Jennifer Francis Climate Change in Polar Regions

1^st Reading

Gagosian, R. Abrupt climate change: Should we be worried? Document prepared for a panel on abrupt climate change at the World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland.

2^nd Readings

Alley, R. B., Marotzke, J., Nordhaus, W. D., Overpeck, J. T., Peteet, D. M., Pielke, R. A., Jr., Pierrehumbert, R. T., Rhones, P. B., Stocker, T. F., Talley, L. D., Wallace, J. M. 2003. Abrupt climate change. Science 297: 2005-2010.

Kerr, R. 2002. Whither Arctic ice? Less of it for sure. Science 297: 1491.

Judith Grassle Causes of Coral Bleaching

1^st Reading

Glynn, P. W. 1991.  Coral bleaching in the 1980s and possible connections with global warming. Trends in Ecology and Evolution (TREE) 6: 175-179.

2^nd Readings

Gleason, D. F., Wellington, G. M. 1993. Ultraviolet radiation and coral bleaching. Nature 365: 836-838.

Baker, A. C. 2001. Reef corals bleach to survive change. Nature 411: 765-766.

Hughes, T. P. 2003. Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs. Science 301: 929-933 (not required)

Grant Law Seamount Ecology

1^st Reading

Malakoff, D. 2003. Deep-sea mountaineering. Science 301: 1034-1037.

2^nd Reading

Richer de Forges, B., Koslow, J. A., Poore, G. C. B. 2000. Diversity and endemism of the benthic seamount fauna in the southwest Pacific. Nature 405: 944-947.

Karl Nordstrom Causes and Implications of Shoreline Erosion and Protection

1^st Reading

Pilkey, O. H. 1981. Geologists, engineers and a rising sea level. Northeastern Geology 3: 150-158.

2^nd Reading

Nordstrom, K. F., Mauriello, M. N. 2001. Restoring and maintaining naturally-functioning landforms and biota on intensively developed barrier islands under a no-retreat alternative. Shore and Beach 69(3): 19-28.

Liz Sikes Marine Organic Geochemistry

1^st Reading

Dymond, J. 1992. Particles in the ocean. Oceanus 35: 60-67.

2^nd Reading

Herbert, T. D., Schuffert, J. D., Thomas, D., Lange, C. B., Weinheimer, A., Peleo-Alampay, A., Herguera, T. C. 1998. Depth and seasonality of alkenone production along the California margin inferred from a core top transect. Paleoceanography 13(9): 263-271.

Gary Taghon Oil Spills – Long-term Effects and Bioremediation as a Clean-Up Method

1^st Reading

Teal, J. M. 1993. A local oil spill revisited. Oceanus 36: 65-70.

2^nd Reading

Bodkin, J. L., Ballachey, B. E., Dean, T. A., Fukuyama, A. K., Jewett, S. C., McDonald, L., Monson, D. H., O’Clair, C. E., VonBlaricom, G. R. 2002. Sea otter population status and the process of recovery from the 1989 ‘Exxon Valdez’ oil spill. Marine Ecology Progress Series 241: 237-253.