September 13, 2012 - Presentations and Agenda

The Climate Connection Workshop Series:
Climate Variability and Impacts to South Carolina’s Natural Resources

Where: Marine Resources Research Institute Auditorium, Charleston, SC

Time	Topic
9:00 – 9:15 am	Welcome Ken Rentiers SCDNR- Land, Water and Conservation, Deputy Director
9:15 – 9:35 am	SC Climate Trends and Variability 1901-2010 PDF Hope Mizzell SCDNR-Land, Water and Conservation, SC State Climatologist
9:35 – 10:00 am	Understanding South Carolina’s Climate Controls Presentation PDF Hope Mizzell SCDNR-Land, Water and Conservation, SC State Climatologist
10:00 – 10:20 am	Analysis of 60 years of water temperature data from Charleston Harbor Presentation PDF Steve Arnott SCDNR-Marine Resources Division, Associate Marine Scientist
10:20 – 10:40 am	Break
10:40 – 11:10 am	Climate and Estuarine Fauna Presentation PDF Dennis Allen Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Research Professor and Resident Director
11:10 – 11:30 am	Influence of Climate on Shrimp Abundance Presentation PDF David Whitaker SCDNR-Marine Resources Division, Assistant Deputy Director
11:30 – 11:50 pm	Salinity Intrusion: Integrating Riverine and Coastal Forces Presentation PDF Paul Conrads US Geological Survey, Surface Water Specialist
12:00 – 12:50 pm	Lunch Provided
12:50 – 1:20 pm	Climate Changes Everything Presentation PDF Raye Nilius SC Lowcountry Refuges Complex, Project Leader Got Data! Needs for Monitoring and Partnering in a Changing Climate Presentation PDF Nicole M. Rankin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuge System Inventory and Monitoring Network
1:20 – 1:50 pm	Prolonged Drought Linked to Blue Crab Decline Presentation PDF Michael Childress Clemson University, Biological Sciences Associate Professor
1:50 – 2:05 pm	National Integrated Drought Information System: Pilot Project in the Carolinas Prsentation PDF Amanda Brennan Carolina's Integrated Sciences & Assessments, Research Assistant
2:05 – 2:30 pm	South Carolina's Wildlife Action Plan Presentation PDF Derrell Shipes SCDNR-Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries, Chief of Statewide Projects, Research, and Survey
2:30 – 2:45 pm	Break
2:45 – 3:15 pm	National Fish, Wildlife, and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy Presentation PDF Arpita Choudhury Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Science and Research Liaison
3:15 – 4:30 pm	Open discussion

(The workshops are funded through a grant from NOAA's Carolina's Integrated Science and Assessment Program at the University of South Carolina).

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