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PREVIOUS HOWARD LAB SEMINARS

3pm
Thursday
11-Jun-2009
2pm
Thursday
14-May-2009
Dr. Bronwyn Cahill
Research Associate, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Dynamics of turbid buoyant plumes and the feedbacks on near-shore biogeochemistry and physics
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
3pm
Monday
20-Apr-2009
Dr. Judith Weis
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University
Populations living in contaminated estuaries: Behavioral changes and ecological consequences for five species
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
3pm
Thursday
12-Feb-2009
Dr. John P. Dunne
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA - Princeton, NJ
Earth System Modeling at NOAA/GFDL: Ocean and Ecosystem Applications
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
3pm
Thursday
15-Jan-2009
William D. Blanchard
DataStreme Ocean Program - New Jersey
DataStreme Ocean in NOAA/AMS Educational Initiative
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
3pm
Wednesday
7-Jan-2009
Dr. Edward Vanden Berghe
OBIS Secretariat, Rutgers University
The Ocean Biogeographic Information System: past, present and future
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
2008
3pm
Thursday
11-Dec-2008
Robert Pikanowski
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory - NOAA Fisheries/NEFSC - Highlands, NJ
Quantifying the Impact of Center Surveys on Physical Habitat
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande

11am
Thursday
13-Nov-2008

DR. HIRAM LEVY II
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory/NOAA - Princeton, NJ
Impact of Air Pollution on our Future Climate
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
3pm
Thursday
9-Oct-2008
Division of Forestry - West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
The effects of sedimentation on the seasonal feeding of mottled sculpin
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
2007
3pm
Wednesday
8-Aug-2007
Michael Fogarty
NOAA Fisheries Service, NEFSC - Woods Hole
Toward an Ecosystem Approach to Fishery Management on the Northeast Continental Shelf
Hosted by: Tom Noji
3pm
Thursday
2-Aug-2007
Rebecca Jordan
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University
Mate choice in a group of Lake Malawi rock-dwelling cichlids: consequences for the maintenance of biodiversity
Hosted by: Beth Phelan
3pm
Thursday
21-Jun-2007
William Simmons
Monmouth County Health Department
Algae and bacteria are massed and dispersed by hydrodynamic forces along the Jersey Shore
Hosted by: Bob Reid
3pm
Thursday
14-Jun-2007
Mark Wuenschel
Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Marine Field Station
Energetics of juvenile gray snapper: evaluation of abiotic and biotic properties of nursery areas across a latitudinal gradient
Hosted by: Chris Chambers
3pm
Thursday
10-May-2007
Rich McBride
NOAA Fisheries Service, NEFSC - Woods Hole
A review of fish reproduction, patterns and processes, in the North Atlantic Ocean
Hosted by: Chris Chambers
11am
Tuesday
10-Apr-2007
Lauren Bergey
Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University - Newark
Behavioral Ecology and Population Ecology in Populations of Fiddler Crabs, Uca pugnax (Smith), on the New Jersey Coast
Hosted by: Chris Chambers

11am
Friday
23-Mar-2007

Jennifer Biddle
Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University
Heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru
Hosted by: Shayla Williams
3pm
Thursday
8-Mar-2007
Mark Sullivan
Marine Science Program - Stockton College - Pomona, New Jersey
Slipping away? What can glass eel stages reveal about the status of the American eel in New Jersey estuaries?
Hosted by: Chris Chambers
11am
Thursday
22-Feb-2007
John Manderson
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory
Movements of pelagic fishes with respect to habitat dynamics in a small estuarine system: A preliminary analysis
Hosted by: Beth Phelan
Thursday
8-Feb-07
Joseph Kunkel
Biology Department-University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Fish serum and liver proteins responsive to environmental pollutants: Bluefish as a model?
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
11am
Wednesday
31-Jan-2007
Mark Carls
NOAA Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center - Auke Bay
Understanding PAH toxicity
Hosted by: Ashok Deshpande
9:30am
Friday
12-Jan-07
Kyle Hartman
Division of Forestry, West Virginia University
Use of bioelectrical impedance in fish bioenergetics studies
Hosted by: Beth Phelan
2006
**11AM**
Thursday
14-Dec-06
Shayla Williams
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory
Comparison of Temporal Chemical Signatures in YOY Bluefish
Hosted by: Marine Chemistry Branch
Thursday
16-Nov-06
Peter Rubec
Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
Studies To Model Habitat Suitability in Florida Estuaries And Offshore
Hosted by: Tom Noji
POSTPONED
Thursday
9-Nov-06
Ron Pinzon
New York District Army Corps of Engineers Environmental Analysis Branch
Trends in abundance and distribution of EFH species in NY/NJ Harbor: A focus
on Winter Flounder

Hosted by: Karen Greene
Friday
13-Oct-06
Mike Frisk
Marine Sciences Research Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Population modeling of winter skate, Leucoraja ocellata, and a review of the species’ role in the elasmobranch regime shift on Georges Bank: Is there a migratory link to the Scotian Shelf?
Hosted by: Dawn Davis
Thursday
7-Sep-06
Mark McCormick / Howard Browman
James Cook University, Townsville/Institute of Marine Research, Bergen
1) Indirect effects of social behaviour on offspring variability and selection
2) The ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management seems to be missing the ecology

Hosted by: Bridget Green/Chris Chambers
Wednesday
16-August-06
Craig J. Brown
Centre for Coastal and Marine Research, University of Ulster, United Kingdom
Mapping European Seabed Habitats: Activities from the European Union's MESH initiative
Hosted by: Tom Noji
Thursday
20-Jul-06
Jake Kritzer
Environmental Defense
Marine metapopulations: From coral reefs to river herring
Hosted by: Bridget Green
Thursday
13-Jul-06
Robert Reid
James J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory
Invasive species: NOAA's overall program, and the sea squirt, Didemnum sp.
Hosted by:
Thursday
11-May-06
Catriona Clemmesen
Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel University, Germany
RNA/DNA ratios and otolith microstructure analyses as tools in Baltic Sea recruitment studies
Hosted by: Chris Chambers
Thursday
13-Apr-06
Thomas M. Grothues
Rutgers University, IMCS - Marine Field Station
Going in new directions to understand fish movement
Hosted by: Beth Phelan
Thursday
9-Mar-06
Ray Hinkle
URS Consulting
A Field Assessment of Alternative Treatments for the Control of Phragmites australis in Tidal Wetlands
Hosted by: Craig Woolcott