Marine Science Frontiers for Europe

Europe is a continent with a high coast-to-surface ratio, and European seas encompass a broad range of settings and regimes. The sustainable development of living and non-living marine resources, the protection of the marine environment and the provision of marine-based services are critical to economic prosperity and to the quality of life of European citizens. Addressing these concerns, marine-science researchers conducted a workshop reviewing major topics of European marine research. This publication contains overview and thematic background papers, as well as reports and recommendations for future research covering topics such as ocean-climate coupling, biogeochemistry, coastal and shelf processes, and ecosystem functioning/biodiversity.

Ocean-Climate Coupling, Variability and Change.- Tropical Pacific Influences on the North Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation.- Climate Records from Corals.- Fisheries and Climate.- Variability of the Thermohaline Circulation (THC).- Coupled Biogeochemical Cycling and Controlling Factors.- Biogeochemical Processes in Estuaries.- Trace Metals in the Oceans: Evolution. Biology and Global Change.- Ocean-Atmosphere Exchange and Earth-System Biogeochemistry.- What Controls the Sequestration of Phytogenic Carbon in the Ocean?.- Coupled Biogeochemical Cycling and Controlling Factors.- Coastal and Shelf Processes, Science for Integrating Management.- Operational Oceanography - the Stimulant for Marine Research in Europe.- x201C;Sea of Substances" Pollution: Future Research Needs.- Long-Term Habitat Changes and their Implications for Future Fisheries Management.- More Sand to the Shorelines of the Wadden Sea Harmonizing Coastal Defense with Habitat Dynamics.- Sustainability and Management: Coastal Systems.- Coastal and Shelf Processes, Science for Integrating Management.- Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity.- Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity: Bioengineering.- What Structures Marine Biodiversity and why does it vary?.- Marine Microbial Food Web Structure and function.- Ecosystem Function, Biodiversity and Vertical Flux Regulation in the Twilight Zone.- Ecosystem Functioning and Biodiversity.