Seminars are free and open to the public. Seminars take place on Thursday at 11:00 a.m. in the Cary Institute Auditorium. Last minute cancellations or substitutions may be unavoidable. To confirm a speaker or title, or if you have any questions regarding the schedule, contact Claudia Rosen by phone (845-677-7600, ext. 171) or e-mail.
Spring 2012 Schedule
January 19:
Joe Roman, University of Vermont
"Raising Whales: New Research in Cetacean Ecology "
January 26:
Colden Baxter, Idaho State University
"Spatial complexity and connectivity in river-riparian food webs"
February 2:
John Melack, UCSB
"Inland waters and the carbon cycle in the Amazon basin"
February 9:
Alan Townsend, University of Colorado
"Paradigms Lost? Climate, Nutrient Limitation and Carbon Storage in Lowland Tropical Forests"
February 16:
Maria Diuk-Wasser Yale University
"Arthropod behavioral influences on vector-borne pathogen transmission and diversity"
February 23:
Robbie Johnson, Cary Institute
"Non-point source nutrient enrichment as a potential driver of macroinvertebrate production and community stoichiometry in urban streams"
March 1:
Rick Merritt, Michigan State University
"Buruli Ulcer: Ecology and Transmission of an Infectious Emerging Disease in West Africa"
March 8:
Charlie Canham, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
"Disequilibrium and Transient Dynamics: Disentangling Responses to Climate Change versus Broader Anthropogenic Impacts on Temperate Forests of Eastern North America"
March 15:
Steve Pacala, Princeton University
"The Fate of the Land Carbon Sink"
March 22:
Jacques Finlay, University of Minnesota
"Biogeochemistry of the urban land-water interface in the Twin Cities of Minnesota"
March 29:
Melody Bernot, Ball State University
"Pharmaceuticals in Indiana freshwaters: abundance and environmental effects"
April 5:
Alan Berkowitz, Stuart Findlay and Kathie Weathers, Cary Institute
"Next Generation Student Training at the Cary Institute"
Friday, April 13:
Research vignettes from Cornell University Graduate students
April 19:
Diane F. Cowan, Executive Director The Lobster Conservancy
"A year in the life of a Maine lobster: temperature matters"
April 26:
G. Wayne Minshall, Idaho State University
"Effects of Wildfire on Rocky Mountain Stream Ecosystems: a temporal perspective"
May 10:
Tom Parris, iSciences
"Global Weirding: A preliminary analysis of global climate trends"
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