Why conferences matter—an illustration from the international marine conservation congress

Frontiers in Marine Science

Volumn 4, Issue AUG, 2017, Pages

  Oester, Samantha ^a   Cigliano, John A ^b,c   Hind Ozan, Edward J ^d   Parsons, E Christien Michael ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CEDAR CREST COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Acadia National Park   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brainstorming; Collaboration; Collegiality; Communication; Conferences; Promotion of research; Proposal writing; Writing manuscripts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027721992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22967745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00257     Document Type: Article

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