EURO ISRS SYMPOSIUM 2010: Reefs in changing environment

13-17 December, Wagenigen (Netherlands)

CoralWarm team was present with poster and oral presentations.

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We leave! Heading Netherlands!

 

 During the travel, we prepare the presentations...

 
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...while enjoying the beautiful northern landscapes.

 

 The conference venue.
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Poster session: Francesco Pensa presents a poster on the Red Coral.

 

 Simone Branchini has a poster on the first three years of the citizen science biodiversity monitoring program STE: Scuba Tourism for the Environment (www.STEproject.org).

 

 Michela Reggi presents the results about the analyses of the organic matrix of Balanophyllia europaea.
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Chiara Marchini has a poster on the reproduction of Caryophyllia inornata.

 

 Stefano Goffredo checks the poster of Erik Caroselli on population dynamics of Leptopsammia pruvoti. Pilar Casado de Amezua has a poster on reproduction of Astroides calycularis.
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During the poster session many researchers came...

 
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...to ask information about CoralWarm research.

 

 Between the sessions, someone works...
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...someone get some relax...

 

 ...and someone hopes that the submitted projects will be funded! The plenary talk...
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...by Zvy Dubinsky.

 

 One of the sessions takes place at Burgers' Zoo. Some penguin is waiting for us...
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...perfectly acclimated to the local weather.

 

 After the morning sessions...
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...

 

 ...we visit the oceanarium.
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Species from all the world are hosted here.

 

 There is also a tropical zone in the zoo.
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The Manatee!

 
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Giraffes.

 

 Several tropical birds.

 

 The Alligator.
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Don't worry, it's not coming out.

 

 A Wild Boar.
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The Mouflon.

 

 Did you enjoy the zoo?
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During the last session Fiorella Prada gives her talk on the effect of temperature on skeletal parameters of Balanophyllia europaea and Leptopsammia pruvoti.

 
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The hall was almost full.

 
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After all the work, it's time for the gala dinner.

 
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Even in these moments we still speak about work.

 
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After dinner?

 

 We taste the famous dutch beers.
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The day of the departure we are caught in a snow storm...but that's another story...