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2012 Seminars:
13 January 2012 "Air-water CO 2 fluxes in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, and the role of microtidal estuaries in global CO 2 flux estimates" Mr. Joseph Crosswell, UNC - Chapel Hill
20 January 2012 "Adaptation to climate change: experiments and genomics for corals and sea urchins" Dr. Stephen Palumbi, Stanford University
2011 Seminars:
14 January 2011 "Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills: A Historical and Spatial Perspective" Dr. Wes Tunnell, Harte Research Institute
21 January 2011 "The Maine Part of the Smee Lab" Dr. Lee Smee, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
28 January 2011 "Scientists, Fishers, and the Co-creation of a Marine Reserve Network" Dr. William Heyman, Texas A&M University
11 February 2011 "Simulating the Consequences of Global Climate Change on Atlantic Croaker: Incorporating Uncertainty into Population Models" Dr. Sandra Diamond, University of Western Sydney
18 February 2011 "Seagrass food webs analyzed via trophic markers". Dr. Benoit Lebreton, Harte Research Institute
25 February 2011 Nancy Knowlton, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
4 March 2011 "Deep-sea corals: essential habitat for some macroinvertebrates" Dr. Thomas Shirley, Harte Research Institute
11 March 2011 "Gulf of Mexico Reef Fisheries: Progress and Promise" Pamela Baker, Environmental Defense Fund
18 March 2011 No Seminar-Spring Break
1 April 2011 "The many faces of cod: Diversity, divergence, and population structuring in the Icelandic marine environment" Timothy Grabowski, U.S. Geological Survey
8 April 2011 "High Tech, Low Tech, and Policy Upgrades to Save an Endangered Pupfish" Steve Parmenter, California Department of Fish and Game
15 April 2011 "Expanding the Rigs-to-Reefs Programs in the Gulf of Mexico" Drew Hunger, Apache Corporation
22 April 2011 "Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Monitoring the Gulf of Mexico" Gary Jeffress and James Ochoa, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi
29 April 2011 "The Impact of Drying on Geochemistry of Wetland Sediments" Zhanfei Liu, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
6 May 2011 "A Ditch of a Dream: Bringing the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to South Texas" Mary Jo O'Rear
3 June 2011 "Using the Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico Database" Dr. Fabio Moretzsohn, Harte Research Institute
17 June 2011 "Higher Education Accreditation on a World Scale" Dr. Robert Furgason, Harte Research Institute
8 July 2011 "Whooping Crane Conservation: Wintering Range Initiatives" Dr. Liz Smith, Center for Coastal Studies
22 July 2011 "Sea Level Change in the Gulf of Mexico: Past, Present and Future" Dr. Skip Davis
9 September 2011 "Beyond the Horizon: The possibility of an international network of marine protected areas in the Gulf of Mexico" Dr. Larry McKinney, Harte Research Institute
16 September 2011 "Euglenophycin: a new to science algal toxin" Dr. Paul Zimba, Center for Coastal Studies
23 September 2011 "ROV localization technology for monitoring and sampling of ocean species" Dr. Dugan Um, College of Science and Engineering
14 October 2011 "Venturing Beyond Change Detection with Coastal LiDAR Time Series Data" Dr. Michael Starek, North Carolina State University
21 October 2011 "Why Genetics Matters: Applications to Conservation and Management Issues" Dr. Deborah Overath, College of Science and Engineering
28 October 2011 "Whatever Your Terms, We Want Your Worms - Parasites of Fish from the Deep Sea" Dr. Chuck Blend, Corpus Christi, Texas
11 November 2011 "Gulf of Alaska Pollock Recruitment Forecast: Model Development and Evaluation" Dr. Yong Woo Lee, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
18 November 2011 "The Chemical Ecology of Green Tide Seaweed Blooms in Washington State" Dr. Kathy Van Alstyne, Shannon Point Marine Center
2010 Seminars:
22 January 2010 "Adventures in carbonate chemistry: fish migrations, flood plumes and beyond" Dr. Ben Walther, Assistant Professor Department of Marine Science University of Texas Marine Science Institute
