HPL Seminar Series

Faculty Seminars ~ Spring Series, 2012                                                                               
Seminars are on Wed. at 11:00am in the HPL auditorium (Coastal Science Bldg.) unless otherwise specified.

January 4
Mutt Meritt, (UMCES/HPL) "Oyster Restoration at UMCES:  Learning to let oysters speak for themselves", host, M. Roman

January 11
Johan Schijf, (UMCES/CBL) "Chemistry on the edge: How particles control the solubility of trace metals in natural waters",  host, J. Cornwell

January 18
Sook Chung, (UMCES/IMET) "Crustacean hyperglycemic hormones - Pleiotropic effects on molting and reproduction", host, M. Roman

January 25
Trond Kristiansen, (NOAA) "Effects of climate change on the survival of larval cod", host, R. Hood

February 1
Holly Michael, (Univ. of Delaware) "What controls groundwater nutrient fluxes to bays? A hydrologic and geophysical study in Indian River Bay, Delaware", host, A. Santoro

February 8
Jim Heffernan, (Duke Univ.) "Sources and sinks of nitrogen in the Floridan Aquifer and its spring-fed rivers", host, T. Fisher

February 15
Laura Lapham, (UMCES/CBL) "Methane: From the deep sea to the Chesapeake Bay" host, M. Roman

Febraury 22
No Seminar, ASLO Meeting

February 29
Dan Cadol, (UMCES/AL) "Tidal marsh vegetation as an ecosystem engineer: Interactions between vegetation, sedimentation, and rising sea level”,  host, C. Palinkas

March 7
Mike Stukel, Mike Roman, Elizabeth North, (UMCES/HPL) "Latest research at HPL: Highlights from the Ocean Sciences meeting", host, A. Santoro

March 14
Pat Glibert, (UMCES/HPL) “Ecological stoichiometry, biogeochemical cycling and aquatic food webs”, host, A. Santoro

March 21
No Seminar, Spring Break

March 28
Erdem Karakoylu, (UMCES/CBL) "Copepod feeding behavior in Dabob Bay, WA - a integrative approach", host, M. Stukel

April 4
Amy Townsend-Small, (U. of Cincinnati) "Nitrous oxide and methane emissions in urban regions", host, A. Santoro

April 11
Lee Kerkhof, (Rutgers) "Monitoring microbial activity using stable isotope probing", host, A. Santoro

April 18
Thomas Grothues, (Rutgers) "Fish telemetry from an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle", host, N. Nedzieko

April 25
George Luther, (Univ. of Delaware) "Voltammetric sensors to determine the dynamics of biogeochemical processes at oxic-anoxic interfaces", host, J. Cornwell

May 2
Wei-Jun Cai, (U. of Georgia) "Carbon and nutrient dynamics, ecosystem metabolism and ocean acidification in the Mississippi River plume and northern Gulf of Mexico", host, M. Kemp

May 9
Lewis Incze, (NSF/Darling Marine Center) "Internal Waves Over a Small Submarine Bank: Krill Patches, Whale Feeding, and Whale Foraging Strategies", host, E. North

May 16
Virginia Edgcomb, (WHOI) "Protist diversity and strategies for survival in suboxic and anoxic/sulfidic marine environments", host, A. Santoro

May 21 ~ 11:00am
Jim Cloern, (USGS Menlo Park), Ian Morris Scholar, "What's Behind the Fast-Paced Changes in Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystems?"

May 23 ~ 10:00am, AREL
Jim Cloern, (USGS Menlo Park), Ian Morris Scholar, "Approaches for Anticipating and Adapting to Climate-Change Impacts in Estuaries"

May 23 ~ 4:00pm, AREL
Jim Cloern, (USGS Menlo Park), Ian Morris Scholar, ""Bay Restoration: A Perspective from the Golden Gate."

May 24 ~ 2:30pm
Jim Cloern, (USGS Menlo Park), Ian Morris Scholar, "Patterns and Processes of Phytoplankton Variability in the World's Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystems"

May 30
Tom Malone, (UMCES/HPL) "From the Challenger Expedition to the challenge of climate change (with some meanders along the way)", host, A. Santoro