Integrated Trends Analysis Team (ITAT) April 2026 Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 from 10:00am - 12:00pm
Purpose
This is the calendar webpage for the April 2026 ITAT Meeting. The agenda and additional meeting materials can be found below as they become available. You can join us virtually via the Teams link or in person in the Black Duck Conference Room.
The agenda focuses on the Chesapeake Carbon and Alkalinity Study (CHALK) and includes a series of short presentations on carbon cycling in the Bay. Other topics include benthic calcifiers, submerged aquatic vegetation, alkalinity, and pCO2 in the Potomac and York estuaries.
Please contact ITAT Staffer Gabriel Duran (gduran@chesapeakebay.net) or ITAT Coordinators Breck Sullivan (bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net) and Kaylyn Gootman (gootman.kaylyn@epa.gov) with any questions.
Location
Video ConferenceRelated Files
Meeting materials will be posted as they become available.
Agenda
Presentations
- II. The Chesapeake Carbon and Alkalinity Study (CHALK) - Ray Najjar [PDF, 1.7 MB]
- IV. Quantifying benthic calcifier biomass to inform carbon models and support future carbon flux estimates in the Chesapeake Bay - Ryan Woodland [PDF, 3.2 MB]
- V. The Impact of Bivalves on Carbon Cycling in the Chesapeake Bay - Seyi Ajayi [PDF, 1.3 MB]
- VI. Effects of submerged aquatic vegetation on estuarine inorganic carbon and alkalinity - Cassie Gurbisz [PDF, 4.0 MB]