The Biological Sciences departmental seminar series is intended as a means for us to 1) maintain regular contact and interaction as a department, despite being scattered around the campus, and 2) provide public speaking experience for our graduate students. Thus our expectation is that all faculty and students will attend, and we would be delighted if departmental staff (and, of course, members of other departments) attend also.
Date |
Speaker |
Seminar Title |
1/28 |
Debbie Steinberg |
Introduction - How to give the best presentation in your life!! |
2/4 |
Mary Huang |
Model simulation on fecal coliform transport through land and the estuary |
2/4 |
James Douglas |
Predation and grazing affect seagrass in mesocosms, but what about in the real world? |
2/11 |
David O'Brien |
Wetland Assessment: Implications for Virginia's Tidal Wetland Compensation Policy |
2/11 |
Amber Hardison |
Fate of carbon and nitrogen sequestered by macroalgae in a coastal lagoon |
| 2/18 |
David Gillett |
Benthic Habitat Quality and its Effects on Food Web Structure and Trophic Efficiency |
2/18 |
Jessie Jarvis |
Influence of Sediment Type and Burial Depth on Annual and Perennial Zostera marina Seed Germination |
2/25 |
Grace Saba |
Grazing and nutrient release from Acartia tonsa copepods feeding on toxin - producing Karlodinium veneficum: interactions of top-down and bottom-up control |
2/25 |
Stephanie Wilson |
Characterization of zooplankton diet and particle feeding in the mesopelagic zone using fatty acid lipid biomarkers |
3/3 |
Spring Break |
| 3/10 |
Rachael Blake |
Effects of Environmental Stressors on an Experimental Seagrass Community |
3/10 |
Brian Barnes |
The effect of established epifauna on oyster larval recruitment |
| 3/17 |
Samantha Bickel |
Microbial Decomposition of Copepod Carcasses: Changes in Bacterial Abundance, Exoenzymatic Activity and Particulate Protein |
3/17 |
Sasha Tozzi |
Photobiological Study of Ross Sea Phytoplankton |
3/24 |
Erin Shields |
Influences of Habitat Conditions on SAV Development in the Chickahominy River, Virginia |
| 3/24 |
Bryce Brylawski |
Examining the Life History of Macoma balthica Near the Southern Extent of It's Range |
| 3/31 |
Bio Department Faculty Retreat |
4/7 |
Kersey Sturdivant |
The Effects of Hypoxia on Benthic Secondary Production |
| 4/7 |
Payal Dharia |
Recruitment Processes of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Under Varying Physical Conditions |
| 4/14 |
Samuel Lake |
Modeling Hypoxia within the York River and Its Effect on Striped Bass Growth and Potential Habitat |
| 4/14 |
David Elliot |
Population Dynamics of York River Copepods |
| 4/21 |
Heather Wiseman |
Developing an Ecosystem Model for the New River Estuary, North Carolina |
| 4/21 |
Liza Hernandez Cordero |
Prey Availability and Enhanced Production of Artificial Reefs for Recreational Fish and Native Oysters: Pre-Reef Conditions |
| 4/21 |
Noelle Relles |
The Island of Bonaire: An Example of a Shifting Baseline? |
| 4/28 |
Althea Moore |
Distribution of Interaction Strengths in a Seagrass Community: Signatures of Functional Diversity |
| 4/28 |
Karinna Nunez |
;A Multi-Level Erosion Risk Assessment Model to Evaluate Shoreline Change in Maryland |
| 4/28 |
Glaucia Fragoso |
Phytoplankton and Biogeochemical Cycling in Unexplored Regions of the Southern Ocean |
| 5/5 |
Lance Gardner |
The Interactions of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation and Particulate Removal Processes |
| 5/5 |
Julliette Poleto |
System Metabolism along a Eutrophication Gradient in the Delmarva Coastal
Bays: Methods Development and Initial Results |
