Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry



OB001
Advances in observing and modelling the biological carbon pump
Student/Early Career Chair:  Guillaume Liniger, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), Hobart, TAS, Australia
Primary Chair:  Clara R. Vives, JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan
Co-chairs:  Margaret Estapa, University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, United States, Guillaume Liniger, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, United States, Sandy Jane Thomalla, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Southern Ocean Carbon and Climate Observatory (SOCCO), Cape Town, South Africa and Stephanie Henson, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom


OB002
Advancing Marine Ecosystem Modeling for a Predictable and Sustainable Ocean
Primary Chair:  Stefano Ciavatta, Mercator Ocean International, Toulouse, France and Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Task Team of OceanPredict
Co-chairs:  Liuqian Yu, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Thrust, Guangzhou, China, Jann Paul Mattern, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Marine Ecosystem Analysis and Prediction Task Team of OceanPredict


OB003
Advancing the understanding of ocean deoxygenation using mechanistic models and machine learning approaches.
Student/Early Career Chair:  Aakriti Srivastava, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India
Primary Chair:  Gian Giacomo Navarra, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Co-chairs:  Giulia Bonino, CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, Bologna, Italy, Mercedes Pozo Buil, University of California Santa Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States and Lyuba Novi, National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom


OB004
Animal-mediated Carbon Pathways: The Role of Metazoans in the Biological Carbon Pump
Primary Chair:  Jérôme Pinti, PhD, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, United States
Co-chairs:  Emma Cavan, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Andre W Visser, Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Copenhagen, Denmark and Sigrun Jonasdottir, DTU National Institute for Aquatic Resources, Copenhagen, Denmark


OB005
Benthic Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Processes and Synthesis
Student/Early Career Chair:  Eva Ferreira, LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSaclay et IPSL, Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex, France
Primary Chair:  Cristina Schultz, Northeastern University, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Boston, United States
Co-chairs:  Jessica Y Luo, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States, Lisa Herbert, Florida State University, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida, United States and Christophe Rabouille, LSCE Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSaclay et IPSL, Gif Sur Yvette Cedex, France


OB006
BioGeoSCAPES: Deciphering Ocean Metabolism Through Interdisciplinary Science
Primary Chair:  Naomi Marcil Levine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
Co-chairs:  Thomas James Ryan-Keogh, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Southern Ocean Carbon-Climate Observatory (SOCCO), Cape Town, South Africa and Sinikka T. Lennartz, Geomar Helmholtz-Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel, Germany


OB007
Bridging the Fresh/Salty Divide: Bringing together freshwater and marine research to advance the aquatic sciences.
Student/Early Career Chair:  AyoOluwateso Coker, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
Primary Chair:  Jemma Fadum, Carnegie Institution for Science, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering, Stanford, United States
Co-chairs:  Laura J Falkenberg, University of South Australia, UniSA STEM, Adelaide, SA, Australia and Tristan McKenzie, University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden


OB008
Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide cycling from the coast to the deep ocean
Student/Early Career Chair:  Yvonner Yu Yan Yau, Stockholm University, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden
Primary Chair:  Dr. Stefano Bonaglia, University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden
Co-chairs:  Prof. Isaac R Santos, University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden, Robinson W Fulweiler, Boston University, Earth and Environment, Biology, Boston, MA, United States and Samuel T Wilson, Daniel K. Inouye Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research and Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, United States


OB009
Confronting ocean models with biogeochemical observations across timescales
Primary Chair:  Mar Arroyo, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States
Co-chairs:  Andrea J Fassbender, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, United States and Keith B Rodgers, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan


OB010
Exploring the Reactivity of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter with Consequences for Carbon Sequestration
Student/Early Career Chair:  Valentina Amaral, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Primary Chair:  Cristina Romera-Castillo, Institut de Ciencies del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Co-chairs:  Dennis A Hansell, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Sarah K Bercovici, National Oceanography Center, Sothampton, United Kingdom


OB011
From molecules to models: Marine microbial interactions through space and time
Student/Early Career Chair:  Arianna Krinos, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States
Primary Chair:  Emile Faure, Station biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Université, Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin, UMR 7144 AD2M, Roscoff, France
Co-chairs:  Meriel J Bittner, Technical University of Denmark, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Lyngby, Denmark, Anand Jain, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, MoES, Arctic Sciences, Goa, India and Bhaskar Parli, National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Vasco da Gama, India


