Marine Ecology and Biodiversity



ME001
Advances in the ecology, behavior, physiology, or conservation of marine top predators
Primary Chair:  Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-Chair:  Daniel M Palacios, Oregon State University, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Newport, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mark Baumgartner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States


ME002
Assessing Marine Ecosystem Variability from Paleoceanographic Archives
Primary Chair:  Michael Schulz, MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Univ. Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Co-chairs:  Pincelli M Hull, Yale University, Department of Geology and Geophysics, New Haven, CT, United States, Michal Kucera, MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Univ. Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Moriaki Yasuhara, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Primary Liaison:  Michal Kucera, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany


ME003
Biologging Ecology and Oceanography: Integrative approaches to animal-bourne observations in a changing ocean
Primary Chair:  T Aran Mooney, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Kenneth Alex Shorter, University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Amy Kukulya, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Lauran Brewster, Florida Atlantic University, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Inst., Fort Pierce, FL, United States


ME004
Building Resilience: Exploring the Role of MPAs in the Face of Changing Ocean Conditions
Primary Chair:  Jessica Kauzer, California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, CA, United States
Co-Chair:  Hayley Carter, California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jessica Kauzer, California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, CA, United States


ME005
Ecology & Biogeochemistry of Macroalgae
Primary Chair:  Anna James, University of California at Santa Barbara, Marine Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Robert J. Miller, University of California, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Christie Yorke, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Tom William Bell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tom William Bell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


ME006
Ecosystem Impacts and Ecosystem Services of Aquaculture
Primary Chair:  Janet Kubler, California State University, Northridge, Biology, Northridge, CA, United States
Co-Chair:  Charles Yarish, University of Connecticut, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Stamford, CT, United States
Primary Liaison:  Janet Kubler, California State University at Northridge, Biology, Northridge, CA, United States


ME007
Exploring and Characterizing Deep and Coastal Ocean Soundscapes
Primary Chair:  Adrienne Copeland, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Robert P Dziak, NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Newport, WA, United States, Ana Sirovic, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States and Delwayne R Bohnenstiehl, North Carolina State Univ., Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Raleigh, NC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Adrienne Copeland, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States


ME008
From microbes to mammals: Using environmental DNA sequencing to advance marine biomonitoring and management
Primary Chair:  Holly M Bik, University of California, Riverside, Department of Nematology, Riverside, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Susanna Theroux, Eric D Stein and David Gillett, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, Costa Mesa, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Holly M Bik, University of California, Riverside, Department of Nematology, Riverside, CA, United States


ME009
Hyperspectral Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments
Primary Chair:  Steven G Ackleson, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., DC, United States
Co-chairs:  Heidi M Dierssen, University of Connecticut Avery Point, Groton, CT, United States, Raphael Martin Kudela, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Michelle M Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Steven G Ackleson, S A Ocean Services, Falls Church, VA, United States


ME010
Impacts of ecological interactions on marine ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity: New insights from theory, models, and field measurements
Primary Chair:  Clifton Brock Woodson, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States
Co-chairs:  Bingzhang Chen, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom and Vittoria Roncalli, University of Barcelona, Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Facultat de Biologia, IRBio, Barcelona, Spain
Primary Liaison:  Steven Yitzchak Litvin, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States


ME011
Microbial Interactions at the Single-Cell Level and their Relevance in Oceanic Biogeochemical Cycles
Primary Chair:  Francisco Miguel Cornejo-Castillo, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Ana Maria Cabello Perez, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Nestor Arandia-Gorostidi, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Francisco Miguel Cornejo-Castillo, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States


ME012
Ocean epigenetics: what are we learning as we explore epigenetics in marine organisms and ecosystems?
Primary Chair:  Gretchen Hofmann, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Hollie Putnam, University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Kingston, RI, United States, Steven Roberts, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States and Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez, Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gretchen Hofmann, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


ME013
Pelagic tunicates: interactions with the lower food-web, higher trophic levels, and effects on biogeochemistry
Primary Chair:  Moira Décima, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand
Co-chairs:  Michael R Stukel, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Andres Gutierrez-Rodriguez, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand and Scott Nodder, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
Primary Liaison:  Moira Décima, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand


ME014
Underwater Flux Studies and their Ecological Implications
Primary Chair:  Peter Berg, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
Co-Chair:  Clare E Reimers, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Peter Berg, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States


ME015
Using satellite remote sensing and in situ data to evaluate marine biodiversity and ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Co-chairs:  William W Turner, NASA Headquarters, Washington DC, DC, United States, Gabrielle Canonico, U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Maury Gordon Estes Jr, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States


