2006 Ambleside, UK
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The launch of the Isotopes in Biogenic Silica Working Group took place 26-27 April 2006 at a hotel overlooking Lake Windermere (Ambleside, UK) creating a convivial atmosphere.
The workshop aimed to set an agenda for the group, facilitate collaborations, and identify funding opportunities.
There was a mixture of invited talks and ample opportunity for discussion.
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Meeting Programme
Low Wood Hotel, Ambleside
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26 April 2006
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4pm Convenors meeting
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6pm Arrival and drinks
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7:30pm Dinner
27 April 2006
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9:00 Welcome: IBiS plans and logistics Philip Barker
Theme 1. Long term changes in the biogeochemical cycle of silica
Chair: Sarah Davies
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9:15 Keynote talk: Alayne Street-Perrott: Silica: the 'eminence grise' of the Late Quaternary carbon cycle? 10:00 Anson Mackay: Pleistocene records of BioSi and diatom composition in Lake Baikal sediments: assessing trends over glacial - interglacial cycles
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Tea coffee
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Theme 2. Annual to decadal variability in the biogeochemical cycle of silica
Chair: Angela Lamb
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11am Keynote talk Invited Speaker: Daniel Conley: Emerging Issues in the Global Biogeochemical Si Cycle
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11:45 Richard Sanders: Silicon and nitrogen dynamics around the Crozet plateau: implications for glacial - interglacial cycles in pCO2
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12:15 Stephen Maberly: The response of silica dynamics to changes in the catchment and climate: analysis of decadal-scale lake data
Theme 3. Biological regulation of the silica cycle
Chair Adrian Parker
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12:45 Roland Bol: Plants and silica
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Lunch and informal discussions
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2:15 Martin Hodson: From the soil to the cell: how phytoliths form in plants
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2:45 Adrian Parker: Phytolith applications - and discussion
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Tea coffee
Theme 4. Isotope techniques
Chair: Sarah Metcalfe
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3:45 Melanie Leng: Sample preparation and isotope analysis of biogenic silica
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4:15 Gus Mackenzie: Development of a facility for analysis of natural 32Si
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5:15 Finish and depart
