Session Announcement
"Linking the Nutrient Physiology of Marine Phytoplankton to Regional and
Global Biogeochemistry" (TS-B08)
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
4-9 June 2006
For further meeting information, please go to:
http://aslo.org/meetings/victoria2006/
A topical session entitled "Linking the Nutrient Physiology of Marine
Phytoplankton to Regional and Global Biogeochemistry" will be held
during the ASLO 2006 Summer Meeting in Victoria, B.C.
Description
Marine phytoplankton play a critical role in ocean dynamics and the
Earth's climate over geological time scales by affecting the nutrient
balance between the oceans and the atmosphere. These microscopic primary
producers incorporate dissolved nutrients into organic matter and
deliver them to the ocean interior through a process known as the
"biological pump", thereby partitioning elemental pools between the deep
ocean, surface waters, and the atmosphere.
Field, laboratory, and modeling studies that focus on new and
regenerated primary production, carbon and silicate pumps, export
production, nutrient uptake and limitation, Redfield ratios and their
deviations, the emission of biologically-derived gases to the
atmosphere, and related technological advances are encouraged to
contribute to this session.
This session will bring together classic and recent studies that shed
light on the implications of phytoplankton physiology on regional or
global elemental cycles.
Conveners
Diana Varela
University of Victoria
Rebecca Shipe
University of California, Los Angeles