The Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry BECS Working Group call for 15 new members eager to understand the carbon cycle and ecosystems within the land-to-ocean aquatic continuum by improving our understanding of related benthic processes and their representation in ocean and climate models. The working group aims to identify gaps in the understanding of key processes in benthic communities across space in the coastal ocean by bringing together a community of observationalists and modelers. They will combine knowledge on coastal and open ocean benthic fluxes and biota, and coastal water column nutrient fluxes. The goals are:

• Facilitate communication and data sharing between coastal and global biogeochemical / ecosystem modelers and observationalists;
• Establish shared data protocols;
• Develop data products for model development;
• Develop recommendations for future directions in observations and modeling.

               Responsibilities of the working group members include:

• Participating in the bimonthly webinars;
• Contributing to the drafting and finalization of at least one of the working group reports / publications;
• Contributing to the generation of data protocols and collecting/summarizing data from the literature into a data product;
• Attending two in-person working group meetings (travel expenses paid): The first will be early April, 2024 in the Boston, MA area, and the second will be in 2025, with dates/locations decided in consultation with the working group.

For more information and how to apply, please click here.