Sediments and Biodiversity: bridging the gap between science and policy. First Announcement and Call for Abstracts

Call for Abstracts

SedNet would be pleased to receive abstracts for platform presentations andposters for the Open Conference. Abstracts related to the main issues oftheConference with a special focus on the Mediterranean area will be particularlywelcomed.

Issues to be addressed are:

    * Biodiversity and sediment management (sediments,hydromorphology, habitats)
    * Sediment management measures and cost-benefit analysis
    * Climate change and sediment: effects on bioavailabilityand contaminant biogeochemical cycles
    * Sediment in coastal zone management and Marine StrategyFramework Directive (e.g. sediment reuse for coastal protection andrestoration)
    * Sediment Environmental Quality Standards and monitoring
    * Sediment and contaminant transport modelling
    * Ecological risk assessment of contaminated sediment
    * Mine tailings (historical contamination, soil erosion)

Deadline

Deadline for abstract submission: 1 September2010

Contact information	Marjan Euser (email: marjan.euser@deltares.nl) Phone: +31 88 3357843
News type	CallForPaper
File link	http://www.sednet.org/download/conference2011/SedNet2011_Call-for-abstracts.pdf
Source of information	European Sediment Network
Keyword(s)	Biodiversity, sediment, management, ecology
Subject(s)	CHARACTERISTICAL PARAMETERS OF WATERS AND SLUDGES , HYDRAULICS - HYDROLOGY , POLICY-WATER POLICY AND WATER MANAGEMENT , PREVENTION AND NUISANCES POLLUTION , WATER QUALITY
Geographical coverage	Netherlands
News date	31/03/2010
Working language(s)	ENGLISH

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