<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><font size="+1"><b><font size="+2"><br class="">HISTORICAL ECOLOGY OF SEMI-ENCLOSED BASINS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SEAS AT RISK<br></font><br>3rd – 4th October 2016 Chioggia, Italy<br><br></b></font><span style="font-size:12.8px">The meeting welcomes participants from different fields and addressing different aspects of historical ecology: history of discovery of marine life and environments, exploitation of marine resources, changes in perception and use of marine resources, changes in coastal areas due to urbanization and other human uses, management actions.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Participants:</b><span style="font-size:12.8px"> historians, marine biologists, ecologists, archaeologists, anthropologists, environmental stakeholders/managers</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Venue of the meeting:</b><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Palazzo Grassi, City of Chioggia (Venice area)</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="font-size:12.8px"><b>MEETING SESSIONS:</b></p><p style="font-size:12.8px">1. Changes in knowledge, perception and use of marine ecosystems of semi enclosed basins and coastal areas</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">2. Changes in biodiversity, environmental/human drivers and food-webs</p><p style="font-size:12.8px">3. Management responses to changes in marine ecosystems and future scenarios</p><u style="font-size:12.8px">Abstract submission deadline: <b>10th August 2016</b></u><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Supporting Publication:</b><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Regional Studies in Marine Science (Elsevier) will publish a Special Issue with high quality, original, full research papers from the conference after usual peer-review process.</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">Registration: </b><span style="font-size:12.8px">there are no fees, but a maximum number of 60 persons will be accepted. </span><u style="font-size:12.8px">Closing date for registration: <b>31st August 2016</b></u><br style="font-size:12.8px"><br style="font-size:12.8px"><b style="font-size:12.8px">For further information: </b><a href="http://chioggia.biologia.unipd.it/palazzo-grassi/historicalecology/" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">http://chioggia.biologia.unipd.it/palazzo-grassi/historicalecology/</a><br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div>
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