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August 6, 2001

Highlights

  • Jim Ammerman, grad student Jason Sylvan, and summer interns Anthea Aikins, Brian Gaas, and Jessica Martucci, participated in two cruises aboard the R/V Pelican, from July 3-7 and July 8-14. The purpose was to study nutrient limitation in the Mississippi River plume. Collaborators on the second cruise included scientists from LUMCON and Oregon State. The annual survey cruise 10 days later aboard the same ship showed that the extent of the hypoxic area or "dead zone" in this region was the largest ever recorded.
  • IMCS has received a second grant under the NSF Biocomplexity program. The project is titled "The Roles of Resources, Competition, and Predation in Microbial Degradation of Organic Matter" and will be directed by Gary Taghon. Investigators on the project hail from IMCS, Environmental Science, and Chemical Engineering at Rutgers, from Vanderbilt University, and from the University of Illinois-Chicago.
  • Present (Char Fuller, Gary Taghon) and past (Clare Reimers) members of IMCS had a very successful cruise on the RV Cape Henlopen, making the first, in situ measurements of water flow through sandy sediments under typical (read, rough) sea conditions. Preliminary analysis of the data indicates transport rates are many times greater than simple diffusion, and high rates of oxygen uptake.
  • Norb Psuty was interviewed by the local affiliate of CNN about the rip tides occurring along the coast and the danger to swimmers. The program was aired on Nightly News on Aug 2.
  • Summer Intern Seminar: Friday, August 10th, 2001 at 3:00pm in room 203 IMCS (Informal Seminar); Presenter will be Brian Gaas (Jim Ammerman, mentor), the title of his talk is " Development of an Automated Enzyme Measurement System"; Monday, August 13th, 2001 at 12:00 Noon in Philip Alampi Room (1st Floor); Presenters will be Kim Kaufeld (Mary Fabrizio, mentor), Jessie Siclare (Andy Draxler, Tony Paulsen, mentors), and Jessica Martucci (Jim Ammerman and Rob Sherrell, mentors)

Meetings Attended

  • Ken Able just returned from a meeting (July 16 - 20) at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in Santa Barbara, California where an international group of scientists is continuing to reevaluate the nursery concept as it applies to fish and invertebrates.
  • Ken Able and colleagues, postdocs, graduate students and technicians will be delivering seven papers at the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society - Larval Fish Conference which is being hosted by the NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service - Sandy Hook Laboratory during 8 - 13 August.
    Mike DeLuca and Rebecca Cerroni attended Coastal Zone '01 in Cleveland, OH from July 15-July 18. IMCS hosted a workshop entitled, "Young Leaders in Coastal Management."
  • Fred Grassle attended the US Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee meeting in Seattle August 3-5.

New Grants

  • $27,545 awarded to Tina Bologna and Janice McDonnell for Coastal Decision Making Resource Center for Barnegat Bay from the State of New Jersey-Department of Environmental Protection.
  • $27,514 awarded to Ximing Guo and John Kraeuter for Triploid-Tetraploid Technology for Hard Clam Aquaculture from NOAA.
  • $10,000 awarded to Ken Able for Seasonal Patters of, and Relationships Between, Water-Quality Parameters and Predatory Fish Use from Marsh Resources, Inc.
  • $16,823 awarded to Ken Able for Essential Fish Habitat for Marsh Fishes: Behavioral Ecology of Larval and Juvenile Fundulus Het from Rutgers.
  • $16,209 awarded to Ken Able for Essential Fish Habitat on the Inner Continental Shelf from the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium.
  • Additionally, for the fiscal year ending 7/30/01, IMCS received $145,321.80 in individual and foundation gifts.

IMCS in the News

  • On 7/5 an article entitled, "Rutgers-led researchers discover new plant like bacteria that appear to be significant component of ocean's carbon cycle" featured the work of Zbigniew Kolber in Science Daily magazine.
  • On 7/1, the Asbury Park Press ran "Surfers fight to stop Sandy Hook beach fill" featuring Norbert Psuty.
  • On 7/1, Science Daily magazine ran an article entitled "Visiting scientists to test-drive Rutgers' advanced coastal and ocean data gathering system" featuring Mke Crowley.
  • On 7/20, the Asbury Park Press ran an article called "Army Corps:Sea life rebounds along the coast, surfers, anglers dispute impact of beach-building" featuring Angela Muzeni.
  • On 7/22, The New York Times ran "The Next Wave in Computers" featuring Fred Grassle.
  • On 7/23 The Philadelphia Inquirer ran "Scientists embark on far-reaching ocean study: Launched this month, the project is collecting data to help researchers, businesses and sailors" featuring Oscar Schofield, Mike Crowley, and Kristie Andresen.
  • On 7/24, The New York Times ran "What Stinks? Here's a Theory: Rotting Sea Plants" featuring Oscar Schofield.
  • On 7/25, The New York Times ran a letter to the editor from Paul Falkowski entitled "A climate pact without America".
  • The latest edition of Rutgers Magazine features "Water world: The Tuckerton Field Station is NASA's mission control for the deep blue sea" with Scott Glenn, Fred Grassle, and Oscar Schofield.