Fort Johnson Marine Science Seminar Series
Place: MRRI Auditorium at Fort Johnson
Time: 4 p.m. on Friday afternoons, unless otherwise posted
Refreshments: before each seminar and at a TGIF with
the seminar speaker, which occurs at the White House or the Outdoor Classroom
after the seminar
Fall 2012 Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title | Committee Contact (Host) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | A. Randall Hughes Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory |
Effects of Marine Plant Diversity on Community and Ecosystem Processes | Jack DiTullio, CofC (E. Sotka) |
| Sept 7 | Michael Arendt SCDNR |
In-Water Monitoring Suggests an Upbeat Decade for Sea Turtles in the Southeast United States | Peter Kingsley-Smith, SCDNR (P. Kingsley-Smith) |
| Sept 14 | Kate McFadden Clemson University |
The Role of Green Sea Turtle Foraging Habits in Structuring Marine Communities | Stacy Vander Pol, NIST (S. Vander Pol) |
| Sept 21 | Lori Schwacke NOAA |
Integrating Multiple Sampling Methods for Marine Mammal Population Risk Assessments | Jack DiTullio, CofC (J. DiTullio) |
| Sept 28 | Thomas Near Yale University |
Student Research Colloquium | Colloquium Committee |
| Oct 5 | Jim Gelsleichter University of North Florida |
Effects of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Deepwater, Epipelagic, and Coastal Fish Populations from the Northeast Gulf of Mexico | Bryan Frazier, PKS |
| Oct 12 | No Seminar | GPMB Fall Faculty Meeting | |
| Oct 19 | Jay Pinckney University of South Carolina |
Three Case Studies of Long-Term Changes in Phytoplankton Functional Diversity | Jack DiTullio, CofC (J. DiTullio) |
| Oct 26 | John Brock Warren Wilson College |
Climate Change and Hyperthermia-Related Emergency Room Visits in the U.S. | Jessica McCoy, MUSC (J. McCoy) |
| Nov 2 | No Seminar | ||
| Nov 9 | Peter Sedwick Old Dominion University |
Human Impact on the Atmospheric Input of Iron to the Surface Ocean | Jack DiTullio, CofC (J. DiTullio) |
| Nov 16 | Lori Cruze Medical Univ. of South Carolina |
The Evolution of Endocrine Extraembryonic Membranes | Jessica McCoy, MUSC (J. McCoy) |
| Nov 23 | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Nov 30 | Adrian Marchetti UNC - Chapel Hill |
Surviving in Iron-Deprived Oceans: Molecular Insights into Diatoms | Jack DiTullio, CofC (J. DiTullio) |
| Dec 7 | Kristine Cherry Governors' South Atlantic Alliance |
Building a Regional Ocean Partnership for the South Atlantic | Susannah Sheldon, SC Sea Grant (S. Sheldon) |
Directions
Instructions & Information for Speakers for downloading:
Links to the Fort Johnson Partners
- Center for Coastal Environmental Health & Biomolecular Research, National Ocean Service, NOAA
- Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston
- Marine Biomedical & Environmental Sciences Program, Medical Univ. of South Carolina
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
Members of the Fort Johnson Seminar Committee
- Peter Kingsley-Smith - SCDNR
- Nicole Kollars - CofC GPMB Student
- Jessica McCoy - MUSC Student
- Ben Parrott - MUSC
- Paul Pennington - NOAA
- Craig Plante - Grice Marine Lab, CofC (Chair)
- Susannah Sheldon - SC Sea Grant
- Evan Sherer - CofC MES Student
- Stacy Vander Pol - NIST