Small and mesoscale processes in the ocean and their impact on the marine ecosystem 
  
Henning Wehde 
Institute of Oceanography, Center for Marine and Climate Research 
Troplowitzstrasse 7, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany 
wehde@dkrz.de 

  
Corinna Schrum 
Institute of Oceanography, Center for Marine and Climate Research 
Troplowitzstrasse 7, D-22529 Hamburg, Germany 
schrum@dkrz.de 


Recent studies highlight the wide influence of ocean eddy- and frontal processes on the biogeochemical fluxes within the ocean environment. Eddy and frontal processes are principally associated with modified vertical transports of tracers and can create enhanced primary production and increased export of organic matter. We will discuss the current understanding of the impact of ocean physical processes on the marine ecosystem on the small and mesoscale. We encourage contributions which throw deeper insight on the physical processes influencing the origin, fate, distribution and development of organic matter and nutrients within the ocean environment. This includes studies on the short-term, as well as the annual or interannual variability or time averaged response of the ecosystem and their impact on the carbon cycle on a regional and global scale. Contributions are welcomed involving meso-scale or high resolution numerical models. 


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