| | Victoria Land, Antarctica: Coastal Biome: Marine-Terrestrial |
| | 6,55 | | MB | Biocomplexity Across a High Latitude Environmental Gradient |
| | 163 | | stron |
| | 4907 | | ID | National Science Foundation |
| | 2001 | | rok |
| | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| | BIOCOMPLEXITY RESEARCH INITIATIVE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.1 |
| | 1. INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH FRAMEWORK .5 |
| | 1.1 Biocomplexity5 |
| | 1.2 Unique and Exceptional Features10 |
| | 1.3 Climate, Environmental and Ecosystem Variability11 |
| | 2. BACKGROUND RESEARCH.14 |
| | 2.1 Climate, Environmental and Ecosystem Dynamics 14 |
| | Space and Time Scales.14 |
| | Oceanography17 |
| | Sea Ice18 |
| | Meteorology.20 |
| | Glaciology21 |
| | 2.2 Ecosystem and Environmental Zones23 |
| | Marine Zone23 |
| | Marine-Terrestrial Transition Zone28 |
| | Terrestrial Zone.29 |
| | 3. HUMAN DIMENSIONS31 |
| | 3.1 International Cooperation and Management .31 |
| | 3.2 Public Outreach, Engagement and Education33 |
| | 4. SCIENTIFIC AND LOGISTIC IMPLEMENTATION .34 |
| | 4.1 Research Coordination in the United States34 |
| | 4.2 International Research Coordination.34 |
| | 4.3 Next Steps .35 |
| | APPENDIX 1 |
| | ABSTRACTS.39 |
| | The Possible Contribution of CLIMA Project to the Victoria Land Project |
| | Andrea Bergamasco, Serena Fonda Umani and Giancarlo Spezie.39 |
| | Meteorological Processes Affecting Victoria Land and the Data Available to Study Them |
| | David H. Bromwich and Andrew J. Monaghan.40 |
| | Italian Report on the Victoria Land Latitudinal Gradient Project |
| | Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti44 |
| | Research Interests in the Victoria Land Project Benthic Communities Structure and Dynamics |
| | Riccardo Cattaneo-Vietti53 |
| | Research Interests in the Victoria Land Project - Echinoderm and Mollusc Population Structure, |
| | Reproductive Ecology, and its Consequence in Population Isolation |
| | Mariachiara Chiantore55 |
| | Late-Holocene Glacial Conditions in the Ross Sea Embayment |
| | Howard Conway.56 |
| | Ecotoxicology and Ecophysiology |
| | 1) Simonetta Corsolini, Silvia Olmastroni and Silvano Focardi58 |
| | 2) Marco Nigro and Francesco Regoli.59 |
| | Variability in the Trophic Ecology of the Ross Sea: Linking Modern Variability to Signals in the Fossil |
| | Record |
| | Daniel P. Costa.61 |
| | Some Italian Research Institutions and PI’s Interested in Participating in the Victoria Land Transect |
| | Project |
| | Guido di Prisco.63 |
| | Abstract: Research Interests in Relation to Victoria Land Transect |
| | Peter T. Doran65 |
| | Documenting Latitudinal and Depth Gradients for Fishes Along the Victoria Land Coast |
| | Joseph T. Eastman67 |
| | Penguin Paleohistory and Climate Change in the Ross Sea Region |
| | Steven D. Emslie71 |
| | Ecology of Sea Ice Biota: Characteristics and Dynamics in Across-Shelf Environmental Gradients |
| | Christian H. Fritsen74 |
| | Scaling in Space and Time: Plant Carbon Cycling in an Arctic River Basin |
| | John E. Hobbie.75 |
| | Gradients of Climate in Controlling Shallow-Water Microbial Communities Across Victoria Land |
| | Ian Hawes, Clive Howard-Williams, Anne-Maree Schwarz and Doug Mountford.76 |
| | Sea Ice Characteristics and Processes in the Southwestern Ross Sea |
| | Martin O. Jeffries, Kim Morris and Nickolai Kozlenko.78 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | Stacy Kim.90 |
| | Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Ross Sea Physical Environment Since the Last Ice Sheet |
| | Retreat |
| | Kathy Licht.93 |
| | Fast Ice Microbial Communities Along the Victoria Land Coast |
| | Michael Lizotte.95 |
| | A High Resolution δ180 Record of Growth Banding in Adamussium Colbecki: A Proxy for |
| | Reconstruction of Coastal Salinities and Continental Temperatures on Annual to |
| | Century Time Scales |
| | Kyger C Lohmann, Paul Arthur Berkman and Maria C. Marcano.96 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | W. Berry Lyons99 |
| | The International Trans Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE) Challenge |
| | Paul A. Mayewski, Chair ITASE.100 |
| | Antarctic Multi-Decadal Scale Variability Over the Last 500 Hundred Years |
| | Paul A. Mayewski102 |
| | Using GIS to Develop Geospatial Datasets for Understanding Environmental Processes in the |
| | Victoria Land, Antarctica, Coastal Biome |
| | Carolyn J. Merry.103 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | Daryl Moorhead106 |
| | The Italian Antarctic Meteo-Climatological Observatory |
| | A. Pellegrini.107 |
| | Marine High-Resolution Holocene Environmental Change Records and Geological Processes from |
| | the Victoria Land Coast: Establishing a Base-Line for the Modern Marine Ecosystem |
| | Ross D. Powell.110 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | John C. Priscu.112 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | Reed Scherer, Charlotte Sjunneskog and Ala Aldahan113 |
| | Victoria Land Abstract |
| | Bruce D. Sidell.114 |
| | The Palmer LTER: A Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program in the Western Antarctic |
| | Peninsula (WAP) Region |
| | Raymond C. Smith 116 |
| | Work in Progress and Linkages with WAIS Biocomplexity Initiative |
| | Walker Smith117 |
| | The Ice Core Record of Victoria Land Climate and Biocomplexity |
| | Eric J. Steig.119 |
| | Impacts of Climate on Ecosystems: Coastal Undersea Benthic Environments |
| | Alf Norkko, Simon Thrush, Neil Andrew, Ian Hawes and Anne-Maree Schwarz.121 |
| | Climate, Ice and Biological Change in Victoria Land |
| | Edwin D. Waddington123 |
| | Terrestrial (Soil) Ecosystems |
| | Diana Wall124 |
| | APPENDIX 2 |
| | REFERENCES CITED.127 |
| | APPENDIX 3 |
| | PARTICIPANT LIST149 |