FLORIDA COOS Caucus 5: April 3, 2006, Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL
Short Agenda for April 3, 2006 meeting
Detailed Agenda for April 3, 2006 meeting
- Presentations given at FCC5
- Alberte, Randall: Towards Real-time Assessment of Water Quality: New Molecular Approaches
- Estevez, Ernie: Biosense
- Heupel, Michelle: Passive acoustic telemetry and COOS: integration and benefits of biological
- Hitchcock, Gary: Oxygen Productivity
- Kirkpatrick, Gary: Red Tide Observatory (BreveBuster™)
- Mann, David: Passive Acoustics: The Promise of Ocean Observatories
- Paul, John: Molecular Detection of Red Tides in the Coastal Zone
- Robbins, Brad: Acoustic Mapping
- Roman, Don: The Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
Florida Coastal Ocean Observing Systems Caucus Meeting 5
Monday, April 3, 2006
Mote Marine Laboratory
Sarasota, Florida
Keating Education Center
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
- Welcome and Introductions - MML President Kumar Mahadevan, Ph.D.
- Featured Speaker - TBA
- Panel Discussion on BIOSENSE - Michelle Heupel, Ph.D. (MML) & Gary Kirkpatrick, PH.D. (MML) with Dr. Ernie Estevez
(MML), Dr. John Paul (USF), Dr. Gary Hitchcock (RSMAS), Dr. David Mann (USF), Dr. Brad Robbins (MML), and Dr. Randall Alberte
(FGCU)
- COOS Activities & Opportunities - Department Head George Maul (FIT) & Dean Dick Dodge (NSU OC). Subjects: 1) FOCRC Science
Research Plan FY 2006-2007, project relationships. 2) Florida COOS Caucus, institutional MOU.
- Plan of Action - Tom Gustafson. J.D. (NSU OC)
- Closing Comments - Kumar Mahadevan, Ph.D. (MML)
Directions to the Keating Marine Education Center at Mote Marine Laboratory
(941) 388-4441 (dial O for switchboard)
From I-75 North or South
Take Fruitville Road exit 210 off I-75 approximately 8 miles west to Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41), turn left. At first stop light
(Gulfstream Avenue) turn right and proceed across the Ringling Causeway drawbridge to St. Armands Circle. Go ¼ around the
circle and exit at North Boulevard of the Presidents. Proceed one mile to the traffic signal at Ken Thompson Parkway and turn
right. The Keating Center will be on your left (building on stilts). Parking is limited, so proceed past the Keating Center
and turn right onto Betty Mote Rose Way (signs for Outboard Club, Ski-A-Rees, Mote Aquarium) which leads to the public parking
area for Mote Aquarium.
From Sarasota Bradenton Airport or U.S. 41
Take Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) south approximately 10 miles. Turn right at Gulfstream Avenue and proceed across the Ringling
Causeway drawbridge to St. Armands Circle. Go ¼ around the circle and exit at North Boulevard of the Presidents. Proceed
one mile to the traffic signal at Ken Thompson Parkway and turn right. The Keating Center will be on your left (building on
stilts). Parking is limited, so proceed past the Keating Center and turn right onto Betty Mote Rose Way (signs for Outboard
Club, Ski-a-Rees, Mote Aquarium) which leads to the public parking area for Mote Aquarium.
Download maps/directions
For those participants who wish to stay overnight either Sunday or Monday.
For reservations, contact:
Kim (Sales Office at Lido Beach Holiday Inn)
Email: Events
Phone: (941) 552-1171
Holiday Inn Lido Beach (located approx. 1 mile from Mote Lab)
233 Ben Franklin Drive
Sarasota, FL 34236
Request a reservation under the "Mote Marine Lab Corporate Advantage Rate"
for the nights you are planning to stay (Sunday, April 2 and/or Monday,
April 3). Please have a credit card available to make your reservation.
The rate is $159/night plus tax.
Please make your reservations by March 27th as this is the busy season in
Sarasota and space will be limited at this rate after that date.
For more information on the hotel: www.lidobeachholidayinn.com
If you have any questions regarding hotel information, please feel free to
contact Donna Basso at Mote Marine Laboratory, phone: 941-388-4441 x334;
Email: Donna Basso
