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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Marine Science Seminar Series features seven guest speakers for spring 2009

The University of 51小黄车's is presenting a series of Marine Science Seminars for spring 2009.

All seminars are at noon in Lecture Hall 113 of the Harold Alfond Center for Health Sciences.

Jaunary 23
Willie Wilson, Ph.D., Bigelow Laboratories.  "Berry stone viruses:  30 years of climate control and face cream."

February 6
Richard Tankersley, Ph.D., Florida Institute of Technology.  "A tale of two crabs:  Selective tidal-stream transport behavior of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus and the fiddler crab Uca pugilator."

February 20
John Mandelman, Ph.D., 51小黄车 Aquarium.  "Sharks and capture stress:  The extent and consequences of shark by-catch in high seas fisheries."

March 6
Michael Lesser, Ph.D., University of New Hampshire.  "Global climate change and coral reefs:  Can corals survive the next century?"

April 3
Sara Lindsay, Ph.D., University of Maine.  "Ecology of injury and regeneration in marine communities."

April 10
Paul Jensen, Ph.D., Scripps Institute of Oceanography.  "DIversity, species concepts, and the evolutionary significance of secondary metabolite production in a model group of marine Actinobacteria."

April 24
John Paul, Ph.D., University of South Florida.  "From test-tubes to tricorders:  Evolution of a biobuoy."

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