Recent BASS/MODEL workshops synthesized data and
examined trophic relationships in the eastern and western subarctic
gyres. These workshops facilitated our understanding of how these
systems respond to natural and anthropogenic change. Participants
at these workshops suggested the next phase of this work, from the
standpoint of understanding the gyres, would integrate coastal,
marginal seas and boundary current dynamics and linkages between
gyres. To begin the process, this workshop will examine current
information of the oceanographic and biological linkages between
open ocean and coastal systems in the North Pacific Ocean. Invited
papers will be prepared by teams of investigators to assess
existing information on linkages for various physical and biological
components. Presentations will include reviews of physical oceanography,
phytoplankton, zooplankton, migratory pelagics, mesopelagics, marine
birds and marine mammals. In addition, contributed papers, especially
those attempting to develop conceptual models of physical or biological
mechanisms that link coastal to open ocean systems, are encouraged.
Selected papers will be published in a Special Issue of Deep-Sea
Research II (Elsevier). Participants wishing to have their work
considered for this publication should indicate their interest at
the time of abstract submission, and be prepared to bring a completed
manuscript to the Annual Meeting.
Publications
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