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September 30,
2002
Highlights
Meetings Attended
- On September 10, 2002, Professor Michael Gochfeld was an invited
speaker at the "Risk Communication and Terrorism: New clinical
approaches" conferences sponsored by the DOD and DOE in Alexandria,
Virginia. Dr. Gochfeld spoke on Occupational Health Risks from
Terrorism, focusing on the aftermath of the World Trade Center
and the Anthrax episode.
- Peter Rona presented a briefing on advances in marine scientific
research on September 25th at United Nations Headquarters in New
York. The briefing was sponsored by the UN Division of Ocean Affairs
and Law of the Sea and the UN Institute for Training and Research
on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the conclusion of the
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Publications
- Burger J, Gaines KF, Boring CS, Stephens WL, Snodgrass J, Dixon
C, McMahon M, Shukla S, Shukla T, Gochfeld M. 2002. Metals in
fish from the Savannah River: potential hazards to fish and other
receptors. Environ Research A89:85-97, 2002.
- Burger J, Gaines KF, Lord CG, Brisbin IL Jr., Shukla S, Gochfeld
M. 2002. Metal levels in raccoon tissues: differences on and off
the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Environ Manage Assess 74: 67-84, 2002.
- Burger J, Gochfeld M. 2002. Role of wild game in the diet of
recreationists in South Carolina. J Environ Planning & Management
45: 103-128.
- Burger J, Boring CS, Dixon C, Lord C, McMahon M, Ramos R, Shukla
S, Jeitner C, Gochfeld M. 2002. Exposure of South Carolinians
to commercial meats and fish within their meat and fish diet.
Science Total Environ. 287:71-81.
- Burger J, Dixon C, Shukla T, Tsipoura N, Jensen H, Fitzgerald
M, Ramos R, Gochfeld M. 2002. Metals in Horseshoe Crabs from Delaware
Bay. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43 : in press.
- Burger J, Johnson B, Shukla S, Gochfeld M. 2002. Perceptions
of recreational fishing boat captains: knowledge and effects of
fish consumption advisories. Risk Analysis in press.
- Burger J, Leschine T, Greenberg MR, Karr JR, Gochfeld M, Powers
CW. 2002. Shifting priorities at the Department of Energy bomb
factories: protecting human and ecological health. Environmental
Management in press.
Congratulations
- Congratulations to Dr. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez, a former IMCS
post-doctoral researcher, who was offered a faculty position at
the University of Nottingham!
Let's Welcome
- Emmilene Romana has rejoined IMCS serving as the webmaster and
project coordinator for the COOL room. Emily's office is in room
103 and her extension is 2-6555 x501
- Please welcome Hugh Roarty who has joined the COOL group to
serve as the head field operative for the CODAR arrays. His first
mission was this week where he (with Oscar Schofield and Josh
Kohut) scouted and found several CODAR sites located off the Western
coast of Florida. These radars will serve as the foundation for
a red-tide ocean observing system in the Gulf of Mexico. Hugh
can be found in the COOL lab, room 109 at extension 2-6555 x377.
- John Quinlan: I may be new, but an undergrad experience at Rutgers
makes this pretty familiar territory. Since I was here last, things
on campus have changed a bit and I’ve had the opportunity
to see a good part of the Atlantic coast. A month or so after
graduation, I moved to NCSU and worked with Larry Crowder on recruitment
processes in estuarine-dependent fish in the NOAA/COP South Atlantic
Bight Recruitment Experiment (SABRE). From there, I went to UNC-CH
and worked with Cisco Werner on linking circulation and individual-based
models to examine growth and recruitment of fish in SABRE and
Georges Bank GLOBEC. My post-doc was with Greg Lough at the Northeast
Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole working on cod/haddock
growth and transport. For the past year or so I worked at WHOI
in the US GLOBEC office with Mike Fogarty and Peter Wiebe. This
work involved trying to move circulation and individual-based
modeling techniques from basic research venues toward real fisheries
applications.
I'm fundamentally interested in understanding how life history
strategies can be understood in the context of the bio-physical
environment. It seems that if we can understand bio-physical interactions
at the right scales we can begin to understand where and how population
level variability is introduced. This is a complicated problem,
but it might lead, eventually, to better management practices.
