Working Group 22: Iron supply and its impact on biogeochemistry and ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
  • Acronym: WG 22
  • Parent Committee: BIO
  • Term: Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2010
  • Co-Chairs:
    Shigenobu Takeda (Japan)
    Fei Chai (USA)
Terms of Reference
  1. Compile and synthesize available iron biogeochemistry data in the North Pacific;
  2. Review the past and ongoing laboratory, field and modeling studies on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on biological productivity and marine ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean;
  3. Determine the natural supplies of iron to the North Pacific, which includes atmospheric dust transport and movement of iron-enriched waters, and examine linkages between iron supply and ecosystem responses;
  4. Identify gaps and issues related to experimental and modeling activities, encourage and plan national and international scientific programs on iron biogeochemistry and its impact on marine ecosystems in the North Pacific;
  5. Elucidate the role of iron as a potential regulator of harmful algal bloom (HAB) in coastal ecosystems of the North Pacific.
Products
Annual Meetings

Reports

2010, 2009, 2008

PICES Scientific Report
PICES Sci. Rep. No. 42, 2013
Report of Working Group 22 on Iron Supply and its Impact on Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems in the North Pacific Ocean
Other Products
Dissolved Iron Dataset for the North Pacific
Members (Contact information as of October 2010)
William R. Crawford
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 W. Saanich Rd., P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC
Canada V8L 4B2
Phone: (1-250) 363-6369
Fax: (1-250) 363-6746
E-mail: bill.crawford@dfo-mpo.gc.ca
Maurice Levasseur
Biologie (Québec-Océan)
Université Laval
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon
Québec, QC
Canada G1K 7P4
Phone: (1-418) 656-3207
Fax: (1-418) 656-2339
E-mail: Maurice.levasseur@bio.ulaval.ca
Charles Trick
Schulich School of Medicine
University of Western Ontario
N. Campus Bldg., 1151 Richmond St. N.
London, ON
Canada N6A 5B7
Phone: (1-519) 661-3899
Fax: (1-519) 661-3935
E-mail: trick@uwo.ca
Zhongyong Gao
Key Lab. of Global Change and Marine-Atmospheric Chemistry
Third Institute of Oceanography, SOA
178 Daxue Rd.
Xiamen, Fujian
China, PR 361005
Phone: +86-592-2195121
Fax: +86-592-2195982
E-mail: zgao@263.net
Paul J. Harrison
AMCE Program
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Clear Water Bay, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR (PR China) 00000
Phone: (852-2358) 7348
Fax: (852-2358) 8363
E-mail: harrison@ust.hk
Jun Nishioka
Institute of Low Temperature Science
Hokkaido University
N19W8 Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan 060-0819
Phone: (81-11) 706-7655
Fax: (81-11) 706-7655
E-mail: nishioka@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp
Hiroaki Saito
Biological Oceanography Section
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, FRA
3-27-5, Shinhama-cho
Shiogama, Miyagi
Japan 985-0001
Phone: (81-22) 365-9929
Fax: (81-22) 367-1250
E-mail: hsaito@affrc.go.jp
Shigenobu Takeda
Faculty of Fisheries
Nagasaki University
Bunkyo-machi 1-14
Nagasaki, Nagasaki
Japan 852-8521
Phone: (81-95) 819-2804
Fax: (81-95) 819-2804
E-mail: s-takeda@nagasaki-u.ac.jp
Mitsuo Uematsu
Center for International Cooperation, Ocean Research Institute
University of Tokyo
1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku
Tokyo
Japan 164-8639
Phone: (81-3) 5351-6533
Fax: (81-3) 5351-6533
E-mail: uematsu@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Yasuhiro Yamanaka
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science
Hokkaido University
N10W5 Kita-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido
Japan 060-0810
Phone: (81-11) 706-2363
Fax: (81-11) 706-4865
E-mail: galapen@ees.hokudai.ac.jp
Kyung-Ryul Kim
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Seoul National University
San 56-1 Shillim-dong, Kwanaka-ku
Seoul
Korea, R 151-747
Phone: (82-2) 880-6751
Fax: (82-2) 887-0210
E-mail: krkim@snu.ac.kr
Kitack Lee
School of Environmental Science and Engineering
Pohang University of Science and Technology
San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu
Pohang
Korea, R 790-784
Phone: (82-54) 279-2285
Fax: (82-54) 279-8299
E-mail: ktl@postech.ac.kr
Vladimir M. Shulkin
Pacific Geographical Institute
Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Science (FEB RAS)
7 Radio St.
Vladivostok, Primorsky Kray
Russia 690041
Phone: (7-4232) 320-652
Fax: (7-4232) 312-833
E-mail: shulkin@tig.dvo.ru
Fei Chai
WG-22 Co-Chairman
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
5706 Aubert Hall
Orono, ME
U.S.A. 04469
Phone: (1-207) 581-4317
Fax: (1-207) 581-4388
E-mail: fchai@maine.edu
William P. Cochlan
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies
San Francisco State University
3152 Paradise Dr.
Tiburon, CA
U.S.A. 94920-1205
Phone: 1-808-640-8552
Fax: (1-415) 435-7120
E-mail: cochlan@sfsu.edu
Natalie Mahowald
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Cornell University
2140 Snee Hall
Ithaca, NY
U.S.A. 14853
Phone: (1-607) 255-5166
Fax: (1-607) 254-4780
E-mail: mahowald@cornell.edu
Suzanne Strom
Shannon Point Marine Center
Western Washington University
1900 Shannon Point Rd.
Anacortes, WA
U.S.A. 98221-4042
Phone: (1-360) 293-2188
Fax: (1-360) 293-1083
E-mail: Suzanne.Strom@wwu.edu
Mark L. Wells
School of Marine Sciences
University of Maine
5741 Libby Hall
Orono, ME
U.S.A. 04469
Phone: (1-207) 581-4322
Fax: (1-207) 581-4388
E-mail: mlwells@maine.edu