Research
Spotlight
BARBADOS DUST
DEPOSITION STUDY
 The
atmospheric transport of substances from the continents
to the oceans
plays an important role in marine biogeochemical processes,
some of which appear to have a large impact on the global
carbon cycle. The North Atlantic is strongly impacted by
this phenomenon. Several hundred million tons of dust are
transported from Africa each year and much of this is deposited
into the Atlantic Ocean. Associated with this dust are various
nutrients important to the maintenance of marine ecosystems,
including iron (Fe), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P).
Many
ocean biogeochemical models use as input values the dust
deposition rates provided by atmospheric models. Unfortunately,
the factors affecting the atmospheric transport and deposition
of these continentally-derived materials are poorly known.
Furthermore, the models have not been adequately tested
against ocean deposition data because of the dearth of
such measurements.
As a result, the removal processes parameterized in the
models are largely unconstrained and results diverge greatly.
The
program, funded by the National Science Foundation, focuses
on the study of the processes that control dust deposition.
Principal Investigator (PI) Joseph Prospero, and co-PIs,
Frank Millero and Dennis Hansel are using a
variety of instruments
to measure the properties of airborne dust. They are
concurrently measuring dust deposition rates in rainfall
("wet" deposition,)
and dust particles that are deposited directly on water
and land surfaces ("dry" deposition.) In addition to measuring
the concentration and properties of dust particles themselves,
they also measure the concentrations of Fe, N and P compounds
in the dust particles, as well as the fraction dissolved
in rainwater.
The
team's program centers are located on the island of Barbados
where Prospero has been making aerosol-dust
measurements for 40 years. In the program they carry
out four intensive field studies during various seasonal
dust-transport
regimes. The first of these took place during a 5-
week experiment from August 21 to September 27.
This
summer's field crew
(L-R) Miguel Izaguirre, Lillian Custals,
Lauren Zamora, and Mike Trapp take
a well-deserved break at a weekly local event
in Oistins, a fishing village in Barbados.
The event
features a couple dozen individual stalls where
different types of fresh fish are fried or
grilled.
The field program was largely successful. There were
a number of episodes of intense dust. Unfortunately,
there was very little rain! Nonetheless, the data
collected
will prove to be very interesting.
ROSENSTIEL
STUDENT EMBARKS ON
ARCTIC CRUISE THROUGH
NW PASSAGE
As
part of the 2007-2009
International Polar Year's (IPY) research program to investigate
global climate change in the Arctic, Sarah Woods, a Ph.D. student
under the supervision of Dr. Darek Bogucki in the division
of Applied Marine Physics, has embarked on a six-week scientific
cruise through the Northwest Passage (NWP). Woods joined the
ship early this month in Resolute, Nunavut, Canada, and will
leave the ship on November 9 at Sachs Harbour, NWT, Canada.
Photo Credit: Sarah Woods
Along
with roughly 40 other scientists, students, and technicians,
onboard the state-of-the-art Canadian icebreaker, the CCGS
Amundsen, Woods (above) is participating in ArcticNet
and the Circumpolar Flaw
Lead Study (CFL), two studies investigating the changing
Arctic climate and it's impacts on local communities. The
ship will
be at sea for the entire year, with scientists, students,
and crew rotating on and off the ship.
As part of a NASA funded project, "Estimates of Arctic air-sea CO2 transfer
using QuikSCAT scatterometer," Woods is collecting data to measure air-sea
CO2 transfer as well as collecting measurements of mean square wave slope
in order to derive
estimates of arctic air-sea CO2 transfer from QuikSCAT measurements. Long
sought after by early European explorers as a convenient passage between
Europe and
Asia, the Northwest Passage through the Arctic Ocean has been mostly impassable
due to sea ice.
Photo Credit: Sarah Woods
In
September, the European Space Agency announced Arctic ice coverage
to be the lowest observed since satellite records began in
1978. Furthermore,
three additional NWP channels were ice free for the first time in recorded
history. Although this voyage is not the first through the
NWP, it will be the first expedition
to venture into some of the newly open waters.
