MSI Technical Seminars

For information on Laura Randall Schweppe Endowed Lecture Series (click here).

For information about Public Lecture Series (click here).

Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are held in the Visitors' Center Auditorium.

For more information, contact Jamey Pelfrey (phone 361-749-6801 or email jamey.pelfrey@mail.utexas.edu).

2008

Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 10:00 a.m. - Thesis: Lucia Upchurch, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Geochemical characterization of hydrothermal plume fluids from the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean."
Monday, August 11, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - Dissertation: Ken Webb, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Cholecystokinin and the Ontogeny of Digestion in the Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)."
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. - Dissertation: Andy Evans, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Evidence supporting a dual glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid role for the elasmobranch steroid 1α-hydroxycorticosterone."
Friday, August 1, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.: Shinnosuke Nakayama, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"The downside of batch spawning: interference competition for food in young red drum."; Kenneth Webb, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Postprandial cholecystokinin and trypsin responses of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)."
Friday, July 25, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. - Dissertation: Scott Applebaum, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Regulation of elements of the thyroid and corticosteroid systems by stress, hormone treatment, and atrazine during ontogeny of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)."
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.: Brian Fry, Ph.D., Louisiana State University
"Adventures in Isotopia, the Wide Pacific and Beyond."
Friday, June 27, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.: Adriana Reza, Environmental Discovery Center Assistant, Texas State Aquarium
"Dancing with the Sea Stars: Marine Education."
Friday, June 20, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.: Barbara Dorf, Ph.D., Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
"Thirty Years of Texas Coastal Fisheries: How are the Data Collected and Used?"
Friday, June 13, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.: Kiersten Madden, Ph.D., UTMSI Mission-Aransas NERR
"From Seals to Stewardship: What Can I do with a Degree in Marine Science."
Friday, June 6, 2008 - 3:00 p.m.: Daniel J. Heilman, P.E., Coastal Technical Manager, HDR/Shiner Moseley
"Restoration of Intertidal Wetlands: Blending Biology, Coastal Science, and Engineering."
Monday, May 19, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.: Dr. Matt Picha, North Carolina State University
"Characterization of compensatory growth in hybrid striped bass: hormones and mechanisms."
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 - 2:00 p.m. - Thesis: Leah Hurley, Marine Science Institute
"Spatial variability in the stable isotope and lipid composition of coral tissues (Porites compressa)"
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Mario Giordano, Universita Politecnica della Marche, Ancona Italy - Schweppe Speaker
"Responding to environmental changes: the role of homeostasis in the ecology and evolution of phytoplankton."
Friday, April 25, 2008 - 11:00 a.m. - Dissertation: Gwen Dressing, Marine Science Institute
"Membrane progestin receptor expression, signaling and function in reproductive somatic cells of female vertebrates."
Monday, April 14, 2008 - 12:30 p.m.: Dr. Roger Hanlon, MBL
"Mechanisms and principles of animal camouflage, exemplified by rapid adaptive coloration of cephalopods."
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 11:00 a.m.: Dr. Ione Hunt von Herbing, University of North Texas
"Fueling the Fire for Growth: Feeding Development & Metabolism in Fishes"
Friday, March 21, 2008 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. John Godwin, University of North Carolina - Schweppe Speaker
"Neuroendocrine mechanisms mediating aggression and sexual behavior in a sex-changing coral reef fish"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 10:30 a.m.: Dr. Rebecca J. Gast, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - Schweppe Speaker
"Results from Ocean and Human Health Studies: Pathogens and Parasites in the Marine Environment"
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 2:00 p.m.: Aaron Watson, Graduate Student, UTMSI
"Energy Budget of Early Juvenile Cobia, (Rachycentron canadum)"
Monday, February 25, 2008 - 12:30 p.m.: Astrid Johannsen, GKSS-Institute for Coastal Research
"Nitrogen cycling in German rivers discharging into the North Sea - Assessment by means of stable nitrate isotopes"
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 1:00 p.m.: Dr. Molly Cummings, UT-Austin
"Poison and Passion: Mechanisms of anti-predatory and preference behavior in frogs and fishes"
Monday, February 18, 2008 - 12:30 p.m.: Elin Kjorsvik
"Variability in Cod (Gadus morhua) Egg Quality"
Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 4:00 p.m.: Aaron Watson(Holt Laboratory)
"Energy Budget of Early Juvenile Cobia, Rachycentron canadum"; Lindsay Rawlinson (Holt Laboratory)
"The effects of abrupt salinity changes and prolonged exposure to low salinities on growth, survival, and NA+?K+ ATPase activity in post-metamorphic juvenile Southern Flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma"; Adam Hughes (Pease Laboratory)
"Can coral eat their way back to good health? A mechanism for post bleaching resilience"
Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Bill Miller, The University of Georgia - Schweppe Speaker
"Tales of Marine Photochemistry and UltraViolet Optics from Space"
Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Erik Cordes, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
"How organisms shape their environment from the microbe to the ecosystem"
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Pablo Munguia, Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
"Species rarity and diversity patterns of Pen shell (Atrina rigida) communities"
Monday, January 14, 2008 - 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Sarah L. Mincks, Presidential IPY Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska, Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
"From the ends of the Earth: High-latitude ecology in a global context"

