International Conference on Marine Science Towards a sustainable ocean.

Book excerpt: This book of abstracts summarizes the works presented at the Colombia 2018: International Conference on Marine Science - Towards a sustainable ocean, held at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín, Colombia. The conference brings together researchers, practitioners and educators to exchange and share their experiences in answering fundamental environmental and socio-economical questions related to marine ecosystems in Latin America. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussing environmental change and its impact on ecosystems and society, the sustainable use of marine and coastal ecosystems, as well as technological advances. The conference, which is jointly organized by the CEMarin and DICM, focusses on five research themes: 1. Ocean and society: The social dimension of ecosystem services. 2. Marine environmental change: From species responses to environmental modeling. 3. Marine resources: Sustainable use in a changing world. 4. Oceanography: Understanding the physical processes of atmosphere-ocean interactions. 5. Water waves: How the ocean affects life.