Multiple Session Announcements and Calls for Abstracts
2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
20-24 February 2012
Salt Lake City, Utah
Abstract Submission Deadline for all Sessions: Friday, 7 October 2011
012 - The Chukchi Sea Region: Rapid Changes in the Pacific
Gateway to the Arctic165 - Climate Change Impacts on the Bering Sea and Related Polar
Seas: From Observation to Prediction
- 012 - The Chukchi Sea Region: Rapid Changes in the Pacific
Gateway to the Arctic
Organizers of Session 012, "The Chukchi Sea Region: Rapid Changes in the
Pacific Gateway to the Arctic," announce a call for abstracts. This
session is organized within the High Latitude Studies category at the
2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, which will be convened 20-24 February 2012
in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Over the last decade the Chukchi Sea has warmed significantly,
experienced major reductions in seasonal sea ice cover, and responded to
shifts in atmospheric forcing. These changes demonstrate the sea's
vulnerability to climate perturbations and its interconnectivity to the
Arctic and global oceans. Numerous scientific programs are underway with
support from state and U.S. government agencies, private industry, and
via international efforts based in Canada, China, Japan, Korea, and
Russia. These programs are rapidly increasing our understanding of the
Pacific gateway to the Arctic and promise better system-level
understanding.
This session invites contributions on emerging results from field and
modeling studies that implicate key ocean-atmosphere interactions,
including sea ice dynamics, physical and biogeochemical processes in the
water column, and biological response throughout the marine food web.
Data on changes to external forcing that may promote marine species
shifts or evidence of major ecosystem reorganizations are also welcome.
This multidisciplinary and international session will provide a state of
the art evaluation of the environmental status and trends of the
Arctic's Pacific sector, including physical forcing, biogeochemical
cycling, biological response, modeling, and social-economic
interactions.
For further information about the session, please go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/special_sessions07.asp. Scroll down to
Session 012 within the High Latitude Studies category.
For further information about the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, please go
to: http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/default.asp.
The abstract submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time
Friday, 7 October 2011 (4:59 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time Saturday, 8
October 2011). For complete instructions regarding online registration
and abstract submission, please go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/start_process.asp.
For further information, please contact:
Jackie Grebmeier
Email: jgrebme [at] umces.edu
Russ Hopcroft
Email: hopcroft [at] ims.uaf.edu
Sue Moore
Email: sue.moore [at] noaa.gov
Bob Pickart
Email: rpickart [at] whoi.edu
Bill Williams
Email: bill.williams [at] dfo-mpo.gc.ca
- 165 - Climate Change Impacts on the Bering Sea and Related Polar
Seas: From Observation to Prediction
Organizers of Session 165, "Climate Change Impacts on the Bering Sea and
Related Polar Seas: From Observation to Prediction," announce a call for
abstracts. This session is organized within the High Latitude Studies
category at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, which will be convened
20-24 February 2012 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Bering Sea and related polar oceans have experienced recent changes in
ice and climate, ocean dynamics, biotic community structure, and
ecosystem function. Several large research programs have been working to
provide the fundamental observations and information needed for
vertically-integrated syntheses of climate-mediated oceanographic
drivers and trophic interactions in polar marginal seas. Collaborating
modelers are using these empirical data to model and predict the impacts
of changing seasonal ice cover on ecosystem dynamics, commercial
fisheries, and subsistence harvest.
This session will provide a forum to discuss field observations gained
from ongoing programs, the application of these data to prognostic
models, and their linkages to other polar oceans in pursuit of improved
stewardship of marine resources in the 21st century.
For further information about the session, please go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/special_sessions07.asp. Scroll down to
Session 165 within the High Latitude Studies category.
For further information about the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, please go
to: http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/default.asp.
The abstract submission deadline is 11:59 p.m. Central Daylight Time
Friday, 7 October 2011 (4:59 a.m. Greenwich Mean Time Saturday, 8
October 2011). For complete instructions regarding online registration
and abstract submission, please go to:
http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/start_process.asp.
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Van Pelt
Email: tvanpelt [at] nprb.org
Michael W. Lomas
Email: Michael.Lomas [at] bios.edu
Mike Sigler
Email: mike.sigler [at] noaa.gov