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 IMBER News
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Job opportunity
IMBER is looking for a new "Executive Officer" for the International Project Office in Brest (France). Details on the position can be found at: http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/IMBER_EO.pdf
Deadline for application is June 23, 2008.
IMBER events
The 5th IMBER annual Scientific Steering Committee Meeting was held in Cape Town (South Africa) on 5-6 May 2008, in cunjunction with the 4th IGBP Congress. The Minutes of the Meeting will be available soon under http://www.imber.info/SSC_meetings.html
11-16 August 2008: Ankara, Turkey
IMBER / EUR-OCEANS Summer School Training for young marine scientists: Analyses of the interactions between end to end marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles (E2E EcoModel). Leader: Temel Oguz (oguz@ims.metu.edu.tr).
The registration is now closed. Notification of acceptance will be sent around 15 June. Deadline for participant responses is 1 July 2008.
http://www.imber.info/E2E_EcoModel_home.html
9-13 November 2008: Miami, USA
IMBER IMBIZO 2008 ( http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1185)
The IMBIZO's innovative format of three concurrent and interacting workshops with joint plenary and poster sessions will provide a forum for stimulating discussion between interdisciplinary experts and encourage the linkage between biogeochemistry and ecosystem research. The three concurrent workshops are:
• Ecological and biogeochemical interactions in end to end food webs
• Ecological and biogeochemical interactions in the mesopelagic zone
• Biogeochemistry and microbial dynamics in the bathypelagic zone
The IMBER IMBIZO will also provide an opportunity for junior and senior scientists to participate in a half-day interactive workshop and discussion on data integration practices (BEER Workshop; https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1185&nid=9105).
New information has just been posted on the IMBIZO Web site regarding the topics that will be addressed and the format planned for each workshop. Visit http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1185&nid=9173 for further information.
Next IMBER sponsored Meeting
8-11 July 2008: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
International Symposium “Coping with global change in marine social-ecological systems”
http://www.peopleandfish.org
New IMBER endorsed project:
POTES: Pressure effects On marine prokaryoTES - Leader: Christian Tamburini (France) - http://www.imber.info/EP_Potes.html
The ANR POTES project studies the role of marine micro-organisms in the mineralization of particulate (POM) and dissolved (DOM) organic matter and on the regeneration of biogenic compounds (silicates, carbonates) in the meso- and bathypelagic zones of the Ocean.
New linked project
EPOCA: The European Project on Ocean Acidification (EPOCA) will be launched on 10 June 2008. Its goal is to document ocean acidification, investigate its impact on biological processes, predict its consequences over the next 100 years, and advise policy-makers on potential thresholds or tipping points that should not be exceeded.
For more information and a full list of all EPOCA partners visit: http://epoca-project.eu
Kickoff meeting: EPOCA will officially be launched during a kickoff meeting in Nice (France), 10-13 June 2008.
Chair: Jean-Pierre Gattuso (coord-ocean-acidification@obs-vlfr.fr)
News from our sponsors
The 4th IGBP Congress was held in Cape Town, South Africa on 5-9 May 2008. About 380 delegates from 65 countries attended the event and contributed to the development of IGBP’s scientific agenda for the period 2008-2013, with a focus on how IGBP can better contribute to sustainable solutions including mitigation, innovation and adaptation. The Congress resulted in “The Cape Town Declaration on Science for Environmental Sustainability” which outlined an enhanced plan of international collaboration to pursue science that will help achieve sustainable development of common, global resources. http://igbp2008.co.za/index.php?id=1
Miscellaneous
IOCCP Scientific Steering Group for 2008-2010: New members of the SSG for this term include Toste Tanhua (IfM-Geomar, Germany), Alex Kozyr (CDIAC, USA), Ute Schuster (UEA, UK), Melchor Gonzalez (U. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain), Pedro Monteiro (CSIR, South Africa), and Yukihiro Nojiri (NIES, Japan). The co-chairs of the SOLAS-IMBER joint carbon coordination group, Arne Kortzinger (IfM-Geomar, Germany) and Truls Johannessen (Uni. Bergen, Norway), also serve as ex-officio members of the IOCCP SSG.
