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Subject: OCEANS: Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems Analysis International Open Science Conference January 7-10, 2003, Paris

Second Announcement and call for abstracts Abstract and early registration deadline:15 October 2002

This conference will focus on integrated studies of biogeochemistry and ecosystem dynamics in the ocean in the context of the Earth System and global change. It is designed to assist the development of a new ten-year international SCOR/IGBP research project. Questions to seed discussion include:

*How does global change, represented by changes in natural climatic modalities and anthropogenic forcings, impact marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem dynamics?
*How do these impacts alter the mechanistic relationship between elemental cycling and ecosystem dynamics?
*What are the feedback mechanisms to the Earth System from these changes?

In addition to plenary and poster presentations, there will be two full days of working group discussions. Abstracts are invited for poster presentations on themes such as: Trace elements in ecological and biogeochemical processes; The mesopelagic layer; Integrating food- web dynamics and biogeochemical cycles; Direct effects of anthropogenic forcing on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems; Feedbacks to the Earth System; Biogeochemical hotspots, triggers and non-linear responses.

For full programme and registration details visit our website http://www.igbp.kva.se/obe/

or send an E mail to: scor@dmv.com

We encourage you to circulate this information to interested colleagues. A poster to advertise the conference can be downloaded from: http://www.igbp.kva.se/obe/downloads.html

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