 The MAR-ECO Project Workshop was held in Reykjavik, Iceland 29-30 September 2007. 48 scientists and students participated at the workshop consisting of plenary sessions with invited papers, sub-group meetings and poster presentations.
Download: Programme and Abstracts The key aims of the workshop were:
* To report from ongoing activities and new field efforts (e.g. ECOMAR and US-NSF project)
* Design and draft the synthesis for the 2010 Census of Marine Life.
* Facilitate information exchange across sub-groups, and between scientists and students. The status of the three MAR-ECO subgroups was presented on the first day. The presentations can be downloaded as pdf-files:
Pelagic nekton PN (Tracey Sutton)
Demersal nekton DN (Odd Aksel Bergstad)
Zooplankton Z (Tone Falkenhaug) Reports from subgroup meetings:
Benthos (DN3) subgroup report The MAR-ECO International Steering Group Meeting was held prior to the workshop on the 28 September, at the Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik. The chair of the South Atlantic MAR-ECO Steering Group, Dr Angel Perez (CTTMar, University of Vale do Itajaí, Brazil), participated at the MAR-ECO International Steering Group Meeting and the Workshop in Reykjavik. Dr. Perez gave a presentation on the South Atlantic MAR-ECO, and has provided a progress report on activities in the South Atlantic . The progress report and the presentation on SA MAR-ECO by A Perez can be downloaded at http://www.mar-eco.no/sci/south_atlantic_mar-eco/south_atlantic_mar-eco_progress_report CTTMar | 
MAR-ECO Project Workshop 2007