IPY-193-CLICOPEN-IMPACT OF CLIMATE INDUCED GLACIAL MELTING ON MARINE COASTAL COMMUNITIES OFF THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

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Title: IPY-193-CLICOPEN-IMPACT OF CLIMATE INDUCED GLACIAL MELTING ON MARINE COASTAL COMMUNITIES OFF THE WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA

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Germany IPY Project 193 Cooperation currently involves Argentina, Brasil, Canada,Germany, Korea, Sweden, USA. All of these countries have bases or participate in bases along the WAP. Only a joint international effort allows the approach to investigate coastal community change along a latitudinal gradient On the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) a recent rapid regional warming with a temperature increase of more than 2.5 degrees K has been observed over the last 50 years. The glacial systems on the WAP show direct responses to the climatic changes recorded over the last decades, including retreat of ice fronts and increased melt water production. Locally increased fresh water and particle transport are the anticipated primary effects of glacial melting on coastal marine ecosystems. This will entail changes of water column stratification, particulate matter composition and changes in concentrations of nutrients and trace elements (like heavy metals, especially iron). Taken together, these changes will impact primary production of micro- and macroalgae because of reduced light penetration due to high concentrations of suspended particles. Reduced primary production will also affect the quality and quantity of food supply to the benthos. Among the introduced metals, iron is a necessary micronutrient, but can also be hazardous for marine animals at higher concentrations. Combined, this is expected to have a major impact on macro- and meiobenthic community structure, biodiversity and on fitness, reproductive success and generally life history of benthic species. CLICOPEN proposes to monitor glacial retreat at the Antarctic Peninsula and adjacent islands and the effects on coastal systems along a latitudinal gradient on the Antarctic Peninsula. The WAP is an area of special research interest, not only because of the vast glaciological retreat observed here, but also because of the high density of scientific activity on the peninsula and the adjacent islands. We propose a an interdisciplinary program of land based research, currently involving Argentina, Brasil, Canada, Germany, Korea, Sweden and the U.S., to which other countries are invited to contribute within the framework of the IPY. This integrated program involves: a) Satellite image based in situ observations of glacial retreat; b) Field studies involving in situ measurements of physical, sedimentological and biological parameters and experimental research in 2007/08 and c) Assembly of data into the integrated geographic database KGIS, hosted at IPG University of Freiburg, Germany, and into a more extended spatially enabled database covering the entire WAP region, which will be implemented based on SCAR’s Antarctic Spatial Data Infrastructure. This will allow to relate physical and biological changes in the coastal systems to glacial melting and describe the dynamics and spatial patterns of ongoing changes. This will enable to link local effects of current climate warming at the WAP to regional changes of carbon flux and zooplankton communities, observed in the Southern Ocean. Moreover: to evaluate the variations of parameters on local and regional scales. Geographically, the present study is focused on the Western Antarctic Peninsula and the adjacent islands. Year-round operated stations along the latitudinal gradient reach from Esperanza (ARG: 63°23'42"S 56°59'46"W) to Palmer (US : 64°46'30"S 64°03'04"W). Other included stations are Jubany (ARG/GER) and King Sejong (KOR) on King George Island (Isla 25 de Mayo). Antarctic: Field work: 01/07 -– 12/08 Satellite observations: permanent Modelling: 03/07 -– 03/09 The integrated geographic database SCAR KGIS http://www.geographie.uni-freiburg.de/ipg/forschung/ap3/kgis/index.php can be used in the proposed program CLICOPEN. A similar but spatially more extended database will be implemented based on components of SCAR’'s Antarctic Spatial Data Infrastructure (e.g. the SCAR Feature Catalogue) to allow for interoperability. Metadata from previous research activities are available in all contributing countries. PROJECT MEMBERS Dr Doris Abele - Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research Dr Irene Schloss - Departamento de Ciencias del Mar, Instituto Antártico Argentino, Dirección Nacional del Antártico (IAA-DNA). Dr In-Young Ahn - Marine Ecology, Korea Ocean Research & Development Jorge Arigony - Núcleo de Pesquisas Antárticas e Climáticas, Fed. University Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Dr. Katrin Iken - School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, Univ. of Alaska Fairbanks Dr. Angela Wulf - Dept. Mar. Ecology, Mar. Botany, Göteborg University Prof. Demers, Serge - Institut des Sciences de la Mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski

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Beginning_Date: 20070101

Ending_Date: 20081230

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Progress: Planned

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > TERRESTRIAL HYDROSPHERE > WATER QUALITY/WATER CHEMISTRY > TRACE METALS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES > SEDIMENT TRANSPORT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > COASTAL PROCESSES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE ENVIRONMENT MONITORING

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > MARINE SEDIMENTS > PARTICLE FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > DISSOLVED GASES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > TRACE ELEMENTS

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > WIND SHEAR

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > HEAT FLUX

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > WATER QUALITY

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > AQUATIC SCIENCES

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MICROALGAE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > ALGAE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PLANTS > MACROALGAE (SEAWEEDS)

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS > BENTHIC HABITAT

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Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ANTARCTICA > KING SEJONG (KOR)

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

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Contact_Person: DORIS ABELE

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City: Bremerhaven

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