ECSA - 34 Conference

A title and abstract should be submitted by 15th April 2002 in electronic form.
Send it in the following form as an e-mail attachment to:ecsa34@iopan.gda.pl

Title

Anna Pato¹, Jan Nowak², Piotr Owalski¹

¹Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences,
ul. Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland
²Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk,
al. Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland
p.owal@iopan.gda.pl

Abstract must be written in English. Text in 12 pt. font size and Times New Roman or similar. Use single line spacing between lines. Leave one blank line after title and after author block. Type author(s) followed directly by superscript number of affiliation and add e-mail or fax number of the corresponding author. Underline the name of the author who will present the paper. Title, author(s), and affiliation(s) must be centred at the top of the page. The body of abstract should contain no more than 1500 characters. Type text of abstract flush left and right. Figures should not be included. Abstract in electronic form in .rtf format is obligatory.

Oral presentations will be allocated 20 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. There will be also poster sessions; preferable poster dimensions should be 70 cm (width) x 100 cm (height).
The lecture theatre will be equipped for full audio-visual presentation.

The papers will be published in "Marine Pollution Bulletin" (Elsevier) or "Oceanologia" (Polish SCOR, IOPAS), both indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, and poster presenters as well as oral paper presenters will be encouraged to submit manuscripts. There is also the possibility to print some papers (as expanded abstracts) in Polish for the future use of non-scientists. The details will be given during the symposium.

The airport in Rębiechowo is situated about 10 km from Gdańsk and has direct connections with Copenhagen, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Brussels, and with many other cities via Warsaw.
Gdańsk has good railway connections e.g. to Warsaw (~3.5 hr) and ferries to Sweden (Karlskrona and Nyneshamn).

Hotel reservations should be made directly with the hotel although the organisers have done pre-reservation in the following hotels, valid up to dates provided. Please quote ECSA34 Symposium while making the booking.

"Szydłowski" Hotel - 7 rooms till 15th April
ul. Grunwaldzka 114,
80-224 Gdańsk
tel. +48 58 511 30 00
fax +48 58 511 32 00
10 min by tram, in the City (Wrzeszcz-Gdańsk district)

"Posejdon" Hotel - till 15th April
ul. Kapliczna 30
80-341 Gdańsk
tel. +48 58 511 30 00
fax +48 58 511 32 00
10-15 min by tram, at the seashore,

Novotel Gdańsk "Marina" Hotel - till 15th April
ul. Jelitkowska 20
80-342 Gdańsk
tel. 558 91 00
fax. 553 04 60
10-15 min by tram, at the seashore,

hotel rates (incl. breakfast)
- single room with bathroom ~80-110 euro
- double room with bathroom ~100-120 euro

"Olivia" sport hall guest rooms - 8 rooms till 15th April
ul.Bażyńskiego 1,
80-309 Gdańsk
tel. +48 58 552 20 91 to 96
fax +48 58 552 02 51
in the vicinity of the conference building (drawback - windows face the ice-rink),
~30 euro - single room with bathroom
~45 euro - double room with bathroom

"OPO" centre on the area of the Sport Academy (AWF) - 27 rooms till 31st March
ul. Wiejska 1,
80-336 Gdańsk,
tel/fax: +48 58 552 46 36 or 554 46 71
4 tram stops and ~10 min walk or 2 electric train stops and 5 min walk,
~26 euro single room with bathroom
~35 euro double room with bathroom
breakfast ~2,5 euro (and other meals) available,

III. Hostel No.10 is in vicinity of the conference building (opposite to the conference venue, behind the tram line). Price: 33.38 PLZ per person/night for a bed in a double room, or 44 PLZ for a single room. Bathroom facilities are shared per 4 rooms. Payment accepted only in cash at the hostel reception.
Student Hostel - DS 10
ul. Macierzy Szkolnej 4
80-306 Gdańsk
tel. +48 58 552 96 72

Breakfast is included in the hotels price. In the conference building is a bar where meals will be served the whole day during the conference. In each hotel is a restaurant and the student canteen at the student hostels.

Participants should complete the registration form and arrange for payment as indicated below. It is emphasised that accommodation should be arranged by the participant and paid separately and directly to the residence.

220 euro before the deadline
250 euro after the deadline.
The accompanying person fee (which excludes printed materials) is 150 euro.

