Agenda

14 August 2001

0800 — 0900: Continental breakfast, Hilton Hotel

0900 — Welcome and overview (Ginger Garrison)

0910 — The hypothesis: global dust transport, coral reef and human health (Gene Shinn)

0950 - Nutrients/ chemical contaminants and dust - (Ginger Garrison)

1010 — The Aspergillus sydowii connection (Garriet Smith)

1050 — 1110: coffee break

1110 — African desert dust in the Caribbean atmosphere: Microbiology and public health (Dale Griffin)

1140 — African desert dust "source tracking" microbiology and its possible correlation to respiratory stress in the Virgin Islands (Christina Kellogg)

1200 - African dust and microorganisms (Joseph Prospero)

1240 — 1400: lunch

1400 — Radio isotopes and heavy metals (Charles Holmes)

1420 - Late Pleistocene/Holocene variations in mercury concentrations in sediment cores from Lake Tulane, Florida — related to dust? (Terence Edgar)

1450 - Laboratory and Field Studies of Coral Disease Pathogenesis (Laurie Richardson)

1515 — coffee break

1530 - Pesticides and persistent chemical contaminants in atmosphere, their transport and fate (Michael Majewski)

1550 — Pesticides in dust — wildlife and human health effects from endocrine disruptors (Douglas Seba)

1620 - Chemical contaminant analytical method development (William Foreman)

15 August 2001

0800 — 0900: Continental breakfast (Hilton Hotel)

0900 — housekeeping

0910 — 0940: Asthma and Sahara Dust in Puerto Rico: Is there a correlation? (Mario Fernandez)

0940 — 1030: Case study of Asthma in Puerto Rico: seasonality, populations, risk factors (Federico Montealegre)

1030 — 1100: coffee break

1100 — 1145: Remote sensing of dust - the Southwest US (ongoing USGS research) (Pat Chavez)

1145 — 1220: Remote sensing (hyperspectral) of coral reef health (Laurie Richardson)

1220 — 1400: lunch

1400-1430: Cape Verde Islands study: coral cores and dust — (Kevin Helmly)

1430 — 1700: discussion

• Bioaccumulation/ bioavailability

Fe, chemical contaminants

• Coral reef organism biology

Reproduction and immune system (effects of dust and contaminants)

• Chemical contaminants

Analytical methods

Endocrine disruptors

• Epidemiology — human health issues
• Microbiology

Isolation and identification of microorganisms

Isolation and identification of disease pathogens (coral reef)

• Remote sensing
• Proxies

Coral cores

Ice cores

Sediment cores

THANK YOU!