Graduate Colloquium 2007 Schedule
Friday, February 23, 2007
| 4:00 | OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Mark Lazzaro, Chair, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:05 | INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Erik Sotka, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:10 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Peter Wainwright, Professor of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis “Innovation and diversity in coral reef fishes” |
| 5:00-7:00 | POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL |
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Oral Presentations
| 9:15 | INTRODUCTION TO THE ORAL PRESENTATION SESSION & JUDGING: Dr. Erik Sotka, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| Session 1 | Moderator: Dr. Pete Key, NOAA⁄NOS⁄CCEHBR |
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| 9:30 | Finnegan, Meaghean Effects of the Antifoulant Paint Compound Irgarol 1051 on the Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta |
| 9:45 | Leandro, Luis Exposure of the North Atlantic Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) to the Marine Algal Biotoxin, Domoic Acid |
| 10:00 | Pate, Michelle Stomach Contents of Stranded Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in South Carolina |
| 10:15 | Wieber, Kimberly Habitat Associations of Demersal Fishes on the Charleston Bump and Adjacent Blake Plateau |
| 10:30 | Ziskin, Gabriel Aspects of Age, Growth and Reproduction in Speckled Hind Epinephelus drummondhayi Along the Southeast Atlantic Coast of the United States |
| 10:45 | BREAK |
| Session 2 | Moderator: Dr. Guy DiDonato, NOAA⁄Hollings Marine Lab |
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| 11:00 | Samaha, Claire The Influence of Temperature on the Vertical Swimming Behavior of Larval Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) and Implications for Inshore Migration |
| 11:15 | Arthur, Courtney Preliminary Assessment of the Diamondback Terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin, As An Indicator of Regional Mercury Contamination Along the Southeastern Coast of the United States |
| 11:30 | Hiltz, Eric Assessment of the Flounder (Paralichthys spp.) Gigging Fishery in South Carolina |
| 11:45 | Jones, Sara Changes in the Food Web Structure Supporting Small Nekton in Tidal Marsh Creeks Across a Range of Levels of Impervious Cover of Tidal Creek Watersheds |
| 12:00 | LUNCH |
| Session 3 | Moderator: Dr. Jill Stewart, NOAA⁄NOS⁄CCEHBR |
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| 1:00 | Washburn, Travis The Effects of Human Development on Macrobenthic Communities in the Tidal Creeks of the Southeastern United States, and the Spatial Distribution of the Oligochaete Monopylephorus rubroniveus |
| 1:15 | Lane, Suzanne Survival Analysis of a Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, Community |
| 1:30 | Winder, Ginger Fluoxetine in the Marine Environment: Effects on Sheepshead Minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus) Brain Serotonin Activity and Locomotor Behavior |
| 1:45 | Ierardi, Jessalyn Quantitative Expression of Target Immune Stress Response Genes Within the Skin and Kidney Cell Line of the North Atlantic Right Whale, Eubalaena glacialis: A Microarray Approach for Health Assessment |
| 2:00 | McCarty, Amanda Population-Level Differences in Feeding Preferences of the Marine Herbivore, Ampithoe longimana |
| 2:15 | BREAK |
| Session 4 | Moderator: Dr. Loren Coen, MRRI⁄SCDNR |
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| 2:45 | Cushman, Elizabeth A Fish By Any Other Name. Analyzing the Spatial and Temporal Genetic Structure of Gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) Stocks From the Southeastern United States |
| 3:00 | Harper, Heather The Effects of the Insecticide Bifenthrin on the Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio and the Sheepshead Minnow, Cyprinodon variegatus |
| 3:15 | Dempsey, Adair Localization of Facilitated Urea Transporters in the Kidney of the Euryhaline Elasmobranch Dasyatis sabina |
| 3:30 | Berini, Carole Pygmy Sperm Whale (Kogia breviceps, De Blainville 1838) Strandings Along the Southeastern Coast of the United States: Geographic Information System-Based Analysis of Association With Environmental Factors |
| 3:45 | BREAK |
| 4:00 | PERSPECTIVE: Dr. Peter Wainwright “Secrets of success in coral reef fishes” |
| 5:00 | CLOSING REMARKS: Dr. Craig Plante, Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston |
| 5:30 | AWARD PRESENTATION AND BARBEQUE |
Poster Presentations
Goldman, Sarah
Feeding Habits of Some Demersal Fishes on the Continental Slope Off the Southeastern United States
Goodwin, Lindsay
Evaluating Natural and Human Factors Influencing Habitat Change, for Ameliorating Observed Shoreline Losses
Williams, Heidi
The Fate of Vibrio campbellii Within the Eastern Oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin)
Zdankiewicz, Debra
Distribution and Stratification of Fat Soluble Organic Contaminants in the Blubber of Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)