2007

Monday, December 10, 2007 - 3:00 p.m. - Thesis: Caleb Harris, Marine Science Institute
"Examination of the role of different classes of progesterone receptors in oocyte maturation in zebrafish, Danio rerio"
Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Myron Peck, Center for Marine and Atmospheric Climate Research, Institute of Hydrobiology and Fisheries Research, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
"From experiments to models: linking environmental factors and the vital rates of clupeid fish in the Baltic and North seas."
Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - 12:30 p.m.: Dr. Hans A. Hofmann, The University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology, Institute for Cellular & Molecular Biology, Institute for Neuroscience
"A molecular systems analysis of social behavior in African cichlid fishes"
Monday, November 26, 2007 - 1:30 p.m.: Dr. Michael Miller, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Nakano, Tokyo
"Fish ecology research in three oceans: from estuarine dependence to long larval migrations"
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Luiz A. Rocha, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii
"Ecology and the evolution of coral reef fishes"
Friday, November 16, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.: Presentation #1 - Rae Mooney, Marine Science Institute
"Watershed export events and ecosystem responses in the MIssion-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve"; Presentation #2 - Katie Swanson, Marine Science Institute
"A proposal: identifying toxin production in Gambierdiscus toxicus collected from the Gulf of Mexico; Presentation #3 - Aaron Watson, Marine Science Institute
"Energy budget of early juvenile cobia, Rachycentron canadum"
Monday, November 12, 2007 - 1:30 p.m.: Laura Ryckman, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Effects of hypoxia on harpacticoid copepod reproduction in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"; Lucia Upchurch, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Preliminary characterization of hydrothermal plumes at 85N, 85E on the Gakkel Ridge, Arctic Ocean"; Travis Tidwell, Graduate Student, Marine Science Institute
"Distribution and feeding ecology of larval billfish in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 12:30 p.m.: Afonso Souza, Marine Science Institute
"Microbial potential enzyme activity and kinetics in organic-poor estuarine sediments"
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 1:30 p.m.: Leah Hurley, Marine Science Institute
"Spatial variability in Delta13C and Delta15N in tissues of the Hawaiian Coral, Porites compressa"
Friday, September 21, 2007 - 1:00 p.m. - Dissertation: Kiersten Madden, Marine Science Institute
"Foraging behavior of free-ranging Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) in the Antarctic fast-ice environment"
Friday, August 24, 2007 - 3:45 p.m. - Thesis: Ananyo Banerjee, Marine Science Institute
"Molecular cloning of FSH and LH β subunits and their regulation by estrogen in Atlantic croaker"
Friday, August 3, 2007 - 3:30 p.m. - Thesis: Charles Foster, Marine Science Institute
"Population and migration trends of coastal birds on Mustang Island, Texas"
Friday, July 27, 2007 - 1:00 p.m. - Dissertation: Christopher Tubbs, Marine Science Institute
"Mechanisms of progestin-stimulated sperm hypermotility in two teleosts: the Atlantic croaker and the southern flounder"
Friday, July 27, 2007 - 11:00 a.m.: Dr. Andrea C. Gore, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin; "Transgenerational endocrine disrupting chemical actions on reproductive physiology and behavior"
Friday, June 29, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Adam D. Hughes, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTMSI; "Sea Bed Scrapers and Shapers: Urchins in Control?"
Friday, June 22, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Hedy Edmonds, Associate Professor/Research Associate Professor, UTMSI; "How AMORE led me to AGAVE: a preview of the 2007 Arctic GAkkel Vents Expedition"
Friday, June 15, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Ed Buskey, Professor/Research Professor, UTMSI; "The role of environmental hydrodynamics in mediating planktonic predator-prey interactions"
Friday, June 8, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Christopher Shank, Assistant Professor/Research Assistant Professor, UTMSI; "Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter Cycling in the Florida Keys"
Friday, June 1, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Megan Fencil, Graduate Student, UTMSI; "Importance of seagrass nursery habitat to estuarine-dependent organisms with emphasis on red drum Sciaenops ocellatus."
Friday, May 25, 2007 - 10:45 a.m.: Professor Robert Heath, Kent State University; "Phosphorus Dynamics in Lake Erie"
Monday, May 7, 2007 - 12:30 p.m.: Robinson W. "Wally" Fulweiler, Ph.D., Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island; "Climate Change Impacts on Benthic-Pelagic Coupling and the Biogeochemistry of Narragansett Bay, R.I." (abstract)
Monday, April 23, 2007 - 9:30 a.m.: Dr. Harold Zakon, The University of Texas at Austin, Section of Neurobiology & Institute for Neuroscience; "Molecular evolution of sodium channel genes in fishes: two stories"
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Graham Young, University of Washington - Schweppe Speaker
"Environmental and endocrine regulation of the ovary: salmonid and freshwater eel models"
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Wei-Jun Cai, The University of Georgia - Schweppe Speaker
"Synthesis of air-sea CO₂ exchange in a few western boundary current shelves" (abstract)
Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Ed Malkiel, Johns Hopkins University - Schweppe Speaker
"Holographic Views of the Plankton World"
Monday, February 26, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Holt Lab Mini-symposium:
Jeff Kaiser, Research Scientist Associate, UTMSI
"Offshore Mariculture in Texas: Past, Present and Future."
Rick Kline, Graduate Student, UTMSI
"The Effect of Fish and Androgens on the Sexual Inversion of Sevenband Grouper, Epinephelus Septemfasciatus."
Aaron Watson, Graduate Student, UTMSI
"Marine Ornamental Culture at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute."
Ken Webb, Graduate Student, UTMSI
"Growth of Juvenile Cobia, Rachycentron Canadum, at Three Different Densities In a Recirculating Aquaculture System."
Thursday, February 22, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. J. Kevin Craig, Nicholas School of the Environmental and Earth Sciences, Duke University Marine Laboratory & Department of Zoology, Center for Marine Science and Technology, North Carolina State University
"Hypoxia, Fish, and Fisheries: Linking Anthropogenic Environmental Change to Upper Trophic Levels"
Monday, February 19, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Greg Stunz, TAMU-CC, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies
"Establishing linkages between marine habitats and fisheries productivity"
Thursday, February 15, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Ian Hewson, Department of Ocean Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
"From viruses to eddies: The emerging story of marine microbial biogeography"
Monday, February 12, 2007 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Edna Granéli, Marine Sciences Dept., Kalmar University, Sweden
"Top-down bottom-up control of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs)" (abstract)
Monday, February 12, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Eric Saillant, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, TAMU, College Station
"Application of molecular-genetic markers to conservation of marine and freshwater fishes"
Monday, February 5, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Amy Townsend-Small, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTMSI
"Riverine fluxes of carbon and nutrients to the Arctic Ocean"
Monday, January 22, 2007 - 9:00 a.m.: Dr. Johannes Hagström, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTMSI
"Fate of marine algal toxins in presence of bacteria and mussel or copepod faecal matter"

