OB020
Multi-tracer approaches to understanding and quantifying marine biogeochemical processes
Multi-tracer approaches to understanding and quantifying marine biogeochemical processes
Session ID#: 256137
Session Description:
There is a long history on the use of multiple tracers to investigate and quantify biogeochemical processes in the oceans, from the use of carbon, nutrient and trace element stoichiometries to demonstrate uptake and regeneration processes, to studies of the microbial impacts on trace element speciation and distributions, to the coupling of natural radionuclide cycling with particle chemistry to quantify fluxes, among many others. Our understanding of the rates and mechanisms of trace element and isotope (TEI) input, biogeochemical cycling, and removal is improved by multi-tracer data from basin-wide research cruises, data from more focused process studies, and synthesis and modeling of these data. In addition to contributions in these topical areas, we particularly encourage submissions that integrate multiple tracers or isotope systems to provide constraints on biogeochemical processes in the oceans and that highlight the benefits of multi-proxy approaches.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- Coastal and Estuarine Biology and Biogeochemistry -
- Organic and Inorganic Chemical Tracers in Modern and Paleoenvironments -
Index Terms:
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: CHEMICAL]
4808 Chemical tracers [OCEANOGRAPHY: CHEMICAL]
4860 Radioactivity and radioisotopes [OCEANOGRAPHY: CHEMICAL]
4875 Trace elements [OCEANOGRAPHY: CHEMICAL]
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
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