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You are cordially invited to the third Nereis Park Conference; Benthic Processes in a Globally Changing Environment, to be held at Kristineberg, Sweden from the 29th to the 31st August 2011. Bioturbation is a research area highly relevant to our globally changing environment; in itself it is both a vector of change and also a process that can be affected by change. In addition the link between bioturbation and biodiversity makes the field a potential tool in the understanding and quantifying changes that occur in the environment. These qualities and advances within this area were succinctly illustrated through the first (Bioturbation: the ever changing seafloor) and second (Linking bioturbation, biogeochemistry, and biodiversity) Nereis Park conferences on Bioturbation.
As the third conference held by Nereis Park on the theme of Bioturbation, this conference focuses on how the study of bioturbation and benthic processes relates to a changing environment. It will address the following three topics under the main theme of Benthic Processes in a Globally Changing Environment; Invited KEYNOTE and PLENARY speakers:
  Robert Diaz Bess Ward Anthropogenic impact Novel tools and techniques  
Simon Thrush Magali Gerino Functional biodiversity Macrofaunal bioturbation history One of the unique facets of benthic processes research is the number of scales on which it is possible to study. From the micro scale, e.g. bacterial communities and interactions, up to the global scale, e.g. sediment particle/nutrient transport. This conference aims not only to enable the consideration and discussion of advances that have been made in the bioturbation field under the main topics listed above, but also to stimulate discussion and interaction between researchers working at different scales, but on potentially similar or complimentary issues. To this end abstract submissions will be requested to choose both a related main topic and a scale (more information on this is available on the abstracts submissions page). The Marine Research Station at Kristineberg hosting this conference is in a unique position at the mouth of the Gullmarsfjord on the west coast of Sweden which is highly relevant to the research associated with Nereis Park. The water quality within the fjord is exceptional and supports high biodiversity. There are a variety of marine habitats and ecosystems all within easy reach of the research station at Kristineberg including a range of benthic habitats from shallow subtidal down to the deepest part of the fjord, at 118 metres, where a supply of bottom water direct from the north sea results in species and habitats here more normally associated with deeper and less accessible areas. Such pristine and uniquely accessible habitats are one of the reasons for the founding of the station in 1877, and these assets are just as valuable in today’s scientific climate. During the course of the conference you will be welcomed to further explore the facilities at the Station, and, should you wish, learn more about the surrounding area and the scientific opportunities it provides.
The organising committee for the 3rd Nereis Park Conference look forward to welcoming you to Kristineberg.
Feb. 2010 
Pia Engström, Susanne Eriksson, Susan Gotensparre, Maria Granberg, Stina Lindqvist, Karl Norling, Rutger Rosenberg, Hannah Wood Photos by: Pia Engström, Susanne Eriksson, Bengt Lundve, Pia Norling, Linda Svanberg, Adam Ulfsbo 
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