WESTPAC Workshop on Rapid Assessment Survey of Marine Biodiversity and Non-Indigenous Species in the Western Pacific Region
| What | Workshop, Asia |
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| When |
Sep 20, 2010 03:00 PM
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Sep 22, 2010 01:00 AM |
| Where | Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Contact Name | Mr. Wenxi Zhu |
| Contact Phone | +66 2 141 1287-89 |
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Initial efforts have been made by IOC/WESTPAC, through his project entitled "Coastal Marine Biodiversity and Conservation", in 2008-2009 to establish research network, identify the regional status and raise the public awareness of marine non-indigenous species. However, it was found that not many marine non-indigenous species have been scientifically identified in the Western Pacific region, particular in the Southeast Asia region mainly due to the lack of efficient identification methods.
The workshop is therefore to be organized in collaboration with the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES), aiming to provide a rapid assessment methodology to identify native, introduced, and cryptogenic species present as fouling communities at identified sites of great probability of containing non-indigenous species, such as port areas.
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