170 euro or 600 zł before the deadline
200 euro or 700 zł after the deadline.
The accompanying person fee (which excludes printed materials) is110 euro or 400 zł.

Students who are members of ECSA can apply to ECSA directly for financial support.

Payment of the registration fee for the ECSA members will be in pounds sterling or euros to Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Clifton Branch, 58 Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, UK;
Sort code: 30-92-13,
account Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association,
account No. 0212514.
Payment by Visa/Mastercard is also possible, please contact the ECSA Treasurer Dr M.Wilkinson, at M.Wilkinson@hw.ac.uk).

Payment for Polish scientists, those from the eastern European countries and non-ECSA members will be required to the account of IO-PAS with the identifier indicating ECSA 34 and the name of participant. The fees should be in euro, paid to
account No. 11601784-71976078 EUR
BIG Bank Gdanski S.A. II O/Gdynia, ul. Waszyngtona 34/36
Instytut Oceanologii PAN, Sopot,
Swift code: BIGBPLPW
or złoty (PL) to account No: 11601784-71976000 PLN, bank and address as above.

At the venue of conference the payments for excursions will be possible only in cash in Polish złoty.
Visa/Mastercard is accepted in banks and in most of the shops and restaurants.

	ECSA Symposium 34 ESTUARIES AND OTHER BRACKISH AREAS - POLLUTION BARRIERS OR SOURCES TO THE SEA?

Call for abstracts Oral and poster presentations Proceedings Registration form Travel and Accommodation Social events Fees and payment
		ECSA34 Secretariat	Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences - ECSA34 ul. Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland tel: (+48 58) 550 32 32 fax: (+48 58) 551 21 30 ecsa34@iopan.gda.pl
		Venue	University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Law and Administration building ul. Bażyńskiego 6 80-952 Gdańsk see map
		Deadlines	15 April 2002 - for abstract submission 15 May 2002 - for notification of abstract acceptance 15 June 2002 - for fee payment
		Language of Symposium	English

