Tuesday, October 22, 2013 to Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Tallahasee, FL
Goals of workshop
The primary goal is to integrate ongoing studies and develop new ideas and collaborations to promote a comprehensive view of the factors controlling the formation and deposition of oil-associated marine snow and its accumulation as flocculants on the seafloor, in the context of oil and gas release and dispersant application in the marine environment.
- Define processes/framework
- What is spatial and temporal variation of processes
- Manifestation in sedimentary record
- Effects (biological and chemical) of processes and manifestation (and impacts) on ecosystem assessment
- Define research questions for each process in framework
- Identify what is needed for research strategy (i.e., what is and is not being addressed, define gaps and how to address these gaps)
Presentations
- Welcome & Logistics (Nancy Kinner)
- Overview: MOSSFA Working Group & Goals of Meeting (Uta Passow)
- Oil Associated Marine Snow (Ali Khelifa)
- Deposited Oil Associated Marine Snow (Samantha Joye)
- Ecosystem Consequences (Joel Kostka)
- Factors impacting the formation & modification of sinking "oil snow": processes and pathways (Kendra Daly)
- Factors contributing to the formation of oil containing marine snow
Location
Florida State University
Center for Ocean Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)
2000 Levy Avenue, Building A
Tallahassee, Florida 32310
Steering Committee
- Nancy Kinner, CRRC/CSE at the University of New Hampshire
- Jeff Chanton, Florida State University
- Kendra Daly, University of South Florida
- David Hollander, University of South Florida
- Uta Passow, University of California, Santa Barbara
