2006 Line-P Symposium: Scientific Program- PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization

Time Series of the Northeast Pacific:
A symposium to mark the 50th anniversary of Line-P

Draft Schedule

All posters will remain up for the entire conference, giving ample viewing time for each poster.

Please note that all Oral presentations have been scheduled and will be given by INVITED SPEAKERS only.

Day 1 (July 5 2006)		Day 2 (July 6 2006)		Day 3 (July 7 2006)		Day 4 (July 8 2006)
*Theme 1*		*Theme 2*		Theme 3 and Discussion Panel		*Workshop*
09:00	Welcoming events including a review of Line-P (Whitney)	09:00	Physical variability along Line-P (Freeland)	09:00	Factors influencing gas exchange (Vagle)	Moderated discussion on the future of Line-P research and sampling
09:30	Importance of long time series worldwide (Harrison)	09:45	Biogeochemical cycles in the upper ocean (Peña)	09:45	The importance of micronutrients for phytoplankton (Cullen)
10:15	Coffee Break	10:30	Coffee Break	10:30	Poster Session
10:45	A survey of CalCOFI sampling (Checkley)	11:00	Particle transport into the ocean interior of the NE Pacific (Timothy)	11:30	Eddies and mesoscale variability in the Gulf of Alaska (Crawford)
11:30	A survey of Newport Line sampling (Huyer)	11:45	Comparison of Zooplankton time series (Mackas)	12:15	Lunch
12:15	Lunch	12:30	Lunch	14:00	The SERIES experiment (Levasseur)
14:00	A survey of GAK/Seward Line (Weingartner)	14:00	Ecosystem modelling (Denman)	14:45	Panel Discussion
14:45	Poster Session	14:45	Poster Session			End of workshop
16:15	The HOT time series (Letelier)	16:15	Co-variability in the northeast Pacific (Schwing)
				Evening Event – Bus to IOS and a buffet meal with slide show.

Invited Speakers (back to the top)

Speaker	Topic
Theme 1: OVERVIEW OF TIME SERIES OF THE NE PACIFIC
Frank Whitney	A review of Line-P program
Ed Harrison	Importance of long time series worldwide. Why are we doing this
David Checkley	A survey of CalCOFI sampling
Patricia Wheeler	A survey of Newport Line sampling
Tom Weingartner	A survey of GAK/Seward Line sampling
Ricardo Letelier	The HOT time series

Theme 2: PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN NE PACIFIC TIME SERIES
Howard Freeland	Historical review and recent physical variability along Line-P
Angelica Peña	Plankton and Biogeochemical cycles in the upper ocean
David Timothy	Biogenic particle transport into the ocean interior of the NE Pacific
David Mackas	Comparison of Zooplankton time series
Kenneth Denman	Ecosystem modelling: seasonal and interannual variability
Frank Schwing	Co-variability in the northeast Pacific

Theme 3: PROCESS STUDIES IN THE NE PACIFIC
Svein Vagle	Factors influencing gas exchange: observations and modelling
Jay Cullen	The importance of micronutrients for phytoplankton and bacteria along Line-P
William Crawford	Influence of eddies and mesoscale variability in the Gulf of Alaska
Maurice Levasseur	The SERIES experiment

Discussion Panel (back to the top)
A critique of what we are doing and suggest improvements Line-P surveys have been going on now for 50 years. We would like to get opinions on how we are doing, how useful the observations are, what we have done well and what needs improvement. We are inviting a diverse group of knowledgeable people to offer bouquets or brickbats, about Line-P and about the presentations at the workshop. We envision that each panel member will present his/her views in five minutes and respond to questions. This will be followed by an open discussion between the panel and the floor. The discussions will be recorded and used as guidance for the Saturday discussions.
Panel Members:
Tim Parsons	Chair – Emeritus Scientist, Fisheries and Ocean Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada
Ed Harrison	NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA
Diana Varela	University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
William Crawford	Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada
Doug Bancroft	Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ricardo Letelier	Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

Workshop on the future of the Line-P program: (back to the top)

There will be a one-day workshop on the fourth day of the symposium for those who plan on carrying out research and being active participants in the Line-P program to discuss the future of Line-P.

All of those who plan to do research along Line-P, and any other interested scientists, are invited to take part in a moderated discussion on the Saturday morning which will extend into the afternoon as required to lay out plans for the future of Line-P. Presentations will first be invited in an informal setting; speakers may show a brief PowerPoint presentation with a strict limit of three (3) slides per presentation. This will be followed by a discussion on priorities for future research.

The object is to develop new partnerships and collaborations to guide future endeavours along Line-P. Bring your ideas, slides, imagination etc.

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