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Draft Agenda

Day 1 (Monday) Drive from São Paulo to Cananéia
9:00-12:00 Participants arrive at airport(s)
2:00 Participant pick-up and departure for Cananéia (about a 4-hour drive from São Paulo)
7:00 Arrive Cananéia and settle into rooms, coffee break, set up for meeting (A/V, wi-fi, etc.)
8:00 Dinner and social time.


Day 2 (Tuesday) Basics of the CO2-system and its measurement; Venue - Hotel
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-9:00 Wainer - Introduction (logistics, layout of the meeting, introductions of participants, expected outcomes)
9:00-10:00 Dickson - Lecture 1: Carbon System Chemistry [READING: Riebesell et al: Part 1, sections 1.1-1.4]
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:15 Dickson - Lecture 2: Measurement techniques [READING: Riebesell et al.: Part 1, section 1.5; REFERENCE: Dickson et al. 2007)
11:15-12:15 Kleypas - Tutorial 1: CO2calc & CO2sys; batch inputs
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 MOVIE/DEMO: How to take water samples for CO2-system measurements; short movie by Andrew Dickson; how to take samples for oxygen.
2:30-3:30 Robbins - Lecture 1: Overview of instrumentation for CO2-system measurements [REFER TO: Riebesell et al: Table 1.3]
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-4:45 Discussion: Advantages and disadvantages of current analytical approaches
4:45-5:00 Groups are organized around common research topics
7:00/8:00 Dinner


Day 3 (Wednesday) Basics of CO2 experiments and manipulations / Research directions and needs within a Brazilian Ocean Acidification Research Program. Venue: Hotel in morning; Station in afternoon
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Quick intro to the day; logistics; adjustments to the program, etc.
8:45-9:45 Dickson: Lecture/Questions/Discussion: Summarize previous day, followed by open discussion of common pitfalls in measuring CO2-system chemistry
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-11:00 Langdon - Lecture 1: How to manipulate CO2-system chemistry for experiments: overview of methodologies [READING: Riebesell et al. Chapters 3-8]
11:00-12:00 Kleypas - Tutorial 2: How to determine CO2 manipulations for experiments
12:00-1:15 Lunch at the station
1:15-2:00 Langdon: Summary/Questions/Discussion: Common pitfalls in experimental manipulations and field measurements (e.g. appropriate volumes, frequency of sampling, etc.)
2:00-3:00 CASE STUDY: Experimental Design - example of designing an experiment based on the research objectives of the project. Case study provides the process of how to match the experimental design to the question being asked.
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:00Kleypas - Lecture 1: Components of a National Program on Ocean Acidification - examples from the US and Europe
4:00-7:00 Boat trip and discussions: Boat trip on the Estuary and to Cardoso Island. Participants discuss components/priorities for a Brazilian OA plan
8:00 Dinner


Day 4 (Thursday) Calcification, overviews; work on an OA plan.
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-8:45 Quick intro to the day; logistics; adjustments to the program, etc.
8:45-9:45 Langdon - Lecture 2: Biological concerns (e.g. organism sensitivities; controlling for multiple stressors; acclimation and lengths of experiments; variable responses within a single species; etc)
9:45-10:00 Break
10:15-11:15 Langdon: Summary/Questions/Discussion: Common pitfalls in experimental manipulations and field measurements (e.g. appropriate volumes, frequency of sampling, etc.)
11:15-12:15 Discussion about experimental manipulations
12:15-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 Langdon - Lecture 3: Calcification measurements in the field and lab
2:30-3:30 Participant case studies: working in groups to discuss each other’s research and to follow best practices
3:30-4:00 Break
4:00-5:00 Group Discussion and Presentation: Components of a Brazilian OA Research Strategy (discussion lead by Kleypas, Pinho, Wainer)
7:00/8:00 Reception/Dinner


Day 5 (Friday)
10:00 Depart for São Paulo

ORGANIZATION


Brazil Regional Office



Instituto Oceanográfico



National Institute for Space Research



Laboratorio de Oceanografia Clima e Criosfera (OC²)



Universidade de São Paulo



Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico



Instituto Oceanográfico Júnior