Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:33:08 -0400 X-Sender: eadie@glerl.noaa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 To: eegle-kites@wings.glerl.noaa.gov From: "Brian J. Eadie" Subject: ASLO Cc: Brandt@genie.glerl.noaa.gov Our Special Session at the upcoming ASLO (see application below), in Sante Fe, NM, has been accepted by the organizing committee. The meeting is the first week of Feb, 1999. I don't know how many presentation slots we have yet and there are also others (eg. Gulf of Bothnia) joining us as we wanted as broad an audience as possible. Many of our contributions will be posters. Start organizing your thoughts - we should take every advantage to both communicate among ourselves and show some results to our peers at this meeting. I'll provide info about abstracts, registration, etc as soon as I get it. Abstract deadline is September 18, 1998. I'll send format info when I get it. ============================================================================ ASLO - 1999 Abstract for Proposed Special Session. Title: The Impact of Large Episodic Events on Lake and Coastal Ecosystems Episodic events can exert major influences on ecosystems. These events also provide an opportunity to probe processes with a true interdisciplinary focus. Storms and other events drive circulation and waves, resuspending and transporting sediments. In many systems and for many constituents, the resuspension of surface sediments, containing large inventories of nutrients and contaminants deposited over the past few decades, presently results in much greater fluxes than external inputs. In addition to their influence on chemical, temperature and light fields, storms and turbidity fronts are recognized as important factors in the structuring of planktonic communities. In this session we seek to communicate recent approaches and accomplishments in complex coastal ecosystem research. Supplemental information: Currently several interdisciplinary programs are exploring this topic and representatives have agreed to participate in this session if it is accepted. These include NSF-CoOP and NOAA-COP programs in Lakes Michigan and Superior, Lake Ladoga, Gulf of Bothnia, and the Gulf of Finland. We have over 20 verbal commitments for presentations and several leads to other groups. Co-Chairs Brain J. Eadie Raj Murthy NOAA-GLERL Canada Centre for Inland Waters 2205 Commonwealth Blvd 867 Lakeshore Dr Ann Arbor, MI 48105 Burlington, Ont L7R 4A6 734 741-2281 voice 930 336 4290 734 741 2055 fax eadie@glerl.noaa.gov raj.murthy@cciw.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Brian J. Eadie, PhD NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory 2205 Commonwealth Blvd Ann Arbor, MI 48105 - 2945 NEW (12/07) 734 -741-2281 (voice) -2055 (fax) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----