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IMBER/SOLAS, special session. Sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical, cycles to global change
FYI
We would like to draw your attention to Session OS 3.1, entitled “IMBER/SOLAS
special session. Sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical
cycles to global change” and ask you to consider submitting an
abstract for oral and/or poster presentation. The session will be held
at the EGU annual meeting in Vienna, April 22-27 2012.
Abstracts are due on 17 January 2012
Please see : http://www.egu2012.eu/
Best regards,
Convener: Baris Salihoglu
Co-Conveners: Veronique Garçon, Carol Robinson, Christoph Garbe,
Alberto V. Borges
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OS3.1 SOLAS/IMBER Special session. Sensitivity of marine ecosystems
and biogeochemical cycles to global change.
Achieving a quantitative understanding of the key
biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean
and the atmosphere and how marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems
interact is a prerequisite to understand how this coupled system
affects and is affected by climate and environmental change. Indeed
attempts to predict the future global environment depend on a
comprehensive understanding of how plankton biodiversity and
biogeochemical cycling in the oceans affect the climate system, and of
how changes in climate influence the structure and functional
properties of oceanic ecosystems. This session calls for contributions
related to experimental work at sea or in the laboratory, remote
sensing studies, and modelling studies on the responses of key marine
biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and their interactions, to global
change. Contributions dealing with exchange processes at the air-sea
interface are also welcome.
Dr. Carol Robinson
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich Research Park
Norwich NR4 7TJ
Tel : ++ 44 (0) 1603 593174
Fax : ++ 44 (0) 1603 591327
Carol.Robinson@uea.ac.uk
http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/people/facstaff/robinsonc