Concept information
Preferred term
PMEC
Definition
- Short Title: Polar Marine Ecosystems Changes PMEC Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=158 A Symposium sponsored or co-sponsored by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) Title: Comparative Studies of Marine Arctic and Antarctic Ecosystems and the Potential Consequences of Climate Change Themes: -Climate variability - past and present environmental status of Arctic and Antarctic seas -Physical, chemical and biological interactions under environmental shifts in the polar regions -Response of communities to varying environment and food-web relations -Climate and human induced changes in exploitable marine resources -Contamination of Arctic and Antarctic seas - present status and possible changes in relation to growing human activities in the polar regions -Vulnerability of marine ecosystems in the polar regions and ecosystem approach to marine management The following more focused Theme Sessions have been extracted from submitted EoI's whose submitters have been contacted and agreed to act as conveners or co-conveners. Some of these Theme Sessions have similar or related topics. Consolidation is expected in the course of further development of the activity, as well as further topics to come in, for instance a stronger commitment from physical oceanography fields. - Circumpolar Climate Interactions and Ecosystem Dynamics in Polar Oceans - Biodiversity and its role in structures and functions of Polar Marine Ecosystems - Biodiversity and sustainable exploitation of changing resources under climate change in polar marine polar ecosystems - Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas - Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas - Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic: the Response of Life to Change - Natural and anthropogenic forcing on marine ecosystems, biogeochemistry and physical processes operating in the European Arctic - A comparative study of ecosystem function in ice-covered and ice-free Polar Ocean areas - Impact of climate induced glacial melting on marine coastal communities. - Changes in top predator life history, abundance and behavior patterns: Indicators of ongoing ecosystem changes? - Global Warming and Marine Mammals in Polar Regions - The impact of climate change and human-development on the predator prey dynamics of pan-arctic migratory birds - The importance of seasonal sea ice on life cycles of key fish species in Polar Oceans - Polar microorganisms and climate: Influence of climate changes on microbial biodiversity, biogeochemical processes and biomolecules - Polar Deep Sea Ecosystems: History and patterns of benthic communities - Aliens in Polar Oceans Potential product: A special volume of symposium proceedings published in co-operation with EoI Nr. 303, or alternatively in the ICES Journal of Marine Science. There may be follow up workshops or seagoing or other field activities, which are independent of this proposal, however. Date and venue: The symposium could be held in an ICES (polar) member state, for instance in Norway (Oslo or Bergen), alternatively in Capetown (RSA, ICES affiliate member state), preferably in late spring 2009 or 2010. (en)
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URI
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