7/9/07 CMOP Distinguished Lecture Series - Ken Bruland

Macronutrients and Iron in U.S. Coastal Upwelling Regimes - Along with Insight into the Columbia River Plume

Speaker
Kenneth Bruland
Professor of Ocean Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz

Date
July 9, 2007


Abstract
The lecture provides examples of the role of the micronutrient iron, together with the macronutrients nitrate, phosphate and silicic acid in coastal upwelling regimes along the West Coast of the U.S. Dr. Bruland then provided insight into processes influencing macronutrients and dissolved iron in the near-field Columbia River plume and how the chemistry of the plume can vary markedly with season and oceanographic conditions. The CORIE time-series stations within the estuary provide a record of plume conditions. The Columbia River plume can be an important extra source of macronutrients and dissolved iron to the coastal waters off Oregon and Washington.

Location
Paul Clayton Building - Room 401
OGI School of Science & Engineering
Oregon Health & Science University

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