Tampa BASIS 5

 

The Tampa Bay Estuary Program, the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council, and a Steering Committee of Tampa Bay experts hosted Tampa BASIS 5. The event was held October 20 - 23, 2009 at the Holiday Inn SunSpree Resort in St. Petersburg. BASIS 5 is the fifth Bay Area Scientific Information Symposium.

The symposium theme for 2009 is “Using Our Knowledge to Shape Our Future.”  At the event, participants revisited and updated the science that was first presented at BASIS 1, held in May 1982. 

 

Links to BASIS 5 Proceedings and Presenations

(from Tampa Bay Estuary Program website)

Tampa BASIS 5 Proceedings

Tampa BASIS 5 Presentations

 

The three and one-half day symposium featured various topics including:

 

Geology	Hydrology	Water Quality/Primary Productivity
Wildlife Resources	Sustainability	Habitats - Sediments, Seagrass Resources, and Emergent Wetlands
Integrated Assessments	Watershed Management Initiatives	Environmental Regulation & Protection
Science Communication	Climate Change	Anthropology

 

For more information abouth this symposium, please contact Wren Krahl, Director of Administration & Public Information, wren@tbrpc.org, (727) 570-5151 ext. 22.