Workshop: Ecosystem Function and Biodiversity on Coral Reefs; Key West, FL; November 1-7, 1993

9312272 Ogden这项建议寻求支持一个30至35名科学家国际小组参加1993年9月6日至11日在法属波利尼西亚Moorea举行的讲习班，该讲习班将讨论与珊瑚礁有关的生态系统功能和生物多样性（生物多样性）问题。这是SCOPE（教科文组织保护环境科学委员会）为这一主题提出的一系列讲习班之一，涉及12个生物区域：冻土带、海洋上升流系统、河口、地中海、岛屿、北方森林、珊瑚礁、稀树草原、热带森林、淡水系统、温带森林和干旱区。在这些讲习班之后，将于1944年在加利福尼亚的阿西洛马举行一次全面综合会议，建立一个前所未有的知识库和大量出版物，以支持未来研究和保护生物多样性的战略。研讨会要解决的具体问题包括：生物多样性的丧失是否会损害珊瑚礁维持其功能和结构完整性的能力？生物多样性对珊瑚礁资源的可持续利用，对以珊瑚礁为基础的娱乐、生态旅游和其他商业活动以及对自给农业和收获（特别是在贫穷和发展中国家）的影响是什么？珊瑚礁生物多样性的变化在什么时空尺度上表现为生物地球化学过程的变化？它们是否对海洋-大气通量的变化有重大贡献？＊＊＊

9312272 Ogden This proposal seeks support for an international group 30- 35 scientists to attend a workshop in Moorea, French Polynesia, 6-11 September 1993, which will address the topic of ecosystem function and biological diversity (biodiversity) as it relates to coral reefs. This is one of a series of workshops which SCOPE (UNESCO's Scientific Committee on the Protection of the Environment) has proposed for this topic in relation to 12 biotic regions: tundra, ocean upwelling systems, estuaries, Mediterranean, islands, boreal forest, coral reefs, savanna, tropical forests, freshwater systems, temperate forests, and arid zones. Following the workshops, there will be an overall synthesis meeting in Asilomar, California, in 1944, leading to an unprecedented knowledge base and a substantial publication in support of future strategies for research and conservation of biodiversity. %%% Specific questions to be addressed in the workshop include: Do losses of biodiversity compromise the capacity of coral reefs to maintain their functional and structural integrity? What are the implications of biodiversity for the sustainable use of reef resources, both for reef-based recreation, eco-tourism and other commercial activity, and for subsistence farming and harvesting (particularly in poor and developing countries)? Over what spatial and temporal scales are alterations in biodiversity on coral reefs manifest as alterations in biogeochemical processes, and do they contribute significantly to changes in ocean- atmosphere fluxes? ***