2006

Monday, December 11, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Danny Reible, PhD, PE, DEE, NAE, Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
"Defining the Availability of Organic Contaminants in Sediments" (summary)
Monday, December 4, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Reynaldo Patiño, Professor and Unit Leader, USGS Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
"Thyroid endocrine disruption in fish and its effects on development and reproduction"
Friday, December 1, 2006 - 4:00 p.m. - Thesis: Megan L. Noel, Marine Science Institute
"The effect of stress on steroidogenic gene expression in the Atlantic stingray (Dasyatis sabina) brain"
Monday, November 6, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Xiaohong Gu, Professor of Zooplankton Community Structure, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P.R. China
"Changes in the Abundance of the Dominant Commercial Fishes in Lake Taihu: Impacts of Fishing and Environmental Changes"
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Anne Magurran, University of St. Andrews
"Sex and speciation in guppies"
Monday, October 30, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Gilbert Rowe, TAMU Galveston
"Structure and Function in Benthic Communities of the Deep Gulf of Mexico"
Friday, October 27, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Mikhail V. Matz, Integrative Biology, UT-Austin
"How corals got their colors"
Monday, October 23, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Robert Scott, Institute of Geophysics, UT-Austin
"How North Atlantic warming is affecting hurricane activity"
Monday, October 9, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Alfredo F. Ojanguren, Marine Science Institute
"Sexual stereotypes: attractiveness and promiscuity (in a fish)"
Monday, September 25, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Brian Arbic, UT-Austin
"Forward modeling of the global oceanic tides, barotropic and baroclinic, in the present and in the ice ages"
Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Delbert 'Lee' Smee, Assistant Professor, TAMU-CC
"The ecology of yikes! Environmental forces alter prey perception of predators"
Friday, August 25, 2006 - 3:45 p.m. - Thesis: Lucia Beatriz Carreon Martinez, Marine Science Institute
"Development of a multiplex PCR assay for identification of sciaenid eggs"
Friday, July 28, 2006 - 4:00 p.m. - Thesis: Eve Robinson, Marine Science Institute
"The turbulent lives of copepods: how flow over a coral reef affects their ability to detect predators"
Thursday, July 27, 2006 - 10:00 a.m. - Thesis: Harris Muhlstein, Marine Science Institute
"Comparison of growth rate and efficiency of the Texas Brown tide alga Aureoumbra lagunensis grown on DON and DIN"
Monday, July 10, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. John A. Schetz, Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center
"Environment-friendly aquatic antifoulants: biotechnology that's hot"
Thursday, July 6, 2006 - 4:00 p.m. - Thesis: Summer Martin, Marine Science Institute
"An Assessment of Seagrass and Tidal Flat Recovery from Anthropogenic Physical Disturbance Events along the Padre Island National Seashore"
Wednesday, June 28, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Lee A. Fuiman & Kiersten Madden, Marine Science Institute
"Foraging behavior of Weddell Seals diving in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica"
Friday, June 16, 2006 - 11:00 a.m. - Thesis: Julie Kinsey, Marine Science Institute
"Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to inflow in the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary"
Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 4:00 p.m. - Thesis: Kimberly LeRoy, Marine Science Institute
"Alterations in Thyroid Hormone Status in Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) Exposed to Aroclor 1254 and Selected PCB Congeners"
Wednesday, April 26, 2006 - 10:30 a.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Robert C. Rhew, University of California at Berkeley
"One if by land, two if by sea: The "missing" source of atmospheric methyl halides"
Monday, April 24, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Adam G. Jones, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, TAMU - College Station
"The evolution of male pregnancy in seahorses and pipefishes"
Friday, April 14, 2006 - 10:00 a.m. - Dissertation: Amy Townsend-Small, Marine Science Institute
"Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in the Peruvian Andean Amazon"
Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 2:00 p.m. - Thesis: Terry Palmer, Marine Science Institute
"Initial Effects of Opening Packery Channel on Estuarine Macrofauna in Corpus Christi Bay"
Thursday, April 13, 2006 - 10:30 a.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Roy L. Caldwell, University of California at Berkeley
"Mantis Shrimp: Still the Fastest Claw in the West"
Monday, April 10, 2006 - 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Norma L. Fowler, Section of Integrative Biology, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin
"Two Invasive Plants of Central Texas: Causes, Consequences, and (maybe) Control"
Wednesday, April 5, 2006 - 10:00 a.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Cynthia H. Pilskaln, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
"Particle, Plankton, and Nutrient Dynamics in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre: Revising a Paradigm with In-Situ Imaging Technology"
Monday, April 3, 2006 - 1:30 p.m.: Dr. Antonietta Quigg, Phytoplankton Dynamics Laboratory, Departments of Marine Biology and Oceanography, Texas A&M University-Galveston
"Elemental signatures: Linking evolutionary forces and ecological success"
Monday, March 6, 2006, 4:00 p.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Hans W. Paerl, Kenan Professor of Marine and Environmental Sciences, UNC-CH Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC
"Microalgal indicators of ecological change in estuaries: Scaling up from molecular to regional studies"
Thursday, February 2, 2006, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Emilio Mayorga, Surface Water Management Division, Snohomish County, WA
"Carbon across Amazonian and Andean rivers: A bird's eye view rooted in carbon isotopes"
Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. G. Christopher Shank, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia
"The importance of CDOM in coastal waters: Case studies in Cu cycling and coral ecology"
Thursday, January 26, 2006, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Stephen Opsahl, Jones Ecological Research Center
"Biogeochemical cycling of terrestrial carbon in aquatic systems"
Monday, January 23, 2006, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Ying Chen, Stanford University
"Atmospheric dry deposition of nutrients to the oceanic ecosystem"
Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 1:30 p.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: John A. Breier, Jr., Marine Science Institute
"Quantifying Submarine Discharges to Texas Coastal Bend Estuaries"

2005
Monday, December 12, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Alejandro (Alex) H. Orsi, Texas A&M University, College Station
"Characteristics of the Antarctic Slope Current and Front in the Ross Sea"

Thursday, December 8, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: James Orpwood, Postdoctoral Research, Biodiversity and Ecological Processes Research Group, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
"Aspects of refuge-use among stream-dwelling Atlantic salmon"
Monday, December 5, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Richard Watson, Graduate of The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX
"Protect the Natural Dune Seawall, Our First Line of Defense Against Hurricanes"

Monday, November 28, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Leszek Karczmarski, Assistant Professor, Institute of Marine Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, Galveston, TX
"Social Dynamics of Insular Delphinid Population: The Spinner Dolphin Model"
Monday, November 21, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Troy Mutchler, Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute
"Response of epiphyte and seagrass communities to fertilization"
Friday, November 18, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. Stephen Carini, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
"A Biogeochemical and Molecular Ecological Study of Aerobic Methane- and Ammonia-Oxidation in Mono Lake, CA, USA"
Monday, November 14, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Richard J. McLaughlin, Endowed Chair, Marine Policy and Law, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
"Emerging Energy Technologies in the Gulf of Mexico: Legal and Policy Considerations"
Monday, October 31, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Raymond S. Porter, Ph.D. Candidate with Professor David Crews, Integrative Biology, The University of Texas at Austin
"Temperature-dependent sex determination in the red-eared slider turtle"
Monday, October 10, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Thomas C. Shirley, Endowed Chair, Biodiversity & Conservation Science, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
"Invertebrate Assemblages on Deep Sea Corals"
Monday, October, 3, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Danny D. Reible, Bettie Margaret Smith Chair of Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
"Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of PAHs from Contaminated Sediment"
Monday, August 15, 2005, 1:30 p.m.: Dr. Robert A. Duke, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Music, College of Fine Arts, Marlene and Morton Meyerson Centennial Professor in Music and Distinguished Teaching Professor, Ph.D.
"Why Students Don't Learn What We Thing We Teach"
Friday, August 5, 2005, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Chris Finelli, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
"Water flow flux and the ecology of marine benthos"
Wednesday, August 3, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - Thesis: Brie Sarkisian, Marine Science Institute
"From viscous to inertial forces: Defining the limits of hydrodynamic forces on larval swimming"
Friday, July 8, 2005, 1:15 p.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Marc Russell, Marine Science Institute
"Net Ecosystem Metabolism in Texas Shallow Water Estuaries: An Indicator of Freshwater Inflow Effects, Scales of Variability, and Changes due to Climate and Watershed Development"
Thursday, June 30, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Deana Erdner, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
"Molecular Ecology and Physiology of Toxic Dinoflagellates"
Wednesday, June 1, 2005, 1:15 p.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Christa L. Speekmann, Marine Science Institute
"Use of RNA:DNA Ratios for Assessing Secondary Production of Planktonic Food Webs: Effects of Temperature, Salinity, Food and Heavy Metals"
Monday, May 9, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. P.V. Sundareshwar, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
"Phosphorus a Master Element?!"
Friday, May 6, 2005, 1:15 p.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Margaret C. Pace, Marine Science Institute
"Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Oocyte Maturation in Sciaenid Fishes"
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. James McClelland, Marine Biological Laboratory
"Land-sea Coupling in the Arctic: Responses and Feedbacks to Global Change"
Wednesday, April 27, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Ken Webb, Marine Science Institute
"Developing an Artificial Diet for First Feeding Marine Larvae: Impact of Cholecystokinin on Pancreatic Enzymes and Assimilation"; Terry Palmer, Marine Science Institute
"Impact of Packery Channel on Benthic Macrofauna in Mollie Beattie Coastal Habitat, Corpus Christi Bay"
Monday, April 25, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Timothy Dellapenna, Texas A&M Galveston
"Alteration of the lower shoreface during hurricane impact and the subsequent recovery: a case study of the impact of Hurricane Claudette (2003) on Matagorda Penninsula"
Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Gwen Dressing, Marine Science Institute
"Rapid actions of progestins on the follicular cells of the Atlantic croaker"; Maelanie Galima, Marine Science Institute
"Characterization of the GnRH System in the Brain and Pituitary of the Spotted Seatrout"

