INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP IN SEVASTOPOL ON STUDY OF METHANE FORMATION, TRANSPORT PATHWAYS AND THE ROLE WITHIN THE CARBON CYCLE IN THE BLACK SEA

Abstract

On initiative and with sponsorship of the Research Center Ocean Margins, University of Bremen (RCOM, Germany), the International Workshop on “Methane in sediments and water column of the Black Sea: formation, transport pathways and the role within the carbon cycle” took place in Sevastopol (Ukraine), from 17 to 22 May 2005. The workshop was supported by the Ministry of Education and Research in Germany (BMBF), and was organized by Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (IBSS, Sevastopol, Ukraine), the Center for Marine Geosciences of Moscow State University (MSU, Moscow, Russia) and the RCOM. The Programme Committee was composed of Prof. Gerhard Bohrmann (RCOM), Prof. Michael Ivanov (MSU) and Prof. Viktor Egorov (IBSS).