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November 30, 2007
Highlights
| Tower comes down at the Rutgers University Marine
Field Station; read more in articles by Kirk
Moore, APP.com and Ken
Branson, Rutgers FOCUS. (Pictures courtesy of Ray Regan) |
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- Discover magazine has named The Census of Marine Life
one of the 6 most important current experiments. Read the brief
article with quotes from Fred Grassle in this attachment
adapted from the December issue.
Enjoy a Census video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXXzvGJCVAc
- Greg DeBrosse and Eric Powell were interviewed by Maryann Spoto
of the Star Ledger. Research by Rutgers scientists played important
role in bringing back oysters to New Jersey. Click here
to read more.
- Jim Ammerman presented the talk "The Sea You Can't See:
Microbes in the Ocean" at the Liberty Science Center Saturday
Nov. 17. This is the third in a series of lectures that are a
partnership between Rutgers and the Science Center, funded by
the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. The talk series also has two
hour professional development workshops that coordinate with the
talks presented to distribute lesson plans and materials that
will help bring the ocean back to the K-12 classroom. Carrie Fraser
and Kate Jordan assisted with the workshop. Janice McDonnell runs
the program with assistance from Sage Lichtenwalner.
- Jennifer Francis was invited to give a presentation to the New
Jersey State Society on The Hill in Washington, DC, November 1st.
The talk was entitled "The Winds of Climate Change: Are We
Sailing off the Chart?"
- Jennifer Francis gave an invited presentation on global climate
change to the Monmouth Conservation Foundation at their annual
meeting.
- Peter Rona was an invited speaker at meetings of the Prince
William Sound Regional Citizens' Advisory Council (RCAC) in Anchorage,
Alaska on November 30th. RCAC is a collaborative public-industrial
organization that was launched after the Exxon Valdez oil spill
in Prince William Sound in 1989 to promote environmentally safe
oil pipeline and tanker operations in that region. Peter spoke
about the significance of discoveries of gas hydrates on continental
margins and hydrothermal systems on ocean ridges in terms of the
environment and resources and showed the Rutgers film, Volcanoes
of the Deep Sea.
- Research by Ximing Guo, David Bushek and others on the proposed
introduction of the Asian oyster Crassostrea ariakensis
was featured in a set of Research summary fact sheets produced
by NOAA and released at the recent ERF conference. Click to view,
fact
sheet A and fact
sheet B. Ximing and Dave were invited speakers at the conference
in a related session.
- The Asbury Park Press reported on a study by Richard Lathrop
and Scott Haag of development in the Barnegat watershed, and noted
the work of Mike Kennish. Click here
to read more from the article by Kirk Moore.
- Alan Robock gave an invited talk, "Climatic Consequences
of Nuclear Conflicts A Nuclear Winter is Still a Threat"
to the Geological Society of Washington, Cosmos Club, Washington,
DC, October 24, 2007.
- Lily Young was a guest speaker at a class on Ecotoxicology of
the Hudson River, NYU. Bioremediation, Fact or Fiction, 4 lectures,
October 30, 2007
- Alan Robock produced a PowerPoint available on the web for use
in teaching: Climatic Consequences of Regional Nuclear Conflict
PowerPoint (31 MB - for teaching) (October 4, 2007) http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/robock/NuclearWinterForDistribution4.ppt
- Alan Robock appeared for one-hour interview about climate change
on The Paradise Parking Lot radio show on the Progressive Radio
Network (audience of about 100,000), October 31, 2007.
Meetings Attended
- Jim Ammerman presented a poster entitled: "Applications
of the ocean biogeographic information system (OBIS) to HAB data,"
at the Fourth Symposium on Harmful Algae in the U.S. at the MBL
at Woods Hole, MA, Oct. 28-Nov. 1.
- Lily Young made a presentation, "Arsenic in Groundwater:
is Microbiology the Cause or Consequence?" at the Biotechnology
Center for Agriculture and the Environment, 20th Anniversary Symposium,
October 12, 2007.
- The Estuarine Research Federation's 19th Biennial International
Conference, "Science and Management: Observations, Syntheses,
Solutions" was held in Providence, Rhode Island Nov. 4-8,
2007. The conference was well attended by IMCS faculty, researchers,
and member. Here is a list of presentations, click here
to read abstracts.
