Bays and Bayous Symposium

 The program committee for the 2012 Mississippi-Alabama Bays and Bayous Symposium is seeking presenters for oral presentations and poster presentations. The symposium will be held Nov. 14-15 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum and Convention Center in Biloxi, Miss.

Scientists, natural-resource managers, students, business people, educators, outreach specials and individuals from non-governmental organizations are invited to submit a presentation abstract related to the following session topics: climate and hazard resilience, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill science, habitat management and restoration, living estuarine resources, and water quality and quantity. 

Presenters are encouraged to discuss current research that addresses Gulf of Mexico environmental issues and how that research is used to support the economy, the environment or society by informing decision makers or increasing marine literacy.

This year’s theme is “Finding a common currency: Natural resource economics, ecology and culture.”

Oral presentations will be 15 minutes, and a 5-minute question-and-answer session will follow each presentation. Abstracts are due Sept. 1 and must be submitted to abstracts@masgc.org. For more information about the call for abstracts, go to http://masgc.org/bb2012/abstracts. More information about the event can be found at http://masgc.org/bb2012.

The Bays and Bayous Symposium is organized by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Gulf Coast Services Center, Auburn Marine Extension and Research Center, Mississippi State University Coastal Research and Extension Center, University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab, Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ocean Conservancy, Mobile Bay National Estuary Program, Dauphin Island  Sea Lab, Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Gulf of Mexico Alliance, Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Legal Program, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Northern Gulf Institute and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources.