MARBENA Creating a long-term infrastructure for MARine Biodiversity research in the European economic area and the Newly Associated states

The third MARBENA e-conference will run for two weeks, from 7 to 17th April 2003:

Marine Biodiversity in the S-Mediterranean and the Black Sea

What is our knowledge? Do we know what we do not know or will never know? But does it really matter?

introduction

The e-conference is scheduled around 4 topics. The chairpersons will open the discussion each day and prepare summaries that will be posted on the website.

Topic	Starting date	Title	Introduced by
1	7 April	"Phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos	Prof. Ferdinando Boero
2	8 April	"Fish and commercially exploited invertebrates."	?
3	9 April	"Identification of "hot spots" of species/habitat diversity and productivity."	Prof. John Stuart Gray
3	10 April	"Identification of the critical information gaps."	?
3	11 April	"Identification of the drivers of change."	Prof. Carlos Duarte
3	14 April	"Does Marine Biodiversity matters?"	?
3	15 - 17 April	"themes to be addressed by Bioplatform"	?
	17-20 September	Opportunity to send comments and continue discussions on summaries of sessions 1 to 3; general discussion, loose ends and synthesis.