Science Centres: Aquatic Biodiversity and Biosecurity

5th Asian Pacific Phycological Forum 10–14 November, Wellington, hosted by NIWA and Victoria University of Wellington

This triennial meeting of the Asian Pacific Phycology Association is a venue for information exchange, and promotes international cooperation among algae specialists in the region.

This will be the first time the forum has been held in New Zealand. Forum sessions will feature:

• Freshwater algae
• Acidification & global climate change
• Invasive & introduced algae
• Algal biogeography & systematics
• Bioactives
  
• Antarctic & Arctic algae
• Macroalgal life history processes
• Applied phycology
• Cyanobacteria

For further information, see www.appf2008.com or contactTracy Farr on 04-386 0601 or appfinquiries@niwa.co.nz