Ocean Sciences 2002

Session title:  Transport and transformation of biogeochemically important materials 
in coastal waters.

Organizers: Brian J. Eadie, John  L. Largier, Jack A. Barth, and Sarah A. Green

In coastal waters, materials originating from offshore and terrestrial 
sources are subject to intense biological, chemical, and geological processing.
Transport and distribution of these materials are influenced by a
combination of wind, buoyancy, tidal and boundary layer processes.  This
session will address the flux of materials to/from coastal waters, the
transformations they undergo, and how these processes determine the
character of these waters - for example, as addressed by the Coastal Ocean
Processes (CoOP) program.  This session will also include papers that put
these processes in context, addressing the ecological structure and function
of these coastal waters, the capacity of coastal waters to assimilate
anthropogenic inputs, the ability of coastal waters to sustain fisheries,
and the influence of these coastal waters on regional climate.

Brian J. Eadie,  PhD
NOAA - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd
Ann Arbor, MI  48105 - 2945
734 -741-2281 (voice)    -2055 (fax)

John L. Largier
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 0209
University of California (San Diego)
CA 92093-0209
Phone  (858) 534-6268
Fax  	(858) 534-0300
E-mail	jlargier@ucsd.edu

Jack A. Barth
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR   97331-5503
541-737-1606         -2064(fax)

Sarah A. Green, Associate Professor
Chemistry Department
Michigan Technological University
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, Michigan  49931
906/487-3419	lab: 487-2177        fax: 487-2061