September 22nd/Savannah, Georgia
GCRC hosted the fourth Coastal Georgia Colloquium 2011 on September 22nd. A total of 62 participants from 12 academic units and 7 state or federal agencies attended the Colloquium. Feedback from the meeting (through evaluations and informal comments) was very positive: More than 90 percent of those participants who filled out an evaluation agreed with the statement that they would “follow up with someone as a result of the meeting”..
Agenda
Presentations from Selected Speakers
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Program Overviews
Jill Andrews, Georgia Coastal Management Program, GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
Georgia Coastal Management Program
Janice Flory, Georgia Coastal Research Council, UGA
Georgia Coastal Research Council
Brad Gane, GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
South Atlantic Alliance Update
Coastal Communities Session
Sonny Emmert, GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
2010 Coastal Georgia Elevation Project
Kelly O’Rourke, GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
CRD Report – Coastal Communities
Habitat Session
Jeb Byers, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
Marine community and population ecology – Biological invasions – Conservation biology
Sonny Emmert, GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
Coastal Hazards Session
Jennifer Kline , GA Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
Nate Nibbelink , Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, University of Georgia
Assessing vulnerabilities and adaptive capacity in coastal communities
Water Quality Session
Joan Sheldon , Georgia Coastal Research Council, University of Georgia
Recommended Indicators of Estuarine Water Quality for Georgia
Wetlands Session
Merryl Alber, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
The Georgia Coastal Ecosystems (GCE) Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Program
Jan MacKinnon, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources Division
Introductions (3-minute talks)
Clark Alexander, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia
Catherine Edwards, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, University of Georgia
George Fu, Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineering Department, Georgia Southern University
JP Schmidt, Post-doctoral Associate, Marine Sciences, University of Georgia
George Sedberry, Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary
Randy Walker , Marine Extension, UGA