Wednesday, April 13, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. Edward T. Baker, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
"The Global Distribution of Seafloor Hydrothermal Fields"
Monday, April 11, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. John M. Sharp, Jr., Dept. of Geological Sciences, UT Austin
"Thermohaline Free Convection in Groundwater with a Padre Island Case History"
Wednesday, April 6, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Michael Rasser, Marine Science Institute
"Multi-scale Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Halophytes in the Nueces Delta"
Tuesday, April 5, 2005, 3:00 p.m.: Dr. Suguru Kawato, University of Tokyo at Kamaba
"Local Synthesis and Rapid Action of Brain Estrogens in Adult Rat Hippocampus: From Neuro-endocrinology to Neuro-Synaptocrinology"
Wednesday, March 23, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Kimberly Leroy, Marine Science Institute
"Alterations in Thyroid Hormone Status in Atlantic Croaker Exposed to PCBs"
Wednesday, March 9, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Chris Tubbs, Marine Science Institute
"The Role of Membrane Progestin Receptors in the Regulation of Sperm Motility in the Atlantic Croaker"; Megan Fencil, Marine Science Institute
"Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Fish Community Structure and Settlement of Red Drum in a Local Seagrass Meadow"
Monday, March 7, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Rainer Amon, Texas A&M Galveston
"A river runs through it - DOM in the Arctic Ocean"

Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Lucia Carreon, Marine Science Institute
"Species identification of sciaenid eggs in Aransas Bay, TX by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR)"

Tuesday, March 1, 2005, 4:00 p.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Paul W. Webb, School of Natural Resources and Environment, The University of Michigan
"Design Ideas for Fish Creators: Building Stable Fish for Performance"

Monday, February 21, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Creagh Breuner, Section of Integrative Biology, UT Austin
"The vertebrate stress response: a transport perspective"

Wednesday, February 16, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Scott Applebaum, Marine Science Institute
"Development and interactions of the thyroid and corticosteroid systems during the early life history of red drum: Hormones and receptors"
Monday, February 14, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Alfredo Ojanguren, Marine Science Institute
"Thermal performance of complex functions (embryonic development, growth and swimming stamina) during early life history in brown trout"
Wednesday, February 9, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Kiersten Madden, Marine Science Institute
"A Comparative Study of the Foraging Behaviors of Weddell Seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)"
Friday, February 4, 2005, 3:45 p.m. - Schweppe Speaker: Dr. Louis J. Guillette, Jr., College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Florida
"Contaminants and Aquatic Ecosystems at Risk - A Gene to Population Approach"
Wednesday, February 2, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: John A. Breier, Jr., Marine Science Institute
"Water and solute exchange between the aquifers and estuaries of south Texas"
Wednesday, January 26, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Amy Townsend-Small, Marine Science Institute
"Carbon and nitrogen cycling in the Peruvian Andean Amazon"
Monday, January 24, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Stein Fredriksen, University of Oslo
"Kelp as a food source - compilation of present knowledge from Norway"

Monday, January 10, 2005, 4:00 p.m.: Dr. Mathew Leibold, Section of Integrative Biology, UT Austin
"Pond metacommunities as complex adaptive ecosystems"
Monday, January 10, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. Russell Feagin, Texas A&M University (College Station)
"Ecological modeling in coastal and marine science: spatial, temporal, and spatio-temporal domains"
Thursday, January 6, 2005, 10:45 a.m.: Dr. Rucheng Tian, Harvard University
"Adaptive physical and biological modeling and real-time ecological forecasts"
Wednesday, January 5, 2005, 1:15 p.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Rebecca Waggett, Marine Science Institute
"Ecological, Biomechanical and Neurological Correlates of Escape Behavior in Calanoid Copepods"
Monday, January 3, 2005, 1:15 p.m.: Dr. Rubao Ji, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
"Modeling biological-physical interactions on Georges Bank"
Monday, January 3, 2005, 8:45 a.m. - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Maria C. Alvarez, Marine Science Institute
"Impacts of environmentally realistic pollution levels on fish larvae: An ecological approach"
2004
Friday, December 17, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Reynaldo Patino, USGS Texas Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Texas Tech University
"An integrative approach to understanding ovarian follicle maturation and ovulation in teleost fishes"
Monday, December 6, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: Dr. Steven Colbert, University of Washington
"What Ra isotopes tell us about circulation in San Pedro Bay, CA"

Friday, December 3, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Mark McCarthy, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute
"Nitrogen cycling and the microbial food web in Taihu Lake, China"
Tuesday, November 30, 2004, 11:00 a.m. - Thesis: Andrea Kopecky, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute
"Drift Macroalgal Abundance and Distribution in Relationship to Biological Indicators in Two Seagrass Dominated Texas Estuarine Systems"
Monday, November 29, 2004, 11:00 a.m. - Thesis: Kelly Fellows, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute
"Impacts of human disturbances on seagrass communities in the Padre Island National Seashore"
Monday, November 15, 2004, 4 p.m.: Dr. Carrie Masiello, Rice University
"Measuring the oxidation state of organic carbon in the Earth System"
Friday, November 12, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Marc Russell, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute
"Effects of Freshwater Inflow on Estuarine Health and Function Estimated by Net Ecosystem Metabolism"
Thursday, November 11, 2004, 11:00 a.m.: Jeffrey G. Baguley, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Meiofauna community structure and function in the northern Gulf of Mexico deep sea"

Friday, November 5, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Tracy A. Villareal, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Observations on regional processes affecting diatoms in the Central N. Pacific gyre"

Tuesday, October 12, 2004, 10:00 a.m.: Dr. Jerald S. Ault, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
"Are our tarpon your tarpon? Migration studies of tarpon in the southeastern US and Gulf of Mexico"

Friday, October 1, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. B. Scott Nunez, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Stress and reproduction in fishes"

Friday, September 10, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Paul A. Montagna, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"New approaches to setting minimum flows in estuaries?"

Thursday, September 2, 2004, 3:45 p.m.: Dr. Bruce C. Coull, School of the Environment,
University of South Carolina
"Human-environment interactions: Ethics for a sustainable future?"

Tuesday, August 24 2004, 9:00 am - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Rafael Perez-Dominguez, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"The life of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae in a sea grass meadow; dynamics of use, growth, mortality, and endocrine development during settlement"

Thursday, August 19, 2004, 4:00 pm - Thesis: Crystal Firth, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"What is the role of copepods in red tide bloom dynamics?"

