Mestrado em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos

Mestrado em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos]

Estão abertas as inscrições para o Programa de Mestrado em Sistemas Costeiros e Oceânicos da UFPR.
O Edital de divulgação esta na pagina:  www.cem.ufpr.br

Livros completos de Darwin estão disponíveis online gratuitamente

O saite é um projeto da University of Cambridge. O endereço é:

http://darwin-online.org.uk

Sistema de Informações Biogeográficas dos Oceanos

Sistema de Informações Biogeográficas dos Oceanos

(Recebido por e-mail) O OBIS - BRASIL (Sistema de Informações Biogeográficas dos Oceanos - BRASIL) é um banco de dados sobre animais marinhos e/ou associados a zona costeira de todo o mundo. A busca pode ser feita tanto pelo nome popular como pelo nome científico.

Para mais informações acesse o portal - http://obissa.cria.org.br:8080/

Ocean plankton absorbs less CO2 than expected

Ocean plankton absorbs less CO2 than expected

Even phytoplankton are letting us down when it comes to global warming. These microscopic ocean-dwelling plants, which were thought to be gobbling up atmospheric carbon dioxide, are apparently not doing as well as was hoped.

In the past, satellite images of ocean colour were the main tool for measuring photosynthetic biomass: the greener the ocean the more CO2 was being taken up by the phytoplankton. This idea now seems to be misleading.

Peter Strutton of Oregon State University and colleagues studied phytoplankton fluorescence in the tropical Pacific using data from 12 years and 58,000 kilometres of ship transects and found that the phytoplankton are making far less chlorophyll than expected. They reason that in nutrient-poor waters like the tropical Pacific, phytoplankton are starved of nitrates and iron. Because of this they produce a pigment-protein complex that is not chlorophyll but shows up just as green in satellite images. They calculate that this means 2.5 billion tonnes less CO2 is being absorbed each year than was thought (Nature, vol 442, p 1025).

From issue 2567 of New Scientist magazine, 30 August 2006, page 15
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19125676.000-ocean-plankton-absorbs-less-cosub2sub-than-expected.html

SIL 2007: Call For Abstracts and Registration NOW ONLINE

SIL 2007: Call For Abstracts and Registration NOW ONLINE

The Call For Abstracts for the 30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (SIL2007) is now open, and our online Registration Form is now ready to receive your registration. Taking place August 12-18, 2007 in Montreal, Canada, this meeting will bring together 2000 specialists from around the globe under the theme "Redefining Theoretical and Applied Limnology in the 21st Century". You are invited to visit the Congress website at http://www.sil2007.org for full information on abstract submission and registration.

The deadline for abstract submissions is February 15, 2007. You must register to the Congress in order to submit an abstract.

Our website also includes details on the Congress programme, special sessions, exhibit and sponsorship opportunities as well as extensive visitor information to help you plan your trip to Montreal in August 2007.

We look forward to receiving your abstract!

The SIL 2007 Organizing Committee

30th Congress of the International Association of Theoretical and
Applied Limnology
SIL 2007 Congress Secretariat - JPdL
1555 Peel, Suite 500
Montréal, QC, H3A 3L8
Canada

sil2007@jpdl.com
www.sil2007.org

Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Física no Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo (IO-USP)

Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Física no Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo (IO-USP)

As inscrições para a Pós-Graduação em Oceanografia Física no Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de Sao Paulo (IO-USP) estão abertas de 02/10 até 1/11.  Maiores informaçoes:
   
Secretaria de Pós-Graduação
Instituto Oceanográfico
Praça do Oceanográfico,  191
05508-900 ? São Paulo,  SP ? Brasil
Telefone: (011)3091-6528  ou 3091-6510
Fax: (011)3032-3092 ou  3091-6510
e-mail: cpg21_io@recad.usp.br
http://www.io.usp.br/dof/posgraduacao.html


Não hesite em contactar  o presidente da comissão de seleção para esclarecimento de qualquer  dúvida:  
Prof. Ilson C. A.  da Silveira,  email: Ilson@io.usp.br, tel: 11-3091-6552.