Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Mud matters: Understanding the role of ocean sediments in storing carbon
Thursday, November 9, 1 pm US EST/9 am US PST/6 pm UTC. Presented by: Sara Hutto of the Greater Farallones Association and Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries. Description: The sediments of the vast ocean floor represent the world’s largest non-fossil pool of organic carbon, yet they are not well-studied or protected. The carbon in these sediments can remain stored for thousands to millions of years; however, activities such as mining, oil and gas exploration, and bottom-contact fishing can disturb sediment, resuspending it into the water column and potentially remineralizing carbon into aqueous CO2. Current understanding of marine sediment carbon along the US West Coast is limited, constraining meaningful management and protection of these critically important carbon sinks. The Greater Farallones Association, in partnership with NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and NOAA’s Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, conducted the first systematic evaluation of marine sedimentary carbon stocks in North-central California. This webinar will discuss the importance of marine sediments in global carbon sequestration and storage. It will also present the results of this study, including an estimate of the carbon stock within the Sanctuaries’ marine sediments and identification of carbon “hot-spots” on the seafloor based on a novel spatial model of carbon density.
Past Webinars
Managing Ecosystems, Managing Fisheries: How do EBM and EBFM Relate?
Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a webinar on March 16, 2009 to discuss…
Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan Use of Decision Support Tools
The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership is developing and applying several tools to support decision making during the implementation of and updates to the…
Decision Guide: Selecting Decision Support Tools for Marine Spatial Planning
As marine spatial planning (MSP) becomes a priority for the United States and other countries around the world, there is a real need to..
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS)
Ecosystem Management Decision Support (EMDS) is an application framework to help make knowledge-based ecological assessments at a variety of geographic scales….
Lessons from MPA Networking Programs
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a webinar on August 27/28, 2009 to explore lessons learned from MPA networking programs..
Marine Spatial Planning
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a live Web-based seminar on 17 November 2009 to explore marine spatial planning…
Demonstration of Oregon MarineMap
Oregon MarineMap is a web-based decision support tool to support the State of Oregon’s marine spatial planning efforts including the on-going public process…
Presentation by the West Coast EBM Network: Real Steps towards EBM along the West Coast of the U.S.
The West Coast EBM Network is a partnership of community-based initiatives on the U.S. West Coast focused on proactive management of local coastal ecosystems…
Strategies and Technologies for Developing High Seas MPAs
MPA News and the EBM Tools Network co-hosted a live global webinar to explore new strategies and technologies for identifying significant areas in the open ocean and deep sea…
Uncertainty Analysis Using SLAMM
Predictive models are always affected by uncertainties. There is not one “right” prediction, rather there is a distribution of possible future results….