Chesapeake Bay Acidification
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Alliance for Coastal Technologies Workshop
Science Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Acidification:
Towards a Research and Monitoring Strategy
11 March 2014
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater MD
8:00 a.m.
Coffee and continental breakfast
Overview and background
8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Welcome (NOAA IOOS), Workshop Outline and Objectives, Participant
Introductions (Tamburri ACT)
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Opening Remarks NOAA Ocean Acidification Program (Jewett and
Gledhill NOAA)
9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation: Lessons learned from related coastal monitoring efforts
(Newton UW/NANOOS)
9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Presentation: State of the Science, ocean acidification observing
technologies (Gledhill, NOAA)
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Break
Charge Question A - What is currently known about acidification of Chesapeake Bay?
10:15 a.m. – 10:25 a.m
Presentation: Historic Data on Chesapeake Bay (Waldbusser OSU)
10:25 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
Presentation: Coastal Monitoring (Miller SERC)
10:35 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Presentation: Bay Main Stem Measurements (Cai UDE)
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Group Discussion
1.
Are coastal ecosystems ever at an air:sea equilibrium?
2.
What is known about carbonate chemistry, and its variability, in the
Bay?
3.
How do biological and physical processes influence carbonate
chemistry in the Bay?
4.
What is known about benthic processes influences on Bay carbonate
chemistry?
5.
What is known about impacts of riverine input to the carbonate
chemistry of the Bay?
6.
Are there indications of past change?
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
Charge Question B – How do biological and biogeochemical processes affect acidification in the Bay?
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Presentation: Land:Sea Interactions (Megonigal SERC)
1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
Group Discussion
1.
How do land:sea interactions (such as runoff from fringing habitats)
affect carbon budget of the Bay?
2.
What biological and biogeochemical processes are driving carbonate
chemistry of the Bay?
3.
Is there significant “Blue Carbon” sequestration in the Bay?
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Break
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Visit SERC dock pCO
2
installation
