Southern Ocean GLOBEC Planning Workshop

霍夫曼全球生态系统动力学计划(GLOBEC)试图了解气候变化如何影响海洋中浮游动物和鱼类的分布、丰度、产量和种群动态。方法是对物理和生物过程如何相互作用来控制海洋动物的种群动态有一个基本的了解，重点是那些以浮游生物的形式度过全部或部分生命的动物。通过几次重要的国际会议，科学界为南大洋GLOBEC方案制定了智力主题。该计划是以南极磷虾为主要目标物种而制定的。对磷虾的研究重点包括该物种的栖息地、猎物、捕食者和竞争对手。将有一个全年的实地计划，特别强调冬季过程。国际社会选定了两个考察点，美国将把重点放在南极半岛地区。这次研讨会将把美国科学家聚集在一起，将更广泛的科学问题集中到一个实施计划中。与会者将包括极地和非极地科学家，并将制作一份基于网络的报告，供更广泛的科学界使用。

Hofmann The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Program (GLOBEC) seeks to understand how climate variability affects the distribution, abundance, production and population dynamics of zooplankton and fish in the sea. The approach is to develop a fundamental understanding of how physical and biological processes interact to control the population dynamics of marine animals, with a focus on those animals that spend all or some of their lives as plankton. Through several key international meetings, the scientific community developed the intellectual themes for the Southern Ocean GLOBEC program. The program has been developed with a focus on Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, as the primary target species. The focus on krill includes the habitat, prey, predators and competitors of this species. There will be a year-round field program, with a particular emphasis on winter processes. Two research sites were selected by the international community; the US will focus its efforts in the Antarctic Peninsula area. This workshop will bring together US scientists to focus the broader scientific issues into an implementation plan. Participants will include polar and non-polar scientists and will produce a web-based report that will be made available to the broader scientific community.