Draft Agenda
Day 1 (Monday) Drive from São Paulo to Cananéia |
9:00-12:00 |
Participants arrive at airport(s) |
2:00 |
Participant pick-up and departure for Cananéia (about a 4-hour drive from São Paulo) |
7:00 |
Arrive Cananéia and settle into rooms, coffee break, set up for meeting (A/V, wi-fi, etc.) |
8:00 |
Dinner and social time. |
Day 2 (Tuesday) Basics of the CO2-system and its measurement; Venue - Hotel |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
8:30-9:00 |
Wainer - Introduction (logistics, layout of the meeting, introductions of participants, expected outcomes) |
9:00-10:00 |
Dickson - Lecture 1: Carbon System Chemistry [READING: Riebesell et al: Part 1, sections 1.1-1.4] |
10:00-10:15 |
Break |
10:15-11:15 |
Dickson - Lecture 2: Measurement techniques [READING: Riebesell et al.: Part 1, section 1.5; REFERENCE: Dickson et al. 2007) |
11:15-12:15 |
Kleypas - Tutorial 1: CO2calc & CO2sys; batch inputs |
12:15-1:30 |
Lunch |
1:30-2:30 |
MOVIE/DEMO: How to take water samples for CO2-system measurements; short movie by Andrew Dickson; how to take samples for oxygen. |
2:30-3:30 |
Robbins - Lecture 1: Overview of instrumentation for CO2-system measurements [REFER TO: Riebesell et al: Table 1.3] |
3:30-4:00 |
Break |
4:00-4:45 |
Discussion: Advantages and disadvantages of current analytical approaches |
4:45-5:00 |
Groups are organized around common research topics |
7:00/8:00 |
Dinner |
Day 3 (Wednesday) Basics of CO2 experiments and manipulations / Research directions and needs within a Brazilian Ocean Acidification Research Program. Venue: Hotel in morning; Station in afternoon |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
8:30-8:45 |
Quick intro to the day; logistics; adjustments to the program, etc. |
8:45-9:45 |
Dickson: Lecture/Questions/Discussion: Summarize previous day, followed by open discussion of common pitfalls in measuring CO2-system chemistry |
9:45-10:00 |
Break |
10:00-11:00 |
Langdon - Lecture 1: How to manipulate CO2-system chemistry for experiments: overview of methodologies [READING: Riebesell et al. Chapters 3-8] |
11:00-12:00 |
Kleypas - Tutorial 2: How to determine CO2 manipulations for experiments |
12:00-1:15 |
Lunch at the station |
1:15-2:00 |
Langdon: Summary/Questions/Discussion: Common pitfalls in experimental manipulations and field measurements (e.g. appropriate volumes, frequency of sampling, etc.) |
2:00-3:00 |
CASE STUDY: Experimental Design - example of designing an experiment based on the research objectives of the project. Case study provides the process of how to match the experimental design to the question being asked. |
3:00-3:15 |
Break |
3:15-4:00 | Kleypas - Lecture 1: Components of a National Program on Ocean Acidification - examples from the US and Europe |
4:00-7:00 |
Boat trip and discussions: Boat trip on the Estuary and to Cardoso Island. Participants discuss components/priorities for a Brazilian OA plan |
8:00 |
Dinner |
Day 4 (Thursday) Calcification, overviews; work on an OA plan. |
7:30-8:30 |
Breakfast |
8:30-8:45 |
Quick intro to the day; logistics; adjustments to the program, etc. |
8:45-9:45 |
Langdon - Lecture 2: Biological concerns (e.g. organism sensitivities; controlling for multiple stressors; acclimation and lengths of experiments; variable responses within a single species; etc) |
9:45-10:00 |
Break |
10:15-11:15 |
Langdon: Summary/Questions/Discussion: Common pitfalls in experimental manipulations and field measurements (e.g. appropriate volumes, frequency of sampling, etc.) |
11:15-12:15 |
Discussion about experimental manipulations |
12:15-1:30 |
Lunch |
1:30-2:30 |
Langdon - Lecture 3: Calcification measurements in the field and lab |
2:30-3:30 |
Participant case studies: working in groups to discuss each other’s research and to follow best practices |
3:30-4:00 |
Break |
4:00-5:00 |
Group Discussion and Presentation: Components of a Brazilian OA Research Strategy (discussion lead by Kleypas, Pinho, Wainer) |
7:00/8:00 |
Reception/Dinner |
Day 5 (Friday) |
10:00 |
Depart for São Paulo |
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