ME016
What are long-term observations teaching us about resilience of marine ecosystems?
Primary Chair:  Russell R Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States
Co-chairs:  Jerome Fiechter, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, Suzanne Strom, Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, WA, United States and Ana Aguilar-Islas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Primary Liaison:  Russell R Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States


CP001
Application of Remote Sensing to Coastal /Upwelling Regions
Primary Chair:  Jorge Vazquez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jose Gomez-Valdes, CICESE National Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education of Mexico, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, Farallon Institute, Petaluma, CA, United States and Marouan Bouali, USP University of Sao Paulo, IOUSP, São Paulo, Brazil
Primary Liaison:  Jorge Vazquez, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States


CP008
Impacts of microplastics on marine organisms and ecosystem health
Primary Chair:  Dorothy Ann Horn, Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States
Co-chairs:  Susanne M Brander, Oregon State University, Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Corvallis, OR, United States, Elise F Granek, Portland State University, Environmental Science & Management, Portland, OR, United States and Samantha N. Athey, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Samantha N. Athey, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada


CP012
Processes and Management of Altered Estuaries and Deltas in the Era of Anthropocene
Primary Chair:  Guan-hong Lee, Inha University, Department of Oceanography, Incheon, South Korea
Co-chairs:  Timothy Michael Dellapenna, Texas A & M University-Galveston Campus, Marine Science and Oceanography Depts, Galveston, TX, United States, Joe Carlin, California State University, Fullerton, Department of Geological Sciences, Fullerton, CA, United States and Daidu Fan, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Primary Liaison:  Guan-hong Lee, Inha University, Department of Oceanography, Incheon, South Korea


HE003
Ecosystem structure and processes in a changing Arctic
Primary Chair:  Seth L Danielson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Co-chairs:  Lee Cooper, Univ MD Center Enviro Science, Solomons, MD, United States, Jacqueline M. Grebmeier, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD, United States and Katrin Iken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Primary Liaison:  Seth L Danielson, UAF, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States


HE004
Effects of Ice Loss on Marine Biogeochemistry and Biodiversity
Primary Chair:  Ilka Peeken, Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Polar Biological Oceanography, Bremerhaven, Germany
Co-chairs:  Anne Helene Tandberg SR, University Museum of Bergen, Department of Natural History, Bergen, Norway and Maria Vernet, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Katrin Linse, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM


IS010
Into the Deep: New insights into integrated ocean mapping and habitat characterizations of the North Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins
Primary Chair:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Co-chairs:  Caitlin Adams1, Jeremy Potter2 and Kasey Lynn Cantwell1, (1)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States(2)Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior, Camarillo, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ashley Chappell, NOAA National Ocean Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States


IS011
Moving beyond technology: how quantitative image-based methods help reveal ocean ecology
Primary Chair:  Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France; Sorbonne University, Laboratoire d'Oceanographie de Villefranche sur Mer, Villefranche Sur Mer, France
Co-chairs:  Mark D Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Heidi M Sosik, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France


IS012
New technologies and methods in fisheries science
Primary Chair:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jack Butler, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Marathon, FL, United States, Katherine C Wilson, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Jules S Jaffe, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Camille Pagniello, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States


ME005
Ecology & Biogeochemistry of Macroalgae
Primary Chair:  Anna James, University of California at Santa Barbara, Marine Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Robert J. Miller, University of California, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Christie Yorke, Interdepartmental Graduate Program in Marine Science, Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Tom William Bell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tom William Bell, University of California, Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


ME012
Ocean epigenetics: what are we learning as we explore epigenetics in marine organisms and ecosystems?
Primary Chair:  Gretchen Hofmann, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Hollie Putnam, University of Rhode Island, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, Kingston, RI, United States, Steven Roberts, University of Washington Seattle Campus, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States and Jose Maria Eirin-Lopez, Florida International University, Department of Biological Sciences, Miami, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Gretchen Hofmann, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


ME013
Pelagic tunicates: interactions with the lower food-web, higher trophic levels, and effects on biogeochemistry
Primary Chair:  Moira Décima, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand
Co-chairs:  Michael R Stukel, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Andres Gutierrez-Rodriguez, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand and Scott Nodder, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
Primary Liaison:  Moira Décima, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Marine Biogeochemistry, Wellington, New Zealand


MM002
Fungi in the Marine Environment
Primary Chair:  Xuefeng Peng, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Brandon Hassett, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway and Gaetan Burgaud, University of Brest, LUBEM (Laboratory of Biodiversity and Microbial Ecology), Plouzané, France
Primary Liaison:  Xuefeng Peng, University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


