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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Session 1:   Ecophysiology - Chair: Julia Kubanek
Time Presenter Title
8:30
Dan Ayres, Joe Schumacker,
Kathi Lefebvre
& Vera Trainer
Welcome and Opening Remarks
8:50
William Cochlan Differential toxin response of large and small cell-sized Pseudo-nitzschia species as a function of nitrogen status and source: A comparative study of P. multiseries and P. cuspidata
9:10
Patricia Glibert Eutrophication and coastal bay blooms: Teasing apart climate variability from anthropogenic impacts
9:30
Christopher Gobler The nutrition ecology of the harmful dinoflagellate blooms caused by Cochlodinium polykrikoides in New York estuaries
9:50
Kathryn Coyne Comparison of nitrate reductase sequence and expression patterns for the harmful raphidophytes, Heterosigma akashiwo and Chattonella subsalsa

10:10 - 10:40 - Break
Session 2:    Modeling & Mitigation – Chair: Vera Trainer
Time Presenter Title
10:40
Clarissa Anderson Application of regional downscaling to the forecasting of Pseudo-nitzschia and domoic acid events
11:00
Michael Brosnahan Reproductive barriers in Alexandrium tamarense species and their implications for global biogeography and toxic bloom mitigation
11:20
Ken Hudnell Freshwater harmful algal bloom suppression through solar-powered circulation
11:40
Jack Rensel GIS-based modeling: Nutrients, phytoplankton and aquaculture

Lunch 12:00 – 1:30 PM (on your own)
Session 3: Mechanisms of Toxicity – Chair: John Berry
Time Presenter Title
1:30
Reagan Errera A new look at Karenia brevis brevetoxin and brevenal production: the influence of environmental factors
1:50
Allen Place Behavioral correlates of karlotoxin production - Stun your prey before you eat!
2:10
Ying Zhong Tang Allelopathic effect of Cochlodinium polykrikoides isolates from North America on competing phytoplankton

2:30 - 3:00 - Break
 Session 4: Mechanisms of Toxicity – Chair: Kathi Lefebvre
Time Presenter Title
3:00
John Ramsdell Acute domoic acid poisoning in rats leads to a chronic syndrome of aggressive behavior and epilepsy
3:20
Eric Montie MRI and volumetric neuroimaging: Novel approaches to determine the effects of domoic acid on the central nervous system in live California sea lions (Zalophus californianus)
3:40
Lihua Chen Residual sodium channel currents account for positive effects of PSP toxins in a marine copepod
4:00
Ritchie Shoemaker Using markers of chronic systemic inflammatory disturbances in innate immunity to define chronic ciguatera as a biotoxin illness: a case/control study

4:20 – 6:00 PM  Poster session 1: Exposure Risks & Human Health, Public Health & Community Outreach

6:30 – 11:30 PM  Special Event: Traditional Tribal salmon bake and ceremonial dance at  the Quinault Beach Resort & Casino (meet shuttle at 6:30 PM in Shilo lobby).


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2009
Session 5: Exposure Risks & Human Health – Chair: Frank Cox
Time Presenter Title
8:30
Barbara Kirkpatrick Aerosolized red tide toxins (brevetoxins) and asthma: Continued health effects after 1 hour acute beach exposure
8:50
Mindy Richlen The taxonomy and biodiversity of the diatom Pseudo-nitzschia H. Peragallo in the Gulf of Maine: Characterizing an emerging threat in the region
9:10
Lynn Grattan Human health impacts of low level domoic acid exposure in the Pacific Northwest: An update of the CoASTAL cohort studies
9:30
Christina Senft Accumulation and depuration of PSP toxins within populations of the marine copepod Acartia tonsa
9:50
Lorraine Backer Recreational exposure to microcystins during algal blooms in two California lakes  

10:10 - 10:40 - Break
Session 6: Fisheries & Foodwebs – Chair: Dan Ayres
Time Presenter Title
10:40
Peggy Lehman Initial impacts of Microcystis on the aquatic food web in San Francisco Estuary
11:00
Kari Galvan Basal food web support of blue crab fisheries in the upper Barataria Estuary, Louisiana with a focus on toxic cyanobacteria: a combined approach of natural abundance stable isotopes (13C and 15N) and toxin analysis (ELISA)
11:20
Kevin Sellner Karlodinium impacts on rotifers and crab larvae: Further indication of a cosmopolitan foodweb manipulator
11:40
Xiaodong Jiang Deleterious consequences and density-dependent nutritional quality of the red tide dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides to the copepod Acartia tonsa

Lunch 12:00 – 1:30 PM

Box lunch Discussion - ACT (Jason Smith)

Session 7: Fisheries & Foodwebs – Chair: Sibel Bargu
Time Presenter Title
1:30
Michael Twiner Florida panhandle bottlenose dolphin mortality events between 1999 and 2006: One common toxin – three distinct events
1:50
Spencer Fire Domoic acid exposure in pygmy and dwarf sperm whales (Kogia spp.) from southeastern and mid-Atlantic U.S. waters
2:10
Monica Bricelj Effects of Alexandrium blooms on the gene frequency of resistance to PSP toxins in NW Atlantic softshell clam populations: Integration of lab and field studies

2:30 - 3:00 - Break
Session 8: Public Health & Community Outreach – Chair: Judy Kleindinst
Time Presenter Title
3:00
Andrew Reich Public health surveillance of illness related to harmful algal blooms: Florida's experience
3:20
Carol Boushey Application of nutritional epidemiology to the field of harmful algal blooms
3:40
Sparkle Roberts Development, implementation and evaluation of community education for the CoASTAL cohort

4:00 - 6:00 PM  Poster session 2:  Modeling & Mitigation, Emerging Technologies, Mechanisms of Toxicity

6:00 – 7:30 PM Community Meeting:  1) NOAA HAB program & HABHRCA update; 2) Venue proposals and vote for 6th HAB symposium.

