|
|
||
|
|
Joanie Kleypas
Dr. Joanie Kleypas spent most of FY2006 leading research planning efforts associated with the mounting evidence that increases in atmospheric CO2 are affecting some fundamental characteristics of seawater chemistry. The rapid interest in this topic among both the research community and general public has spawned multiple calls to organize research efforts at the international level. Joanie was lead author on a report sponsored by NSF, NOAA and the US Geological Survey that was designed as a guide to future research on this topic. She also co-organized a special session on ocean acidification at the European Geophysical Union Meeting in Vienna, authored an AGU monograph on how future changes in seawater carbonate chemistry will affect coral reef ecosystems, and co-organized an IGBP-SCOR workshop on the use of geochemical and paleontological records to learn more about responses of the carbon cycle and marine biosphere to past changes in ocean chemistry. She also serves on both national and international steering and advisory committees related to ocean carbon cycle research. Joanie also continues her work on other impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. She has several projects designed to identify differences in the vulnerabilities of coral reef ecosystems to future increases in temperature, and to improve the success of conservation strategies to protect coral reefs.
Recent Papers: Kleypas, J.A. and C.M. Eakin (in review) Global and regional threats to coral reefs: results of a survey of coral reef researchers, Bull. Mar. Science. Kleypas, J.A. and C. Langdon (in press) Coral Reefs and Changing Seawater Chemistry, Chapter in Coral Reefs and Climate Change , J. Phinney, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, J. Kleypas, W. Skirving (eds), AGU Monograph Series. Kleypas, J.A. (in press) Constraints on predicting coral reef response to climate change, IN: R. Aronson (ed), Geological Approaches to Coral Reef Ecology , Springer-Verlag , NY . Feely, R.A., J.C. Orr, V.J. Fabry, J.A. Kleypas, C.L. Sabine, and C. Langdon (in press) Present and future changes in seawater chemistry due to ocean acidification. J. Geophys. Res. Kleypas, J.A, R.A. Feely, V.J. Fabry, C. Langdon, C.L. Sabine and L.L. Robbins (2006) Impacts of Increasing Ocean Acidification on Coral Reefs and Other Marine Calcifiers. A Guide for Future Research , Report of a workshop sponsored by NSF, NOAA and the US Geological Survey, 88 pp. Kleypas, J.A. (2006) Predictions of climate change in the tropical oceans, and how that should shape our conservation efforts. Proceedings of the World Maritime Technology Conference , 6-10 March 2006, London (peer-reviewed).
Planning Activities: Co-chair, IGBP Fast Track Initiative "Ocean Acidification," Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Sep 28-30, 2006. Co-chair, Session on "Ocean acidification: chemistry, paleo-analogues, response of organisms and ecosystems, and modelling," European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, April 2-7, 2006. Lead, "Climate Change" working group held at the Census of Marine Life Meeting: "Marine Biodiversity: The Known, Unknown and Unknowable," Scripps Inst. Oceanography. Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Inter-Agency Working Group on Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry (http://ocb.whoi.edu/). Member, Internal Advisory Panel for the Integrated Project CARBOOCEAN - Marine carbon sources and sinks assessment (http://www.carboocean.org/), funded by the European Commission.
Funding Sources This research is supported by the National Science Foundation with additional funding provided by NOAA and the US Geological Survey.
|
|
