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Science highlights special issue from Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 

One of the recent special issues in Deep Sea Research Part II, Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean - A Synthesis of Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling has been highlighted in the Editor's Choice section in the October issue of Science. It is the first time a paper from Deep Sea Research Part II has been highlighted in this leading scientific journal. Elsevier Aquatic Sciences congratulates the editors and the authors of the special issue!   

Below the actual wording in Science (Volume 318, Number 5850, Issue of 26 October 2007)

OCEAN SCIENCE: Down from the Shelves 
Biological productivity in the ocean--which helps control climate on glacial time scales through its effect on the global carbon cycle--is regulated by the availability of nutrients such as phosphorus. The marine phosphorus cycle has in turn been thought to depend greatly on the variations in sea level caused by the growth and decay of continental ice sheets during the glacial cycle, which alternately expose and submerge continental shelves, but data relating to this hypothesis are scarce. Filippelli et al. combine measurements of the phosphorus concentration in deep sea sediments from the Atlantic and the Pacific with recent advances in the understanding of phosphorus geochemistry to show that the phosphorus inventory of those sediments increased during glacial periods and decreased during interglacials over the past 400,000 years. This finding supports the Shelf-Nutrient Hypothesis, which postulates that phosphorus should be transferred from shallow continental margins to the deep sea when continental shelves become exposed during glacial sea-level lowstands. These results should help to define the role that productivity plays in the regulation of atmospheric carbon dioxide over glacial/interglacial transitions, as well as the respective roles of external processes such as dust deposition, and internal processes such as upwelling, in the regulation and distribution of ocean nutrients. -- HJS
Deep-Sea Res. II 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.07.021 (2007)

Click here for the original paper on ScienceDirect:
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology of the Southern Ocean - A Synthesis of Three Decades of Scientific Ocean Drilling 
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
Edited by Detlef Warnke, Gabriel M. Filippelli and José-Abel Flores

Dynamic of Atmospheres and Oceans - Call for Papers

The journal Dynamic of Atmospheres and Oceans welcomes papers in all areas of research activity that are related to the dynamics and prediction of planetary atmospheres, oceans and climate. Papers of theoretical, computational, experimental and observational investigations are invited, particularly those that explore the fundamental nature -- or bring together the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary aspects -- of dynamical, physical and biogeochemical processes at all scales. Papers that explore air-sea interactions and the coupling between atmospheres, oceans, and other components of the climate system are also particularly welcome. Dynamic of Atmospheres and Oceans offers free full-colour pages on ScienceDirect and has no page charges

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Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science authors receive W.F. Thompson Award from the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB)

This year, two authors of Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, Edwin Niklitschek and David Secor, have received the W.F. Thompson Award for their paper Modelling spatial and temporal variation of suitable nursery habitats for Atlantic sturgeon in the Chesapeake Bay in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sciene (Vol. 64, Issue 1). The W.F. Thomson award is offered by the AIFRB as an annual recognition of achievement and competence in fishery sciences. The article will be reprinted in the next issue of the AIFRB Newsletter.

New Scopus release improves research productivity 

This week, Scopus has announced the following new features and content to further increase research productivity by enhancing the researcher's workflow. These will be available in Scopus as of Saturday, November 3, 2007.

The improved features include searching and browsing of cited references, more and flexible clustering categories, improved visibility of conference papers, further enhancements to Scopus Citation Tracker and increased session time. In addition, Article-in-Press will be available in Scopus prior to official publication.

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Upcoming Conferences

	2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting - From the Watershed to the Global Ocean March 2-8, 2008, Orlando, Florida
	16th Congress of Asia and Pacific Division of International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research October 20-23, 2008, Nanjing, China
	13th International congress for Harmful Algae November 3-7, 2008, Hong Kong, China

Featured Special Issues

Antarctic benthic DEEP-sea biodiversity: colonisation history and recent communicty patterns (ANDEEP-III)
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Volume 54, Issues 16-17, Pages 1645-1904

This special issue describes the results stemming from the multidisciplinary international project ANDEEP (Antarctic deep-sea benthic biodiversity: colonisation history and recent community patterns) which involved a two-leg expedition to the Weddelland Scotia seas in 2002 and a third expedition in 2005 to the Cape and Agulhas basins, Weddell Sea, Bellingshausen Sea and Drake Passage.
View the special issue on ScienceDirect

Marine Bioinvasions: A collection of reviews
Marine Pollution Bulletin, Volume 55, Issue 7-9, Pages 299-402

Biological invasions are creating increasing interest both among scientists and environmental managers. We have invited contributions from different areas of the world, dealing with vectors, consequences, prevention, and the scale of the problem. The papers take the form of broad reviews, addressing specific points debated in recent literature.
View the special issue on ScienceDirect

Special Issue Round Up View a list of all Aquatic Sciences Special Issues published between September – December 2007.
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