As you are aware, the biannual Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) conference is scheduled for November 1-5, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. The Call for Abstracts is open and the deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2009.
Ron Thom, Steve Rumrill and I have developed a session on on-going research and restoration in Pacific Northwest estuaries, and we hope that you will submit your abstract to this session. Attached is a description of the proposal for your review.
We are hoping to generate sufficient interest for a multi-day session with topics important to each PNW estuary included: a day or so for restoration, effectiveness monitoring, toxic contaminants, the estuarine ecosystem classification in the lower Columbia River, another day for topics specific to Puget Sound and another day for topics specific to Coos and Tillamook Bays and South Slough for example. However, the Scientific Committee of the CERF conference cannot commit to a multi-day session at this time; it really just depends on the quantity and topics of abstracts they receive. However, that shouldn't stop us from trying! Please consider submitting your abstract to our session as your first choice (you get 3). Feel free to copy us when you submit as well so we can keep track of topics and determine how best to arrange them within our session.
We are also considering trying to develop a special issue or article for a scientific, peer review journal such as Estuaries and Coasts stemming from this session.
For more information on the conference, please see the following website: http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/. For more information on the Federation, please see www.erf.org. For more information on this session, please contact myself, Ron or Steve.
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Catherine Corbett
Technical Programs Manager
Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership
811 SW Naito Parkway, Suite 410
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 226-1565 ext 240
Ronald M. Thom, Ph.D.
Staff Scientist
MARINE SCIENCES LABORATORY
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
1529 W. Sequim Bay Road
Sequim, WA 98382 USA
Tel: 360-681-3657
Fax: 360-681-3681
ron.thom at pnl.gov
www.pnl.gov
Dr. Steven S. Rumrill
Research Program Coordinator
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
P.O. Box 5417
Charleston, OR 97420
Ph. 541-888-2581 ext 302 / Fax 541-888-2733
Steve.Rumrill at state.or.us
The Federation is pleased to announce the opening of the abstract submissions for our 2009 conference. Our last conference drew in over 1,200 abstracts, and all indications are that this year will exceed that.
The abstract submission deadline is 15 May 2009.
If you cannot submit an abstract, you can still contribute to the scientific program by encouraging your colleagues and students to do so.
To send your abstract please visit: http://cerf2009.abstractcentral.com/
Contact any of us if you have questions or ideas to discuss. Thanks very much for your help.
Your friends on the CERF 2009 scientific program committee,
Bob Emmett – robert.emmett at noaa.gov, Oral Sessions
Walt Nelson – nelson.walt at epa.gov, Poster Sessions
Ruth Carmichael – rcarmichael at disl.org, Workshop Sessions
Joy Bartholomew – jbarth at erf.org, CERF Headquarters
Alejandra (Ally) Doughty – ally at erf.org, CERF Program Manager
More information about the conference is available on the conference Website: http://www.sgmeet.com/cerf2009/
Information will continue to be updated as the conference draws near.
CERF 2009: Estuaries and Coasts in a Changing World
20th Biennial Conference
1-5 November 2009
Portland Oregon USA
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