The Fourth China-Japan-Korea GLOBEC/IMBER Symposium

Abstract

The 4th China-Japan-Korea (CJK) GLOBEC/IMBER Symposium was held in Jeju National University, Korea during May 18-20, 2010. The Purpose of the meeting was to set the future direction of international ecosystem research in the western North Pacific. About 70 scientists participated in the meeting. One international scientist and five young scientists were supported by GLOBEC and IMBER. During the past decade, China, Japan and Korea have conducted researches related to GLOBEC in the western North Pacific and its marginal seas. These efforts resulted in advancement in our understanding in various fields. To exchange the results of their researches among the three countries scientists, CJK-GLOBEC symposia have been held every two years since 2002. As GLOBEC is going to an end, this symposium aims to summarize the scientific findings in the past and look ahead for the future directions. Finally, there was a discussion on the next CJK-IMBER symposium and it was tentatively scheduled in Nov 2011 in Shanghai, China.