Fisheries Noon Seminar Series
During these weekly noon-time spring semester seminars, Fisheries students present highlights of their research to the VIMS community. Seminars are held on Wednesdays in Watermen's Hall - Classroom A/B (unless otherwise noted). Drinks and cookies will be provided.
Date |
Speakers |
| 1 Feb |
Introductions: Gervasi Performance of methods used to estimate indices of abundance for highly migratory species Patrick Lynch Observing summer flounder movements patterns on different spatial scales using multiple tagging technologies Mark Henderson |
| 8 Feb |
Introductions: Nalovic Reassessing the obvious and why it pays to ask questions: recommendations for catch curve analysis Smith History of the Virginia Oyster Fishery Schulte |
| 15 Feb |
Introductions: Nalovic Seagrass seed dispersal by an aquatic turtle: Tracking diamondback terrapin movements in the York River Diane Tulipani A preliminary look at the systematics of the prickleback family Stichaeidae (Cottiformes: Zoarcoidei) Todd Clardy |
| 22 Feb |
Introductions: Stratton Comparative Ontogeny of the Ink-producing Gland in Fishes Jennifer Martin Winter distributions of juvenile blue crabs Gina Ralph |
| 29 Feb |
Introductions: Gervasi The more things change, the more they stay the same: a comparison of fishes in eelgrass beds. Kathryn Sobocinski Aspects on the distribution and feeding ecology of Bathylagus euryops along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge CJ Sweetman |
| 7 Mar |
Spring Break - NO SEMINAR |
| 14 Mar |
Introductions: Schlenker Progress of length-based estimators: from a simple idea to useful tools Amy Then Patterns and drivers of the Chesapeake Bay demersal fish community Andre Buchheister |
| 21 Mar |
Introductions: Nalovic Genotype-environment interaction in selectively bred diploid and triploid Crassostrea virginica Brian Callam |
| 28 Mar |
Introductions: Stratton Feeding ecology and carbon transport of diel verticially migrating myctophids from the northern mid-atlantic ridge Jeanna Hudson Pharyngeal jaws and fish feeding Alison Deary |
| 4 Apr |
Introductions: Gervasi Condition Metrics for Young-of-the-Year Fishes Ryan Schloesser Sturgeon Phylogenetics and Sturgeon Jaw Development Katie May Lauman |
| 11 Apr |
Introductions: Nalovic Shipwrecks, fires, hybrids, and hatchets...the 166 year journey to determine the validity of the roundscale spearfish (and my work with them) Emily Loose The Bluefin Tuna Fishery: A Brief History Ben Marcek |
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18 April |
Introductions: Schlenker Characterization of Summer Flounder Nursery Areas in Virginia Lauren Nys How Grad School leads to Riches, Success and Fame Gabby Saluta |
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24 April |
Intoductions: Stratton Juvenile blue crab preference for an exotic macroalgae as a nursery habitat Megan Wood TBA Allison Colden |
