Seminars are held every Friday at 3:30 pm in the HRI Conference Center 127, unless otherwise noted

5 January 2007
No Seminar

12 January 2007
No Seminar

19 January 2007
“Severe Erosion of Texas Beaches Caused by Engineering Modifications to the Coast and Rivers”
Dr. Richard Watson
Consulting Geologist, Port Aransas

26 January 2007
“The Ecology of Yikes!
Environmental Forces Affect Prey Reactions to Predators”
Dr. Lee Smee
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

2 February 2007
“Conservation- genetic studies of Exploited and Endangered Species”
John Gold
Texas A&M University

9 February 2007
“Texas Coastal Fisheries Monitoring Program”
Mark Fisher
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

16 February 2007
“Perspectives on Marine Stock Enhancement in Texas”
Robert Vega
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department

23 February 2007
“Linking Wetland Alteration to Coastal Flooding:
predictors, consequences, and policy implications”
Dr. Sam Brody
Texas A&M University

2 March 2007
“Integrating Ocean Sciences into Adult Education Programs”
Dr. Marta Torres
Oregon State University

9 March 2007
“Long-term Environmental Monitoring of the Marine Communities at
McMurdo Station, Antarctica”
Mr. Terry Palmer
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

16 March 2007
No Seminar
Spring Break

23 March 2007
“Reproductive Impairment in Atlantic Croaker Exposed to
Hypoxia in a Florida Estuary”
Dr. Peter Thomas
University of Texas Marine Science Institute

30 March 2007
“Toxic Metals in Coastal Waters: A Case Study Investigating
Copper Cycling in a Populated Coastal Environment”
Dr. Chris Shank
University of Texas Marine Science Institute

6 April 2007
Cancelled

13 April 2007
“Teaching and Learning Computational Science and Engineering”
Dr. Gilbert Strang
MIT – Computational Science and Engineering

20 April 2007
“Overview of USGS Water Resources Monitoring and Investigations in Texas”
Mr. Robert Joseph
USGS Water Science Center

27 April 2007
“Genetic Variation Among South Texas Seagrasses”
Dr. Patrick Larkin
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

4 May 2007
“The PK-20 Cycle of Science”
Dr. Denise Hill and Dr. Margaret Bolick
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

11 May 2007
“Science, Math, and Literacy Exploration: A Model for Engaging Bilingual and Migrant Families”
Dr. Diana Marinez and Dr. JoAnn McDonald
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

8 June 2007
“Ecological impacts of predation by white shrimp on subtidal macrobenthos deduced from field, laboratory, & modeling studies”
Jennifer Beseres Ph.D.
Note: to be held at the NRC 1003

15 June 2007
“An Ecological Engineering Approach to Low Wave Energy Shoreline Preservation at Baffin Bay on the Texas Gulf Coast”
Kim Jones Ph.D.
Texas A&M University-Kingsville

22 June 2007
“The Ocean Tracking Network – An Implementation Update ”
Dan Jackson Ph.D.
Dalhousie University

29 June 2007
“Pharmaceutical Hazards in the Marine Environment: Implications on Ecosystem Health Impacts”
Geoff Scott Ph.D.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

6 July 2007
Cancelled

13 July 2007
“NOAA’s Movement to Ecosystem Approaches to Management through Habitat Classification: the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard”
Becky Allee Ph.D.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

20 July 2007
“Ecosystem Services and its Valuation in the Catalan (Spain) Coastal Zone”
Jorge Brenner Ph.D.
Harte Research Institute

27 July 2007
“Is African dust contributing to the demise of Caribbean coral reefs?”
Marion Nipper Ph.D.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

August 2007 - no seminars

7 September 2007
“Sustainable and Human Development: Key Issues and Recent Debates”
Ivonne Cruz Ph.D.
Harte Research Institute

14 September 2007
“Learned Networks- Research Communications on the Internet ”
Mr. Chuck Irby
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

21 September 2007
“The Edwards (Balcones Fault Zone) Aquifer, Central Texas: A regional resource with multiple numerical models”
Alan Dutton Ph.D.
University of Texas at San Antonio

28 September 2007
“State of World Aquaculture-Food for the Future?”
Joe Fox Ph.D.
Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi

5 October 2007
“Cretaceous Black Shales, Mediterranean Sapropels,
and Greenhouse Climate”
Philip Meyers Ph.D.
University of Michigan
*S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*

12 October 2007
“Linear and Non Linear Ocean Waves”
Lokenath Debnath Ph.D.
University of Texas-Pan American

19 October 2007
“Marine fishes of the mountains: Diversity, distribution and population dynamics of the rock-climbing gobies of the tropical oceans”
Frank Pezold Ph.D.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

26 October 2007
“Coastal and Marine Conservation Action around the Gulf of Mexico”
Mr. Rafael Calderon
The Nature Conservancy

2 November 2007
“Formation and Future of the Upper Texas Coast”
John Anderson Ph.D., Rice University
*This seminar will be held at the NRC Room 1003*

9 November 2007
“Semidefinite Programming Relaxation Model for Graph Realization and Sensor Network Localization”
Yinyu Ye Ph.D., Stanford University
*S&T Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker*

16 November 2007
“Florida Tidal Inlets-The Good the Bad and the Ugly”
Richard Davis Jr., Ph.D., Harte Research Institute
*This seminar will be held at the NRC Room 1003*

23 November 2007
Holiday - No Seminar

30 November 2007
“Coral-associated bacteria and their role in secondary
metabolite production and host fitness”
Lory Santiago-Vázquez, Ph.D., University of Houston

7 December 2007
“Lessons from long-term demographic and genetic monitoring of an endangered species”
Thomas Turner Ph.D.
University of New Mexico
*This seminar will be held at the NRC Room 1003*

14 December 2007
Note change this week
Christmas Reception 2:00PM
Seminar 2:30PM
“Molecular approaches to studies of pathogens and
pollutants in Galveston Bay”
Robin Brinkmeyer, Ph.D.
Texas A&M University at Galveston

21 December 2007
No Seminar

28 December 2007
No Seminar

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