General Information and Program

8:00 - 8:45a

Registration

9:00 - 9:05a

Welcome

Stephanie Harlan, Boardmember, Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments; Councilmember, City of Capitola

9:05 - 10:30a

Session I

Moderators:

Dr. Gregor M. Cailliet, Chair, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Activities Panel; Professor of Biology, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Dr. Steven Webster, Chair, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council; Senior Marine Biologist, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Something Fishy: Human Dimensions of Ecosystem Change in the Monterey Bay
Dr. Caroline Pomeroy, Research Scientist, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz

The Response of the Sanctuary's Pelagic Ecosystem to Climate Variability
Dr. Francisco Chavez, Associate Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Patterns of Benthic Communities Within the Sanctuary
Dr. Stacy Kim, Adjunct Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

High School Students as Advocates for Progressive Fisheries Management
Michael Guardino, Chemistry, Physics and Subtidal Ecology Teacher, Carmel High School

10:30a - 10:45a

Break

10:45a - 12:15p

Session II

Moderator:

Dr. Mario N. Tamburri, Research Fellow, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Are Marine Mammals in Hot Water or Does Hot Water Affect Marine Mammals?
Dr. Jim Harvey, Associate Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

The Sanctuary's Rich and Wonderful Rocky Intertidal: How Has It Changed and How Do We Know?
Dr. John Pearse, Research Professor of Biology, Joseph M. Long Marine Laboratory, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz

Muddy Handprints: 10,000 Years of Human Environmental Change in the Elkhorn Slough
Mark Silberstein, Executive Director, Elkhorn Slough Foundation

12:15 - 1:00p

Lunch (on your own)

1:00 - 2:30p

Session III - Posters and Exhibits

2:30 - 2:45p

Break

2:45 - 3:15p

Session IV Ricketts Memorial Lecture

Long-Term Changes in Kelp Forests and Their Assemblages
Dr. Paul K. Dayton, Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego

3:30 - 4:30p

Year 2000 Sanctuary Awards, Poster Awards, and Reception Social Hour