BN21B:
We Shed Light: Optical and Imaging Insights into the Biological Carbon Pump I


Session ID#: 37155

Session Description:
The urgent need to improve our understanding of ocean carbon sequestration and the Biological Carbon Pump (BCP) has led to the rapid advance of marine autonomous sensors and new technologies focussing on in situ optical measurements (e.g. backscatter/fluorescence sensors and camera systems). These produce large data sets describing the size, type and distribution of sinking biological particles driving the BCP. Marine autonomous instruments offer greater spatio-temporal coverage than traditional sediment traps and reduce ship time, critically improving our understanding of the BCP and promising unprecedented insight into interactions among organisms and particles. Yet, whilst these technologies have advanced greatly during the last two decades, the application of these datasets in the study of the BCP remains limited and prone to uncertainties such as the linkages between optical particle properties and particle characteristics such as composition, inner structure, sinking speed, sources, and flux. We invite submissions that showcase: (1) Case studies highlighting the use of optical devices to characterize the Biological Carbon Pump,(2) Advances in particle image classification (including zooplankton),(3) Advances in understanding relationships between optical particle properties and sinking speed/carbon content, flux calculations, and (4) Novel insights from optical devices into particle dynamics, including zooplankton-particle dynamics and numerical models.
Primary Chair:  Emma Cavan, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia
Co-chairs:  Sari Lou Carolin Giering, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosytems, Southampton, United Kingdom, Emmanuel Christian Laurenceau-Cornec, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Antarctic Climate Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia and Andrew M. P. McDonnell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Moderators:  Emma Cavan, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia, Andrew M. P. McDonnell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Emmanuel Christian Laurenceau-Cornec, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Antarctic Climate Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, Hobart, Australia and Sari Lou Carolin Giering, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosytems, Southampton, United Kingdom
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Andrew M. P. McDonnell, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Index Terms:

1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4806 Carbon cycling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4894 Instruments, sensors, and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • CT - Chemical Tracers, Organic Matter and Trace Elements
  • IS - Ocean Observatories, Instrumentation and Sensing Technologies
  • OM - Ocean Modeling

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Global in situ imaging of large plankton and particles by the Underwater Vision Profiler in the upper kilometre of all oceans (307655)
Lars Stemmann1, Fabien Lombard2, Lionel Guidi3,4, Laurent Coppola5, Jean-Olivier Irisson6, Marc Picheral7, Augustin Lafond8, Anya M Waite9, Tristan Biard10, Emmanuel Boss11, Lee Karp-Boss12, Helena Hauss13, Andrew M. P. McDonnell14, Marcel Babin15, Mark D Ohman16, Rainer Kiko17 and G Gorsky3, (1)University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI - LOV, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, (2)University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France, (3)CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche-sur-Mer, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, (4)University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (5)OOV, Villefranche sur Mer, France, (6)University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI - LOV, France, (7)CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris Cedex 16, France, (8)Aix Marseille University, Marseille Cedex 03, France, (9)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (10)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (11)University of Maine, School of Marine Science, Orono, ME, United States, (12)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (13)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany, (14)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (15)CERC sur la télédétection de la nouvelle frontière arctique du Canada - Unité Mixte Internationale Takuvik, Québec, QC, Canada, (16)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (17)GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
The Marine Particles Seen by Optical Scattering Measurements (316821)
Emanuele Organelli1, Giorgio Dall'Olmo2, Robert J W Brewin3, Glen Tarran1 and Gavin Tilstone4, (1)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (2)Plymouth marine Laboratory, National Centre for Earth Observation, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)National Centre for Earth Observation, United Kingdom, (4)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Remote Sensing Group, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Combining optics, imaging and artificial intelligence for in-situ characterisation of complex particle populations. (312529)
Emlyn Davies1, Glaucia M Fragoso2, Geir Johnsen2 and Ingrid Ellingsen1, (1)SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway, (2)Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Fluid dynamics around in situ collected marine snow visualized by Particle Image Velocimetry (320180)
Clara Maria Flintrop1,2, Soeren Ahmerkamp3, Marcel M.M. Kuypers3 and Morten H. Iversen2,4, (1)Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, SeaPump, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany, (2)MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, (4)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
Integrating Measurements Of Particle Size Distributions With Aggregation Models. (302519)
George A Jackson, Texas A&M University College Station, Bainbridge, WA, United States and David M Checkley Jr, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
In-Situ Characterization of Marine Aggregate Breakup due to Turbulence (310913)
Matthew Rau, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, Steven G Ackleson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., DC, United States and Geoffrey B Smith, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Resolving coastal and opean ocean particle characteristics and dynamics using towed and stationary underwater imaging systems (319684)
Klas Ove Moeller, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany, Boris Cisewski, Thuenen Institute, Institute of Sea Fisheries, Germany, Philipp Fischer, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Research group Fish Ecology, Helgoland, Germany and Sari Lou Carolin Giering, National Oceanography Center, Southampton, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems, Southampton, United Kingdom
DeepPIV: Elucidating Small-Scale Zooplankton-Particle Interactions in the Deep Sea (314822)
Kakani Katija1, Alana Sherman2, Rob Sherlock2 and Bruce H Robison3, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, (3)MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, United States

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