[ISSHA] ASLO in Victoria, BC

[Tracy Villareal]

>
> Dear Colleague,
>
> Please see the description (appended below) of a session that I am  
> co-chairing with Vera Trainer and Greg Boyer at the June 4-9, 2006  
> Summer American Society for Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)  
> meeting in Victoria, BC entitled “Detecting and Forecasting Harmful  
> Algal Blooms”. This meeting is co-sponsored by the International  
> Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA) so we are trying to  
> stimulate a strong showing of HAB research.
>
> We hope you will consider submitting a contributed abstract for  
> either an oral presentation or a poster. If you are involved in  
> long-term, multidisciplinary, regional work, you may consider  
> submitting 2 or 3 companion presentations and/or posters to more  
> fully represent these larger efforts that are leading to  
> forecasting capabilities. Also, posters that build upon or  
> complement the oral presentations are encouraged. ASLO wanted us to  
> make clear that this is not a formal invitation and neither ASLO  
> nor the session organizers will provide reimbursement for any  
> expenses or registration costs for contributed presentations.
>
> Abstracts are due by *_January 20, 2006_*. More information about  
> the meeting, including abstract submission guidelines can be found at:
> http://aslo.org/meetings/victoria2006/
>
> If you submit an abstract, it would be helpful if you could also e- 
> mail a copy to Vera, Greg and me, especially if they involve linked  
> presentations. Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to  
> contact any of us:
>
> Rob Magnien: rob.magnien at noaa.gov <mailto:rob.magnien at noaa.gov>
> Vera Trainer: Vera.L.Trainer at noaa.gov <mailto:Vera.L.Trainer at noaa.gov>
> Greg Boyer: glboyer at esf.edu <mailto:glboyer at esf.edu>
>
> Thanks for considering this session and we hope to see you in  
> Victoria!
> ________________________________________________________
> Session: TSE03 in “Challenges for Managing Aquatic Resources”
>
> *Detection and Forecasting of Harmful Algal Blooms*
>
> Algal blooms with serious public health, economic, and living  
> resource impacts are occurring with increasing frequency throughout  
> the world’s coastal regions. A growing understanding of the  
> processes leading to these blooms, new technologies and observing  
> systems for detecting blooms or their initiating conditions, and  
> the growing sophistication of mathematical models, are being  
> combined to provide harmful algal bloom (HAB) forecasting  
> capabilities. When run in near real-time, these improved detection  
> capabilities and forecasts can safeguard public health and economic  
> interests (e.g. aquaculture), and allow more strategic, efficient,  
> and proactive responses by resource managers. Longer time scales of  
> forecasting can provide the understanding needed by coastal  
> managers to evaluate alternative strategies to prevent or mitigate  
> HAB impacts. This session will examine progress and plans for the  
> diversity of HAB detection, observing, and forecasting systems that  
> are being developed for oceanic, coastal, estuarine and Great Lake  
> regions.
>