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UNC-CH MASC Fall 2008 Seminars

Seminars are held every Wednesday at 3:30 pm in 328 Phillips Hall, unless otherwise noted. Refreshments are served immediately following the seminar in the 3rd floor lobby of Chapman Hall. For further information, please contact Dr. Dan Albert (dan_albert@unc.edu).

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Department of Marine Sciences Seminar Series

Fall 2008

August

Aug. 27-- Alicia Gaulke, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Research Seminar "Picophytoplankton - An important yet unexplored component of the Neuse River Estuary phytoplankton community."

September

Sept. 3 -- Curtis Stumpf, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Research Seminar “Identification and Characterization of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Tidal Creeks of the New River Watershed, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune"
Sept. 10, please note special time: 4 pm-- Gaby Katul, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Duke University -- "Investigating hydrologic and atmospheric pathways to summertime convective rainfall in the Southeastern United States"
Sept. 17 -- Mark Lever, Dept. of Marine Sciences, UNC-CH -- Doctoral Dissertation Defense; "Anaerobic carbon cycling pathways in the deep subseafloor investigated via functional genes, chemical gradients, stable carbon isotopes and thermodynamic calculations."
Sept. 24 -- John Albertson, Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Duke University -- Topic TBA

October

Oct. 1 -- Alan Davies, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, UK -- Topic TBA
Oct. 8 -- Nate Geraldi, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Research Seminar; Listeningto fish ears: Using otolith chemistry to determine fish movement.
Oct. 15 -- Fall Break, No Seminar Presentation
Oct. 22 -- No Seminar Presentation
Oct. 29 -- Greg Dusek, Dept. of Marine Sciences, UNC-CH -- Research Seminar “Predicting Rips: Utilizing nearshore observational data to improve our ability to forecast rip currents”

November

Nov. 5 -- Tracy Mincer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute -- Particle Associated Microbes in the Marine Water Column: Unique Communities or Random Epibionts?
Nov. 12 -- Ashley Smyth, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Interdisciplinary Seminar-- “Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Assessing the Importance of Subterranean Estuaries.”
Nov. 19 -- Emily Timmons, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Interdisciplinary Seminar, Topic TBA
Nov. 26 -- Thanksgiving Holiday Break, No Seminar Presentation

December

Dec. 3 -- Nyssa Silbiger, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences -- Research Seminar "Impacts of Sponge Nutrient Inputs on Caribbean Reef Communities"