Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement
When: Wednesday,
November 8, 2017
12:30 PM
-
1:30 PM
Where: > See description for location
Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology
Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
Seminar Announcement
"What is really controlling phytoplankton communities and primary production in the ocean?
-Temporal and spatial scales of bio-physical interactions in marine ecosystems"
Bror Jonsson
Research Assistant Professor
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory
University of New Hampshire
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
SMAST West, Room 204
706 S. Rodney French Blvd
New Bedford, MA
Abstract:
Most current approaches to study primary production in the pelagic ocean either focus on narrow domains in time and space or are based on the concept that stocks can be used to estimate fluxes. While the latter approach has been highly successful in satellite oceanography when approaching questions that focuses on long time scales (seasonal -- decadal), it is of limited use to explore faster processes. There is also a tendency to approach biological processes in the ocean with the assumption that physical advection and dispersal is irrelevant to a first order.
So, what can we do to improve this? Follow the water! In this presentation I will present work where we apply Lagrangian particle tracking to bridge different temporal and spatial scales and include physical transport. The approach allows for directly assessing changes in satellite derived fields and to assess links between planktonic community structure, productivity, and export efficiency across different ocean biomes.
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Fore additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
Seminar Announcement
"What is really controlling phytoplankton communities and primary production in the ocean?
-Temporal and spatial scales of bio-physical interactions in marine ecosystems"
Bror Jonsson
Research Assistant Professor
Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory
University of New Hampshire
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
SMAST West, Room 204
706 S. Rodney French Blvd
New Bedford, MA
Abstract:
Most current approaches to study primary production in the pelagic ocean either focus on narrow domains in time and space or are based on the concept that stocks can be used to estimate fluxes. While the latter approach has been highly successful in satellite oceanography when approaching questions that focuses on long time scales (seasonal -- decadal), it is of limited use to explore faster processes. There is also a tendency to approach biological processes in the ocean with the assumption that physical advection and dispersal is irrelevant to a first order.
So, what can we do to improve this? Follow the water! In this presentation I will present work where we apply Lagrangian particle tracking to bridge different temporal and spatial scales and include physical transport. The approach allows for directly assessing changes in satellite derived fields and to assess links between planktonic community structure, productivity, and export efficiency across different ocean biomes.
Access Live seminars
To access the live broadcasting, visit https://echo360.org/home, and login the username smast@umassd.edu and password smastumassd. Click "I am not a robot" and then click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700 - 01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700 - 02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming.
Access Past seminars
You may also view broadcast of past seminars by clicking the department name under the "Seminar Series Archive" heading below, and selecting the title URL for the video you'd like to view (Adobe Flash Player is required. Download the lastest version here)
Fore additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
Contact: > See Description for contact information
Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series