International conference support: Biological modifications of the seabed and sediment-water interactions

该奖项将为将于2017年8月在斯托尼布鲁克大学举行的题为“海底生物改造：不断变化的世界中的地球化学和生态过程”的国际研讨会提供部分支持。这将是每三年举行一次的海底进程系列会议中的第五次，也是第一次在北美举行。会议的主要目的是交流和促进海洋沉积物最上层的前沿研究，以及生活在那里的动物如何影响物理，化学和生物过程。国家科学基金会的资金将支持受邀演讲者的差旅费和10名早期职业研究人员的参与。海底的生物扰动在水生元素循环中起着核心作用，是生物生产力的决定因素，特别是在沉积层紧邻透光层的沿海地区。生物扰动过程对于处理实际的沿海管理问题以及对海洋酸化、疏浚弃渣处置和沿海地区有害藻华动态的影响进行定量预测至关重要。会议将提供一个场所，在他们的研究领域，早期职业研究人员和先进的学生可以正式和非正式互动的前沿建立调查。经外部审查后，会议的部分贡献将发表在《海洋研究杂志》上，并将张贴在可公开访问的网站上。所有发言的摘要将在会议网站上公布。

This award would provide partial support for an international workshop, entitled "Biological modification of the seabed: biogeochemical and ecological processes in a changing world," to be held in August 2017 at Stonybrook University. This would be the fifth in a series of conferences on seafloor processes, held every three years, and the first to be held in North America. The primary purpose of the conference is to communicate and promote cutting edge research on the uppermost layers of ocean sediments, and how animals that live there affect physical, chemical, and biological processes. NSF funding would support travel costs for invited speakers and the participation of ten early career researchers. Bioturbation of the seabed plays a central role in aquatic elemental cycling and as a determinant of biological productivity, particularly in coastal regions where sedimentary deposits are in close proximity to the photic zone. Bioturbation processes are critical for dealing with practical coastal management issues and making quantitative prediction of the impacts of ocean acidification, dredge spoil disposal, and dynamics of harmful algal blooms in coastal regions. The conference will provide a venue where established investigators at the forefront of their research areas, early career researchers, and advanced students can interact both formally and informally. A subset of contributions from the conference will be published in The Journal of Marine Research following external review and will be posted on publicly accessible websites. Abstracts of all presentations will be publicly available on the conference website.