29 January 2010 "Fish Smell ... and Taste: Chemoreception in the Aquatic Habitat" Dr. John Caprio, Assistant Professor Department of Marine Science Louisiana State University
5 February 2010 "Sensory Ecology on the High Seas: On the Trail of a Fowl Smelling Odor" Dr. Gabriella Nevitt University of California Davis S&T Distinguished Speaker Host: Dr. Lee Smee, HRI Research Associate
12 February 2010 "Population and harem dynamics of a marine isopod" Dr. Paulo Munguia, University of Texas Marine Science Institute
19 February 2010 No Seminar
26 February 2010 "Criminal Prosecutions of Maritime Pollution Incidents and Related Issues" Dabney Pettus Welder Leshin LLP
5 March 2010 "A 20 yr Perspective of Groundfish, Area Closures, and Lobsters in the Gulf of Maine" Jon Grabowski Gulf of Maine Research Institute S&T Distinguished Speaker Host: Dr Lee Smee, HRI Research Associate
12 March 2010 "Estimation of Air-Sea Fluxes from Satellite Observations" Abderrahim Bentamy IFREMER
19 March 2010 No Seminar Spring Break
26 March 2010 "Gulf of Mexico Origins" Josh Rosenfeld, Ph.D. Independent Geologist
2 April 2010 No Seminar
9 April 2010 "Seeps to Reefs, Some Recent Results from the Deepsea Gulf of Mexico" Ian MacDonald, Ph.D. Florida State University
16 April 2010 "Eutrophication Assessment of Coastal Waters with Emphasis on Lagoons and HABs" Suzanne Bricker, Ph.D. NOAA
23 April 2010 "Spawning Biology and Lifetime Reproductive Potential of Female Blue Crabs" Zack Darnell, Ph.D. UTMSI
30 April 2010 "The Impacts of Pesticides on Aquatic Communities: Connections to Global Amphibian Declines?" Rick Relyea, Ph.D. The University of Pittsburgh
7 May 2010 "Using Living Shorelines to Protect Critical Coastal Habitats" Mark Dumesnil, The Nature Conservancy
14 May 2010 "Examining connectivity issues with a combination of genetic markers and otolith chemistry using spotted seatrout as a model" Dr. Deborah Overath, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
10 September 2010 "UNCLOS and the Growing Use of Electronic Tagged Marine Animals as Autonomous Ocean Profilers" Dr. Richard McLaughlin, Harte Research Institute
17 September 2010 "Environmental Flows in Texas: Policy and Science" Dr. Paul Montagna, Harte Research Institute
24 September 2010 "Progress towards Elucidating the Roles of Microbial Biofilms in Hydrothermal Habitats" Dr. Matt Schrenk, East Carolina University
1 October 2010 "Conservation Status of Marine Species using IUCN Red List Criteria: the Global Marine Assessment and the Gulf of Mexico" Dr. Kent Carpenter, Professor of Biological Sciences at Old Dominion University
8 October 2010 "Research and monitoring in the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve: nutrients and plankton dynamics" Dr. Ed Buskey, Research Coordinator, Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve
15 October 2010 "Gulf GAME-Qualitative Gap Analysis" Dr. Cristina Carollo, Florida Institute of Oceanography
29 October 2010 "The Census of Marine Life-The First Ten Years" Dr. Fabio Moretzsohn, Harte Research Institute
5 November 2010 No Seminar
12 November 2010 "Basin-wide decrease in large sharks documented by a unique eight-decade data set from the Gulf of Mexico" Dr. Greg Stunz, Harte Research Institute
19 November 2010 "Extreme climatic events (storms, droughts) and their dramatic impacts on estuarine ecosystem functioning" Dr. Michael Wetz, TAMU-CC
2009 Seminars:
23 January 2009 "Understanding Disease Resistance in Estuarine Populations and Response to Climate Change" Eileen Hoffman Professor at Center for Coastal Physical Oceanography at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia
30 January 2009 "Civic Science, Stakeholders, and Planning: Ideas from Collaborative Learning" Gregg Walker Ph.D. Professor and chair of the Department of Speech Communication and director of the Peace Studies program at Oregon State University in Corvallis
6 February 2009 "Preliminary nutritional investigations of the spotted seatrout" M. Shane Merryman Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
13 February 2009 "The late Hank Compton - Texas marine biologist, Gulf of Mexico explorer and fish illustrator" David McKee Ph.D. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
