Symposium on fish and climate change, Belfast, UK
26 July 2010 - 26 July 2010
United Kingdom
A symposium on fish and climate change will be held in Belfast, UK on 26 and 30 July 2010.
Sponsored by stakeholders from the United Kingdom, Japan and the US, the meeting will examine the influence of climate change on fish at all levels of biological organisation. Sessions will be organised to examine the role of climate change on the biology of fish at the genetic, cellular, individual, population, community and ecosystem levels.
Fish inhabit a wide range of aquatic ecosystems, from high-altitude lakes and desert springs to deep oceanic trenches. They display an extraordinary diversity of physiological, morphological, behavioural and life history adaptations to the conditions they encounter.
Increasingly, researchers are recognising associations between climatic and biological variation in a range of fishes. Climatic fluctuations influence the physiology and ecology of individual fish. In turn, this can shape intra- and interspecific interactions, subsequently affecting population dynamics, community stability and, ultimately, the biogeography of fishes. Although environmental change is a characteristic feature of life on Earth and has strongly influenced the evolution and global distribution of biodiversity, predicted future rates of climatic change may exceed any that have occurred over recent geological time.
Changes in climate are predicted to affect fish at all levels of biological organisation: cellular, individual, population, species, community and ecosystem, influencing physiological and ecological processes in a number of direct, indirect and complex ways. However, there is a general lack of detailed information on such processes that may be limiting our ability to predict the consequences of climate change for fishes.For further information, please visit:
http://www.fsbi.org.uk/2010/fsbi-2010-theme.htm(opens in new window)
Sponsored by stakeholders from the United Kingdom, Japan and the US, the meeting will examine the influence of climate change on fish at all levels of biological organisation. Sessions will be organised to examine the role of climate change on the biology of fish at the genetic, cellular, individual, population, community and ecosystem levels.
Fish inhabit a wide range of aquatic ecosystems, from high-altitude lakes and desert springs to deep oceanic trenches. They display an extraordinary diversity of physiological, morphological, behavioural and life history adaptations to the conditions they encounter.
Increasingly, researchers are recognising associations between climatic and biological variation in a range of fishes. Climatic fluctuations influence the physiology and ecology of individual fish. In turn, this can shape intra- and interspecific interactions, subsequently affecting population dynamics, community stability and, ultimately, the biogeography of fishes. Although environmental change is a characteristic feature of life on Earth and has strongly influenced the evolution and global distribution of biodiversity, predicted future rates of climatic change may exceed any that have occurred over recent geological time.
Changes in climate are predicted to affect fish at all levels of biological organisation: cellular, individual, population, species, community and ecosystem, influencing physiological and ecological processes in a number of direct, indirect and complex ways. However, there is a general lack of detailed information on such processes that may be limiting our ability to predict the consequences of climate change for fishes.For further information, please visit:
http://www.fsbi.org.uk/2010/fsbi-2010-theme.htm(opens in new window)