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Dear Colleagues,
We'd like to announce and encourage abstract submissions to the
following interdisciplinary session for the 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting
in Portland, OR (February 22-26). Help with circulating the message is
appreciated!
*IT29: Small-Scale Low-Salinity Plumes in Coastal Zones*
This session will focus on the dynamics and effects of small
low-salinity plumes in the nearshore due to freshwater inflow from
streams and small rivers (discharge of 1-100 m3s-1), as well as tidal
outflow from estuaries. Although small plumes are frequently overlooked
in favor of larger plume systems, the former are more numerous and their
inputs can be substantial due to the highly episodic nature of fluxes.
Also at this scale, rotational effects are secondary. As a result,
understanding the dynamics, fate and effects of small plumes is
important for understanding and managing coastal ecosystems including
habitats regularly depended on for ecosystem services. This session will
focus on methods and issues concerning small low-salinity plumes such as
nearshore transport, environmental fate, beach and coastal water
quality, climate change, plankton blooms, ecological impacts and related
policy.
Submissions from a diverse range of perspectives and geographies are
highly encouraged.
The deadline for contributed abstracts is October 15. Instructions for
abstract submission are located at:
_http://www.agu.org/meetings/os10/program/abstract_submissions.php_
For additional information about this session, please contact one of the
conveners:
Lauren Garske
University of California at Davis
Bodega Marine Laboratory
_legar...@ucdavis.edu_ <mailto:legar...@ucdavis.edu>
Melissa Foley
University of California at Santa Cruz
Long Marine Laboratory
_fo...@biology.ucsc.edu_ <mailto:fo...@biology.ucsc.edu>
John Largier
University of California at Davis
Bodega Marine Laboratory
_jlarg...@ucdavis.edu <mailto:jlarg...@ucdavis.edu>_
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Lauren E. Garske, PhD Candidate
Nancy Foster Scholar
Graduate Group in Ecology
Coastal Oceanography Group
University of California at Davis, Bodega Marine Lab
web: http://bml.ucdavis.edu/facresearch/largierlab_garske.html
email: legar...@ucdavis.edu
