Members of the media and freelance writers are invited to attend the Ecological Society of America's 1998 Annual Meeting to be held in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 2-6, 1998. This year's meeting is being held in conjunction with The American Institute for Biological Sciences and eight other societies. The theme is "Ecological Exchanges Between Major Ecosystems" and some 4,200 scientists will be in attendance. The meeting will feature symposia, field trips, and numerous poster and paper presentations.
ALL-SOCIETY OPENING CEREMONIES (August 2, 1998)
Rita Colwell, the newly confirmed Director of the National Science Foundation, will present the keynote address. Her speech is entitled "Environmental Issues in the 21st Century." Also speaking will be Donald Boesch, President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies. His speech is entitled "Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem: A Challenge for Science and Society."
ESA PLENARY SESSION (August 4, 1998)
Rosina Bierbaum, Acting Associate Director for the Environment of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, will deliver the keynote address, "Achieving a Sustainable Future: Challenges and Opportunities in Monitoring and Assessment of Our Nation's Ecosystems." William C. Baker, President of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and William Matuszeski, Director of EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program Office will also speak at the plenary.
Please see below for a complete list of symposia. More meeting information, including symposia schedules, abstracts, and field trips, is available on the ESA Homepage at: http://esa.sdsc.edu
NEWSROOM OPERATION
Members of the press are exempt from registration fees and are free to attend all meeting sessions. A staffed press room, including copier, fax, computer, printer, telephone, and area for interviews, will be available. Please contact Gabriel Paal or Nadine Lymn for more information or to register.
INSTITUTIONAL PRESS OFFICERS
Press officers may request copies of all abstracts related to their institution. ESA will distribute any relevant press releases in the Annual Meeting press room. Please contact Gabriel Paal or Nadine Lymn for more information.
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a scientific, non-profit, 7,800-member organization founded in 1915. Through ESA reports, journals, membership research, and expert testimony to Congress, ESA seeks to promote the responsible application of ecological data and principles to the solution of environmental problems. ESA publishes four scientific, peer-reviewed journals: Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Monographs, and Conservation Ecology. Information about the Society and its activities is published in the Society's bi-monthly newsletter, NewSource, and in the quarterly Bulletin.
LIST OF SYMPOSIA
- Pfiesteria in Maryland: Learning Lessons and Lessons Learned
- Structure and Dynamics of Ecological Science: Beyond Boundaries
- The Importance of Precipitation Amount and Seasonality for Ecosystem Structure
and Function
- Ecological Principles and Their Implications for Land Management
- Wholesale Transformation of Coastal Ecosystems by Human Action
- The Nature of Scientific Evidence
- Consequences of Plant Response to Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity
- The Chesapeake Bay Symposium
- Plant Ecology Research and Arabidopsis: Toward a Synthesis and a Critique.
- Intersection of Diverse Perspectives: Results from Creative Cross-Disciplinary
Collaborations
- Using Inquiry Approaches in College Biology Courses
- Urban Ecosystems
- Evolutionary Ecophysiology of Plants: Recent Advances and Future Directions
- Seeking Generality in Ecology
- Roads and Their Major Ecological Effects
- Leopold and Hippocrates: Linkages Between Human Health and Ecological Change
- The Role of Embedded Aquatic Ecosystems in an Upland Matrix: Implications for
Conservation and Management
- Ecology and Dynamics of the Herbaceous Layer of Forest Communities of Eastern
North America
- Increasing Access to and Application of Ecological Data in a Distributed Environment
Please see http://esa.sdsc.edu for a complete list with descriptions
- Western Maryland Stream Ecology
- Baltimore Long-Term Ecological Research Project
- Smithsonian Institution, Conservation and Research Center
- Ecosystems of the Inner Coastal Plain
- EPA Chesapeake Bay Programs
- Urban Stream Ecosystems