Call for Abstracts
Session TS32: The Role of Zooplankton Predator-prey Interactions in
Structuring Plankton Communities
American Society of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO)
2005 Aquatic Sciences Meeting
Salt Lake City, UT
20-25 February 2005
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 October 2004
For further information, please go to:
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/index.html
SESSION DESCRIPTION
This session is a tribute to the fundamental contributions made by
Gustav-Adolf Paffenhofer to the field of zooplankton behavioral ecology.
With more than four decades of research to his credit, Paffenhofer
continues to investigate the smaller-scale biological processes that
help structure zooplankton communities, while keeping the big picture in
mind. His work ethic and broad knowledge of biological oceanography have
inspired both students and colleagues, and he has shown by example, the
strength of combining field and lab studies to understand a problem.
Paffenhofer's innate ability to perceive subtle aspects of the movement
and growth of living plankton has lead to a larger understanding of the
underlying mechanisms that govern zooplankton feeding and reproduction.
He was part of a team that first observed and recorded small-scale
zooplankton feeding in real time, and he has subsequently deciphered
many of the mechanisms that copepods use to perceive and capture their
prey. Paffenhofer was also a pioneer in establishing appendicularian
tunicates in laboratory culture, and his work lead to groundbreaking
studies of the physiological ecology of not only appendicularians, but
also doliolids. Coupled with field work on eddies, fronts, and mid-water
plankton, these observations provided much of the foundation for our
current understanding of zooplankton feeding mechanisms and helped
change the way suspension feeding zooplankton are considered in
ecosystem models and large-scale carbon budgets.
In tribute to Gus Paffenhofer's successful career, and his many
professional accomplishments, oral and poster presentations which
examine the role of zooplankton predator-prey interactions in
structuring plankton communities will be accepted. Presentations that
focus on recent, novel results and provide opportunity for discussion of
new ideas are encouraged.
CONVENERS:
Marie H. Bundy
National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs
E-mail: mbundy [at] nsf.gov
Don R. Deibel
Memorial University Ocean Sciences Center
E-mail: ddeibel [at] mun.ca
Maria Grazia Mazzocchi
Stazione Zoologica 'A Dohrn'
E-mail: grazia [at] szn.it
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, 1 October 2004
For further information, please go to:
http://www.aslo.org/meetings/slc2005/index.html