Ocean Life Seminar Series

Seminars

• 2020

  Dr. Mireya Mayor
  Date: March 5, 2020
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  A New Magnitude of Macroalgal Blooms: Causes, Impacts and Challenges
  Date: Feb. 7, 2020
  Speaker: Dr. Ligia Collado-Vides
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• 2019

  It's Complicated: Protecting the Florida Keys Marine Ecosystem
  Date: Nov. 21, 2019
  Speaker: Sarah Fangman

  Underwater Acoustics: Marine Mammals, Seismic, and Sonar
  Date: Oct. 24, 2019
  Speaker: Dr. Douglas Wartzok

  Mapping coral reef fisheries on the Florida Reef Tract
  Date: Sept. 26, 2019
  Speaker: Dr. Rachel Zeurcher

  Hot off the Press! The new Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Foundation: Enhancing conservation in the Florida Keys
  Date: Aug. 22, 2019
  Speaker: Lad Akins

  Jewels on the Reef: The Hawksbill Turtles of Florida
  Date: May 23, 2019
  Speaker: Lawrence Wood, PhD

  Light, Color, and Vision in the Underwater World
  Date: April 25, 2019
  Speaker: Lorian Schweikert, PhD

  "Fishing" for Toxins: Using Fish as a Model System to Explore Algal Toxins in Florida Waters
  Date: March 28, 2019
  Speaker: John Berry, PhD

  Saving Seagrass to Save the World
  Date: Feb 21, 2019
  Speaker: Jim Fourqurean, PhD

• 2018

  Can We Keep Pace With Rising Seas? Saltwater Intrusion and Carbon Loss from Coastal Wetland Ecosystems
  Date: May 25, 2018
  Speaker: John Stephen Kominoski, Ph.D. | Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Southeast Environmental Research Center at Florida International University

  Impact of Fisheries on Global Marine Mammal Populations: Are Extinctions Now Inevitable?
  Date: April 20, 2018
  Speaker: Jeremy Kiszka, Ph.D. | Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University

  Past, Present and Future of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust's Florida Keys Initiative
  Date: March 16, 2018
  Speaker: Ross Boucek, Ph.D. | Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, Florida Keys Initiative

  Future for Coral Reef Restoration: A Time of Ecological Crisis Requiring All Solutions to be Considered
  Date: February 16, 2018
  Speaker: Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty, Ph.D. | Associate Professor and Director of Quantifying Biology in the Classroom (QBIC) Program, Department of Biological Sciences at Florida International University, 

  Climate Change in Coastal Environments: Linking Responses Across Multiple Scales
  Date: January 19, 2018
  Speaker: Justin Campbell, Ph.D. | Biologist for the Chemical Ecology Program, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce

• 2017

  Elbow Reef: Key Largo's Ship Trap
  Date: June 16, 2017
  Speaker: Matthew Lawrence | Archaeologist, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries

  The Effects of Environmental Change on Coral Reef Fishes
  Date: May 19, 2017
  Speaker: Alastair Harborne, Ph.D.

  A Last Stand: Ecology and Conservation of the Smalltooth Sawfish in Southern Florida
  Date: April 21, 2017
  Speaker: Yannis P. Papastamatiou, Ph.D.

  Sea Level Rise, Everglades Restoration and the Health of Our Coastal Waters
  Date: March 17, 2017
  Speaker: Stephen Davis, Ph.D.

  An Introduction to Florida Bay Ecology and the Seagrass Die-off Story
  Date: February 17, 2017
  Speaker: Thomas A. Frankovich, Ph.D.

  Progress in Revealing the Tree of Life
  Date: January 20, 2017
  Speaker: Tim Collins, Ph.D.

• 2016

  Algae Crisis: From Toledo, Ohio to Martin County, Florida. Lessons We Should Be Learning
  Date: November 18, 2016
  Speaker: Kathleen Rein, Ph.D.

  Crocker Reef Buoy #16: Coral Reef Restoration and Monitoring
  Date: October 21, 2016
  Speaker: Lisa Symons

  Rising Above: The Science of Sea Level Rise and What It Means for Us
  Date: May 20, 2016
  Speaker: Tiffany Troxler, Ph.D.

