[All-postdocs] Biology seminar tomorrow: Dr. Zhengchen (John) Zang, WHOI Postdoc

[Margot McKlveen]

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*Biology Department Virtual Seminar*

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Thursday, June 3 at Noon

Zoom link: 
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Dr. Zhengchen (John) Zang

WHOI Postdoctoral Investigator


Phytoplankton responses to physical forcings at different scales: case 
studies in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Maine

Abstract: As the foundation of ocean food web, phytoplankton support the 
marine ecosystem by converting inorganic carbon and nutrients to organic 
compounds. The phytoplankton dynamics are influenced by local and remote 
physical forcings at different scales, and it is often challenging to 
quantify the forcing and response scales and patterns in time and space. 
Here, I apply physical-biogeochemical models and artificial neural 
network to two highly productive U.S. shelf ecosystems: the northern 
Gulf of Mexico (nGoM) and the Gulf of Maine (GoM), to explore 
phytoplankton dynamics from event to interannual scales. My talk 
includes two major parts: in the first part, I will present the 
short-term responses of phytoplankton dynamics to a hurricane event in 
the nGoM and the impact of sediment-induced light attenuation on 
productivity. In the second part, the seasonality of phytoplankton 
dynamics and the interannual variability of spring bloom magnitude in 
the GoM will be presented, with a discussion regarding the possible 
driving mechanisms responsible for the observed variability.



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