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    Report 32 (September 2006)

    Report of the 2005 Workshop on Ocean Ecodynamics Comparison in the Subarctic Pacific

    Full report [pdf, 1.6 MB]


    Table of Contents:
      I. Scientific Issues Posed by OECOS
      II. Participant Contributions to the OECOS Workshop
        A. ASPECTS OF PHYTOPLANKTON ECOLOGY IN THE SUBARCTIC PACIFIC
          Microbial community compositions by Karen E. Selph
          Subarctic Pacific lower trophic interactions: Production-based grazing rates and grazing-corrected production rates by Nicholas Welschmeyer
          Phytoplankton bloom dynamics and their physiological status in the western subarctic
    Pacific by Ken Furuya
          Temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton biomass and productivity in the northwestern Pacific by Sei-ichi Saitoh, Suguru Okamoto, Hiroki Takemura and Kosei Sasaoka
          The use of molecular indicators of phytoplankton iron limitation by Deana Erdner
        B. IRON CONCENTRATION AND CHEMICAL SPECIATION
          Iron measurements during OECOS by Zanna Chase and Jay Cullen 25 The measurement of iron, nutrients and other chemical components in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean by Kenshi Kuma
          The measurement of iron, nutrients and other chemical components in the northwestern North Pacific Ocean by Kenshi Kuma
        C. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, FINE-SCALE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND AUTONOMOUS DRIFTERS
          The use of drifters in Lagrangian experiments: Positives, negatives and what can really be measured by Peter Strutton
          The interaction between plankton distribution patterns and vertical and horizontal physical processes in the eastern subarctic North Pacific by Timothy J. Cowles
        D. MICROZOOPLANKTON
          Microzooplankton processes in oceanic waters of the eastern subarctic Pacific:
    Project OECOS by Suzanne Strom
          Functional role of microzooplankton in the pelagic marine ecosystem during phytoplankton blooms in the western subarctic Pacific by Takashi Ota and Akiyoshi Shinada
        E. MESOZOOPLANKTON
          Vertical zonation of mesozooplankton, and its variability in response to food availability, density stratification, and turbulence by David L. Mackas and Moira Galbraith
          Marine ecosystem characteristics and seasonal abundance of dominant calanoid copepods
    in the Oyashio region by Atsushi Yamaguchi, Tsutomu Ikeda and Naonobu Shiga
          OECOS: Proposed mesozooplankton research in the Oyashio region, western subarctic
    Pacific by Tsutomu Ikeda
          Some background on Neocalanus feeding by Michael Dagg
          Size and growth of interzonally migrating copepods by Charles B. Miller
          Growth of large interzonal migrating copepods by Toru Kobari
        F. MODELING
          Ecosystem and population dynamics modeling by Harold P. Batchelder
      III. Reports from Workshop Breakout Groups
        A. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL ASPECTS WITH EMPHASIS ON IRON AND IRON SPECIATION
        B. PHYTOPLANKTON/MICROZOOPLANKTON STUDIES
        C. MESOZOOPLANKTON STUDIES
      IV. Issues arising during the workshop
        A. PHYTOPLANKTON STOCK VARIATIONS IN HNLC SYSTEMS AND TROPHIC CASCADES IN THE NANO AND MICRO REGIMES
        B. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EAST AND WEST IN SITE SELECTION FOR OECOS TIME SERIES
        C. TIMING OF OECOS EXPEDITIONS
        D. CHARACTERIZATION OF PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
      V. Concluding Remarks
      VI. References
     
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