IMBeR Relevant Sessions at OSM 2026

(Sessions chaired/co-chaired by IMBeR participants or linked to IMBeR science teams)

CM003 – Biogeochemical and Ecological Insights for Evaluation of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR)

CB008 – Nutrients as Drivers of Change in Polar Coastal Ecosystems

CB010 – Trait development and resilience of aquatic microbial communities to anthropogenic stressors in coastal oceans- a focus on the Global South

CB011 – Under Pressure: Multistressor Impacts on Coastal Vegetation and Greenhouse Gas Dynamics

F002 – Harnessing Fisheries Oceanography from Nowcasts to Climate Projections for Sustainable and Resilient Fisheries

HE010 – Pelagic ecosystems and nutrient cycles in a changing Southern Ocean

ME015 – Top Predators as Ecosystem Sentinels: A Novel Tool for Proactive Management

ME017 – Trait-Based Approaches to Biodiversity-Ecosystem Function and Biogeographic Patterns

OB004 – Animal-mediated Carbon Pathways: The Role of Metazoans in the Biological Carbon Pump

OB008 – Carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide cycling from the coast to the deep ocean

OB025 – Respiration in the Mesopelagic Ocean: Reconciling ecological, biogeochemical and model estimates

PI008 – Ocean Pathways: Physical and Biogeochemical Connectivity Across Subtropical and Polar Ocean Systems

SKLEC-Related Sessions at OSM 2026

(Sessions chaired/co-chaired by researchers affiliated with SKLEC — host of the IMBeR IPO — or related to SKLEC-led projects)

CB004 – Mapping, Monitoring, and Modelling Greenhouse Gas(GHG) Fluxes in Coastal habitats to Advance Blue Carbon Science

CM008 – The Science of Current and Emerging Blue Carbon Ecosystems

CP010 – Physical-Sedimentological-Ecological Coupled Dynamics in Turbid Estuary-Marginal Sea Continuum

HC012 – Plastics in the aquatic environment

Abstract Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 20 August 2025

For details on abstract guidelines and the submission portal, visit the OSM 2026 official website.