MM005
Microbial Genomics to Improve Predictive Understanding of Disturbance in the Global Ocean System
Primary Chair:  Joel E Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
Co-chairs:  Samantha B Joye, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, Casey RJ Hubert, University of Calgary, Biological Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada and Rita R Colwell, University of Maryland College Park, Centre for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, College Park, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joel E Kostka, Do Not Wish to Give out, Atlanta, GA, United States


MM006
The microbial phosphorus cycle
Primary Chair:  Solange Duhamel, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States
Co-Chair:  Julia Diaz, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Solange Duhamel, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States


OB001
Approaches to study marine oxygen deficient zones from macro to micro scales
Primary Chair:  Annie Bourbonnais, University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States
Co-chairs:  Andreas Haas, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Marine Microbiology & Biogeochemistry, Den Burg, Netherlands, Mark A Altabet, Univ Massachusetts Darmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States and Brett Walker, University of Ottawa, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Annie Bourbonnais, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States


OB003
Bentho-Pelagic Interactions from Coastal to Deep Ocean Environments
Primary Chair:  Natalya Gallo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Amanda Nicole Netburn, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, United States, Jeffrey Drazen, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States and Anela Choy, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Integrative Oceanography Division, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Natalya Gallo, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, Marine Biology Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States


OB004
Beyond just discovery in the ocean’s midwater: novel and mechanistic approaches to understanding meso- and bathypelagic ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Annette Govindarajan1, Christopher Bassett2 and Peter H Wiebe1, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States(2)Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States


OB006
Biological hotspots in the deep sea: natural variability and adaptation to changing oceans
Primary Chair:  Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands
Co-chairs:  Hans Tore Rapp, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Andrew J Davies, University of Rhode Island, Bangor, United Kingdom and Jasper M De Goeij, University of Amsterdam, Freshwater and marine ecology, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Primary Liaison:  Furu Mienis, NIOZ, Den Burg, Netherlands


OB007
Complexity, Connectivity and Change in Southern Ocean Food Webs
Primary Chair:  Nadine Johnston, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Ecosystems, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Andrea M Pinones, Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Valdivia, Chile, Eugene John Murphy, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom and Eileen E Hofmann, Old Dominion University, Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Nadine Johnston, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Ecosystems, Cambridge, United Kingdom


OB008
Effect of warming on biological, ecological and biogeochemical ocean processes: responses from organismal to ecosystem scales
Primary Chair:  Susanne Menden-Deuer, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI, United States
Co-chairs:  Gabriel Yvon-Durocher, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom and Hongbin Liu, HKUST, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Primary Liaison:  Bingzhang Chen, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom


OB009
Energy metabolism and calcification in marine organisms: mechanisms and responses to environmental stress
Primary Chair:  Frank Melzner, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Ecology, Kiel, Germany
Co-Chair:  Martin Tresguerres, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Frank Melzner, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Marine Ecology, Kiel, Germany


OB012
Functional diversity and the present and future of marine biogeochemical cycles
Primary Chair:  Federico Baltar, University of Vienna, Dept. of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Vienna, Austria
Co-chairs:  Kristin Bergauer, Helmhotz Centre of Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany and Gerhard J Herndl, University of Vienna, Dept. of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Vienna, Austria
Primary Liaison:  Federico Baltar, University of Vienna, Dept. of Limnology and Bio-Oceanography, Vienna, Austria


OB013
Life, material transport and element cycling in the hadal realm
Primary Chair:  Ronnie N Glud, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Biology, Odense, Denmark
Co-chairs:  Frank Wenzhofer, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, HGF-MPG Group for Deep Sea Ecology and Technology, Bremerhaven, Germany, Matthias Zabel, Univ Bremen, Bremen, Germany and Doug Bartlett, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ronnie N Glud, University of Southern Denmark, Department of Biology, Odense, Denmark


OB014
Linking microbial, isotope, micro-nutrient, and other approaches to understand carbon and nutrient cycling in the ocean
Primary Chair:  Patrick A Rafter, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Alexis Pasulka, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Department of Biological Sciences, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, Robert T Letscher, University of New Hampshire, Earth Sciences, Durham, NH, United States and Katherine Dawson, Caltech MC 100-23, Pasadena, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Patrick A Rafter, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States


OB017
Marine Sediments: Fluxes, Fauna, and Forecasting
Primary Chair:  Heili Lowman, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-Chair:  Tina Treude, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, United States; University of California Los Angeles, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Heili Lowman, University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


OB021
Ocean Memory: enabling adaptation, evolution, and sustainability in a changing world.
Primary Chair:  Samantha Benton Joye, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States
Co-Chair:  Jody W. Deming, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Samantha Benton Joye, Univ Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States


