The
Thiamine Deficiency Complex (TDC) Workshop is sponsored by the U.S. Geological
Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center. The
purpose of the workshop is to improve the health of aquatic organisms in the
Great Lakes by developing a coordinated research and monitoring program to
address ecosystem impairments manifested in thiamine deficiency complex.
The complexity, geographic scope, and seriousness of TDC make it
imperative that natural resource agencies work together to identify high
priority needs, investigate scientifically sound solutions, and develop a
funding framework to address these issues.
Workshop attendees will include natural resource managers and research
scientists with expertise in areas as diverse as aquatic animal health,
biochemistry, ecology, fisheries, genetics, invasive species, limnology, and
physiology.
Workshop
dates
The
workshop will be held on September 16-17, 2003 in Ann Arbor.
A workshop web page is also under development.
Workshop
objectives
The
main purpose of this workshop is to reach consensus on the elements of a program
that meets the following criteria: 1) identifies high priority research and
monitoring areas related to TDC issues and aquatic organism well-being and 2)
meets the needs of multiple, geographically dispersed management agencies.
Draft
agenda
Draft
Workshop Agenda
Ecosystem
Dysfunction, Invasive Species, and Thiamine Deficiency Complex
September
16-17, 2003
Tuesday,
September 16
9:00-10:00
am - Registration
10:00-10:15 Welcome
10:15
am - 12:00 pm - Plenary Session
·
“TDC:
Past, Present, and Future: Setting the Stage”
An
historical overview of the problem and a look at the available research and the
current state of our knowledge.
·
“Perspectives
from the Baltic”
12:00-1:15
pm - Lunch
1:15-4:15
pm - Breakout Groups (A break will
occur at 3:00 pm. After the break,
participants will switch to a new breakout group)
Evening:
Social hour followed by dinner
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Wednesday,
September 17
9:00-10:30
am - Continue with breakout groups
10:30-10:50
Break
10:50
am-12:00 - Breakout group reports
12:00-1:00
pm - Lunch
1:00-2:00
pm - Continue with breakout group reports
2:00-4:00
pm - Summary, closing, and next step