Agenda: 2006 Suwannee River Basin and Estuary Update Meeting (Gainesville, FL)

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Update and Strategy Meeting, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Tentative Agenda:

This meeting will consist of a series of brief presentations and discussions by topic. Afternoon discussions will focus on database development and research strategies.

Meeting goals:

to discuss new issues and new scientific findings
to explore logistics and coordination for database development
to identify key research needs, and
to develop strategy for strengthened cooperative basin-wide efforts

8:00 am	Gather in room 122 (Rodgers Hall)for coffee and informal introductions
8:30	Welcome and introductions: Wendy Graham (UF)
8:50	Overview: Ellen Raabe (USGS)
New Research and Issues (short presentations and discussion):
9:15-10:15	Water Quality and Water Flow
	Wendy Graham (UF): Design and demonstration of a distributed sensor array for predicting water flow and nitrate flux in the Santa Fe Basin Brain Katz (USGS): Emerging Contaminants in Groundwater and Springs Ellen Raabe (USGS): Instrumentation of seeps in Lower Suwannee David Sumner (USGS): Measurement and Estimation of Evapotranspiration in Florida Discussion
10:15-10:30	Break

10:30-11:30	Habitat and Species Research
	Mike Randall (USGS): Juvenile Sturgeon Recruitment Tom Manning (VSU): Marine Natural Products: Current Cancer and Alzheimer's Drugs at the Suwannee River Delta David L. Bechler (VSU): A survey and analysis of fish diversity in the Alapahoochee River of South Georgia Mike Legare (FWS): Lower Suwannee NWR Update George Constantino (FWS): Okefenokee NWR Update Discussion
11:30-12:00	Poster viewing and discussion

12:00-1:00	Lunch on campus

1:00-2:30	Database Development
	Sandra Fox (SJWMD): Florida Arc Hydro Working Group Pam Schofield (USGS): Suwannee Fauna Database Laura Gauron (USGS): Visualizing an Information Gateway to the Suwannee Basin David Maidment (UTexas): Water OneFlow and CUAHSI web services Discussion
2:30-2:45	Break
2:45-3:15	Database Coordination and Development
3:15-4:00	Research Priorities Discussion
4:00-5:00	Funding Strategies, Next Step, and Wrap-up

Contact information:

Ellen Raabe, USGS Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
600 4th Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
Phone: (727) 803-8747 x 3039, Fax: (727) 803-2032, Email: eraabe@usgs.gov

Wendy Graham, Professor and Chair, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
PO Box 110570, Rogers Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32611-0570
Phone: (352) 392-1864 x 120, Fax: 352-392-4092, Email: wgraham@ufl.edu

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