CINAR Investigator: Rubao Ji, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Key objectives of the 2025 CPR Workshop were to:

• Broaden CPR Data Use: Engage new and experienced researchers in collaborative learning with CPR data.

• Build Skills and Knowledge: Offer training to develop analytical skills and explore current research.

• Inspire Innovation: Engage students, early-career researchers, and those new to CPR or from disciplines beyond marine ecology, fostering diverse perspectives and fresh ideas.

 

Here is an outline of the 3-day agenda:

Day 1:  Introduction; CPR data access and processing; Hands-on exercises.

Day 2:  Case studies to demonstrate the scientific applications of CPR data.

Day 3:  Discussion of future activities to expand the CPR data use

The following presentations were given during the workshop:

Nick Record		CPR data for new solutions: A vision for 100 more years
Pierre Helaouet		The integrated Continuous Plankton Recorder (iCPR): A new platform using digital imaging for global monitoring
Erin Meyer-Gutbrod		Zooplankton monitoring programs link ocean circulation with whale distribution and reproduction
Jeff Runge		Datasets available for investigation of long term trends in zooplankton abundance and diversity in the NW Atlantic
Karen Stamieszkin		Ecosystem function from CPR data in the North Atlantic
Atsushi Yamaguchi		Long-term Trends in Zooplankton Changes in the Northwest Pacific: Insights from CPR Analysis
Zhengchen Zang		Using machine learning method to identify the shifts of planktonic community across various spatiotemporal scales
Rebekah Shunmugapanandi		From Tow to Pixel: Validating satellite copepod detection with CPR data
Daniel Reuman		Examples of conceptual paradigms in population ecology which have expanded due to CPR data
Jerome Pinti		Leveraging CPR data to further our understanding of the contribution of seasonally vertically migrating zooplankton to the biological carbon pump
James Pierson		Zooplankton From Space
Magdalena Andres		Monitoring Impacts of the Gulf Stream and its Rings on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of the Middle Atlantic Bight Shelf and Slope from CMV Oleander
Heidi Sosik		Automated imaging of nano- and micro-plankton on the Oleander ship-of-opportunity
Lydia Sims		Gulf Stream heat transport and the impact on Copepods in the Gulf of Maine