FLORIDA COOS Caucus 14: November 3 at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
Theme: Climate Change: Florida's Changing Coastal Ocean Environment
Agenda for November 3, 2008 meeting
Hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida.
Presentations at FCC14
Jyotika Virmani: Florida COOS Update
Chris Simoniello: GCOOS-RA Update
Jennifer Dorton: SECOORA Update
Donna Henry: Florida-UK Climate Change Summit: A European Approach to Climate Change (pptx)
Peter Ortner: The Florida Ocean and Coastal Council Climate Change Primer
Michael Spranger: Florida Sea Grant: Focus on Climate Change
Vicki McGee: NERRS: A System Wide Monitoring Program
Loren Coen: SCCF's River Estuary and Coastal Observing Network (RECON): A system for evaluating water quality and a tool to enhance marine research (pptx)
Michael Parsons: Watershed Alteration Impacts on Estuaries and Coasts (ppsx)
Michael Parsons: HABS in a Changing Coastal Environment (ppsx)
George Maul: Florida Sea Level Rise in the Last Century
Michael Savarese: Sea Level Rise and Its Effects on Southwest Florida's Coastal Geomorphology and Estuary Development
Wade Jeffrey: Ocean Acidifcation
Ernie Estevez: Thoughts on Climate Change
Logistics
RSVP to Jyotika Virmani by Wednesday, October 29 (for logistic purposes). If you have not RSVP'd you are still welcome to attend.
Email: jyotika@marine.usf.edu
Meeting venue: Student Union Building, Ballroom. The FGCU campus map has driving directions.
Parking Information: As soon as you enter the Main Entrance (to the south, there's a light at this entrance and a FGCU sign), there's a guard booth. Tell them you are attending the Florida COOS Meeting and they will give you a parking permit and directions on where to park (most likely the parking garage next to the student union).
Lunch will not be provided, but there are places to eat on campus.
Hotel information:
If you wish to stay the night before or after, they have a special offer for up to 7 people (who have cars): there are 7 apartments available for visiting scientists at the Bonita Springs Field Station. It's about 13 miles (25 min drive) from the campus, but well worth the view and location. It abuts mangroves and the bay and the Gulf of Mexico is across the road. The address is 5164 Bonita Beach Rd, Bonita Springs. The rate is $75/night. These are all 1 bed room apartments.Please send Jyotika Virmani an email if interested.
For those of you who would like to stay closer to campus, the Courtyard by Marriott in Fort Myers offers a Florida Gulf Coast University rate of $109 (plus tax)/night. The phone number is (239) 332-4747. The address is 10050 Gulf Center Drive, Fort Myers, FL 33913. The website has directions. When you call, ask for the FGCU rate.
