Wheaton hosts marine conservation lecture series
January 5, 2001
Beginning in February, Wheaton College continues the 2000-2001 lecture series in marine conservation biology. Funded by the NOAA SeaGrant College Program, the series brings a total of six scientists to Wheaton to present current research in conservation biology.
February 27, 2001
Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics, Dr. Brian Bowen (University of Florida)
Dr. Bowen uses molecular genetic technologies to reveal the natural history of marine species. His current research interests include the zoogeography of marine fish (reef species) and the conservation genetics of aquatic organisms. In addition to his evening lecture, he will deliver a guest lecture on setting conservation priorities with genetic data in the Environmental Science class at 9:30 a.m., February 28. http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~fishweb/Bowen/Bowen.htm
March 27, 2001
Harmful Algal Blooms, Dr. Joann Burkholder (North Carolina State University)
Joann Burkholder co-discovered a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida. Secreta from live fish or their fresh tissues stimulate this organism to produce toxins that are harmful to both fish and humans. Dr. Burkholder will discuss the impacts of these and other harmful algal blooms on freshwater and marine coastal eco-system functions. In addition to her evening lecture, she will deliver a guest lecture on the effects of the North Carolina swine industry on local water bodies in the Environmental Science class at 9:30 a.m., March 28. http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/botany/researchinfopage.htm
April 9, 2001: Salt Marsh Restoration Ecology, Dr. R. Scott Warren (Connecticut College)
Professor R. Scott Warren, an outspoken advocate of wetland and tidal marsh preservation, has focused his research primarily on the wetlands and marshes of New England.
http://camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/web_profiles/rwarren.html.
Lectures are open to the public without charge, and will take place from 7:00-8:00 p.m. in the Hindle Auditorium in the Wheaton College Science Center. For further information, contact Professor Scott Shumway at sshumway@wheatoncollege.edu or 508-286-3945. For directions to Wheaton, call 508-286-5602 or log on to www.wheatoncollege.edu/about/directions/. The Hindle Auditorium is wheelchair accessible.