  The Epigenetics Revolution Reaches the Ocean
  Date: April 15, 2016
  Speaker: Jose M. Eirin-Lopez, Ph.D.

  Sea Turtles and Man: A Review of the Endangered Status of Sea Turtles
  Date: March 18, 2016
  Speakers: Sandi Williams and Allison Estape

  Florida International University's new Institute for Water and Environment (InWE): Research, education and outreach that is relevant
  Date: February 19, 2016
  Speaker: Todd Crowl, Ph.D.

  Exploration as a Discipline: An Overview of the University of Miami's Exploration Science Program
  Date: January 15, 2016
  Speaker: Keene Haywood, Ph.D.

• 2015

  Roseate Spoonbills in Florida Bay: Pink Canaries in a Coal Mine
  Date: November 6, 2015
  Speaker: Jerome J. Lorenz, Ph.D.

  The Trouble with Exotic Mangroves
  Date: October 9, 2015
  Speaker: Dennis J. Giardina

  Inspiring the Next Generation of Ocean Conservationists
  Date: September 18, 2015
  Speaker: Patxi Pastor

  To Live and Work Beneath the Sea: Aquarius
  Date: May 15, 2015
  Speaker: Tom Potts

  Aquaponics: Sustainable Agriculture in the Florida Keys
  Date: April 17, 2015
  Speaker: Bill Irwin, Ph.D.

  Law of the Sea: Energy, Overfishing, and Pollution
  Date: March 20, 2015
  Speaker: Ryan Stoa, J.D.

  Literature of the Seas: Energy Commodities and Conservation
  Date: February 20, 2015
  Speaker: Heidi Scott, Ph.D.

  The Florida Keys National Marine Sancture
  Date: January 16, 2015
  Speaker: Sean Morton

• 2014

  Invasive Lionfish: Management Successes and Challenges
  Date: December 5, 2014
  Speaker: Lad Akins

  Understanding the History and Future of Sea Levels
  Date: October 10, 2014
  Speaker: William Anderson, Ph.D.

  Keys Canals: Your Backyard Swimming Pool
  Date: September 19, 2014
  Speaker: Henry O. Briceño, Ph.D.

  Ocean drones: Developing advanced tools for marine research
  Date: April 18, 2014
  Speaker: Dr. Kevin Boswell

  Last Train to Paradise
  Date: March 21, 2014
  Speaker: Dr. Les Standiford

  A Thousand Furlongs: Shakespeare and the Sea
  Date: February 21, 2014
  Speaker: Dr. James Sutton

  What does it take to prevent extinction of a rare orchid species?
  Date: January 17, 2014
  Speaker: Dr. Hong Liu

• 2013

  Fish Meat: Choose Your Farm Wisely Screening
  Date: November 15, 2013
  Speaker: Sarah Curry featuring Michael Gillespie, Fish Navy Films

  Deep Sea Mysteries: Monster Larva
  Date: October 25, 2013
  Speaker: Dr. Heather Bracken-Grissom

  A Brief History of Diving in the Keys
  Date: September 27, 2013
  Speaker: Thomas Lockyear

• 2012

  Expecting the Unexpected: Paradox in an Upside-Down Estuary
  Date: November 16, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Evelyn Gaiser

  Aquarius 2013 and Beyond
  Date: October 12, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Mark Patterson

  Striking a Balance: Coral Reefs and Human Systems
  Date: July 20, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Deron Burkepile

  World Oceans Day: The Life and Times of Top Predators
  Date: June 8, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Mike Heithaus

  Restoring the Florida Everglades
  Date: May 18, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Joel Trexler

  FOUND: The Sea Turtle Lost Years
  Date: April 20, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Kate Mansfield

  Spawn-taneous: Coral Spawning in the Florida Keys
  Date: March 16, 2012
  Speaker: Lauri MacLaughlin

  The Grass is Always Greener: Seagrass Ecology in South Florida
  Date: February 17, 2012
  Speaker: Dr. Jim Fourqurean

  Yes We Can: Growing Coral, Replanting Reefs, Making a Difference
  Date: January 6, 2012
  Speaker: Ken Nedimyer