I’m here at IMCS to work on problems related to fish
population dynamics. I hope to continue to use modeling approaches
to examine the life histories and bio-physical interactions
of marine organisms in the spatially explicit context that circulation
modeling provides. I also plan to launch a field program to
generate some information to support the models and, more importantly,
to field test some of what our models say happens out there.
Finally, I plan to offer a course or two in the areas of fisheries
and modeling. I’m still working out some details; so let
me know if you have any thoughts on this! I’m in Blake
207 (ext. 2-7120). Stop by anytime. And so far it has been really
very nice to be back on campus….
Student News
- Dana Rowles is a M.S. student studying with Ken Able. She graduated
from Stockton College with a B.S. in Marine Biology this past
May and started at the Rutgers University Marine Field Station
(RUMFS) in June. Dana spent the summer there doing some preliminary
research for her thesis and getting familiar with everyone. Her
main interests lie in the field of behavioral ecology of fish,
preferably elasmobranchs, although, she is working on summer flounder,
aka fluke, aka Paralichthys dentatus for her thesis.
- Louis Bowers is 23 and graduated from Cook College in 2001 with
a B.S. in Meteorology. He plans to focus his research activities
on the dynamics of the air-sea interaction. Specifically, he plans
to work on the relationship between the sea breeze phenomenon,
and its relationship to coastal upwelling along the coast of New
Jersey. Lou is currently working towards a Masters degree under
Scott Glenn, however, he is undecided as to whether or not he
wishes to pursue a Ph.D. at this time. Lou is in the COOL lab,
room 109, extension 2-6555 x376.
- Leonard (Alex) Kahl is a new Ph.D. student; his advisors are
Scott Glenn and Oscar Schofield. Alex was born and raised in California.
He received his B.S. in Hydrologic Sciences & B.A. in Geography
from the University of California, Santa Barbara, 2002. His research
interests are Satellite Remote Sensing and Optics. Alex is 23
and enjoys long distance athletics, surfing, and thinking. You
can find Alex in room 111, extension 2-6555 x532.
- Sindia Sosdian recently graduated from Monmouth University with
a B.S. in Chemistry. She is presently trying to acquire an understanding
of oceanography since her background is in chemistry. Sindia will
be pursuing a Ph.D. degree; her research interests are in climate
modeling with specific focuses to be determined. Her advisors
are Jennifer Francis and Jim Miller, and her office is located
in Blake Hall, extension 2-3299.
- Steve Tuorto is a Graduate Assistant under Gary Taghon. He completed
his undergraduate work at SUNY/Oswego and is currently working
for his Masters in Biological Oceanography. His current research
is in Benthic Ecology, and is based on predator/prey relationships
between ciliates and bacteria, and how those relationships effect
bacteria's ability to remineralize Polycyclic-Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
You can find Steve in room 114B, extension 2-6555 x534.
- Clare Ng is a new Ph.D. student with Ken Able. She is in the
graduate program in Ecology and Evolution. Clare can be reached
in Tuckerton at 609 296-5260 x249.
- Rutgers University Graduate Student Association at the last
Council meeting, on September 22nd, officially recognized the
Oceanography Graduate Student Association (OGSA). The OGSA has
also been funded for FY 2002-03, $1825.00 for Lecture and Production
to organize a Distinguished Lecture event next Spring, $1000 for
Operation, and $200 for Orientation. More information is available
at http://marine.rutgers.edu/OGSA/
Upcoming Events
Date/Time: October 2nd, 2002, 1:30pm, with reception to follow.
Dr. John M. Teal (Scientist Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution; President, Teal Ltd.) will be the inaugural speaker
in the Distinguished Speaker Series in Ecology and Environmental
Science and Engineering, sponsored by the Meadowlands Environmental
Research Institute (MERI, http://cimic.rutgers.edu/meri) and the
Rutgers-Newark Department of Biological Sciences (http://biology-newark.rutgers.edu).
His presentation "Realities and Possibilities of Salt Marsh
Restoration Along The Atlantic Coast" will be given at the
Bove Auditorium, Englehard Hall, on the campus of Rutgers University,
Newark, NJ. 190 University Ave. (between Central Ave. and Raymond
Blvd.). See http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/maps/
Please RSVP to 201-460-3787 or jnash@meadowlands.state.nj.us so
we can get a count for the refreshments. Also, a field trip to salt
marsh restoration
sites is planned for the morning. Space is very limited; if you
are interested in attending, so indicate in your RSVP. |
