Time

Event

Sunday, August 31
Week 1 - Introduction to Ecosystems and Terrestrial Primary Production

12PM

Lunch (Swope)

1:30 - 3PM

Tour and Orientation (Starts at Swope)

3 - 4PM

Check-in (Swope Registration Desk)

Monday, September 1

8:30-10AM 

Earth as Ecosystem (Giblin)

10AM - 5PM

Field trip-Orientation to land and sea coupling (packed lunch)
Crane Wildlife (State Wildlife Management)
Waquoit Bay NERR (Teichberg/McHorney)

Tuesday, September 2

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Global Carbon Cycle (Giblin)

10:15AM - 12PM

Elective

12 - 1:30PM

Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30PM

Library Orientation   

2:30 - 3:30PM

Visit to Woods Hole Aquarium

3:30 - 4PM

Computer Setup

Wednesday, September 3

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Ecosystem Concept and Fates of Energy (Cardon)

10:30AM - 5PM

Field: Terrestrial Biomass (Cardon)
(Packed Lunch)

Thursday, September 4

8:30 - 10AM  

Lecture: Energy Balance and Physical Forcing (Cardon)

10:15AM - 12PM

Elective

12 - 1:30

Lunch Break

1:30 - 5PM

Lab: Terrestrial Biomass (Cardon)

Friday, September 5

8:30 - 10:00AM

Photosynthesis at the Core of Terrestrial Primary Productivity (Cardon)

10:00 - 12PM

Gemma Sampling Trip

12:00 - 1:30PM

Lunch Break

1:30 - 3PM

Science Writing

3 - 5PM

Data Analysis (Cardon)

Saturday, September 6

9AM - 2:30PM

Field Trip: Whale Watching
9AM Depart MBL
11:30AM Board Dolphin Fleet boat for 3 hour tour

 

Dinner on campus

Monday, September 8
Week 2 - Terrestrial Primary Production and Aquatic Primary Production

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Litter Decomposition and Fate of Organic Matter (Koop-Jakobsen)

10:15AM - 2PM

Field: Terrestrial Primary Production (Cardon)
(Packed Lunch)

2 - 5PM

Lab: Terrestrial Primary Production (Cardon)

Tuesday, September 9

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Terrestrial Primary Productivity at Regional to Global Scales (Cardon)

10:15 - 12PM

Elective

12 - 1:30PM

Lunch

1:30 - 5PM

Data Analysis: Terrestrial Primary Production (Cardon)

Wednesday, September 10

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Aquatic Photosynthesis and Primary Production (Teichberg)

10:30AM - 5PM

Field: Water profiles and Aquatic Biomass (Teichberg)
(packed lunch)

Thursday, September 11

8:30 - 10AM

Lecture: Phytoplankton Production and Harmful Algal Blooms (Gribble)

10:15AM - 12PM

Elective

12 - 1:30PM

Lunch Break

1:30 - 5PM 

Data Analysis: Terrestrial Primary Production (Cardon)

Friday, September 12

8:30 - 10:30AM

Presentations: Terrestrial and Biomass Primary Production (Cardon)

10:30 - 11:30AM

Donuts and Class Photo

11:30AM - 1PM

Lunch with Flash Talks (Meigs Room)

1 - 3PM

Data Analysis: Water Profiles (Teichberg)

Saturday, September 13

9AM

Field Trip - Plum Island
Depart 9AM Saturday
(Hiking)
Overnight in Rowley Field House
(Kayaking)                  
Return Sunday around dinnertime