Tentative Preliminary Agenda
SERC NIGEC Conference

Durham, North Carolina
November 27-29, 2001

Tuesday, November 27, 2001

Advisory Board Meeting (By Invitation:Advisory Board Members Only)



Wednesday, November 28, 2001

7:45-8:30 - Registration and Buffet Breakfast

8:30-9:00 - Opening Remarks, Dr. Ruth Reck, NIGEC National Director

NET CARBON EXCHANGE: MODERATOR - Dr. RAM OREN

9:00- 9:30 - Dr. Jeff Chanton, Florida State University:
Isotopic Studies at AmeriFlux Tower Sites: Estimating CO2 Exchange and Anthropogenic CH4

9:30 - 10:00 - Dr. Hugo Rogers, Auburn University
Carbon and Nutrient Flow Through Mulitple Tropic Levels in CO2-Enriched Plant Communities

10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee Break

10:30 - 11:00 - Dr. Monique Leclerc, University of Georgia
Enhancement and Intercomparison of H2O Measurements from Soil and Canopy at Two AmeriFlux Sites

11:00 - 11:30 - Dr. Henry Gholz/Tim Martin, University of Florida
Long-term Dynamics of Carbon, Water and Engergy Fluxes for Managed and Natural Pine Ecosystems in Florida

11:30 - 12:00 - Dr. John Albertson, University of Virginia
Spatial Variability of Uptake by Forests: Dfining the Relative Contributions of Biology and Meteorology

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 - Dr. Ram Oren/David Ellsworth/Gaby Katul, Duke University
Measurements and Modeling of Net Carbon Exchange over a Southeastern Loblolly PIne Plantation at the Duke Forest Ameriflux Site

1:30 - 2:00 - Invited Speaker - Dr. William Schlesinger (FACE), Duke University

2:00 - 5:00 - Site Visit - Blackwood Division of Duke Forest

5:30 - 7:00 - Reception and Poster Session (includes graduate students)



Thursday, November 29, 2001

8:00 - 8:30 - Breakfast

SOCIO-ECONOMICS: MODERATOR - Dr. JEFF CHANTON

8:30 - 9:00 - Invited Speaker - Dr. Kurt Johnsen (USFS, North Carolina)

9:00 - 9:30 - Dr. Sam Addy, The University of Alabama
Climate Change Impacts on the Southeastern U.S. Forest and Economy

9:30 - 10:00 - Dr. Bob Abt, North Carolina State University
Spatial Modeling of the Ecophysiologic Hydrologic, and Economic impacts of Climate Change on Forrested Ecosystems of the South

10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee Break

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: MODERATOR - Dr. JOHN ALBERTSON

10:30 - 11:00 - Dr. Peter Stiling - University of South Florida
Changes in Leaf Chemistry, Insect Herbivory, Leaf Abscission and Decomposition between Ambient and Elevated CO2

11:00 - 11:30 - Dr. Anne Carey, Ohio State University
Greenhouse Warming and the Impact of Sea Level Rise on Water Resources onthe Coastal Plain of the Gulf Coast, U.S.A.

11:30 - 12:00 - Invited Speaker - Dr. Mike Ryan (ORNL, TN): Synthesis

12:00 - 1:00 - Lunch

1:00 - 1:30 - Concluding Remarks; Dr. Bob Griffin,SERC NIGEC Director

Afternoon - TBA