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 IMBER News
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Michael Roman (USA), Coleen Moloney (South Africa) and Jing Zhang (China) have all three accepted to serve as IMBER SSC Vice-Chairs and now form, with Julie Hall as the Chair, the new IMBER Executive Committee.
New pages on IMBER Web site: IMBER national contacts and activities are compiled under http://www.imber.info/national_activities.html
IMBER/GLOBEC Transition Task Team (TTT): It has been agreed to host the first meeting of this group from 30 July to 1 August 2008 (3 days), at the University of Reading, UK. The GLOBEC IPO is assisting John Field, Chair of the group, in the organisation of the first meeting. The IMBER IPO will lead the organisation of the second meeting.
Call for Session: The biennial ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, an international gathering of more than 2000 aquatic scientists, will be held at the Acropolis in Nice, France, 25-31 January 2009. IMBER SSC member JP Gattuso is co-organiser.
Session Proposals are due April 15, 2008. If you have questions about the science program, please contact the meeting co-chairs: Jean-Pierre Gattuso (gattuso@obs-vlfr.fr) Markus Weinbauer (wein@obs-vlfr.fr) or Peter Bossard (Peter.Bossard@eawag.ch).
13-18 April 2008: Vienna, Austria
General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union, the EGU 2008 http://meetings.copernicus.org/egu2008/
Open session on IMBER/SOLAS and sensitivity of marine ecosystems to climate change"
Oral programme: Monday April 14,
Lecture Room 4, 13:30-19:00
Poster programme: Full day Monday April 14 (authors in attendance 10:30-12:00)
Convenors: Carol Robinson, Baris Salihoglu, Temel Oguz, and Christiane Lancelot
21-24 April 2008: Brest, France
Climate driving of marine ecosystem changes (CLIMECO)…Training for young marine scientists. Lecturers are Matthew Collins (UK), Benjamin Giese (USA), Gustavo Goni (USA), Wilco Hazeleger (The Netherlands), Geir Huse (Norway), Raghu Murtuggude (USA), Geert Jan van Oldenborgh (The Netherlands) and Anne-Marie Treguier (France). They are currently finalizing the lectures and hands-on sessions.
http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html
5-6 May 2008: IMBER project will be holding its annual Scientific Steering Committee Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa in cunjunction with the 4th IGBP Congress. http://igbp2008.co.za/index.php?id=55
11-16 August 2008: Ankara, Turkey
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).
Deadline for Application: 15 May, 2008
http://www.imber.info/E2E_EcoModel_home.html
9-13 November 2008: Miami, USA
First IMBER IMBIZO: “Biogeochemical and ecosystems interactions in a changing ocean".
Deadline for abstract submission: June 1, 2008.
http://www.imber.info/IMBIZO.html
First SIBER Newsletter to report on ongoing SIBER activities. One aim of this newsletter is to provide a forum for informing each other of SIBER-relevant research and to hopefully help establish collaborative connections. So please feel free to communicate on any activities of interest to the SIBER community.
http://www.imber.info/national_activities/siberWintr08final.pdf
New endorsed project
"An early Warning System using Seabirds to detect ecosystems change in the high and low Arctic"
Lead applicant: William Montevecchi, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St-John’s, Canada
Next IMBER sponsored Meetings (reminder):
16-18 April 2008: Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA
First ICED model development workshops
http://www.iced.ac.uk/news/meetings.htm
19-23 May: Gijon, Spain
ICES/PICES/IOC Symposium: Effects of climate change on the world's oceans
http://www.pices.int/meetings/international_symposia/2008_symposia/Climate_change/climate_background_3.aspx
2-6 June 2008: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems: integrative and comparative approaches.
http://www.upwelling-symposium.org/
8-11 July 2008: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
International Symposium “Coping with global change in marine social-ecological systems”.
http://www.peopleandfish.org
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Funding and collaborative opportunities
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Early career scientist opportunities
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Special POGO-SCOR Fellowship for On-board Training on an Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT) Cruise
Deadline for application: June 15, 2008.
http://www.ocean-partners.org/Training_Education.htm
Invitation to use colombian oceanographic ship: The Colombian Navy and the Maritime Directorate have opened a call inviting researchers, students and institutions to participate with their own project activities to an oceanographic cruise in the Pacific Ocean.
http://www.cccp.org.co/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=378
SCAR is announcing the launch of its 2008-9 Fellowship Programme for postgraduate and/or post- doctoral researchers.
