Researchers Gather in Scotland for Ocean Sciences Meeting

Researchers Gather in Scotland for Ocean Sciences Meeting

Next month, more than 5,000 scientists from around the world will gather in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Ocean Sciences Meeting, an action-packed week of scientific talks, poster sessions, networking opportunities, and ancillary workshops and meetings.

This biennial event is the flagship conference for ocean sciences, providing a particularly valuable opportunity to gather at a time when the international science community and the ocean face mounting challenges. Co-sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography, and The Oceanography Society, it is being held February 22-27 at the Scottish Event Campus.

Attendees have several opportunities to learn more about Bigelow Laboratory and the institute's science. The schedule of presentations by our affiliates is below. You can also learn more about the institute, and potential career and collaboration opportunities, by stopping by Booth #25 in the Exhibit Hall Monday through Thursday.

Bigelow Laboratory staff, friends and alumni should join us at our social event at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 25 at Kong Bar & Roof Garden on Royal Exchange Square.

Sunday, February 22

9:00 a.m.: Demystifying the Tenure Track Pathway Workshop
Featuring David Fields

Monday, February 23

Patterns and Drivers of Marine Plankton Community Variability: Time Series Insights II (ME12A)
Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin

• 11:20 a.m.: Synthesizing complementary time series to reveal new patterns in Gulf of Maine phytoplankton and their ecosystem drivers
  Karen Stamieszkin (featuring Nicholas Record and Catherine Mitchell)
• 11:30 a.m.: Changes and trends in microbial communities from a long-term monitoring site in the Gulf of Maine
  Nicole Poulton (featuring Laura Lubelczyk)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Posters

Patterns and Drivers of Marine Plankton Community Variability: Time Series Insights III (ME14F) Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin

Revising the Ocean Silicon Cycle: Pathways, Stoichiometry, and Climate-Carbon Feedback in the Anthropocene (OB14H)

• Evidence for the fractionation of silicon isotopes during absorption onto particulate iron from hydrothermal plumes obtained during GEOTRACES GP17
  Jule Middleton, UC Santa Barbara (featuring Benjamin Twining)

New Paradigms, Diverse Approaches, and Advances in Understanding Mixoplankton (ME14E)

• Phago-mixotrophic carbon acquisition on a size continuum
  Isaac Miller (featuring Karen Stamieszkin and Nicole Poulton)
• Quantifying trophic ratio in the mixotrophic dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea
  Jackie Wallis, Clark University (featuring Isaac Miller, Karen Stamieszkin, and Nicole Poulton)

Go with the Flow: Advances in Aquatic Microbial Biodiversity Using Flow and Imaging Cytometry I (OB14C)
Moderated by Nicole Poulton

• Operational phytoplankton observations best practices: A guide for using imaging technologies for routine monitoring phytoplankton communities
  Aimee Neeley, NASA (featuring Nicole Poulton)

Fjords in Transition: Connecting Physical, Biogeochemical, and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Land-Ocean Continuum Under a Changing Climate III (CC14C)

• Phenology of phytoplankton blooms in relation to physical forcing in Sermilik Fjord, Southeast Greenland
  Mattias Cape, Adjunct Scientist (featuring Patricia Matrai)

Tuesday, February 24

From Local to Global: Biogeochemical Perspectives on Coastal Ecosystems Stressors and Responses IV (CB21A)

• 8:30 a.m.: Influence of kelp farming on coastal carbonate chemistry across the North Atlantic and North Pacific
  Melissa Melendez, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (featuring Brittney Honisch, Charlotte Quigley, Nichole Price, and Peter Craig)

12:30 p.m.: Team Halo Project Workshop (by invitation only)
Featuring Charlotte Quigley, Brittney Honisch, and Nichole Price

12:45 - 1:45 p.m.: The Research and Education Coalition for Ocean Sciences (RECOS) (TH23K)
Featuring Deborah Bronk

Biogeochemical and Ecological Insights for Evaluation of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal II (CM23A)
Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin and Sarah Douglas

• 2:30 p.m.: Effects of encapsulation on kelp biomolecular profiles and organic matter transformation during degradation
  Sarah Douglas (featuring Manoj Kamalanathan, Samuel Tan, Robin Sleith, Peter Craig, Brittney Honisch, David Emerson, Peter Countway, and Nichole Price)
• 2:50 p.m.: Novel environmental DNA tools for tracking the fate of kelp detritus shed from commercial coastal farms
  Robin Sleith (featuring Samuel Tan, Kyle Oliveira, Sarah Douglas, Peter Craig, Brittney Honisch, David Emerson, Nicholas Record, Peter Countway, and Nichole Price)