- Able, K.; Sullivan, M., Patterns of Larval Fish Ingress
Into a New Jersey Inlet: Response to Climate Change
- Bricelj, V.; Hofmann, E.; Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Kraeuter,
J., An Individual-based Model Simulates the Effects of Brown
Tide on Hard Clam Larvae
- Bushek, D.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Allen, S.; Bishop, M.; Kelly,
C.; Kennedy, V.; Luckenbach, M.; Newell, R.; Merritt, D.; Padeletti,
A.; Paynter, K.; Peterson, C.; Tamburri, M., Potential Direct
and Indirect Interactions Between Crassostrea ariakensis
and Crassostrea virginica
- Candelmo, A.; Deshpande, A.; Weis, J., Trophic Transfer and
Effects on Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, Consuming
Contaminated Prey
- Carnegie, R.; Alavi, M.; Alphin, T.; Audemard, C.; Bishop,
M.; Brown, G.; Burreson, E.; Bushek, D.; Dungan, C.; Fisher,
R.; Ford, S.; Guo, X.; Hill, K.; Landau, B.; Moss, J.; Paynter,
K.; Peterson, C.; Posey, M.; Reece, K.; Robledo, J.; Scarpa,
E.; Schott, E.; Stokes, N.; Wilbur, A.; Vasta, G., Disease Considerations
Relative to the Proposed Introduction of Exotic Suminoe Oysters
to the Mid-Atlantic
- Chant, R., Cross-shelf Mixing of Fresh Water in the New York
Bight and Implications in its Long Term Variability
- Glenn, S.; Schofield, O.; Chant, R.; Kohut, J.; McDonnell,
J., Implementing a New Paradign in Ocean Observing: A view from
the COOLroom
- Guo, X.; Wang, H.; Reece, K.; Cordes, J.; Allen, S.; Harwell,
H.; Luckenbach, M., Understanding C. ariakensis in
Its Native Range
- Haag, S.; Kennish, M.; Sakowicz, G., Nitrogen Enrichment
and Declining Seagrass Habitat in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg
Harbor Estuary, New Jersey
- Harding, J.; Picariello, A.; Mann, R.; Powell, E., Growth
Rates of the Atlantic Surf Clam, Spisula solidissima,
in Relation to Bottom Water Temperatures in the Middle Atlantic
Bight
- Hofmann, E.; Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Hedgecock, D., Understanding
Crassostrea gigas Population Variability Using a Genetics-Based
Model
- Jackson, N.; Nordstrom, K.; Smith, D.; Saini, S.; Raineault,
N.; Reyes, D., Effects of Bulkheads on Bay Beaches
- Kennish, M.; Bricker, S.; Haag, S., Eutrophic Condition of
Mid-Atlantic Coastal Lagoons
- Kimball, M.; Able, K., Intertidal Creek Nekton Response to
Phragmites Removal: Evaluating Traditional Sampling
Gears Versus Underwater Video
- Klinck, J.; Powell, E., Is Oyster Shell A Sustainable Estuarine
Resource?
- Kraeuter, J.; Klinck, J.; Powell, E.; Hofmann, E.; Buckner,
S.; Grizzle, R.; Bricelj, V., Fishery Effects on the Hard Clam
(Mercenaria mercenaria) Population in Great South Bay,
NY: A modeling study
- MacDonald, J.; Weis, J., Prop Root Epibionts Enhance Fish
Diversity and Biomass in Fringing R. mangle
- Mayorga, E.; Seitzinger, S.; Beusen, A.; Bouwman, L.; Dumont,
E.; Harrison, J.; Kroeze, C.; Lee, R.; Wisser, D., Scenarios
of Watershed Nutrient Sources, Forms and Exports: a Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment "Global NEWS" Application
- Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Ashton-Alcox, K., The Import of Broodstock-Recruitment
and Broodstock-Mortality Relationships in the Managing of Oyster
Populations
- Reichmuth, J.; Place, A.; Weis, J., Predator-prey Behavior
in Two Populations of Blue Crab in New Jersey
- Sakowicz, G.; Haag, S.; Kennish, M., Videographic Imaging
of Seagrass Beds to Characterize Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
in a Eutrophic Coastal Bay System
- Soniat, T.; Hofmann, E.; Klinck, J.; Powell, E., Climate and
Oyster Disease
- Sullivan, M.; Howland, M.; Andersen, T.; Able, K., An Unwelcome
Guest? Status of the American Eel Parasite Anguillicola
crassus in New Jersey Estuaries
- Taylor, J.; Bushek, D., Nekton Utilization of Constructed
Intertidal Oyster Reefs and Aquaculture Structures in Delaware
Bay, USA
- Wuenschel, M.; Able, K.; Byrne, D., Habitat and Diet Overlap
of Piscivorous Fishes on the Inner Continental Shelf off New
Jersey
New Grants
- Schofield, O. Office of Naval Research, "Using Gliders
to Resolve Dynamics of Dust and Phytoplankton in the Mediterranean."
10/01/07-09/30/08 ($101,413)
- Zavala-Garay, J. University of Miami, "A Study of the MJO_ENSO
Problem: Phase II." 06/01/06 - 03/30/08 ($38,796)
Publications
- Andrianasolo, E.H., L. Haramaty, K. Degenhardt, R. Mathew, E.
