OB031
Unravelling Interactions between Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Marine Ecosystems
Unravelling Interactions between Large-Scale Ocean Circulation, Biogeochemical Cycles, and Marine Ecosystems
Session ID#: 258179
Session Description:
Large-scale ocean circulation patterns fundamentally control the distribution and transport of biogeochemical resources such as carbon, oxygen, and nutrients. These patterns determine primary production, export fluxes, air-sea gas exchange, oxygen minimum zones, and deep-ocean carbon sequestration across various timescales. However, substantial uncertainties remain about how key circulation features—including the meridional overturning circulation and its regional components, boundary currents, the gyres, tropical circulations, and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current—have evolved historically and how they will respond to future climate forcing. This session invites observational and modeling studies that examine how large-scale circulation influences marine biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems, spanning paleo, present, and projected future climates. We aim to advance understanding of physical-biogeochemical interactions and their feedback mechanisms, with broad implications for marine environment and climate regulation.
Co-Sponsor(s):
- Climate and Ocean Change -
- Ocean Biology and Biogeochemistry -
- Physical-Biological Interactions -
Index Terms:
1635 Oceans [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4805 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4912 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [PALEOCEANOGRAPHY]
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
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