ME43B:
Impacts of Ecological Interactions on Marine Ecosystem Dynamics: New Insights from Models, Theory, and Field Measurements II
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ME43B:
Impacts of Ecological Interactions on Marine Ecosystem Dynamics: New Insights from Models, Theory, and Field Measurements II
Impacts of Ecological Interactions on Marine Ecosystem Dynamics: New Insights from Models, Theory, and Field Measurements II
Session ID#: 11524
Session Description:
Ocean ecosystems make up the largest living space on the planet. Understanding the behavior, physiology, and evolution of marine organisms in the context of their chemical and physical environments and species interactions is key advancing our understanding of community and ecosystem functioning across systems. Multiple general concepts in ecology have originated from pelagic systems, including ecological stoichiometry, trophic cascades, and the match/mismatch hypothesis. However, a fundamental hurdle in advancing our understanding of ecological processes in the ocean remains the traditional boundary between ecology and oceanography. In this session, we seek to bring together those posing questions about pelagic ocean ecosystems, bridging empirical investigations with ecological theory and process models. We welcome both theoretical and empirical research addressing ecological interactions across a range of scales and trophic levels, with particular emphasis on the integration of field sampling, ecological theory, and/or modeling aimed to reveal processes structuring ocean ecosystems.
Primary Chair: Clifton Brock Woodson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Chairs: Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, Adam T Greer, The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Steven Yitzchak Litvin, Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, Tessa B Francis, University of Washington Tacoma, Puget Sound Institute, Tacoma, WA, United States, Charles A Stock, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, Mark D Ohman, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and J A Kleypas, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States
Moderators: Kelly Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, Adam T Greer, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Steven Litvin, Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Adam T Greer, University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Steven Yitzchak Litvin, Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
Index Terms:
4813 Ecological prediction [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4830 Higher trophic levels [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4890 Zooplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Plankton Production, Fish Catch, and the Potential for Sharp Regional Catch Trends Under Climate Change (91365)
Geographic variation in Pacific herring growth in response to regime shifts in the North Pacific Ocean. (88120)
Tracing Carbon Flow Through Food Webs on Isolated Coral Reefs in the Central Pacific Ocean Using a Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Approach (93434)
Effects of ecological interactions and environmental conditions on community dynamics in an estuarine ecosystem (92568)
Patterns of Macrozooplankton and Fish Occurrence Beneath McMurdo Sound Fast Ice during Spring/Summer 2014/2015 (93455)
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