Animal Mediated Carbon Pathways: The Role of Metazoans in the Biological Carbon Pump II (OB23A)

• 2:20 p.m.: Large copepods as conduits of the microbial loop: Rethinking pathways linking surface production to deep-ocean carbon export
  Kelton McMahon, University of Rhode Island (featuring Nicholas Record and Karen Stamieszkin)
• 2:50 p.m.: Diagnosing the impact of migrating zooplankton on the inventory and sequestration of carbon in the ocean interior
  Daniel Clements (featuring Nicholas Record and Karen Stamieszkin)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Posters

Molecular Diagnostics in Sustainable Aquaculture: Advancing eDNA and Genomic Tools for Environmental Monitoring and Health Assessment (F24B)

• Targeted environmental RNA (eRNA) tools for blue mussel aquaculture: From larval detection to enhanced spat collection
  David Ernst (featuring Nichole Price)

Environmental DNA and 'Omics Approaches to Unraveling Marine Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Ecosystem Change I (ME24B)

• Uncovering seasonal patterns of microbial diversity in a changing Gulf of Maine with environmental DNA
  Sydney Greenlee (featuring Robin Sleith and Peter Countway)

Patterns and Drivers of Marine Plankton Community Variability: Time Series Insights IV (ME24C) Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin

• Interannual dynamics of zooplankton acoustic backscatter from a 20-year time series in the Gulf of Maine
  Hannah Blair (featuring Nicholas Record)

Where Do They Go? Investigating Movements of Highly Mobile Marine and Anadromous Species for Management and Conservation II (ME24F)

• Estimating individual North Atlantic right whale habitat use over time with a prey-informed Brownian bridge movement model
  Abigail Kreuser, University of South Carolina (featuring Omi Johnson and Nicholas Record)
• Ecological forecasting of Carcharodon carcharias habitat suitability in the Northwest Atlantic
  Kyle Oliveira (featuring Benjamin Tupper and Nicholas Record)

Navigating Boundaries and Power in Transdisciplinary Ocean Research: Toward the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want (HC24B)

• Historical and cultural considerations for effective ocean forecasting: the American lobster fishery
  Nicholas Record (featuring Johnathan Evanilla and Maya Groner)
• Harmful algal blooms and biotoxins - A one health approach to early warning systems
  Johnathan Evanilla (featuring Nicholas Record)

Resilience in a Changing Ocean: Bridging Nature-Based Approaches, Conservation Science, and Maritime Governance II (HC24D)

• Surface decision risk maps for conserving North Atlantic right whales using satellite derived astaxanthin zooplankton prey
  Rebekah Shunmugapandi (featuring Nicholas Record, Catherine Mitchell, Jonathan Syme, and Johnathan Evanilla)

Advancing Light Scattering Measurements for Ocean Science I (OT24B)

• Toward optical closure in a highly scattering coccolithophore bloom
  Cait McCarry (featuring Catherine Mitchell, Brynn Presler-Marshall, and Farley Miller)

Exploring the Reactivity of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter with Consequences for Carbon Sequestration I (OB24C)

• Microbial degradation of kelp-derived dissolved organic matter in the context of carbon sequestration
  Sophia Riazi-Sekowski, Colby College (featuring Sarah Douglas, Manoj Kamalanathan, and Nichole Price)

Wednesday, February 25

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.: Biogeochemical and Ecological Insights for Evaluation of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal III (CM31A)
Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin and Sarah Douglas

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Biogeochemical and Ecological Insights for Evaluation of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal IV (CM33A)
Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin and Sarah Douglas

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Undergraduate Research in Marine and Aquatic Sciences (ED33A)
Moderated by David Fields

• 3:10 p.m.: Forecasting North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of Maine Zane Chutkow, Colby College (featuring Jonathan Syme and Nicholas Record)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Biogeochemical and Ecological Insights for Evaluation of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal V Posters (CM34A)
Moderated by Karen Stamieszkin and Sarah Douglas

• Clays as a Source of Iron for Ocean Fertilization
  Annika Bjorklund, Colby College (featuring Jarret Mayo and Benjamin Twining)
• Protein and Amino Acids as Indicators of Kelp Carbon Preservation
  Evelyn Marchand, Bates College (featuring Sarah Douglas and Manoj Kamalanathan)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Undergraduate Research in Marine and Aquatic Sciences II (ED34E)
Chaired by David Fields

