Time	Title	Author
10:00-10:05	Welcome speech	Minhan Dai
Session Chair: Bangqin Huang
10:05-10:35	Nitrification and recycled production in the sunlit ocean	Shu-Ji Kao (Xiamen University)
10:35-11:05	Role of particle stock and phytoplankton community structure in regulating particulate organic carbon export in a large marginal sea	Pinghe Cai (Xiamen University)
11:05-11:35	Resolving trophic process that can enhance the export contribution of picophytoplankton	Michael Landry (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
11:35-12:05	Feeding Responses of Microzooplankton in Relation to the Nutritional Value of the Prey, with Special reference to diel variability	Hongbin Liu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
12:05-13:10	Lunch break
Session Chair: Hongbin Liu
13:10-13:40	Variation and regulation of bacterial carbon process of particle-attached and free-living bacteria at two contrasting coastal site	Guo Cui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
13:40-14:10	Photosynthetic parameters in the northern South China Sea in relation to phytoplankton community structure	Yuyuan Xie (Xiamen University)
14:10-14:40	The importance of mesozooplankton feeding and trophic cascades in the northern SCS	Mianrun Chen (South China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration)
14:40-15:10	Some thoughts on food-web interactions in the South China Sea	Xin Liu (Xiamen University)
15:10	Discussion and Coffee break