Goal of Workshop: Bring together biologists, observing community, and technological community to develop ocean biology observatories that could address the grand challenges of observing ocean life and its response to global change.
Definition of an ocean biology observatory: The definition will be broad, including a sustained, integrated system from a broad range of platforms that can support existing and emerging technologies for observing marine life and its interaction with the ocean and broader Earth system. The observatory components will include platforms, instrumentation, data management and analysis. Observatories could include fixed-point moorings (cabled or autonomous), animals as oceanographers, measurements from Volunteer Observing Ships, AUVs/ROVs/HOVs, drifters, CPRs, Ocean Tracking Network, satellites, among other platforms and technologies.
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16 September (Wednesday) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Workshop on Ocean Biology Observatories: Introduction – Alex Rogers |
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9:30 a.m. |
Plenary Session 1 (Moderator: Alex Rogers) What parameters do we need to observe to understand the response of ocean biology to global change and the impacts of biological changes on the Earth system? What collection of observations is needed? |
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9:30 a.m. |
Modeling and observations: Parameterization to data assimilation - Katja Fennel, Dalhousie University |
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10:15 a.m. |
Modeling and observations: How do they interact (parameterization to data assimilation)? A fisheries perspective - Philippe Cury, IRD, France |
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11:00 a.m. |
Morning Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
Thresholds/tipping points/regime shifts/forecasting extreme events – Francisco Chavez, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute |
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12:15 a.m. |
Introduction to Breakout Groups |
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12:45 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:45 p.m. |
Breakout Session 1 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Break |
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4:00 p.m. |
Resume Breakout Session |
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6:00 p.m. |
Adjourn for the day Reception and Poster Session at Hotel |
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17 September (Thursday) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Plenary Session 2 What are the global change issues that we need to address and the observational approaches required? – Skip McKinnell, PICES, Session Chair |
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9:00 a.m. |
Observational approaches to ocean acidification – Andrew Dickson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
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9:30 a.m. |
Observational approaches to oxygen depletion – Denis Gilbert, Fisheries & Oceans Canada |
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10:00 a.m. |
Observational approaches to community structure, from microbes to zooplankton – Kendra Daly, University of South Florida |
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10:30 a.m. |
Observational approaches to distribution and movement of marine organisms and changes in ocean properties – Barbara Block, Stanford University |
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11:00 a.m. |
Morning Break |
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11:30 a.m. |
Observational approaches to vertical movements of predators and prey in relation to physical/chemical structures – Martin Biuw, Norwegian Polar Institute |
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12:00 p.m. |
Observational approaches to changes in benthic dynamics – Paul Snelgrove, Memorial University |
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12:30 p.m. |
A Southern Ocean physicist's perspective on biological observations – Steve Rintoul, CSIRO, Australia |
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1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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2:00 p.m. |
Breakout Session 2 |
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4:00 p.m. |
Afternoon Break |
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4:30 p.m. |
Resume Breakout Session |
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6:00 p.m. |
Adjourn for the Day |
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18 September (Friday) |
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9:00 a.m. |
Plenary Panel discussion: John Gunn, moderator |
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10:00 a.m. |
Reports back from yesterday’s breakout sessions |
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11:00 a.m. |
Morning Break |
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1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:30 p.m. |
Breakout Session 3 |
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3:30 p.m. |
Afternoon Break |
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4:00 p.m. |
Final Report Back from Breakout Groups
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5:30 p.m. |
Closing |
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