Biogeochemistry
Sea Ice and Plankton Ecology at Palmer Station
Poster Number: 67 Presenter/Primary Author: Hugh Ducklow One of the tenets of polar oceanography is the dependence of phytoplankton blooms on sea ice retreat and subsequent water column stratification.
Disappearing Cryosphere
Working Group Reports Final reports: ASM 2012 Cryosphere WG Report.pdf The cryosphere, that portion of the Earth’s surface where water is in solid form for at least one month a year, has been shrinking in response to climate warming. Session: Working Group Session 5 - Wednesday Room Assignment: Longs Peak - Chasm Lake (60)
Density fractionation and 13C reveal changes in soil carbon following woody encroachment in a desert ecosystem
Poster Number: 58 Presenter/Primary Author: Kate Lajtha Woody encroachment has dramatically changed land cover patterns in arid and semiarid systems (drylands) worldwide over the past 150 years.
Dissolved organic material (DOM) Workshop
Dissolved organic material (DOM) is a major pool of organic carbon in all aquatic ecosystems and has high concentrations in soil interstitial water. Session: Working Group Session 6 - Thursday Room Assignment: Wind River A (100)
Unintended impacts of freshwater flow restoration on water quality of coastal Everglades and Florida Bay
Poster Number: 46 Presenter/Primary Author: Henry Briceno For the restoration and protection of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem to be successful, four factors must be in place regarding water: quantity, quality, timing and distribution.
