Call for abstracts: OS11 Sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change
Dear All,
You are kindly invited to submit an abstract for our "OS11 Sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change" to be held in the upcoming EGU General Assembly in Vienna, Austria, 13-18 April 2008
******* 14 January 2008 is the abstract deadline ******
For further information, visit the EGU Assembly site:
http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
You can find the OS11 announcement under 'Call-for-Paper Programme' and
'Ocean Sciences'. Direct link:
http://www.cosis.net/members/meetings/sessions/information.php?p_id=310&s_id=4984
*OS11 Sensitivity of marine ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles to climate change
*Outline:*
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. With the realization that anthropogenic CO2 is
the main contributor to climate change, scientific focus is directed
towards understanding its long term influence (e.g. decreasing pH) on
marine systems.
Intensive ecological and biogeochemical field studies have been
undertaken during the last two decades including lagrangian process
studies, eulerian time-series stations, meridional transects and
purposeful nutrient and CO2 fertilizations. These field studies have
been interpreted with the aid of a hierarchy of mathematical models
which describe the contextual physical processes supplying the requisite
ecosystem structure and biogeochemical cycles. Satellite ocean color
data provide a basis for observing basin-scale variability in biological
activities. This session invites contributions related to observations,
experimental manipulations, predictive analyses and modelling studies of
the biological, chemical, physical and geological processes involved in
the marine biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems and their interactions,
with special focus on their response to climate change.
*Conveners:*
Dr Carol Robinson
School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
United Kingdom
E-mail: Carol.Robinson@uea.ac.uk
Dr Baris Salihoglu
Institute of Marine Sciences-METU
Turkey
E-mail:baris@ims.metu.edu.tr
Looking forward to meeting you in Vienna,
Carol Robinson and Baris Salihoglu
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