Call for Special Session Abstracts
POLAR2018
SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference
19-23 June 2018
Davos, Switzerland
Abstract submission deadline: 1 November 2017, 18:00 Central European Time
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http://www.polar2018.org/abstracts.html
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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) are invite abstract submissions for a special session entitled Productivity, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Shifts at Cryosphere-Ocean Boundaries. The SCAR/IASC Open Science Conference, part of the POLAR2018 conference, will convene 19-23 June 2018 in Davos, Switzerland.
SESSION BE-5: Productivity, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Shifts at Cryosphere-Ocean Boundaries
Conveners: Lee Cooper, Monika Kedra, Craig Smith, Irene Schloss, Paul Renaud, and Mikael Sejr
The boundaries between the cryosphere and ocean are shifting as the climate warms in both the Arctic and Antarctic. This session will explore the possible responses of biological systems to changing ice cover, and expand our understanding on how climate warming is likely to further alter ecosystem processes across this boundary. High latitude productivity and associated ecosystem adjustments is a key organizing principle that could help bridge information and insights from across multiple disciplines. Conveners invite contributions from studies investigating ecosystem consequences of cryosphere changes in glacially influenced systems such as fjords and adjacent coastal ecosystems, ice shelves and underlying ocean waters, as well as continental shelves impacted by retreating sea ice, including recent changes that are already apparent. Observational, experimental, and modeling studies leading to a mechanistic understanding of processes that are related to productivity and its influences on biodiversity and ecosystem structure are equally welcome. This session aims to bring together diverse perspectives on the future of Arctic and Antarctic productivity and impacts on ecological structure. The session will also seek to identify knowledge and/or data gaps, which might limit our collective ability to understand connectivity across polar systems.
For more information about this session, go to:
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