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

该奖项支持在迈阿密大学举办的一次研讨会(1997年5月10-13日)，讨论利用菌核作为古气候指标的意义。这一跨学科讲习班将重点探讨硬骨症(钙化脊椎病)作为气候替代指标的潜力。这些海绵分泌文石骨架，菌落可以跨越400年。讲习班的目的是审查关于将稳定同位素纳入硬脊椎体和珊瑚骨骼的机制的不确定性，以及周围环境和海绵之间的相关程度。这次关于开发新的古气候指标替代指标的讲习班将是扩大我们在热带水域的信息库的重要一步。硬壳体可能会重建温跃层历史，增加我们对人类二氧化碳进入上层海洋的透过史的了解。

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.