2018 Chesapeake Community Research & Modeling Symposium
June 12-14 2018 at the Crowne Plaza Annapolis
The Chesapeake Community Modeling Program (CCMP) seeks to improve observational and modeling tools specific to the Chesapeake Bay and its surrounding environment by fostering collaborative, open source research. The purpose of the sixth biennial Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium was to identify and showcase existing observational and modeling research efforts and decision support tools using data.
While the Bay ecosystem is well-researched, many challenges remain. We need higher temporal resolution measurements and higher spatial resolution models, and better and models of physical, biological and chemical processes in the air-shed, watershed and estuary. We need more flexible sampling and modeling approaches to resolve management impacts on living resources. We need to link models to human and socio-economic impacts.
By bringing together managers, scientists, and stakeholders for a series of plenary talks, panel discussions, and special sessions, the 2018 Chesapeake Community Research and Modeling Symposium highlighted recent progress, challenges and prospects for research, monitoring and modeling efforts that are used to guide management and restoration efforts in Chesapeake Bay.
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SESSIONS
Plenary Speakers - June 12th
Rich Batiuk, EPA, "Three Decades of Using Science as the Foundation for Collaborative Bay and Watershed Restoration Decision-making—a Behind the Scenes Look at How the Partnership Works"
Marjorie Friedrichs, VIMS, "Shallow Water Management Models for Chesapeake Bay"
Jason Fleming, Seahorse Coastal, "Real Time ADCIRC Modelling for Coastal Zone Decision Support"
Panels - June 13th
Research to Address Contaminants of Emerging and Increasing Concern for the Chesapeake Region
Moderator: Scott Phillips (USGS CBPO)
Panelists: Greg Allen (US EPA CBPO), Vicki Blazer (USGS), Lee Blaney (UMBC), Heather Gall (Penn State)
Seagrass Recovery in Chesapeake Bay: A Success Story for Chesapeake Bay Research and Restoration
Moderator: Larry Sanford (UMCES)
Panelists: Bill Dennison (UMCES), JJ Orth (VIMS), Cassie Gurbisz (St. Mary's College of MD), Jonathan Lefcheck (Center for Ocean Health)
Here is a list of all the special sessions that will take place during the conference. The session leaders are listed below session names.
For full info on these sessions, click here to download a PDF of all the abstracts.
Biogeochemical and Ecological Forecasting: Challenges and Successes
Raleigh Hood (UMCES) and Marjy Friedrichs (VIMS)
Understanding oyster trajectories: wild population dynamics, restoration and the role of aquaculture
Ryan Carnegie (VIMS) and Jeff Cornwell (UMCES)
Water Clarity in Chesapeake Bay: trends, drivers and research priorities
Jeni Keisman (USGS) and Carl Friedrichs (VIMS)
Understanding Nutrient Transport in the Chesapeake Watershed: Legacies, Lag Times, Mechanisms, Drivers and Solutions
Daniel Wilusz (Johns Hopkins), Bill Ball (Johns Hopkins), Ciaran Harman (Johns Hopkins), Karen Rice (USGS), and Rosemary Fanelli (USGS)
Using environmental biomarkers to study Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystems
Ryan Woodland (UMCES) and Christina Bradley (Salisbury Univ)
Building useful decision support tools with monitoring and modeling data
Emily Trentacoste (EPA) and John Wolf (USGS)
Evaluating current and future influences on James River Water Quality Condition
Jian Shen (VIMS), Harry Wang (VIMS), and Richard Isleib (HDR)
Current State of Stormwater, Modeling and Research
Scott Taylor (Michael Baker Intl) and Seth Brown
Practical Advances in Regional Land Change Modeling: What’s achievable now?
Peter Claggett (USGS), Claire Jantz (Shippensburg Univ), and David Donato (USGS)
Change in the Chesapeake: Moving Toward Finer Scales In Estuarine and Watershed Modeling
Lewis Linker (EPA), Gary Shenk (EPA), Marjy Friedrich (VIMS), Lisa Wainger (UMCES), Rich Batiuk (EPA), Andrew Sommerlot (UMCES), and Zach Easton (Virginia Tech)
Explaining conditions and trends: Integrated monitoring and modeling approaches to describe water-quality change in the watershed and estuary
Joel Blomquist (UMCES), Qian Zhang (UMCES), Jeremy Testa (UMCES), Gary Shenk (USGS), John Brakebill (USGS)
Sediment-Process Studies in the Chesapeake Bay Region, including Recent Studies from Conowingo Reservoir
Courtney Harris (VIMS), Blake Clark (UMCES), Cindy Palinkas (UMCES), and Jim Fitzpatrick (HDR)
Observations and Modeling of Chesapeake Bay Wetlands and Coupled Sub-estuaries: Advancing Understanding through Comparative Analyses
Patrick Neale (SERC), Maria Tzortziou (CUNY), Raleigh Hood (UMCES), and Blake Clark (UMCES)
Modeling of Climate Change Consequences for Phase III Watershed Implementation Plans
Don Boesch (UMCES)
Other Current and Emerging Issues in Chesapeake Bay Science and Modeling
William P. Ball (JHU), Raleigh Hood (UMCES), and David Jasinski (Green Fin Studio)
General Poster Session
David Jasinski (Green Fin Studio)
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