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Project Title: Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment

PIN: OSBX-U-08-03-A         

Major Unit:
Division on Earth and Life Studies

Sub Unit:
Ocean Studies Board

RSO:
Park, Susan

Subject/Focus Area:
Earth Sciences; Environment and Environmental Studies


Development of an Integrated Science Strategy for Ocean Acidification Monitoring, Research, and Impacts Assessment
June 15, 2009 - June 17, 2009
National Academy of Sciences Building
2100 C St. NW
Washington D.C.


If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open
to the public or need more information please contact:


Contact Name: Heather Chiarello
Email: hchiarello@nas.edu
Phone: 202/334-2398
Fax: 202/334-2885


Agenda:

Monday, June 15, 2009
- 8:30am - 6:00pm Closed Session

Tuesday, June 16, 2009
- 8:30am - 9:45am Closed Session
- 10:00am - 5:00pm Open Session:

10:00 AM Welcome and introductions—François Morel, chair, and Susan Park, study director


SESSION I: AN OVERVIEW OF USER NEEDS

10:15 AM Findings from Informing Decisions in a Changing Climate—Garry Brewer, committee member

10:45 AM The EPOCA Reference User Group—Emily Pidgeon, Conservation International and member of the EPOCA Reference User Group

11:15 AM Discussion

11:45 AM Working lunch (provided for all participants)
Continued discussion with Session I presenters



SESSION II: CASE STUDIES OF USER GROUPS AND NEEDS

1:00 PM Examples from Alaskan fisheries—Mike Sigler, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center

1:30 PM Are West Coast oyster hatcheries the "canary in the mineshaft"?—Chris Langdon, Oregon State University

2:00 PM Marine protected areas/marine sanctuaries—Steve Gittings, Director of Science, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

2:30 PM Break

2:45 PM Evidence of acidification in Chesapeake Bay and potential impacts to commercially important bivalves—George Waldbusser, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory

3:15 PM American lobster fishery—Joseph Kunkel, University of Massachusetts Amherst

3:45 PM Panel discussion

4:30 PM Continued discussion and comments from public

5:00 PM End open session

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
- 8:30am - 1:00pm Closed Session



Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting

The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
Francois M.M. Morel
Chair
David Archer
James Barry
Garry Brewer
Jorge Corredor
Scott Doney
Daniel Holland
Joan Kleypas
Frank Millero


The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
Open Session Review
Report Outlines and Drafts
Next Meeting:
-Agenda, Potential Speakers

The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None

Date of posting of Closed Session Summary: June 29, 2009



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