OB022
Planktonic calcifiers: what can we learn about past, present, and future oceans?
Primary Chair:  Rosie L Oakes, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Co-chairs:  Patricia S Thibodeau, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary, Gloucester Point, VA, United States and Amy E Maas, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St. George's, Bermuda
Primary Liaison:  Rosie L Oakes, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States


OB023
Plankton on the move: variable and changing biogeography in the past, present, and future
Primary Chair:  Natalie M Freeman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Kristen M. Krumhardt, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Cara Nissen, Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ETH Zurich, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Zurich, Switzerland
Primary Liaison:  Natalie M Freeman, INSTAAR, Boulder, CO, United States


OB025
Seafloor Cold Seepage: Interactions and Effects of Hydrocarbon Emission and Methane Hydrates on the Geological and Biological Environments
Primary Chair:  Davide Oppo, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States
Co-chairs:  Samantha Benton Joye, University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, Tamara Baumberger, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway and Amanda W Demopoulos, US Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Davide Oppo, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States


OB027
Structure, function and biogeochemical role of plankton communities in the nutrient limited open ocean
Primary Chair:  Tatiana A Rynearson, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States
Co-chairs:  Adam Martiny, University of California Irvine, Earth System Science, Irvine, CA, United States, Bethany D. Jenkins, University of Rhode Island, Cell and Molecular Biology, Kingstown, RI, United States and Robert T Letscher, University of New Hampshire, Earth Sciences, Durham, NH, United States
Primary Liaison:  Tatiana A Rynearson, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, RI, United States


OB028
The role of cell size and plankton community structure as drivers of ocean metabolism
Primary Chair:  Angelicque E White, University of Hawaii, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Co-Chair:  Laurie W Juranek, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
Primary Liaison:  Angelicque E White, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States


OB029
The role of plankton physiology and ecology for ocean biogeochemistry
Primary Chair:  Friederike Prowe, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Co-chairs:  Judith Hauck, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Marine Biogeoscoences, Bremerhaven, Germany and Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Friederike Prowe, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany


OC003
Interdisciplinary approaches for understanding the biological consequences of global ocean change
Primary Chair:  Emily Bethana Rivest, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
Co-chairs:  David A Hutchins1, Catherine V Davis2 and Naomi Marcil Levine1, (1)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States(2)UC Davis, Petaluma, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Emily Bethana Rivest, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Biological Sciences, Gloucester Point, VA, United States


OD001
Accelerating Ocean Science: Using artificial intelligence and machine learning to gain new insights
Primary Chair:  Carrie Wall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-chairs:  Jan Saynisch, GFZ - Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Matt Harvey, Google, LLC, San Francisco, United States and Christopher Irrgang, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Geodesy and Remote Sensing, Potsdam, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Carrie Wall, University of Colorado at Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States


OD002
Artificial Intelligence systems for advancing the study of aquatic ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Moritz S Schmid, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States
Co-chairs:  Eric Coughlin Orenstein, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Christian Briseño-Avena, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States and Emlyn Davies, SINTEF Ocean, Trondheim, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Moritz S Schmid, Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States


OD005
Creating Data Synchronicity Across Ocean Microbiome Research
Primary Chair:  Elisha M Wood-Charlson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Co-Chair:  Bonnie L Hurwitz, University of Arizona, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Tucson, AZ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Elisha M Wood-Charlson, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States


OD009
New information systems tools for implementing autonomous multi-source, multi-point observing systems
Primary Chair:  Ian G Brosnan, NASA Ames Research Center, Earth Science Division, Moffett Field, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Wu-Jung Lee, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Acoustics Department, Seattle, WA, United States, Laura Rogers, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States and Robert Heitsenrether, NOAA Chesapeake, Chesapeake, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Ian G Brosnan, NASA Ames Research Center, Earth Science Division, Moffett Field, CA, United States


PC002
Climate impacts on marine species
Primary Chair:  Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Vincent S Saba, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Princeton, NJ, United States, Kristin Liisa Laidre, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States and Barbara Muhling, University of California - Santa Cruz, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Erin Meyer-Gutbrod, University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States


PC003
Ecosystem forecasts and projections
Primary Chair:  Samantha A Siedlecki, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States
Co-chairs:  Elizabeth Drenkard, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Princeton, Princeton, NJ, United States, Peter Kalmus, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Enrique Curchitser, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
Primary Liaison:  Samantha A Siedlecki, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States


