The Johnson Lab welcomed ~50 scientists from universities across North Carolina to discuss ongoing and future studies in coastal marine ecology. Specifically, the NC Long-Term Marine Ecology Scoping Meeting worked towards: (1) identifying ‘Coastal’ NC assets including existing data and measurement/analyses capabilities among NC scientists, (2) refining questions, project goals and hypotheses that could be addressed by coordinated long-term ecological research and (3) creating partnerships among participants to address large scale / long term ecological questions. The meeting was kicked-off by a keynote address by Mark Ohman, principal investigator of the California Current Ecosystem LTER project who described ongoing research as part of the NSF LTER program.
