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Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) Project

SCOR and IGBP initiated planning for the Integrated Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research (IMBER) project by forming a Transition Team to plan the OCEANS Open Science Meeting, held in January 2003, to gather community input for the new project. The Transition Team wrote a Science Plan and Implementation Strategy and a Scientific Steering Committee for IMBER was formed in early 2004, and responded to reviewers' comments.  The plan was published in 2005.

Scientific Steering Committee Members
 Chair: Julie Hall (New Zealand)
Vice-chair: Mike Roman (USA)
 

Javier Aristigui (Spain)

Mary-Elena Carr (USA)
Jay Cullen (Canada)

Jean-Pierre Gattuso (France)

Nicolas Gruber (Switzerland)

Wilco Hazeleger (Netherlands)
Arne Körtzinger (Germany)
 

Coleen Moloney (South Africa)

Jack Middleburg (Netherlands)
Syed Wajih Ahmad Naqvi (India)

Sylvio Pantoja (Chile)

Carol Robinson (UK)
Hiroaki Saito (Japan)
Jing Zhang (China-Beijing)

Sponsors: SCOR, IGBP, U.S. National Science Foundation

Terms of Reference

  1. To develop the IMBER Science Plan and Implementation Strategy, in accordance with guidance from the sponsoring organisations.
  2. To oversee the development of IMBER in accordance with its Science Plan and Implementation Strategy.
  3. To collaborate, as appropriate, with related projects of the sponsors IGBP and SCOR, and other related programmes and organisations (e.g., IHDP, DIVERSITAS, IOC and the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), etc.)
  4. To establish appropriate data management policies to ensure access to, sharing of, and preservation of IMBER data, taking into account the policies of the sponsors.
  5. To report regularly to SCOR and IGBP on the state of planning and the accomplishments of IMBER.
Web site for Activity: www.imber.info

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.