Catherine Corbett, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 

Heidi Recksiek, NOAA Coastal Services Center

Zhiqiang Chen, Frank Muller-Karger and Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida

1:30 Overview of the Current CDOM Monitoring and Lab Analyses Protocols in Southwest Florida

Charles Kovach, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

1:45 Facilitated Session—Can any of these measurements help us better understand sources and sinks of CDOM? The composition of CDOM? Spatial and temporal variability in composition of CDOM? Should the protocols of measuring CDOM concentrations in southwest Florida be changed? If so, how?

2:20 Break

Session Two: General overview of CDOM in Estero Bay, Charlotte Harbor and Lemon Bay and the tributaries to each, including impacts to quality and quantity of light reaching seagrass beds and influencing primary productivity. Are CDOM concentrations changing in the region? If so, why?

Moderator: Peter Doering, South Florida Water Management District

2:45 Causes of Light Attenuation with Respect to Seagrasses in Upper and Lower Charlotte Harbor

L. Kellie Dixon, Gary J. Kirkpatrick, and Emily R. Hall*, Mote Marine Laboratory

3:00 Changes in Land Use in the Peace River Watershed and CDOM in the Lower Peace River Watershed and Upper Charlotte Harbor

Ralph Montgomery*, PBS&J and Sam Stone, PRMRWSA

3:15 Flow, Source and CDOM in the Caloosahatchee River and Estuary

Peter Doering, South Florida Water Management District

3:30 Facilitated Session—Are CDOM concentrations changing in Charlotte Harbor? If so, why?

4:30 Summary of Next Day Activities

Catherine Corbett, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

Heidi Recksiek, NOAA Coastal Services Center

5:00 Posters and Conference Social

Wednesday, May 30 MORNING

8:30 Morning Reception

9:00 Opening Remarks

Catherine Corbett, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 

Heidi Recksiek, NOAA Coastal Services Center

Session Three: What are the spatial-temporal components of CDOM in the Charlotte Harbor region? Can we obtain this information using existing data or do we need specific research project(s) or monitoring programs to obtain this information? Can landuse models be improved to better estimate CDOM “event mean concentrations” (EMCs)? Would this analyte be an important addition to models for resource management in the southwest Florida region? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, a brief description of these needs should be determined.

Moderator: Paula Coble, University of South Florida

9:10 Near-shore Water Quality and Seagrass Relationships in the Upper Portions of Tampa Bay

Roger Johansson, City of Tampa

9:30 Temporal and Spatial Variability of CDOM Optical Properties

Robyn Conmy, University of South Florida

9:50 Examination of the Spatial Relationship of Soils, Landuse and Slopes to Florescence Data in Selected Watersheds: An integrated analysis with GIS

Barnali Dixon, University of South Florida

10:10 Landuse, CDOM, and Light Attenuation along the River-Estuary-Ocean Interface

Eric Milbrandt, Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, Marine Laboratory

10:30 Break

Session Three Continued

11:00 Facilitated Session—What are the spatial-temporal components of CDOM in Lemon Bay, Charlotte Harbor and Estero Bay? Can we obtain this information using existing data or do we need specific research project(s) or monitoring programs to obtain this information? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, brief description of these needs…

12:00 Lunch

Wednesday, May 30 AFTERNOON

Session Four: Should agencies be collecting additional information to better understand CDOM dynamics and landuse impacts on CDOM concentrations and composition? For landuse models? To quality of light reaching seagrass beds and impacting primary productivity? Can this information be added to current monitoring programs?

Moderator: Judy Ott, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

1:00 Photoprotective Benefits of CDOM in Inshore Environments

Lore Ayoub, Paula Coble and Pamela Hallock-Muller, University of South Florida

1:20 Export of Optically and Compositionally Distinctive DOM from Tidal Marshes in the Chesapeake Bay and Effects of Solar Exposure on its Spectral Characteristics

Maria Tzortziou, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center- ESSIC/University of Maryland Smithsonian Institution

1:40 Facilitated Session-- Should agencies be collecting additional information to better understand CDOM dynamics and landuse impacts on CDOM concentrations and composition? For landuse models? To quality of light reaching seagrass beds and impacting primary productivity? Can this information be added to current monitoring or research programs? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, brief description of these needs…

2:40 Break

3:00 Facilitated Session— Can or should we add CDOM to our management strategies? How? Can we add “quality of light” to our water quality targets? How can data be better managed and shared? Remaining questions.

4:45 Workshop Wrap Up

Catherine Corbett, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program 

Heidi Recksiek, NOAA Coastal Services Center

5:00 Closing Remarks

Lisa B. Beever, Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program

Questions for Discussions

Session One:

1) Can any of the mentioned CDOM measurement methods help us better understand sources and sinks of CDOM? The composition of CDOM? Spatial and temporal variability in the composition of CDOM? The quality and quantity of subsurface irradiance in the region?

2) How do the current monitoring protocols in southwest Florida compare to other regions? Should the protocols in Charlotte Harbor be changed? If so, how?

Session Two:

1) Are CDOM concentrations changing in the region? If so, why?

2) How can we better understand, document and predict the causes these changes?

Session Three:

1) What are the spatial-temporal chemical components of CDOM in the Charlotte Harbor region? Can we obtain this information using existing data or do we need specific research project(s) or monitoring programs to obtain this information? Could this information be used to develop management decisions aimed at protecting aquatic resources? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, a brief description of these needs should be determined.

2) Can landuse models be improved to better estimate CDOM “event mean concentrations” (EMCs)? Would this analyte be an important addition to models for resource management in the southwest Florida region? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, a brief description of these needs should be determined.

Session Four:

1) Should agencies be collecting additional information to better understand CDOM dynamics and landuse impacts on CDOM concentrations and composition? For landuse models? To quality of light reaching seagrass beds and impacting primary productivity? Can this information be added to current monitoring programs? If specific studies/new instrumentation are needed, brief description of these needs…

2) Can or should we add CDOM to our management strategies? How? Can we add “quality of light” to our water quality targets?

3) How do we better coordinate research and monitoring in the region? Can regional data be better managed and shared and on-going projects better coordinated?