Ocean Oxygen in the Past and Present

Session ID#: 280643

Session Description:
The amount and distribution of oxygen in our oceans drives critical nutrient cycles, constrains biogeography, and influences human uses from fisheries to tourism. Our understanding of oxygen variability in the ocean is informed by studying both the present conditions and past time periods, which allows us to contextualize anthropogenic and natural forcings, and create meaningful projections into the future. This session aims to bring together research constraining the influence of climate, productivity, and circulation on ocean oxygen and related nutrients (carbon, nitrogen, phosphate, iron) across spatial and temporal scales. We welcome contributions that integrate datasets from present and paleoceanography, geochemistry, sedimentology, and modeling to look at drivers of change in ocean oxygen and impacts on marine life, geochemical cycles, and the blue economy.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

4912 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
Primary Convener:  Elizabeth M Griffith, Ohio State University Main Campus, Columbus, OH, United States
Conveners:  Wang Yi, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States and Catherine Davis, North Carolina State University, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, United States
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kaetlyn Rodriguez, Tulane University, New Orleans, United States