The John P. McGrath Fund Seminar Series

September 28
Dr. Michael Foster, Moss Landing Marine Laboratory

The ecology and paleoecology of rhodolith beds in the Gulf of California: purple balls in a vermilion sea

October 5
Dr. Eugenie Clark, University of Maryland

Sea monsters and deep sea sharks

November 2
Dr. Robert Vrijenhoek, Rutgers University

Population genetics of hydrothermal vent organisms

November 16 (tentative)
Dr. Doug Wallace, Brookhaven National Laboratories

The role of oceans in global warming

December 7 or 14
Dr. Susan Browley, University of Maine

Field and laboratory studies on the effects of low sodium on post-zygotic development in the marine brown alga, Fucus

March 7
Dr. Allan Cembella, National Research Council Canada

Phycotoxins and their effects on zooplankton (tentative)

April 18
Dr. C. H. Peterson, University of North Carolina

The Exxon Valdez oil spill and its impact on marine habitats

May 2
Dr. JoAnn Burkholder, North Carolina State University

Discovery of a new toxin dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscimortuis, and its role in fish and shellfish kills