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April 7, 1997 |
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7:30 |
Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Welcome
Lijbert Brussaard, Agricultural University, The Netherlands;
Chair, SCOPE Soil Domain |
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8:40 |
Introduction, and Purpose of the Meeting
Diana W. Freckman, Colorado State University, US; Chair,
SCOPE Soils and Sediments Biodiversity and Functioning |
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9:00 |
The Status of Soils Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Lijbert Brussaard |
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9:45 |
The Status of Freshwater Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
Margaret Palmer, University of Maryland, US; Chair SCOPE
Freshwater
Domain |
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10:30 |
Break |
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11:00 |
The Status of Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning
T. Henry Blackburn, Aarhus University, Denmark; Chair,
SCOPE Marine
Domain |
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11:45 |
Integrating and Unifying Principles of Biodiversity
Sir Ghillean Prance, DIVERSITAS, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew, UK |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Assembly and Charge to Groups |
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2:30 |
BREAKOUT DOMAIN GROUPS
(Soils Group 1, Group Leader, Lijbert Brussaard; Freshwater
Group 2, Group Leader, Margaret Palmer; Marine Group 3, Group
Leader, T. Henry Blackburn)
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2:40 |
Reports of Participants |
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3:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Domain Working Group Synthesis Begins |
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6:00 |
Assembly – Report of Working Groups |
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6:30 |
Dinner |
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April 8, 1997 |
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8:30 |
Assembly |
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9:00 |
Domain Working Groups – Synthesis Continues |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Domain Working Groups |
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12:00 |
Assembly – Report of Working Groups |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Breakout: Cross – Cutting Working Groups (1,2,3)
– Address similarities, differences, synthesize across
domains |
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3:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Assembly – Report of Cross – Cutting Working
Groups |
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4:30 |
Domain Working Groups – Operational plan for each group
– writing assignments and writing begins |
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6:30 |
Dinner |
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April 9, 1997 |
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8:30 |
Synthetic Protocol for Assessments of Soil and Sediment Organismal
Biodiversity Background Information Presentation
David Hawksworth, International Mycological Institute,
UK |
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9:00 |
Discussion in Groups on Hawksworth Presentation |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Reassemble – Reports |
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11:00 |
Domain Groups – Outlining Writing, Discussion |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Field Trip |
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April 10, 1997 |
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8:30 |
Assembly – Report of Domain Groups With Priority
Research Areas Identified |
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9:00 |
Domain Groups – Writing |
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10:00 |
Break |
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10:30 |
Domain Groups – Writing – To Finish Writing
Report and Plans |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
Reassemble – Charge and Issues to Cross – Cutting
Working Groups (1,2,3) |
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3:00 |
Reassign Participants to Cross – Cutting Groups
(extreme environments, stability and resilience, disturbance,
keystone species, spatial scales, microcosm/mesocosm syntheses,
restoration/conservation) |
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3:30 |
Break |
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4:00 |
Cross – Cutting Working Groups |
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6:00 |
Assembly and Reports of Groups |
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6:30 |
Dinner |
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April 11, 1997 |
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8:30 |
Assembly |
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9:00 |
Working Groups Assemble to Work On Completing Documents |
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10:30 |
Break |
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11:00 |
Working Groups Re-assemble to Complete Documents |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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2:00 |
ALL DRAFT DOCUMENTS DUE TO CHAIRS. |
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2:30 |
Steering Committee Working Session on Reports and Synthesis
of Information |
