[Coral-List] Coral Reefs session at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting
Andrea Grottoli
grottoli.1 at osu.edu
Wed Sep 19 12:17:19 EDT 2007
Dear Colleagues:
We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to the CORAL REEFS
session of the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting. A full description of
the session is given below. This year, the AGU/ASLO joint sponsored
Ocean Sciences Meeting is being held 2-7 March 2008 in Orlando,
FL. The abstract submission deadline is October 2, 2007. Abstracts
can be submitted online at
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/orlando2008/. We look forward to your
participation in the session.
Sincerely,
Andrea Grottoli, Chris Shank, Tamara Pease, Ralph Mead, and Kimberly Ritchie
Session 144. Coral Reefs: Impacts of Environmental Alterations and
Climate Change on Coral Biology and Biogeochemistry, and Links
Between Dissolved Organic Matter
Organizers: Andrea G. Grottoli, The Ohio State University,
grottoli.1 at osu.edu; G. Christopher Shank, University of Texas at
Austin - Marine Science Institute, shank at utmsi.utexas.edu; Ralph
Mead, University of Miami - RSMAS, rmead at rsmas.miami.edu; Tamara
Pease, University of Texas, tamara at utmsi.utexas.edu; Kimberly
Ritchie, Mote Marine Laboratory - Center for Coral Reef Research,
ritchie at mote.org
Globally, coral reefs are increasingly exposed to unprecedented
levels of stress due to regional and global environmental alterations
and global climate change. As a result, incidents of coral bleaching
and coral disease have increased substantially in recent years. In
addition, these environmental changes degrade 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 the building blocks of
tropical reef ecosystems, corals are critical for healthy ecosystem
functioning and the maintenance of tropical biogeochemical cycles.
This session will explore the following topics: 1- the various ways
coral physiology, biology, and ecology are affected by stress
conditions such as increases in sea-surface temperature, ultra-violet
radiation, ocean acidification, nutrient loading, and sedimentation,
2- organic matter cycling in waters surrounding coral ecosystems
including terrestrial influences on dissolved organic matter (DOM)
sources to coral reefs, 3- the links between DOM characteristics and
the microbial community responsible for a variety of coral diseases
and organic matter cycling within the coral-zooxanthallae community,
and 4- the connections between the biological/ecological responses
and biogeochemical cycles in the past (i.e., proxy records), present,
and in the face of future environmental and climate change.
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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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