Abstracts from the Symposium are now available online. GOALS (1) Share results of the PISCO and Mellon scientific collaborations to date: (2) Organize cross-system manuscripts (DRAFTING SESSIONS) (3) Finalize plans for 2001 field season (PLANNING SESSIONS)
MEETING SCHEDULE Thursday, 14 December - Morning
Thursday, 14 December - Afternoon
Friday, 15 December - Morning
Friday, 15 December - Afternoon
Saturday, 16 December - Morning
Saturday, 16 December - Afternoon
Sunday, 17 December - Morning
Sunday, 17 December - Afternoon
Monday, 18 December - Morning
Monday, 18 December - Afternoon
Tuesday, 19 December - Morning
Tuesday, 19 December - Afternoon
Wednesday, 20 December - Morning
Wednesday, 20 December - Afternoon Thursday, 14 December 2000 MORNING SESSION (Jane Lubchenco, chair) 8:00 am
I. Introduction to Symposium (Bruce Menge)
1. PISCO - Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, A Long- term Ecological Consortium
2. Mellon Marine Ecology Consortium II. Multi-Scale Ecological Patterns and Dynamics
Overview Talks (20+5) 8:15am
1. Physical Oceanography of the Inner Shelf of the California Current Ecosystem (Jack Barth, Jay Austin, Cynthia Cudaback, Margaret Dekshenieks) 8:40am
2. Sea Surface Current Patterns of the Inner Shelf of the California Current Ecosystem (Libe Washburn or Mike Kosro, Jeff Paduan) 9:05am
3. Larval Transport and Recruitment in Coastal Ecosystems (Steve Gaines, Brian Grantham, Bruce Menge, Carol Blanchette, Pete Raimondi, Jenn Caselle) 9:30am COFFEE BREAK 10:00am
4. Coupled Oceanic-Benthic Models: Influence on Biogeographic Range Limits and Marine Reserve Design (Brian Gaylord, Steve Gaines) 10:25am
5. Dispersal of Marine Larvae: How open are marine populations? (Bob Warner, Steve Swearer, Mark Carr, Jenn Caselle) 10:50am
6. Alongshore Linkages and Marine Reserves (Jane Lubchenco, Heather Leslie, Mark Carr, Gary Allison, Brian Grantham, Steve Gaines, Bob Warner) 11:15am General Discussion 11:45 - 1:15pm LUNCH AFTERNOON SESSION (Jane Lubchenco, chair) 1:15pm
7. Upwelling, macrophytes and herbivory (Karina Nielsen, Patti Halpin, Tess Freidenburg, Bruce Menge) 1:40pm
8. Bottom-Up and Top-Down Effects on Rocky Intertidal Interaction Webs (Bruce Menge, Carol Blanchette, Pete Raimondi, Steve Gaines, Dave Lohse, Tess Freidenburg) 2:05pm
9. Temporal Change in Rocky Intertidal Community Structure (Pete Raimondi, Carol Blanchette, Dave Lohse, Melissa Wilson) 2:30pm
10. Biogeographic Patterns of Community Structure in Pacific Coast Rocky Intertidal Communities (Carl Schoch, Gary Allison, Bruce Menge, Jane Lubchenco) 2:55pm COFFEE BREAK 3:25pm
11. Structure of Subtidal Rocky Reef Communities in Southern and Central California (Mark Carr, Jenn Caselle, Craig Syms) 3:50pm
12. Physiological Determinants of Environmental Tolerance Limits (George Somero, Gretchen Hofmann, Elizabeth Dahlhoff, Patti Halpin) 4:15pm
13. What is the scale of the intertidal environment? Of the biological response? (Mark Denny, Brian Helmuth, George Leonard, Luke Hunt) 4:40-5:30pm
SYNTHETIC DISCUSSION 1: Integrating ecological, oceanographic, and physiological approaches (Steve Gaines, moderator, Jenn Caselle, recorder) (identify working groups for manuscript preparation) Friday, 15 December 2000 III. Temperate South Pacific Upwelling Ecosystem Dynamics Focused Talks (12+3) MORNING SESSION (Brian Grantham, chair) 8:00am
