B43A:
Physical-Biogeochemical Coupling in Oceanic Eddies and Fronts: From Submesoscale to Mesoscale Processes I


Session ID#: 11489

Session Description:
Eddies, fronts, and upwelling systems are ubiquitous features with essential contributions on disturbing and transporting materials and energies in the global ocean. Physical and biogeochemical processes in these systems have been long recognized as “dynamically active” that are typically different from basin-scale adjustments. With recent advancements in in-situ monitoring, remote sensing and high-resolution numerical models, physical-biogeochemical coupling in these systems indicates prominent spatial and temporal variability that could be potentially related to the nature of mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics. Systematic understanding of the underlying dynamics is required to better interpret observed ocean biogeochemical variations, which can further advance the understanding of global carbon cycle and ultimately climate change. Both observations (in situ and satellite) and numerical models are able to provide clues to how these dynamics affect ocean biogeochemistry from nutrient cycling to ecosystem structures, as well as how ocean biogeochemistry evolve with mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics. In this session, we welcome contributions from any discipline that examine topics about physical-biogeochemical coupling related to mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics from snapshots to long-term temporal scales. Researches that address impacts of eddies, fronts, and upwelling systems on biological, chemical, and high-trophic level processes are particularly encouraged for submission.
Primary Chair:  Peng Xiu, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, Guangzhou, China
Chairs:  Kuanbo Zhou, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Center for Environmental Sensing and Modeling (CENSAM) IRG, Singapore, Singapore, Arne Biastoch, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany and Minhan Dai, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China
Moderators:  Peng Xiu, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Kuanbo Zhou, Xiamen University, State Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China, Minhan Dai, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China and Arne Biastoch, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, FB1 Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics, Kiel, Germany
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Peng Xiu, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Kuanbo Zhou, Xiamen University, State Key Lab of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China
Index Terms:

4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4279 Upwelling and convergences [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • EC - Estuarine and Coastal
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • PO - Physical Oceanography/Ocean Circulation
  • PP - Phytoplankton and Primary Production

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

B43A-01
Observations of rapid changes in N:P ratio associated with non-Redfield nutrient utilization in mesoscale eddies in the upper ocean (91083)
Minhan Dai1, Yanping Xu1, Shuh-Ji Kao1, Bangqin Huang1, Jun Sun2 and Zhenyu Sun1, (1)Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China, (2)Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, China
B43A-02
Biogeochemical Properties of Eddies in the California Current System (93805)
Peter J. S. Franks, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Fanny Chenillat, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, LEMAR, Plouzané, France and Vincent Combes, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
B43A-03
Biogeochemistry of Recently Discovered Oxygen-Depleted Mesoscale Eddies in the Open Eastern Tropical North Atlantic (89495)
Bjoern Fiedler1, Damian Grundle1, Carolin R Löscher2, Florian Schütte1, Helena Hauss1, Johannes Karstensen3, Pericles Silva4 and Arne Koertzinger5, (1)GEOMAR Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Chemical Oceanography, Kiel, Germany, (2)Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Institute for Microbiology, Kiel, Germany, (3)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Kiel, Germany, (4)Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas (INDP), Mindelo, Cape Verde, (5)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
B43A-04
Meso-scale eddies and the impacts on variability of carbonate chemistry over deep coral reefs in the Florida Straits (93620)
Mingshun Jiang, Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Boca Raton, FL, United States, Chudong Pan, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Ft. Pierce, FL, United States, Leticia Barbero, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, John Reed, Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Fort Pierce, FL, United States, Joseph Salisbury II, University of New Hamsphire, United States and Richard H Wanninkhof, NOAA AOML, Ocean Chemistry and Escosystem Division, Miami, FL, United States
B43A-05
PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMICS IN A SUBMESOSCALE FRONT FORCED BY HIGH FREQUENCY WINDS (92972)
Daniel B Whitt1, Marina Levy2 and John Ryan Taylor1, (1)University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, (2)LOCEAN, Paris Cedex 05, France
B43A-06
Oceanic fronts: transition zones for bacterioplankton community composition (90729)
Federico Baltar1, Kim Currie2, Esther Stuck1, Stéphanie Roosa3 and Sergio Morales4, (1)University of Otago, Department of Marine Science, New Zealand, (2)NIWA National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand, (3)University of Otago, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New Zealand, (4)University of Otago, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dunedin, New Zealand
B43A-07
Mesoscale and Sub-mesoscale Variability in Phytoplankton Community Composition in the Sargasso Sea (88888)
Bridget Bachman, University of South Carolina, Marine Science, Columbia, SC, United States, Tammi L Richardson, University of South Carolina, Marine Science Program, Columbia, SC, United States and Michael W Lomas, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States
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