n°12 - May 2008

The IMBER annual Scientific Steering Committee Meeting is currently taking place in Cape Town (South Africa) in cunjunction with the 4th IGBP Congress. http://igbp2008.co.za/index.php?id=55

IMBER IMBIZO 2008 (9-13 November 2008, Miami, USA)
We remind you that the deadline for registration and application submission is June 1, 2008. The meeting will be held in May Fair Hotel & Spa, Coconut Grove (http://www.mayfairhotelandspa.com/). Block book reservations have been made at Hotel MayFair. We encourage you to book a room at this hotel as you will benefit from discounted group rates. Visit the conference web site at: http://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=1185

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). This Summer School is co-sponsored by IMBER, EUR-OCEANS and METU.
The deadline for registration has been extended to 26 May, 2008
http://www.imber.info/E2E_EcoModel_home.html

From 21 to 24 April, the IMBER International Project Office based at IUEM (France) had the pleasure to welcome 32 participants from 15 nations to participate in the CLIMECO training workshop. http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_home.html. The lecturers' presentations are available on the web site at http://www.imber.info/CLIMECO_Programme.html. Further information will be detailed in the EOS Journal and in the next IMBER Newsletter.

Next IMBER sponsored Meetings (reminder):

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: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
Eastern boundary upwelling ecosystems: integrative and comparative approaches.
http://www.upwelling-symposium.org/

8-11 July: FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy
International Symposium “Coping with global change in marine social-ecological systems”.
http://www.peopleandfish.org

News from IGBP:

IGBP News: Professor Sybil Seitzinger, Rutgers University, has been appointed Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). She will take up the appointment on 1 September 2008.

The 2008 North Atlantic Bloom Experiment Collaboratory Web Site is now open. NABE scientists are currently operating floats and gliders equipped with biogeochemical sensors near the JGOFS NABE site (60N 20W). They plan to operate through June, 2008. You are invited to follow the progress of this experiment through mission reports, blogs, photos and real-time data display at http://bloom.apl.washington.edu/
If you have a greater interest, you can participate in the associated discussion and information group (cross-linked to the web site) at http://groups.google.com/group/nab08.

Call for workshop proposals - Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry
Deadline for submission: June 15, 2008
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/ocb_workshop_proposals_2008.pdf

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Opportunity for graduates to participate in hydrographic cruises run by the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton as a chemical oceanographer involved in measuring inorganic nutrients/titrating dissolved oxygen samples. Modest additional sampling can probably be entertained. Cruises are scheduled for the Arctic gateway, Canada ­ Greenland ­ UK (Summer 2008); Andrex Southern Ocean (Early 2009); Drake Passage, Southern Ocean (Early 2009); 25°S in the Atlantic (Easter 2009) and 24°N in the Atlantic (November 2009). For more information, please contact Richard Saunders (rics@noc.soton.ac.uk).

16-20 July, 2008: Bologna, Italy
Advanced School on Data Assimilation
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=726

21 July-7 August, 2008: Varna, Bulgaria
SESAME's first summer school on Statistical Analysis of Biological data and Times-Series
Deadline for Application: 28 april, 2008
http://www.sesame-ip.eu/scientist/summer-schools

1-5 September, 2008: Vilanova, Nr. Barcelona, Spain
Turbulence, Plankton and Marine Snow Summer School
Deadline for Application: June 1, 2008
http://www.jmburgerscentrum.org/UserFiles/File/Annonce-summerschool%202008.pdf

11-16 October: University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA
Eco-DĀS vııı: Ecological Dissertations in the Aquatic Sciences
Deadline for Application: 30 April, 2008
http://www.imber.info/education_training/Eco-DAS2008.pdf

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PostDoc position: Ozone Deposition Flux to Ocean Waters - 2 years, Galway, Ireland
Deadline for application: May 23, 2008
http://www.imber.info/jobs-announcements/ozone_sea_postdoc.pdf

PhD Programme in Science and Management of Climate Change, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and CMCC, Italy
Deadline for application: May 23, 2008
http://www.venus.unive.it/phd-climate-change/en

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?JobID=1184394&user_id=&ViewAll=

Combined Advert positions in Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Deadline for application: Dec 31, 2008
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=713

PhD Thesis grant IFREMER, France 
Deadline for application: May 16, 2008
Further information

Job opportunity FULL TIME RESEARCH FELLOW / PLANKTON ANALYST Plymouth, UK
Deadline for application: June 6, 2008
Further information

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1st Issue of the Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (OCB) News available for download: http://www.us-ocb.org/publications/index.html

New paper: H.W. Paerl and J. Huisman, 2008. Blooms Like It Hot, Science320, 57-58

The LDEO (Takahashi) data base (Version 1.0) is now available for general public use through CDIAC web page: http://cdiac.ornl.gov/oceans/LDEO_Underway_Database/LDEO_home.html

Klyashtorin and Lyubushin, “Climate Changes and Fish Productivity”, 2005
This book was published in Russian in 2005. It has been translated and edited in English for western readers. It considers relationships between climate changes and fish productivity of ocean ecosystems. Publishing Houses “Science” and “Science Export Co” offer you the book (VNIRO Publishing. 230 pages , 160 figures, 2 color insets) for US$59 (hard cover) including mailing. You can order it by writing at: naukaexport@naukaran

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6-9 October: Monaco
2nd Symposium on the Ocean in a High-CO2 World
http://www.ocean-acidification.net/

6-10 October: Il Ciocco, Tuscany, Italy
Ocean Optics XIX
Deadline for abstracts: June 1, 2008
http://oceanopticsconference.org/

22-24 October: Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
XXIX SCOR General Meeting
Deadline for Application: 30 April, 2008
http://www.scor-int.org/2008GM/2008GM.htm

27-29 October: ISMAL, Algeria
International Congress "Anthropogenic impacts on the Marine Environment"
Deadline for Abstract submission: 30 May, 2008
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=697

2-9 November: Saguaro Lake Ranch, AZ, USA
Interdisciplinary Climate Research Symposium
DISCCRS IV Symposium
Deadline for abstracts: April 30, 2008
http://www.disccrs.org/index.html

11-15 November: Valencia, Spain
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
Deadline for abstracts: February 1, 2008
http://www.marbef.org/worldconference/

17-20 November: St Petersburg, FL, USA
Coastal Cities Summit 2008: Values & Vulnerabilities
Deadline for abstracts: May 15, 2008
http://www.coastalcities.org/

17-21 November: Noumea, New Caledonia
SPIE Asia-Pacific Remote Sensing Symposium
Deadline for abstracts: June 2, 2008
http://spie.org/asia-pacific-remote-sensing.xml

25-27 November: Rome, Italia
EUR-OCEANS Final Meeting
http://www.eur-oceans.eu/document/index.php?num_information=651

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