CalCOFI Conference Final Announcement and Call for Papers
The 2018 CalCOFI Conference will be in the NOAA Fisheries Southwest Fisheries Science Center on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Campus, San Diego, in La Jolla, CA, 3-5 December, 2018. (Map & Directions)
Verbal and poster presentations are welcome related to the biology, physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology, politics or economics of the California Current System, its adjacent waters, and Eastern Boundary Currents.
All information regarding the conference, including housing, registration forms and deadlines, is available at the CalCOFI conference website at:
http://oceaninformatics.ucsd.edu/calcofi/conference/
Important Reminders:
- Abstracts for verbal presentations and posters are due Nov. 2. Sample abstract format is shown below.
- Please register and pay the registration fee by Nov. 26. The form is available on the conference website. You can use a credit or debit card, PayPal account, or personal check (US only).
Please mark your calendars. We hope to see you in December!
Summary of Important Dates
| 15 October | Deadline for financial aid requests |
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| 2 November | Final Abstract due for both verbal presentations and posters (in English, in electronic format) |
| 26 November | Registration fees due |
| 3 December |
1300-1700 Opening of the Conference - Status of the California Current and its Fisheries 1700-1900 Reception at SWFSC |
| 4 December |
0800 CalCOFI Symposium, and Contributed Papers 1700-1900 Evening Poster Session (TBA, SIO) |
| 5 December | 0800-1700 CalCOFI Contributed Papers |
Symposium Topic: Spatial dynamics and organization of populations in response to environmental parameters
Convener: Deb Wilson-Vandenberg, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The abundance and distribution of key marine resources varies spatially and temporally in the California Current Ecosystem, dynamically changing due to physical or biological factors, and our ability to predict these phenomena has been limited. Key forage species may aggregate in regions of high productivity that may be influenced by a variety of environmental variables – for example, krill have been known to aggregate in association with sea mounts. The unforeseen co-occurrence of the spatial distribution of anchovies and feeding humpback whales combined with the regulatory timing of Dungeness crab trap placements increased the potential for gear entanglements and resulted in increased management efforts. While advances in monitoring and sampling methods continue to improve information on real-time distribution and abundance, resources available for continued or expanded data gathering are limited. Modeling capabilities have advanced, enhancing our ability to incorporate an increasing diversity of variables and more effectively simulate and predict spatial variation. [b3] How can modeling spatial distribution be used to provide a better understanding of species or community interactions or be incorporated into management? The 2018 Symposium will highlight current efforts to improve our understanding of spatial dynamics of marine resources and our ability to predict or forecast them. Topics may include prey-switching, forecasting, modeling, applications for stock assessments and management implications.
| Conference-related communications should be addressed to: | Symposium questions should be addressed to: | |
| John Heine | Deb Wilson-Vandenberg | |
| CalCOFI Conference Coordinator | California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife | |
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Sample Abstract Format: Times New Roman font, size 12, center justify title, authors, and affiliations, full justify text. One page maximum length. Beyond the mean: ‘Event-scale’ phenomena and their relationship to ecosystem forecasting
Mark D. Ohman1, Uwe Send1, Dan L. Rudnick1, David A. Demer2, Todd R. Martz1, Richard A. Feely3
1Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla 2Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS/NOAA, La Jolla 3Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA, Seattle
The advent of mooring and glider programs in the southern California Current System has made it possible to resolve ‘event-scale’ perturbations in the upper ocean, a significant advance over the coarse temporal and spatial resolution of the past. The detection and resolution of high-frequency phenomena is important because these events are thought to play a disproportionate role in determining nutrient fluxes, organism exposure to acidified waters and hypoxia, larval fish feeding success, and carbon export. We will illustrate examples of both temporal and spatial ‘events’ that have significant ecosystem impacts. Moored observations resolve upwelling event-triggered blooms, causing low pH, undersaturated conditions that first augment, then draw down pCO2. Such observations also permit us to measure nitrate consumption and relate it to phytoplankton abundance and rapid changes of f-ratios. Echotag acoustic sensors on the moorings resolve zooplankton and fish, permitting detection of responses to changes in habitat conditions. Spray glider-based observations have revealed the importance of biophysical frontal systems, which are typically regions of abrupt changes (and often local increases) in phytoplankton Chl-a and zooplankton acoustic backscatter. Glider studies have also uncovered regions of locally elevated mixing that may affect nutrient availability. |
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