Dinner (free night)

Visit the Galway Bay Irish Pub for live music

 




WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2009
Session 9:   Bloom Dynamics - Chair: Don Anderson
Time Presenter Title
8:30
David Caron Characterizing subsurface blooms of Pseudo-nitzschia and outbreaks of domoic acid in coastal waters off southern California
8:50
Kirsten Feifel A historical reconstruction of an Alexandrium catenella cyst record from Sequim Bay, WA, and it's relation to climate variability
9:10
Steve Wilhelm
Developing a nutrient management strategy for controlling harmful cyanobacterial blooms in China's Lake Taihu: A looking glass for other large eutrophying
9:30
Ted Smayda
Revisting the turbulance-harmful bloom paradigm
9:50 Peter Strutton  MOCHA: Monitoring Oregon Coastal Harmful Algae 

10:10 - 10:40 AM - Break

Session 10:   Bloom Dyanamics - Chair: Deana Erdner
Time Presenter Title
10:40
Juliette Smith
Starvation of Dinophysis acuminata: effects on toxin production and extracellular release
11:00
Bruce Keafer
Toxic Alexandrium fundyense blooms in the Nauset Marsh System on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
11:20
Cythia Heil
Shifts in nutrient sources, utilization and processing in coastal Karenia brevis bloom
11:40
Theresa Hattenrath
The influence of anthropogenic nitrogen loading and meteorological conditions on the dynamics and toxicity of Alexandrium fundyense blooms in a New York (USA) estuary

12:00 - 1:30  PM - Lunch
Box lunch Discussion: Shellfish Harvesters ( Dan Ayres)


Session 11:  Population Genetics & Genomics - Chair: Micaela Parker
Time Presenter Title
1:30
Darren Henrichs
Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of Karenia brevis blooms in the Gulf of Mexico
1:50
Frances Van Dolah
Genomic response of nutrient linited Karenia brevis to nitrogen and phosphorus addition
2:10
Stephanie Brunelle
Post-transcriptional regulation of the DNA replication fork proteins in the Florida red tide dinoflagellate, Karenia brevis

2:30 - 3:00 PM - Break


Session 12:  Toxin Indentification & Detection - Chair: Jason Smith 
Time Presenter Title
3:00
Charlie Trick
Iron enrichment stimulates toxic diatom production in the high nitrate low chlorophyll Eastern subartic Pacific
3:20
Alison Robertson
Occurance and distribution of lipophilic shellfish toxins in the Pacific Northwest
3:40
Eli Fux
Overview of the application and performance of SPATT samplers for the detection of lipophilic marine toxins

4:00 - 6:00  PM  Poster Session 3: Bloom Ecology A


6:00 PM - 12:00 AM  Banquet and Party at the Shilo Inn:

                                       Buffet dinner (6:30 - 7:30 PM),

                                       Host Bar - Beer & Wine ( 6:30 - 11:00 PM ),

                                        Dancing with DJ (7:30 PM - 12:00 AM )


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
Session 13:   Modeling & Mitigation- Chair: Chris Brown
Time Presenter Title
8:30
Raphael Kudela
Beyond Cal-PReEMPT: Lessons learned from a regional MERHAB project
8:50
Michelle Tomlinson
The development of a forecast system for cyanobacterial blooms in western Lake Erie
9:10
Kathleen Fisher
Operational harmful algal bloom forecasting: A Gulf of Mexico reality and the prospect for a national capability
9:30
Barbara Hickey
Seasonal differences in sources of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cells on Washington's razor clam beaches
9:50 Michael Parsons A refined model of Gambierdiscus growth and abundance in the coastal waters of Hawaii.

10:10 - 10:40 AM Break

10:10 - 12:00 PM Poster Session 4: Bloom Ecology B, Fisheries & foodwebs, Toxin ID

12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch (on your own)

Session 14: Emerging Technologies - Chair: Jerome Naar
Time Presenter Title
1:30
Juli Dyble Bressie

Assessing environmental controls on Microcystis growth and toxicity in the great lakes using molecular tools
1:50
Pia Moisander
Diversity and nutrient limitation of Microcystis aeruginosa in the Klamath River and San Francisco Bay Estuary, California
2:10
Vincent Lovko
Detection and characterization of Karlodinium veneficum in the northern Gulf of Mexico

Break 2:30 - 3:00 PM

Session 15:  Emerging Technologies - Chair: Marc Suddleson
Time Presenter Title
3:00
Katherine Hubbard
Potential links between hydrography, diversity, and distribution patterns of Pseudo-nitzschia communities in the Puget Sound estuary
3:20
Rose Ann Cattolico
Heterosigma akashiwo strain identity: Impact on cyst survival
3:40
Ahmed Moustafa Deep transcriptomics of toxic red tide dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense
4:00 Closing Remarks  




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