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Session on ASLO
Dear Colleagues: We would like to invite you to contribute
to the special session "The Biogeochemistry of the Tropical Atlantic
Ocean (SS87 - details below) at the ASLO Summer meeting in Santiago
de Compostela, Spain, from June 19-24, 2005. For those who have
procrastinated this long, this is a perfect session to present work
on any aspect of oceanography/atmospheric science pertaining to
the biogeochemistry of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean - we want to
encourage the exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries and
between research groups. Ajit, Doug and Doug.
SS87 The Biogeochemistry of the Tropical Atlantic Ocean
Organizers: Ajit Subramaniam, LDEO, Columbia University, New York,
(ajit@ldeo.columbia.edu) Douglas Capone, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, (capone@usc.edu) Douglas Wallace, Leibniz-Institut
für Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, (dwallace@ifm-geomar.de)
The tropical Atlantic Ocean is a very dynamic system influenced
by intense seasonal riverine inputs and dust deposition. Biological
productivity exceeds what might otherwise be expected in an otherwise
oligotrophic environment. There have been several recent interdisciplinary
studies of the tropical Atlantic Ocean by European and American
investigators. These studies have included new measurements and
experimental studies of trace metal chemistry, diazotrophy, and
carbon drawdown. They are altering our understanding of the impact
of tropical rivers and aeolian dust on oceanic carbon and nitrogen
cycling. We invite presentations of results from field surveys as
well as modeling studies of the biogeochemistry of the tropical
Atlantic Ocean in order to promote the exchange of ideas and results
across disciplinary boundaries and among research groups. -- ***************************************
Ajit Subramaniam
Doherty Associate Research Scientist
3 Marine Biology
Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University
61 Rt 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: +1.845.365.8641
Fax: +1.845.365.8150
Email: ajit@ldeo.columbia.edu
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