A Workshop on
Assessing the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Coral Reef Ecosystems
Co-sponsored by
Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat Sen University
Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University
Date: November 5th and 6th, 2012
Location: 3rd Floor, 2nd Conference Room, Humanity Building South Side, Academia Sinica
Tentative Schedule
November 5, 2012 (Monday)
0800-0900 Registration
0900-0905 Introduction –
0905-0915 Welcome and opening remark –
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Session 1. Long term observatories
0915-1015 Long term observational program: Andreas Andersson (Scripps
Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego) – Bermuda ocean acidification and coral
reef investigation: A holistic approach investigating the effect of ocean acidification on
coral reefs
1015-1045 Status report: Maria Lourdes San Diego-McGlone (University of
Philippines, Diliman, Philippines) – Status and prospect of ocean acidification research
in the Philippines
1045-1115 Break and Posters
1115-1215 Long term observational program: Eric De Carlo (U of Hawaii) –
Geochemical and physical drivers of the variability of the CO2-carbonic acid system in
various coral reef environments of Hawaii
1215-1330
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Lunch and Posters
Session 2. Status report: Research programs in coral reef ecosystems in South East
Asia
1330-1415 Keryea Soong (National Sun Yat Sen University) – How and why the
Terpios hoshinota sponge kill the stony corals? And Future plan for the Dongsha Marine
Station
1415-1500 Kunshan Gao (Xiamen U., China) – Status and prospect of ocean
acidification research in China
1500-1530 Break and Posters
1530-1600 Suchana Apple Chavanich (Chulalongkorn U., Thailand) – Status of coral
reefs in Thailand and 2010 bleaching event: case study in the upper Gulf of Thailand
1600-1630 Choon Weng Lee (U. of Malaya, Malaysia) – Coastal and ocean studies in
Malaysia
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Session 3. Round table discussion 1
1630-1730 Site selection for a long term observatory of coral reef ecosystems under
ocean acidification
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Session 4. Parallel poster session
November 6, 2012 (Tuesday)
A. Session 5. Ecological and biogeochemical effects – Coral reefs
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0900-0945 Andreas Andersson (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San
Diego) – Future changes in reef metabolism oppose anthropogenic ocean acidification
on coral reefs
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0945-1030 Allen Chen (Center for Biodiversity Research, Academia Sinica) Acclimatisation and adaptation of corals and coral reefs to warming ocean
1030-1100 Break and Posters
3.
1100-1145 Tung-Yung Fan (National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium) –
Looking for the refuge and ark of coral reef in a changing world
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1145-1230 George T.F. Wong (RCEC, Academia Sinica) – An ocean acidification
research program at the Academia Sinica – Ocean Acidification: Comparative
biogeochemistry in shallow-water tropical coral reef ecosystems in a naturally acidic
marine environment
1230-1345
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Lunch and Posters
Session 6. Ecological and biogeochemical effects
1345-1430 Fuh-Kwo Shiah (RCEC, Academia Sinica) – Water column properties
within the Dong-Sha atoll
1430-1515 Kunshan Gao (Xiamen U., China) –Effects of Ocean Acidification on
Marine Primary Producers under the Sun
1515-1545 Break and Posters
1545-1630 Eric De Carlo (U of Hawaii) – Land-ocean interactions in Hawaii and the
response of the CO2-crabonic acid system in nearshore seawater
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Session 7. Round table discussion 2
1630-1730 Minimal and ideal measurement programs in a long term observatory of
coral reef ecosystems
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Session 8. Parallel poster session
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