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May 31, 2007
Highlights
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It was announced on May 1, 2007 that Paul Falkowski
has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The
Academy was established in 1863, and now has a total of 2,025
active members. Congratulations Paul, on a well-deserved honor!
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to read press release.
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- On May 21, 2007, Fred Grassle was honored with the Tom Gagliano
Leadership Award at the Jersey Shore Partnership Summer Celebration
in Sea Bright. This award recognized the outstanding research
work accomplished by Fred Grassle and the Institute. The award
is named for Tom Gagliano a former state senator and past president
of the Jersey Shore Partnership, a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to insure state and federal funding would be available
to protect coastal New Jersey from damage caused by storms.
- Norb Psuty has been appointed to the Geographical Sciences Committee
of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences.
Norb will begin his three-year term next month. Congratulations!
- Judy Grassle has been appointed to the Editorial Board of a
new international journal: Aquatic Biology. It is being published
by Inter-Research, Otto Kinne President. Otto Kinne will also
br Editor-in-Chief of the new journal.
- Tony Broccoli gave the following presentations:
- "The Rutgers Initiative on Climate Change and Environmental
Impacts," Rutgers University Energy Institute Symposium,
Piscataway, NJ, May 2007.
- "The Challenge of Global Warming and Recycling's Impact
on Greenhouse Gas Reduction," New Jersey WasteWise Business
Network, South Plainfield, NJ, May 2007.
- "The Climate Ahead: Changes in Hurricanes and Winter
Storms?" Rutgers Coastal Climate Change Mini-Symposium,
Piscataway, NJ, May 2007.
- Ken Able spoke on "Global warming effects on fisheries"
as part of the mini-symposium, "Response of the Coast to
the Threat of Rising Seas and Global Warming," which was
held on May 14, 2007 in the Wright Chemistry Auditorium, Busch
Campus. His talk focused on the potential effects of global warming
on the characteristics of fishes (such as metabolism, growth,
habitat use, reproduction and migration) and fisheries (economic
effects and social/fishery management effects) and included examples
of the effects of global warming on fisheries at multiple levels.
- Karen Bemis, Peter Rona and Deborah Silver presented their research
proposal for, "Acoustic visualization and information extraction
for long-term acoustic monitoring of seafloor hydrothermal plumes,"
as part of the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) at the
Cyber-enabled Discovery and Innovation Workshop convened by Rutgers
Vice-President Michael Pazzini on May 9th.
- An undergraduate Marine Ecology class from West Virginia University,
led by Dr. Kyle Hartman, visited the Marine Field Station in Tuckerton
the week of May 7-12 and stayed at the dormitory. The class of
sixteen, along with two teaching assistants, participated in field
work and lectures at the Station.
- Tony Broccoli was interviewed and quoted by the Home News Tribune
(New Brunswick, NJ) and radio station NJ101.5 (Trenton, NJ) about
the effects of climate change on the New Jersey coast, May 2007.
- Alan Robock gave the following invited talks on "Global
Warming":
- Global Warming Awareness Fair, West Long Branch, New Jersey,
April 15, 2007
- Earth Week 2007, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, April 17,
2007
- American Chemical Society, Monmouth County Chapter, Eatontown,
New Jersey, April 18, 2007
- Howell High School, Howell, New Jersey, April 26, 2007
- Wall Township Democratic Club, Wall, New Jersey, April 26,
2007
- Global Warming Forum with NJ Assemblywoman Linda Stender,
NJ Assememblyman Michael Doherty and James M. Taylor from
the Heartland Institute, Raritan Valley Community College,
North Branch, NJ, May 8, 2007
- An article on Alan Robock's work "Return of nuclear winter:
Proliferation gives new life to old fear," by Emily Saarman,
p. 15. appeared in the May, 2007 Discover magazine.
- Alan Robock's photograph of the Laki volcano in Iceland was
published in Science, Vol. 316, p. 527, April 27, 2007, to accompany
an article by Richard A. Kerr entitled, "Humongous eruptions
linked to dramatic environmental changes."
Meetings Attended
- Phelps, C.D., K. Buckley, C. Obropta & L.Y. Young. 2007.
Comparison of qPCR-based Microbial Source Tracking Data to Traditional
Water Quality Measurements in the Upper Cohansey River Watershed.
Abstract published and presentation at the annual meeting, American
Society of Microbiology, May 21-25, Toronto, Canada.
- Zakian, A., E. Gargia-Dominguez & L.Y. Young. 2007. Isolation
and Characterization of Metal Sulfide Oxidizing Chemoautotrophic
Microorganisms from Kearny Marsh Sediment. Abstract published
and presentation at the annual meeting, American Society of Microbiology,
May 21-25, Toronto, Canada.