20 February 2009 "Goose Island State Park Marsh Restoration: Project Overview and Lessons Learned" Rob Thomas HDR|Shiner Moseley Kay Jenkins and Stormy Reeves TPWD
27 February 2009 "The fundamental ideas of AIC-based model selection and multimodel inference" Ken Burnham Ph.D. Colorado State University
6 March 2009 No Seminar Harte Research Institute hosts 38th Benthic Ecology Meeting 2009
13 March 2008 "Uppermost Pleistocene Early Deglacial Drowned Coralgal Reefs observed along low latitude silisciclastic shelf edges: a comparison between the western Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Papua" André Droxler Ph.D. Rice University
20 March 2009 No Seminar Spring Break
27 March 2009 "Brave New World: The changed geochemistry of the ocean of the 21st Century" Peter Brewer, Ph.D. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
3 April 2009 "Sedimentation in an Extreme Environment: The Tide-dominated Cobequid Estuary of the Bay of Fundy" Robert Dalrymple, PhD Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
10 April 2009 No seminar scheduled due to Good Friday
17 April 2009 "Population genetics informs fisheries management" Deborah Overath, PhD TAMU-CC School of Science & Technology
24 April 2009 "Cryptic and hybrid sympatric speciation in grunts (Haemulon) and damselfishes (Stegastes) inferred from molecular phylogenies" Luiz Rocha, Ph.D. University of Texas Marine Science Institute
1 May 2009 "Physical and biological oceanographic habitat of sperm whales in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico" Doug Biggs Ph.D. Department of Oceanography Texas A&M University, College Station
8 May 2009 "The symbiotic relationship between marine scientists and biomedical engineers: the noninvasive detection of skin cancer" James Tunnell, Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
5 June 2009 "Modeling Copper Bioavailability to Freshwater and Marine Organisms: The Science Behind the Policy" Ray Arnold, Ph.D. Aquatic Ecological Risk Assessment L.L.C.
12 June 2009 "Sargassum and Texas beach maintenance, do we leave it or move it? Experiences, lessons, and ideas learned at the Sargassum Symposiums in 2008 & 2009" John Adams Division of Nearshore Research Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
19 June 2009 "Human Disturbance in Seagrass Meadows; A Molecular Genetic Perspective" Patrick Larkin Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
26 June 2009 "Texas Seashells: A New Illustrated Guide" Noe Barrera Research Assistant Center for Coastal Studies Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
3 July 2009 No Seminar - Holiday
10 July 2009 "The Finding Coral‟ Expedition or Tom S. and the Mini-subs" Tom Shirley Ph.D., Endowed Chair Harte Research Institute
20 July 2009 (Monday) @ 11am "Distribution and Diversity of Octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico" Peter Etnoyer, Ph.D. Student Harte Research Institute
22 July 2009 (Wednesday) @ 12 noon (4 mini-seminars) "Spanish show caves: conservation and research in Earth Sciences" Juan José Durán Valsero Ph.D. IGME-Madrid and President, ACTE
"The Association of Spanish show caves: history, present and future" Rafael Pagés Rodríguez Ph.D. General Secretary, ACTE
"Research trends on Karsts and Caves in Spain: El Soplao (Cantabria) and Majorca Island caves" Pedro A. Robledo Ph.D. IGME-Mallorca
"Towards a sustainable development of caves through the Education System: Environmental Education and caves in Greek schools" Konstantina Aretaki University of Crete
31 July 2009 "Image Documentation of the Avian Food Web" Elizabeth Smith Ph.D. & Dave Smith Center for Coastal Studies, TAMU-CC
No seminars were held in August
4 September 2009 "Disentangling hierarchal patterns in space and time: UT Austin wavelets and landscape networks" Dr. Tim Keitt
11 September 2009 "Harte Research Institute: Present and Future" Dr. Larry McKinney, Executive Director Harte Research Institute
18 September 2009 "GulfBase Past, Present, Future" Dr. Patrick Michaud, GulfBase.org Web Developer
25 September 2009 Ocean in Google Earth workshop Charlotte Vick, Content Editor Ocean in Google Earth
2 October 2009 "Toxic dinoflagellate blooms: genetic diversity and population dynamics" Dr. Deana Erdner University of Texas Marine Science Institute
