Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) Summer Workshop

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

July 23-26, 2007

 

Monday July 23, 2007

Introduction

08:30 Overview and progress on OCB: Scott Doney, Chair

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08:45 Agency perspectives on OCB: NSF, NASA, NOAA

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Theme I. The interplay between biotic structure and biogeochemical cycles  (Chairs: Tammi Richardson / Debbie Bronk)

09:30 Joe Vallino, Marine Biological Laboratory:

            Can Dynamic Trophic Structures Be Captured in Structurally Fixed Models?

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10:10 Mak Saito, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:

            Trace Metal Biogeochemistry and Ocean Carbon: GEOTRACES, Colimitation, Marine             Bioinorganic Chemistry, and the Continuing Pursuit of the Elusive Meaning of            Bioavailability

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11:20 Deborah A. Bronk, Virginia Institute of Marine Science:

            The Marine Nitrogen Cycle - Who is Doing What?

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12:10 Tatiana Rynearson, University of Rhode Island:

            Plankton Biogeography - Using Population Genetics Tools to Examine the Interplay of          Biotic Structure and Biogeochemical Cycles

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Tuesday July 24, 2007

 
Reports back to plenary, theme I (10 minute report, 10 minute discussion)
 
08:30  Biotic Structure & Biogeochemical Cycles: breakout I
            Biotic Structure & Biogeochemical Cycles: breakout II

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Theme II. Changing Ocean Biogeochemistry: The Prediction Challenge

(Chairs: Joan Kleypas / Galen McKinley)


09:10 Steve Murawski, NOAA Fisheries:

            Biogeochemistry Matters!: Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Ecosystems

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09:50 Jeremy Blackford, Plymouth Marine Laboratory:

            Acidification and the Marine Ecosystem: Synthesising Experiments and Models

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11:00  John Dunne, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory:

            Carbon System Prediction: Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities for Earth System    Modeling

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11:40  Dave Siegel, University of California – Santa Barbara: 

            What Can We Learn About Ocean Biogeochemistry from Satellite Data?

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Wednesday July 25, 2007

 

Reports back to plenary, theme II (

08:30 Changing Ocean Biogeochemistry: Understanding ocean acidification

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08:50 Changing Ocean Biogeochemistry: Predicting future carbon storage

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Theme III.  Terrestrial / coastal ocean cross-boundary fluxes  

(Chairs: Chris Sabine / Wade McGillis)

9:10    Arthur Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan:

            Cross-Boundary Transports of Carbon across the Land-Continental Shelf, Continental         Shelf-Open Ocean and Ocean-Atmosphere Boundaries

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9:50    Walter C. Oechel, San Diego State University:

            Carbon Dioxide and Methane Eddy Covariance Flux Towers for Comparative Coastal         Ocean and Terrestrial Fluxes

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11:00 Sybil Seitzinger, Rutgers University:

            Linking Watersheds to Coastal Systems - a Global Perspective on River Transport of N,      P and C - Past, Present and Future

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11:40  Ajit Subramaniam, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory: 

            Tropical Rivers Enhance Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

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Thursday July 26, 2007

Reports back to plenary, theme III (10 minute report, 10 minute discussion)

08:30 Cross-Boundary Fluxes 1: River-dominated systems

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08:50 Cross-Boundary Fluxes 2: Carbon and ecology in coastal regions

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Updates: resources and connections

09:10  Hugh Ducklow, Marine Biological Laboratory:

            LTER Sites

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09:20  Frank Muller-Karger, University of South Florida:

            The Role of the Ocean Studies Board (National Research Council)

09:30  Joachim Segschneider, Max-Planck-Institute of Meteorology:

            CARBOOCEAN

09:40  Chris Sabine, NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory:

            Time-Series Stations

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09:50  Wade McGillis, Columbia University:

            Ocean Observatories Initiative

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10:30  Plenary discussion: Setting OCB Priorities

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