biodiversity conference 2019 – a Africa interest event taking place on 2019-05-15 09:00:00 in Singapore
Biodiversity is now commonly defined as the variety of life in genes, species and habitats. According to the definition of the Convention on Biological Diversity, biodiversity is the variability among living organisms from all sources, including inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems. The three domains of life, bacteria, archaea and eukarya are present in the marine environment. In addition there are viruses. About 230,000 species of marine plants and animals have been scientifically described and a few thousand bacteria and archaea. This known biodiversity only represents a small fraction of the number of species existing, except for the macrophytes and seagrasses which are living in coastal environments and, in general, for the pelagic environment. Species diversity in the oceanic pelagic environment is extremely low. Habitat diversity and the number of marine habitats are difficult to define. Studies of zonation have typically demonstrated the existence of very narrow zones in intertidal areas, where direct observation is possible, and broader and broader zones as one goes deeper. Marine ecosystems deliver a series of services that are essential to the proper functioning of the Earth. These include the production and mineralization of organic material, the storage of carbon, the storage of pollutants and waste products from land, the buffering of the climate and of climate change, coastal protection (mangroves, dune-beach systems, coral reefs). Most of these services are delivered by microscopic organisms.
Marine Biodiversity research an important product of marine biodiversity research should be the necessary knowledge and tools for adequately managing and protecting marine biodiversity. This requires knowledge on genetic and ecological mechanisms that control biodiversity (gene flow, dispersal, adaptive value of genetic polymorphisms, determination of dispersal and recruitment, species interactions including invasions, sediment transport, natural and human-induced catastrophes, etc.). It also requires knowledge on the functional role of biodiversity.
Marine biodiversity research can discuss only at [biodiversity conferences]
Related Conferences:
3rd World Congress on Climate Change and Global Warming, October 16-17, 2017 Dubai, UAE; 4th World Congress on Renewable Biorefineries, October 16-17, 2017 Seoul, South Korea; 4th World Congress and Expo on Recycling, July 27-29, 2017 Rome, Italy; 6th International Conference on Recycling: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, November 6-8, 2017 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; 4th World Conference on Climate Change, October 19-21, 2017 Rome, Italy; International Conference on Biodiversity, Climate Change & Environmental Sciences, September 7-9, 2017, Tamilnadu, India; Third International Conference on Environment, Engineering and Energy, September 16-17, 2017, Toronto, Canada; 8th International Conference on Biology, Environment and Chemistry, October 11-13, 2017, Busan, South Korea; 7th International Conference on Environment and BioScience, October 11-13, 2017, Busan, South Korea; 9th International Conference on Research in Chemical, Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, November 27-28, 2017, Parys, South Africa
World Biodiversity Association Onlus, Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Association, Lao Biodiversity Association, FACE: The European Federation of Associations for Hunting & Conservation, UIA: Union of International Associations
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