Annual Science Meeting (ASM) 1 - 3 June 2009
Presentations
MONDAY 1 JUNE Session One
Recent variability in the North Atlantic: from the ocean surface to the overturning circulation.
Simon Josey, NOCS
Potential climate change impacts on the North West European continental shelf.
Jason Holt, POL
A new map of UK vertical land movements based on continuous GPS and absolute gravity.
Dionne Hansen, Nottingham; Simon Williams, POL et al.,
Understanding how environmental changes translate to ecological responses and economic impacts.
Jerry Blackford, POL
Large-scale ocean modelling with adapting unstructured mesh methods.
Matthew Piggott, Imperial College London
MONDAY 1 JUNE Session Two
Information integration and science highlights for Oceans 2025 coastal observatories.
Steve Groom PML et al.,
The Porcupine Abyssal Plain site: a window on full water column biogeochemistry in the North Atlantic.
Richard Lampitt, Adrian Martin NOCS et al.,
Towards a new understanding of post-glacial sedimentation on the NW European Shelf.
John Howe, SAMS
Continental margins and deep ocean research: highlights and impacts.
Ian Wright, David Billet, NOCS
Progress on enabling technology for ocean telescience.
Gwyn Griffiths et al., NOCS
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 3
Untangling causal mechanisms in trophic interactions that structure ecosystems.
Michael Burrows, Linda Robb SAMS et al.,
Moving on: modelling marine fish movements in relation to environment.
David Sims, MBA
The role of seal telemetry in Environmental Impact Assessments.
Bernie McConnell, Ailsa Hall, SMRU et al.,
Identifying the mechanisms of pH homeostasis in marine phytoplankton and their response to ocean acidification.
Glen Wheeler, PML, Alison Taylor, MBA et al.,
Sunlit microbial communities thrive in the wind-stirred Atlantic Ocean according to AMT observations.
Mike Zubkov NOCS, Glen Tarran PML et al.,
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 4a
Next generation ecosystem models.
Icarus Allen, PML
Fine scale ecosystem modelling of the western English Channel.
Momme Butenschon, PML
Near real-time verification of operational ecosystem models using ocean colour data products.
Jamie Shutler, Riqui Torres, PML et al.,
Progress at NOCS with high resolution multidecadal coupled physical and biological simulations (NEMO 0.25 degrees + MEDUSA)
Thomas Anderson, NOCS
New insights into coupled ocean-atmosphere modelling with the CHIME model.
Adrian New, Alex Megann, NOCS et al.,
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 4b
Autosub6000 - results and enhancements.
Steve McPhail, NOCS
Novel sensor chains for the study of sea ice.
Keith Jackson, David Meldrum, SAMS
X-band radar and its applications to coastal morphology.
Paul Bell, POL
Development of high speed data telemetry systems for remote locations, applicable to coastal, deep-ocean landers and moorings.
Pete Foden, POL
4D biogeochemical sensors
Matt Mowlem, NOCS
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 4c
Iron limitation in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Richard Sanders, Maria Nielsdottir NOCS et al.,
Controlling mechanisms for the productivity of the N. Atlantic sub-polar gyre.
John Allen, Stuart Painter, NOCS et al.,
The role of calcite in ballasting organic carbon flux from the upper ocean.
Richard Sanders, Paul Morris, NOCS et al.,
Nitrogen fixation in the nitrate replete Western English Channel.
Jack Gilbert, PML
Novel biogeochemical products from space
Takafumi Hirata, PML
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 5a
Arctic ocean modelling at POL
Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda, Clare Postlethwaite, POL et al.,
Impact of Arctic sea-ice retreat on zooplankton foraging behaviour and vertical carbon flux.
Andrew Brierley, St Andrews, Finlo Cottier SAMS et al.,
Physical-biological coupling in the Barents/Kara Sea: a modelling study.
