Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation 2021

The 2021 CERF Conference was a hit! I learned a great deal from the other presenters in Monitoring Changing Shores: Methods, Management, and Data for the Future.

About This Workshop

Climate change and anthropogenic impacts on coastal ecosystems drive an urgent need among scientists, managers, and stakeholders to establish baseline data and tracking methods for biodiversity inventory and monitoring of marine nearshore habitats. The goal of this workshop is to foster the exchange of knowledge and generate ideas among those engaged in coastal monitoring, restoration, and adaptation planning in coastal environments, with a focus on intertidal biodiversity. Panel presentations are centered around three topics: 1) field methods, particularly emerging tools and techniques; 2) challenges of staffing and program continuity; and 3) data quality, aggregation, and synthesis. Of high interest is how we can integrate biodiversity and habitat data from multiple disparate sources across systems and how to effectively adapt current monitoring programs in the face of global change. Following the panel presentations, workshop speakers and attendees will move among facilitated breakout rooms for further discussion and exchange. 

Invited speakers and panelists include:

  • Rachel Meyer, CALeDNA Program Director, University of California Santa Cruz

  • Steve Whitaker, Marine Ecologist, National Park Service, Channel Islands National Park

  • Jeremy Miller, Research Associate, Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve

  • Tonna-Marie Rogers, Director, Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, MA DCR

  • Alison Cawood, Citizen Science Coordinator, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

  • Rosemary Romero, LiMPETS Coordinator, San Francisco

  • Catherine Matassa, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut

  • Adam Kozlowski, Data Manager, National Park Service Northeast Temperate Network

  • Jennifer Seavey, Executive Director of the Shoals Marine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

Rachel Meyer