Deadline for application: May 15, 2008
http://www.scar.org/awards/fellowships/
Travel Funding Announcement - New Research Generation (NRG) Arctic Ocean Sciences Board - Deadline: Wednesday, 30 April 2008
http://www.aosb.org/
30 June-10 July, 2008: Dunban, Scotland
Summer School: Modern Methods for Ecosystem Modelling
Deadline for Application: April 30, 2008
https://www.sams.ac.uk/research/departments/ecology/ecology-projects/modern_methods_for_ecosystem_modelling/
3-23 August, 2008: CICESE, Ensenada B. C., Mexico
Satellite Oceanography 2008 for PhD students and early career scientists
Deadline for Application: March 30, 2008
http://oceanografia.cicese.mx/oceansat/cursat2008/SatelliteOceanography2008.pdf
1-5 September, 2008: Vilanova, Nr. Barcelona, Spain
Turbulence, Plankton and Marine Snow Summer School
Deadline for Application: June 1, 2008
http://www.nccr-climate.unibe.ch/summer_school/2008/index_en.html
15-19 September, 2008: IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany.
Summer School: BIOCAT Biogeochemical Interactions between the Ocean and the Atmosphere
Deadline for Application: April 30, 2008
http://sopran.pangaea.de/front_content.php?idcat=370&idlang=9
11-16 October, 2008: University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
Eco-DĀS vııı: Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences
Deadline for Application: April 30, 2008
http://www.imber.info/education_training/Eco-DAS2008.pdf
More opportunities at: http://www.imber.info/Education_and_Training.html
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Jobs
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Two Postdoc Positions in ocean THC / carbon cycle modeling UNSW, Sydney Australia.
Deadline for application: April 18, 2008
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/jobs/07030803.html
Associate Scientist in Ocean Acidification Research, University of Miami, FL, USA.
Deadline for application: until position is filled
http://um.hodesiq.com/job_detail.asp?JobID=1184394&user_id=&ViewAll=
Marine System Modeller, Permanent appointment, Plymouth, UK.
Deadline for application: May 9, 2008.
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/job_PML.pdf?&mid=YWWY&sid=FDB&jid=EVFCXDYEV&site=Scientific
Postdoctoral Investigator - Geobiology Description, WHOI, USA.
Deadline for application: until position is filled.
http://www.candidatemanager.net/CM/Micro/JobDetails.aspx?&mid=YWWY&sid=FDB&jid=EVFCXDYEV&site=Scientific
Post-Doctoral Scholar - Biological Oceanography, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), USA.
Deadline for application: until position is filled
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/BIOS_postdoc.pdf?num_information=693
PostDoc "Short/medium term effects of Climate Change on Atlantic Salmon", INRA, France.
Deadline for application: June 30, 2008.
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=693
Post-doc: Coupling of the biogeochemical Eco3M model with a 3-D hydrodynamical model (MARS-3D) of the Golfe du Lion in the North-western Mediterranean, Marseille, France.
Deadline for application: April 30, 2008
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/LOB_postdoc.pdf
Post-doc: Biogeochemical modeling of marine sediments, Brussels, Belgium.
Deadline for application: April 1, 2008
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/Postdoc%20EN%2002.pdf
More jobs at: http://www.imber.info/jobs.html
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Publications / Web Resources
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"An Earth-system perspective of the global nitrogen cycle" by Nicolas Gruber & James N. Galloway Nature 451, 293-296 (17 January 2008) nature06592; Published online 16 January 2008
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7176/full/nature06592.html
New article: Research Opportunities and Challenges in the Indian Ocean in EOS, vol. 89, n°13, March 2008 by Raleigh Hood.
