Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) is the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) core project responsible for understanding how global...

different marine ecosystems. Marine ecosystems can be divided into many zones depending upon water depth and shoreline features. The oceanic zone is the vast...

87% of oceans and 77% of the land surface have been altered by humanity, with 30% of global land area is degraded and a global decline in ecosystem resilience...

priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables”—eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Journal of Marine Systems...

which sustains most of the ocean ecosystem. Light can only penetrate a few hundred more meters; the rest of the deeper ocean is cold and dark (these zones...

A marine coastal ecosystem is a marine ecosystem which occurs where the land meets the ocean. Worldwide there is about 620,000 kilometres (390,000 mi)...

An ecosystem (or ecological system) is a system formed by organisms in interaction with their environment.: 458  The biotic and abiotic components are...

resulting in unique oceanic currents and upwelling patterns. The Indian Ocean is ecologically diverse, with important ecosystems such as coral reefs,...

circulation) is the southern half of a global thermohaline circulation, which connects different water basins across the global ocean. Its better-known northern counterpart...

that rely on it. The effects of climate change on oceans put additional pressures on ocean ecosystems which are already under pressure by other impacts...

the Director of the International Project Office of GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics, one of the first ever large programmes working on climate...

for two winter cruises associated with the U.S. Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) projects, in 2001 and 2002.  This article incorporates...

Freshwater ecosystems are a subset of Earth's aquatic ecosystems that include the biological communities inhabiting freshwater waterbodies such as lakes...

broader marine ecosystems. Ocean acidification has been called the "evil twin of global warming" and "the other CO2 problem". Increased ocean temperatures...

major ocean systems. The largest ocean gyres are wind-driven, meaning that their locations and dynamics are controlled by the prevailing global wind patterns:...

forage species. Adapt to ecosystem changes through time, both short-term and on longer cycles of decades or centuries, including global climate change. Account...

different marine ecosystems. Marine ecosystems can be divided into many zones depending upon water depth and shoreline features. The oceanic zone is the vast...

protein on the plate". GLOBEC International Newsletter 16(1). Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics. Retrieved 19 September 2012. Marín, Alan; Serna, J.; Robles...

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) is a laboratory in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric...

terrestrial and marine species depend on the surface ecosystem and the organisms found there. The ocean's surface acts like a skin between the atmosphere above...

large-scale wildfires or other natural disasters) or global (e.g., triggered by impact events), can lead to ecosystem destruction. Human-induced changes, such as...

Niño/La Niña events, fisheries productivity, ocean currents, deep sea thermal vents, and coastal ecosystem health. NOAA research also develops innovative...

production, oceanic autotrophs account for only about 0.2% of the total biomass. Terrestrial freshwater ecosystems generate about 1.5% of the global net primary...

and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries; ecosystem dynamics; and plate tectonics and seabed geology. Oceanographers draw upon...

(AIMES) Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) Global Land Project (GLP) International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) Integrated Land Ecosystem–Atmosphere...

The Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics project, completed in 2009, focused on the relationship between physical and biological variability in the ocean and...

Geochemical Ocean Sections Study (GEOSECS) Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) Solubility pump World Ocean Atlas...

transported. Data collection aims to find connections between ocean dynamics, ecosystems, and climate at a range of scales, from basin to regional level...

are also expected in the ocean as a result of ongoing climate change, potentially impacting marine ecosystems (~10% of global biodiversity) and goods and...

informatics professor. Her research concerns the spatial and nonlinear dynamics of ecosystems, climate change and scenario development. She is currently professor...