TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON

Marine Sciences Department (MARS)
Marine Biology Department (MARB)

Spring Semester 2004 Seminar Series
Recent Advances in Marine Science .
Coordinated by Tim Dellapenna (LOER) & Chris Marshall (MARB).

DATE / TIME:
Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 pm (except for special seminars if so noted).

LOCATION:
Conference Room, 2nd floor of Bldg 216, National Marine Fisheries Service, 4700 Avenue U.
This room is located within the Ft. Crockett complex of the NMFS, East of the TAMUG Ft. Crockett building.
(Except for special seminar locations if so noted in the listings below).

SUPPORT:
This seminar is kindly supported by the TAMUG Marine Sciences and Marine Biology Departments, as well as by the Research Management Office.
The seminar room has been kindly made available by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Galveston Laboratory.

Schedule of seminar presentations for the spring semester 2004:

• Special Seminar, Monday January 26th
  1 pm, 601 SAGC (Conference Room in Sea Aggie Center)
  Dr. Janet Nestlerode, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  "20,000 mm under the sea, living under pressure in the Aquarius Habitat"
  This special presentationis specifically oriented towards undergraduates and the general public and will focus on Dr. Nestlerodes' multiple Aquarius Missions. During her last mission she spent a week saturation diving at +100 feet (30 m) studying coral reef community interactions. Check out details on AQUARIUS here.
  
  
• Tuesday, January 27th:
  Dr. Janet Nestlerode, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, VA
  " Restoring oyster reefs in Chesapeake Bay -- If you build it, will they come?"
  
  
• Tuesday, February 3rd:
  Dr. Roger Reep, University of Florida, FL
  "The sensory world of manatees."
  
  
• Tuesday, February 10th:
  Dr. Glenn Van Blaricom, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  "Critical evaluation of factors influencing the recent dynamics of southern resident killer whales off Washington and British Columbia."
  
  
• Tuesday, February 17th:
  Dr. Paul Gayes, Coastal Carolina University
  "Regionally linking shallow framework and coastal behavior across the shoreface."
  
  
• Tuesday, February 24th:
  Dr. John Anderson, Rice University, TX
  "The evolution of Texas bays and coastal barriers."
  
  
• Tuesday, March 2nd:
  Dr. Robin Brinkmeyer, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TIO Postdoctoral Fellow
  "Diversity and structure of bacterial communities in sea ice: A tale of two poles."
  
  
• Tuesday, March 9th:
  Dr. Beth Mullenbach, Texas A&M University
  "Sediment Transport in the Western Adriatic Current."
  
  
• Tuesday, March 16th: SPRING BREAK
  
  
• Tuesday, March 23rd:
  Dr. Enrique Rodriguez-Marin, Spain
  "Biological information for the bluefin tuna assessment, the east and Mediterranean stock case."
  
  
• Tuesday, March 30th:
  Dr. Richard Kraus, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TIO Postdoctoral Fellow
  "Otolith Sr/Ca reveals alternative migratory pathways in estuarine dependent white perch."
  
  
• Tuesday, April 6th:
  Dr. John Ravens, Scotland
  "Paleoecology of Phytoplankton Evolution"
  
  
• Tuesday, April 13th:
  Dr. Jordi Vinas, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TIO Postdoctoral Fellow
  "Phylogeography of the Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda) in the Mediterranean:
  The combined effects of historical vicariance, population expansion, secondary invasion and isolation by distance."
  
  
• Tuesday, April 20th:
  Dr. George Aikens, U.S.Geological Survey
  Title to be announced.
  
  
• Tuesday, April 27th:
  Dr. Dan Roelke, Texas A&M University
  "Complex Behavior and Community Dynamics of Plankton Assemblages from a Semi-Arid Coastal Wetland."
  
  
• Tuesday, May 4th:
  Dr. Kevin Yeager, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TIO Postdoctoral Fellow
  "Applications of lithogenic and atmospheric radionuclides and sediment geochemistry:
  sediment transport; fluvial processes; geomorphology coastal plain; estuarine; marine."
  
  

Last revised February 16, 2004.

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