[Coral-List] Sclerochronology training at NADEF, July 2019

[Jessica Carilli]

Dear Coral-listers,

The following email was posted to the sclerochronology list-serve, but in
case anyone working on coral growth banding is not on that list, I thought
I would post it here. The North American Dendroecological Fieldwork (NADEF)
is a wonderful way to learn techniques developed by the tree-ring community
that are applicable to coral (and shell, otoliths, etc.) growth banding
projects. I, for one, would love to see more coral growth-banders take
advantage of these fundamental techniques, critical for understanding, for
example, whether your chronology is accurate! Attending NADEF is a great
way to learn many of these techniques, and to build your network.

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Hi all,



This is a reminder that there will be a sclerochronology section in this
year’s North American Dendroecology Fieldweek, which will be held July 20-29
th near Cody, Wyoming, USA. The group objective is to develop a crossdated
chronology (or chronologies) from bivalve and/or fish species, depending on
group interests.  Please visit the NADEF website, see sclerochronology
reports from past fieldweeks, or contact me for more information about the
scope of the projects conducted.



Past NADEF sclero reports:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7UCzXuQXUCDdWVoVmR3VzBDU2c/view

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9yNVR5GREE1eXlaUzVEa0NlRU0/view

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4Q0HdI01WFnd2NzaDYxazBNQ1k/edit



All the best,



Bryan







The 29th Annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) will be
held at the A.L. Mickelson Field Station near Cody, Wyoming. The fieldweek
runs from *July 20**th through July 29**th 2019* and registration fees will
be $1300 US for students and $1500 US for professionals. Registration for
Tree-Ring Society Members (https://www.treeringsociety.org/) is $1200 for
students and $1400 for professionals.  Your registration fee includes room
and board for the entire week. Registration fees are due by May 30,
2019. *NSF-funded
scholarships available for undergraduate and graduate students. See website
(link below) for details.*



*Projects:*

*Introductory Group:* Jessie Pearl (University of Arizona) and Laura Smith
(University of Tennessee)

*Dendroclimatology:* Grant Harley (University of Idaho) and Stockton
Maxwell (Radford University)

*Ecotone Shifts from Climate Change: *Margot Kaye (Penn State), Jim Speer
(Indiana State University), Maegan Rochner (University of Tennessee)

*Quantitative Wood Anatomy:* Georg von Arx (Swiss Federal Institute for
Forest, Snow, and Landscape Research) and Matt Bekker (Brigham Young
University)

*Sclerochronology:* Bryan Black (University of Arizona)

*Stable Isotope Dendrochemistry*: Adam Csank (University of Nevada - Reno)
and Justin DeRose (US Forest Service)



*Agenda*

Saturday, July 20th        Travel Day. Evening introductions/introductory
lecture.

Sunday, July 21st       Day tour of the local area; introduction of the
projects by the group leaders; split into groups. Evening lecture/exercise
on crossdating/skeleton plotting.

Monday, July 22nd      Field day.  Evening lecture: cleaning and sharpening
increment borers

Tuesday, July 23rd     Laboratory day. Evening lecture: COFECHA

Wednesday, July 24th     Laboratory day. Evening lecture: ARSTAN

Thursday, July 25th        Day tour of Yellowstone National Park

Friday, July 26th     Laboratory day. Evening lecture: R

Saturday, July 27th       Laboratory day.

Sunday, July 28th      Laboratory day. 1pm presentation of projects
(PowerPoint). Closing celebration.

Monday, July 29th        Travel day


Deliverables

Each group will develop and deliver a presentation to all of the fieldweek
participants, starting at 1pm on July 28th. Each group will also produce a
5-page written report.


Websites

North American Dendroecological Fieldweek:  https://sites.google.com/view/
nadef/2019

A.L. Mickelson Field Station: https://nwc.edu/fieldstation/

Registration Site: https://sites.google.com/view/nadef/register-to-attend



Please use the links above to access the online registration form/credit
card payment and information flyer (projects, instructors, schedule, etc.)
regarding this year’s NADEF. If you have any questions, contact Dr. Margot
Kaye. Please feel free to forward this information to any person/groups you
feel would be interested in this fieldweek.



We look forward to seeing you in July!

Margot Kaye - mwk12 at psu.edu

Jim Speer

Chris Gentry

Grant Harley

Bryan Black

Stockton Maxwell