Abstract Submission

The meeting will focus on five main topics:

Reproduction

Reproductive cycles in wild populations
Experimental approaches to studying external and endocrine controls
Gametes and control of reproduction

Nutrition
Endo- and exo-trophy of early stages
Food availability and quality of trophic resources
Nutrient transfer and pathways

Growth and bioenergetics
Ecophysiology and energy budgets
External and endocrine controls

Genetics and genomics
Polymorphism, physiology, intra-specific variation and selection
Genetic improvement of cultivated species
Adaptation to environmental changes

Marine molluscs and global change
Species boundary changes and extinctions
Phenology shifts
Mollusc shells as climate tracers
Trophic resources and environmental changes (including toxic phytoplankton effects)
Invasive species



Abstracts should be submitted in English before 29th February 2008 by email to physiomar08@univ-brest.fr as .rtf files. An abstract should not exceed one full page (600 words maximum or fewer if including one figure or table)

Please state your preference for an oral presentation or a poster.
After submitting, you will receive an email confirming reception of your abstract.

Download Instructions to authors

Instructions for posters: The size of the poster should not exceed 120 cm high / 84 cm wide. A0 format, portrait orientation