The David Dyrssen Symposium on Marine Sciences

Symposium

The David Dyrssen Symposium on Marine Sciences includes six open lectures by invited international speakers.

All marine scientists should find these of interest and are welcome to attend. The Symposium will be held at the Wallenberg Conference Centre, 15-17 August. The open lectures programme is as follows.

August 15
8:20-8:30 Introduction
8:30-9:30 The Influence of David Dyrssen on Ocean Chemistry: Past, Present, and Future? Peter Brewer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, USA
9:30-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-11:00 Sources and cycling of bioactive trace elements in the North Atlantic Ocean, Bill Landing, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, USA
11:00-12:00 Early diagenesis and chemical fluxes through the water-sediment interface in the Black Sea, some field work in collaboration with David Dyrssen, Alexander Rosanov, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

August 16
8:30-9:30 Temporal variability in anoxic basins like the Cariaco, the Black Sea and the Baltic: controls and attempts at modelling, Mary Scranton, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Stony Brook University, USA
9:30-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-11:00 How advancements in natural water biogeochemistry hinge on the development of analytical tools, Ken Mopper, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Old Dominion University, USA
11:00-12:00 The pH of Ocean Waters, Frank Millero, RSMAS/MAC, University of Miami, USA

August 17
9:00-10:00 The legacy of David Dyrssen, presentation by one of his students.
10:00-12:00 Poster presentation
13:15-15:00 Panel discussion with the speakers, what have we learned in marine sciences and what are the future challenges?