PO21B:
New Insights into Shelf and Slope Processes from Interdisciplinary Studies and the Use of Autonomous Platforms I
PO21B:
New Insights into Shelf and Slope Processes from Interdisciplinary Studies and the Use of Autonomous Platforms I
New Insights into Shelf and Slope Processes from Interdisciplinary Studies and the Use of Autonomous Platforms I
Session ID#: 9621
Session Description:
The exchanges of mass, energy and constituents between the continental shelf and the deep ocean have a profound impact on the physical, biological and biogeochemical properties of marine systems. The on-shelf flux of nutrients from the deep-ocean, for example, promotes the growth of phytoplankton while the export of organic material from the shelf to the deep-ocean can contribute to long-term carbon storage. Regional and local-scale differences in shelf-slope exchange can be related to a range of factors, including air-sea interactions, the formation and persistence of fronts, the proximity of strong boundary currents, tidal forcing, shelf/slope configuration and the complexity of local bathymetry. In this session we invite contributions that emphasize inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of shelf-slope processes. Contributions are encouraged from observational and modeling studies that address the coupling of physical, biogeochemical and biological processes in the outer shelf to upper slope region in eastern and western boundary systems as well as submissions that illustrate similarities and differences in shelf-slope exchange across shelf margin settings, seasonal and inter-annual patterns, and the role of episodic or extreme events.
Primary Chair: Alberto R Piola, Argentine Hydrographic Service, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Chairs: Yvette H Spitz, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR, United States, Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Jose H Muelbert, FURG, Instituto de Oceanografia, Rio Grande, Brazil, Jeffrey W Book, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Shaun Johnston, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Mark E Inall, SAMS, Oban, United Kingdom
Moderators: Alberto R Piola, Servicio de Hidrografía Nava, Buenos Aires, Argentina and Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Harvey Seim, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Index Terms:
4219 Continental shelf and slope processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4255 Numerical modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4855 Phytoplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
- B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
- ME - Marine Ecosystems
- PP - Phytoplankton and Primary Production
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Planktonic blooms from the Patagonian Shelf to the Open Waters of the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean (89879)
Spiciness and dissolved oxygen variability in Oregon shelf, slope and offshore waters, from a 25-year model simulation (90254)
Export of a Winter Shelf Phytoplankton Bloom at the Shelf Margin of Long Bay (South Atlantic Bight, USA) (91465)
Physical and geochemical drivers of CDOM variability near a natural seep site in the Gulf of Mexico (92724)
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