VICTORIA LAND, ANTARCTICA, COASTAL BIOME:
MARINE-TERRESTRIAL BIOCOMPLEXITY ACROSS A
HIGH LATITUDINAL ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT
National Science Foundation Workshop
Byrd Polar Research Center
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
26-29April 2001
WEDNESDAY, 25 APRIL 2001
7:00 - 8:30 PM Ice Breaker at the University Plaza Hotel
THURSDAY, 26 APRIL 2001
INTRODUCTIONS
8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul Berkman, The Ohio State University
8:40 AM
Victoria Land Program - Background, Scope and Workshop Goals
Paul Berkman
INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS
9:00 AM
Biocomplexity in Perspective
Polly Penhale, National Science Foundation
9:15 AM
The Latitudinal Gradient Project
Clive Howard-Williams, National Institute of Water and Atmosphere Research
9:30 AM
Victoria Land: A Latitudinal Gradient Project
Riccardo Cattaneo-Vieti , Universita di Genova
MARINE KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9:45 AM
Spatial and Temporal Variability of Ross Sea Ice Characteristics and Processes in the
Context of the Victoria Land Coastal Biome
Martin Jeffries, University of Alaska Fairbanks
10:30 AM
BREAK
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10:45 AM
Variability in the Trophic Ecology of the Ross Sea: Linking Modern Variability to Signals
in the Fossil Record
Daniel Costa, University of California at Santa Cruz
11:30 AM
Spatial and Temporal Changes in the Ross Sea Physical Environment Since the Last Ice
Sheet Retreat
Kathy Licht, Indiana University - Purdue at Indianapolis
12:15 PM
LUNCH
AFTERNOON DISCUSSION SESSIONS
1:30 PM
Discussion and Preparation for Afternoon Sessions
Paul Berkman (Moderator)
2:00 PM
Topical Break-Out Sessions
Marine - Paul Berkman (Moderator)
Terrestrial - John Priscu, Montana State University (Moderator)
Physical Processes - Ed Waddington, University of Washington (Moderator)
3:00 PM
BREAK
3:20 PM
Interdisciplinary Break-Out Sessions
Group 1 - Berry Lyons, The Ohio State University (Moderator)
Group 2 - John Priscu (Moderator)
Group 3 - Paul Berkman (Moderator)
4:50 PM
Day 1 - Summary Discussion
Paul Berkman
5:30 PM
DINNER
Barbecue, Byrd Polar Research Center
FRIDAY, 27 APRIL 2001
AFFILIATED GLOBAL CHANGE PROGRAMS
9:00 AM
Global Change in the Antarctic (GLOCHANT) and Antarctic Ice Marginal Evolution
(ANTIME ) Programs
Ross Powell, Northern Illinois University
9:15 AM
International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (ITASE)
Paul Mayewski, University of Maine
9:30 AM
McMurdo Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change
in Antarctic Terrestrial Ecosystems (RiSCC) Programs
Berry Lyons
TERRESTRIAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9:45 AM
Antarctic Terrestrial (Soil) Ecosystems
Diana Wall, Colorado State University
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10:30 AM
BREAK
10:45 AM
Antarctic Terrestrial Paleoecology
Peter Doran, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:30 AM
Late Holocene Glacial Conditions in the Ross Sea Embayment
Howard Conway, University of Washington
12:15 PM
LUNCH
AFTERNOON DISCUSSION SESSIONS
1:30 PM
Discussion and Preparation for Afternoon Sessions
Paul Berkman (Moderator)
2:00 PM
Topical Break-Out Sessions
Marine - Ross Powell (Moderator)
Terrestrial - John Priscu (Moderator)
Physical Processes - Ed Waddington (Moderator)
3:00 PM
BREAK
3:20 PM
Interdisciplinary Break-Out Sessions
Group 1 - Berry Lyons (Moderator)
Group 2 - Ed Waddington (Moderator)
Group 3 - Paul Berkman (Moderator)
4:50 PM
Day 2 - Summary Discussion
Berry Lyons (Moderator)
5:30 PM
DINNER
Home of Paul, Julie, Kathryn and Anna Berkman
SATURDAY, 28 APRIL 2001
INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAMS
9:00 AM
Palmer LTER
Ray Smith, University of California at Santa Barbara
9:15 AM
Automatic Weather Stations and Meteorological Measurements
David Bromwich, The Ohio State University
TIME AND SPACE KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
9:30 AM
Moving from Plot Measurements to Whole River Basins Models: Plant Production in the
Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska
John Hobbie, Marine Biological Laboratory
10:15 AM
BREAK
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10:35 AM
The Ice Core Record of Victoria Land Climate and Biocomplexity
Eric Steig, University of Washington
11:20 AM
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Develop Geospatial Datasets for
Understanding Environmental Processes in the Victoria Land, Antarctica, Coastal Biome
Carolyn Merry, The Ohio State University
12:05 PM
LUNCH
AFTERNOON DISCUSSION SESSIONS
1:20 AM
Discussion and Preparation for Afternoon Sessions
Paul Berkman (Moderator)
1:50 PM
Topical Break-Out Sessions
Marine - Ross Powell (Moderator)
Terrestrial - Berry Lyons (Moderator)
Physical Processes - Ed Waddington (Moderator)
2:50 PM
BREAK
3:10 PM
Interdisciplinary Break-Out Sessions
Group 1 - Berry Lyons (Moderator)
Group 2 - Ross Powell (Moderator)
Group 3 - Paul Berkman (Moderator)
4:40 PM
Day 3 - Summary Discussion
John Priscu (Moderator)
5:20 PM
DINNER
Home of Berry Lyons and Anne Carey
SUNDAY, 29 APRIL 2001
8:30 AM
Summary Science-Plan and Logistics Discussion
Paul Berkman, Clive Howard-Williams and Riccardo Cattaneo-Vieti (Moderators)
10:30 AM
BREAK
10:50 AM
Future Activities
12:00 PM
WORKSHOP CLOSE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CREATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
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