Dear Colleague,
We'd like to draw your attention to a symposium where we feel your group would be able to contribute immensely. As part of the XXVII General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society (EGS) in Nice, France, 22-26 April 2002, we will be convening a session entitled BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF THE CARBON CYCLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN (OA8, co-sponsored by BG). Since the success of this meeting depends both on interesting contributions and numerous participation, we would welcome all submissions that help us to reach this goal within the framework of the abstract attached below. Feel free to distribute this call for papers to whom it may concern.
Sincerely yours,
Wolfgang Koeve, Jim Aiken and Veronique Garcon
ABSTRACT: Various programs in ocean biogeochemistry have been conducted during the recent decade in the (North) Atlantic Ocean. Combining results from local scale studies, time series stations (ESTOC, BATS), hydrographical surveys (joint JGOFS/WOCE efforts, AMT, etc.), remote sensing (e.g. SeaWIFS) and simulation models, different types of synthesis activities are currently under way, partly as a contribution to the JGOFS synthesis and modelling effort. It is the aim of this session to highlight results from these synthesis works and to discuss results from more recent and ongoing field activities (e.g. AMT,POMME). Presentations may include, and will not be limited to, treatments in the following areas: basin, regional, and local scale models of ocean processes, CO2 fluxes and distributions, euphotic zone production and export, foodweb structure and plankton functional groups, particle flux and transformations, export processes of carbon, stoichiometry of the biological pump (including nitrogen fixation), testing of the concept of biogeographical provinces, and longer-term changes in ecosystem function and biogeochemical cycles, assimilation work combining coupled physical/biological models with observations. This session aims at supporting truly interdisciplinary research from physical, chemical and biological oceanographers. Oral and poster sessions are requested.

CONVENERS: W. Koeve, Univ. Bremen, Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Bremen, Germany; email: w.koeve@sciencenet.com
J. Aiken, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, England; email: ja@mail.pml.ac.uk;
Veronique.Garcon@cnes.fr V. Garcon, LEGOS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, 14 avenue Edouard-Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France, email:

OTHER RELATED SYMPOSIA: The EGS Assembly will host many other symposia. Ocean related symposia are listed at http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice02/programme/OCE.pro gram.htm
The following symposia might be of specific interest to you: OA5.02: Mediterranean biogeochemical fluxes and ecosystem functioning
(Convener: Rassoulzadegan, F.; Co-Convener(s): Triantafyllou, G.)
BG1: Respiration in the ocean and the effects on carbon fluxes: from local to global scales: (Convener: Legendre, L.)
BG2: Role of water column microbes in the oceanic carbon cycle:
(Convener: Rassoulzadegan, F.)
BG3: Marine optics and biogeochemistry: from micro- to global scale:
(Convener: Claustre, H.; Co-Convener(s): Antoine, D.)
BG4: Biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter in aquatic environments:
(Convener: Rochelle-Newall, E.)
BG7: Export of organic matter from the coastal ecosystems to the open ocean: (Convener: Alvarez-Salgado, X. )

LOGISTICS INFORMATION: DEADLINE of Abstract and Support Application is Jan 11, 2002. Original of abstract should be sent to the EGS Office (see address below) and copies to the conveners (w.koeve@sciencenet.com; ja@mail.pml.ac.uk; Veronique.Garcon@cnes.fr).

EGS Office: Max-Planck-Str. 13, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany; Tel: +49-5556-1440, Fax: +49-5556-4709, E-mail: egs@copernicus.org; URL: www.copernicus.org/EGS/EGS.html). There will be an online abstract submission form for Latex formated abstracts available soon. Information on the meeting program is available from: http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice02/programme/overview. htm

More details on the OA8-session will be made available at http://www.copernicus.org/EGS/egsga/nice02/programme/OA8..info .htm Other logistics information (hotels, travelling etc.) will be made available soon starting from the meetings home page.
Dr. Wolfgang Koeve - research scientist w.koeve@sciencenet.com

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