8th International Conference on Salt Lake Research


July 23-26, 2002, Zhemchuzhny, Khakassia

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.  Special oral and poster sessions will focus 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.

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.

We would like to propose you to register at your earliest convenience.

Registration via internet is preferable.

For information, contact:

Institute of Biophysics
Akademgorodok
Krasnoyarsk, 660036
Russia
Fax: + 7 3912 433400
Phone: + 7 3912 494358
       + 7 3912 431579

E-mail: saltlake@ibp.ru
Conference web-site: http://www.ibp.ru/lakes


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