1. Large-scale Mid-latitude Eastern Boundary Currents off the West Coasts of North and South America (Ted Strub, Libe Washburn) 8:15am
2. Physical Oceanography of the Inner Shelf in Central Chile (Diego Narvaez, David Kaplan, Sergio Navarrete) 8:30am
3. Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Invertebrate Larval Distribution in Nearshore Waters in Central Chile (Alvaro Palma, E. Poulin, Sergio Navarrete, Juan Carlos Castilla) 8:45am
4. Oceanographic Conditions in the Antofagasta Bay Upwelling Ecosystem (Ricardo Guinez, Juan Carlos Castilla) 9:00am General Discussion 9:15am
5. Patterns of Recruitment in the Upwelling Ecosystem of Central Chile (Sergio Navarrete) 9:30am
6. Daily Settlement Patterns in Relation to Physical Parameters (Roberto Venegas, Paula Neill, David Kaplan) 9:45am
7. Larval Retention in the Bay of Antofagasta (Juan Carlos Castilla, Ricardo Guinez) 10:00am General Discussion 10:15am COFFEE BREAK 10:30am
8. Oceanographic Conditions in Coastal New Zealand (Rob Murdoch) 10:45am
9. Settlement and Dispersal of Habitat-Forming Algae on New Zealand Rocky Shores (Dave Schiel, Robyn Dunmore) 11:00pm
10. Bottom-Up and Top-Down Regulation of New Zealand Intertidal Communities (Bruce Menge, Jane Lubchenco, Tess Freidenburg, Matt Bracken, Melissa Foley, Greg Hudson, Chris Krenz, Heather Leslie, Roly Russell) 11:15am
11. Productivity, Upwelling and Predation on the Coast of Central Chile (Evie Wieters, Sergio Navarrete, Randy Finke) 11:30am General Discussion 12-1:15pm LUNCH AFTERNOON SESSION (Mark Denny, chair) 1:15pm
12. Patterns of Community Structure along the coast of Central Chile (Bernardo Broitman, Sergio Navarrete) 1:30pm
13. Latitudinal Diversity Patterns in the Southeast Pacific (Pablo Marquet, C. Voldovinos, Sergio Navarette) 1:45pm
14. Latitudinal Diversity Patterns, Life History, and Body Size: Brooders vs. Broadcasters (Miriam Fernandez) 2:00pm
15. Macroecological Patterns of Invertebrate Consumers Along the Chilean Coast (Marcelo Rivadeneira, Miriam Fernandez, Pablo Marquet) 2:15pm
16. Spatial and Temporal Variation in Chlorophyll-a on the Central Coast of Chile (A. Sotomayor, Evie Wieters, David Kaplan, Sergio Navarrete, Karina Nielsen) 2:30pm
17. Ecological Consequences of Daily Warming of Coastal Sea Surfaces (David Kaplan) 2:45pm General Discussion 3:00 COFFEE BREAK 3:15-5pm
SYNTHETIC DISCUSSION 2: Mellon Collaborations: Chile, New Zealand, US West coast, Modelling, (Simon Levin, moderator, Evie Wieters, recorder) Identify working groups for manuscript preparation. Saturday, 16 December 2000
MORNING SESSION 8:00am
DRAFTING SESSION 1: Working Groups for comparative manuscripts, self-organized (Sergio Navarrete, moderator/organizer) 11:00am
Report in Plenary about MS plans (Cynthia Cudaback, reporter) 12:00-1:15 LUNCH IV. Local and Meso-Scale Studies of Pattern and Process in Coastal Upwelling Systems I (10+5) AFTERNOON SESSION (Patti Halpin, chair) 1:15pm
1. Potential tools for tracking ocean climate: variability in stable isotopes in living coralline algae (Diana Steller) 1:30pm
2.Biogeographic Analyses of Marine Benthic Algae of the Pacific Coast of North America (Dov Sax, Steve Gaines, Carol Thornber) 1:45pm
3. Biogeographic patterns: old paradigms and new questions (Rafe Sagarin) 2:00pm
