Departmental Seminars

Speakers and topics:
Tricia Thibodeau - "Environmental controls on pteropod physiology along the Western Antarctic Peninsula"
Bethany Williams - "The role of ecology in salt marsh geomorphic processes"

Graduate students Savannah Michaelsen and Kristen Omori update the VIMS community on their research.

Speakers and topics:
Shanna Williamson - "Impact of land use and climate on watershed deliery to the New River Estuary, NC"
Jack Conroy - "Diel vertical distribution patterns of zooplankton along the Western Antarctic Peninsula"

Speaker is Henry Lane, Otago University, New Zealand.

Graduate students Olivia Phillips and Gail Schwieterman update the VIMS community on their research.

 "Carbon exchanges at the marsh-estuarine interface in Taskinas Creek, VA" by Amanda Knobloch, VIMS, and "The contribution of phytoplankton to primary production dynamics in shallow areas of York River? by Qubin Qin, VIMS

Speakers and topics:
James Delbene - "Ecological and economic impacts of derelict crab pots"
Samantha Fortin - "Raman microscopic identification of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants"

Graduate students Jingwei Song and Diego Biston Vaz update the VIMS community on their research.

Speaker and topic:
Chris Hauser - "Design and performance of a living shoreline to reduce erosion in a high-energy estuarine environment - A case study and implications for future research"

Speaker is Hamish Small, AHS, VIMS.

"Canyon upwelling and downwelling in the Mid-Atlantic Bight" by Haixing Wang, VIMS