Recent Updates
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IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy approved
The IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy was approved
by IGBP
and SCOR in February 2005. It can be downloaded from the IMBER
website:
www.imber.info
 Download IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy (2.4 MB)
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Draft of the IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy
The latest draft (January 15, 2004) of the IMBER Science Plan/Implementation
Strategy is posted below. The IMBER Transition Team met in early
December to complete the draft the Science Plan/Implementation
Strategy, with the aid of comments received from the scientific
community in October/November 2003. The document has now been
submitted to IGBP and SCOR for review and approval.
After approval by IGBP and SCOR, an IMBER International Scientific
Steering Committee will be formed to respond to reviewers' comments
and guide the implementation of IMBER.
Download IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy (2.4 MB)
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Draft of the IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy
A draft of the IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy is posted
below to invite community input and comments. Please send your
comments (referring to section numbers or line numbers) to c.hamilton@niwa.co.nz BEFORE 25 November. The IMBER Transition Team will be meeting in early December to finalise the Science Plan/Implementation
Strategy, with the aid of your comments, for submission to IGBP and SCOR before the end of 2003. The document will be reviewed and presented to IGBP and SCOR for
approval during the first quarter of 2004. After approval, IGBP
and SCOR will form an IMBER International Scientific Steering
Committee to guide the implementation of IMBER.
This file has been removed as the updated version is now available
above (15 January 2004)
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OCEANS Open Science Conference Plenary Presentations
These presentations are also available on the Programme page.
- The role of trace metals as micronutrients impacting marine biogeochemical
cycles and ecosystem dynamics, Ken Bruland (1.2 MB)
- Marine foodwebs: Can we untangle the maze?, Peter Burkill (15.1 MB)
- Climate Variability and Marine Ecosystems: The Role of Forcings
and Feedbacks, Antonio Busalacchi (23.1 MB)
- Aims of the OCEANS Open Science Conference, Julie Hall (1.2 MB)
- Conference Summary, Patrick Holligan (56 KB)
Conference Summary
- Mesoscale ocean processes in relation to ocean biogeochemistry, Janvier (14.4 MB)
- OCEANS : Questions from the Past, Laurent Labeyrie (9 MB)
- Coupling between the upper and mesopelagic ocean: carbon and nutrient
fluxes in relation to global change, Louis Legendre (336 KB)
- The watery planet – future ocean research, Karin Lochte (7.9 MB)
- Temporal Changes in the Biogeochemistry of the North Pacific Gyre:
Causes and Ecological Implications, David Karl (20.5 MB)
- Ocean science that has influence: Making science salient, credible,
and legitimate, Ron Mitchell (48 KB)
- Quantifying biogeochemical fluxes with inverse models: Current
and future perspectives, Reiner Schlitzer (7 MB)
- Linking the biology of key species with ocean biogeochemistry, Victor Smetacek (53.3 MB)
- Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide in the Anthropocene Ocean, Doug Wallace
(22.7 MB)
- End-to-end food web and population modelling, Francisco Werner (8.8 MB)
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IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research)
In June 2003 OCEANS was renamed IMBER (Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research).
IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy
The IMBER Transition Team is now developing the Science Plan/Implementation Strategy. This
will take the form of a single document which will integrate the
input from the working groups at the conference, the plenary speakers
presentations, comments submitted in response to postings on the
conference web site, along with the Framework Report (PDF) and other material gathered by the Transition Team to identify
the key science themes and questions which will form the scientific
focus of the IMBER project
A full draft of the IMBER Science Plan/Implementation Strategy
will be available via this web site in October 2003. All conference
participants will receive email notification when the document
is posted. We encourage you to read and comment on this draft.
The final Science Plan/Implementation Strategy is expected to
be completed by the end of 2003 for review by IGBP and SCOR. The
Themes and Issues identified for the project are as follows:
The IMBER project will focus on biogeochemistry, ecosystems and
links between these. The overarching question for the project
is:
How do marine ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles and their interactions
respond to global change and, in turn, feed back to the Earth
System?
Theme 1: Interactions between marine biogeochemical cycles and
ecosystems
Issue 1: Sources and sinks in biogeochemical cycles, and macro/micro
nutrient stoichiometry
Issue 2: Relationships between biodiversity, structure, function
and stability of marine ecosystems
Issue 3: Role of macro/micro nutrient availability, assimilation
and cycling in controlling food-web structure and function
Theme 2: Sensitivity of ecosystems, biogeochemical cycles and
their interaction, to global change
Issue 1: The impact of climate-induced changes in circulation,
ventilation, and stratification on biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems
Issue 2: Response of biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems, and their
interactions, to increasing anthropogenic CO2 and changing pH
Issue 3: Response of biogeochemical cycles, ecosystems, and their
interactions, to changes in the fluxes of macro/micro nutrients
into the marine environment from land and air
Theme 3: Feedbacks from biogeochemical cycles and the ecosystem
to the Earth System components
Issue 1: Oceanic regulation of atmospheric CO2 concentration
Issue 2: Feedbacks from the biogeochemical cycles and the ecosystem
to climate
Issue 3: Feedbacks to Human Dimensions.
The project focus will be on several domains, which include: the
euphotic zone and mesopelagic layer, continental margins, and
high-latitude oceans.
For more details please contact the Chair of the IMBER Transition
Team, Julie Hall
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 OCEANS scope document (48 KB)
This document is the first draft of two key sections of the OCEANS
Science Plan/Implementation Strategy. The first section is the
Scope, which gives a broad overview of the OCEANS project. The
second section lists the science themes and issues. This is initial
draft of the key science sections of the planned document.
OCEANS Open Science Conference Presentations
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