Welcome and introduction to the UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme (Harry Elderfield).
Ocean acidification: the policy context (Nafees Meah)
Session Chair: Harry Elderfield
Observations and systhesis to establish variability and trends in oceanic pH (Ute Schuster, David Hydes, Nick Hardman-Mountford, David Pearce)
Sea surface impacts Ocean acidifcation impacts on the surface ocean overview (Toby Tyrrell)
Combined presentation including: Consortium cruises and core measurements (Eric Achterberg) Bioassay experiments (Mark Moore) Impacts on CaCO3 shells (Jeremy Young) Biogeochemical rates (David Suggett) Community structure and food webs (Alex Poulton) Climate (Andy Rees) Mechanistic understanding of impacts (Colin Brownlee)
Ocean acidification and the effects on marine trace gas production (Alison Webb) Evolutionary responses... Oxyrrhis marina (Ewan Minter)
Session Chair: Mike Webb
Benthic ecosystem impacts Introductory overview (Steve Widdicombe) Long term expoosure facilities at Aberdeen and Plymouth (Jasmin Godbold) Flume and percolation facilities at SAMS (Henrik Stahl) High CO2 panels for settlement experiments (Tom Vance, contact thva-at-pml.ac.uk for further information on this topic) Research cruises to Lophelia reefs (Murray Roberts) Organism physiology and performance (Nia Whiteley) Quantify the impacts of ocean acidification on microbial communities and elemental cycling in coastal ecosystems (Mark Osborn) Community level response, diversity and ecosystem function (Dave Paterson) Assessing OA effects at volcanic CO2 vents (Laura Pettit)
Session Chair: Caron Montgomery
Commercial species and socio-economic impacts Introductory overview (Kevin Flynn) Socio-economics (Caroline Hattam)
Regional ecosystem modelling Introductory overview (Jerry Blackford)
Session Chair: Nafees Meah
CO2 carbon cycle climate interactions Introductory overview (Andy Ridgwell)
Palaeo-ocean acidification events Introductory overview (Paul Pearson)
Session Chair: Phil Williamson
Analytical procedures and challenges Carbonate chemistry facilities for UKOARP (Eric Achterberg) Sources of error in the measurements of carbonate system parameters and related calculations (David Hydes) UKOARP data management (Rob Thomas)
International context EPOCA: European Project on Ocean Acidification (Lina Hansson) BIOACID: Biological Impacts of Ocean Acidification (Michael Meyerhöfer) MedSeA: Mediterranean Sea Acidification under changing climate (Patrizia Ziveri - presentation given by Carol Turley) Ocean acidification research in North East Pacific (Terrie Klinger) SOLAS-IMBER OA working group (Carol Turley)
Knowledge Exchange, stakeholder engagement and outreach Introductory presentation (Carol Turley)
ASM 2013 presentations
ASM 2012 presentations