OB012
Go with the Flow: Advances in Aquatic Microbial Biodiversity Using Flow and Imaging Cytometry
Primary Chair:  Nicole Poulton, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States
Co-chairs:  Sophie Clayton1, Raif Yuecel2 and Attila Bebes2, (1)National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom(2)Centre for Cytomics, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom


OB013
Invisible Giants: Exploring Phytoplankton Ecology at Oceanic Scales
Student/Early Career Chair:  Folasade Adejoyejo, University of Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Primary Chair:  Susanne Elizabeth Craig, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Ocean Ecology Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States; University of Maryland Baltimore County, GESTAR II, Baltimore, United States
Co-chairs:  Michael Sieracki, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States and Sasha Jane Kramer, Boston University, Earth and Environment Department, Boston, United States


OB014
Linking Hydrothermal Iron Fluxes to Surface Productivity, Nutrient Uptake and Carbon Sequestration
Student/Early Career Chair:  Amanda Vanegas Ledesma, Stanford University, Earth System Sciences, Stanford, United States
Primary Chair:  Matthew M Mills, Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, United States
Co-chairs:  Pamela Barrett, University of Washington and NOAA/PMEL, Cooperative Institute for Climate, Oceans, and Ecosystem Studies, Seattle, United States and Sophie Bonnet, Aix Marseille Univ, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM 110, Marseille, France


OB015
Marine life and Carbon cycling in a changing ocean: Integrating observations, AI, and models
Student/Early Career Chair:  Sarah Cryer, Heriot-Watt University, The Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Primary Chair:  MarieFanny Racault, University of East Anglia, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Lionel Guidi, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), UMR 7093, Sorbonne Université, Villefranche-sur-Mer, France, Stephanie Henson, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom; National Oceanography Centre Southampton, Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosytems, Southampton, United Kingdom and Maria Villa-Alfageme, Universidad de Sevilla, Applied Physics II, Sevilla, Spain


OB016
Marine Microbial Interactions: From Mechanisms to Ecosystem Function
Student/Early Career Chair:  Martin GD, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Department of Chemical Oceanography, Cochin, India
Primary Chair:  Kyle Mayers, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
Co-chairs:  Elizabeth Harvey, University of New Hampshire, Department of Biological Sciences, Durham, United States, Elaine Luo, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Biological Sciences, Charlotte, United States and Aditee Mitra, Cardiff University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wales, United Kingdom


OB017
Marine Nitrogen Cycling Across Scales and Environments
Student/Early Career Chair:  Emily Gipson, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia, Savannah, United States
Primary Chair:  Annie Bourbonnais, University of South Carolina Columbia, Columbia, United States
Co-chairs:  Claudia Frey, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Dr. Xingchen Tony Wang, PhD, Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Chestnut Hill, United States and Moritz F Lehmann, University of Basel, Department of Environmental Sciences, Basel, Switzerland


OB018
Marine snow across spatial and temporal scales: insights into the biological, chemical, and physical mechanisms that govern its formation and fate
Primary Chair:  Matthew Rau, George Washington University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Washington, United States
Co-chairs:  Benedict Borer, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, United States and Kay D Bidle, Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, United States


OB019
Microbial transformation of organic matter across aquatic gradients: Mechanisms, strategies, and ecosystem impacts
Primary Chair:  Jutta Niggemann, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Co-chairs:  Yuan Shen, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen, China, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC), Banyuls-sur-Mer, France and Zihao Zhao, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria


OB020
Multi-tracer approaches to understanding and quantifying marine biogeochemical processes
Student/Early Career Chair:  Anne Leal, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, Palisades, United States
Primary Chair:  William M Landing, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Co-Chair:  Hélène Planquette, IUEM Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, LEMAR (CNRS, Univ Brest, IRD, Ifremer), Plouzané, France


OB022
Nutrient Co-limitation of Marine Microbes: Exploring Cellular to Ecosystem-Level Effects
Student/Early Career Chair:  Ana C Franco, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain
Primary Chair:  Katherine Helliwell, University of Exeter; Marine Biological Association, Exeter/Plymouth, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Erin Marie Bertrand, Dalhousie University, Department of Biology, Halifax, NS, Canada, Noelle Held, University of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences, Marine and Environmental Biology Section, United States and Mark Moore, University of Southampton, School of Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, United Kingdom


