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Ines Stuhldreier
Report of GLOMAR PhD student Ines Stuhldreier about her participation in the GTÖ annual conference in Zürich, Switzerland from 7 - 10 April 2015
The Society for Tropical Ecology (Gesellschaft für Tropenökologie, gtö), founded in 1987, is Europe's largest scientific association in the field of tropical ecology. They organize an annual meeting, which this year was hosted by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. The 4-day conference focusing on Resilience of Tropical Ecosystems was one of the largest in recent years, with over 300 participants.
The conference had a nice atmosphere with participants from many different countries, ranging from students to senior scientists. The overall topic was of high interest to me because the concepts of resilience and the policy that enables productive and resilient ecosystems is a pressing question in coral reef ecology, which is my field of study. Thus, although the conference with 19 sessions was mainly focused on tropical forests and agriculture, I heard many interesting talks with concepts applicable to my own research while broadening my knowledge on forest ecosystems. Six international keynote speakers managed to inspire the conference participants by excellent talks on their research and wider implications of concepts such as ecological niche modelling or stewardship. I personally have the feeling that research in forest ecology is more advanced than that in marine systems, and that we can learn a lot from applying methods and concepts used in tropical ecology for our own research.
Unfortunately, the interest of terrestrial ecologists in marine systems was much lower, which is why our sessions on coral reef ecology felt quite empty in relation to the size of the rooms. However, I enjoyed presenting my talk with the title ‘Highly dynamic benthic communities in upwelling exposed Costa Rican coral reefs’ in this beautiful big auditorium with a giant screen and a professional microphone. The small size of the coral reef session enabled easy and casual exchange between the participants and chairs, which we used to head out for a real Swiss dinner (fondue and raclette) in the beautiful city of Zürich.
Participating in the 28th gtö conference allowed me to present my PhD research at a big international conference and broaden my knowledge in different fields of study. I got inspired by some conceptual ideas which I will try to apply to my own research in the future. I thank GLOMAR who supported my participation in the conference.
The conference had a nice atmosphere with participants from many different countries, ranging from students to senior scientists. The overall topic was of high interest to me because the concepts of resilience and the policy that enables productive and resilient ecosystems is a pressing question in coral reef ecology, which is my field of study. Thus, although the conference with 19 sessions was mainly focused on tropical forests and agriculture, I heard many interesting talks with concepts applicable to my own research while broadening my knowledge on forest ecosystems. Six international keynote speakers managed to inspire the conference participants by excellent talks on their research and wider implications of concepts such as ecological niche modelling or stewardship. I personally have the feeling that research in forest ecology is more advanced than that in marine systems, and that we can learn a lot from applying methods and concepts used in tropical ecology for our own research.
Unfortunately, the interest of terrestrial ecologists in marine systems was much lower, which is why our sessions on coral reef ecology felt quite empty in relation to the size of the rooms. However, I enjoyed presenting my talk with the title ‘Highly dynamic benthic communities in upwelling exposed Costa Rican coral reefs’ in this beautiful big auditorium with a giant screen and a professional microphone. The small size of the coral reef session enabled easy and casual exchange between the participants and chairs, which we used to head out for a real Swiss dinner (fondue and raclette) in the beautiful city of Zürich.
Participating in the 28th gtö conference allowed me to present my PhD research at a big international conference and broaden my knowledge in different fields of study. I got inspired by some conceptual ideas which I will try to apply to my own research in the future. I thank GLOMAR who supported my participation in the conference.
From left to right: GLOMAR PhD students Ines Stuhldreier, Amanda Ford, Claudia Pogoreutz