Thursday, July 22, 2004, 1:15 pm - Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Abby Benninghoff, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Signal transduction pathways regulating steroidogenesis in the ovary of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)"

Friday, June 25, 2004, 10:00 am: Dr. Ronald G. Rinaldo, National Marine Fisheries Service - Sustainable Fisheries
"Tagging of pacific pelagics (TOPP)"

Thursday, May 20, 2004, 3:45 pm: Julien Lartigue, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Acquiring nitrogen: The case of an estuarine macroalga and the mystery of a toxic dinoflagellate"

Tuesday, May 18, 2004, 3:45 pm: Matthew Palmtag, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Captive rearing and larval nutrition of the fire shrimp"

Monday, April 19, 2004, 3:45 pm: Heather Singler, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Effects of irradiance and iron-limitation on Nitrogen release by vertically migrating Rhizosolenia mats"

Wednesday, April 7, 2004, 10:45 am: Dr. Dong-Ha Min, Pennsylvania State University
"Are we seeing early warning signs of ocean circulation changes? The cases of oxygen changes in the Southern Ocean and in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)."
Monday, April 5, 2004, 10:45 am: Dr. James D. Hagy, III, U.S. EPA - Gulf Breeze; "Physical and biological controls on hypoxia in three estuaries"
Thursday, April 1, 2004, 10:45 am: Dr. David M. Fields, Georgia Institute of Technology
"Implications of a moving fluid on the sensory horizon of marine copepods"
Monday, March 29, 2004, 10:45 am: Dr. Elizabeth W. North, University of Maryland - Horn Point Laboratory; "Linking ETM physics, zooplankton prey, and fish early-life histories to striped bass and white perch recruitment using field and modeling techniques"
Friday, March 19, 2004, 3:45 pm: Dr. J. Rudi Strickler, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; "Temporal pattern recognition in fish: finding a zooplankter according
to its swimming behavior"
Thursday, February 26, 2004, 2:30 pm: Dr. Andrea Grottoli, University of Pennsylvania; "Carbon isotopes in corals and sclerosponges: Applications for paleoclimate reconstruction"
Wednesday, February 19, 2004, 3:30 pm: Dr. Denise Pope, Trinity University; "Behavioral ecology of fiddler crabs"
Friday, February 6, 2004, 3:45 pm: Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera, University of Guam; "Chemical warfare and the modern shaman: The ecology of defense in marine organisms"
Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 3:45 pm: Dr. Peggy Ostrom, Michigan State University; "New perspectives on the origins of nitrous oxide as revealed by isotopes and isotopomers."
Friday, January 23, 2004, 3:45 pm: Tony Amos, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Shoreline and dune line changes on Mustang and San Jose Island Gulf beaches: Comparing a managed to an unmanaged beach."

2003

Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Peter Thomas, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Discovery of a new family of cDNAs encoding progesterone membrane receptors in vertebrates"
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 10:45 pm: Craig Aumack, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Linking water turbidity and TSS loading to kelp productivity within the Stefansson Sound Boulder Patch"
Friday, November 21, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Tracy Villareal, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Size matters: Giant phytoplankton and survival in the open sea"
Friday, November 14, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Tamara Pease, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "What once was old now is new: Ancient lipids in modern bacteria"
Friday, November 7, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Joan Holt, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Research on culturing the early life stages of marine ornamentals"
Thursday, November 6, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Peter Landrum, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory; "Bioaccumulation and the relationship to toxic response for organic contaminants in aquatic organisms"
Friday, October 31, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Scott Nunez, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Salt, stress and steroids: The role of glucocorticoids in fishes"
Friday, October 24, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Ed Buskey, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Adaptation of zooplankton for avoiding predation"
Friday, October 17, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Izhar Khan, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Mechanisms of neuroendocrine toxicity of environmental chemicals"
Friday, October 10, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Ken Dunton, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Variations in benthic-pelagic coupling over arctic shelves: the critical role of advective processes"
Friday, October 3, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Wayne Gardner, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Nitrogen dynamics as related to salinity in shallow coastal ecosystems"
Friday, September 26, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Paul Montagna, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Environmental effects of offshore oil and gas activities"
Friday, September 19, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Lee A. Fuiman, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "The Larval Fish Olympics: Investigating the role of individual behavior in fish recruitment"
Friday, September 12, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Hedy Edmonds, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Shelf-basin exchange of particle-reactive tracers in the Arctic Ocean"
Friday, September 5, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Jay Brandes, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Through the looking glass: a nanoscale view of marine organic matter"
Friday, August 1, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Greg Stunz, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi; "Selection of estuarine nursery habitats by juvenile red drum"
Friday, May 16, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Tom Carefoot, University of British Columbia; "Functionality of varices in a muricid smail Ceratostoma foliatum"
Monday, May 12, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Deb Donovan, Western Washington University; "Energetics of swimming in bivalve mollusks"
Monday, May 9, 2003, 11:00 am: Tamera Ashcraft, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Primary production of the microphytobenthos in Nueces Estuary"
Monday, March 17, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Cheryl Brown, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Pacific Coastal Ecology Branch; "Using Models to Interpret Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Ecological Datasets"
Monday, March 10, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Jim Hench, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; "Time-Varying Tidal Circulation and Transport Near Inlets"
Monday, March 3, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Joseph P. Montoya, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology; "Nitrogen Fixation in the Oligotrophic Ocean ö Large Fluxes from Small Cells?"
Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Sybil P. Seitzinger, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University; "Chemical characterization and bioavailability of DOM from land-based sources to coastal systems"
Tuesday, January 28, 2003, 3:45 pm: Dr. Stacy Kim, California State University, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories; "ASPIRE - Antarctic Sewage Pollution Impact and Recovery Experiments"
2002
Friday, September 27, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Lynn Katz, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Civil Engineering; "Macroscopic, Spectroscopic, and Modeling Studies of Sorption Processes for Natural and Engineered Systems"
Wednesday, August 21, 2002, 11:00 am: Harlan Miller, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "Photosynthetic Response of Scandinavian Kelp Forest to Ozone Depletion"

Friday, June 14, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Kenneth T. Frank, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Ocean Sciences Division; "Towards Realistic Models In Fisheries Science"

Friday, June 7, 2002, 3:45 pm: Mary Beth Hawkins, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Biological Sciences; "The Identification and Characterization of Three Distinct Estrogen Receptor Subtypes in a Teleost Fish, the Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus)"

Friday, May 17, 2002, 10:00 am: Jaime L. Haberer, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "A High Sensitivity, Low Volume Method to Determine Soluble Reactive Phosphate (SRP) in Freshwater and Saltwater"

Friday, May 10, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Steve Pennings, University of Houston; "Latitudinal Variation in Plant-Herbivore Interactions in Coastal Salt Marshes"

Tuesday, April 30, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Michael McClain, Florida International University; "The Biogeochemistry of the Amazon River: Integrating Forests, Soils, Mountains, and Increasing Human Inputs"
Friday, April 26, 2002, 9:00 am: Alyssa M. Braun, University of Texas Marine Science Institute; "The Effects of Androgens on Steroidogenesis in the Ovary of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus): Mechanism of Action, the Biochemical Characterization of a Membrane Androgen Receptor, and the Chronic Effects of Exposure to an Environmental Antiandrogen"
Thursday, April 25, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Molly E. Cummings, University of Texas at Austin; "Evolution of Visual Systems, Signals and Behavior in Surfperch (Embiotocidae)"