The OceanSensors08 workshop was held at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, IOW, in Warnemunde, Germany, from 31 March to 4 April 2008 (http://www.oceansensors08.org/ ). In special sessions, draft white papers were discussed, especially regarding sensors for fluxes through the sea surface (headed by Arne Kortzinger, IFM-GEOMAR, Germany), and sensors and instruments for oceanic carbon measurements (headed by Ute Schuster, UEA, UK). Manuscripts are now being prepared for submission to a special issue in the journal of Ocean Science (http://www.ocean-science.net/index.html).
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Funding and collaborative opportunities
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GEOTRACES intrecalibration cruise
GEOTRACES is organizing a cruise from June 8 to July 12, 2008 to collect intercalibration water and particle samples. This intercalibration exercise aims to provide reference materials that can be distributed to the international community and reference profiles of Trace Elements and their Isotopes to ensure compatibility and consistency of GEOTRACES data. The cruise will be separated into two legs with the first focusing on the collection of seawater reference material and the second on particles. The R/V Knorr will depart Norfolk, Virginia USA and transect to the BATS station southeast of Bermuda where the bulk of sampling will occur. Scientific crew change for the second leg will be in Bermuda on June 27 and particle sampling will begin at BATS will sampling underway on the return to Norfolk on July 12. If you are interested in participating to this exercise, note that selected samples for intercalibration will also be available after the cruise. For general information about the intercalibration please contact Greg Cutter <gcutter@odu.edu>. To inquire about availability of archived 0.5-liter samples of filtered and acidified seawater for trace metal intercalibration, contact Ken Bruland <bruland@ucsc.edu>. For information about archived particulate samples, contact Rob Sherrell <sherrell@ahab.marine.rutgers.edu>. Note that these people are all currently aboard the intercalibration cruise, and may be unable to respond to inquiries until after the cruise is completed.
Launch of the APN's 2008 calls for porposals under:
1. THE ARCP PROGRAMME FOR REGIONAL GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH &
2. THE CAPaBLE PROGRAMME FOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR FUNDING FROM APRIL 2009
Submission of letter of intent: July 4, 2008
Submission of Proposal: August 15, 2008
Further information under: http://www.apn-gcr.org/en/callforproposals/cfp08.htm
The deadline for proposing a special session at the 2008 Fall AGU meeting is June 13, 2008. Please see http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/program/program_main_SessionProposal.php for details. If you have ideas for special OCB-relevant sessions, please coordinate through the OCB Project Office (hbenway@whoi.edu).
EUR-OCEANS Mobility call is now open
The EUR-OCEANS mobility programme consists in three types of stay: mini-sabbaticals, shorts visits and technical exchanges. The deadline for this last mobility call is 1st July 2008. All the information is available on http://integration.eur-oceans.eu/mobility-call.php
Call for Nominations: NOAA Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group
The NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) is currently soliciting nominations for its Ecosystem Sciences and Management Working Group. This working group will provide scientific advice and broad direction on NOAA’s ecosystem related programs in the context of both national and international activities. The SAB seeks people in the following disciplines: social science, oceanography, living marine resources, sampling and remote sensing, and modeling. Only scientists external to NOAA are eligible to be nominated. Please see the Federal Register Notice for more details.
Nominations are due no later than July 21, 2008.
The Federal Register Notice can be found here: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-11415.pdf
For more information about NOAA's SAB or the Working Group please visit the website: http://www.sab.noaa.gov/, or contact Cynthia Decker at 301–734–1156 or Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov
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Early career scientist opportunities
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17-27 September, 2008: Island of Rhodes, Greece.