9 October 2009 "Consequences of the loss of genetic and species diversity for the structure and functioning of marine communities" Dr. Jay Stachowicz S&T Speaker
16 October 2009 "Applying studies of consumer and nutrient interactions to habitat restoration and management" Dr. Anna Armitage Texas A&M University at Galveston
23 October 2009 "The effect of storm-driven nutrients in Oso Bay, Texas: sources, biogeochemical cycling and fate" Sandra Arismendez Harte Research Institute PhD student
30 October 2009 "Deep sea corals of British Columbia: their distribution, role as habitat, and threats from commercial fishing" Dr. Tom Shirley Harte Research Institute Endowed Chair
6 November 2009 "Lophelia II Deep-Water Coral Expedition: Reefs, Rigs and Wrecks" Dr. Peter Etnoyer, Harte Research Institute
13 November 2009 "Matagorda Island Adaptive Management Plan" Cameron Perry P.E.
20 November 2009 "Hurricane and Global Warming: Expectations versus S&T Speaker Observations" Dr. Chris Landsea
27 November 2009 No Seminar Thanksgiving Holiday
4 December 2009 No Seminar due to "Holidays at Harte" event Dec 4-5.
11 December 2009 "Genetic characterization and conservation implications for native fish species in various environments" Dr. Yongjiu Chen, postdoctoral graduate student under Dr. Frank Pezold
2008 Seminars:
18 January 2008 "Can Science Guide Policy? Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia" Nancy Rabalais, PhD Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium *S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*
25 January 2008 "Satellites, sonars and seafloor cameras: A tripod approach to mapping hydrocarbon fluxes in the ocean?" Ian MacDonald, PhD Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
1 February 2008 "Saving Saba Bank: Biological Inventory of Caribbean Coral Habitats" Tom Shirley, PhD Harte Research Institute
8 February 2008 "T-STEM Innovation - Academy Uses Laguna Madre as Their Living Classroom: An HRI and CCISD Education Outreach Initiative" Suraida Nañez-James Harte Research Institute
15 February 2008 "Implementation of a Spatial Catalog to Characterize and Identify Habitats in the Gulf of Mexico" Cristina Carollo, PhD Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
22 February 2008 "Providing Water for the Environment Under Texas Water Law - Recent Developments and Challenges" Lyn Clancy Lower Colorado River Authority
29 February 2008 "The Earth Observed from Space: A 50-Year-Long Adventure, An Eyewitness Account" Kristina B. Katsaros, PhD Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference Association University of Miami *S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*
7 March 2008 (No HRI Seminar) March 6-8, 2008 - 111th Annual Texas Academy of Science Meeting hosted by Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
14 March 2008 "Testing the feasibility of stock enhancement of Chesapeake blue crabs" Anson "Tuck" Hines, PhD Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
21 March 2008 No Seminar Spring Break
28 March 2008 "Linking Wetland Alteration to Coastal Flooding: predictors, consequences, and policy implications" Sam Brody, PhD Dept of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning Texas A&M University
4 April 2008 "The turbulent lives of copepods: effects of water flow over a coral reef on their ability to detect and evade predators" Ed Buskey, PhD University of Texas Marine Science Institute
11 April 2008 - postponed due to flight cancellation "Human Dimensions of Marine and Coastal Ecosystems: Some Background and Current Research" David Loomis, PhD University of Massachusetts
18 April 2008 "Inside Creationism‟s Trojan Horse: A Closer Look at Intelligent Design" Barbara Forrest, PhD Southeastern Louisiana University *S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*
25 April 2008 "Pollution, Evolution, and Environmental Risk" Jeffrey Levinton, PhD The State University of New York at Stony Brook *S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*
2 May 2008 "Evolution of shelf edge reef systems, Northwestern Gulf of Mexico" Mark Betts, Sr. Geophysical Advisor Devon Energy This was the only seminar held in May.
