School of Marine Sciences Semeniar Series, Fall 2009
Except as noted with ‘**’, all seminars are presented in Room 354, Aubert Hall
at 11:00 am on Fridays. Seminars can be viewed live at the DMC via Polcom in the Horse Barn Classroom.
September 4
Model Learning & Adaptation in Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Dr. Jim Wilson, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
September 11
Social-Ecological Linkages in Coastal Communities: Networks, Trade, and Responses to Changing Fisheries
Dr. Beatrice Crona, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm Univ. &
Dr. Tim Daw, School of Development Studies, Univ. of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
September 18
The Role of Genetics in Leukemia: Bay Mussels as Models
Dr. Annette Muttray, Chemical & Biological Engineering, Univ. of British Columbia
September 25
Application of the Genetic Algorithm Tuning Procedure to the Development of an Individual-Based Model of Calnaus finmarchicus Life Cycle
Dr. Frederick Maps, UMaine/Gulf of Maine Research Institute
October 2
An Ecosystem Health Approach to Marine Coastal Developments: Dubai vs the Arabian Gulf
Dr. Charles Trick, University of Western Ontario
October 9
Plankton in a Changing Climate: Gulf of Maine Case Study
Dr. Rubao Ji, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
October 16
The Overfishing Problem
Dr. Brian Rothschild, School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), UMass Dartmouth
October 23
Some New Insights Into the Use of Optical Properties to Study the Workings of the Ocean
Dr. Emmanuel Boss, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine
October 30
Ecology of Atlantic Salmon in Gulf of Maine Estuaries and Coastal Ecosystems of West Greenland
Dr. John Kocik, NOAA Fisheries
November 6
The Spatial and Temporal Scales of Adaptive Divergence in the Ocean: Do Fishery Harvests Cause Evolutionary Changes?
Dr. David Conover, School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
November 13
A 20-yr. Perspective of Groundfish, Area Closures, and Lobsters in the Gulf of Maine
Dr. John Grabowski, Gulf of Marine Research Institute
November 20
What’s Fishy in Gulf of Maine Salt Marshes? Overview of Research on Fish Ecology in Marsh-Estuarine Ecosystems at the Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve
Dr. Michele Dionne, Wells NERR
December 4
Models of North Atlantic Right Whale Habitat
Dr. Dan Pendleton, Research Assistant, UM/GMRI
