| System |
Reviewers |
Discussants |
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| ROCKY
INTERTIDAL |
Rocky
intertidal communities: past environmental changes, present
status and predictions for the next 25 years |
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Stephen
Hawkins & |
George
Branch (abstracts) |
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Tasman
Crowe & |
Juan
Carlos Castilla (abstract) |
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Richard
Thompson (abstract) |
to
be announced
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ROCKY
SUBLITTORAL
/ KELP BEDS |
Kelp
forest ecosystems: biodiversity, stability, resilience and
future |
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Robert
Steneck (abstract) |
Rodrigo
Bustamante & |
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Bruce
Bourque |
Alistair
Hobday (abstract) |
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Debbie
Corbett |
Paul
Dayton (abstract) |
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Jon
Erlandson |
Geoffrey
Jones (abstract) |
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James
Estes |
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Michael
Graham
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| CORAL
REEFS |
The
near future of coral reefs |
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Tim
McClanahan (abstract) |
Robert
Buddemeier (abstract) |
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Ove
Hoegh-Guldberg (abstract) |
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Paul
Sammarco (abstract)
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| SANDY
SHORE |
Sandy
shore ecosystems and the threats facing them: some predictions
for the year 2025 |
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Alec
Brown & |
Nancy
Jackson (abstract) |
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Anton
McLachlan (abstract) |
Douglas
Sherman (abstract) |
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Karl
Nordstrom (abstract)
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| SALT
MARSH |
Changing
Saltmarshes |
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Paul
Adam (abstract) |
Antony
Davy (abstract) |
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Joy
Zedler (abstract) |
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Mark
Bertness (abstract)
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SOFT-BOTTOM
CONTINENTAL SHELF |
Continental
shelf benthic ecosystem: current status, agents for change
and future prospects |
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Stephen
Hall (abstract) |
Simon
Thrush (abstract) |
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Stuart
Rogers (abstract) |
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Charles
Peterson (abstract)
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| ESTUARINE |
Environmental
threats and environmental future of estuaries |
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Michael
Kennish (abstract) |
Robert
Livingston (abstract) |
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Dave
Raffaelli (abstract) |
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Karsten
Reise (abstract)
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| MANGROVE
SWAMP |
Present
state and future of the world's mangrove forests |
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Daniel
Alongi (abstract) |
Robert
Twilley |
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Richard
S. Dodd (abstract) |
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Jin
Eong Ong (abstract)
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| SEAGRASS
BEDS |
The
future of seagrass meadows |
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Carlos
Duarte (abstract) |
Diana
Walker (abstract) |
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Jens
Borum (abstract) |
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Frederick
Short (abstract)
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| POLAR/
ICE EDGE |
Polar
marine ecosystems: major threats and future change |
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Andrew
Clarke & |
Dan
Lubin (abstract) |
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Colin
Harris (abstract) |
Ray
Smith (abstract) |
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Andrew
S. Brierley (abstract)
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| MARINE
PELAGIC |
Status,
trends and future of the marine pelagic ecosystem |
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Peter
Verity & |
John
Steele (abstract) |
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Victor
Smetacek & |
Frede
Thingstad (abstract)
& |
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Theodore
Smayda (abstract) |
Jarl
Giske &
Fereidoun
Rassoulzadegan |
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| DEEP
OCEAN |
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Paul
Tyler |
Ricardo
Santos (abstract) |
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Craig
Smith & |
Lisa
Levin (abstract) |
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Adrian
Glover (abstract)
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Tony
J. Koslow (abstract)
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| RIVERS
& STREAMS |
Threats
to the running water ecosystems of the world |
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Björn
Malmqvist & |
Colin
Townsend & |
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Simon
Rundle (abstract) |
Alan
Hildrew (abstract) |
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Christopher
Robinson (abstract)
Alan
Covich (abstract)
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| LARGE
LAKES/INLAND SEAS |
Large
freshwater lakes: present state, trends, and future |
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Alfred
Beeton (abstract) |
Ken
Stewart (abstract) |
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Bernard
Wehrli (abstract) |
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Robert
Hecky (abstract)
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| SMALL
LAKES/PONDS |
Environmental
issues in lakes and
ponds: current state and perspectives |
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Christer
Brönmark & |
Erik
Jeppesen (abstract) |
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Lars-Anders
Hansson (abstract) |
Brian
Moss (abstract) |
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Glenn
George (abstract)
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| COOL
TEMPERATE BOG |
Responses
of Temperate Peatlands to Environmental Change |
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Peter
Moore (abstract) |
Dale
Vitt (abstract) |
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Nils
Malmer (abstract) |
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Michael
Proctor (abstract)
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| TROPICAL
SWAMP |
Long
term environmental trends and the future of tropical wetlands |
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Wolfgang
Junk (abstract) |
Brij
Gopal (abstract) |
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Charles
Breen (abstract) |
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Max
Finlayson (abstract)
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| TEMPERATE
SWAMP |
Temperate
freshwater wetlands: types, status, and threats |
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Mark
Brinson & |
Jos
Verhoeven (abstract) |
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Ana
Inés Malvarez (abstract) |
Beth
Middleton (abstract) |
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Barbara
Bedford (abstract)
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| SUBTERRANEAN
AQUATIC |
Groundwater
systems - an ecological vision for the 21st century |
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Dan
Danielopol
& |
Janine
Gibert (abstract) |
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Christian
Griebler & |
David
Culver (abstract) |
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Amara
Gunatilaka & |
Boris
Sket (abstract) |
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J.
Notenboom (abstract) |
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| SALINE
LAKES |
Environmental
threats to salt lakes and the likely status of inland saline
ecosystems in 2025 |
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Author
W.D. Williams |
Robert
Jellison (abstract) |
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Presenter
N.V. Aladin (abstract)(abstract) |
Brian
Timms (abstract) |
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Javier
Alcocer (abstract) |
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| FLOODPLAINS |
Riverine
flood plains: present strate and future trends |
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Klement
Tockner & |
Stuart
E. Bunn (abstract) |
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Jack
Stanford (abstract) |
Chris
Gordon (abstract) |
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Gerry
P. Quinn (abstract) |
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| BACKGROUND
KEYNOTE REVIEWS |
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| Topic
area |
Speaker |
Institution |
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| FISHERY
EXPLOITATION |
Daniel
Pauly
(abstract) |
Fisheries
Centre
University of British Columbia
Vancouver V6T 1Z4
Canada |
| WATER |
Dale
Whittington &
Jennifer
Song (presenter) |
City
and Regional Planning University of N Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3140
USA |
| HUMAN
POPULATION |
Robert
Engelman
(abstract)
|
Population
Action International
Yale University
Washington, DC 20036
USA |
| CLIMATE |
Ronald
Prinn
(abstract)
|
Earth
& Atmospheric Planetary Sciences
MIT Cambridge
MA 02139-4307
USA
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| ECONOMICS |
to
be announced |
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