Open Science Meeting
on
HABs in Upwelling Systems

LISBON, PORTUGAL
Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas (INIAP-IPIMAR)
17-20 November 2003

Program

Monday, 17 November
9:00 a.m. Welcome – Teresa Moita, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e das Pescas, Lisbon, Portugal

9:10 a.m. GEOHAB Programme – Patrick Gentien, GEOHAB Chair

9:30 a.m. GEOHAB Core Research Project: HABs in Upwelling Systems – Grant Pitcher, Marine & Coastal Management, Cape Town, South Africa

SESSION 1: Overview of HABs in Californian, Iberian and Benguela upwelling systems

Overview of the ecology of HABs on the U.S. West Coast – Vera Trainer, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Seattle, Washington, USA

Ecology and oceanography of HABs in the Portuguese Iberian upwelling waters – Teresa Moita

Ecology and oceanography of HABs in southern Benguela – Grant Pitcher

1:00 p.m. Lunch

SESSION 2: Identification of the HAB species in given upwelling systems

Molecular approaches to the ecology of algal blooms – Carlos Pedros Alio, Institut de Ciències del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

HABs in upwelling systems: a view from the dinoflagellate cyst record – Barrie Dale, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Phylogenetic analysis of Alexandrium isolates from South African waters: Implications for the phylogeography and dispersal routes in the A. tamarense species complex – Carlos Ruiz Sebastian, University of Cape Town, South Africa

SESSION 3: POSTERS

6:00 p.m. PORTO ICEBREAKER

Tuesday, 18 November

9:00 a.m.

SESSION 4: Identification of the physical, chemical and biological processes that define or characterise upwelling systems and quantification of the response of HAB species to these processes

Coastal retention and nearshore algal blooms in upwelling systems – John Largier, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, USA

Physical oceanography and HABs in the California Current system – Barbara Hickey, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Downwelling and HABs in the NW of the Iberian peninsula: The Rias Baixas of Galicia – Francisco Figueiras, Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científica (CSIC), Vigo, Spain

Upwelling relaxation – the ecological importance of transient coastal counter currents – Des Barton, University of Wales, Bangor, UK

Carbon and nutrient cycles in the NW Iberian upwelling system: Seasonal and event scale variability – Xose Anton Alvarez Salgado, Instituto de Investigacións Mariñas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científica (CSIC), Vigo, Spain

Nitrogen utilization by dinoflagellate dominated HABs – Trevor Probyn, Marine & Coastal Management, Cape Town, South Africa

From the laboratory to the field: Can we apply knowledge of Pseudo-nitzschia physiology in the real world? – Raphael Kudela, University of California Santa Cruz, USA

SESSION 5: Development of observation systems and models of HABs in upwelling systems to support fundamental research and predictive capabilities

Bio-optical detection of HABs – Stuart Bernard, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Satellite remote sensing in eastern boundary currents: Multiple programmatic roles – Andy Thomas, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA

Potential use of hydrodynamic models in determining bloom accumulation and advection – Pedro Monteiro, Coast Programme, CSIR, Stellenbosch, South Africa

Integrated modeling of physical and biological processes in the Iberian upwelling system – Ramiro Neves, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal

6:00 p.m. Adjourn for the Day

Wednesday 19 November

SESSION 6: Identification of interested participants and designated regions for comparative research

SESSION 7: Review of current national and regional projects/programmes in order to identify elements of research that could contribute to the core research

SESSION 8: Identification of gaps in national and regional research projects/programmes

Thursday, 20 November
SESSION 9: Formulation and design of a plan to guide core research in upwelling systems

SESSION 10: Identification of framework activities to support the research plan

8:00 p.m. FORMAL DINNER

Friday 21 November
SESSION 11--CLOSED SESSION: The Core Research Project Planning Committee will meet to finalise a report of the Open Science Meeting comprising an implementation plan to guide core research

Questions or Comments?
Please contact SCOR.

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