Two Calls for Session Abstracts
Arctic Change 2017
11-15 December 2017
Quebec, Canada
Abstract submission deadline: Friday, 22 September 2017
Early registration deadline: 31 October 2017
For view the complete Call for Abstracts and to submit an abstract, go to:
http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/abstracts.php
For further information about the meeting, go to:
http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/index.php
To register for the meeting, go to:
http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/registration.php
Organizers of are currently accepting abstract submissions for the Arctic Change 2017 meeting. The meeting will be held 11-15 December 2017 in Quebec, Canada.
Conveners of the following two sessions invite abstract submissions:
SESSION NAV05: Arctic Disaster Risk Reduction
Session Chairs: Anne Garland and Liane Benoit
The Arctic Risk Management Network (ARMNet) is conceived as a trans-disciplinary hub to encourage and facilitate greater cooperation, communication and exchange among American, Russian, and Canadian academics and practitioners actively engaged in the research, management and mitigation of risks, emergencies and disasters in the Arctic regions. Its proposed aim is to assist regional decision-makers through the sharing of applied research, best practices, research gaps, and to support greater inter-operability and bilateral collaboration through improved networking, joint exercises, workshops, teleconferences, radio programs, and virtual communications (e.g., webinars). Most importantly, ARMNet is to facilitate a clearinghouse for all information related to the management of the frequent hazards of Arctic climate and geography in North America, including new and emerging challenges arising from climate change, increased maritime polar traffic and expanding economic development to build capacity for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in collaboration with the UNISDR and the Sendai Framework 2015. Based on feasibility studies in 2015-2016 with the US Embassies of Canada and Russia, the constituency will include northern academics and researchers who apply Arctic science for DRR research, Arctic-based corporations, First Responders (FRs), Emergency Management Offices (EMOs) and Risk Management Offices (RMOs), military, Coast Guard, northern police forces, Search and Rescue (SAR) associations, boroughs, territories and communities throughout the Arctic. Presentations are invited on the results of the feasibility study among Arctic DRR stakeholders, the Embassy Reports' recommendations, procedures for a clearinghouse using an ecosystem model, and plans for a Research Coordinator Network.
For more information about this session, go to:
http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/topical-sessions.php
For questions, contact:
Anne Garland
Email: ariesnonprofit [at] yahoo.com
Phone: 757-357-0431
SESSION ECO03: From Zooplankton to Fisheries: Arctic Marine Food Webs in Seasonally Ice-Covered Seas
Session Chairs: Louis Fortier, Gerald Darnis and Frederic Maps
Pelagic fish and zooplankton play a pivotal role in high-latitude marine ecosystems. They are key drivers of the transfer of energy from ice algae and phytoplankton to seabirds, whales, and humans. Fish and zooplankton vertical migrations and feeding impact the biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nitrogen within the ecosystem. Krill are crucial in the pelagic ecosystems of polar oceans by forming large aggregations attracting numerous predators and significant international fisheries. The importance of fisheries in the circum-Arctic ranges from: the central basins with limited accessibility, low fish biomass and no significant fisheries; to regions with considerable subsistence and community-based commercial fisheries; through to some of the most productive and lucrative commercial fishing grounds in the world. The state of knowledge and monitoring of fish populations also varies greatly among regions. Arctic fish are ecologically, culturally, and socio-economically important as illustrated respectively by the Arctic cod, a key species in high Arctic marine ecosystems; the Arctic char, inextricably linked to the economy and health of the Inuit; and the Greenland halibut, accounting for 25% of Greenland's export economy. The role of fish and zooplankton-mediated processes remain poorly understood in polar seas but this information is essential for the development of proper ecosystem models of responses to on-going and projected shifts in light, temperature, sea ice, and primary production regimes. In addition, climate change impacts on high-latitude marine ecosystems and fisheries include geographic shifts in species distribution and abundance, modifications of predator-prey interactions, changes in phenology, and species invasions. In this session, organizers encourage contributions investigating the ecology, life cycles, behaviors, and spatio-temporal distribution of zooplankton and fish including biogeochemical roles; studies of the physiology and behavior of krill species from both the Arctic and Austral seasonally ice-covered seas; submissions from scientists, fisheries managers, and stakeholders from around the world to foster a broad discussion on fish and fisheries in the Arctic in all disciplines of marine, freshwater, and diadromous fish.
For more information about this session, go to:
http://www.arcticnetmeetings.ca/ac2017/pages/topical-sessions.php