U.S.-Mexico Workshop: Vulnerability of Rhodolith Beds to Global Climate Change: Future Research; La Paz, Baja California, October 21-20, 2006

美国-墨西哥研讨会：红石床对全球气候变化的脆弱性：未来研究；

• 批准号: 0635423
• 负责人: Diana Steller
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: San Jose State University Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-10-01 至 2008-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0635423&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Mexico; Workshop; Vulnerability; Rhodolith

This U.S.-Mexico Workshop entitled "Vulnerability of Rhodolith Beds to Global Climate Change: Future Research," will take place in La Paz, Baja California, October 21-20, 2006. The workshop, organized by Dr. Diana L. Steller and Dr. Michael S. Foster of the San Jose State University together with Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez of the Universidad de Baja California Sur in La Paz, Mexico, aims to bring together researchers from Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico to assess recent research and reformulate critical research objectives directed at developing a coordinated global effort to identify threats to rhodolith beds (including ecological, physiological, paleontological, and ecosystem services) as well as strategies to ameliorate these impacts. Rhodoliths are a group of globally distributed, morphologically diverse, free-livingcoralline red algal nodules (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) that form extensive living bedsworldwide. Similar to coral reefs and kelp forests, rhodoliths create a biogenic habitat that supports a diverse assemblage of species. In addition, due to their calcium carbonateinfrastructure, rhodolith beds may serve as an important global carbon sink. However, rhodolith taxonomy, distribution and basic ecology are poorly understood. By bringing together leading experts on rhodoliths, this workshop will help to strengthen international coordination on the research and protection of these fragile and poorly understood habitats, increase public awareness of the existence and importance of rhodolith beds, and promote student research and international exchanges.

这次名为“罗多利斯床对全球气候变化的脆弱性：未来研究”的美国-墨西哥研讨会将于2006年10月21-20日在下加利福尼亚州拉巴斯举行。该研讨会由圣何塞州立大学的戴安娜·L·斯特勒博士和迈克尔·S·福斯特博士与墨西哥拉巴斯南巴哈加利福尼亚大学的Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez博士共同组织，旨在将来自欧洲、澳大利亚、巴西和墨西哥的研究人员聚集在一起，评估最近的研究，并重新制定关键研究目标，旨在制定协调的全球努力，以确定对玫瑰石床的威胁(包括生态、生理、古生物和生态系统服务)以及减轻这些影响的战略。红藻是一组全球分布的、形态多样的自由生活的珊瑚红藻结节(珊瑚目，红藻纲)，在世界各地形成了广泛的生活床。与珊瑚礁和海藻森林类似，红柱石创造了一个支持不同物种组合的生物栖息地。此外，由于其碳酸钙基础设施，红柱石床可能是一个重要的全球碳汇。然而，人们对红柱石的分类、分布和基本生态学知之甚少。通过聚集红柱藻方面的顶尖专家，这次研讨会将有助于加强对这些脆弱和鲜为人知的栖息地的研究和保护的国际协调，提高公众对红柱藻的存在和重要性的认识，并促进学生研究和国际交流。