18 January 2008
“Can Science Guide Policy? Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia”
Nancy Rabalais Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

1 February 2008
“Saving Saba Bank: Biological Inventory of Caribbean Coral Habitats”
Tom Shirley Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
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 - 111^th Annual Texas Academy of Science Meeting hosted by Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
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14 March 2008
“Testing the feasibility of stock enhancement of
Chesapeake blue crabs”
Anson “Tuck” Hines Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
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 Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts

18 April 2008
“Inside Creationism’s Trojan Horse: A Closer Look at Intelligent Design”
Barbara Forrest, Ph.D.
Southeastern Louisiana University
*S&T Distinguished LecturerSeries Speaker*

25 April 2008
“Pollution, Evolution, and Environmental Risk”
Jeffrey Levinton, Ph.D.
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
Devon Energy
Sr. Geophysical Advisor

No other seminars will be held in May. The next seminar will be in June.

For more information, contact Allison Knight:
(361) 825-2066, Allison.Knight@tamucc.edu

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