ASLO ( The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography) returns to Europe for the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting, which will be hosted from the 22-27 February in the Granada Congress and Exhibition Centre (Palacios de Exposiciones y Congresos de Granada).

The 2015 series will contribute to the ongoing development of ASLO, by bringing together a diverse group of participants from across the globe. During the conference series some 2,500 scientists, engineers, students, educators, policy makers and stakeholders from 64 countries will come together to debate increasingly critical areas within the broad discipline of aquatic sciences.

The conference series will focus on global and regional aquatic systems in diverse northern and southern inland water biomes and oceanographic provinces, emphasizing both their similarities and their differences. This area is of fundamental importance, as our discipline moves to understand and tackle challenges posed by human-accelerated environmental change. Along with ASLO members from the U.S. and Europe, Granada will also host participants from Latin America, Africa and the Middle East.

To mention just a few of the highlights; Peter Raymond (Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, USA) will examine the role of aquatic ecosystems in the planet's carbon cycle; Anthony Turton (University of the Free State, South Africa) will offer proposals to help solve water related conflicts in the South African context; Tamara Galloway (University of Exeter, UK) will demonstrate how plastic materials in the earth's oceans will irreparably alter aquatic ecosystems, and Amanda Vincent (University of British Columbia, Canada) will discuss the most effective strategies in the bid to conserve the earth's oceans.

Granada is an ideal location for the event, given its historical importance as a city in which fruitful dialogue between diverse cultures has been key both to its own development, and to its pioneering contributions to science. Located in southern Spain, the city is surrounded by the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the highest mountain range in the Iberian Peninsula, while the tropical Mediterranean coast in the south of the province is just forty minutes away.

For more information please visit the 2015 Aquatic Sciences Meeting webpage .

Contact person:

Isabel Reche

Ecology Department, University of Granada

Tlf: 958 241000 Ext 20018

E-mail: ireche@ugr.es

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