Tuesday, April 25
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
| Registration
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| 8:00 - 8:20 |
| Welcome, Introductions & Symposium Format
Rick Greene, EPA Office of Research & Development
Rob Magnien, NOAA Center for Sponsored Coastal Ocean Research
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| 8:20 - 8:50 |
| Reassessment of the 2001 Action Plan
Diane Regas, EPA Office of Water
Jack Dunnigan, NOAA National Ocean Service
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| 8:50 - 9:50 |
| Challenges in the Upper Mississippi River Sub-Basin
Dennis McKenna, Illinois Department of Agriculture
Presentation Handout (PDF, 849 kb)
James Baker, Iowa State University
Presentation Handout (PDF, 328 kb)
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| Session 1 |
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| 9:50 - 10:50 |
| Characterization & Long-Term Trends of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Nancy Rabalais, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Presentation Handout (PDF, 5.4 mb)
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| 10:50 - 11:00 |
| Break
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| 11:00 - 11:45 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 11:45 - 12:15 |
| Audience Q & A
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| 12:15 - 1:30 |
| Lunch
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| Session 2 |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 |
| Causes of Hypoxia I: Characterization of Nutrient & Organic Matter Loads
Eugene Turner, Louisiana State University
Presentation Handout (PDF, 1 mb)
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| 2:30 - 3:15 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 3:15 - 3:25 |
| Break
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| 3:25 - 3:55 |
| Audience Q & A
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| 3:55 - 4:00 |
| Closing Remarks & Adjourn
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| 4:00 - 5:30 |
| Reception
(You are invited to a social reception at the hotel.)
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Wednesday, April 26
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| 8:15 - 8:30 |
| Announcements
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| Session 3 |
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| 8:30 - 9:30 |
| Causes of Hypoxia II: Influence of Physical Oceanographic Processes on the Distribution & Extent of the Hypoxic Zone
Steve DiMarco, Texas A&M University
Presentation Handout (PDF, 3.6 mb)
Assessing Processes affecting Coastal Hypoxia from Space: River Plumes and Algal Blooms
Nan Walker
Presentation Handout (PDF, 1.5 mb)
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| 9:30 - 10:15 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
| Break
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
| Audience Q & A
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| Session 4 |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 |
| Causes of Hypoxia III: Influence of Water Column Processes on Oxygen Dynamics Including Chemical & Biological Nutrient Transformations Leading to Hypoxia
Michael Dagg, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Presentation Handout (PDF, 1.5 mb)
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| 12:00 - 1:00 |
| Lunch
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| 1:00 - 1:45 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 1:45 - 2:15 |
| Audience Q & A
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| 2:15 - 2:30 |
| Break
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| Session 5 |
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| 2:30 - 3:30 |
| Causes of Hypoxia IV: Benthic Processes Influencing Oxygen & Nutrient Dynamics
John Morse, Texas A&M University
Presentation Handout (PDF, 711 kb)
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| 3:30 - 4:15 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 4:15 - 4:25 |
| Break
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| 4:25 - 4:55 |
| Audience Q & A
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| 4:55 - 5:10 |
| Closing Remarks & Adjourn
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Thursday, April 27
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| 8:15 - 8:30 |
| Announcements
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| Session 6 |
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| 8:30 - 9:45 |
| Modeling Applications
Dubravko Justic, Louisiana State University
Presentation Handout (PDF, 2 mb)
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| 9:45 - 9:55 |
| Break
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| 9:55 - 11:10 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 11:10 - 11:20 |
| Break
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| 11:20 - 12:05 |
| Audience Q & A
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| 12:05 - 1:15 |
| Lunch
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| Session 7 |
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| 1:15 - 2:15 |
| Panelists' Summaries: Issues Addressed, Consensuses Reached & Gaps Remaining
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| 2:15 - 3:15 |
| Panelists' Discussion and Q & A
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| 3:15 - 3:45 |
| Closing Remarks
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| 3:45 |
| Adjourn
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