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Marine Sciences Program Student Interdisciplinary Seminar – Jianxing Wang

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Jianxing Wang Monday, February 27th at 12:20 PM IMS Seminar Room 222 Zoom Webinar ID: 979 0142 6135 Oxygen is fundamental to life. However, it has been decreasing in coastal oceans since at least the middle of the 20th century. … Read more

PhD Dissertation Defense, Rebecca Van Hoeck

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Dissertation title: Marine ecosystems through the lens of soundscape ecology: How biological processes, landscape structure, and anthropogenic activity affect spatiotemporal soundscape patterns Dissertation Abstract:  Marine soundscapes, or the collection of all sounds across a landscape, consist of dynamic patterns resulting … Read more

MHC Field Site Capstone Presentation

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Evaluating the Efficacy of Living Shorelines in Bogue Sound to Develop a Recommendation for the DMF-IMS Waterfront Caroline Chen, Katie Diamond, Anna Gibbons, Noelle Keister, Becca Kelley, Meg McCartney, Madison Milotte, Sophia Palmieri, Kylie Showalter, Avery West, Soph Williams

IE Undergraduate Independent Research Symposium

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Talks will be in 20-minute increments with 17 mins for the presentation, and 3 mins for questions, discussion and transitions.

Field Site Seminar: Elliott Hazen NOAA Fisheries, Changing oceans and altered ecosystems necessitate dynamic management

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Zoom webinar ID:969 1093 3469 Highly migratory species are inherently difficult to manage as they regularly move in response to ocean conditions and cross human-imposed jurisdictional boundaries. Many migratory predators species face multiple anthropogenic threats including being shipstrikes and interacting … Read more

Honors Thesis Defense, Prisca Lim

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Survey of epiphytic microalgae to evaluate risk of ciguatera fish poisoning across natural and artificial reefs in North Carolina Epiphytic microalgae are important contributors to the carbon and nutrient cycles, yet are often overlooked during ecological surveys. In reef habitats, … Read more

Field Site Seminar, Mika Malila: Extreme wave characteristics from high-resolution space-time field observations

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Zoom webinar ID:969 1093 3469 UNC Institute of Marine Sciences Abstract: Extreme sea-surface gravity waves, frequently referred to as rogue waves, pose threats to offshore platforms and shipping due to the difficulties in predicting where and when they will occur. … Read more

Field Site Seminar, Jon Grabowski: Using ecological and socioeconomic approaches to inform the conservation, restoration and management of coastal watersheds

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

Abstract: Estuarine ecosystems are among the most valuable on earth because they provide a vast array of ecosystem services such as storm protection, nutrient cycling, and essential fish habitat. Unfortunately, they face a multitude of anthropogenic stressors, from habitat degradation … Read more

PhD Proposal Defense: Haley Plaas (ESE – Paerl), Understanding the Impacts of Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms on Air Quality

IMS Seminar Room (222) 3431 Arendell St, MOREHEAD CITY, NC, United States

The environmental health of aquatic ecosystems is threatened by the global proliferation of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (CHABs) in key drinking water and recreational water resources. In recent decades, the occurrence of CHABs has increased spatiotemporally due to climate change … Read more