Delegates may be interested in the following workshops scheduled to be held in conjunction with IsoEcol 2016.
Workshop #1
Technical Issues Integrating Advanced Isotope Analyses into Ecological Studies
Place: JAMSTEC Tokyo Office, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Time: 13:00 Sat April 9th – 17:00 Sun April 10th
Topics: 1. Compound Specific Isotope Analyses of Amino Acids (CSIA-AA) (Saturday)
*Invited Speakers: Brian Popp (U Hawaii), Matt McCarthy (UC Santa Cruz)
2. Radioisotopes (Sunday)
*Invited Speakers: TBC
Cost: 5,000 yen (on-site)
Invitations: Strictly limited to 50 pp; please note that nomination will be available during IsoEcol registration but final invitations cannot be guaranteed.
Conveners: Toshi Nagata, Nao Ohkouchi, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Ichiro Tayasu, Alex Wyatt
Workshop #2
Stable Isotope Data Federation / Database Workshop
Place: Ito Hall Conference Room (3F), The Univeristy of Tokyo, Hongo Campus
Time: 10:00 Sun April 3rd
Topic: “Stable isotopes in the big data age – challenges and opportunities”
Cost: TBC (on-site)
Invitations: Strictly limited to 25 pp; please note that nomination will be available during IsoEcol registration but final invitations cannot be guaranteed.
Conveners: Brian Hayden & Chris Harrod
Details:
Stable isotopes are a valuable and widely used tool in modern ecology. However, the vast majority of stable isotope based studies are conducted by independent research groups working in relative isolation and the resulting data are not available to researchers outside of these groups. A stable isotope data-repository would provide an opportunity for isotope ecologists to archive their data (before or after publication) and make it available to colleagues across the globe, facilitating novel research from previously inaccessible data.
This workshop will bring together a team of collaborators and conference delegates interested in designing a data repository for stable isotopes. We aim to use this opportunity to 1) address the needs of the isotope community and identify how a data repository can meet these; 2) to build an ontology for stable isotope data and 3) propose quality control methods integral to such a resource.
Please forward expressions of interest or ideas to Brian Hayden brian.hayden@unb.ca
Workshop #3
Application of water stable isotopes for estimation of evaporative losses in terrestrial environments
Place: Ito Hall Event Space Meeting Room (B2F), The Univeristy of Tokyo, Hongo Campus
Time: 13:00 Sun April 3rd
Topic: Application of water stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes for estimation of evaporative losses in terrestrial environments – an introduction to revised Craig-Gordon model and Hydrocalculator software
Cost: 3500 yen (on-site)
Invitations: Strictly limited to 20 pp; registration by email on first-come basis grzegorz.skrzypek@uwa.edu.au
Convener: Greg Skrzypek (The University of Western Australia: http://www.uwa.edu.au/people/grzegorz.skrzypek
Details:
The aim of this intro level short workshop is to familiarise yourself with some of the ways stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope compositions are used to estimate evaporative losses and distinguish water sources in the environment. You will be introduced to the revised “Craig-Gordon” model (C-G) and Hydrocalculator software [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169415001134]. The C-G model is now a widely applied approach for estimating evaporative losses from water bodies, and can be combined with an isotope-mixing models, for estimating the contribution of water from different water sources. In our case studies, we will also show you how to use Local Meteoric Water Line (LMWL) and Local Evaporation Line (LEL) to distinguish groundwater dependent aquatic ecosystems from those not directly supported by groundwater inflow. We will discuss calculations principles, different analytical procedures and major sources of calculation uncertainties (1 hr), then we will investigate two case study during hands-on calculation exercises (1 hr).
Attention: you need to bring your PC laptop, or Mac with Windows simulator, to run exe files.
Other Workshops
Proposals to register additional satellite symposium or workshops can be made here.