New Report: IPY March 2008 Report
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_march_2008/
A joint statement regarding Deliberate Nutrient Additions to the Ocean has been released by SCOR and GESAMP
http://www.gesamp.org/documentextern/SCOR-GESAMP Press Release 4 March 2008.pdf
An Arctic Regional Ocean Observing System (Arctic ROOS) has been established by a group of fourteen institutions from nine European countries working actively with ocean observation and modeling systems for the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas. Arctic ROOS will promote, develop and maintain operational monitoring and forecasting of ocean circulation, water masses, ocean surface conditions, sea ice and biological/chemical constituents.
http://arctic-roos.org/
Report from the Oden Southern Ocean Workshop Lejondals Slott, Sweden / February 10-13, 2008.
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/Oden_Southern_Ocean_Workshop.pdf
The EUR-OCEANS Educational Pack is now available in 4 languages (English, French, Spanish and Italian)
http://www.eur-oceans.info/EN/education/cards.php
Alex Kozyr at CDIAC has launched a new data and information web-site for coastal carbon data, including data from VOS, moorings, and hydrography (bottle measurements from coastal cruises).
http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/Coastal/Coastal_data.html
A new international peer reviewed journal for operational oceanography JOO- http://www.imarest.org/proceedings/joo/
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2008 Meetings / Conferences / Workshops
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21-22 April: Certosa di Pontignano, Toscana, Italy
EUR-OCEANS Workshop: Ecosystems End to End: Links and Levels in Marine Ecosystems.
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=664
12-14 May: Plymouth, UK
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Workshop: "Exploring the links between ocean-atmosphere interactions and DMS production"
http://www.amemr.info/
8-13 June: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
2008 ASLO Summer Meeting: Interactions on the Edge
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/stjohns2008/index.html
List of sessions: http://aslo.org/meetings/stjohns2008/sessions.html
10-12 June: Seattle, Washington, USA
2nd Joint Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) / Shipboard Automated Meteorological and Oceanographic System (SAMOS) Workshop
Deadline for abstract submission and registration: April 1, 2008
http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/RVSMDC/marine_workshop4/index.php?f=1&path=http://www.coaps.fsu.edu/RVSMDC/marine_workshop4/home.php
23-26 June: Plymouth, UK
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Modelling Research Symposium
http://www.amemr.info/default.asp?page=2008Symposium
6-11 July: Lisbon, Portugal
8th Larval Biology Symposium
http://ipimar-iniap.ipimar.pt/larval/index.html
8-11 July: St. Petersburg, Russia
Polar Research: Arctic and Antarctic Perspectives in the International Polar Year SCAR/IASC IPY Open Science Conference
http://www.scar-iasc-ipy2008.org/
21-24 July: Woods Hole, MA, USA
Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry Science Workshop
http://www.us-ocb.org/meetings/index.html
1-4 September: Brest, France
PHYSIOMAR 08: Physiological aspects of reproduction, nutrition and growth "Marine molluscs in a changing environment"
http://www.univ-brest.fr/IUEM/PHYSIOMAR/
2-5 September: Maine, USA
Workshop on the Antarctic climate record of the past 200-1000 years.
http://www.scar.org/news/scarbusiness/
8-11 September: Menai Bridge/Bangor, Wales
2008 Challenger Society Oceanography Conference
http://www.challenger2008.co.uk/
22-26 September: Halifax, Canada
ICES Annual Meeting
http://www.ices.dk/iceswork/asc/2008/themesessions/themesessions.asp
29 September -3 October: Bahía Blanca, Argentina
Science and management of estuaries and coasts: A tale of two hemispheres
http://ecsa44.criba.edu.ar/invitation.php
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