4. Population dynamics of two marine algal species: an inter-hemispheric comparison (Carol Thornber) 2:15pm
5. Physical Oceanography and Larval Settlement Patterns around Point Conception, CA (Cynthia Cudaback) 3:00pm General Discussion 3:15pm COFFEE BREAK 3:45pm
6. Latitudinal variation in predation by the whelk Nucella canaliculata (Eric Sanford, Bruce Menge, Melissa Foley, Jacqueline Pamplin, George Somero) 4:00pm
7. Community Dynamics Along an Major Oceanographic Discontinuity (Tess Freidenburg) 4:15pm
8. Community Dynamics in Strong and Weak Upwelling Systems in Northern California and Oregon (Christopher Krenz, Tess Freidenburg, Bruce Menge) 4:30-5:00pm SYNTHETIC DISCUSSION 3 (Miriam Fernandez, moderator, Margaret Dekshenieks, recorder) Sunday, 17 December 2000 MORNING SESSION 8:00am PLANNING SESSION 1: Discussion of Mooring and Larval Ecology Plans for 2001 Season (Steve Gaines, moderator, Mark Carr, recorder) 10:00am COFFEE BREAK 10:30am PLANNING SESSION 2: Discussion of Onshore Research: Plans for 2001 Season (Carol Blanchette, moderator, Karina Nielsen, recorder) 12noon LUNCH 1:30-3:30 PLANNING SESSION 3: Discussion of Community Structure Surveys: Plans for 2001 Season (Gary Allison, moderator, Fred Guichard, recorder) [REST OF DAY IS FREE - available for drafting groups if desired] Monday, 18 December 2000 IV. Local and Meso-Scale Studies of Pattern and Process in Coastal Upwelling Systems II MORNING SESSION (Dave Schiel, chair) 8:00am
1. Recruitment of kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus, around Santa Cruz and Anacapa Islands (Jenn Caselle) 8:15am
2. Larval Transport Along the Inner Shelf of the Central Oregon Coast (Brian Grantham, Bruce Menge, Jane Lubchenco) 8:30am
3. Recruitment Along Exposure Gradients in New Zealand Rocky Intertidal Habitats (Dave Taylor, Dave Schiel) 8:45am
4. SimApp: An Object-oriented Framework for Spatially-explicit Modeling with Application to Benthic Metacommunities (Jon Cline, Frederic Guichard, Simon Levin) 9:00am
5. Mussel Disturbance Dynamics and the Geometry of Local Interactions (Frederic Guichard, Gary Allison, Patti Halpin, Simon Levin) 9:15am
6. Algal Mosaics: Integrating Theoretical and Empirical Approaches (Juan Keymer, Simon Levin, Bruce Menge) 9:30am General Discussion 9:45am
7. Coastal Phytoplankton and Nutrient Dynamics Off Oregon (Pat Wheeler) 10:00am
8. Linking Phytoplankton Fluorescence Patterns in the Nearshore and Inner Shelf (Ricardo Letelier) 10:15am COFFEE BREAK 10:45-12am PLANNING SESSION 4: Nutrients, Chlorophyll and Fluorometry (Bruce Menge, moderator, Dave Kaplan, recorder) 12noon-1:30 pm LUNCH V. Explorations: New Approaches, Techniques, and Applications I AFTERNOON SESSION (Brian Gaylord, chair) 1:30pm
1. Bottom-up Effects on Macrophyte Assemblages in Relation to Upwelling Intensity (Carol Blanchette, Tess Freidenburg, Karina Nielsen, Patti Halpin) 1:45pm
2. Are all filter-feeders created equal? Growth, reproduction and food supply of mussels and barnacles around Pt. Conception, CA (Nicole Phillips) 2:00pm
3. Evolution of kelp morphology in response to local physical factors (Loretta Roberson) 2:15pm
4. Long-term change in intertidal zonation (Mark Readdie) 2:30pm
5. Can chemical composition of otoliths be used to determine nursery habitat use by juvenile flatfishes? (Jennifer Brown) 2:45pm
