Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 15:01:49 -0500 X-Sender: eadie@glerl.noaa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 To: bbw@cats.ucsc.edu From: "Brian J. Eadie" Subject: Proposed ASLO Special Session Cc: eegle-kites@wings.glerl.noaa.gov, Brandt@genie.glerl.noaa.gov Dr Ward, we would like to propose the following as a special session for the Feb, 1999 ASLO meeting in Sante Fe. 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. Title: The Impact of Episodic Events on Lake and Coastal Ecosystems Abstract: 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. 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) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----