Workshop on the Application of Sclerosponges as Paleoclimatic Indicators; Miami, Florida; May 10-13, 1997

摘要ATM-9711459 Swart，Peter University of迈阿密题目：硬海绵作为古气候指示物的应用研讨会 该奖项支持在迈阿密大学举办的一个研讨会（1997年5月10日至13日），讨论使用硬海绵作为古气候指标的意义。 这个跨学科的研讨会将集中在sclerosponges（钙化demosponges）作为气候的代理指标的潜力。 这些海绵分泌文石骨骼和殖民地可以跨越400年。 该讲习班旨在审查将稳定同位素纳入硬海绵和珊瑚骨骼的机制方面的不确定性;以及周围环境与海绵之间的相关程度。 这次关于开发新的古气候代用指标的讲习班将是扩大我们在热带沃茨的信息基础的重要一步。 这是可能的，sclerosponges将允许重建温跃层的历史，并增加我们的理解的渗透历史的人为CO2进入上层海洋。

Abstract ATM-9711459 Swart, Peter University of Miami Title: Workshop on the Application of Sclerosponges as Paleoclimatic Indicators This award supports a workshop at the University of Miami (10 -13 May 1997) to discuss the implications of the use of sclerosponges as paleoclimatic indicators. This interdisciplinary workshop will focus in the potential of the sclerosponges (calcified demosponges) as proxy indicators of climate. These sponges secrete aragonite skeletons and colonies can span 400 years. The workshop is designed to examine the uncertainties regarding the mechanism of incorporation of stable isotopes into sclerosponge and coral skeletons; and on the degree of correlation between the ambient environment and the sponges. This workshop on the development of a new proxy indicator of paleoclimate will be an important step in widening our information base in tropical waters. It is possible that the sclerosponges will allow reconstruction of thermocline history and increase our understanding of the penetration history of anthropogenic CO2 into the upper ocean.