6 June 2008 "Water Planning in Undeveloped Countries: A Mapping and Needs Assessment for Chikwawa, Malawi, East Africa" Maggie Dalthorp, HRI PhD student Harte Research Institute
13 June 2008 "Implications of Colorado River Freshwater Inflow in the Benthic Ecosystem Dynamics and Bay Health: A Modeling Study" Hae-Cheol Kim, PhD Harte Research Institute
20 June 2008 "Oysters as bioindicators of freshwater inflow effects" Jennifer Beseres-Pollack, PhD Harte Research Institute
27 June 2008 "Bulletin 89- Biodiversity of the Gulf of Mexico" Fabio Moretzsohn, PhD Harte Research Institute
4 July 2008 Holiday No Seminar
11 July 2008 "Geophysical Investigations of Barrier Island groundwater and stratigraphy" Egon Weber Ph.D. Center for Water Supply
18 July 2008 "Rotary International Group Study Exchange: Marine Biology and the Cultural Experience of Spain" Suraida Nañez-James Harte Research Institute
25 July 2008 "Ecological Diversity of Mission-Aransas NERR: Fennessey Ranch Conservation Easement Mapping Phase" Elizabeth Smith Ph.D. Center for Coastal Studies
August 2008 No seminars were held during the month of August due to summer break.
5 September 2008 "Coastal Environmental Advocacy - in our own backyard" Diane Wilson Environmental Activist & 4th Generation Shrimper
12 September 2008 Seminar cancelled due to Hurricane Ike
19 September 2008 "Coastal Management in Catalonia, Spain" Rafael Sardá Borroy Ph.D. Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes- Spanish Council for Scientific Research
26 September 2008 "Ground-penetrating Radar Study of North Padre Island, Texas: Implications for Barrier Island Internal Architecture for Models of Micro-tidal Barrier Island Growth" James Garrison Ph.D. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
3 October 2008 "Biodiversity in Bocas del Toro, Panama: Taxonomy of Tropical Macroalgae" Ryan Fikes Gulf of Mexico Foundation
10 October 2008 No Seminar
17 October 2008 "Oyster Biology 101" Sammy Ray Ph.D. Texas A&M University Galveston
24 October 2008 "Primary productivity and benthic-pelagic coupling in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico shelf- a physical oceanography perspective" Kevin Speer Ph.D. Florida State University
31 October 2008 "1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: Long term persistence and long term effects" Jeep Rice Ph.D. NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center Note: Seminar on Oct 31 will be held in the Natural Resources Center building on TAMU-CC campus, room 1003
7 November 2008 "Biogeochemical Controls on Authigenic Carbonate Formation at the Chapopote 'Asphalt Volcano' in Mexico's Bay of Campeche" Thomas Naehr Ph.D. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
14 November 2008 "Texas Water Data Services" David Maidment Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
21 November 2008 "Medium to Molecular Scale Technologies For Seagrass Monitoring: Do Epiphytes Mediate Seagrass Responses to Eutrophication?" Kirk Cammarata Ph.D. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
28 November 2008 No Seminar Thanksgiving Holiday
5 December 2008 "The Border Fence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas" Sonia Najera The Nature Conservancy
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