03/12/2025
Call for Abstracts: Submit your research for a session on ocean acidification at the World Conference on Marine Biodiversity 2026 (Bruges, Belgium, 17-20 November 2026)
Ocean acidification is progressing rapidly, yet its ecosystem- and biodiversity-level consequences remain insufficiently understood. The session "Minimizing the Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Biodiversity" will bring together researchers working on ocean acidification and experts in marine biodiversity assessment to discuss current knowledge, emerging techniques, and strategies to evaluate and minimize ocean acidification impacts.
This call welcomes contributions from laboratory, field, natural analogue, mesocosm, monitoring, modelling, and conceptual studies, as well as work using eDNA, omics, imaging, and traditional ecological knowledge. The goal is to build a multidisciplinary perspective on how ocean acidification affects biodiversity and how resilience can be supported under global change.
Topics include (but are not limited to):
• Ocean acidification impacts on species, communities, and ecosystems
• Biodiversity responses to multiple stressors
• Monitoring, observation systems, and long-term datasets
• eDNA, metagenomics, imaging, and emerging tools
• Modelling and predictive approaches
• Resilience, recovery, adaptation, and mitigation strategies
Join us in Bruges to strengthen the scientific foundation needed to understand and address the impacts of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity.
🗓️ Deadline: 17 March 2026
🔗 Find more information and submit your abstract here (select Session 1.4): https://ow.ly/zCI250XAGXP
