SCOR Working group 116

Sediment Trap and ²³⁴Th methods for Particulate Organic Carbon Export in the upper ocean: Current Status

WG members	Affiliation	Expertise
1. Ken Buesseler (chair) kbuesseler@whoi.edu	Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MS#25, Woods Hole, MA 02543 USA	Thorium-234 studies and sediment trap comparisons. Development of 234Th approach and neutrally buoyant sediment traps
2. Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff LOEFF@AWI-BREMERHAVEN.DE	Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, PO Box 120161, D275848, Bremerhaven Germany	234Th and upper ocean export, with particular expertise in methods and Southern Ocean studies
3. M. M. Sarin sarin@prl.ernet.in	Physical Research Laboratory, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380 009, India	234Th and upper ocean export, also use of radium isotopes to constrain horizontal transport
4. Scott Fowler S.Fowler@iaea.org	Marine Environment Laboratory, International Atomic Energy Agency, 4 Quai Antoine 1er- B.P. No. 800, MC 98012, Monaco	Upper ocean trap studies and PI in original VERTEX trap Programs in 1970's with expertise in radionuclides and biological processes
5. Tom Trull Tom.Trull@utas.edu.au	Antarctic CRC, University of Tasmania, GPO Box 252-80, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001 Australia	Carbon and particle cycling studies including use of stable C isotopes and other non-radioactive tracers
6. Avan N. Antia aantia@ifm.uni-kiel.de	Institut fur Meereskunde and der Universitat Kiel, Dusternbrooker Weg 20, D-24105 Keil, Germany	Particle flux and sediment trap studies including major elemental composition, stable isotopes.
7. Deborah K. Steinberg debbie@bbsr.edu	Bermuda Biological Station for Research, Inc (through 2000). Moving to: Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences, PO Box 10346, Gloucester Point, VA 23062 USA	Biological oceanography and zooplankton studies including species specific food web dynamics
8. Orjan Gustaffson orjan.gustafsson@itm.su.se	Stockholm University, Institute of Applied Environmental Research. 10691 Stockholm. Sweden	Organic geochemistry and 234Th studies. Use of SPLITT techniques to separate sinking and suspended particles in the ocean
9. Chen Ming mchen@ust.hk	Department of Oceanography, Xiamen University, China	234Th studies in So. China Sea and younger scientist in lab of YiPu Huang
10. Ching-Ling Wei weic@ccms.ntu.edu.tw	Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, P.O. Box 23-13, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.	234Th studies in Taiwan region and prior studies w/ Dr. J. Murray at Univ. Washington
11. Koh Harada harada@nire.go.jp	Marine Environment Division, National Institute for Resources and Envioronment, 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8569, Japan	Sediment traps and 234Th studies in North Pacific including time-series export studies at KNOT. U-Th series radionuclide studies in the ocean
Associate Members
1. Anthony F. Michaels tony@usc.edu	Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, University of So. California, AHF 232, Los Angeles, CA 980089, USA	Biological oceanography and upper ocean biogeochemistry, including upper ocean traps and export studies.
SCOR Reporter
Shizuo Tsunogai mag-hu@ees.hokudai.ac.jp	Laboratory of Marine and Atmospheric Geochemistry, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810m Japan