Conference Announcement
5th Gordon Research Conference on Polar Marine Science
"Climate Feedbacks and Trophic Shifts in Polar Seas"
13-18 March 2005
Ventura, California
To attend this conference, please complete the online application form
available at:
http://www.grc.org
Programme information is available at:
http://www.grc.org/programs/2005/polar.htm
OVERVIEW
Past and present evidence shows high sensitivity of polar seas to
changing climate due to the presence of sea ice. Sea-ice variability
affects the physics, biogeochemistry, and biology of polar seas. These
changes, in turn, create important positive or negative feedbacks to the
climate either directly or indirectly through cascading effects.
The 5th Gordon Conference will explore physical, biogeochemical, and
biological feedback loops to changing climate, making use of recent
advances in paleo-indicators and contemporary observations and
process-level studies. Particular attention will be paid to feedbacks
and trophic shifts associated with changing sea-ice.
Posters from all participants are welcome in two poster sessions. There
will be discussion leaders (listed first) and invited speakers for the
below nine sessions listed below.
1 - Climate Sea Ice Feedbacks
(Steve Ackley, John Walsh, David Thompson)
2 - Reconstructing Sea ice Changes from Proxy Records
(Keith Alverson, Erik Wolff, Mark Curran, Xavier Crosta)
3 - Sea Ice Variability and Local Physical Processes
(Jackie Richter-Menge, Christian Haas, Daniel Feltham)
4 - Sea Ice Variability and Ocean Circulation
(Robin Muench, Arnold Gordon, Jean-Claude Gascard, Walter Munk)
5 - Sea Ice Variability and Shifts in Primary Producers
(Walker Smith, Barbara Prezelin, Paul Wassmann)
6 - Sea Ice Variability and Climatically Significant Biogases
(Peter Liss, Maurice Levasseur, Jack Di Tullio, Katarina Abrahamsson,
Lisa Miller, Jean-Louis Tison)
7 - Sea Ice Variability and Microbial Processes
(David Thomas, Thomas Mock, Ron Kiene)
8 - Effects of Sea-Ice Variability on Top Predators
(Cynthia Tynan, Ulrich Bathmann, David Ainley, George Divoky, Kristin
Laidre)
9 - Integrating Climate Feedbacks and Trophic shifts in Polar Seas
(Steve Nicol, Eugene Murphy, Richard Matear)
To attend this conference, please complete the online application
available at:
http://www.grc.org
The selection of conferees is made by Christiane Lancelot, Chair
(lancelot [at] ulb.ac.be) after review of the applications.
Programme information is available at:
http://www.grc.org/programs/2005/polar.htm