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Biological Oceanography in SOEST

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.

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Biological Oceanography in SOEST

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  1. 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

  2. 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.

  3. Research spanning >9 orders of magnitude… 1 m 1 cm 10 cm 0.1 mm 1.0 mm 10 mm 100 mm 1 mm 10 m Mycoplankton Viruses Bacteria Phytoplankton Zooplankton Nekton Fish Whales

  4. Across Diverse Ocean Habitats Epipelagic biology and ecology Corals, sponges, benthic ecology Mesopelagic biology and ecology Bathypelagic ecology Abyssal sediments

  5. 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03 05 Q1. What are the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems? Positive phase Negative phase

  6. Q2. What is the biodiversity of the ocean and how is it related to ecosystem function? • 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.

  7. Q3. How are humans affecting marine ecosystems?

  8. Let’s have the ahi. It’ll be extinct soon. Marine pollution and debris Decline in fish stocks (Myers and Worm; Nature 2003) Invasive species in Hawaiian waters

  9. Q4. How do the oceans impact human health? Ala Wai Sewage Spill V. vulnificus

  10. Q5. What are the potential applications of aquatic ecosystems and/or organisms for biotechnolgy? Green Alga Hydrogen Production

  11. Biological oceanography from molecular to ecosystem scales

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