Biogeochemical Processes Across Space and Time

May 1 - 6, 2022

Chairs Susanne Neuer and Chuanlun Zhang

Vice Chairs Adina Paytan and Fei Chai

Contact Chairs

Rey Don Jaime Grand Hotel

Avinguda de l'Hotel

Castelldefels, B, Spain

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The 2022 GRC on Ocean Biogeochemistry will focus on biogeochemical processes that occur across space and time in the ocean. Oral and poster presentations and discussions will address current topics ranging from deoxygenation, elemental cycles mediated by keystone organisms and viruses, carbon pumps, processes in high latitude oceans and shelf seas, to processes in past and future oceans. The program is currently being developed by the conference chairs, and the preliminary program, including invited speakers and discussion leaders, will be available by August 1, 2021.

The 2022 GRC will be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Ocean Biogeochemistry, open to graduate students and postdocs interested in marine biogeochemistry and related fields. The GRS will provide a forum for early career researchers to present and discuss results from their research in a peer-to-peer setting in advance of the GRC.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Ocean Biogeochemistry" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	The Deoxygenation of the World Oceans Discussion Leader: Marilaure Grégoire (University of Liège, Belgium)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm	Ronnie Glud (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) "Life and Element Cycling in the Deepest Trenches on Earth"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm	Sunke Schmidtko (GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany) "The Deoxygenation of the World's Ocean"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Biological Carbon Pump and Microbial Carbon Pump in Changing Oceans Discussion Leader: Josep Gasol (Institut de Ciències del Mar, Spain)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Carol Robinson (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) "Microbial Carbon Pumps and Global Change"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Bethanie Edwards (University of California, Berkeley, United States) "Exploring the BCP and MCP with Integrated Meta'omics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Morten Iversen (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) "Role of Particles in the Biological Carbon Pump"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	The GRC Power Hour™ The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizers: Raquel Flynn (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Tricia Light (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Particle Pumps: Role of Animals and Injections Discussion Leader: Sarah Fawcett (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm	Santiago Hernández-León (Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) "Active Flux in the Ocean: Magnitude, Variability, and its Role as a CDR Procedure"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm	Herve Claustre (CNRS & Sorbonne Université, France) "Developing a Comprehensive Understanding of the Export’s Phenology"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Element Cycles Mediated by Keystone Organisms Discussion Leader: Julie Granger (University of Connecticut, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Mark Wells (University of Maine, United States) "Changing Climate and the Frequency of Pseudo-nitzschia Blooms"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Gerhard Herndl (University of Vienna, Austria) "Prokaryotic Activity in the Global Dark Ocean: An Attempt to Reconcile the Dark Ocean’s Carbon Budget"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Alice Bosco-Santos (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) "Microbial Iron Reduction in Deep-Sea Sediments"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Early-Career Investigator Presentations Discussion Leaders: Qian (Lydia) Li (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) and Chris Lindemann (University of Bergen, Norway)
6:00 pm - 6:15 pm	Joshua Mirkin (University of Cape Town, South Africa) "A Nitrogen Isotope View of Nutrient Supply and Productivity in the Western Weddell Sea"
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm	Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:35 pm	Alexander Hayward (NIWA, New Zealand) "The Evaluation of a Novel Chemotaxonomic Method and its Application to Southern Ocean Pigment Data"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm	Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm	Clara Flintrop (Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) "Impact of Phytoplankton Composition on Aggregate Formation and Carbon Export in the Southern Weddell Sea"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm	Jessie Gardner (UiT- The Arctic University of Norway, Norway) "Are Particle Fluxes Below Pressure Ridges Greater Than Below First-Year Ice in the Central Arctic Ocean?"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm	Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:35 pm	Minkyoung Kim (Kyungpook National Univerity, South Korea) "Lateral Particle Supply as a Key Vector in the Oceanic Carbon Cycle"
7:35 pm - 7:40 pm	Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm	Elena Ceballos Romero (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, United States) "Towards a Better Understanding of Oceanic Carbon Uptake: Revisiting Five Decades of 234Th Data"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Biogeochemistry in Polar High Latitude Oceans Discussion Leader: Walker Smith (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Letizia Tedesco (Finnish Environment Institute, Finland) "Sea-Ice Biogeochemical and Ecological Dynamics in a Changing Artic"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Walter Geibert (Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany) "The Weddell Gyre Biogeochemistry as a Polar Model System"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Patricia Matrai (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, United States) "Sea Ice and Polar Emissions of Marine Biogenic Aerosols"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Shelf and Estuarine Biogeochemistry Under Anthropogenic Stress Discussion Leader: Celia Marrase (Institut de Ciencies Del Mar, Spain)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm	Katja Fennel (Dalhousie University, Canada) "Quantifying Air-Sea Exchange of CO2 in the Coastal Ocean"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm	Isaac Santos (University of Gothenburg, Sweden) "The Biogeochemical Impact of Submarine Groundwater Discharge"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Biogeochemistry in Ancient Oceans Discussion Leader: Adina Paytan (University of California, Santa Cruz, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Sean Crowe (The University of British Columbia, Canada) "Earth Surface Oxidation, Seawater Sulfate, and Methane Greenhouse Climates From the Archean to the Mesozoic"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Eva Stueeken (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom) "The Geobiological Nitrogen Cycle"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Luz Maria Mejia Ramirez (Bremen University (MARUM), Germany) "New Phytoplankton-Based Geochemical Proxies: A Way to Improve Climate Reconstructions"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	The Oceanic Sink of CO₂: Present and Future Discussion Leaders: Carol Robinson (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:40 pm	Galen McKinley (Columbia University and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, United States) "Constraining Models of the Future Carbon Sink with Observations and Machine learning"
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:40 pm	Christopher Sabine (University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States) "Can We Measure Changes in the Efficiency of Ocean Carbon Uptake and Storage?"
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure