Phase IV Meeting Summary
Introduction
Year 1 (July 2002 to June 2003)
Theme for the year:
Phase-Specific
Integration and Synthesis
Workshops spaced in the first
two-thirds of year 1:
1) Stratification
2) Source/retention/loss
3) Cross-frontal exchange
4) Broad Scale patterns and
relationships
Symposium #1: Biological/Physical
Interactions – Synthesis of the Process and Broad-Scale Program
Components
Year 2: July 2003- June 2004
Themes for the year: Population
Dynamics of the Target Organisms and
Basin-Scale Climate Coupling
Workshops spaced in the first
two-thirds of year 2:
5) Zooplankton population dynamics
6) Larval Fish population dynamics
7) Basin-scale climate forcing and
physical/biological variability on Georges Bank
Symposium #2: Population Dynamics of
the Target Organisms
Year 3: July 2004-June 2005
Theme for the year:
System Level
Synthesis
Symposium #3. Georges Bank Ecosystem
Dynamics, the Connection to Climate Change.
Year 4: July 2005-June 2006
Theme for the year:
Synthesis book
preparation