IMBIZO II Integrating biogeochemistry and ecosystems in a changing ocean: Regional comparisons

The workshops

Workshop 1: The effect of varying element ratios on community structure at low   trophic levels and food quality at mid and high trophic levels,

Workshop 2: Large-scale regional comparisons of marine biogeochemistry and ecosystem processes - research approaches and results,

Workshop 3: Sensitivity of marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles to enhanced stratification.

DRY CRUISE workshop: Prior to the IMBER IMBIZO, the Data Management Committee held a data management workshop. This covered the good data management practices given in the IMBER Data Management Cookbook followed by a DRY CRUISE during which the participants used and explored these techniques. 

IMBIZO II awards

Best Oral - Workshop 1

• Paraskevi Mara  - UOC, Greece
• Title: Nitrogen cycling in the Eastern Mediterranean sea: an isotopic perspective

Best Oral  - Workshop 2

• Zouhair Lachkar  - ETHZ, Switzerland
• Title : Coastal upwelling systems under changing climate: a comparative study of the California and the Canary current systems.

Best Oral  - Workshop 3

• Ryan Rykaczewski - NOAA, USA
• Title: Decoupling of the temperature-nutrient relationship in the California current ecosystem with global climate change.

Best Poster - Workshop 1

• Andrew King - USC, USA
• Title: Variability in phytoplankton trace metal stoichiometry from culture and field-based studies.

Best Poster  - Workshop 2

• Joel Llopiz - RSMAS, USA
• Title: The prey environment and feeding of larval fishes in the tropical open ocean with a comparison to higher latitudes.

Best Poster - Workshop 3

• Taketo Hashioka  - JAMSTEC, Japan
• Title: Potential impact of global warming on North Pacific spring blooms projected by an eddy-permitting 3-D ecosystem model.