Chairs: Jacqueline M Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, MD, United States, Gaius R Shaver, Marine Bio Lab, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Gloucester, VA, United States
Primary Conveners: Lauren M Everett, National Academy of Sciences, Polar Research Board, Washington, DC, United States
Co-conveners: Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion U-Innov Res Bldg, 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, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Jacqueline M Grebmeier, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, MD, United States
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The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems responding to climatic events that enhance hydrologic transport acress the landscape
Diane M McKnight1, William B Lyons2, Andrew G Fountain3, Michael N Gooseff4, Peter T Doran5, Diana H Wall4, Ross A Virginia6, John C Priscu7, Byron Adams8, Cristina Vesbach-Takacs9, John E Barrett10 and Adrian Howkins4, (1)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Ohio State Univ, Columbus, OH, United States, (3)Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States, (4)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (5)Univ Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, (6)Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, (7)Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 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
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Response of Peat-forming Ecosystems of the Western Antarctic Peninsula to Recent Climate Change
Mary Tardona1, Dave Beilman1, Zicheng Yu2 and Julie Loisel3, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, United States, (3)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Ecological Controls on Biogeochemical Fluxes in the Western Antarctic Peninsula: Long-Term Observations and Inverse Food Web Model Results
Hugh W Ducklow, Lamont -Doherty Earth Observatory, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Palisades, NY, United States, Sevrine F Sailley, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Sharon Elisabeth Stammerjohn, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Grace K Saba, Rutgers University New Brunswick, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Scott C Doney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