Vincent Le Fouest, SAMS, Miguel Angel Morales Maqueda POL, et al.,
Biogeochemical studies in Arctic sea-ice, marginal ice zone and open waters north of Svarlbard
Ray Leakey, SAMS
Sea-ice modelling and Arctic processes
Adrian New, Yevgeny Aksenov, NOCS et al.,
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 5b
Turbulence, tidal straining and sediment transport
Alejandro Souza POL
Horizontal dispersion in shelf and coastal seas from dye tracer distributions
Mark Inall, SAMS
Carbon flux off the shelf
Jason Holt, Tim Smyth, PML et al.,
Carbon mineralization of shelf and coastal sediments: A holistic approach using state of the art lander technology and the eddy-correlation technique.
Ronnie Glud, Henrik Stahl, SAMS et al.,
TUESDAY 2 JUNE Session 5c
Unexpected population genetic changes in coccolithophores
Declan Schroeder, MBA; Peter Miller, PML, Anthony Walne, SAHFOS
Response of Emiliania huxleyi to a high CO2world: assessing the extent of genetic diversity in the pattern of gene expression
Frédéric Verret, Richard Webster, MBA et al.,
The unresolved issue of why phytoplankton produce DMSP and hence the climate active gas DMS.
Stephen Archer, PML; Maria Ragni, University of Essex; Jacqueline Stefels, University of Groningen, NL.
Quorum sensing in biofouling communities
Karen Tait, PML
Molecular and ecological investigations into the infection process of Eurychasma dicksonii on brown algae.
Claire Gachon, SAMS, Pieter van West, University of Aberdeen
WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE Session 7a
Developments in statistical appraoches to understanding changes in biodiversity and community structure
Paul Somerfield, PML
The uses and limitations of population models in estimating the size of the UK grey seal population based on pup count surveys.
Len Thomas, SMRU
Responses of marine fish assemblage to climate change and fishing over a century-long scale.
Martin Genner, University of Bristol
Arrival and secondary spread of non-native species in UK fouling communities.
John Bishop, Aliya El Nagar, MBA et al.,
Combining biological traits and distributional data to explain spatial patterns in the North Sea benthos.
Tom Webb and Lizzie Tyler, University of Sheffield; Paul Somerfield, PML
WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE Session 7b
Signature of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation in sea level along the east coast of North America.
Chris Hughes, POL; R J Bingham, University of Newcastle
20 years of bottom pressure measurements in the Drake Passage
Miguel Maqueda, Pete Foden, Chris Hughes, POL
Update on Real Time Sea Level Data from Tide Gauges Using BGAN
Simon Holgate, POL
Observational evidence of present day global sea level acceleration started in late 18th century.
Svetlana Jevrejeva, POL (PSMSL), John Moore Arctic Centre, Thule Institute et al.,
Reconciling in situ hydrographic observations with satellite altimetric measurements of sea level change.
Rory Bingham, Peter Clarke University of Newcastle et al.,
Armchair Real-time Global Oceanography
Brian King, NOCS
WEDNESDAY 3 JUNE Session 7c
Going global - observing our changing seas
Peter Burkill, SAHFOS
A carbon and tracer measurement programme in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans.
Andrew Watson, Ute Schuster, UEAet al.,
Maintaining the momentum for monitoring northern latitudes
Toby Sherwin, SAMS, Jane Read, NOCS et al.,
Towards a UK Shelf Observatory.
Jonathon Sharples, POL
Changes in phytoplankton and zooplankton species composition in the western English Channel.
Claudia Halsband-Lenk, Claire Widdicombe PMLet al.,
Bacterial Diversity: A Year in the Western English Channel
Jack Gilbert, PML; Dawn Field, CEH Oxford, et al.
POSTERS
Initial Investigation of PSI around the Tide Gauge Sites in the UK.
L Adamsak, A Sowter, Nottingham
Consistent multi-technique geodetic estimates of present day contributions to regional sea level change.
P Clarke, Newcastle et al.,
Triple oxygen isotope and oxygen/argon ratio measurements to enhance coastal and open ocean production/respiration comparisons
J Gloel, J Kaiser, UEA
Automated diagnosis for fault detection, identification and recovery in Autosub6000
R Deaden, Birmingham et al.,
