U.S.-Croatia Workshop: Innovative Approaches in Biocomplexity and Sustainable Ecosystem Management: Integrating Natural, Social, and Economic Sciences.

这次美国-克罗地亚关于生物复杂性和可持续生态系统管理的研讨会将于2002年10月1日至6日在克罗地亚的杜布罗夫尼克举行。美国的组织者是来自威廉和玛丽学院弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所的卡尔·赫什纳和阿纳马里娅·弗兰奇。他们的克罗地亚同行是萨格勒布Rudjer Boskovic研究所的Vera Zutic和杜布罗夫尼克海洋和渔业研究所的Adam Benovic。讲习班的目标是确定研究和管理亚得里亚海生物复杂生态系统的跨学科方法，在亚得里亚海，自然系统和人类系统相互依存。杜布罗夫尼克会议将汇集美国和克罗地亚的研究人员，他们对亚得里亚海和切萨皮克湾有直接了解，并在沿海和海洋生态系统研究或社会和经济科学方面拥有互补的专业知识。研讨会的讨论将包括：1)大型沿海生态系统的功能；2)可持续的人类互动；3)生物多样性的变化；4)管理办法的社会经济影响。预期结果将为创新合作项目提供一个完善的理论框架，这些项目整合实地研究并采用适当的生物、水文和社会经济模型，以了解和管理全球类似的复杂海洋系统。。这个生物复杂性研讨会项目通过使美国和中南欧的专家能够结合互补的人才并在共同感兴趣和能力很强的领域共享研究资源来实现促进科学知识的计划目标。

This US-Croatian workshop on biocomplexity and sustainable ecosystem management will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, during October 1-6, 2002. The U.S. organizers are Carl Hershner and Anamarija Frankic from the College of William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Their Croatian counterparts are Vera Zutic of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Zagreb, and Adam Benovic of the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Dubrovnik. The workshop goal is to define an interdisciplinary approach to research on and management of biologically complex ecosystems in the Adriatic Sea, where natural and human systems are interdependent. The Dubrovnik meeting will bring together U.S. and Croatian researchers who have direct knowledge of the Adriatic and the Chesapeake Bay and possess complementary expertise in coastal and marine ecosystems research or social and economic sciences. Workshop discussions will feature: 1) the functioning of large scale coastal ecosystems, 2) sustainable human interaction, 3) biodiversity changes, and 4) socio-economic implications of management options. Results are expected to lead to a refined theoretical framework for innovative collaborative projects that integrate field studies and employ suitable biological, hydrologic, and socio-economic models for the purpose of understanding and managing similarly complex marine systems around the globe. . This biocomplexity workshop project fulfills the program objective of advancing scientific knowledge by enabling experts in the United States and South Central Europe to combine complementary talents and share research resources in areas of strong mutual interest and competence.