Ocean and climate studies: linking physical, biogeochemical, and ecosystems research

Climate Driving of Marine Ecosystem Changes (CLIMECO): Training for Young Marine Scientists; Brest, France, 21–24 April 2008; Earth system science has inherent interdisciplinary aspects. In the marine environment, biogeochemical, ecological, and physical climate science processes interact strongly. Examples of these interactions are feedbacks between variations in the marine carbon cycle and radiative forcing in the atmosphere, variations in the distribution of tuna related to El Niño–Southern Oscillation, and the distribution of nutrients in ventilated water masses that are subject to climate variability.