• Assessing concentration and purification methods of Palmaria palmata tetraspores through flow cytometry
  Stella Defibaugh, University of New Haven (featuring Laura Lubelczyk and Nicole Poulton)
• Larval development of H. americanus in an estuarine mesocosm: a biological assessment of Mill Pond as proxy for in situ development
  Karla Estrada, Swarthmore College (featuring Mauro Niemisto and David Fields)
• Mill Pond as a site for studying in situ development rates in lobster larvae
  Fiona Mitchell, Grand Valley State University (featuring Maura Niemisto and David Fields)
• Differences in distributions and lability of contamination-prone trace metals in the Kennebec, Sheepscot, and Damariscotta Rivers
  Bella Brown, UMass Boston (featuring Susanna Michael, Jarret Mayo, Laura Sofen, and Benjamin Twining)
• Photochemically produced interfacial materials and their contributions to emulsion affinity in petroleum products
  Oliver Tannahill, Bowdoin College (featuring Christoph Aeppli and Caitlyn Olson)

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Bigelow Laboratory Social Event for Staff, Friends, and Alumni
Kong Bar & Roof Garden, 23 Royal Exchange Square

Thursday, February 26

Environmental DNA and 'Omics Approaches to Unraveling Marine Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Ecosystem Change II (ME41A)

• 8:36 a.m.: Microbes from space? Linking microbial community parameters to satellite derived measurements in the Gulf of Maine
  Julia Brown (featuring Timothy D'Angelo, Sunny Pinkham, and Catherine Mitchell)

Navigating Boundaries and Power in Transdisciplinary Ocean Research: Toward 'the Science We Need for the Ocean We Want' (HC41B)

• 8:45 a.m.: Collective science to inform global ocean protections
  Melissa Chapman, ETH Zurich (featuring Nicholas Record)

Quantifying and Linking 'Omics, Physiology, and Models in Marine Microbiology (OB42D)

• 11:03 a.m.: Transcriptomic-guided differential expression analyses provide evidence for phosphonate utilization in eukaryotic phytoplankton
  Hannah Sterling (featuring Michael Lomas)

4:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Posters

Future Challenges and Solutions in Sustainable, Restorative, Productive, and Innovative Aquaculture II (F44A)

• Evaluating the macronutrient and micronutrient content of harvested Gulf of Maine macroalgae
  Benjamin Twining (featuring Brittney Honisch, Jarret Mayo, and Nichole Price)

Zooplankton Functional Role: From Quantifying Functional Traits at the Individual Level to Large-Scale Estimates I (ME44G)

• The changes in setal bending on Euchaeta in relation to viscosity
  Brendan Kellogg (featuring Zach Wagner, Maura Niemisto, and David Fields)

BioGeoSCAPES: Deciphering Ocean Metabolism Interdisciplinary Science II (OB44C)

• Tracking phytoplankton nutrient stress across ocean basins
  Harriet Alexander, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (featuring Nicole Poulton)

Understanding and Managing Marine Diseases in a Changing Ocean I (ME44F)

• Quantifying the elusive role of eelgrass wasting disease in the decline of an intertidal meadow
  Maya Groner
• Effects of temperature, source population and molt phenology on epizootic shell disease dynamics and survival of American lobster
  Melissa Rocker (featuring Reyn Yoshioka, Kirsten Johnson. Nicholas Record, and Maya Groner)
• Drivers of bitter crab disease in Bering Sea snow crab before and population collapse linked to a marine heatwave
  Reyn Yoshioka (featuring Maya Groner)

It's All Connected: Lateral Connectivity and Biogeochemical Cycling at the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface (CB44B)

• Flocculation of carbon and iron is supported by amino acid-rich, very high molecular weight river DOM in boreal estuary
  Susan Ziegler, Memorial University of Newfoundland (featuring Racher Sipler)

Friday, February 27

Future Challenges and Solutions in Sustainable, Restorative, Productive, and Innovative Aquaculture III (F51A)

• 8:45 a.m.: Stronger together: Benefits of mussel-kelp co-culture in a changing world
  Brittney Honisch (featuring Elena Shippey, Peter Craig, David Ernst, Robin Sleith, Samuel Tan, and Nichole Price)

Zooplankton Functional Role: From Quantifying Functional Traits at the Individual Level to Large-Scale Estimates II (ME51C)

• 9:20 a.m.: Remote sensing of astaxanthin-rich zooplankton: Current status and future directions
  Catherine Mitchell (featuring Rebekah Shunmugapandi, Farley Miller, Karen Stamieszkin, and Cait McCarry)

Multitracer Approaches to Understanding and Quantifying Marine Biogeochemical Processes III (OB52C)

• 11:30 a.m.: Unveiling oceanic biogenic metal quotas using particular field data
  Antoine Ringard, IUEM (featuring Benjamin Twining)

2:00 - 3:30 p.m.: Understanding and Managing Marine Diseases in a Changing Ocean II (ME53A)
Moderated by Maya Groner