From ejc@NHM.AC.UKWed Aug 14 12:59:30 1996
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 13:14:09 GMT
From: Eileen Cox <ejc@NHM.AC.UK>
To: Multiple recipients of list DIATOM-L <DIATOM-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject: Congress announcement

1st International Conference
"Applications of micropaleontology in environmental sciences"
9-13 June 1997
The Porter Super-Center for Ecological and Environmental Studies and
Institute for Nature Conservation Research, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv,
Israel.
About the conference:
Microorganisms such as foraminifera, ostracoda, diatoms, calcareous
nannoplankton, dinoflagellates, as well as pollen and spores are the main
groups in micropalaeontology. Their significance for biostratigraphy and
paleoenvironmental reconstructions is well known. These organisms are very
sensitive to environmental change, both natural and anthropogenic.
They can be successfully used as indicators of stressed environments,
including anthropogenic pollution. This is especially important for the
coastal zone which is strongly affected by human intervention and where
these organisms are widely distributed.
The conference will introduce to a wider audience the value of
microorganisms for a variety of applications, many of which are not
generally associated with traditional micropaleontology. It may be
presumptuous to call such applications the pointer to the future in
micropaleontology, but they may, in part, better focus current discussion
on the direction for micropaleontology.
The conference will particularly address the following subjects:
Microorganisms as indicators of naturally stressed environments (e.g.
global warming, oxygen deficiency and anoxia, oil-gas seepages, hypersaline
and low saline environments, earthquakes etc.)
Microorganisms as indicators of productivity
Microorganisms as indicators of environments anthropogenically polluted by
heavy metals, domestic sewage, oil, pesticides, fuel ash, etc.
The main attention of the conference will be devoted to the
multidisciplinary study of living and fossil microorganisms from
naturally / anthropogenically stressed environments. The principal topics
will include:
1. Taxonomy
2. Assemblage structure and spatial distribution
3. Density and diversity
4. Pathology of soft tissue
5. Morphology of the shells
6. Chemistry of the shells
7. Methodology and scientific devices
8. Statistical treatment and mathematical modeling.

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INTENTION FORM
Please complete and return to the conference secretariat, Prof. Valentina
Yanko, Institute for Nature Conservation Research, Tel Aviv University,
Ramat Aviv Tel Aviv, Israel 69978, Fax: 972 3 640 7304

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