U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
Scientific Investigator's Meeting

July 21 - 23, 1997
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Clark Laboratory, Quissett Campus

About Heros

The Scientific Investigators' Meeting will take place Monday, July 21, 1997 through Wednesday, July 23, 1997 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. This meeting is an opportunity to

For this meeting, the first morning and early afternoon will be dedicated to synthesis talks in five topic areas. A "hero" identified for each topic area, will summarize and synthesize results from all who have some results in that area. The remaining time will be devoted to 15 minute talks, poster session and plenary discussion sessions.

The list of synthesis topics and the heros are:

  1. Interannual variability in physical fields: Primary intent is to focus on year-to-year variability during our 3 years of sampling, but it also relates to decadal or longer term variability. The presentation should make some reference to source-retention-loss, if possible. Heros: P. Smith, D. Mountain, R. Limeburner.
  2. Interannual variability in biological fields: This primarily deals with distribution and abundance of target species, predators, and prey. Heros: T. Durbin, L. Madin, S. Gallager.
  3. Stratification - PO/Biology: Heros: R. Beardsley, G. Lough, C. Davis, D. Gifford.
  4. Intrusions: This refers to both Scotian Shelf cross over events and to the intrusions of Slope Water along the southern flank of the Bank. Heros: J. Manning, J. Irish, K. Ashjian, J. Sibunka.
  5. Coupled physical/biological modeling: Heros: D. Lynch, C. Miller, D. McGillicuddy, C. Werner.

The intent will be for the "heros" to put together a summary talk on the topic, incorporating results from all investigators whose work related to the topic. For this to succeed, there needs to be a dual responsibility for both the heros to contact the various investigators who might have something to contribute and for investigators who have something to contact the hero. The lead hero to contact for each area is identified by italics and underlined.


Last modified: June 16, 1997