GLIN==> Call for Abstracts to ASLO Ocean and Human Health Sessions 2010

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Dear Colleagues,

The 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting is being held February 22-26 in
Portland, Oregon. Over 180 sessions are planned around the theme "From
Observation to Prediction in the 21^st Century". Meeting details are at
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/.

Three complementary sessions on Oceans and Human Health are scheduled
and we would like to invite you to participate by presenting either a
talk or poster on your current work. The three sessions are:

IT57: "Oceans and Human Health I: Identifying and Understanding Ocean
Health Benefits and Threats". This session will highlight progress in
basic research, particularly 1) discovery and understanding of ocean
health benefits derived from seafood, identification and
characterization of marine pharmaceuticals and natural products, and the
use of marine organisms as models for biomedical research, 2)
understanding, tracking and predicting ocean heath threats (e.g. 
pathogens, chemical pollutants), and the processes that drive human
exposure to these health threats, and 3) impacts of climate variation on
ocean-related threats to human health. A description of the session can
be found at
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/program/scientific_session_search.php?s
how=detail&sessid=218.

IT58: "Oceans and Human Health II: Reducing Risks Through Prediction". 
This session invites papers that help re-focus research on prediction
rather than explanation, or which report discoveries that can help
improve forecasting and modelling efforts of all types of human health
risks. Case studies and successful examples of the use and application
of basic research results to policy, planning, and management efforts
aimed at reducing human health risk are welcome as well as papers that
explore our ability to predict oceanographic/coastal conditions (e.g. 
beach quality, pathogen dispersal, seafood contamination, sediment
contamination using models or other means. A description of the session
can be found at
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/program/scientific_session_search.php?s
how=detail&sessid=234.


IT59: "Oceans and Human Health III: Predicting Harmful Algal Blooms". 
This session will feature papers on any aspect of HAB forecasting and
prediction in any ecosystem. In particular, this session will highlight
requirements for predictive models, development, testing and validation
of harmful algal bloom hindcasts or forecasts, and examples of successes
and challenges in the development of regional monitoring, forecasting,
and response systems. A description of the session can be found at
http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/program/scientific_session_search.php?s
how=detail&sessid=235.

Abstracts are due on-line by October 15, 2009.

Feel free to contact one of us if you need more information about these
sessions. We hope to see you in Portland!

IT57 Conveners
Ed Laws (edlaws at lsu.edu <mailto:edlaws at lsu.edu>) Paul Sandifer
(paul.sandifer at noaa.gov <mailto:paul.sandifer at noaa.gov>) Stephanie Moore
(stephanie.moore at noaa.gov <mailto:stephanie.moore at noaa.gov>)
Sharon Smith (ssmith at rsmas.miami.edu <mailto:ssmith at rsmas.miami.edu>)

IT58 Conveners
Stephen Brandt (Stephen.brandt at oregonstate.edu
<mailto:Stephen.brandt at oregonstate.edu>)
Usha Varanasi (Usha.Varanasi at noaa.gov <mailto:Usha.Varanasi at noaa.gov>)
Juli Trtanj (Juli.trtanj at noaa.gov <mailto:Juli.trtanj at noaa.gov>)

IT59 Conveners
Clarissa Anderson (clrander at ucsc.edu <mailto:clrander at ucsc.edu>) Barbara
Hickey (bhickey at u.washington.edu <mailto:bhickey at u.washington.edu>)
Raphael Kudela (kudela at ucsc.edu <mailto:kudela at ucsc.edu>) Dennis
McGillicuddy (dmcgillicuddy at whoi.edu <mailto:dmcgillicuddy at whoi.edu>)