Talks and Posters

Contributions in any field of deep-sea or midwater biology are welcome, but some sessions are expected to be organized around the following themes that have been suggested by participants:

Human impacts and exploitation of the deep sea
Reproduction and recruitment
Experimental community ecology
Physiological ecology of deep-sea and midwater animals
Biology of the deep Gulf of Mexico
History of deep-sea biology
Population dynamics and genetics
Benthic-pelagic coupling

Abstracts of both papers and posters are due on May 15, 2003 and should be submitted in electronic form, preferably by e-mail, directly to the chair of the organizing committee (cmyoung@darkwing.uoregon.edu) using the following format:

FORBES, E., and T.H. HUXLEY.
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland,
and University of London, U.K.

ABSENCE OF BATHYBIUS AS FURTHER EVIDENCE OF AN AZOIC ZONE IN THE DEEP AEGEAN SEA

The primordial goop known as Bathybius, which has been found in many parts of the world ocean by recent expeditions, appears to be extremely rare in the oligotrophic waters of the deep Aegean Sea. We postulate that…

Specific Formatting Requirements

1. Please prepare and save your abstract as a WORD files and submit as a .doc file in P.C. format. If you use a Macintosh, please send two versions of the abstract, one in .doc format and one in .rtf format.

2. Body of the abstract (exclusive of title, authors and affiliations) should be fascinating but no more than 250 words in length.

3. Use 12-point Times New Roman font, italicizing scientific names and avoiding the use of unusual symbols wherever possible.

4. If you wish your paper to be considered for inclusion in one of the themes listed above, please indicate this a few lines below the body of the abstract.

Presentation Requirements

Projectors for powerpoint files, 35mm slides and overhead transparencies will be available in all sessions. Please bring your powerpoint presentation on a c.d. that can be read by a P.C., and test the presentation on a P.C. before arrival (Jim Barry, Take Special Notice!). We recommend that you use commonly available fonts. If video projection is required, please indicate this below the abstract. Videos should be converted to NTSC format on VHS tape prior to the meeting. If you feel you must use another format, please inquire about the availability of equipment far in advance of the meeting.

At present, it is expected that talks will be 20 minutes in length, with the last 5 minutes intended for questions and discussion. However, talk lengths may be adjusted in the final program to accommodate as many talks as possible or to provide flexibility to organizers of thematic sessions.

Posters may be in any format, but no more than 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters high. We expect to display posters throughout the meeting and to schedule a long poster session with no concurrent activities for viewing and discussion.