White, R. Lutz, P. Falkowski. 2007. Induction of apoptosis by
diterpenes from the soft coral Xenia elongata. Journal
of Natural Products. 70: 1551-1557.
- Anyah, R., C.P. Weaver, G. Miguez-Macho, Y. Fan, and A. Robock,
2007: Incorporating water table dynamics in climate modeling:
3. Simulated groundwater influence on coupled land-atmosphere
variability. J. Geophys. Res., 112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009087,
in press.
- Berman-Frank, I., G. Rosenberg, O. Levitan, L. Haramaty, X.
Mari. 2007. Coupling between autocatalytic cell death and transparent
exopolymeric particle production in the marine cyanobacteria Trichodesmium.
Environmental Microbiology. 9: 1415-1422.
- Berman-Frank, I., A. Quigg, Z. Finkel, A. Irwin, L. Haramaty.
2007. Nitrogen-fixation strategies and Fe requirements in cyanobacteria.
Limnology and Oceanography. 52(5): 2260-2269.
- Dagg, M.J., J.W. Ammerman, R.M.W. Amon, W.S. Gardner, R.E. Green,
and S.E. Lohrenz. 2007. A review of water column processes influencing
hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Estuaries and Coasts.
30(5): 735-752.
- Falkowski, P.G., M.J. Oliver. 2007. Errantum. Mix and match:
how climate selects phytoplankton. 5: 813-815 doi: 10.1038/nmicro1751
- Francis, J., E. Hunter. 2007. Drivers of declining sea ice in
the Arctic winter: A tale of two seas. Geophysical Research
Letters Vol. 34, L17503, doi:10.1029/2007GL030995.
- Litchman E., C.A. Klausmeier, O. Schofield, P.G. Falkowski.
2007. The role of functional traits and trade-offs in structuring
phytoplankton communities: scaling from cellular to ecosystem
level. Ecology Letters. 10: 1170-1181
- Miller, J., Y. Chen, G. Russell, and J.A. Francis. Future Regime
Shift in Feedbacks during Arctic Winter, Geophys. Res. Lett.,
in press.
- Moline, M.A. , M.J. Oliver, C.D. Mobley, L. Sundman, S.M. Blackwell,
T. Bergmann, W.P. Bissett, J. Case, E.H. Raymond, O. Schofield.
2007. Bioluminescence in a complex coastal environment I: Temporal
dynamics of night-time water-leaving radiance. Journal of
Geophysical Research. 112, DOI:10.1029/2007JC004138
- O'Malley, D. and A. Robock, 2007: Warming up to global action.
Bergen Record. (Op-ed, Oct. 31).
- Oliver, M. J., M. Moline, C. Mobley, L.K. Sundman, and O. Schofield.
2007. Bioluminescence in a complex coastal environment: 2. Prediction
of bioluminescent source depth from spectral water-leaving radiance,
Journal of Geophysical Research doi:10.1029/2007JC004136
- Rhine, E.D., K.M. Onesios, M.E. Serfes, J.R. Reinfelder, L.Y.
Young. Arsenic Mobilization and Transformation from Newark Basin
Black Shale by Strain WAO. Environ. Sci. Technol. (accepted,
under revision)
- Robock, A., T. Adams, M. Moore, L. Oman, and G. Stenchikov,
2007: Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation effects of the
1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34,
doi:10.1029/2007GL031403, in press.
- Sylvan J.B, A. Quigg, S. Tozzi, and J.W. Ammerman. 2007. Eutrophication-induced
phosphorus limitation in the Mississippi River Plume: Evidence
from fast repetition rate fluorometry. Limnology and Oceanography.
52(6): 2679-2685.
Student News
- On November 12th, Jason Sylvan (Graduate Program in Oceanography)
successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation, “Assessing
multiple indicators of nutrient limitation in marine phytoplankton
on the Louisiana continental shelf.” Congratulations Jason!
- On November 29th, Patricia Ramey (Ecology & Evolution, Graduate
Program) successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation, “Ecological
heterogeneity: explaining the patchy distributions of macrofauna
in an ecological context.” Congratulations Trish!
Let's Welcome
- Welcome to Chris Suleski, the newest member of the IMCS IT group.
Not only is he a Rutgers alumni, Chris has also worked for the
Rutgers Office of Information Technology for the past several
years. Chris has a strong technical background and brings to the
IT team expertise in Linux/Unix software. (Room 202, ext. 237).
- Abigail W. Porter, a new postdoc in Lily Young's lab, went on
a scientific cruise to Guaymas Basin, Mexico, was on a dive in
the Alvin to 2000m to collect samples (October 16-28).
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Congratulations to Bin Zhang
and his wife Shuang Huang on the birth of identical twin boys,
Shujia Zhang and Shuyi Zhang. The twins were born on 11/27/2007,
Shujia weighed 5lbs 15 oz and Shuyi weighed 6lbs. Mom and boys
are doing great. |
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