Proceedings of the Second Mediterranean Symposium on Marine

Discussion
Discussion
- Littoral benthic communities as indicators <strong>of</strong> environmental quality in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mediterranean</strong> waters
(PINEDO S., GARCIA M., SATTA P., TORRAS X. & BALLESTEROS E.)
- Rapid assessment <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ecological status <strong>of</strong> a Greek coastal area based on phytobenthos: preliminary
results (SALOMIDI M., PANCUCCI-PAPADOPOULOU M.A., HATIRIS G.A. & PANAYOTIDIS P.)
- Application <strong>of</strong> biotic indices on phytobenthos data for <strong>the</strong> implementation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> water frame
directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC) (SPATHARIS S. & PANAYOTIDIS P.)
- Effets de l’incorporation de l’Ulva sp. dans l’alimentation de la Tilapia du Nil (MENSI F., KSOURI J.,
DRAIEF N. & EL ABED A.)
- Overview <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> activities aimed at a long-term conservation <strong>of</strong> Posidonia oceanica meadow on <strong>the</strong>
Slovenian coast (TURK R.)
13:00 –14:30 Lunch break
Working group 1: Elaboration <strong>of</strong> Taxonomy tools for <strong>Mediterranean</strong> marine vegetation (Chairperson: G. BITAR)
Working group 2: Posidonia meadows
14:30 – 14:45 “The impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Red Sea herbivore invaders on <strong>the</strong> food web in <strong>the</strong> eastern
<strong>Mediterranean</strong>” (M. GOREN)
14:45 – 16:00 Round table 2: The phytobenthos as quality element for <strong>the</strong> evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ecological
quality (Chairperson: P. PANAYOTIDIS)
16:30 – 17:30 Session 5: Conclusions and recommendations
• Recommendations <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> (C. RAIS)
• Scientific objectives <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Third <strong>Mediterranean</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> on Marine Vegetation
17:30 Closure <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong>
ACTES DU DEUXIEME SYMPOSIUM MEDITERRANEEN SUR LA VEGETATION MARINE (ATHENES, 12-13 DECEMBRE 2003)
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