Sunday, May 18th

Time

Event

14:00-21:00 

Registration

18:00-21:00

Icebreaker

Monday, May 19th

Time

Event

09:00-09:30

Opening Ceremony

Chair: Minhan Dai, Xiamen University, China

THEME 1: ESTUARIES UNDER HUMAN PERTURBATION

Chair: Thomas Church, University of Delaware, USA

09:30-10:15

Keynote: Human perturbations of river inputs to oceans, an example for heavy metal

Michel Meybeck, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France

10:15-10:35

Biogeochemistry of phosphorus in the Changjiang estuary and its adjacent sea

Su-Mei Liu, Ocean University of China, China

10:35-10:55

Antifouling paint particles in estuaries: composition, distribution and biogeochemical impacts

Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth, UK

10:55-11:15

Coffee break

Chair: Robert Mason, University of Connecticut, USA

11:15-11:35

Effects of winds on dissolved oxygen in the Pearl River estuarine coastal waters

Kedong Yin, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China

11:35-11:55

Dissolved inorganic nutrients in the Indonesian blackwater river Siak (Central Sumatra)

Antje Baum, Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Germany

11:55-12:15

Bacterial abundance and production in Hong Kong Waters: Influence of sewage and Pearl River inputs

Xiangcheng Yuan, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, China

12:15-13:20

Lunch

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Event

THEME 2: ESTUARIES AND THEIR ROLE IN THE GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE 

 Chair: Laodong Guo, University of Southern Mississippi, USA

13:20-14:05

Keynote: CO₂flux and metabolism in riverine vs. non-riverine estuaries

Wei-Jun Cai, University of Georgia, USA

14:05-14:25

Non-conservative mixing of dissolved inorganic carbon and sulfate from sea and river water at Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary, China

Cong-Qiang Liu, Institute of Geochemistry, China [presented by Sivaji Patra]

14:25-14:45

Ecosystem functioning in sandy coastal sediments: the role of advection

Ursula F. M. Witte, University of Aberdeen, UK [withdrawed]

14:45-15:05

Temporal variation in sediment permeability changes the metabolic functioning of estuarine sands

Eva-Maria Zetsche, University of Aberdeen, UK

15:05-15:25

Coffee break

Chair: Xuchen Wang, Institute of Oceanography, China

15:25-15:45

Methane in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) estuary and its adjacent marine area: riverine input, sediment release and atmospheric fluxes

Guiling Zhang, Ocean University of China, China

15:45-16:05

Carbon losses of bacterial production mediated by virus in the Pearl river estuary between dry and wet seasons

Xihan Chen, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China [withdrawed]

16:05-16:25 

Dynamics of CO₂ system and ecosystem metabolism in the Mississippi plume

Xianghui Guo, Xiamen University, China

16:25-16:45

Uncertainties in estimating riverine export fluxes of carbon species

Laodong Guo, University of Southern Mississippi, USA

16:45-18:00

Poster session

18:30

Dinner hosted by Xiamen University/MEL

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Event

THEME 3: RECENT ADVANCES IN THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN ESTUARIES

Chair: Jörg Schäfer, Université Bordeaux1, France

09:00-09:45

Keynote: Recent advances in understanding of trace metal biogeochemical cycling in estuaries

Robert Mason, University of Connecticut, USA

09:45-10:05

Iron in the Baltic Sea - a possible key parameter for cyanobacteria blooms?

Christa Pohl, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany

10:05-10:25

Major and trace elements in time series settling particles from Cuenca Alfonso, Baja California Peninsula, Mexico

Ana Patricia Rodríguez Castañeda, Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas, Mexico [withdrawed]

10:25-10:45  

The geochemistry of platinum and rhodium in an urban estuary (NW Iberian Peninsula)

Cobelo-Garcia Antonio, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Spain

10:45-11:05

Coffee break

Chair: Christa Pohl, Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Germany

11:05-11:25

Particulate and dissolved silver distribution along the salinity gradient and accumulation in European Eels (Anguilla anguilla) of the Gironde Estuary, France

Jörg Schäfer, Université Bordeaux1, France

11:25-11:45

Metal geochemistry of the sediments and benthic fluxes in a Galician ria (Vigo Ria, NW Iberian Peninsula)

Juan Santos-Echeandia, Marine Research Institute, Spain

11:45-12:05

Geochemistry of metals in the Amur river estuary: controlling factors and distribution

Vladimir Shulkin, Pacific Geographical Institute, Russia

12:05-13:10

Lunch

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Event

THEME 4: SOURCE, TRANSFORMATION AND FATE OF ORGANIC MATTER/CONTAMINANTS IN ESTUARIES 

Chair: Robert F. Chen, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA

13:10-13:55

Keynote: Source, composition and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in estuaries

Ronald Benner, University of South Carolina, USA

13:55-14:15

Effect of dry-wet cycles on the release of metals and herbicides from soil and sediment in coastal managed realignment sites

Margaret Kadiri, Queen Mary University of London, UK

14:15-14:35

Seasonal variability of photobleaching of chromophoric dissolved crganic catter in Xiamen Bay, China
Weidong Guo, Xiamen University, China

