the Magellan Seamount Trail

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http//earthref.org/SBN Research Coordination
Network on Seamounts
Seamount research involves many science
disciplines that have much to gain from
interfacing with each other. Over-coming the
challenges of interdisciplinary integration are
important to a successful biological,
geochemical, geological and geophysical
exploration of the seamount interface between the
hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. The
goal of the Seamount Biogeosciences Network (SBN)
is to bring together all the diverse science
disciplines involved in seamount research, to
communicate about and discuss seamount science,
and to explore innovative ways to network amongst
the diverse communities working on seamounts.
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SBN Mandate

• Form an International Network of all Seamount
  Researchers
• Organize Workshops
• Promote Cross-Disciplinary Access to Seamount
  Data and Databases
• Facilitate New Collaborations
• Explores New Lines of Seamount Research Funding

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Project Sponsors

• NSF ? Biological Sciences (BIO) Research
  Coordination Network (RCN)
• NSF ? Ocean Sciences (OCE)
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)

NSF Project Outline

• Funded for Five Years, Starting October 2005
• Two Workshops (2006 and 2009)
• Database and Website Development based on
  Seamount Catalog EarthRef.org

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Whos Involved

• Steering Committee Katrina Edwards (WHOI,
  Chair), Stan Hart (WHOI), Marcia McNutt
  (MBARI) Debbie Smith (WHOI), Hubert Staudigel
  (SIO), Brad Tebo (SIO), Geoffrey Wheat (MBARI)
• Associated Investigators Hubert Staudigel (SIO,
  PI), Anthony Koppers (SIO, PI), Wolfgang Bach
  (Bremen) Katrina Edwards (WHOI), Dave Emerson
  (GMU), Craig Moyer (WWU), Debbie Smith
  (WHOI) Mitch Sogin (WHOI), Karen Stocks (SDSC),
  Brad Tebo (OHU), Alexis Templeton (SIO)
• Charter Members Currently more than 60
  International Seamount Researchers

SBN Home Office
Hubert Staudigel, Anthony Koppers and Patty
KeizerIGPP ? Scripps Institution of
OceanographyLa Jolla, CA 92037-0225,
USA http//earthref.org/SBN
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SBN Workshop 2006 Scripps Institution of
Oceanography La Jolla, 24-25 March

• Welcome and Introduction
• Six 90 Minute Keynote and Discussion Sessions
  Seamounts from Space, Their Ages and Life
  Cycles Integrated Seamount Studies ? Vailuluu
  Seamount Microbial Community Characterization
  Benthic Ecology and Oceanographic
  Controls Fisheries, Conservation and
  Endemism Hydrothermal Systems ? Physics and
  Chemistry
• Two 60 Minute Breakout Sessions Integrated
  Seamount Observatories Database Needs,
  Cyberinfrastructure and the Seamount
  Catalog Seamount White Paper SBN Goals and
  Tasks
• Poster and Plenary Sessions

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Sponsors SBN Workshop 2006

• Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
• National Science Foundation (NSF)
• National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
  (NOAA)
• Center for Earth Observations Applications (CEOA)