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University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences
23 April 2008
Rep: Jeffrey Runge
Alternate: David Townsend
New Faculty Hired Dr. Collin Roesler joined the research faculty at the Darling Marine Center in 2007. She is a bio-optical oceanographer specializing in the development of remote and in situ optical methods to determine the distribution, composition, and productivity in both marine and aquatic systems. Her research programs emphasize the relationship between the physiology and optical characteristics of phytoplankton on scales of individual cells in the laboratory, to discrete populations in the water column, to communities that can be sensed by ocean color satellites.
Dr. Ian Bricknell joined SMS in the fall, 2007, as Director of the Aquaculture program. He formerly worked at the Fisheries Research Service Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland where he was Group Leader, Immunological Diagnostics. He works on the developmental immunity of larval fishes and with host-pathogen interactions. His interests include: the interaction of parasites with their host, immunological detection of fish diseases, the development of the immune system of larval fishes, and the mechanisms that larval fish use to contain or resist infection
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New Position(s) open A faculty position in Marine Policy is open in the School of Marine Sciences.
Grad Announcements The annual School of Marine Sciences Graduate Symposium, a two day event during which graduate students give presentations of their research, will be held at the Darling Marine Center on May 12-13.
Events and Happenings Professor Bob Steneck will give the Seventh Annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at 3:00 PM.on Wednesday, April 30 at the Buchanan Alumni House, University of Maine, Orono. The title: "Considering the future of our seas through the lens of history."
New Research Activities / Highlights
Bob Steneck is a coauthor in two recent papers in Science, one (Vol. 318: 1738-1742) examines the likely impacts of global warming and ocean acidification on coral reefs. The other ((Vol. 319: 948-952) analyzed the spatial extent of 17 different human impacts on marine ecosystesms , concluding that only four percent of ocean remains pristine.
Dr. Fei Chai is one of several authors of a forum piece in Science (Vol. 319: 262) explaining why it is premature to give or sell carbon credits for ocean fertilization. The idea of those proposing to gain such credits is that the carbon pump can be accelerated by adding inorganic nutrients, including iron. The efficiency with which such additions remove carbon from contact with the atmosphere and the duration during which the removed carbon stays out of contact with the atmosphere are both poorly known. Moreover, collateral effects on the ecosystem are not yet well predicted but are likely to be substantial.
Other News
The Herring Gut Learning Center (HGLC: not affiliated with the University of Maine) has a job opening for the position of Director and a position in Environmental Education. HGLC is a non-profit marine education and resource center located in the small fishing village of Port Clyde, Maine. It teaches marine science, aquaculture, geology, and coastal ecology to students of all ages through a variety of hands-on school-based, community outreach and summer camp programs. Closing date: May 16, 2008.
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