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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Participants." National Research Council. 2011. Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13132.
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Appendix C
Participants

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jackie Grebmeier (Co-chair)

University of Maryland


John Priscu (Co-chair)

Montana State University


Rosanne D’Arrigo

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory


Hugh Ducklow

Marine Biological Laboratory


Craig Fleener

Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game


Karen Frey

Clark University


Cheryl Rosa

US Arctic Research Commission

PARTICIPANTS

Bob Bindschadler

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


Julie Brigham-Grette

University of Massachusetts


Joey Comiso

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center


Bill Detrich

Northeastern University


Bill Fraser

Polar Oceans Research Group/LTER


Ari Friedlaender

Duke University Marine Laboratory


Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Participants." National Research Council. 2011. Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13132.
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Richard Glenn

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation


Scott Goetz

Woods Hole Research Center/UMD


Rolf Gradinger

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Larry Hinzman

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Eileen Hofmann

Old Dominion University


Glenn Juday

University of Alaska Fairbanks


W. Berry Lyons

The Ohio State University


Jim McClelland

University of Texas at Austin


Jim McClintock

University of Alabama at Birmingham


Christian Reiss

NOAA


Vladimir Romanovsky

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Jeff Severinghaus

University of California, San Diego


Sharon Stammerjohn

University of California, Santa Cruz


Colm Sweeney

NOAA/ESRL/GMD


Renee Tatusko

NOAA


Diana Wall

Colorado State University


John Walsh

University of Alaska Fairbanks


Jim White

University of Colorado


Patricia Yager

University of Georgia

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Participants." National Research Council. 2011. Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13132.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Participants." National Research Council. 2011. Frontiers in Understanding Climate Change and Polar Ecosystems: Report of a Workshop. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13132.
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The polar regions are experiencing rapid changes in climate. These changes are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels, including society. Even larger changes and more significant impacts are anticipated. As species respond to changing environments over time, their interactions with the physical world and other organisms can also change. This chain of interactions can trigger cascades of impacts throughout entire ecosystems. Evaluating the interrelated physical, chemical, biological, and societal components of polar ecosystems is essential to understanding their vulnerability and resilience to climate forcing.

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