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Plymouth Church (Across From the EPA Region 10 Office)
1217 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA

Webinar Information
http://hawkeye.epa.gov/imtapp/app/sch_mtg_details.uix?mID=410300
Conference ID:  410300
Conference Key:  2546283

Call-in Information: 
Toll-free dial-in number (US and Canada): (866) 299-3188
International dial-in number:  (706) 758-1822
Conference code:  2023439850

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Print Version (pdf)
   

Day One, Wednesday, May 27, 2009

   
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration
   
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Introductory Remarks
Roseanne Lorenzana, EPA, Region 10 Science Liaison
Brandon Jones, Project Officer, EPA, ORD, NCER
   
Tier I – Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services Provided by Coral Reefs and Tidal Wetlands
   
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.

Effect of Sea Level Rise and Climate Variability on Ecosystem Services of Tidal Marshes
Chris Craft, Indiana University, Bloomington
   
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m.

Climate-Linked Alteration of Ecosystem Services in Tidal Salt Marshes of Georgia and Louisiana
Mark Hester, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
   
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Linking Impacts of Climate Change to Carbon and Phosphorus Dynamics Along a Salinity Gradient in Tidal Marshes
Melanie Vile, Villanova University
   
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Break
   
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.  

Connectivity in Marine Seascapes:  Predicting Ecological and Socioeconomic Costs of Climate Change on Coral Reef Ecosystems
Julie Kellner, Resources for the Future
   
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Effects of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services Provided by Hawaiian Coral Reefs
Paul Jokiel, University of Hawaii at Honolulu
   
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Tier 1 Discussion
   
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (on your own)
   
Tier II – Nonlinear Responses to Global Change in Linked Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems
   
1:00 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. Hydrologic Forecasting for Characterization of Nonlinear Response of Freshwater Wetlands to Climatic and Land Use Change in the Susquehanna River Basin
Denice Wardrop, Pennsylvania State University
   
1:20 p.m. – 1:40 p.m. Sustainable Coastal Habitat Restoration in the Pacific Northwest: Modeling and Managing the Effects, Feedbacks, and Risks Associated With Climate Change
John Rybczyk, Western Washington University
   
1:40 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Nonlinear Response of Pacific Northwest Estuaries to Changing Hydroclimatic Conditions:  Flood Frequency, Recovery Time, and Resilience
Rob Wheatcroft, Oregon State University
   
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. Nonlinear Response of Prairie Pothole Landscapes to Climate Change and Land Management
Carter Johnson, South Dakota State University
   
2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. Innovative Management Options To Prevent Loss of Ecosystem Services Provided by Chinook Salmon in California:  Overcoming the Effects of Climate Change
Lisa Thompson and David Purkey, University of California at Davis
   
2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Break
   
3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. Hydrologic Thresholds for Biodiversity in Semiarid Riparian Ecosystems:  Importance of Climate Change and Variability
Thomas Meixner, University of Arizona
   
3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. Nonlinear and Threshold Response to Environmental Stresses in Land-River Networks
Jerry Melilo, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
   
3:40 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. Tier II Discussion
   
4:40 p.m. Adjourn (continued discussion and dinner on your own)
   

Day Two, Thursday, May 28, 2009

   
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. Registration
   
Tier III – Ecological Impacts From the Interactions of Climate Change, Land Use Change, and Invasive Species
   
8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. Integrated Bioclimatic-Dynamic Modeling of Climate Change Impacts on Agricultural and Invasive Plant Distributions in the United States
*Wei Gao, Colorado State University
   
8:20 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. Global Change and the Cryptic Invasion by Transgenes of Native and Weedy Species
*Cynthia Sagers, University of Arkansas
   
8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. A Multi-Scale Approach to the Forecast of Potential Distributions of Invasive Plant Species
*John Silander, University of Connecticut
   
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. Predicting Risk Invasion by Salt Cedar and Mud Snails
Leroy Poff, Colorado State University
   
9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. Integrating Future Climate Change and Riparian Land Use To Forecast the Effects of Stream Warming on Species Invasions and Their Impacts on Native Salmonids
Julian Olden, University of Washington
   
9:40 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Break
   
10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Climate Change:  Pathogens and Decline of Ectotherms
Jason Rohr, University of South Florida
   
10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Beach Grass Invasions and Coastal Flood Protection:  Forecasting the Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Vulnerability
Eric Seabloom, Oregon State University
   
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Elevated Temperature and Land Use Flood Frequency Alteration Effects on Rates of Invasive and Native Species Interactions in Freshwater Floodplain Wetlands
Curtis Richardson, Duke University
   
11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Ecological Impacts From the Interactions of Climate Change, Land Use Change, and Invasive Species
Robert Whitlatch, University of Connecticut
   
11:20 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. Tier III Discussion
   
12:20 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
   
12:30 p.m. Adjourn
   
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