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Polar Marine Science

Gordon Research Conference

An Interdisciplinary Look at Processes over Multiple Scales of Variability

March 25 - 30, 2007
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Vice Chair
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Program

SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmALL THINGS GREAT AND SMALL: INTERACTIONS AT MULTIPLE SCALES
7:40 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion Leader: Robin Muench (Earth and Space Research)
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm George Hunt (University of Washington)
"The Warming Sub-Arctic Oceans: Responses Of Creatures Minuscule And Massive"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm Paul Tréguer (European Institute for Marine Studies)
"A Multiscale Approach To Biogeochemistry"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 amGroup Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmZOOMING IN: PROCESSES AT THE LIMITS OF DETECTION 1
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Anne-Carlijn Alderkamp (Stanford University)
9:10 am - 9:50 am Peter Franks (University of California, San Diego)
"Microscale Distributions of Phytoplankton: From the Quantum to the Continuum"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 am Dave Caron (University of Southern California)
"Genetic and Physiological Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes Within The Ross Sea, Antarctica"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm David Thomas (University of Wales-Bangor)
"Biogeochemistry of sea ice at the limits of detection - what are we missing?"
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmZOOMING IN: PROCESSES AT THE LIMITS OF DETECTION 2
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Veronique Shoemann (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Mine Berg (Stanford University)
"Growing in the ice - how do the algae do it?"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Jean-Eric Tremblay (Université Laval)
"Ecophysiology of Primary Producers"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF PATCHINESS
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)
9:10 am - 9:50 am Laurie Padman (Earth and Space Research)
"Shaken But Not Stirred: Physical Controls on Finescale Patchiness"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:05 am Mark Moore (University of Essex)
"Separating Physiology From Ecology, Can Patchiness at The Mesoscale Help?"
11:05 am - 11:20 am Discussion
11:20 am - 12:00 pm Nina Karnovsky (Pomona College)
"From Phytoplankton to Predators: Foraging for Patchy Prey in Polar Seas"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Poster Session A: Best Student Poster Presentations - Matthew Mills
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMESOSCALE PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Shuki Ushio (National Institute of Polar Research)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm David Holland (New York University)
"Understanding Flow Around Seamounts in Polar Oceans: Results from the MaudNESS Project"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Becky Korb (National Environment Research Council)
"Intense Phytoplankton Blooms in the HNLC Belt of The Southern Ocean: Natural Iron Enrichment from Islands"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCOUPLING AT THE BOUNDARIES
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Carin Ashjian (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
9:10 am - 9:50 am Christine Michel (Freshwater Institute, Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
"Biogeochemical Coupling Between Sea Ice and Pelagic Ecosystems: Exploring Multiple Scales of Interactions"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:15 am Michiyo Yamamoto-Kawai (Institute of Ocean Sciences, Canada)
"Using Geochemical Tracers to Investigate Land-Ocean Coupling in the Arctic"
11:15 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm Ted Scambos (NSIDC, University of Colorado)
"Ice Streams, Ice Shelves, Icebergs, and Oceans"
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pmBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSHELF-BASIN EXCHANGE
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Patricia Yager (University of Georgia)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Bob Pickart (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Shelf-Basin Exchange: Physical Forcing and the Impacts on Biological and Chemical Systems"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Lee Cooper (University of Tennessee)
"Shelf-Basin Exchange: Biogeochemistry as an Arctic System Integrator"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmTHE "BIG PICTURE"
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leader: Steve Nicol (Australian Antarctic Division)
9:10 am - 9:50 am Bob Dickson
"Multi-Decadal Change and Extremes of Variability in Arctic and Subarctic Seas"
9:50 am - 10:05 am Discussion
10:05 am Coffee Break
10:25 am - 11:05 am Nicole Lovenduski (University of California Los Angeles)
"Impact of the Southern Annular Mode on Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry"
11:05 am - 11:20 am Discussion
11:20 am - 12:00 pm Cynthia Tynan (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Observing Basin-Scale and Circumpolar Patterns in Upper Trophic Levels; Challenges and New Approaches at the Largest Scales of Variability"
12:00 pm - 12:15 pm Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm Poster Session B: Best Student Poster Presentations - Mine Berg
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmZOOMING OUT: TAKING THE LONGER VIEW
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Tas van Ommen (Australian Antarctic Division)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Danny Sigman (Princeton University)
"Ice Ages, The Halocline-Bearing Polar Ocean Regions, and Atmospheric CO2"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Joellen Russell (University of Arizona)
"Big Changes in the High Latitude Oceans: The Impact of the Westerlies on Ocean Heat Content, Stratification and Ice"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart

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