Tuesday, April 23, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Gustav-Adolf Paffenhofer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography; "Effects of Diatoms on Planktonic Marine Copepods"
Friday, April 5, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Akkur V. Raman, Marine Biological Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Andhra University, India; "A GIS Based Study for the Mangroves of Coringa on the East Coast of India"

Thursday, March 28, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Stuart Wakeham, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
"Biogeochemistry of Organic Matter in the Arabian Sea - the Fate of Lipids"

Thursday, March 21, 2002, 3:45 pm, Lower Seminar Room: Dr. Mimi Koehl, University of California, Berkeley
"Smelling with Hairy Noses: The Fluid Dynamics of Olfactory Antennae in Turbulent Odor Plumes"

Friday, March 14, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Mikio Naganobu, National Research Institute of Far Sea Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan
"Relationships Between Antarctic Krill (Euphausiaw superba) Variability and Ozone Depletion, and Large Scale Meteorological and Oceanographic Fluctuations"

February 20, 2002, 3:45 pm: Dr. Laura Gonzalez Guzman, State University of New York, Stony Brook
"Environmental suitability across species geographic ranges"

Thursday, January 17, 2002, 2:00 pm: Professor Boqiang Qin, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
"Environmental Problems in Taihu Lake, China - Problems, Causes and Management"

2001

Friday, December 14, 2001, 3:00 pm: Megan Scanlin, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Del¹⁵N and del¹³C Measurements of Trophic Structure on Coral Reef Systems within the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico"

Tuesday, December 11, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Sandra Diamond, Texas Tech University,
"Population Responses of Atlantic Croaker to Anthropogenic Impacts"
Tuesday, December 4, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. John W. Morse, Texas A&M University - College Station
"Chemical influences on trace metal-sulfide interactions in anoxic sediments"
Monday, December 3, 2001, 10:30 am: Michael Smith, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
"Causes and Consequences of Individual Growth Rate Variability in Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) Larvae"
Friday, November 30, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Richard R. Lee, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography - Savannah, Georgia,
"DNA Damage and Repair in Grass Shrimp Embryos after Exposure to Estuarine Geotoxicants"
Friday, October 26, 2001, 3:00 pm: Sally Morehead, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Assessment of anthropogenic impacts on the marine communities at McMurdo Station, Antarctica"

Thursday, August 30th, 2001, 3:45 pm: Scott Lee Applebaum, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Evaluation of the digestive protease, chymotrypsin, as an indicator of nutritional condition in Larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)"
Monday, August 27th, 2001, 10:30 am: Daniel R. Sabath, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Sublethal effects of maternal exposure to p,p'-DDE on developing Atlantic croaker larvae at environmental concentrations"
Friday, August 3, 2001, 10:30 am: Charlotte Kucera, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Effects of spawning salinity on the eggs and larvae of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus)"
Wednesday, May 16, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Margie Gallagher, Institute for Coastal Marine Resources, East Carolina University
"Dietary macronutrients and physiological consequences"
Wednesday, May 11, 2001, 10:00 am: Dr. Christopher Cameron, NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow
"Hemichordate phylogeny and biology: Clues to the evolution of the chordate body plan"
Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Allen Davis, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture, Auburn University
"Aquaculture challenges for the new millennium"
Monday, May 7, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Peter Hernes, University of South Carolina
"Tannin diagenesis in mangrove leaves from a tropical estuary: Molecular evidence for humification "

Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Izhar Khan, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
"Neurobiology of fish reproduction and its application in mariculture"
Tuesday, May 1, 2001, 9:30 am: Carmen LaSonya Mathews, University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute
"Effects of the maturation-inducing steroid on LH secretion and the GnRH System at different stages of the gonadal cycle in the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus"
Monday, April 30, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Guy T. DiDonato, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory
"Benthic nutrient flux in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary: implications for eutrophication"
Wednesday, April 25, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Marty Riche, Northwest Indian College
"Fish nutrition: Prospects and prosperity"
Monday, April 23, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Siddhartha Mitra Tulane University
"Fluvial discharge of black carbon and PAH's into coastal sediments of the Gulf of Mexico: Implications for the global carbon cycle"
Wednesday, April 11, 2001, 3:45 pm: Dr. Dmitri Sobolev Aquatic Biology Program, University of Alabama
"Coupled microbial Fe(III) reduction and Fe(II) oxidation at redox interfaces: a potential for rapid cycling of iron"
Friday, March 23, 2001, 3:45 am: Melody J. Kemp, Kansas State University,
"Factors controlling spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen in tall grass prairie streams"

Monday, March 12, 2001, 10:45 am: Dr. Ben R. Hodges, University of Texas at Austin,
"3D modeling of stratified estuaries and lakes"
Tuesday, March 6, 2001, 3:35 pm: Dr. Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawaii,
"Phosphorus cycling in the North Pacific subtropical gyre"
Monday, March 5, 2001, 1:00 pm: Cheryl Brown, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University,
"Simulating larval supply and transport to estuarine nursery areas: The importance of physical processes"
Thursday, March 1, 2001, 9:45 am: Dr. Cindy Van Dover, College of William and Mary,
"Extreme biodiversity: Species richness at deep-sea hot spots (hydrothermal vents)"
Monday, February 5, 2001, 8:45 am: Dr. James Estes, University of California at Santa Cruz,
"The Collapse of Kelp Forest Ecosystems in Western Alaska"
2000
Friday, December 1, 2000, 3:45 pm: Heather Alexander, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Effects of increased freshwater inflow on salinity and emergent vegetation of a hypersaline salt marsh"
Friday, November 3, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. Roderick Nigel Finn, University of Bergen, Norway,
"Predators and the balance of nature"
Thursday, November 2, 2000, 12:00 noon: Jun Shoji, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan,
"Scomberomorus niphonius (Scombridae): what they have acquired and what they have lost"
Thursday, November 2, 2000, 12:00 noon: Tatsuya Kaji, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto, Japan,
"Studies on the early development of bluefin and yellowfin tunas"
Friday, September 15, 2000, 3:45 pm: David Krams, Senior Project Engineer, Port of Corpus Christi,; Paul Carangelo, Coastal Environmental Planner, Port of Corpus Christi,
"Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material"
Wednesday, August 9, 2000, 9:00 am: Sharon Z. Herzka, University of Texas-MSI,
"Characterization of the recruitment patterns of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) to estuarine nursery habitat using stable isotope ratios as natural tracers of settlement"
Friday, August 4, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. Petra Lenz, University of Hawaii,
"Myelinated Axons and Jumpy Copepods"

Friday, July 28, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. Ray Clarke, Sarah Lawrence College,
"Competition avoidance in some coral reef fishes: from genes to population interactions"

Monday, July 24, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. John Godwin, North Carolina State University,
"The Neuroendocrinology of Sex and Aggression on the Reef"

Friday, July 21, 2000, 2:00 pm: Chris Collumb, University of Texas-MSI,
"Mesozooplankton population dynamics: factors affecting reproduction and predation"

