OS42A:
Physical Oceanography, Geodynamics, and Ecological Environment of the Western Pacific II


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Session ID#: 57583

Session Description:
The Western Pacific Ocean is unique in terms of physical oceanography, geodynamics, and ecological environments. Previous studies on the Western Pacific are isolated within individual communities. For example, oceanographic studies have typically focused on the upper ocean. Deep and abyssal layers are set apart from upper counterparts. Geodynamics are focused on the initiation and development of subduction system. Given the enormous volume and storage of heat and carbon, the long residence time makes the Pacific important in the studies of global overturning circulations and climate change. The deep circulation plays an important role in connecting subducting system and benthic communities, and transporting chemical constituents. Within different basins with narrow connecting passages, bioconnectivity is restricted and deep-water organisms may evolve to be distinct from their adjacent counterparts. This session provides an opportunity for different research communities to share results of recent physical oceanographic, geodynamics, and ecological studies of the Western Pacific.
Primary Convener:  Fan Wang, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Qingdao, China
Convener:  Jianing Wang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Primary Liaison:  Kuidong Xu, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Chairs:  Fan Wang1, Weidong Sun1 and Kuidong Xu2, (1)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China(2)Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
OSPA Liaison:  Kuidong Xu, Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Index Terms:

1223 Ocean/Earth/atmosphere/hydrosphere/cryosphere interactions [GEODESY AND GRAVITY]
4262 Ocean observing systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4532 General circulation [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Comparative Study of Trophic and Elemental Characteristics of Zooplankton in Deep (500-3500 m) and Shallow (0-200 m) Layers in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean (425965)
Chaolun Li and Lei Chen, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Seamount megabenthic communities: Isolated or connected? (377043)
Kuidong Xu1, Yang Li2, Xuwen Wu2, Junlong Zhang2 and Yu Xu3, (1)Institute of Oceanology, Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (2)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (3)Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, CAS, Lanzhou, China
Phylogenetic position of Alvinocarididae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea): New insights into the origin and evolutionary history of the hydrothermal vent alvinocarid shrimps (403529)
ZhongLi Sha, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Geodynamics of subducting plate faulting, fluid penetration and mantle serpentinization at the Western Pacific and global trenches (417120)
Fan Zhang, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Shenzhen, China, Jian Lin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States; Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Zhiyuan Zhou, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Enhancement of interisland coral connectivity by the Kuroshio across the Nansei Archipelago, the East China Sea (371844)
Yusuke Uchiyama1, Sachika Odani1, Motohiko Kashima2, Yuki Kamidaira3 and Satoshi Mitarai4, (1)Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, (2)Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan, (3)Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Research Group for Environmental Science, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna-son, Japan
The “seamount effect” of phytoplankton in the tropical western Pacific Ocean (406833)
Xiao-Xia Sun and Sheng Dai, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
Vertical Distribution of Planktonic Ciliates in the Oceanic and Slope Areas of the Western Pacific Ocean (400734)
Wuchang Zhang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
A tale of two successors, interactions of Bathymodiolus platifronsand its methanotrophic endosymbionts give rise to the successful colonization in the deep-sea chemosynthetic extreme environments (426815)
Minxiao Wang, Chaolun Li and Sun Song, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China

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