- Oka, A.R., C.D. Phelps, L.J. Kerkhof & L.Y. Young. 2007.
Identification of the Members of a Benzene Degrading Sulfate-reducing
Consortium Using Stable Isotope Probing. Abstract published and
presentation at the annual meeting, American Society of Microbiology,
May 21-25, Toronto, Canada.
- Peter Rona presented, "Update on an Ocean Frontier at Our
Doorstep: The Giant Hudson Submarine Canyon," at the 29th
New York State Marine Educators Annual Conference at the American
Museum of Natural History in New York on June 3.
New Grants
- Falkowski, Paul. NASA, "Biosignatures in Evolving Planetary
Atmospheres." 4/18/07-4/17/10, (150,000)
- Kerkhof, Lee. Batelle Mem. Inst., "Molecular Ecology Studies
at the Rifle, Colorado Field Research Site." 2/15/07-2/14/12,
($100,000)
- Kerkhof, Lee. Dept. of Energy, "Structure & Function
of Subsurface Microbial Communities." 3/15/07-12/31/07, ($94,959)
- Rick Lathrop, Lisa Auermuller and Scott Haag was awarded a two-year
grant from CICEET to implement a "Stormwater Management Information
System: Internet-based Geospatial Tools for Coastal Stormwater
Management Systems Planning to Enhance Environmental Quality."
Sept. 2007
- Mike DeLuca and Lisa Auermuller received a $50,000 land acquisition
grant from NERRS to acquire some land along the Wading River in
southern New Jersey. This project will be completed with the help
of the NJ Conservation Foundation. Oct. 2007
Publications
- Able, K.W., J. H. Balletto, S. M. Hagan, P. R. Jivoff, and K.
Strait. 2007. Linkages between salt marshes and other nekton habitats
in Delaware Bay, USA. Reviews in Fisheries Science 15:1-61.
- Able, K.W., S.M. Hagan, K. Kovitvongsa, S.A. Brown and J.C.
Lamonaca.. 2007. Piscivory by the mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus):
Evidence from the laboratory and salt marshes. Journal of
Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 345:26-37.
- Benitez-Nelson C. R., R.R. Bidigare, T.D. Dickey, M.R. Landry,
C.L. Leonard, S.L. Brown, F. Nencioli, Y.M. Rii, K. Maiti, J.W.
Becker, T.S. Bibby, W. Black, W. Cai, C.A. Carlson, F. Chen, V.S.
Kuwahara, C. Mahaffey, P.A. McAndrew, P.D. Quay, M.S. Rappé,
K.E. Selph, M.P. Simmons, E.J. Yang. 2007. Mesoscale Eddies Drive
Increased Silica Export in the Subtropical Pacific Ocean. Science:
316(5827): 1017-1021.
- Chatziefthimiou, A D., M. Crespo-Medina, Y. Wang, C. Vetriani,
T. Barkay. 2007. The isolation and initial characterization of
mercury resistant chemolithotrophic thermohilic bacteria from
mercury rich geothermal springs. Extremohiles doi 10.1007/s00792-007-0065-2.
- Finkel, Z. V., A.S. Quigg, R. Chiambi, O. Schofield, P.G. Falkowski.
2007. Phylogenetic diversity in Cd:P regulation by marine phytoplankton.
Limnology and Oceanography 52(3): 1131-1138.
- Gao, C., L. Oman, A. Robock, and G.L. Stenchikov, 2007: Atmospheric
volcanic loading derived from bipolar ice cores accounting for
the spatial distribution of volcanic deposition. J. Geophys.
Res., 112, D09109, doi:10.1029/ 2006JD007461.
- Hagan, S.M., S.A. Brown and K.W. Able. 2007. Production of mummichog
(Fundulus heteroclitus): response in marshes treated
for common reed (Phragmites australis) removal. Wetlands
(27) 1: 54-67.
- Kimball, M. E. and K. W. Able. 2007. Nekton utilization of intertidal
salt marsh creeks: tidal influences in natural Spartina, invasive
Phragmites, and marshes treated for Phragmites removal. Journal
of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346:87-101.
- McGillicuddy, Jr. D., L.A. Anderson, N.R. Bates, T. Bibby, K.O.
Buesseler, C.A. Carlson, C.S. Davis, C. Ewart, P.G. Falkowski,
S.A. Goldthwait, D.A. Hansell, W.J. Jenkins, R. Johnson, V.K.
Kosnyrev, J.R. Ledwell, Q.P. Li, D.A. Siegel, D.K. Steinberg.
2007. Eddy/Wind Interactions Stimulate Extraordinary Mid-Ocean
Plankton Blooms. Science: 316(5827):1021-1026.