	Abstract format A title and abstract should be submitted by 15th April 2002 in electronic form. Send it in the following form as an e-mail attachment to:ecsa34@iopan.gda.pl Title Anna Pato¹, Jan Nowak², Piotr Owalski¹ ¹Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Powstańców Warszawy 55, 81-712 Sopot, Poland ²Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdańsk, al. Marszałka Piłsudskiego 46, 81-378 Gdynia, Poland p.owal@iopan.gda.pl Abstract must be written in English. Text in 12 pt. font size and Times New Roman or similar. Use single line spacing between lines. Leave one blank line after title and after author block. Type author(s) followed directly by superscript number of affiliation and add e-mail or fax number of the corresponding author. Underline the name of the author who will present the paper. Title, author(s), and affiliation(s) must be centred at the top of the page. The body of abstract should contain no more than 1500 characters. Type text of abstract flush left and right. Figures should not be included. Abstract in electronic form in .rtf format is obligatory. Oral and poster presentations Oral presentations will be allocated 20 minutes with 5 minutes for discussion. There will be also poster sessions; preferable poster dimensions should be 70 cm (width) x 100 cm (height). The lecture theatre will be equipped for full audio-visual presentation. Proceedings The papers will be published in "Marine Pollution Bulletin" (Elsevier) or "Oceanologia" (Polish SCOR, IOPAS), both indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded, and poster presenters as well as oral paper presenters will be encouraged to submit manuscripts. There is also the possibility to print some papers (as expanded abstracts) in Polish for the future use of non-scientists. The details will be given during the symposium. Travel and Accommodation Travel The airport in Rębiechowo is situated about 10 km from Gdańsk and has direct connections with Copenhagen, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Brussels, and with many other cities via Warsaw. Gdańsk has good railway connections e.g. to Warsaw (~3.5 hr) and ferries to Sweden (Karlskrona and Nyneshamn). Accommodation The web-page of hotel information in English is http://www.gdansk-hotels.com/ Hotel reservations should be made directly with the hotel although the organisers have done pre-reservation in the following hotels, valid up to dates provided. Please quote ECSA34 Symposium while making the booking. I. Hotels "Szydłowski" Hotel - 7 rooms till 15th April ul. Grunwaldzka 114, 80-224 Gdańsk tel. +48 58 511 30 00 fax +48 58 511 32 00 10 min by tram, in the City (Wrzeszcz-Gdańsk district) "Posejdon" Hotel - till 15th April ul. Kapliczna 30 80-341 Gdańsk tel. +48 58 511 30 00 fax +48 58 511 32 00 10-15 min by tram, at the seashore, Novotel Gdańsk "Marina" Hotel - till 15th April ul. Jelitkowska 20 80-342 Gdańsk tel. 558 91 00 fax. 553 04 60 10-15 min by tram, at the seashore, hotel rates (incl. breakfast) - single room with bathroom ~80-110 euro - double room with bathroom ~100-120 euro II. Other rooms. "Olivia" sport hall guest rooms - 8 rooms till 15th April ul.Bażyńskiego 1, 80-309 Gdańsk tel. +48 58 552 20 91 to 96 fax +48 58 552 02 51 in the vicinity of the conference building (drawback - windows face the ice-rink), ~30 euro - single room with bathroom ~45 euro - double room with bathroom "OPO" centre on the area of the Sport Academy (AWF) - 27 rooms till 31st March ul. Wiejska 1, 80-336 Gdańsk, tel/fax: +48 58 552 46 36 or 554 46 71 4 tram stops and ~10 min walk or 2 electric train stops and 5 min walk, ~26 euro single room with bathroom ~35 euro double room with bathroom breakfast ~2,5 euro (and other meals) available, III. Hostel No.10 is in vicinity of the conference building (opposite to the conference venue, behind the tram line). Price: 33.38 PLZ per person/night for a bed in a double room, or 44 PLZ for a single room. Bathroom facilities are shared per 4 rooms. Payment accepted only in cash at the hostel reception. Student Hostel - DS 10 ul. Macierzy Szkolnej 4 80-306 Gdańsk tel. +48 58 552 96 72 Breakfast is included in the hotels price. In the conference building is a bar where meals will be served the whole day during the conference. In each hotel is a restaurant and the student canteen at the student hostels. Social events Planned social events Sunday 15th, 6 p.m. - opening of Symposium by President of Gdańsk, reception at the Gdańsk Main Town Hall (XV c.) followed by an evening walk around the Old City of Gdańsk organ concert in the Oliwa Basilica (XIII c., organs XVIII c.), sightseeing of the Basilica and the Cloister park half a day long excursion to Hel Peninsula visit to Sopot (IO-PAS) conference dinner possible optional excursions (not included into the conference fee): half a day long sightseeing of Gdańsk half a day long sightseeing of Gdynia and Oksywie post-Symposium excursion to Frombork (place of residence (1510-1543) of the medieval astronomer Mikołaj Kopernik) and to the Vistula Lagoon Fees and payment Participants should complete the registration form and arrange for payment as indicated below. It is emphasised that accommodation should be arranged by the participant and paid separately and directly to the residence. The registration fee is: 220 euro before the deadline 250 euro after the deadline. The accompanying person fee (which excludes printed materials) is 150 euro. For the Polish scientists and scientists from the eastern Europe countries: 170 euro or 600 zł before the deadline 200 euro or 700 zł after the deadline. The accompanying person fee (which excludes printed materials) is110 euro or 400 zł. Students who are members of ECSA can apply to ECSA directly for financial support. Payment of the registration fee for the ECSA members will be in pounds sterling or euros to Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Clifton Branch, 58 Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, UK; Sort code: 30-92-13, account Estuarine & Coastal Sciences Association, account No. 0212514. Payment by Visa/Mastercard is also possible, please contact the ECSA Treasurer Dr M.Wilkinson, at M.Wilkinson@hw.ac.uk). Payment for Polish scientists, those from the eastern European countries and non-ECSA members will be required to the account of IO-PAS with the identifier indicating ECSA 34 and the name of participant. The fees should be in euro, paid to account No. 11601784-71976078 EUR BIG Bank Gdanski S.A. II O/Gdynia, ul. Waszyngtona 34/36 Instytut Oceanologii PAN, Sopot, Swift code: BIGBPLPW or złoty (PL) to account No: 11601784-71976000 PLN, bank and address as above. At the venue of conference the payments for excursions will be possible only in cash in Polish złoty. Visa/Mastercard is accepted in banks and in most of the shops and restaurants.