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Colloquium Series 2007

Thursday, March 1, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Jon Hare
NOAA, NMFS, NEFSC
Designing adaptive sampling for plankton surveys - lessons from the New Jersey shelf
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.
Dr. James McClelland
University of Texas, Marine Science Institute
River export and productivity in Arctic coastal waters: 
A challenge to conventional wisdom

Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, April 5, 2007 - 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Sibel Bargu
Louisiana State University
Toxic Diatoms and Pelagic Food Webs: A California Current Example
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, April 19, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Brian Silliman
University of Florida
Climate change, food webs, and new paradigms in marine coastal communities
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, April 26, 2007 - 11:00 a.m. 
Dr. Michael Saverese
Florida Gulf Coast University
Title: TBA
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, June 5, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Richard Aronson
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Climate Change and Marine Ecology in Antarctica

Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Ruth Carmichael
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
Application of Ecological Data to Management &
Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Ron Kiene
University of South Alabama/DISL
Sulfur Cycle Studies in the Antarctic
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 - 1:00 p.m.

Dr. John Valentine
Dauphin Island Sea Lab
lmpacts of Food Web Alterations on Trophic Transfers at the Coral Reef-Seagrass Interface: Evidence from Marine Protected Areas (MPA’s)
Galathea Hall - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Monday, July 30, 2007 - 12:30 p.m. 
Ms. Lauren Waters
Auburn University - Directed Studies Student
A pilot study of the West Indian Manatee population in Mobile Bay, AL
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab


Thursday, September 6, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Michael Savarese
Florida Gulf Coast University
Gauging Environmental Health and the Effects of Global Climate Change: 
A Study of Holocene Oyster Reef Development and Paleoecology

Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, September 27, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Ken Dunton
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Title:  TBA
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, October 18, 2007 - 3:00 p.m.

Dr. Chunyan LI
Louisiana State University
A Small Sample of a Large Project:  Development of an Unmanned 
Boat to Quantify Tidal Flushing for Larval Transport Estimate

Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Wiese Lecturer
Dr. Ivan Valiela
Boston University
Land-Sea Couplings: A New England Example of Watershed-Estuary Linkages
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Wednesday, November 14, 2007 - 3:00 p.m.

Wiese Lecturer
Dr. Ivan Valiela
Boston University
Workshop - Pressing Coastal Environmental Issues

Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab


Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.
Dr. Neils Lindquist
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Title:  TBA
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab

Thursday, December 6, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.

Dr. Alexis Lugo Fernandez
MMS - Gulf of Mexico OCS Region
Title:  TBA
Wiese Room 102 - Dauphin Island Sea Lab


Thesis/Dissertation Defenses 2007

Friday, March 9, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. 
Carly Steeves
Thesis Defense
The effect of habitat complexity on predation success: Re-evaluating the 
current paradigm in seagrass beds
University of South Alabama - Life Sciences Building - Room 119

Monday, March 12, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. 

Danny Husband
Dissertation Defense
The role of DMSP in oxidative stress protection in Spartina alterniflora Loisel
University of South Alabama - Life Sciences Building - Room 119

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 1:00 p.m. 

Deborah Shafer
Dissertation Defense
Physiological factors affecting the distribution of the nonindigenous seagrass 
Zostera japonica along the Pacific coast of North America
Univ of South Alabama - Life Sciences Building - Room 003 - Lecture Hall

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. 

Hayakubun (Boon) Harada
Dissertation Defense
Physiological roles of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP, DMSP lyase, dimethylsulfide (DMS and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) in phytoplankton 
University of South Alabama - Life Sciences Building - Room 119

 
 

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