2005 Seminars
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
For more information contact Carolyn Wood

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Robert van Woesik

Florida Institute of Technology
Thermal stress on coral reefs: towards a predictive ecology
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Steve Pennings

University of Houston
Latitudinal variation in plant-herbivore interactions in Atlantic Coast salt marshes
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, March 31, 2005 - 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Juan Mata

University of South Alabama
Species concepts of white-spored mushrooms
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, April 14, 2005 - POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER
Dr. Wade Jeffrey 
University of West Florida
Title: TBA

Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 1:00 p.m. - POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2005
Dr. Frank Moore 
University of Southern Mississippi
Stopover biology of intercontinental landbird migrants:
a Gulf of Mexico perspective

Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Friday, May 6, 2005 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Mike Hellberg 
Louisiana State University 
Population isolation and speciation in Caribbean reef fish and corals: 
a big sea after all? 

Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

May 2-6, 2005 (Actual Date TBA) - POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2005
Dr. Nosa Egiebor

Tuskegee University
Title: TBA
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, June 7, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Patrick Biber
University of South Mississippi
Integrating water quality and seagrass light-stress responses
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Richard A. Snyder
University of West Florida
Microbial biofilms as indicators of estuarine ecosystem condition
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, July 12, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. James H. Cowan
Louisiana State University
The Mississippi River ecosystem: its effects on fish and fisheries
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, July 19, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Anamarija Frankic - POSTPONED UNTIL FALL


Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Gary Ervin
Mississippi State University 
Positive interactions involving tussock-forming plants in freshwater wetlands
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, September 29, 2005
Dr. Wade H. Jeffrey
University of West Florida
Spatial Patterns of Microbial Process in the Pacific Ocean: from the Arctic to Antarctic Circles 
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thesis Defense
Friday, September 30, 2005 - 3:00 p.m.

Ryan Kroutil
University of South Alabama
An experimental assessment of the impacts of coral loss on fish community 
composition in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary  
LSCB Room 119 - USA

Thursday, October 6, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Rich Aronson
DISL Research Roundup
Showdown at the OK Coral (Reef)
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Dissertation Defense
Monday, October 10, 2005 - 11:30 a.m.
John E. Higgins III
University of South Alabama
Overcoming gamete dilution in free-spawning zooplankton: How the moon jellyfish, 
Aurelia
sp., exploits the water column to maximize fertilization success

LSCB Room 131 - USA

Thesis Defense
Friday, October 14, 2005 - 2:00 p.m.
Jonathan Martin
University of South Alabama
A multiscale analysis of spatial variability of gelatinous zooplankton
in the northern Gulf of Mexico
LSCB Room 119 - USA

Monday, October 24, 2005 - 2:00 p.m.
Amy Hunter
University of Alabama
Splendor in the Juncus and other tales from the marsh
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Wednesday, November 2, 2005 – 7:00 p.m.
Dr. Bob Paine – 2005 Wiese Lecturer
University of Washington
Lessons at Low Tide: Biodiversity on the Rocky Shore

John Counts Room, Mitchell Center, USA

Thursday, November 3, 2005 – 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Bob Paine
University of Washington
Alternative ecological states, rocky shore communities, and experimental probes of their stability
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, November 3, 2005 – 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Bob Paine
University of Washington
Discussion: Observation, experimentation and the science of ecology
Galathea Hall -  Dauphin Island Sea Lab


Thursday, November 10, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Ken Heck
DISL Research Roundup
Rock-a-bye Fishes: Seagrasses  the Nurseries of the Bay 
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, November 17, 2005 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Robert J. Orth
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
One hundred million years of evolution, seed predation studies in Australia, and the conservation and restoration of seagrass meadows
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, December 1, 2005 - 4:00 p.m.
Ms. Mendel Graeber
DISL Research Roundup
Title:  TBA 
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, December 8, 2005 - 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Peter Petraitis
University of Pennsylvania
Title: TBA
Galathea Hall -
Dauphin Island Sea Lab

 

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