NEREIS PARK CONFERENCES

2004 - First Nereis Park Conference "Bioturbation: The Ever Changing Seafloor"

It took place in November 2004 in Carry-le-Rouet (France ) - Pdf version of the conference book

Conferences awards:
Best Poster
Aurelie Ciutat et al. Influence of cockle density and water current on sediment resuspension and the potential for release of contaminants.
Best Student Poster
Michael Townsend et al. An experimental investigation into the relationship between bioturbator diversity and ecosystem function.
Honorable mention
Marie Gagnoud et al. Axial tomodensitometry (Cat-scan): a non-destructive method enabling sedimentary facies analysis of glaciomarine mud. & Sally Marsh et al. Measuring, mapping and modelling bioturbation and denitrification.
Most Courageous Poster
Karl Norling et al. Importance of functional group biodiversity for mineralization of organic matter in two benthic ecosystems: the Baltic Sea and the Skagerrak.

2008 - The Second Nereis Park Conference "Bioturbation: An update on Darwin’s last idea"

It took place in August 2008 in Renesse (The Netherlands ) - Pdf version of the conference program

Conferences awards:
Best PhD Talk
Gil Penha-Lopes et al. Effects of domestic sewage dosing on epifaunal bioturbation in mangrove sediments.
Poster Award
Agnes Karlson et al. Effects of bioturbation on benthic recruitment of Nodularia spumigena.
Best Visual Poster
Olivier Maire et al. Indirect effects of non-lethal predation on sediment bioturbation.
Broad Impact Poster
Ines Heisterkamp et al. Nitrous oxide emission by marine macrofauna.
Most Integrative Poster
Bjarte Hannisdal et al. Exploring the impact of bioturbation on seascape evolution using Sedflux-2.0.
Most Labour intensive Work
Bon Joo Koo et al. Complex Burrows of the mud shrimp Laomedia Astacina and their geochemical implications in the tidal sediments.

Link to the "The formation of vegetable mould, through the action of worms, with observations on their habits" by Darwin

2011 - The Third Nereis Park Conference "Benthic processes in a globally changing
environment".

The conference will be held at Sven Lovén Center-Kristineberg (Sweden ) 29-31 August 2011.

Opening and plenary speakers:
Magali Gerino - Macrofaunal bioturbation history
Bob Diaz - Anthropogenic impacts
Bess Ward - Novel tools and techniques
Simon Thrush - Functional (bio)diversity