U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
2007 Phase 4B Scientific Investigators' Meeting

April 23 - 24, 2007
Clark 507, Quissett Campus
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA

Agenda

April 23, 2007
0900-0915	Welcome and logistics (C. Davis)
0915-1030	Davis et al. project: Processes Controlling Abundance of Dominant Copepod Species on Georges Bank: Local Dynamics and Large-Scale Forcing Chen. The Gulf of Maine integrated model system: A hindcast experiment from 1995-2006 Townsend/Rebuck. Nutrients in the Gulf of Maine - Georges Bank region: Importance for modeling Ji. Modeling the influence of local and external processes on nitrogen and phytoplankton dynamics in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank region Davis. Modeling copepod population dynamics in the GB-GOM region
1030-1045	Break
1045-1115	Runge et al. project: Effects of climate variability on Calanus dormancy patterns and population dynamics in the Northwest Atlantic Runge. Development of the Lipid Accumulation Window hypothesis to explain Calanus finmarchicus dormancy
1115-1215	Werner et al. Factors determining early-life-stage survival and recruitment variability in N. Atlantic cod: a comparison bewteen NW Atlantic and Norwegian Sea Systems Buckley. Seasonal tends in mortality and growth of cod and haddock larvae on Georges Bank result in an optimal window for survival Kristiansen. Growth and feeding of larval cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea and the Georges Bank
1215-1315	Lunch
1315-1345	Green et al. project: Marine Ecosystem Responses to Climate-Associated Remote Forcing from the Labrador Sea Pershing. Project overview Mountain. Georges Bank cod and haddock: Egg hatching to recruitment
1345-1415	Gangopadhyay et al. project: Impacts of Climate and Basin-Scale Variability on Seeding and Production of Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Region Gangopadhyay. Impacts of Climate and basin- scale variability on the seeding and production of Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank
1415-1445	Groman. GoMODP, data interoperability and the MapServer interface to U.S. GLOBEC data
1445-1515	Break
1515-1700	Intra-inter-project communications (breakout groups) Clark 271 Clark 507 (main meeting room) Clark 509
1700	Adjourn
1800	Dinner
April 24, 2007
0900-0930	Plenary discussion: Publications and Georges Bank Book
0930-1100	Intra-inter-project communications (breakout groups) - continued Clark 201 Clark 428 Clark 507 (main meeting room)
1100-1200	Plenary discussion: summary of group issues
1200-1300	Lunch
1300	End

Breakout Rooms Available

Clark 428: Tuesday, 0800 - 1400

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