed Conference Topics:

The abstract submission system will open on the 30th of October 2017. We invite contributions within the following broad topics, covering the diversity of threats and opportunities facing estuarine, coastal and marine ecosystems and the people they support.

Environment

Land - ocean linkages
Coastal morphodynamics and sediment transport
Oceanography and physical-biological coupling
Biogeochemistry, element cycling and greenhouse gas dynamics

Biodiversity

Genetic diversity and adaptation
Population dynamics
Connectivity (e.g. energy, genes, habitats and disease)
Ecosystem structure and functioning

People and management

Sustainable natural resource exploitation
Marine Protected Areas
Aquaculture
Societal values
Citizen science
Ecosystem service delivery

Integration

Socio-ecological dynamics, resilience and regime shifts
Integrated management – cumulative risk assessment and tradeoffs
Case studies of eco-engineering and ecosystem restoration
Effective governance – regional to international scales
Integrated observing systems and modelling

Conference Chairs

Fiona Valesini, Murdoch University, Australia
Chris Hallett, Murdoch University, Australia
Matt Hipsey, University of Western Australia, Australia

Scientific Committee

Mike Elliott, Editor-in-Chief Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (Elsevier) and Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull, UK
Bronwyn Gillanders, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Victor de Jonge, Editor-in-Chief Ocean & Coastal Management and Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies, University of Hull, UK
Gary Kendrick, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Sally Little, ECSA Conference Coordinator, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Ryan Lowe, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Alan Whitfield, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa