B31J:
Changing Ecosystems of the Arctic and Antarctic I

Session ID#: 2633

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
2003 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States, Gaius R Shaver, Marine Bio Lab, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, United States
Primary Convener:  Lauren M Everett, National Academy of Sciences, Polar Research Board, Washington, DC, United States
Co-conveners:  Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, United States, Gaius R Shaver, Marine Bio Lab, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • C - Cryosphere
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0475 Permafrost, cryosphere, and high-latitude processes [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0491 Food webs and trophodynamics [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1621 Cryospheric change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4817 Food webs, structure, and dynamics [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Enhanced Climate Changes at High Latitude

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

B31J-01
Recent and Predicted Changes in Pan-Arctic Vegetation Properties and Their Climate Feedback Implications (Invited) (3863)
Scott J Goetz, Woods Hole Research Ctr, Falmouth, MA, United States
B31J-02
Observed and Potential Responses of Upland Tundra Ecosystems to a Changing Climate: Results from the Arctic Long-Term Ecological Research Project, North Slope, Alaska, USA (Invited) (4839)
William B Bowden, University of Vermont, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, Burlington, VT, United States
B31J-03
The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems responding to climatic events that enhance hydrologic transport acress the landscape  (Invited) (6272)
Diane M McKnight1, William B Lyons2, Andrew G Fountain3, Michael N Gooseff1, Peter T Doran4, Diana H Wall5, Ross A Virginia6, John C Priscu7, Byron Adams8, Cristina Vesbach-Takacs9, John E Barrett10 and Adrian Howkins5, (1)University of Colorado Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, United States, (2)Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Portland State University, Geology, Portland, United States, (4)Univ Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (6)Dartmouth College, Department of Environmental Studies, Hanover, United States, (7)Desert Research Institute, Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Reno, United States, (8)Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States, (9)University of New Mexico Main Campus, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (10)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States
B41E-0104
Transformation of Peat-Forming Ecosystems in a Changing Climate and Landscape on the Western Antarctic Peninsula (9832)
Zicheng Yu1, Julie Loisel2, Dave Beilman3 and Kate Cleary1, (1)Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States, (2)University of Nevada Reno, Department of Geography, Reno, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Geography, Honolulu, HI, United States
B41E-0119
Benthic Food Webs of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas: Relative Importance of Ultimate Carbon Sources in a Changing Climate (27086)
Kenneth H Dunton1, Susan V Schonberg1, Nathan Mctigue2, Philip A Bucolo1, Tara L Connelly1 and James W McClelland3, (1)University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, United States, (2)National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woodshole, United States
B31J-06
Tracking Biological and Ecosystem Responses to Changing Environmental Conditions in the Pacific Arctic (27654)
Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, United States, Lee W Cooper, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, MD, United States, Karen E Frey, Clark University, Graduate School of Geography, Worcester, MA, United States and Sue E Moore, NOAA Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
B31J-07
Ecological Controls on Biogeochemical Fluxes in the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Long-Term Observations and Inverse Food Web Model Results (23174)
Hugh W Ducklow, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Palisades, NY, United States, Sevrine Sailley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Sharon Elisabeth Stammerjohn, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Grace Saba, Rutgers University, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, United States and Scott C Doney, University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States
B31J-08
21st century projections of ocean ecology and productivity across the CMIP5 models: contrasting the Southern Ocean and the Arctic (31866)
Anna Cabre, University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States, Shirley Leung, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Irina Marinov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Earth and Environmental Science, Philadelphia, United States
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