Coastal
Ecosystem Responses to Changing Nutrient Inputs
from Large Temperate and Sub-tropical Rivers
May 29- June 1, 2005
Marine Environmental Laboratory
Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Sunday,
May 29
Arrival and registration-Lujiang
Hotel
Reception-Mandarin Hotel. Shuttle pickup at Lujiang
Hotel at 6:30 pm
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Monday, May 30, 2005 (Open to the Public)
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| 0800-0810 |
Opening and
welcome remarks |
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Minhan Dai |
| 0810-0830 |
Introduction |
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Michael Dagg
Paul Harrison |
Pearl
River system, session chair: K.K Liu |
| 0830-0900 |
Ecosystem Buffering of Nitrogen
Enrichment in the Pearl River Estuary and Adjacent
Coastal Waters |
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Kedong Yin |
| 0900-0915 |
Discussion |
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| 0915-0945 |
Physical-Biological Coupling
in the Pearl River Estuary |
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Paul J.arrison |
| 0945-1000 |
Discussion |
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| 1000-1030 |
Coffee/tea break |
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| 1030-1100 |
Biogeochemical coupling
of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in the Pearl River
Estuary |
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Minhan Dai |
| 1100-1115 |
Discussion |
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| 1115-1145 |
A comparison of the carbon
dioxide system in the Pearl, Mississippi and several
other large river estuaries |
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Wei-Jun Cai |
| 1145-1200 |
Discussion |
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| 1200-1330 |
Lunch at Jiu-Long Tang Restaurant
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hosted by MEL |
Mississippi
River system, session Chair: Brent Mckee |
| 1330-1400 |
Linkages Between Biogeochemical
Processes of the Lower Mississippi River and the
River Plume |
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Michael Dagg |
| 1400-1415 |
Discussion |
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| 1415-1445 |
Long-term Patterns of Phytoplankton
Productivity in the Mississippi River Plume |
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Steven E. Lohrenz |
| 1445-1500 |
Discussion |
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| 1500-1530 |
Coffee/tea break |
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1530-1600
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Application of a Carbon
Cycling Model to Hypoxia and Air-Sea CO2fluxes
in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
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Rebecca Green
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| 1600-1615 |
Discussion |
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| 1615-1645 |
The Mississippi River Plume:
Effects on Fish and Fisheries |
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James H. Cowan |
| 1645-1700 |
Discussion |
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| 1700-1730 |
Open discussion |
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| Evening |
Dinner |
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on your own |
Tuesday, May 31 (Open to the Public)
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Yangtze River system, session chair: George T.F.
Wong
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| 0830-0900 |
Possible Future Changes
in Metabolic Status (Autotrophy-Heterotrophy) and
Air –Sea CO2Fluxes Near the Yangtze River Estuary
and Beyond
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Chen-Tung, Arthur Chen |
| 0900–0915 |
Discussion |
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| 0915-0945 |
Picoplankton responses to
ecological gradients in the angtze River Estuary
and its adjacent areas in the East China Sea |
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Nianzhi Jiao |
| 0945–1000 |
Discussion |
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| 1000-1030 |
Coffee/tea break |
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| 1030-1100 |
Dynamics of Large Scale
Prorocentrum Blooms Coupling with Physical and Chemical
Processes in East Chinese Coast |
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Mingjiang Zhou |
| 1100-1115 |
Discussion |
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| 1115-1145 |
Changes in Material Fluxes
from the Changjiang River: Implications on the Adjoining
Continental Shelf Ecosystems |
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Shu Gao |
| 1145-1200 |
Discussion |
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| 1200-1330 |
Lunch on site (Box lunch
provided) |
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Rhone River system, session chair: Daniel Conley
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| 1330-1400 |
Residence time and fate
of dissolved and particulate constituents discharged
by the Rhone River on the continental shelf: a focus
on the effect of floods and storms |
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Claude Estournel
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| 1400-1415 |
Discussion |
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| 1415-1445 |
The potential impact of
resuspension processes on the transport dynamics
of organic matter in the Rhone River delta system |
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Christian Grenz |
| 1445-1500 |
Discussion |
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| 1500-1530 |
Coffee/tea break |
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| 1530-1600 |
Biogeochemical processes
and offshore transfer of nutrients in Rhone diluted
mesoscale structures |
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Jean-Jacques Naudin |
| 1600-1615 |
Discussion |
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| 1615-1645 |
Transformation of organic
matter in the sediment of a continental shelf region
under the influence of the Rhone River |
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Christophe Rabouille |
| 1645-1700 |
Discussion |
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1700-1730
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open discussion of
all papers |
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Evening
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Banquet at Xiamen University
Guest House
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Hosted by Xiamen University |
Wednesday, June 1 (Close-door
Discussions) |
0830-1200
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Summary on
each river-ocean system:
Brent McKee: Mississippi
K.K. Liu: Pearl
George T.F. Wong: Yangtze
Daniel Conley: Rhone
Open discussions:
to compare and contrast these coastal systems, identify
generalities, and develop predictions for future
coastal responses. Are there consistent responses
throughout these systems that will allow broad generalizations
and predictions for coastal ecosystems affected
by large rivers?
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| 1200-1300 |
Lunch on site (Box
lunch provided) |
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| 1300-1500 |
Discussion of best
approaches for addressing scientific issues. Shall
we try and develop an international research project?
Discussion of a possible symposium series (PICES
and N. Pacific Rivers in 2008), development of a
table of contents (titles) for the special volume,
and a time frame for papers-specifically including
some comparison chapters
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| 1500 |
End of formal meeting |
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| 1500-1630 |
Discussion among conveners
and discussion leaders
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Additional Guidelines:
1. All presentations should be limited to less
than 30 mins.
2. Presentations should be oriented towards the
theme of the symposium, “Coastal ecosystem responses
to changing nutrient inputs from large rivers”,
and that three broad areas will be used as an organizing
structure or framework for synthesis:
1) nutrient inputs;
2) ecosystem responses;
3) controlling factors.
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Agenda