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GeoHab 2007 Marine Benthic Habitats of the Pacific and Other Oceans: Status, Use, and Management An International Conference Hosted by the Government of New Caledonia, in conjunction with The Circum Pacific Council and the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission 2-6 May 2007, Institute for Research & Development (IRD) Noumea, New Caledonia ABSTRACTS Organizing Committee: Scientific Committee: Yves Lafoy ([email protected]) Yves Lafoy ([email protected]) Fabrice Colin ([email protected]) Michael Allenbach ([email protected]) Victor David ([email protected]) Claude Chauvet ([email protected]) Mary Power ([email protected]) Robert Smith ([email protected]) Vaughn Barrie ([email protected]) Jens Kruger ([email protected]) H. Gary Greene ([email protected]) Arthur Webb ([email protected]) Adrien Rivaton ([email protected]) Tim Adams ([email protected]) Elisabeth Gremont ([email protected]) Serge Andrefouet ([email protected]) Jean-Claude Angué (jean-claude.angue@nouvelle-caledonie. Christophe Chevillon ([email protected]) gouv.fr) Bernard Pelletier ([email protected]) Bernard Cerneaux ([email protected]) Robin Falconer ([email protected]) Laurence Morini ([email protected]) Alan Butler ([email protected]) Vainuupo Jungblut ([email protected]) David Fisk (davefi[email protected]) Ian Wright ([email protected]) Victor DAVID ([email protected]) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Theme Title Presenter Day 1 Registration 08.00 (Registration will also be available Tues. 1st May 3.00PM to 5.00PM) Wed 2nd May 08.30-09.00 Conference Opening Session 9.00 to 10.30 Shelf and The multidisciplinary ZoNéCo programme: Yves Lafoy Sea Floors an integrated, decision-making tool to assess potential deep-sea, mega-scale habitats within New Caledonia’s EEZ Session 1 5 A practical morpho-dynamic framework for Vladimir Kostylev Papers mapping seafloor environment for the purpose of seabed management in Canadian EEZ. Quantitative Analysis of Backscatter Data and Alan Orphin for Automatic Segmentation of Seafloor Physical Geoffroy Lamarche Properties in Cook Strait, New Zealand “Charting the Yasawa Platform” Complex Robert Smith morphology and structure with a marine habitat of potentially significant diversity is revealed for the first time in the Fiji Islands Seabed Biodiversity of the Continental Shelf of Nic Bax the Great Barrier Reef Region. 10.30 -11.00 Break 11.00-13.00 Shelf and Benthic habitat mapping in coastal waters of Daniel Sea Floors south-east Australia Ierodiaconou, contd. Session 2 6 Application of swath acoustics to map seabed Alan Jordan Papers habitats on the continental shelf of New South Wales, Australia Spatial Analysis of Multiscale Seascapes on Jens C. Krüger Oceanic Island Flanks Discovery, characterization, and mapping of Alan Orpin chemosynthetic habitat along the active East Coast margin of New Zealand Seafloor habitat characterization on the Jennifer Reynolds Aleutian Ridge, Alaska Benthic Habitat Variation over Tidal Ridges Thaienne van Dijk 12.30-13.30 Lunch Wed 2nd May Combined Technology-Case Studies Afternoon 13.30-15.30 Session 3 5 Comparative water residence times of Tarawa Herve Damlamian Papers lagoon post and pre causeway construction: a hydrodynamic modeling approach. Evaluation of a wide swath bathymetry system, Peter Davies CUBE modelling, and 3D data visualization for habitat mapping Repeating high-resolution sidescan and Veit Huhnerbach multibeam surveys – possible implications for long-term habitat monitoring Seabed classification using acoustic Ivor Marsh / Colin backscatter data and artificial neural networks Brown The nature of Tuvalu’s vulnerability to Hiroya Yamano flooding and inundation revealed by historical reconstruction for 108 years 15.30-16.00 Break 16.00-17.30 Combined Characterising marine habitats in a gravel- Angela Morando Technology- lag environment: integration and use of high Case studies resolution seismic in the Eastern English contd. Channel Marine Habitat Map study Session 4 5 Modeling acoustic backscatter as a tool for Jiashun Yu Papers seabed classification Mapping Sargassum beds of New Caledonian Guillaume Dirberg South West Lagoon: merging shipborne acoustic and optical satellite data improves mapping accuracy. Aggregate Assessment in Majuro Lagoon, Salesh Kumar Marshall Islands. Evaluation of automated backscatter Craig Brown classification for benthic geology and habitat discrimination on Georges Bank, Canada. 