SEMINAR: OI Seminar Series - Aaron MacNeil
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Aaron MacNeil, Research Scientist in Quantitative Ecology from Australian Institute of Marine Science
Title: Transitional states in marine ecosystems: Integrating analysis of multi regional change
Abstract:
Anthropogenic stresses from fishing and climate change are dramatically altering the structure and function of tropical marine ecosystems. How increases in thermal trend and environmental variability interact with ecosystem components depends strongly on local and regional conditions that change through space and time. The exposure of societies to these effects will depend greatly on their adaptive capacity to understand and act relative to change. Using examples from a wide range of tropical ecosystem components I contextualize the kinds of change occurring within marine fish communities and discuss the role of spatio-temporal information in quantifying changes in key social and environmental components of marine fish communities. Coping with accelerated change in marine ecosystems will depend largely on our ability to understand spatial changes in food-web structure and to promote the adaptive capacity of coastal societies.
Speaker(s) |
Aaron MacNeil
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Location |
OI Seminar Room
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Contact |
Lauren White
<[email protected]>
: 6488 8116
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Start |
Wed, 02 May 2012 12:30
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End |
Wed, 02 May 2012 13:30
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Submitted by |
Lauren White <[email protected]>
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Last Updated |
Tue, 01 May 2012 10:19
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