2010 Stony Brook -Southampton Coastal
and Estuarine Research Program (SCERP) Environmental Symposium
You are cordially invited to attend the
2010 Stony Brook -Southampton Coastal and Estuarine Research Program
(SCERP) Environmental Symposium occurring on Friday April 9th,
7pm on the Stony Brook- Southampton campus (239 Montauk Hwy,
Southampton) in the Duke Lecture Hall.
The Symposium is an opportunity for Long
Island residents, as well as government and non-government agencies,
to learn about the most recent research findings and near term
research plans of SCERP (see Recent Achievements and Research Topics).
7:00 - 7:30pm: Welcoming reception.
Refreshments served and poster presentations by students and faculty.
7:30 - 8:30pm: Symposium presentations
8:30 - 9:30pm: Symposium questions &answer period,
and poster presentations by students and faculty. Coffee and dessert
served.
Projects to be presented at the 2010 SCERP Symposium
~Paralytic shellfish poisoning blooms on Long Island caused by Alexandrium fundyense
~Effects of past, present, and future ocean carbon dioxide concentrations on the growth and survival of larval shellfish
~Eelgrass Zostera marina growth, photosynthetic efficiency, and survival in response to groundwater exposure with nitrate and the herbicide Diuron.
~Resolving the causes and effects of harmful red tides caused by Cochlodinium polykrikoides on eastern Long Island
~The interactive effects of nutrient loading and suspension feeding on estuarine resources in the Peconic Estuary, NY, USA
~Causes of eutrophication and blue-green algal blooms in Mill Pond, Water Mill, NY: Management options
~Using molecular tools to resolve the causes of chronic brown tides on Long Island’s south shore: Focus on the 2007, 2008, and 2009 blooms
~Genetic diversity and gene flow in Zostera marina populations in Great South Bay, New York
~Estimating impacts of power plant water withdrawal on fish populations: Applying novel Bayesian approach for calculating entrainment mortality within New York powerplants
~Recruitment of bay scallops, Argopecten irradians, to artificial seagrass near a spawner sanctuary
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