Monday Afternoon - 10/20/08 (GOM Science Conference) |
1:00 |
Welcome, Introduction, Goals and Meeting Plans:
Dawn LaVoie (USGS Gulf of Mexico Science Coordinator) and
Barry Rosen (USGS Florida Integrated Science Center Director) - Science Forum
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1:15 |
Regional Executive's welcome:
Jess Weaver and
Stan Ponce
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1:30 |
Understanding ecosystems and predicting ecosystem change: Ensuring the nation’s economic and environmental future |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Tom Doyle and Don DeAngelis |
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Large scale landscape change and Natural Hazards in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker: John Brock |
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Biophysical Controls on Response of Coastal Wetlands to Climate Change, Elevated CO2, and Sea-level Rise.
Speaker: Karen McKee |
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How Does Restoration Affect the Resiliency of Coastal Louisiana Marshes?
Speaker: Christopher M. Swarzenski, William Orem, Ken Krauss, Tom Doyle and JoAnn Holloway |
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USGS Research Activities in Coastal Forest Ecosystems of the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker: Ken Krauss
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USGS Ecosystem Modeling Applications in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker: Don DeAngelis and Tom Doyle
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3:00 |
Break |
3:30 |
Climate variability and change |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Virginia Burkett and Tom Smith |
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Natural Climate Variability in the Northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for the Future.
Speakers: Richard Poore, Kristine DeLong, Kathy Tedesco, Lisa Osterman, Julie Ritchey and Terrence Quinn
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USGS Role in Ocean Acidification Research.
Speakers: Lisa Robbins, Kim Yates, Ilsa Kuffner |
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Can the World’s Mangrove Ecosystems Survive with Rising Seas and Increased Storminess.
Speakers: Thomas Smith, Don Cahoon, Amanda Demopoulos, Tom Doyle, Ken Krauss, Carol McIvor, Karen McKee
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6:00 |
Monday Poster Session and Social (appetizers)
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Tuesday Morning - 10/21/08 (GOM Science Conference) |
8:30 |
Energy (plus Alternate Energy – Wind) and Mineral Resources |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Debbie Hutchinson |
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USGS Gas Hydrate Studies in the Northern Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker: Debbie Hutchinson |
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A geologic-based evaluation of the potential for undiscovered oil and gas accumulations in Paleogene strata of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain and State waters.
Speaker: Peter Warwick, James Coleman, Paul Hackley, Daniel Hayba, Alexander Karlesen, Elizabeth Rowan and Sharon Swanson |
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Geologic Controls on the Distribution of Oil and Gas Fields in Neogene Strata of the Gulf Coast U.S.A.
Speaker: Russell Dubiel, Janet Pitman, and Ofori Pearson |
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Understanding the shallow stratigraphic architecture Of the Northern Gulf of Mexico: the key to indentifying Potential resources for shoreline stabilization.
Speaker: James Flocks, S. Jeffress Williams, Jack Kindinger, and Mark Kulps |
10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
National Hazards, Risk, and Resilience Assessment Program: Hurricanes |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Abby Sallenger |
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Aerial rapid assessment of hurricane damages to northern Gulf coastal habitats.
Speaker: Thomas Michot, Christopher Wells, and Paul Chadwick |
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HURASIM: Hurricane Simulation Model for Reconstructing Historic Windfields and Landfall Frequencies.
Speaker: Thomas Doyle |
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Internet Map Serving the Hurricane Katrina Maximum Storm Tide in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Speaker: Phil Turnipseed, K. Van Wilson, James Hathorn, Dean Tyler, Jason Stoker and Robert Mason, Jr. |
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Assessing the stability and fate of our Barrier islands, northern Gulf of Mexico.
Speaker: Jim Flocks, Dave Twichell, and Michael Miner |
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Subsurface control on sea-floor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, LA.
Speaker: David Twichell, Elizabeth Pendleton Wayne Baldwin, and Jim Flocks |
12:00 |
Lunch on premises
Guest Speaker: Virgina Burkett
Climate Change (invited)
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Tuesday Afternoon - 10/21/08 (GOM Science Conference) |
1:30 |
Wildlife and Human Health |
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PANEL MODERATORS: Jacoby Carter and Ken Rice
PANELISTS: Jill Jenkins, Clint Jeske, David Krabbenhoft, Dennis Demcheck and Barry Rosen |
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PANEL DISCUSSION:
Current research on wildlife and human health from your perspective.
What is missing?
What should USGS be doing in the future?
Audience participation is expected.
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3:00 |
Break |
3:15 |
Water Census |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chairs: Van Wilson and Richard Treece |
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Moving from monitoring to modeling: regional assessment of nutrient sources, transport, delivery to streams and coastal areas.
Speakers: Anne Hoos, Gerard McMahon and Michael Woodside |
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Real-time data collection networks: real-time flows.
Speaker: Leroy Pearman |
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Nitrate concentrations in Lake Pontchartrain during the Bonnet Carre’ Spillway opening, April 11 to May 8, 2008. Speakers:
Speaker: Dennis Demchek and Scott Mize |
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Understanding water availability.
Speaker: Kenneth Odom |
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20th Century development and expansion of Louisiana, and shelf hypoxia, Gulf of Mexico.
Speakers: Lisa Osterman, Richard Poore and Peter Swarzenski |
4:30 |
Data Integration |
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CAPSTONE TALKS --- Session chair: Scott Wilson |
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Data Integration in the Water Resources Discipline.
Speaker: Brian Reece |
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Overview of USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program Data Management and Analysis Tools for Geologic and Hazards Information.
Speakers: Shawn Dadisman, Jim Flocks and Robert Wertz |
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Louisiana’s Coastwide Reference Monitoring System: Using Web Services to Integrate and Visualize Data for Assessing Restoration Effectiveness.
Speakers: G. Snedden, C. Conzelmann, G. Steyer, R. Raynie and S. Wilson |
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Priority Habitat Information System (PHINS).
Speaker: Chris Cretini |
6:00 |
Tuesday Poster Session and Social
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