Tentative Preliminary Agenda
SERC NIGEC Conference

Cape Canaveral, Florida
November 4-6, 2002

Monday, November 4, 2002

Advisory Board Meeting (By Invitation:Advisory Board Members Only)



Tuesday, November 5, 2002

7:45-8:30 - Registration and Buffet Breakfast

8:30-9:00 - Opening Remarks, Dr. Ruth Reck, NIGEC National Director

NET CARBON EXCHANGE: MODERATOR - Dr. Peter Stiling


9:00- 9:30 - Dr. John Alberston , Duke University:

Separating soil-atmosphere and canopy-atmosphere exchange of CO₂ by micrometeorological methods


9:30 - 10:00 - Dr. Monique Leclerc , University of Georgia

Cross regional enhancement of CO₂ flux at three Ameriflux sites in the presence of flow circulations


10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00 - Dr. Leonel Sternberg, University of Miami

Free air respiratory carbon isotope enrichment experiment


11:00 - 11:30 - Dr. Henry Gholz/Tim Martin, University of Florida

Long-term Dynamics of Carbon, Water and Engergy Fluxes for Managed and Natural Pine Ecosystems in Florida


11:30 - 12:00 - Dr. Ram Oren, Duke University

Measurements and Modeling of Net Carbon Exchange over a Southeastern Loblolly PIne Plantation at the Duke Forest Ameriflux Site


12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch


1:00 - 2.00 - Dr. Rocky Durrans, The University of Alabama
Testing and Validation of PnET II3L for Use in Integrated Analyses of Global Climatic Change

2:00 - 5:00 - Site Visit - South Florida Scrub Oak Forest

5:30 - 7:00 - Reception and Poster Session



Wednesday, November 6, 2002

8:00 - 8:30 - Breakfast

Regional Impact Analysis Studies MODERATOR - Dr. Monique Lecrec


8:30 - 9:00 - Invited Speaker - TBA


9:00 - 9:30 - Dr. William Schlesinger, Duke University

Assessing Ecological Models of varying complexity for predicting sequestration in managed pine plantation


9:30 - 10:00 - Invited Speaker; Dr. Mark Hunter, The University of Georgia

10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee Break

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MODERATOR - Dr. William Schlesinger

10:30 - 11:00 - Dr. Sam Addy, The University of Alabama

Climate Change Impacts on the Southeastern U.S. Forest and Economy


11:00 - 11:30 - Dr. Peter Stiling - University of South Florida

Changes in Leaf Chemistry, Insect Herbivory, Leaf Abscission and Decomposition between Ambient and Elevated CO2


11:30 - 12:00 - Dr. Micheal Davis - University of Southern Mississippi

Carbon and nutrient flow through multiple trophic levels in a CO₂ enriched southern pine forest community


12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 - Concluding Remarks; Dr. Robert Griffin,SERC NIGEC Director

Afternoon - TBA