I wanted to bring to your attention that at the 2013 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation bi-annual meeting, Nov 3 - 7 in San Diego, CA, there will be a session on the Drivers and Ecological Effects of Hypoxia in Coastal Upwelling Systems. The session is organize by Lisa Levin (Scripps Institution of Oceanography), Larry Crowder (Center for Ocean Solutions) and Steven Litvin (Marine Life Observatory Programs, Hopkins Marine Station).
We have organized 6 talks covering the drivers and distribution of low dissolved oxygen in coastal upwelling systems, the broad ecological and physiological consequences, and the associated management implications for coastal systems (full abstract of the session is below). We are excited to provide a forum for others from a wide variety of fields to present their findings associated with this phenomenon (oral or poster presentations). I hope you will consider participating and I ask you let students, post-docs and colleagues at your institution know about this session. you can submit an abstract directly (no invitation needed) through the CERF website and request to be in session SCI-047. Abstracts are due June 1. If you have any questions or would like to let me know that you are submitting an abstract to the session, please feel free to contact me at lit...@stanford.edu Cheers Steven Y. Litvin Research Coordinator Marine Life Observatory Program Hopkins Marine Station Stanford University Oceanview Boulevard Pacific Grove, CA 93950-3094 831-655-6241 http://mlo.stanford.edu/ SCI-047 Drivers and Ecological Effects of Hypoxia in Coastal Upwelling Systems Steve Litvin (lit...@stanford.edu) & Larry Crowder & Lisa Levin Zones of hypoxic water have spread dramatically, most associated with bays and semi-enclosed seas and land-based anthropogenic nutrient inputs. However, open coast systems such as the coastal marine ecosystems in eastern boundary currents are also increasingly experiencing oxygen depletion and hypoxia has recently been documented on the inner shelf of open coasts. Within the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME) upwelling-related oxygen depletion occurs regularly from Baja, Mexico to Washington State. This session will assess the extent, drivers, ecological consequences and management implications of hypoxia on the inner shelf of the CCLME and other eastern boundary current systems.
