JOHN AND MARY LOUISE RILEY SEMINAR SERIES - SPRING 2015 April 1 Wednesday Host: S. Morgan Eric Bjorkstedt, Department of Fisheries Biology, Humboldt State University “Patterns and variability in zooplankton communities off northern California: a tale of climate, currents, and copepods” April 8 Wednesday Host: S. Morgan Bill Sydeman, President and Senior Scientist, Farallon Institute for Advanced Ecosystem Research "Of fish, seabirds, and trees: the present, past, and future of upwelling ecosystems” April 15 Wednesday Host: G. Cherr Dimitri Deheyn, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego "Light production and light manipulation in living organisms: from magical displays to bio-inspired applications” April 17 Friday Host: S. Morgan ***Exit Seminar*** Sarah Gravem, Doctoral Candidate, Ecology Graduate Group, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis “Scaling from individual prey behavior to intertidal zonation and community structure in rocky tidepools” April 22 Wednesday Host: G. Cherr Dick Zimmer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Los Angeles "Keystone species and molecules of keystone significance” April 29 Wednesday Host: G. Cherr Kwasi Connor, University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Irvine “Life on the rocks: integrative biology of life in the intertidal zone” May 6 Wednesday Host: G. Cherr Carolyn Friedman, School of Aquatic and Fishery Science, University of Washington “Trans-generational effects of ocean acidification on marine molluscs” May 7 Thursday Host: N. Fangue ***Exit Seminar*** Lisa Komoroske, Ph.D, Ecology Graduate Group, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis “Linking effects of climate change stressors across biological levels in an endangered estuarine fish” May 13 Wednesday Host: G. Ng Richard Emlet, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, University of Oregon TBD May 20 Wednesday Host: E. Fairbairn Chelsea Rochman, David H. Smith Conservation Research Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis “How about plastics and priority pollutants: a chemical cockTALE” May 27 Wednesday Host: O. Turnross Skyli McAfee, Executive Director, Ocean Science Trust “What boundaries are you crossing? Lessons from the nexus of science, communities and government in California” June 3 Wednesday Host: B. Gaylord ***Exit Seminar*** Laura Jurgens, Doctoral Candidate, Ecology Graduate Group, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis “Population and community impacts of extreme events in coastal marine ecosystems” ************************************************************************************ Seminars begin at 4:00 p.m. in the BML Lecture Hall. Join us for coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. in the Great Hall. Please telephone 707-875-2211 for further information. Visit our website at http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu
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