The deadline for registration for the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City, Utah, 19-24 February 2012, is fast approaching (October 7th, 2011; http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/submittal.asp). We would like to invite both oral and poster contributions to our session 039: Ocean Biogeochemistry Time-Series and Climate. This session will also feature the Sverdrup Lecture (http://www.agu.org/sections/oceans/honors.shtml#sverdrup), presented by Deborah K. Steinberg.
Session Description:

Much of our understanding of temporal variability associated with ocean biogeochemistry derives from sustained, systematic, shipboard time-series observations. Time-series science programs provide the oceanographic community with multi-year, high-quality data needed for characterizing ocean climate, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem variability. We invite contributions from studies which use ocean carbon and biogeochemistry time-series data, and especially encourage studies that examine time-series observations and datasets to elucidate changes in ocean biogeochemical processes, ecosystem structure and function, and linkages and feedbacks with the Earth’s climate system.

Session organizers: Frank Muller-Karger, University of South Florida, carib@marine.usf.edu; Matthew Church, University of Hawai’i at Manoa, mjchurch@hawaii.edu; Michael Lomas, Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences, michael.lomas@bios.edu; Gordon Taylor, Stony Brook University, gtaylor@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Please distribute this announcement to others that may be interested. We look forward to seeing you in Salt Lake City.