Invitation
The 6th International L&AB Symposium is organized to contribute to the advancement of the ecological sciences through integrating aquatic bird communities as part of the functional network of biophysical and biogeochemical processes taking place in ecosystems. Birds are an essential part of aquatic ecosystems. They are indicators of environmental quality, a key compartment of the trophic web, and a major way of biogeochemical processes. Monitoring, modelling and management are basic tools to study ecosystems, including aquatic birds.
The 6th International Symposium on Limnology and Aquatic Birds is organized as a meeting place for managers, researchers and stake holders to exchange experiences, present innovative management tools and promote strategies for the conservation of aquatic birds and their ecosystems in an integrative way.
The 6th International Symposium on Limnology and Aquatic Birds will be celebrated in the historic city of Huesca (founded in the XI century) under the auspices of Diputación de Huesca (The Government Entity for the province of Huesca). The Congress will take place at Palacio de Congresos and you can see more information in these Web page
Huesca is the northern province of Aragon (Spanish Autonomous community in NE Spain). Huesca is a 50,000 inhabitants city located at a middle point between the Pyrenees Mountains (70 km) and the Ebro river Valley (70 km). Huesca occupies a central depression surrounded by spectacular sandstone sierras. It is located in the flyway for migratory birds and at close distance from inland and coastal freshwater and saline lakes and salt marshes, most of them incorporated as part of Natura 2000 European sites and UNESCO Biosphere Reserves.
Information about Huesca city
Invited plenary lectures, organized sessions and poster presentations will be prepared for a three days meeting.
Pre- and post-Symposium field trips will be organized to visit outstanding aquatic ecosystems with rich, both in density and diversity, bird communities.
The communications presented at the Congress will be published after standard peer review process in a special volume of Hydrobiología/Developments in Hydrobiology.
Other publications may be prepared after authors and organizers interests.
- 2009, April 30th: Propose special sessions. (Send your proposal for an organized session on a special topic of your interest related to the Symposium main subject)
- 2009, September 30th: Send abstracts. (Please see Abstract submission in this web page)
- 2009, September 30th: Early Registration. (Please, see Registration in this web page)
- 2009, September 30th: Short Papers. (Two pages closed format for publication of proceedings of the Congress).
- 2009, October 27-30: Symposium
- 2010, December 15th: Manuscript presentation for peer review and further publication at Hydrobiologia/Developmets in Hydrobiology (Springer)
- Joseph Kerekes.- Chairman SIL Working Group on Limnology & Aquatic Birds
- Cesar Pedrocchi.- Symposium Chairman
- David Moreno.- Symposium Secretary
- Francisco A. Comín.- Scientific Program Coordinator
L&AB 2009.
Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología-CSIC. Avda. Regimiento Galicia s/n. E-22700 JACA, Huesca. (Spain)
Phone: +34 974 361688
Fax: + 34 974 363222