18.30 Welcome Sponsored by Government of New Caledonia Function Day 2 Thurs 3rd May 08.45 Opening Mary Power Remarks 9.00-10.30 Management The deepwater marine protected area network Alan Williams Applications off southeastern Australia: a signpost to the and information needed from benthic habitat Frameworks mapping Session 1 4 Securing WA’s Marine Futures: “A Collaborative Paul Kennedy Papers Project Revealing our Ocean’s Hidden Depths” An investment of the Natural Heritage Trust Global ocean conservation priorities for benthic Peter Harris ecosystems identified by GIS analysis of multiple spatial data layers. Pacific Islands Regional Ocean Policy: Mary Power - Establishing the boundaries for national implementation 10.00-10.30 Break 11.00-12.30 Management The implementation of Marine Landscape Anu Reijonen Applications concept in the Baltic Sea region and Frameworks contd. Session 2 5 Regionalisations of the Australian coastal and Rick Smith Papers marine environment: A geophysical Integrating Science and Management – A Case Terja Thorsnes Study from the North European Arctic Oceans Using ‘seascapes’ to help predict Australia’s Andrew Heap benthic marine habitat diversity A Decision Support System supporting Yassine Lassoued regulatory and management processes in the Sustainable Exploitation of Marine Aggregates 12.30-13.30 Lunch Thurs 3rd May Afternoon 13.30-15.30 Seamounts Location of seamounts in the Western and Valerie Allain Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO): screening and cross-checking of existing datasets. Session 3A Mapping the Graveyard “seamounts”: multiple Malcolm R. Clark 3 Papers techniques for multiple objectives High-resolution spatial variability in the Daniel Jones megafauna of a deep-water active Samoan volcanic seamount related to habitat Bio-physical Remote sensing investigations into sediment Colin Jacobs Processes bioturbation on the Oman continental margin Session 3B4 The biogeochemical role of Pacific Arthur Webb Papers Island shallow and intertidal soft bottom environments. Effects of eutrophication, ice scouring and Helen Orav-Kotta invasive species on macroalgal communities in the northern Baltic Sea. Benthic Habitat and Biodiversity Nic Bax 15.30-16.00 Break 16.00-17.30 Fisheries Optimizing non-extractive bottomfish sampling Michael Parke strategies using GIS and multibeam data Session 4 3 The distribution of marine biotopes and signs of Pal Buhl-Mortensen Papers fisheries impact in the south-western Barents Sea - Results from the first MAREANO cruises Sea scallop habitat in the Gulf of Maine Brian Todd Day 3 Friday 4th May Coral Reef and Seagrass 08.45 Opening The status of the Millennium Coral Reef Serge Andrefouet Mapping for Pacific Ocean Islands 9.00-10.30 Habitat High resolution optical remote sensing for Sarah Hamylton Mapping and a Reefscape Ecology perspective of the Characterisation Amirantes Ridge, Seychelles Session 1 3 A Matter of Scale and Other Things: The Gary Greene Papers Ultimate Convergence of Multidisciplinary Mapping of Habitats 10.30-11.00 Break Mapping Benthic Habitats on Fijian Coral Chris Roelfsema Reefs: Integrating Field and Remote Sensing Approaches 11.00-12.30 Habitat Modeling and Mapping Coral Reef Habitats Julie Scopélitis Mapping and Transitions: an Integrated Remote Sensing and Characterisation Artificial Intelligence Approach. contd. Session 2 4 Mapping depth and benthic habitats of a Magnus Wettle Papers remote coral reef using a semi-analytical inversion/optimization approach and Quickbird data Integrating Satellite Image Data and Photo- Stuart Phinn Transects: Mapping Benthic Cover Types to Coral Reef Habitat Zones 12.30-13.30 Lunch Afternoon Coral health monitoring – linking remote Ian Leiper sensing and coral colour methodologies 13.30-15.30 Monitoring Seagrass-Watch: mapping and monitoring Len McKenzie seagrass habitats in the Pacific Islands Session 3 5 Linking spatio-temporal variability of benthic Jonne Kotta Papers communities to abiotic environment: where and when to sample? Mapping, Monitoring and Assessing Seagrass Michael Rasheed Habitats in Tropical Australia Seagrass monitoring by underwater Stewart Schultz videography: disturbance regimes, sampling design, and statistical power 16.00-17.00 Closing Session Closing Function POSTERS • Habitat Classification and Mapping Product Development Becky Allee as a Tool to Support the Coastal Management Community • Development of a classification scheme for shallow water Kevin Bancroft marine benthic communities for planning and management of marine protected areas in Western Australia • Cold seep habitats: use of a new towed camera array to David Bowden explore and map chemosynthetic benthic communities on the east coast margin of New Zealand • Seabed diversity of Keppel Bay, a macrotidal shallow- Brendan Brooke water embayment in the southern Great Barrier Reef • Volcanic Features as Important Fisheries Habitats in Cleo Brylinsky Alaska – The Attraction of Negative Relief • Faunal Associations with Carbonate Mounds and Cold Sarah Cook Seeps in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada • Mapping of cold-water coral habitats