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
HOFFMAN'S ABSTRACT (PDF 2 MB)

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
WALKER'S ABSTRACT (pdf 7.8 KB)

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 2008
“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
Hae-Cheol Kim Ph.D.
HRI Post-Doctoral Research Associate
“Implications of freshwater inflow to benthic ecosystem dynamics along the Texas Gulf Coast: Again, another modeling story”

17 July 2009
Peter Etnoyer
HRI PhD Student
“Deep-water Gorgonacea in the Gulf of Mexico”

24 July 2009
Mark Besonen Ph.D.
“Title in progress”

31 July 2009
Open

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

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