14:35-14:55

Source and formation pathway of colloidal organic matter (COM) from river to ocean: clue from lipids and their d13C ratios

Ming-Yi Sun, University of Georgia, USA/Ocean University of China, China

14:55-15:15 

Coffee break

Chair: Ming-Yi Sun, University of Georgia, USA/Ocean University of China, China

15:15-15:35

Sources of organic carbon in the sediment from the Yellow River to the Bohai: indicated by compound specific fatty acids

Li Zou, Ocean University of China, China

15:35-15:55

Fluorescence, fractionation behaviour and iron binding properties of colloidal organic matter from a black water estuary

Silvia Batchelli, UHI Millenium Institute, UK

15:55-16:15

Chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in United States estuaries

Robert F. Chen, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA

16:15-17:00

Panel discussion Theme 1-4
Panel Members: Michel Meybeck, Wei-Jun Cai, Robert Mason, Ronald Benner
Rapporteurs: Margaret Kadiri, Xianghui Guo

17:00-18:00

Poster session

18:00

Free

Time

Event

THEME 5: BIOGEOCHEMISTRY IN CONTRASTING ESTUARIES  

Chair: Wei-Jun Cai, University of Georgia, USA

09:00-09:45

Keynote: Natural and anthropogenic controls of nutrient input to estuaries from temperate to tropical regions

Tim Jennerjahn, Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Germany

09:45-10:05

Natural U-Th series radio-nuclides reveal important estuarine biogeochemical processes in the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, USA

Thomas M. Church, University of Delaware, USA

10:05-10:25

Carbon burial in the urbanized Yangtze River and Hudson River estuaries

Jun Zhu, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA

10:25-10:45

Chemical speciation and biogeochemistry of vanadium in peconics and Long Island Sound, NY
Deli Wang, Xiamen University, China

10:45-11:05

Coffee break

Chair: Evgeniy Yakushev, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia

11:05-11:25

Geochemical flux estimation of phosphorus across the Huanghe (Yellow) River estuary

Yue Li, Qingdao University, China [presented by Min Xi]

11:25-11:45

Variation of nutrients discharge in downstream of rivers of the Arctic basin

Elena Vinogradova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russia

11:45-12:05

A preliminary comparison of carbonate system between Changjiang and Mississippi estuary plumes

Wei-Dong Zhai, Xiamen University, China

12:05-13:10

Lunch

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THEME 6: CONCEPTS OF ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY AND MODELLING 

Chair: Kate L. Spencer, Queen Mary University of London, UK

13:10-13:55

Keynote: Concepts of estuarine chemistry and ecosystem dynamics

Thomas S. Bianchi, Texas A&M University, USA

13:55-14:15

Transport and reactivity of contaminated estuarine sediments: results from a high capacity flume

Geoffrey E. Millward, University of Plymouth, UK

14:15-14:35

Contribution of Photoheterotrophic microbes to carbon cycling in estuaries

Nianzhi Jiao, Xiamen University, China

14:35-14:55

Coffee break

Chair: Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth, UK

14:55-15:40

Keynote: Estuarine physical chemistry and metal speciation

Frank J. Millero, University of Miami, USA

15:40-16:00

Partitioning as a geochemical fingerprint for identifying contaminant sources in well-mixed, macro-tidal estuaries

Kate L. Spencer, Queen Mary University of London, UK

16:00-16:20

Modelling of the after-effects of oxygenated inflows in anoxic fjords systems

Evgeniy Yakushev, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway

16:20-16:40

Nitrogen and carbon dynamics in the Scheldt estuary at the beginning of the 21st century - a modelling study

Andreas F. Hofmann, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, The Netherlands

16:40-18:00

Poster session

18:30

Banquet

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Event

THEME 7: TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN ESTUARINE CHEMISTRY 

Chair: Gerhard Kattner, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

09:00-09:45

Keynote: Voltammetry: an in situ tool to monitor the health of estuaries

George W. Luther, University of Delaware, Lewes, USA

09:45-10:05

High-precision frequency measurements: indispensable tools at the core of molecular-level analysis of complex systems

Norbert Hertkorn, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Germany

10:05-10:25

Solid-phase extraction of dissolved organic matter (SPE-DOM) from river, estuarine and open ocean waters

Gerhard Kattner, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

10:25-10:45

Structural characterization of organic matter in a cyanobacteria bloom of Taihu Lake, China

Fenfen Zhang, East China Normal University, China

10:45-11:05

Coffee break

Chair: Norbert Hertkorn, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Germany

11:05-11:25

Characterization of dissolved organic matter: major advances by combining Reversed-phase Liquid Chromatography and FT-ICR-MS

Boris P. Koch, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

11:25-11:45

Nitrogen cycling study in Changjiang estuary: using dual-approach isotopic tracer of nitrate

Sivaji Patra, Institute of Geochemistry, China

11:45-12:30

Panel discussion Theme 5-7
Panel Members: Tim Jennerjahn, Thomas S. Bianchi, Frank J. Millero, George W. Luther
Rapporteurs: Jun Zhu, Andreas F. Hofmann

12:30-12:50

Planning for special issue and next symposium
Chair: Minhan Dai, Xiamen University, China

14:00

Tour to the Gulangyu Island (optional)