- 60th Annual Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), Montreal, QU. January 4-6, 2007.
- The CRI (led by Dr. Kelly Munkittrick) is planning a workshop January 9-11, 2007 for Fredericton, for researchers working on the Saint John River basin. Interested people should contact Robin Brown at rbrown@unb.ca.
- The Stable Isotopes in Nature Laboratory (SINLAB) will be hosting the 13th Annual CFIRMS (Continuous Flow Isotopic Ratio Mass Spectrometry) Workshop, June 24-27, 2007, at UNB in Fredericton. This workshop brings together researchers, technicians and manufacturers from around the globe in a casual setting to discuss the technical issues surrounding Stable Isotope Analysis. We are especially fortunate that Dr. Brian Fry, one of the world leaders in ecological applications of stable isotope, has agreed to be the keynote speaker. The first continuous flow instruments were introduced to the scientific community in 1985 and since 1994 the number of installations around the globe have increased significantly. This workshop provides new and longtime users with hands on experience, access to the manufacturer’s trade-show of the latest equipment as well as insight from colleagues on the performance of instruments and their applications. Dr. Brian Fry has agreed to be the keynote speaker for this conference.
Dr. Brian Fry is a professor in the Coastal Ecology Institute and the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Studies at Louisiana State University. A world-renowned ecologist with over 130 publications, he has been using stable isotopes for understanding food webs and ecosystem functon for 30 years. His research interests are broad as evidenced by his published works which range in topic from geochemistry to limnology to forest ecology to marine foodweb dynamics and tracing N-loading in river systems. Geographically, he has studied in Australia, the Arctic, the Caribbean, Hawaii, the Black Sea and the north Atlantic. In 2006, he published a book, “Stable Isotope Ecology” that promises to be the pivotal reference text for novices and experts wishing to use isotopes in environmental research. Dr. Fry’s plenary talk will deal with the use of multiple isotope tracers for better understanding ecological processes.
For more information on the CFIRMS workshop, please contact Anne McGeachy (isotope@unb.ca).