- Miguez-Macho, G., Y. Fan, C. Weaver, R. Walko, and A. Robock,
2007: Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling,
Part II: Formulation, validation, and soil moisture simulation.
J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2006JD008112, in press.
- Robock, A., L. Oman, G.L. Stenchikov, O.B. Toon, C. Bardeen,
and R.P. Turco, 2007: Climatic consequences of regional nuclear
conflicts. Atm. Chem. Phys., 7, 2003-2012.
- Robock, A., O.B. Toon, R.P. Turco, L. Oman, G.L. Stenchikov,
and C. Bardeen, 2007: Nuclear smoke, global warming, and ozone
depletion: Policy responses to anthropogenic environmental threats.
EOS, doi:10.1029/2007ES001816, in press.
- Rountree, R.A. and K.W. Able. 2007. Spatial and temporal habitat
use patterns for salt marsh nekton: implications for ecological
functions. Aquatic Ecology 41: 25-45.
- Schofield, O., J. Kohut, D. Aragon, L. Creed, J. Graver, C.
Haldeman, J. Kerfoot, H. Roarty, C. Jones, D. Webb, S.M. Glenn.
2007. Slocum Gliders: Robust and ready. Journal of Field Robotics.
24(6): 1-14. DOI: 10:1009/rob.20200
- Taylor, D.L., R. Nichols And K.W. Able. 2007. Habitat selection
and quality for multiple cohorts of young of the year Bluefish
/Pomatomus saltatrix/: comparisons between estuarine
and ocean beaches in southern NJ. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf
Science 73:667-679.
- Toon, O.B., R.P. Turco, A. Robock, C. Bardeen, L. Oman, and
G.L. Stenchikov, 2007: Atmospheric effects and societal consequences
of regional scale nuclear conflicts and acts of individual nuclear
terrorism. Atm. Chem. Phys., 7, 1973-2002.
- Valle-Levinson, A., K. Holderied, C. Li, and R.J. Chant 2007.
Subtidal flow structure at the turning region of a wide outflow
plume, Journal of Geophysical Research 112, C04004, doi:10.1029/2006JC003746.
- Wawrik, B., D. Kutliev, U.A. Abdivasiena, J.J. Kukor, G.J. Zylstra,
L. Kerkhof. 2007. Biogeography of actinomycete communities and
Type II polyketide synthase genes in soils collected in New Jersey
and central Asia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
doi:10.1128/AEM.02611-06 p. 2982-2989.
Student News
- Ngou Sou and Bridget Wade presented a poster at the Third Annual
Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium, Rutgers University, April
20th 2007, entitled "Ice age at the Eocene/Oligocene transition."
Ngou Sou was winner
of Aresty Symposium best poster presentation.
- AJ Francavilla of Vernon, NJ, joins IMCS as a summer intern
with Mike De Luca as his mentor. This fall he will be a returning
senior at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA. AJ is a bio major
with a focus in environmental science, "my project with Mike
De Luca is to work on supportive efforts and research of the Costal
Zone Management Act of 1972's reauthorization. Other projects
include CZ Visioning Workshops, observing estuary managers meetings,
and interacting with the numerous research projects involved with
the JCQ Estuary."
- Jaclyn Taylor (MS student in Ecology & Evolution working
in Dave Bushek's lab) was selected as a recipient for the 2008
National Sea Grant Knauss Fellowship:
The Knauss fellowship, established in 1979, provides a unique
educational experience to students who have an interest in ocean,
coastal and Great Lakes resources and in the national policy
decisions affecting those resources. The program matches highly
qualified graduate students with "hosts" in the legislative
and executive branch of government located in the Washington,
D.C.area, for a one year paid fellowship. The program is named
in honor of one of Sea Grant's founders, former NOAA Administrator,
John A. Knauss. The fellowship will begin in Feb 2008. More
details are available at http://www.seagrant.noaa.gov/knauss/
Let's Welcome
Bin Zhang a May 2007 graduate of Old Dominion University, with
a degree in Physical Oceanography, joins Dale Haidvogel's Ocean
Modeling group as a postdoc. Bin will be working with Hernan Arango,
Julia Levin, and Enrique Curchitser. "My Ph.D. thesis focused
on the modeling study of Antarctic Circumpolar Current fronts in
Drake Passage using ROMS. I will be working on the ocean data assimulation
project in the Philippine Seas. My research interests include numerical
methods, data assimilation, Southern Ocean dynamics and North Pacific
freshwater estimation." (Room 214A, Ext. 253)
Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Hugh and Tracie on the birth
of their son, Liam Robert Roarty. Liam arrived on May 27, 2007
weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and 20 inches long; he is now the youngest
member of the COOL room. |
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