Activities

Workshop on Anthropogenic Stresses on Ocean Ecosystems

Final Workshop Report

Monday/Tuesday 23-24 April, 2007
from 900AM to 500PM
at the Portage Bay Room, South Campus Center

Presentations and discussion on science and policy issues related to two of the growing significant anthropogenic stresses on ocean ecosystems: increasing ocean temperatures due to global warming and ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric CO2.

Agenda

Monday Morning

Workshop Vision
0900 James Murray / Ed Miles / Richard Feely

Ocean Acidification
0930 Richard Feely - Session Chair
0945 Chris Sabine (PMEL/UW)
1015 Chris Langdon (Univ. Miami)

1045 Break

1100 Vicky Fabry (CSU San Marcos)
1130 Nick Welschmeyer (MLML)
1200 John Guinotte (Marine Conservation Biology Institute)

Monday Afternoon

Ocean Warming
1330 James Murray (UW) - Session Chair
1345 Dave Pierce (SIO)
1415 Greg Johnson (PMEL/UW)

1445 Break

1500 Mark Eakin (NOAA/NESDIS)
1530 Jacqueline Grebmeier (Univ. Tenn.)

Monday Evening

"Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification: Double Trouble for Marine Ecosystems".

PCC Public Lecture by Richard A. Feely
700PM in 120 Kane Hall

Reception follows in the Walker-Ames Room

Tuesday Morning

Policy Issues
0900 Ed Miles (UW)-Session Chair
0915 Brad Warren (Seattle – Natural Resource Consultant)
0945 Ned Cyr (NOAA/NMFS)
1015 Tony Janetos (Univ. Maryland)

1045 Break

1100 Tom Leschine (UW)
1130 Bob Corell (Heinz Center)
1200 Deborah Illman (UW)

Tuesday Afternoon

Future Plans
1330 Breakout Groups (Scientific Research Agenda; Impacts, Policy)

1500 Panel Discussion of Future Plans. Led by: James Murray (UW Oceanography), Ed Miles (UW SMA and CIG) and Richard Feely (NOAA PMEL and UW)