PC004
From individuals to ecosystems – the broader consequences of climate change on phenology
Primary Chair:  Joel Durant, University of Oslo, CEES / Department of Biosciences, Oslo, Norway
Co-chairs:  Sofia Araujo Ferreira, Kristina Oie Kvile and Rebecca Holt, University of Oslo, CEES / Department of Biosciences, Oslo, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Joel Durant, University of Oslo, CEES / Department of Biosciences, Oslo, Norway


PC009
Marine heatwaves and ocean biogeochemical extremes
Primary Chair:  Thomas L Froelicher, University of Bern, Climate and Environmental Physics, Bern, Switzerland
Co-chairs:  Hillary A Scannell1, SOFIA Darmaraki2 and Robert Schlegel2, (1)University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States(2)Dalhousie University, Oceanography, Halifax, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Thomas L Froelicher, Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, United States


PC011
Triumphs and Disasters – coastal, marine and oceanographic research in small island/archipelago settings
Primary Chair:  Serena Blyth Lee, Griffith University, Griffith Climate Change Response Program. Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Gold Coast, Australia
Co-Chair:  Oceana Puananilei Francis, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, United States
Primary Liaison:  Serena Blyth Lee, Griffith University, Griffith Climate Change Response Program. Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Gold Coast, Australia


PI001
Biological coupling to physical forcing on shallow water ecosystems: using observations to reveal patterns and test mechanisms
Primary Chair:  Jesús Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Heidi L Fuchs, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States and James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jesús Pineda, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States


PI002
Cross-shore Fluxes in Ocean Boundary Currents: Biogeochemical and Ecological Consequences
Primary Chair:  Mark D Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Francesco d'Ovidio, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Paris, France, Michael R Stukel, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States and Julie E Keister, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mark D Ohman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States


PI003
Ecological Fluid Mechanics - Interactions among Organisms and their Fluid Environment
Primary Chair:  Donald R Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
Co-chairs:  Brad Gemmell, University of South Florida, Department of Integrative Biology, Tampa, FL, United States and Arvind Santhanakrishnan, Oklahoma State University, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK, United States
Primary Liaison:  Donald R Webster, Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States


PI004
From Physics to Predators: Environmental Forcing of Marine Ecosystem Hotspots
Primary Chair:  Jerome Fiechter, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Briana Abrahms1, Elliott L. Hazen1 and Monique Messié2, (1)NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, CA, United States(2)MBARI, Moss Landing, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Briana Abrahms, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, CA, United States


PI005
Population Connectivity in Aquatic Ecosystems
Primary Chair:  Atsushi Fujimura, University of Guam, Marine Laboratory, Mangilao Village, Guam
Co-chairs:  Satoshi Mitarai, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Marine Biophysics Unit, Onna, Okinawa, Japan, Claire B Paris, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Peter M Buston, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Atsushi Fujimura, University of Guam, Marine Laboratory, Mangilao Village, Guam


PI006
(Sub)mesoscale physical/biogeochemical interactions
Primary Chair:  Peter Gaube, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-chairs:  Daniel B Whitt, NCAR, CO, United States, Jessica Y. Luo, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States and Alice Della Penna, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Peter Gaube, Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington, Air-Sea Interaction and Remote Sensing, Seattle, WA, United States


SI008
Responses of fishing communities to ocean change
Primary Chair:  Desiree Tommasi, University of California Santa Cruz and NOAA SWFSC, La Jolla, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  James Smith, University of Santa Cruz and NOAA SWFSC, La Jolla, United States, Jonathan Sweeney, University of California Santa Cruz and NOAA SWFSC, La Jolla, United States and Barbara Muhling, University of California - Santa Cruz, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Desiree Tommasi, University of California Santa Cruz and NOAA SWFSC, La Jolla, CA, United States


SI009
Sustainable Food from the Sea:Challenges and Solutions
Primary Chair:  Rebecca Gentry, Florida State University, Geography, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Co-chairs:  Sarah Lester, Florida State University, Geography, Tallahassee, United States, Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji and Steve Gaines, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Rebecca Gentry, Florida State University, Geography, Tallahassee, FL, United States


SI015
Towards Transparency: Addressing seafood mislabeling and traceability
Primary Chair:  Demian Willette, Loyola Marymount University, Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Samantha Cheng, American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States and Paul H Barber, University of Los Angeles, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Demian Willette, Loyola Marymount University, Biology, Los Angeles, CA, United States


T001
A Moveable Feast: The Role of Microbes in the Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Primary Presenter:  Joel E Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States


T016
Plankton measurements now
Primary Presenter:  Emmanuel Boss, University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States
Co-presenters:  Anya M Waite, Ocean Frontier Institute, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada and Fabien Lombard, University Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI -LOV, Laboratoire de Villefranche sur Mer, Paris, France