Special Symposia

Symposia are pre-arranged sessions in which the presenters have been invited to speak. Each symposium speaker will be allotted up to 20 to 30 minutes for an oral presentation, questions and discussion, depending on the Symposium. There will normally be a maximum of six speakers in each symposium, though in special cases this can be extended to nine. Symposium speakers are encouraged to use Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. It should be noted that there is no financial support for organizers or participants in the Symposia.

SWS Symposia

1. Management of ecosystem response to sea level rise through ecological forecasts
   Convenor: Carrol Auer
2. The effect of climate and sea level changes on coastal wetlands
   Convenor: William Conner
3. Where temperate meets tropical: habitat stability and functional response of coastal wetlands to nutrient enrichment
   Convenor: Ilka Feller
4. Innovative approaches for assessing nekton nursery value of estuarine and coastal wetlands
   Convenor: Tom Minello
5. Mangrove Response to Sea-level and Climate Change
   Convenor: Eric Gilman
6. Understanding and mitigating the impacts of tidal floodgates on wetland ecosystems in New South Wales, Australia
   Convenor: Bruce Pease
7. Constructed Treatment Wetlands
   Convenor: Jan Vymazal
8. Global Gradients in wetland function and distribution
   Convenor: Beth Middleton
9. Managing wetlands in the Great Barrier Reef catchment
   Convenor: Lisa Evans
10. Impacts of wastewater discharges on freshwater and marine wetlands
    Convenors: Tanya Mayer and Rhys Leeming
11. Using rapid indicators to document the ecological integrity of wetlands
    Convenor: Mary Kentula
12. International Perspectives on the dynamics of forested floodplain ecosystems
    Convenor: Mark Wallbridge
13. Implementing the RAMSAR Convention: priorities and challenges
    Convenor: Lisa Evans

AMSA Symposia

1. Sediment transport and accumulation from terrestrial sources to marine sinks
   Convenors: Chuck Nittrouer and Peter Harris
2. Plankton Dynamics
   Convenor: Rob Condon
3. Catchments and corals: land-sea interactions in the tropics
   Convenor: Katharina Fabricius
4. The application of science in managing Great Barrier Reef catchments
   Convenor: Tim Lynam
5. Connectivity in the marine environment and implications for conservation: a genetic perspective
   (suitable abstracts are invited for this symposium - please email the convenor)
   Convenor: Vimoksalehi Lukoschek
6. Seagrass futures
   Convenor: Jane Mellors
7. Australian marine animals/invertebrates as evolutionary and developmental models
   Convenor: Bernie Degnan

Submissions for symposia in the AMSA2006 conference are welcome. Please email A/P Jack Greenwood, Scientific Program Coordinator.