1st Annual Monitoring Forum

Focuses:  Coastal nutrient criteria; Improving data comparability

3-5 June 2008

 

Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront

333 1st Street South; St. Petersburg, FL 33701-4342

 

Reminder:

Hotel room reservations at reduced rates end April 30 (reservation info below).

Abstract submissions for presentations and posters are due by May 2 (submission form attached).

Registration deadline (no cost) is May 16 (registration form attached).

 

PRELIMINARY AGENDA: 

Tues. 3 June       

Presentations

Morning          Coastal Water Resource Monitoring - Plenary: Topics of general interest

Afternoon       Simultaneous sessions:

Harmful Algal Blooms

Microbial Source Tracking

Coastal and Estuarine Monitoring and Criteria

Evening           Poster social

 

Wed. 4 June    

Workshops

Morning          A. Nutrient Sources, Fate and Transport- Gulf Alliance Nutrient Study-Design Workshop #2

                        B. Training: Florida Standard Field-Sampling Methods; classroom session

Afternoon       A. Gulf Alliance Nutrient Study-Design Workshop #2 (continued)

B. Field measurements and sampling QA/QC: Gulf Alliance Field Measurement Round Robin; field session

Thurs. 5 June     

Workshops

Morning          A. Gulf Alliance Nutrient Study-Design Workshop #2 (concluded)

B. Training by Vendors (tentative)

Noon               GOMA Monitoring Forum ends

 

Interested parties are invited to stay for workshop on “Nutrient Criteria in Florida Estuaries” put on by Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection at FWC’s Fish & Wildlife Research Institute, located within a few blocks (easy walking distance) of the Forum hotel.

 

Afternoon       Nutrient Criteria in Estuaries workshop - FL Dept. of Environ. Protection, at FWRI

 

Fri. 6 June           

Workshops

Morning           Nutrient Criteria in Estuaries workshop - FL Dept. of Environ. Protection (concluded)

 

REGISTRATION DEADLINES:  Registration by May 16, 2008, is required for attendance.  Submission of abstracts for poster and oral presentations are due May 2.  Submit both forms to Linda Sedlacek (mailto:Linda.Sedlacek@dep.state.fl.us).  Limit your abstracts to 250 words or less.  There is no registration fee.

Registration documents and additional information are available at the Gulf Alliance website:  www2.nos.noaa.gov/gomex/

 

HOTEL INFORMATION:  Room rates are $98 per night plus $10 for internet per day and $10 for parking per day.  A room block has been reserved.  To make reservations at this rate, call (727) 894-5000 and ask for the Gulf of Mexico Alliance block.  Reservations must me made by April 30th 2008. 

 

Note: Reservations can now be made at the block rate for those staying Thursday night June 5 (e.g., for the FDEP workshop on Friday).  This availability but may not show on the hotel registration computers until April 25.

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