Ocean, coastal and estuarine ecosystems are complex assemblages of biota, chemical processes and physical dynamics that are influenced by environmental and human activities. Interactions between these system components are often non- linear and include varied feedback mechanisms. The complexity of this system makes challenging to identify, quantify and parameterize the major processes governing biogeochemical fluxes of substances that are relevant to the interactions between climate and pelagic ecosystems. Further challenges are to quantify and parameterize the structure, functional biodiversity and stability of pelagic ecosystems, their responses to climate and anthropogenic forcing, their effects on biogeochemistry and marine resources, and their feedbacks to the Earth System. Improved management of the marine system requires better appreciation of both ecosystem structure and function.
The summer school aims at providing participants with an overview of methods, models and approaches for analyzing the interactions between marine biogeochemical cycles and end to end food webs studies. It will introduce to participants recent research foci on the interactions of end to end marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles to better understand and predict changes in marine ecosystems.

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