Faculty Progress Report 06-1
January - February 2006
 
1. Florida Sea Grant Elise B. Newell Seminar Series
2. Florida Sea Grant Funding Outlook and Next Opportunity
3. Meetings
4. Job Announcement: National Sea Grant Director
5. Florida Sea Grant and the Shrimp Industry
6. Ocean Observations Systems Update
 
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1. Florida Sea Grant Elise B. Newell Seminar Series

As a service to Florida's faculty and studentsof higher education in the marine sciences and allied fields, we announce the 2006 series of Florida Sea Grant Seminars. Annually the seminars allow persons from on and off Florida's campuses to learn more about timely issues concerning the coast and ocean. The format for each event includes both a formal presentation as well as individual and small group discussions. More information about these distinguished speakers is at http://www.flseagrant.org/new_items/index.htm#workshops.

  • February 13, University of Central Florida, Ecological Forecasting in the Coastal Zone: Climate and Biogeography, David Wethey, University of South Carolina
  • February 23, Florida Institute of Technology, Paleotempestology of the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, Kam-biu Liu, Louisiana State Univeristy
  • March 7, University of North Florida, Application of Nanotechnology in Physiology and Disease Studies to Evaluate Environmental Stress, Adeel A. Butt, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
  • April 10-13, Florida Gulf Coast University, Bivalve Molluscs as Potential Vectors for Transport and Ecological Impacts of Harmful Algal Blooms, Sandra Shumway, University of Connecticut
  • April 17-20, Florida Gulf Coast University, Discontinuous Utilization of Critical Estuarine Habitat: Hot Spots and Their Importance to Fishery Management, Richard Grant Gilmore, Jr., Estuarine, Coastal and Ocean Science, Inc.
  • April 19, University of Florida, Economic Impacts of Marine Reserves: The Importance of Spatial Behavior, James E. Wilen, University of California, Davis