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Subject: Special Session at Ocean Sciences, Hawaii 2006: Role of Ocean Biota in Carbon Flux
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Role of Ocean Biota in Carbon Flux |
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| Convener: |
Susanne Neuer
Arizona State University
School of Life Sciences
Tempe, AZ, USA 85287-4501
(480) 727 7254
Susanne.neuer@asu.edu
Ricardo Letelier
Oregon State University
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
104 COAS Admin Bldg
Corvallis, OR, USA 97331-5503
(541) 737-3890
letelier@coas.oregonstate.edu
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| Description: |
Ocean Color remote sensing has provided an unprecedented global view of the variability of phytoplankton biomass and ocean primary production in space and time. However, understanding how global patterns of pelagic primary productivity translate into carbon sequestration requires a greater knowledge of the role of taxonomic and functional groups in both primary and secondary producers. It is this knowledge that will enable us to infer the climate sensitivity of the marine biota and ultimately its role in sequestering anthropogenic CO2 in a changing ocean. This session invites contributions that illustrate and discuss the role of ocean biota and pelagic ecosystem structure in the sequestration of carbon in past, present and future oceans. |
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