Thursday, May 18, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. Eugenie Clark, Department of Biology, University of Maine,
"Tropical sandfish: A rare new species that burrows into the coral reef"
Friday, May 12, 2000, 2:00 pm: Tara Holmberg, University of Texas Marine Science Institute,
"Epibiont Recruitment on a Hard-Bottom Continental Shelf Habitat in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"
Tuesday, April 11, 2000, 3:45 pm: Dr. Andrew Dittman, University of California,
"Rememberance of things past; molecular studies of olfactory imprinting and homing in salmon"

Monday, March 27, 2000, 10:45 am: Dr. Christoph Schubart, National University of Singapore,
"Molecular Systematics, Population Genetics and Conservation of Marine and Limnic Crustacea"

Thursday, March 23, 2000, 9:00 am: Dr. Les Watling, Darling Marine Center, Univerisity of Maine,
"Impacts of mobile fishing gear-- A global problem needing local investigation: Two case studies from the Gulf of Maine"
Monday, March 20, 2000, 10:45 am: Dr. Todd Lane, Princeton University,
"The role of trace metals in carbon acquisition in marine diatoms: a molecular analysis"

Friday, March 17, 2000, 11:00 am: Ma, Xiao Li, Loma Linda University,
"The effect of pollution on genetic diversity in populations of two marine species in the southern California bight"

Monday, February 14, 2000, 10:00 am: Dr. Philippe Van Cappellan, Utrecht University, The Netherlands,
"Spatial and temporal trends in saltmarsh biogeochemistry"
Wednesday, February 9, 2000, 3:45 pm: Brian J. Eadie, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan
"The impact of episodic events on the Lake Michigan system"

1999

Friday, August 13, 1999, 3:45 pm: Ian McDonald, TAMU-College Station
"Chemosynthetic communities in the Gulf of Mexico"

Friday, August 6, 1999, 3:45 pm: Mike Smith, University of Texas-MSI
"Murder in the dark: A chemical warning system in catfish"

Friday, August 6, 1999: Lanny Miller, University of Texas-MSI
"Sunburn in Norway: Sensitivity of Scandinavian kelp production to ultraviolet radiation"

Friday, July 30, 1999, 3:45 pm: Ben Galloway, LGL Associates
"Red snapper and management issues in the Gulf of Mexico"

Friday, July 23, 1999, 3:45 pm: Randy Davis, TAMU-Galveston
"Distribution and abundance of Cetaceans in the northern Gulf of Mexico"

Friday, July 16, 1999, 3:45 pm: Lee Fuiman, University of Texas-MSI
"Roboseal: High-tech studies of the feeding behavior of Weddell seals in Antarctica"

Wednesday, July 7, 1999, 3:45: Peter Ralph, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney
"Why don't corals photosynthesize like normal plants?"

Friday, July 2, 1999, 3:45 pm: Tony Amos, University of Texas-MSI
"South Texas barrier island tides and beaches"

Friday, June 25, 1999, 3:45 pm: Scott Holt, University of Texas-MSI
"Songs of the fishes: Using sounds produced by fish in the study of their ecology"

Friday, June 11, 1999, 10:00 am: Juan Pablo Lazo, University of Texas-MSI
"Development of the digestive system in red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) larvae"

Thursday, May 27, 1999, 9:30 am: Eric Thoman, University of Texas-MSI
"A nitrogen budget for a closed, recirculating mariculture system"

Wednesday, May 12, 1999, 10:45 am: Luann Becker, University of Hawaii
"Fullerenes and the flux of extraterrestrial helium to the surface of the earth over geologic time"

Wednesday, May 5, 1999, 1:45 pm: Christina De La Rocha, University of California - Berkeley
"Silicon isotope biogeochemistry: A new way to studying nutrient cycling in the sea"

Monday, May 3, 1999, 9:30 am: Todd Sperry, University of Texas-MSI
"Studies on the biochemical characteristics of two distinct nuclear androgen receptors in Atlantic croaker"

Monday, April 26, 1999, 11:00 am: Robert Burgess, University of Texas-MSI
"Bioassessment of sediment quality near storm water outfalls in Corpus Christi Bay"

Wednesday, April 21, 1999, 10:45 am: Dr. Henrietta N. Edmonds, Marine Chemistry Candidate
"Using long-lived natural radionuclides to investigate circulation and biogeochemical cycling in the Arctic Ocean"

Friday, January 15, 1999, 3:45 pm: Timothy W. Lyons, University of Missouri - Columbia
"Recent advances in the sulfur/redox chemistry of modern anoxic sedimentary systems: implications for the evaluation of paleoenvironments"

Friday, May 27, 1999, 3:45 pm: Trina Loomis, University of Texas-MSI
"Characterization of a nuclear estrogen receptor in the testis of Atlantic croaker and effects of estrogen on testicular steroidogenesis"

1998

December 10, 1998: Dr. Alex Buentello, Texas A&M - College Station
"Amino acid nutrition in fish"

November 6, 1998: Dr. Frank J. Jochem, Institut fur Meereskunde at Kiel University Kiel, Germany
"Analysis of nitrate utilization, mixotrophy and population growth in marine phytoplankton by flow cytometry"

October 30, 1998: Michael Black, Postdoctoral Fellow, UTMSI
"Molecular systematics of vent invertebrates"

October 5, 1998: Soonma An, Texas A&M University - College Station
"Denitrification in Galveston Bay, Texas; interactions with benthic primary production"

August 31, 1998: Dr. Daniel Pauly, University of British Columbia
"Can we sustain our global fisheries?"

July 30, 1998: Dr. John Giesy, Michigan State University
"Status and trends of contaminants and their effects on fish and wildlife on the North American Great Lakes"

July 21, 1998: Kun-Seop Lee, University of Texas-MSI
"Nitrogen budget of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in the western Gulf of Mexico"

July 17, 1998: Tracey McDonnell, University of Texas-MSI
"Growth and feeding behavior of an unclassified heterotrophic dinoflagellate species"

July 10, 1998: Dr. John Wormuth, Texas A&M University
"Marine mammals, birds, microekton and zooplankton in the northern Gulf of Mexico: the GulfCet II Program"

July 10, 1998: Sue Ziegler, University of Texas-MSI
"Carbon and nitrogen cycling in the southern Laguna Madre"

July 3, 1998: Christine Weilhoefer, University of Texas-MSI
"Effects of freshwater inflow, salinity and nutrients on salt marsh vegetation in south Texas"

June 5, 1998: Dr. Gus Paffenhofer, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
"Activity of and interaction between proto- and meta- zooplankton"

June 5, 1998: Dr. Gus Paffenhofer,, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
"Interaction of bathimetry, atmospheric forcing and circulation: Gulf of Mexico and southeastern continental shelf"

June 4, 1998: Dr. John Hedges, University of Washington
"A test for oxygen-sensitive sedimentary organic matter"

June 4, 1998: Dr. John Hedges, University of Washington
"The global oxygen cycle: How carbon burial gives the earth a little breathing room"

May 20, 1998: Dr. Jim McManus, Oregon State University
"Geochemistry of Barium in Marine Systems: Implications for using Ba as a Paleoceanographic Proxy"

May 7, 1998: Dr. David Karl, University of Hawaii
"A sea of change: The effects of El Nino on the North Pacific Ocean"

May 6, 1998: Dr. Todd Kana, University of Maryland
"Denitrification in estuarine sediments measured by membrane inlet mass spectrometry"

