Representatives from Sea-Bird Scientific and Oregon State University are hosting a Virtual Technical Forum!
Title: Real-Time Data for Research, Aquaculture, and Environmental Decision Making at Oregon State University's Coastal Monitoring Station
This talk will explore the innovative work underway at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center, where the Coastal Monitoring Station (CMS) delivers real-time water quality data from the Yaquina Estuary, with a specialy eye towards climate-grade monitoring of hypoxia and ocean acidification. Presenters Eric Rehm, Senior Oceanographer at Sea-Bird Scientific, and Marnie Jo Zirbel, Research Facilities Coordinator at Oregon State University will highlight how Sea-Bird Scientific's ECO Triplet fluorometer and SUNA nitrate sensor are integrated into CMS’s climate-grade instrumentation suite to monitor salinity, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and more. The session will showcase how this data supports research, aquaculture, and environmental decision-making across the Pacific Northwest.
Speaker Bios:
Eric Rehm, Senior Optical Oceanographer (he/him) | Sea-Bird Scientific
Eric has been with Sea-Bird Scientific for almost five years, after spending seven years doing Arctic research in Canada with Université Laval. He achieved his PhD in Oceanography from the University of Washington in 2012. Eric specializes in optical oceanography and also has academic degrees and professional experience in electrical engineering and software engineering.
Marnie Jo Zirbel, Research Facilities Coordinator (she/her) | Oregon State University
Marnie Jo Zirbel is the Research Facilities Coordinator at Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center. She holds an M.S. in Marine Science from Western Washington University and a B.S. in Biology from UC San Diego, with over two decades of experience in oceanographic research and instrumentation.