Contributions of long-term research and time-series observations to marine ecology and biogeochemistry
Ducklow, H.W.; Doney, S.C.; Steinberg, D.K. (2009). Contributions of long-term research and time-series observations to marine ecology and biogeochemistry, in: Carlson, C.A. et al. Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1. Annual Review of Marine Science, 1: pp. 279-302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163801 In: Carlson, C.A.; Giovannoni, S.J. (Ed.) (2009). Ann. Rev. Mar. Sci. 1. Annual Review of Marine Science, 1. Annual Reviews: Palo Alto. ISBN 978-0-8243-4501-3. 466 pp., more In: Annual Review of Marine Science. Annual Reviews: Palo Alto, Calif. ISSN 1941-1405; e-ISSN 1941-0611, more |  |
| Keywords | Aquatic communities > Plankton > Phytoplankton
Climate change
Cycles > Chemical cycles > Geochemical cycle > Biogeochemical cycle > Nutrient cycles > Carbon cycle
Ecology
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | climate change; plankton ecology; carbon cycle |
| Authors | | Top | - Ducklow, H.W.
- Doney, S.C.
- Steinberg, D.K.
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| Abstract | Time-series observations form a critical element of oceanography. New interdisciplinary efforts launched in the past two decades complement the few earlier, longer-running time series to build a better, though still poorly resolved, picture of lower-frequency ocean variability, the climate processes that drive variability, and the implications for food web dynamics, carbon storage, and climate feedbacks. Time series also enlarge our understanding of ecological processes and are integral for improving models of physical-biogeochemical-ecological ocean dynamics. The major time-series observatories go well beyond simple monitoring of core ocean properties, although that important activity forms the critical center of all time-series efforts. Modern ocean time series have major process and experimental components, entrain ancillary programs, and have integrated modeling programs for deriving a better understanding of the observations and the changing, three-dimensional ocean in which the observatories are embedded. |
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