Seventh Symposium On Biogeochemistry Of Wetlands To Bring International Wetland Scientists to Duke
Monday, June 11, 2001
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The conference schedule is available at http://www.env.duke.edu/wetland/SeventhSymposium. The symposium concludes with a field trip to a nearby Southeastern wetlands. News media interested in attending should contact Scottee Cantrell.
Durham, N.C. -- More than 250 wetland scientists from around the world will
gather at Duke University beginning Sunday, June 17, for an
international symposium to discuss the biogeochemical processes
occurring in freshwater and estuarine wetlands.
The Seventh Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands will run through Wednesday, June 20, at the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center on West Campus. It is hosted by the Duke University Wetland Center in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, the Water Resources Research Institute of The University of North Carolina and the N.C. Wetlands Restoration Program.
AThis symposium presents a unique opportunity for scientists and graduate students from around the world to meet and discuss important global wetland issues, says Curtis J. Richardson, director of the Duke University Wetland Center.
AA key focus of this year's symposium will be the recent discovery that wetlands control a significant proportion of the global carbon and that they are key ecosystems in storage and release of greenhouse gases, he says. AIn addition, the role of wetlands as nutrient sinks and processing systems on the landscape, as well as the effects of sea level rise on coastal wetlands will be stressed.
Keynote speakers include:
Nicholas School Dean-elect William H. Schlesinger, James B. Duke Professor of Biogeochemistry: AClimate change, wetlands and the global carbon cycle.
Hans W. Paerl, Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: ANatural vs. anthropogenic new' nitrogen inputs to coastal ecosystems in the 21st century: Evolving sources, scales and consequences.
Wayne Skaggs, William Neal Reynolds and Distinguished University Professor, N.C. State University: AThe hydrology of wetlands: Factors affecting water table fluctuations in wetland soils.
Four mini-symposia will be held on carbon cycling, biogeochemistry of estaurine systems, biogeochemical indicators, and hydric soil and biogeochemical indicators. Additionally concurrent sessions will focus on topics such as coastal systems; plant communities; water quality modeling and standards; nitrogen dynamics and cycling; and metals and pollutants.
Information on the symposium is available here.