SUMMER SCHOOL First MedCLIVAR-ESF: "Climate variability over the Mediterranean area: atmospheric and oceanic components"
Deadline for Application: 15 June, 2008
http://www.medclivar.eu/summerschool1.html
Centre of Excellence Student Training in Observational Oceanography
BIOS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence (CofE) in Observational Oceanography. The Centre will offer a 10-month course at Bermuda on Observational Oceanography. Tentative Programme dates are from 1 August, 2008 to 31 May, 2009. Travel and living expenses of trainees will be covered by NF-POGO CofE.
http://www.bios.edu/education/cofe.html
CARBOSCHOOLS: CarboEurope and CarboOcean, two major European research projects on carbon cycle, invite secondary schools to raise young people awareness of local and global stakes of climate change, discover scientific research on the topic and act locally to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. http://www.carboschools.org/ and http://www.carboocean.org/
Special POGO-SCOR Fellowship for On-board Training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)
Closing deadline: June 15, 2008
http://www.ocean-partners.org/Training_Education.htm
More opportunities at: http://www.imber.info/Education_and_Training.html
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Jobs
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International Chair in ocean dynamics and marine biogeochemistry, Europôle Mer, Brest, France.
Deadline for application: 20th July, 2008.
http://www.europolemer.eu/international-chair-in-ocean-dyn.php
Program manager for the Biological Oceanography Program within the Division of Ocean Sciences (OCE), Directorate of Geosciences, Alexandria, Arlington & Falls Church, VA, USA.
Deadline for application: August 1, 2008.
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=72392098&AVSDM=2008-06-02+00%3A03%3A01
2-year postdoctoral fellowship on the development of a new statistical methodology for prediction of climate-change impacts on phytoplankton productivity in coastal marine ecosystems, Auckland, New-Zealand.
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/Post_Doc_Auckland.pdf?article163
PhD grant on "Modelling continuous size-structure of planktonic functional types (PFT) within the North Western Mediterranean Sea ecosystem model (Eco3M) and comparison with data gathered from optical sensors measuring size–structured plankton", Marseille, France.
Deadline for application: December 31, 2008
http://www.com.univ-mrs.fr/LOB/spip.php?article163
Post-doctoral position on modelling of particle-microbe interactions Villefranche sur mer, France.
Deadline for application: June 30, 2008
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=749
Project Officer for SOLAS (Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study), University of East Anglia in Norwich UK.
Deadline for application: June 16, 2008
http://www.uea.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ra/ra494.htm
Postdoctoral Research Associate in biological/chemical oceanography, OSU, USA (posting 0002661).
Deadline for application: June 30, 2008
https://jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1212504865963
Postdoctoral Position in Ocean Biogeochemical Modelling LEGOS, Toulouse, and LPO, Brest, France
Deadline for application: June 30, 2008
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/Postdoctoral_Position-MEECE.pdf
More jobs at: http://www.imber.info/jobs.html
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Publications / Web Resources
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2008-2009 Meetings / Conferences / Workshops
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23-26 June 2008: Plymouth, UK
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium
Registration is now open
http://www.amemr.info/default.asp?page=2008symposium
21-24 July 2008: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Summer Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Workshop
Deadline to register is June 10, 2008.
http://www.whoi.edu/sbl/liteSite.do?litesiteid=22932
3-5 November 2008: Napoly, Italy
Constrain, understand and model biocomplexity in plankton communities
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=737
25-27 November 2008: Rome, Italy
EUR-OCEANS Final Meeting
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=651
15-19 December 2008: San Francisco, California
2008 AGU Fall Meeting
Deadline for session proposals: 13 June 2008
http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm08/program/program_main_SessionProposal.php
25-31 January 2009: Nice, France
ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting
http://www.aslo.org/forms/nice2009.html
9-13 February 2009 : Melbourne, Australia
9th International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (9ICSHMO)
http://www.bom.gov.au/events/9icshmo/
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