YOUMARES 9 Sessions:

1. Could citizen scientists and voluntourists be the future for marine research and conservation?
   Hannah S. Earp, Arianna Liconti
2. Towards a sustainable management of marine resources: integrating social and natural sciences
   Fanny Barz, Heike Schwermer
3. Research at the interface of science and society
   Maximilian F. Schupp, Christina Hörterer
4. Law and Policy Dimensions of Ocean Governance
   Pradeep A Singh, Mara Ort
5. Species on the brink: navigating conservation in the Anthropocene
   Morgan L McCarthy, Thomas Luypaert, Meenakshi Poti, James G Hagan
6. The challenge of marine restoration programs: habitats-based scientific research as a key to their success
   Laura Basconi, Charles Cadier, Gustavo Guerrero Limon
7. Submerged in Plastic: impacts of plastic pollution on marine biota
   Natalie Prinz, Špela Korez
8. Plastics in the environment – Analysing sources, pathways, occurrence, and means of tackling this form of pollution
   Rosanna Schöneich-Argent, Marten Fischer, Maurits Halbach
9. Biodiversity of Benthic Holobionts: Chemical Ecology and Natural Products Chemistry in the Spotlight
   Elham Kamyab. Lars-Erik Petersen
10. Trends in plankton ecology
    Katarzyna Walczyńska, Maciej Mańko
11. Sponges (Porifera): Fantastic filter feeders
    Mainah Folkers, Titus Rombouts
12. Advances in Cephalopod Research
    Chris J Barrett
13. Higher temperatures and higher speed – Marine Bioinvasions in a changing world
    Philipp Laeseke, Jessica Schiller, Jonas Letschert
14. Connecting the bentho-pelagic dots
    Santiago EA Pineda Metz
15. Investigating the land-sea transition zone
    Stephan L Seibert, Julius M Degenhardt
16. Tropical Marine Research Mosaic: combining small studies to reveal the bigger picture
    Javier Onate, Liam Lachs
17. Bridging disciplines in the seasonal ice zone (SIZ)
    Tobias R Vonnahme, Ulrike Dietrich
18. Crossing traditional scientific borders to unravel the complex interactions between organisms and their non-living environment
    Corinna Mori, Mara Heinrichs
19. Open Session
    Viola Liebich