Seminar: How is Biological Production in the Ocean Really Controlled?
Dr Bror Jonsson
Department of Geosciences, Princeton University
How is Biological Production in the Ocean Really Controlled?
Monday, 12 May 2014 at 1pm
ABSTRACT
Studies of biological processes in the ocean tends to focus on specific domains in time and space to address individual scientific questions, but it remains a challenge to merge results from different studies into an unified framework. My presentation suggest a new approach to bridge different scales by exploring how properties such as chlorophyll or Net Community Production (NCP) are distributed in time and space and to what extent changes in phytoplankton biomass is episodic or more uniform. The results give us the ability to better quantify how biological processes are distributed in space and time and the influence by physical forcings.
Please see the list below for seminars in May. To recommend a speaker, please contact me.
Thank you and regards,
Carmen
MA-RE SANCOR Seminars in May
All seminars are held at 1pm in the UCT Oceanography Seminar Room.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
| 12 May 19 May 23 May 26 May |
Dr Bror Jonsson Department of Geosciences, Princeton University Dr Mariette Wheeler University of Cape Town and Department of Environmental Affairs Dr Mark Jury Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico Assoc Prof Mafaniso Hara Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), University of the Western Cape |
How is Biological Production in the Ocean Really Controlled? Effect of human disturbance on the behavioural responses and offspring survival of grey-headed albatrosses Thalassarche chrysostoma at Subantarctic Marion Island A compendium of 2011+ research highlights from Mark Jury Efficacy of rights-based management of small pelagic fish within an ecosystems approach to fisheries in South Africa |