GLOBEC Related Ocean Sciences 1994 Sessions
One contributed and two special sessions at the February 1994 Ocean
Sciences Meeting in San Diego will be of particular
interest to marine scientists investigating potential effects of Global
Climate Change on marine populations.
U.S. GLOBEC Pilot Study of the Effect of Stratification on Larval Fish and Zooplankton Populations on Georges Bank
Results of the 1992-1993 pilot study of the effect of seasonal
stratification on the growth and survival of larval fish on Georges Bank
will be presented. Variations in water column structure have been shown
to affect larval growth and condition through changes in availability of
zooplankton prey. This project also involved the application and
intercomparison of a variety of new instrument systems and biochemical
techniques. Convenors for this contributed session are David G.
Mountain, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St., Woods Hole,
MA 02543; Phone: 508-548-5123; FAX: 508-548-5124; Omnet: D.MOUNTAIN;
Internet: dmountai@whsun1.whoi.edu and Peter H. Wiebe, Department of
Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543;
Phone: 508-548-1400 x2313; Omnet: P.WIEBE; Internet:
pwiebe@cliff.whoi.edu.
Modelling Physical-Biological Couplings In The Ocean
Many biological processes in the ocean, operating at a wide range of
spatial and temporal scales, are affected by fluid motion. These
processes include nutrient uptake, feeding and metabolism by planktonic,
nektonic and benthic organisms, and dispersal, settlement and
recruitment. This session will feature predictive, quantitative models
of links between these biological processes and the physical processes
that may govern them. This session will include, but not be limited to,
reports from the U.S. GLOBEC (GLOBal ocean ECosystem dynamics) program.
Convenor for this session is James E. Eckman, Skidaway Institute of
Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, GA 31416; Phone: 912-598-2467;
FAX: 912-598-2310; Omnet: J.ECKMAN; Internet: eckman@skio.peachnet.edu
Decadal-Scale Variability in the Ocean, Lakes and the Atmosphere
This session solicits papers that discuss low-frequency fluctuations in
oceanographic, limnologic and atmospheric variables, in the Pacific
Ocean and lakes influenced by Pacific weather patterns. Papers may be
based on retrospective analysis of long time series of physical and
biological (including paleoceanographic and paleolimnologic) data sets,
on modelling and/or theoretical work. Results should be discussed in the
context of climate change. Our overall goal is to identify linkages
between atmospheric forcing and ocean/lake response, and to determine if
(and how) aquatic ecosystems respond to low-frequency changes in the
physical environment. Convenors for this session are Tim R.
Baumgartner, CICESE, P.O.Box 4844, San Ysidro, CA 92073; Phone: 011 52
667 45053 (Ensenada) or 619-534-2171 (Scripps); e-mail:
trbaumgartner@ucsd.edu and William T. Peterson,U.S. GLOBEC Interagency
Program Coordination Office, NOAA/NMFS-F/RE3, Room 6276, 1335 East West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone: 301-713-2367; Omnet:
W.PETERSON.