April 29, 1998: Dr. Jay A. Brandes, Carnegie Institute of Washington
"Isotopic perspective on the marine nitrogen cycle"

April 24, 1998: Dr. Elma L. Gonzalez, University of California
"The biochemistry of subcellular calcification in a coccolithophorid"

April 20, 1998: Dr. Nathalie A.D. Waser, University of British Columbia
"Nitrogen isotope fractionation and the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle"

April 17, 1998: Dr. Don Anderson, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Critical Issues Forum
"The global problem of red tides and harmful algal blooms"

April 13, 1998: Dr. Daniel M. Sigman, Princeton University
"The link between nitrate consumption and the nitrogen isotopes in the southern ocean"

March 18, 1998: Toni Amos, University of Texas-MSI
"Life and science aboard a Russian research vessel in the Antarctic"

March 6, 1998: Steve Jarvis, University of Texas-MSI
"Phytal meiofauna: Some perspectives"

March 4, 1998: Dr. Ken Dunton, University of Texas-MSI
"Sunburned under the Arctic ice: Ozone holes and marine food chains"

February 27, 1998: Dr. M. Ather Ali, University of Montreal
"The antiquity of melatonin as a photoperiodic messenger"

February 18, 1998: Dr. Lee Fuiman, University of Texas-MSI
"Snow White at the computer: A look into the underwater behavior of Antarctic seals"

January 30, 1998: Dr. Florence Thomas, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
"Ammonium uptake by benthic communities: effects of water velocity and morphology on mass transfer"

January 23, 1998: Dr. Lee Fuiman, University of Texas-MSI
"Snow White at the computer: An Antarctic fairy tale (research on the feeding ecology of Weddell seals"

1997
October 30, 1997: Jim Kaldy, University of Texas-MSI
"Production dynamics, reproduction ecology and demography of Thalassia testudinum (Turtle Grass) from the lower Laguna Madre, Texas"

August 28, 1997: Charles Detweiler, University of Texas-MSI
"Regulation of sperm motility and testicular steroid production in Atlantic croaker"

July 31, 1997: Andrew Biersmith, University of Texas-MSI
"The origin and composition of dissolved carbohydrates in seawater"

July 23, 1997: Dr. John W. Fleeger, Louisiana State University
"Importance of meiofauna in the diet of juvenile fish and crustaceans"

July 21, 1997: Jay Rooker, University of Texas-MSI
"Early life history of red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in subtropical seagrass meadows: Patterns of condition, growth, and mortality"

July 16, 1997: Dr. Paul Montagna, University of Texas-MSI
"Texas estuaries from the benthic point of view"

June 13, 1997: Andrea Raz-Guzman, Instituto de Ciencias del Mare Y Limnologia Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
"Ecology of seagrass beds in Laguna de Terminos"

May 30, 1997: James Piper, University of Texas-Austin
"Downslope sediment transport processes and sediment distributions at the East Breaks, Northwest Gulf of Mexico"

May 5, 1997: Claire Fernandez, University of Texas-MSI
"The effect of temperature on larval fish growth: Changes in RNA:DNA rations of larval red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus)"

May 2, 1997: Cynthia Faulk, University of Texas-MSI
"Effects of parental exposure to o,p'-DDT on the behavior of Atlantic croaker larvae"

April 30, 1997: Dr. Sidney A. Gauthreaux, Jr., Clemson University
"Radiar ornithology: A new conservation tool "

April 18, 1997: Scott Stewart, University of Texas-MSI
"The role of vision in the behavior of the medusa (Cnidaria, Cubozoa)"

April 4, 1997: Dr. Peter Jackson, Chief AIDS Clinical and Epidemiology Research Review Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health
"Things they never teach in Graduate School: NIH Research and Grantsmanship 101"

April 1, 1997: Andy Soto, Texas A&M - Kingsville
"Trophic interactions of newly settled red drum and Atlantic croaker"

April 1, 1997: Dr. James L. Pinckney, University of North Carolina
"Nutrient regulation of phytoplankton community dynamics and ecosystem processes"

March 28, 1997: Kirsten Poling, University of Texas-MSI
"Sensory and behavioral ontogeny of three species of Sciaenids and the importance of habitat"

March 25, 1997: Dr. Alan J. Lewitus, University of South Carolina
"Phytoplankton dynamics in North Inlet Estuary: Seasonal variation in top-down vs bottom-up regulation"

March 18, 1997: Dr. Tracy Villareal, University of Texas-MSI
"Biogeochemical implications and physiology of vertical migration by open ocean phytoplankton"

February 21, 1997: Dr. Lisa Campbell, Texas A&M, College Station
"The Importance of Prochlorococcus to community structure in the North Pacific subtropical gyre"

February 3, 1997: Dr. John A. Raven, University of Dundee, Scotland
"Cost-benefit analysis of photon harvesting by marine phototrophs: Biodiversity and bioenergetics"

1996

November 15, 1996: Hans Jorgen Fyhn, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
"First feeding marine fish larvae and their plankton prey: Are free amino acids a common denominator"

October 17, 1996: Greg Street, University of Texas-MSI
"Loss of genetic diversity in harpacticoid copepods as a result of contaminant exposure"

August 30, 1996: Mary Conley, University of Texas-MSI
"Effect of a persistent brown tide on macroinfaunal communities in Baffin Bay and Laguna Madre, Texas"

August 9, 1996: Dr. Edward J. Buskey, University of Texas-MSI
"The swarming behavior of the copepod Diothona oculata in the mangroves of Belize"

July 12, 1996: Sharon Herzka, University of Texas-MSI
"Photosynthetic performance and carbon balance of the seagrass Thalassia testudinum in Texas"

June 28, 1996: Dr. David R. Maidment, UT, Center for Research in Water Resources
"Assessment of non-point source pollution in the San Antonio-Nueces Bay using a GIS"

June 21, 1996: Dr. Paul A. Montagna, University of Texas-MSI
"Mercury in Lavaca Bay food webs"

June 14, 1996: Richard Watson, Consulting Geologist
"Coastal processes and Texas inlets"

May 24, 1996: Randy Garza, University of Texas-MSI
"In situ production and decay of marine viruses"; Kristen Rodda, University of Texas-MSI
"Temporal and spatial dynamics of Synechococcus spp. and Micromonas pusilla host - viral systems"

May 20, 1996: Dr. Thomas A. Davies, Institute for Geophysics, UT
"High resolution seismic and coring studies of quaternary sediments on the North Jersey Continental Shelf"

May 17, 1996: Dr. John Janssen, Loyola University
"Primitive ideas on lateral lines and feeding niches"

April 26,1996: Russell Seguin, University of Texas-MSI
"Monitoring nitrogenous compounds in the Nueces River and Bay: The development of field instrumentation using ion selective electrodes"

April 17, 1996: Dr. Wayne Gardner, NOAA Great Lakes Environ. Research
"Nitrogen cycling and lower food web dynamics in coastal ecosystems"

April 12, 1996: Dr. Farooq Azam, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
"Biogeochemical consequences of bacteria-organic matter interactions: A unifying view"

Contact: Jamey Frati
Created: Fri Mar 01 13:55:42 GMT-0600 (Central Standard Time) 2002