UMaine School of Marine Sciences
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Welcome
SMS Seminar Series
Spring 2012
Fridays at 11:00 a.m. in 354 Aubert Hall
Date |
Speaker and Title |
Host |
January 13 |
Dr. Jasmine Saros, Climate Change Institute and School of Biology & Ecology, UMaine, “Reconstructing Thermal Stratification from Diatom Fossils: Examples from Lake Ecosystems.” |
Lee Karp-Boss |
January 20 |
Ted Ames, Stonington, Maine, “Alewives, Dams, and Local Populations of Gadids: Their Relationship During the 1920s.” | Jim Wilson |
January 27 |
David Newman, National Cancer Institute, “The Marine Environment: Source of Novel Drugs for Humans?” |
Emily Lyczkowski & Stacy Knapp |
February 3 |
Zhong-Ping Lee, Dept. of Environmental, Earth & Ocean Sciences, UMass, “Products From Ocean Color Remote Sensing and Its Spatial Interpretation.” | Emmanuel Boss |
February 10 |
Nicholas Record, SMS, "Linking Copepod Biodiversity Patterns to Ecological First Principles." |
Andy Pershing |
February 17 |
Aurora Ellmore, University of New England |
Joe Kelly |
February 24 |
Dr. Susan Brawley, SMS |
Sara Lindsay |
March 2 |
SPRING BREAK -- NO SEMINAR |
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March 9 |
SPRING BREAK -- NO SEMINAR |
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March 16 |
Dr. Sarah Barker, SMS |
Ian Bricknell |
March 23 |
Cynthia Riginos, University of Queensland |
Paul Rawson |
March 28 |
***Dr. James Estes, Univ. of California – Santa Cruz, “The Aleutian Archipelago: Understand Carnivory From Patterns of Variation in Space and Time” |
Bob Steneck |
March 30 |
Walter Adey, Smithsonian Institute |
Susan Brawley |
April 6 |
Steven Lohrenz, UMass |
Mary Jane Perry |
April 13 |
OPEN (due to schedule revision) |
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| April 20 | Willie Wilson, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences | Susan Brawley |
| April 27 | Madeleine Hall-Arber, Sea Grant, MIT | Teresa Johnson |
For additional information, contact the seminar organizers:
Mary Jane Perry <perrymj@maine.edu> or Teresa Johnson <teresa.johnson@umit.maine.edu>
*** SPECIAL SEMINAR - Different Day of Week
SMS Seminar Series
Fall 2011
Fridays at 11:00 a.m. in 354 Aubert Hall
Date |
Speaker and Title |
Host |
September 2 |
NO SEMINAR - LABOR DAY WEEKEND |
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September 9 |
Mr. Artur Palacz, Ph.D. Candidate Defense, SMS UMaine, "Controlling Mechanisms in Nutrient Dynamics and Biological Productivity in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean." |
Fei Chai |
September 16 |
Dr. Sara Barker, Post-Doc of SMS, "TBA" |
Ian Bricknell |
September 23 |
Dr. Richard Karsten, Acadia University, "Tidal Energy Resource Assessment in the Bay of Fundy." |
Huijie Xue |
September 30 |
Dr. Kenneth Denman, Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Univ. of Victoria, "How Will Marine Ecosystems Adapt to the Future Ocean?" |
Mary Jane Perry |
October 7 |
Sebastian Belle, Director, Maine Aquaculture Association, "TBA" |
Ian Bricknell |
October 14 |
Dr. Virginia Weis, Professor of Zoology, Oregon State University, "The Regulation of Cnidarian-dinoflagellate Symbioses: In Sickness and in Health." |
Mary Rumpho, MMA co-host |
October 21 |
Dr. Victoria Braitwaite, Penn State University, "TBA" |
Ian Bricknell |
October 28 |
Dr. Amala Mahadevan, Professor of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI), "TBA" |
Mary Jane Perry |
November 4 |
Dr. Katherine Mills, Post-Doc., Gulf of Maine Research Institute & SMS, "TBA" |
Andy Pershing |
November 11 |
Dr. Michael Fogarty, Ecosystem Assessment Program of NE Fisheries Center (NOAA), "TBA" |
Yong Chen & Jim Wilson |
November 18 |
Dr. James Fleming, Professor and Director of Science Technology and Society, Colby College, "TBA" |
Fei Chai |
November 25 |
NO SEMINAR -- THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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December 2 |
Dr. Aleck Wang, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, "TBA" |
Mary Jane Perry |
December 9 |
Dr. James McCleave, Professor Emeritus of SMS, "Anguillid Eels: The Quintessential Catadromous Fishes? And Other Migratory Eel Tales." |
Teresa Johnson |
For additional information, contact the seminar organizers:
Mary Jane Perry <perrymj@maine.edu> or Teresa Johnson <teresa.johnson@umit.maine.edu>
SMS Seminar Series
Spring 2011
Fridays at 11:00 a.m. in 354 Aubert Hall
Date |
Speaker and Title |
Host |
January 14 |
Dr. L. Mahadevan, Applied Mathematics, Harvard University |
Pete Jumars |
January 21 |
Dr. Paul K. Dayton, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, |
Malcolm Shick |
January 28 |
Dr. Yi Chao, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, “Ocean observing, forecasting and energy harvesting.” |
Fei Chai |
February 4 |
Dr. Mick Follows, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, “Modeling diverse populations of nitrogen fixers in the ocean.” |
Andrew Pershing |
February 11 |
Dr. Bonnie McCay, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, “Clams in a Jam: a socio-ecological perspective on Atlantic surfclams.” |
Teresa Johnson |
February 18 |
Drs. Nuri ÇELI˙K and Murat TOPLU, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Turkey, “Turkish Fisheries: General overview, legal instruments, fisheries administration and resource management.” |
