Some Organizing Themes for  GLOBEC
     Synthesis & Comparative Analysis
•  Large-scale Atmospheric Forcing and Ocean     Ecosystem Dynamics
•Retention and Dispersal and the Role of
   Topographic Control of Circulation
•Top Down-Bottom Up Controls on Production
   and the Trophic Cascade Hypothesis
•Life History Strategies in Variable Environments
•Importance of Basin-Scale Processes
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