Young Scientist Awards have been established by the conference in co-operation with TUI Environmental Management and J. Bornhoeft Industriegeraete to be bestowed upon contributors of the best oral and poster presentation, respectively, at the ISRS European Meeting.
The Award nominees must be born in 1972 or later and must have given an outstanding oral or poster presentation at the conference.
The main selection criteria are a high scientific quality and relevance, and the general quality of presentation. The nominee must be first author if there is more than one author.
The Young Scientist Awards (total € 1.000) consist of a document as well as a monetary prize of € 100 for the best five oral and poster presentations, respectively.
All session chairs were asked to evaluate talks and posters in all sessions.
The winners were announced at the Farewell Party on Friday September 22nd :
Sebastian Ferse |
Coral transplantation increases fish abundance and diversity on artificial reefs; Effects of an electric field on growth and survival of two Acropora species |
Harald Hasler |
Effect of intensive SCUBA diving on fringing reefs of the northern Red Sea |
Melissa Hauzer |
The development of successful conservation partnerships for the management of Moheli Marine Park, Comoros |
Sebastian Hennige |
Photoacclimation of Symbiodinium re-visited: Variation of strategies with thermal tolerance? |
Carin Jantzen |
Photosynthetic performance of giant clams, Tridacna maxima and T. squamosa at the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea |
David Abrego |
Housing a cool guest: Contributions of different Symbiodinium types to the physiological response of coral holobionts exposed to heat and light stress |
Wera Leujak |
Trampling on Red Sea reef flats - towards a concept of managing visitor use. |
Soledad Luna |
Long term analysis of the spatial distribution and development of a Red Sea coral reef, Aqaba |
Jennifer Smith |
Algae kill coral by enhancing microbial activity |
Georgios Tsounis |
Population structure, reproductive biology, and trophic ecology of red coral (Corallium rubrum, L.): case study of an overharvested precious coral |