Thank you to everyone who tuned in or attended for SECOORA’s Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL on December 2-3, 2021. The meeting focused on harmful algal blooms, DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion), and SECOORA programmatic updates.
Meeting Materials and Presentations
- Agenda
- Speaker Biographies
- Presentations
- US Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) – Carl Gouldman, US IOOS
- IOOS Association Updates – Josie Quintrell, IOOS Association
- SECOORA Updates – Debra Hernandez, SECOORA
- SECOORA HAB Plan – Laura Korman, SECOORA
- National Perspective on HAB Observing – Quay Dortch, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- US HABs and Syndromes – Kate Hubbard, FWC Florida Wildlife Research Institute
- Toxic Algal Blooms in North Carolina Waters – Astrid Schnetzer, North Carolina State University
- Satellite Tracking of Sargassum in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico – Joaquin Tinanes, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
- DEI Session Overview – Debra Hernandez, SECOORA
- IOOS DEI Fellowship – Josie Quintrell, IOOS Association
- Mote’s Marine Science Laboratory Alliance Center of Excellence (MarSci-LACE) – Aly Busse, Mote Marine Laboratory
- Sea Grant’s DEIJA Community of Practice – Mona Behl, Georgia Sea Grant
- CERF Rising TIDES & SEAS Islands Alliance Project – Susan Park, Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation
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