18:00-21:00

Registration and Reception (Outside Exposition Hall)

23 October 2006 (Mon)

08:30-09:00

Registration (Exposition Hall)

09:00-09:10

Welcome Remarks
Prof. S. Y. Cheng
Dean, School of Science
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

09:20-09:40

Group Photo (Academic Concourse)
All Participants

09:40-10:00

Tea Break (Outside Exposition Hall)

10:00-10:30

Keynote Presentation 1: Circulation in the South China Sea
Jilan Su
The Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, P.R. China

10:30-10:50

A Coupled Circulation - Ecosystem Model over the Continental Shelf off Hong Kong during Upwelling
Jianping Gan
Department of Mathematics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

10:50-11:10

Eutrophication Dynamics in Hong Kong - An Environmental Hydraulic Perspective
Joseph Hun-wei Lee
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

11:10-11:30

Possible influence of coastal upwelling and meso-scale eddies on the bio-geochemical patterns in the northern South China Sea
Dongxiao Wang
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, P.R. China

11:30-14:00

Opening Luncheon (G/F Restaurant)

14:20-14:40

Carbon Dynamics in the Oligotrophic South China Sea
Minhan Dai
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, P.R. China

14:40-15:00

Responses of phytoplankton to circulation-nutrient coupling in the South China Sea
Xiuren Ning
The Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, P.R. China

Phytoplankton dynamics in the northern South China Sea
based on photosynthetic pigments analysis
Bangqin Huang
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, P.R. China

15:20-17:20

Poster Session (LG1, Sports Hall)

24 October 2006 (Tue)

09:00-09:30

Keynote Presentation 2: Revisiting the structure and functioning of planktonic food webs
Louis Legendre
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France

09:30-09:50

Trophic linkages between the mesopelagic microbial loop (bacteria and protozoa) and zooplakton under phosphorus limitation in the NW Mediterranean Sea
Fereidoun Rassoulzadegan
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France

09:50-10:10

Pelagic food webs under environmental stress
Behzad Mostajir
Ecosystèmes lagunaires, Université Montpellier II, France

10:10-10:30

Tea Break (Outside Exposition Hall)

10:30-10:50

Nutrient and predator control of diversity and ecosystem functions in bacterioplankton
Markus G. Weinbauer
Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche, France

10:50-11:10

Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Marine Bacterioplankton Community in Victoria Harbor, Hong Kong
Pei-Yuan Qian
Department of Biology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

11:10-11:30

Phytoplankton composition and nutrient co-limitation processes in aquatic ecosystems. Implications for the design of modelling tools addressing climate change: Eco3M
Bernard Quéguiner
Centre d'Oceanologie de Marseille, France

11:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:20

Dual niche of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in eutrophic and oligotrophic marine ecosystems
Nianzhi Jiao
State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, P.R. China

14:20-14:40

Linkage between coastal land loss and hypoxia: the role of appendicularians in transforming microbial loop to sinking particles
Hongbin Liu
Department of Biology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

14:40-15:00

Roles of Solar UV Radiation in Photosynthetic C-fixation in Surface Seawater of South China Sea: The Double-edged Sword
Kunshan Gao
Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, P.R. China

15:00-15:20

Tea Break (Outside Exposition Hall)

15:20-15:40

Satellite remote sensing and in situ observation of Harmful algal blooms (HABs) and related coastal environments in the South China Sea
DanLing Tang
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, P.R. China

15:40-16:40

Tour of Coastal Marine Laboratory (Optional)

25 October 2006 (Wed)

09:00-09:30

Keynote Presentation 3: Constrasting ecosystems between Pearl River estuarine coastal waters and northern South China Sea
Kedong Yin
Atmospheric, Marine and Coastal Environment Program
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

09:30-09:50

Understanding the Dynamics of Eutrophication Impacts in the Pearl River Estuary and Hong Kong Waters
Paul J. Harrison
Atmospheric, Marine and Coastal Environment Program
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

09:50-10:10

Characteristics of Stream Water Quality Entering the Pearl River Delta
Ji Chen
Department of Civil Engineering
The University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

10:10-10:30

Tea Break (Outside Exposition Hall)

10:30-10:50

Modelling the effects of N/P/Si loading ratio on diatom/ dinoflagellate/ prymnesiophyte balance in French eutrophicated coastal waters
Alain Ménesguen
IFREMER-Centre de Brest, France

10:50-11:10

Significance of Si:N:P ratios to Harmful Algal Blooms
K. C. Ho
School of Science and Technology
The Open University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

11:10-11:30

Accelerated eutrophication at the northern coastal waters of the South China Sea for the last 100 years: evidence from sedimentary records
Ping’an Peng
State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, CAS, P.R. China

11:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-14:20

Responses of benthic communities to hypoxia in a sub-tropical environment: Problems and hypotheses
Rudolf Wu
Biology and Chemistry Department
City University of Hong Kong, HKSAR

14:20-14:40

Motility and autotoxicity in Karenia mikimotoi (Dinophyceae)
Patrick Gentien
IFREMER-Centre de Brest, France

14:40-15:00

Metal Uptake and Transfer in Marine Plankton
Wen-Xiong Wang
Department of Biology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR

15:00-15:20

Tea Break (Outside Exposition Hall)

15:20-16:20

Round Table Discussion (Exposition Hall)

18:30-21:30

Closing Banquet (Serenade Chinese Restaurant, Tsim Sha Tsui)