The Benthic Ecology Meeting Society (BEMS) is a non-profit organization established to run a yearly meeting to exchange scientific information focusing on marine benthic ecosystems (e.g., rocky intertidal, coral reef) and to foster the next generation of benthic biologists. The ...

This event has been cancelled due to COVID-19 precautions - click here for more info. BEM 2020, the 49th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting, will be held 7-11 April 2020 in Wilmington, NC at Hotel Ballast, and hosted by the faculty ...

​The 50th Annual Benthic Ecology Meeting will be held in Portsmouth, NH, from March 29-April 2, 2022. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel in downtown Portsmouth. The hotel is within walking distance of a dynamic ...

We survived Hurricane Harvey and look forward to the meeting. Activities will start and end 1 day earlier than normal to allow participants to travel home on Saturday for the Easter holiday on Sunday. The venue is the Omni Hotel ...

The BEM 2019 program starts with an icebreaker in the evening of April 3rd and concludes with a banquet and a live musical performance by Billy and the Bruisers, a 10-piece, 100% Newfoundland band in the evening of the 6th ...