biological oceanography in soest
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Biological Oceanography in the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii. BOD Faculty: Bienfang, Church, Drazen, Huntley, Johnson, Karl, Kemp, Selph, Smith, Steward, Waller, Wang, Weng . Biological Oceanography in SOEST. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Biological Oceanography in the School of Ocean and Earth
Science and Technology at the University of Hawaii
BOD Faculty: Bienfang, Church, Drazen, Huntley, Johnson, Karl, Kemp, Selph, Smith, Steward, Waller, Wang, Weng
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Biological Oceanography in SOEST
Biological oceanographers seek to understand how biology influences and responds to the ocean habitat and environmental variability.
Breadth of biological oceanography research and education conducted at UH spans subcellular to ecosystems scales, including everything from viruses to whales.
There is enormous potential for growth in the field, and our proximity to the sea provides SOEST with strategic opportunities.
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Viruses Bacteria Phytoplankton Zooplankton Nekton Fish Whales
Research spanning >9 orders of magnitude…
Mycoplankton
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Mesopelagic biology and ecology
Abyssal sediments
Bathypelagic ecology
Across Diverse Ocean Habitats
Epipelagic biology and ecology Corals, sponges, benthic ecology
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Q1. What are the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems?
Positive phase Negative phase
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Q2. What is the biodiversity of the ocean and how is it related to ecosystem function?
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Wealth of information emerging on ecosystem diversity
Oceanographers need to assimilate this information to better understand ecosystem processes such as metabolism, predator-prey interactions, physiological tolerances, etc.
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Q3. How are humans affecting marine
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Let’s have the ahi. It’ll be extinct soon.
Decline in fish stocks(Myers and Worm; Nature 2003)
Marine pollution and debris
Invasive species in Hawaiian waters
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Q4. How do the oceans impact human health?
Ala Wai Sewage Spill
V. vulnificus
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Q5. What are the potential applications of aquatic ecosystems and/or
organisms for biotechnolgy?
Green Alga Hydrogen Production
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Biological oceanography from molecular to ecosystem
scales