Hobart

Seminar Abstract

Friday 30 November 2007, 11.30am (Tas time)
CSIRO Auditorium, Hobart

Jim Greenwood
Biogeochemical Modeller
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Floreat

Linking hydrodynamics, sediment nutrient flux and chlorophyll production on the continental shelf

This talk will cover the following topics: The importance of marine sediments in shelf biogeochemistry. Why we think waves and bottom currents are likely to impact the sediment nutrient flux on the West Australian shelf, and what that means for production dynamics. Evidence of correlation between temporal patterns in satellite derived chlorophyll biomass and wave height on the inner West Australian shelf. Conflicting evidence from a recent mooring deployment? Problems of quantifying benthic nutrient flux across the shelf – a strategy for the future.

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Location:
CSIRO = Marine Laboratories Auditorium, Castray Esplanade, Hobart

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Thomas Kunz, (Biological seminars) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
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Natalie Dowling , (Fisheries Modelling) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
(03) 6232 5148
Jillian Enraght-Moony (seminar administrator) CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (03) 6232 5456
Sandra Zicus, Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC (03) 6226 7888
Margaret Hazelwood, Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies (IASOS) University of Tasmania (03) 6226 2971

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