ME51B:
Plankton Diversity: Patterns, Processes, and Methods I


Session ID#: 11328

Session Description:
Recent field, laboratory, modeling, and theoretical efforts have improved understanding of the patterns of plankton diversity and the mechanisms that maintain them, as well as the broader importance of diversity in setting ecosystem properties and functions. Despite significant progress, considerable research challenges and uncertainties remain. For this session, we invite contributions addressing these and related fundamental questions: How is plankton diversity measured, manipulated, and modeled?; What are the observed and simulated patterns of plankton diversity?; What controls the diversity of plankton?; and, How does diversity affect broader ecosystem properties and functions? We welcome contributions from any methodological approach focusing on any aquatic system or taxonomic groups. We particularly encourage studies that diagnose and interpret spatial and temporal diversity gradients across a range of scales and organisms, and examine the dynamic interplay between physical and biological processes. The goals of the session are to: a) build understanding of the patterns, regulation, and importance of plankton diversity, b) highlight areas of persistent uncertainty as focal areas for future research, and c) provide an interdisciplinary forum for communicating novel methodological and conceptual developments in the study of plankton diversity.
Primary Chair:  Andrew Barton, Princeton University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States
Chairs:  Sergio M Vallina, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain and Pedro Cermeno, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain
Moderators:  Andrew Barton, Princeton University Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States and Sergio M Vallina, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Pedro Cermeno, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Barcelona, Spain
Index Terms:

4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4817 Food webs, structure, and dynamics [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4855 Phytoplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4890 Zooplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
  • MM - Microbiology and Molecular Biology
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • PP - Phytoplankton and Primary Production

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ME51B-01
Fine Scale Phytoplankton Diversity of Galveston Bay: Imaging FlowCytobot Provides Insight into Microbial Community Dynamics (88269)
Hannah Preischel1, Anya M Waite2, Shiron Lawrence3, Allyson Lucchese1, Jennifer Genzer3, Jamie L Steichen3 and Antonietta Quigg3, (1)Texas A&M University, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Biology, Galveston, TX, United States
ME51B-02
Seasonal Diversity Patterns of a Coastal Synechococcus Population (93146)
Kristen Rachel Hunter-Cevera1, Anya M Waite2, Michael Neubert2, Kasia Hammar3 and Anton Post1, (1)University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Marine Biological Laboratory, Josephine Bay Paul Center, Woods Hole, MA, United States
ME51B-03
High-resolution sampling of plankton diversity using fluorescence and bioluminescence sensors (91945)
Monique Messié1, Igor Shulman2 and Steven Haddock1, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (2)Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
ME51B-04
Phytoplankton Functional Diversity and New Production during Spring and Summer Blooms in the Subarctic Atlantic Ocean (88940)
Nicolas Van Oostende, Sarah E Fawcett, Qixing Ji, Dario Marconi, Jessica Lueders-Dumont, Daniel Mikhail Sigman and Bess B Ward, Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
ME51B-05
Contrasting Relationships between Functional and Species Diversity in Subarctic and Subtropical Copepod Communities across the western North Pacific (88424)
Carmen García-Comas1, Sanae Chiba1, Hiroya Sugisaki2, Taketo Hashioka1 and Sherwood Lan Smith1, (1)JAMSTEC, Research and Development Center for Global Change, Yokohama, Japan, (2)Fisheries Research Agency, Yokohama, Japan
ME51B-06
Estimating Diversity of Florida Keys Zooplankton Using New Environmental DNA Methods (88968)
Anni Djurhuus, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Natalie Amber Sawaya and Mya Breitbart, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St Petersburg, FL, United States
ME51B-07
A COMPARISON OF MORPHOLOGICAL TAXONOMY AND NEXT GENERATION DNA SEQUENCING FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ZOOPLANKTON DIVERSITY (93861)
Julio Harvey1, Jennifer L. Fisher2, Shannon Johnson1, Steven Morgan3, William T Peterson4, Erin V Satterthwaite5 and Robert C Vrijenhoek1, (1)MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Cooperative Institute of Marine Resources Studies, Newport, OR, United States, (3)University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, United States, (4)NOAA-NWFSC, Newport, OR, United States, (5)UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, United States
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