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[PAST EVENT] Monthly Seminar: Dr. Kevin Weng, Assistant Professor, VIMS

November 4, 2015
7:30pm - 9pm
Location
VIMS - Seaside Hall (Eastern Shore Laboratory), Conference Room
40 Atlantic Avenue
Wachapreague, VA 23480Map this location
Extinction risk is closely tied to body size, home range, and species distribution. Quantifying home range is critical for conservation, and can enable the use of concepts such as "umbrella species", whose conservation protects other species due to shared habitat. Dr. Weng will discuss a multi-year study of humphead wrasse at Palmyra Atoll. The results of this complex research have major implications for the "flagship species" concept and suggest that most Marine Protection Areas are too small to effectively protect the humphead wrasse.
Contact

[[v|lward, Linda Ward]] 757-787-5816