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

9312272这项建议寻求支助30至35名科学家参加1993年9月6日至11日在法属波利尼西亚莫雷亚举行的讲习班，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)专题。这是SERVE(教科文组织环境保护科学委员会)为该专题提出的一系列讲习班之一，涉及12个生物区：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、温带森林和干旱地区。讲习班之后，将于1944年在加利福尼亚州阿西洛马举行一次全面的综合会议，形成前所未有的知识库，并出版大量出版物，以支持未来的生物多样性研究和保护战略。研讨会要讨论的具体问题包括：生物多样性的丧失是否损害了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，以及对自给自足的农业和收获(特别是在贫穷和发展中国家)有何影响？珊瑚礁生物多样性的变化在多大的空间和时间尺度上表现为生物地球化学过程的变化，它们对海洋-大气通量的变化有重大贡献吗？

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? ***