[Coral-List] Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008: Coral Reefs Session
Andrea Grottoli
grottoli.1 at osu.edu
Wed Sep 12 13:09:41 EDT 2007
Dear Coral-listers:
You are invited to submit abstracts to the Coral Reefs session of the
ASLO/AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting 2008 to be held 2-7 March 2008 in
Orlando Florida (see details below). The deadline is October 1,
2007. A link to the meeting website
is http://www.aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/. We are excited about
this session and look forward to receiving your submission.
Sincerely,
Andrea Grottoli
Session #144. Coral Reefs: Impacts of Environmental Alterations and
Climate Change on Coral Biology, Biogeochemistry, and Dissolved Organic Matter
Organizers:
Andrea G. Grottoli, The Ohio State University,
<mailto:grottoli.1 at osu.edu>grottoli.1 at osu.edu;
G. Christopher Shank, University of Texas at Austin - Marine Science
Institute, <mailto:shank at utmsi.utexas.edu>shank at utmsi.utexas.edu;
Ralph Mead, University of Miami - RSMAS,
<mailto:rmead at rsmas.miami.edu>rmead at rsmas.miami.edu;
Tamara Pease, University of Texas,
<mailto:tamara at utmsi.utexas.edu>tamara at utmsi.utexas.edu;
Kimberly Ritchie, Mote Marine Laboratory - Center for Coral Reef
Research, <mailto:ritchie at mote.org>ritchie at mote.org
Coral reefs worldwide are currently experiencing unprecedented levels
of stress due to global and regional environmental changes such as
increasing ocean temperatures and habitat alteration from surging
coastal populations. These environmental changes lead to degraded
water quality surrounding the coral reefs and influence a variety of
important biogeochemical cycles occurring within the reef ecosystem
including coral-bacterial-zooxanthallae interactions. As a result,
incidents of coral bleaching and coral disease have increased
substantially in recent years. This session will focus on links
between the cycling of organic material within and surrounding reef
ecosystems and the health of coral colonies. The goal of the session
is to promote discussion on coral vitality among geochemists,
microbiologists, and coral ecologists. Research topics may include
organic matter cycling in waters surrounding coral ecosystems, links
between dissolved organic matter (DOM) characteristics and the
microbial community responsible for a variety of coral diseases,
terrestrial influences on DOM sources to reef ecosystems, and organic
matter cycling within the coral-zooxanthallae community.
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Andrea G. Grottoli, Assistant Professor
Ohio State University
School of Earth Sciences
125 South Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
office: 614-292-5782
lab: 614-292-7415
cell: 215-990-9736
fax: 614-292-7688
email: grottoli.1 at osu.edu
Grottoli webpage: http://www.earthsciences.osu.edu/~grottoli.1/
Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIB Lab):
http://earthsciences.osu.edu/~grottoli.1/SIB_Lab.html
SES seminars: http://www.earthsciences.osu.edu/seminars.php
Office location: 329 Mendenhall Labs
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