April 27, 2019
10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Cambridge Public Library
449 Broadway
Cambridge, MA
10:00-10:10 Welcome and overview
10:10-11:15
Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network: Sentinels of Change
Tatiana Rynearson, University of Rhode Island; Hugh Ducklow, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Anne Giblin, Marine Biological Laboratory
The best way to understand environmental change is through long-term monitoring. LTER sites and their research objectives are tailored to the most pressing and promising questions for each location. Speakers from LTER sites on the New England Coast, Alaska, and the waters around Antarctica will describe their driving research questions and how their research is clarifying our understanding of climate change impacts in coastal and marine ecosystems.
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-12:30
Shifting Fisheries: Implications for Economies and Ocean Health
Coleen Suckling, University of Rhode Island; Andrew Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute; Robert Boenish, EDF
Warming ocean waters affect commercially important finfish and shellfish species in many ways, from changes in reproduction to increased susceptibility to disease. Speakers will discuss field- and lab-based investigations into these changes, and what the results could mean for ocean health, communities, and the seafood industry.
12:30-1:15 Networking Lunch
1:15 Adjourn