8th International Conference
on Salt Lakes
23-26 July
2002
Zhemchuzhny, Republic of Khakassia, Russia
Conference web-site: http://www.ibp.ru/lakes
Worldwide Limnological research on saline lakes involves scientists from a
variety of disciplines. Since 1979 a series of international symposia on
inland saline waters have served to strengthen and expand the cope of these
studies. The eighth International Conference on Salt Lakes to be held July
23-26, 2002 in the Republic of Khakassia (village Zhemchuzhny) will continue
this tradition with a set of talks and special oral and poster sessions
focusing on new findings and promising research directions. Session topics
will include population dynamics and trophic interactions, microbial
processes, the influence of habitat geochemistry on the biogeography of
flora and fauna, anthropogenic impacts and conservation of inland saline
waters, and future directions and new techniques. The new topic for the forthcoming Conference is: Management of Salt Lakes for
Biotechnological and Medical Purposes.
The Institute of Biophysics and the Government of the Republic of Khakassia
are hosting the 8th International Conference on Salt Lake Research at the
Shira Lake spa in the center of this lake district. The conference
will be organized by Prof. Andrei G. Degermendzhy, Director of the Institute
of Biophysics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
1. Geological history and paleoecology of salt lakes.
2. Structural organization of salt lake biota, e.g., genetic diversity,
demography, spatial heterogeneity, seasonal variability.
3. Functioning of salt lake ecosystems, e.g., trophic structure and
interactions, biogeochemical interactions, movements of
organisms.
4. Management of salt lakes for biotechnological and medical
purposes.
Elena Maksimova
On behalf of the Organising Committee
Institute of Biophysics
Akademgorodok
Krasnoyarsk, 660036
Russia
Fax: + 7 3912 433400
Phone: + 7 3912 494358
+ 7 3912 431579 ENQUIRIES
E-mail: saltlake@ibp.ru