OB023
Quantifying and Linking Omics, Physiology & Models in Marine Microbiology
Student/Early Career Chair:  Michiel Perneel, VIB-Ugent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
Primary Chair:  Zhen Wu, Peking University, Beijing, China
Co-chairs:  Keisuke Inomura, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States, Kai Ziervogel, University of New Hampshire, Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, Durnham, United States and Dr. Xin Sun, Carnegie Institution for Science Stanford, Stanford, CA, United States


OB024
Quantifying Marine Biological Production Across Scales and Platforms
Student/Early Career Chair:  Marija Bacekovic Koloper, University of Split, Faculty of Science, Split, Croatia
Primary Chair:  Marin Cornec, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory / University of Washington - School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States
Co-chairs:  Shubha Sathyendranath, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, National Centre for Earth Observations, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Bror Jönsson, PhD, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Earth Observation Science and Applications, Plymouth, United Kingdom and Andrea J Fassbender, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, United States


OB025
Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean: Reconciling ecological, biogeochemical and model estimates
Student/Early Career Chair:  Chie Amano, University of Vienna, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, Vienna, Austria
Primary Chair:  Carol Robinson, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Iris Kriest, GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany and Isabel Seguro, University of East Anglia, Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Sciences, Norwich, United Kingdom


OB026
Revising Ocean Silicon Cycle: Pathways, Stoichiometry and Climate-Carbon Feedback in the Anthropocene
Primary Chair:  Diksha Sharma, LOCEAN-IPSL (CNRS), Paris, FRANCE
Co-chairs:  Haimanti Biswas, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Biological Oceanography Division, Dona Paula, India, Damien Cardinal, Sorbonne Université, LOCEAN-IPSL (Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat - Expérimentations et Approches Numériques), Paris, France and Shaily Rahman, University of Colorado Boulder, Geological Sciences, Boulder, United States


OB027
Role of shelf seas in biogeochemical cycling
Student/Early Career Chair:  Andrea van Langen Rosón, Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Ostend, Belgium
Primary Chair:  Furu Mienis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Ocean Systems, Den Burg, Netherlands
Co-chairs:  Dr. Yuri Artioli, PhD, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, Liqing Jiang, National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Peter Kraal, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Den Burg, Netherlands


OB028
The biogeochemistry of dissolved organic matter
Student/Early Career Chair:  Zhetao Tan, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique – IPSL, Paris, France
Primary Chair:  Sinikka T. Lennartz, University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg, Germany
Co-chairs:  Chiara Santinelli, Biophysics Institute, National Research Council (CNR-IBF), Pisa, Italy, Nico Mitschke, University of Oldenburg, ICBM, Oldenburg, Germany and Thorsten Dittmar, University of Oldenburg, Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg, Germany


OB029
The Open Ocean Carbonate Pump: From Alkalinity to Ecology (and Back Again)
Student/Early Career Chair:  Ben Cala, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Ocean Systems, Texel, Netherlands
Primary Chair:  Prof. Alex J Poulton, Heriot-Watt University, The Lyell Centre, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Co-chairs:  Patrizia Ziveri, Ph.D.., Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Bellaterra, Spain and Griet Neukermans, Ghent University, Marine Optics and Remote Sensing, Ghent, Belgium


OB030
Tracking the Ocean’s Vital Signs with BGC-Argo: From Regional Studies to Global Processes
Student/Early Career Chair:  Adam Stoer, Dalhousie University, Department of Oceanography, Halifax, NS, Canada
Primary Chair:  Mariana Bernardi Bif, University of Miami - Rosenstiel School (RSMAES), Miami, United States
Co-chairs:  Kenneth S Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States, Alison R Gray, University of Washington, School of Oceanography, Seattle, United States and Ellen Park, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, United States


OB031
Unravelling Interactions between Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Marine Ecosystems
Student/Early Career Chair:  Yumi Abe, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Atlanta, United States
Primary Chair:  Jonathan Maitland Lauderdale, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States
Co-chairs:  Yohei Takano, NERC British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Yassir Eddebbar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Sophia Hines, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, United States