Yong Chen |
February 25 |
Dr. Lilibeth Miranda, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, “Intragenomic rDNA polymorphism (IRP) can lead to overestimation of species/population diversity in Alexandrium tamarense/fundyense/catenella complex.” |
Susan Brawley |
March 4 |
SPRING BREAK -- NO SEMINAR |
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March 11 |
SPRING BREAK -- NO SEMINAR |
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March 18 |
Dr. Alan Critchley, Acadian Sea Plants, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, “Sustainable Management of a Marine Resource by Acadian Seaplants, Ltd.” |
Paul Anderson |
March 25 |
Dr. Michael L. Jones, Quantitative Fisheries Center, Michigan State University, “Making good decisions in an uncertain world: the risky business of fishery management.” |
Yong Chen |
April 1 |
Annual Speaker Invited by Graduate Students: Dr. Victor Smetacek, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, “Combining evolutionary and ecological approaches to make sense of pelagic ecosystems from phytoplankton to whales.” |
Nathan Briggs |
April 8 |
Dr. Stefan Helmreich, Anthropology Program, MIT, “Alien Ocean: Life at Sea.” |
Malcolm Shick |
April 15 |
Dr. Annette deCharon, School of Marine Sciences and Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, “Deconstructing and sharing your complex science.” |
Mary Jane Perry |
April 22 |
****Dr. Samantha [Mandy] Joye, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, “Undersea impacts of the BP Blowout: plumes of oil and dissolved gas and sedimented oil along the seafloor alter the ocean system.” |
Susan Brawley |
April 29
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Dr. Karen Kidd, Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, “Is the birth control pill an effective form of contraception for wild fish?”
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Rebecca Van Beneden
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**** Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium, Room 165 (formally Barrows Hall) at 11:00 a.m.
For additional information, contact the seminar organizers:
Mary Jane Perry <perrymj@maine.edu>, Rebecca Van Beneden <rebeccav@maine.edu>
SMS Seminar Series
Fall 2010
Fridays at 11:00 a.m. in 354 Aubert Hall
Date |
Speaker and Title |
Host |
September 3 |
LABOR DAY WEEKEND - NO SEMINAR |
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September 10 |
Dr. Andrew Levings, Commercial Fisherman & Visiting Research Scientist, Deakin University School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Australia, “Australian Fishermen Participate in Research to Create a Sustainable Giant Crab Fishery.” |
Rick Wahle |
September 17 |
Dr. Joseph Kelley, Department of Earth Sciences, Chair, UMaine, “Terrestrial landscapes (with evidence of people) preserved beneath the Gulf of Maine.” |
Becky Van Beneden |
September 24 |
Dr. Randy Olson will be on campus to present seminars and films – NO SMS seminar this week |
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October 1 |
Dr. Steve Cadrin , Department of Fisheries Oceanography, UMass-Dartmouth –SMAST, “Fisheries Science and Management: victims of our own success?” |
Jim Wilson & Yong Chen |
October 8 |
Dr. Nick Makris, Director of the Laboratory for Undersea Remote Sensing , MIT, “Rapid Formation of Vast Oceanic Fish Shoals Observed Using Ocean Acoustic.” |
Pete Jumars |
October 15 |
Dr. Heather Deese, Island Institute, “Environmental Challenges of Offshore Wind Energy: Current Understanding and Ongoing Studies." | Pete Jumars |
October 22 |
Dr. Charles Mazel, Physical Sciences Inc., Andover, MA, “Fluorescence of Corals and Other Marine Organisms: What it Means to Them and to Us.” |
Warren Riess |
October 29 |
Dr. Walt Golet, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, "Somatic Condition, Growth and Distribution of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) in the Gulf of Maine." |
Andrew Pershing |
November 5 |
Dr. Graham Shimmield, Executive Director, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, “The Impact of Oil Exploration and Production on the Ocean: Lessons from the North Sea.” |
Mary Jane Perry |
November 12 |
Dr. Peter Countway, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, “Microbial Eukaryotes at deep-sea hydrothermal vents: Diving into their diversity, activity and ecosystem function.” |
Ivona Cetinic |
November 19 |
Dr. Fei Chai, School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine “Development and Issues of Climate Intervention Technologies.” |
Becky Van Beneden |
November 26 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO SEMINAR |
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December 3 |
Dr. Marcel Babin, Université Laval, “Trend in pan-Arctic production of phytoplankton biomass, Université Laval and Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche." |
Emmanuel Boss |
| December 10 | Dr. James Pierson, University of Maryland, “From Individuals to Ecosystems: Zooplankton
behavior and trophic
dynamics at disparate scales, Horn Point Laboratory University of Maryland Center." |
Jeff Runge |
For more information, contact
Mary Jane Perry <perrymj@maine.edu> or Becky Van Beneden <rebeccav@maine.edu>
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