BBP Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(AAAS) in Saint Louis, Missouri, February 2006
Attendees of this year’s AAAS meeting will have the opportunity to hear a symposium discussing BBP research and its relevance for marine ecosystem-based management. "Coral Reef Ecosystems and People in The Bahamas: Practical Applications of Biocomplexity Science," scheduled for the morning session on 20 February 2006, includes eight different presenters from the U.S. and The Bahamas. Presenters will report on ongoing habitat and genetic research, consider the social and cultural perspectives of communities living around existing or potential marine protected areas, and discuss how to improve public understanding of marine ecosystems and ways for integrating policy and science about the marine environment. For symposium and presentation abstracts log on to http://php.aaas.org/meetings/MPE_01.php?detail=1058. General information about the AAAS meeting is available at http://www.aaas.org/meetings/Annual_Meeting/.
Attendees of this year’s AAAS meeting will have the opportunity to hear a symposium discussing BBP research and its relevance for marine ecosystem-based management. "Coral Reef Ecosystems and People in The Bahamas: Practical Applications of Biocomplexity Science," scheduled for the morning session on 20 February 2006, includes eight different presenters from the U.S. and The Bahamas. Presenters will report on ongoing habitat and genetic research, consider the social and cultural perspectives of communities living around existing or potential marine protected areas, and discuss how to improve public understanding of marine ecosystems and ways for integrating policy and science about the marine environment. For symposium and presentation abstracts log on to