PROPOSED WORK: OBJECTIVE CLASSIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF REMOTELY-SENSED DYNAMIC SEASCAPES USING HIGH RESOLUTION (1 KM) SATELLITE DATA HAS OCCURRED AT REGIONAL TO LOCAL SCALES IN TEMPERATE-UPWELLING AND TROPICAL REEF ENVIRONMENTS AS PART OF THE US MBON PILOT PROGRAM. SEASCAPES PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS AND SCALE UP PATTERNS OF BIODIVERSITY AND EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON PELAGIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE RANGING FROM MICROBES TO FISH. WITH PARTNERS AT THE ARCTIC MBON AND THE DISTRIBUTED BIOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY (DBO) WE WILL ADD A POLAR ECOSYSTEM CASE STUDY TO DEMONSTRATE TRANSFERABILITY AND TRACK CHANGES IN MULTI-TROPHIC LEVEL DIVERSITY IN RESPONSE TO CHANGING SEA-ICE TEMPERATURE AND NUTRIENT DELIVERY AND OCEAN CHEMISTRY.

Oregon State University, Corvallis OR

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