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	Quick Search Author Title Abstract Nr. Schedule Nr. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Empirical modelling in geophysics Scale, scaling and nonlinear variability in geosciences Chaos and nonlinear time series analysis Predictability Turbulence, Diffusion and Nonlinear Waves Programme Groups Great Debates Union Symposia Educational Symposia Atmospheric Sciences Biogeosciences Climate: Past, Present, Future Cryospheric Sciences Energy, Resources and the Environment Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology Geodesy Geodynamics Geomorphology Geophysical Instrumentation Hydrological Sciences Magnetism, Palaeomagnetism, Rock Physics & Geomaterials Natural Hazards Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Ocean Sciences Planetary and Solar System Sciences Seismology Soil System Sciences Solar-Terrestrial Sciences Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology Tectonics and Structural Geology Medal Lectures Key Note Lectures Key Note Sessions Division Business Meetings Editorial Board Meetings Townhall Meetings Splinter Meetings Union Meetings   Information - BG6.03/NP6.06 Coupling biogeochemistry and ecology to fluid dynamics in aquatic ecosystems (co-sponsored by NP) (co-listed in OS) Event Information The structure and functioning of aquatic ecosystems result from the tight interaction between their different physical, chemical and biological components driven by fluid dynamics processes over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. At the smallest scales, water turbulence and viscosity may have direct and indirect effects on the physiology, activity and trophic links of aquatic organisms ranging from bacteria to macrophytes; at the scale of a few to tens of meters, advective and turbulent flows transport planktonic organisms and chemicals around the water column; mesoscale structures such as eddies and fronts affect the dynamics of the ecosystem from the low (primary producers) to high (fish) trophic levels; finally, at the long geological scale, global oceanic and atmospheric circulation interact with the biological pump modulating the biogeochemical fluxes of essential elements. With a clear interdisciplinary perspective, this session will focus on hydrodynamics as a major determinant on biogeochemical and ecological processes in different aquatic ecosystems and at different scales. Accordingly, we invite contributions covering a wide range of questions and scales, for instance, microbial and particle structure as influenced by mechanical energy in the water column; interaction between mixing layer dynamics and biological productivity or plankton patchiness; effect of small-scale turbulence on gas and nutrient diffusion at the cellular boundary layers and on behavioural processes (e.g. related to prey/mate encounter and predator avoidance); or examples of the biological control on fluid dynamics (e. g. ecosystem engineering). Different approaches are welcome, experimental, theoretical or mathematical models of physical-chemical-biological interactions including the related emerging space-time properties. Preliminary List of Solicited Speakers Dr. Adrian P. Martin School of Ocean and Earth Science University of Southampton, UK Dr. Francesc Peters Institut de Cičncies del Mar Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain Co-Sponsorship General Statement The information contained hereafter has been compiled and uploaded by the Session Organizers via the "Organizer Session Form". The Session Organizers have therefore the sole responsibility that this information is true and accurate at the date of publication, and the conference organizer cannot accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made, and he makes no warranty, expressed or implied, with regard to the material published. Back to Session Programme

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