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National Science Foundation Award #0443897

2005 Polar Marine Science Gordon Conference; March 13-18 2005; Ventura, CA

 
Investigator(s): Kevin Arrigo (PI) ; Nancy Ryan Gray (Co-PI)
Sponsor: Gordon Research Conferences, RI 02892 4017834011
Start Date/Expiration Date 2005-01-01 to 2005-12-31 (amended 2004-11-15)
Awarded Amount to Date: $40,000
Abstract: The proposed workshop is a Gordon Research Conference (GRC) titled "2005 Polar Marine Science: Climate Feedbacks and Trophic Shifts in Polar Seas". It will be held in March 2005 in Ventura, California USA. This award will provide partial support for the participation of invited speakers, discussion leaders and young investigators. The objective of the conference is to assess the recently documented large-scale, interannual changes that have impacted the northern and southern polar ocean systems, their physical bases, and their impacts on physical, chemical, biological and coupled systems. The plan of conference is to examine the impacts of the changing climate on sea ice cover, and likely consequences to ice biota and to the exchange of such substances as carbon dioxide and dimethyl sulfide, will be considered. An attempt will be made to assess aspects of concurrent interannual changes in broader food web variability. Both field and modeling results and paleoceanographic reconstruction of past conditions will be used in the discussions. The goals of the conference are to promote learning and participant diversity, and attendance will be open to scientists, technologists and educators from academia, government and industry. A forum is thus provided for support and encouragement of young scientists and scientist from developing countries as they establish initial scientific and personal contacts. Registrants will be drawn from underrepresented groups and from a wide geographic base. A second aspect of this conference is a bilateral treatment of the northern and southern high latitude oceans. The Arctic and the Antarctic often can be treated in separate sessions at scientific meetings. Because of commonality between many of the biological, geochemical, and physical processes, interactions and impacts will be addressed in this conference that are common to both polar regions. A bipolar focus can help lead to new insights into these processes, and future collaborations between scientists.
NSF Org: ANT - Antarctic Sciences Section
Award Number: 0443897
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: Polly A. Penhale
ANT Antarctic Sciences Section
OPP Office of Polar Programs
NSF Program(s): ANTARCTIC BIOLOGY & MEDICINE, ANTARCTIC OCEANS & CLIMATE SYS, ARCTIC NATURAL SCIENCES, ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAM
Field Application(s): Polar Programs-Related
Program Reference Code(s): ARCTIC RESEARCH, 1079
BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS, 9169
EXP PROG TO STIM COMP RES, 9150
Program Element Code(s): 5111
ANTARCTIC OCEANS & CLIMATE SYS, 5113
ARCTIC NATURAL SCIENCES, 5280
ARCTIC SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAM, 5219