6. A new tool for biogeographers? Identifying source regions in marine invertebrate larvae using statolith microchemistry (Danielle Zacherl, Steven Swearer, Steve Gaines, David Lea) 3:00pm General Discussion 3:15pm COFFEE BREAK 3:45-5pm PLANNING SESSION 5: Dispersal Studies: Otolith Microchemistry (Bob Warner, moderator, Eric Sanford, recorder) Tuesday, 19 December 2000 V. Explorations: New Approaches, Techniques, and Applications II MORNING SESSION (Dov Sax, chair) 8:00am
1. Molecular Ecology of Molecular Chaperones: Sub-lethal Stress and Heat-shock Proteins (Gretchen Hofmann) 8:15am
2. Stress proteins, vertical zonation and possible effects of global climate change (Lars Tomanek, George Somero) 8:30am
3. Ecophysiological Approaches to Species Interactions: RNA:DNA Ratios (Elizabeth Dahlhoff) 8:45am
4. Grazer Impacts Along Gradients of Environmental Stress and Productivity (Patti Halpin) 9:00am
5. Approaches to the Study of Subtidal Communities: Challenges and Methodology (Craig Syms, Mark Carr, Jenn Caselle, Pete Raimondi, Bob Warner) 9:15am
6. Using standard monitoring units to estimate spatial and temporal variation in recruitment of reef fish (Arnold Ammann) 9:30am COFFEE BREAK 10:00am
7. Methods for monitoring the body temperatures of intertidal invertebrates: why thermal stress is organism-specific (Brian Helmuth) 10:15-12 PLANNING SESSION 6: Molecular Physiological Ecology (George Somero, moderator, Gretchen Hofmann, recorder) 12-1:30pm LUNCH 1:30-3:00pm PLANNING SESSION 7: Subtidal Research (Craig Syms, moderator, Elizabeth Dahlhoff, recorder) 3-3:30 COFFEE BREAK 3:30pm
7. A Distributed Database System for the PISCO and Mellon Consortia (Chris Jones, Will McClintock) 3:45-5pm PLANNING SESSION 8: Discussion of Database System and Webpage (Chris Jones, moderator, Will McClintock, recorder) Wednesday, 20 December 2000 V. Explorations: New Approaches, Techniques, and Applications III MORNING SESSION (Alvaro Palma, chair) 8:00am
1. Siting Marine Reserves Along the US West Coast (Heather Leslie, Gary Allison) 8:15am
2. Contrasting effects of El Nino and La Nina on larval supply, recruitment, and adult population dynamics (Samantha Forde) 8:30am
3. Influence of Invertebrates on Nutrient Dynamics in Tidepools (Matt Bracken) 8:45am
4. Molecular Genetic Approaches to Dispersal in Mussels (Grant Pogson) 9:00am
5. Molecular Genetic Approaches to Dispersal in Rockfish (Giacomo Bernardi, Grant Pogson) 9:15am COFFEE BREAK 9:45-11:30 PLANNING SESSION 9: Molecular Genetics and Larval Dispersal (Steve Palumbi, moderator, Grant Pogson, recorder) 11:30 - 1:00 LUNCH VI. Policy Activities 1:00
1. Synthesis of PISCO Policy Activities to date (Renee Davis-Born, Jane Lubchenco, Carol Blanchette, Jenn Caselle, Mark Carr, Pete Raimondi, Bob Warner) 2. Linking PISCO's Science and Policy Work: A focus on West Coast marine reserve activities (Heather Leslie, Renee Davis-Born, Jane Lubchenco, Carol Blanchette, Jenn Caselle, Mark Carr, Pete Raimondi, Bob Warner) 1:30 PLANNING SESSION 10: Discussion of Policy Activities and Plans (Renee Davis-Born, moderator, Carl Schoch, recorder) 2:30 COFFEE BREAK VII. Synthesis 2000 and Vision 2001+ 3:00-5:00pm Perspectives: Simon Levin, Steve Palumbi, Juan Carlos Castilla Synthesis: Jane Lubchenco | 