The
IPY covers two full annual cycles from March 2007 to March
2009, and will involve more than 200 projects,
with thousands of scientists from over 60 nations examining a wide range
of physical, chemical, biological and social science research
topics. AMP faculty member,
Dr. Will Drennan, and AMP Ph.D. candidate
Silvia Gremes-Cordero plan to
board the ship next summer, during Phase 2 of the IPY project.
MAKE A BETTER TRAP
CATCH A NEW SPECIES?
 When
David Jones, a fisheries oceanographer at
the Cooperative Institute for Marine and
Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) located
at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School, set out to
design a better light trap to collect young reef fishes, he
never imagined
his invention would contribute to the discovery of a new species.
But, after finding a goby that didn't quite fit any known description,
his catch turned out to be the answer to another scientist's
twenty-five-year-old research conundrum. The larval stage captured
in Jones's new trap was matched to the adult form of a previously
unknown species of reef fish by new DNA barcoding technology-which
confirmed both were members of a new species.
Jones
and his team deployed his new light traps in the deep tropical
waters
surrounding Banco Chinchorro, a remote coral
reef atoll
off Mexico's Costa Maya that was recently designated as a
Marine Biosphere Reserve. The traps capture fish larvae in
a manner
similar to a fisherman's minnow trap, but attract them with
a programmable lighting system enclosed in a submersible
housing. The lights entice marine organisms to enter the trap
like a
moth
to a flame. Jones's innovative trap intercepts fish returning
to the reef at the end of their journey as larvae through
the treacherous waters of the open ocean. This allows researchers
access to species normally inaccessible by traditional sampling
methods, such as those that occupy deep recesses within the
reef as adults.
Working
with scientists from El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR)
in Mexico, we retrieved the nightly
catches of the
light traps
each morning. The traps performed well, collecting live
specimens from a diverse range of reef fish species. Each evening
we
meticulously sorted and identified our catch, using a microscope
to count
fin rays, scales, and bones and examine pigmentation patterns
that distinguish species. I came across one specimen of
goby that wasn't quite right, said Jones.
That
individual differed slightly from the known species of Atlantic
gobies by having
fewer fin rays and lacking
a frenum,
the small
fold of tissue in the pelvic fins of most gobies that
forms a sucking disc for grasping the substrate. The
fish was sent to Dr. Benjamin Victor of the Ocean Science Foundation
in
California, who used a new biochemical technique
known as barcoding to match DNA from the larva to an
adult fish Victor himself stumbled upon a quarter of a century
earlier in
Panama. Testing confirmed that the fish was in fact a
new
species, genetically different from its closest know
relatives by about
25 percent. The specimen in Jones's trap turned out to
be a Coryphopterus kuna, a new species of goby named
after the
indigenous
people
of Panama.
This
discovery marks the first vertebrate to have its genetic barcode
included in its original species description,
which
was published by Victor in the July 2007 issue of Zootaxa . The
process involves identifying and isolating a section
of
an
organism's mitochondrial DNA to allow researchers a
simple and definitive method of recognizing and categorizing
existing species
by assigning each a unique, searchable DNA barcode.
"DNA
barcoding allowed me to match the larva to the adult...[and]
prove to the other fish biologists that
this was a new
species," said Victor.
Jones's
project was funded by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA),
in collaboration
with CIMAS,
based at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School.
CSTARS
REACHES
FIVE-YEAR MILESTONE
 CSTARS (Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing)
is celebrating
its fifth anniversary this fall. The first image acquired
at CSTARS on September 18, 2002, extends from North Carolina
down to the Bahamas. Provided by the Canadian-owned and operated
Radarsat1 which was launched in November 1995, the image
was taken in a ScanSAR mode, using multiple SAR (synthetic
aperture radar) beams which form a single image that covers
a large geographical coverage.
To-date,
CSTARS has downlinked over 120,000 images utilizing 60 TB of
raw tape storage capacity. In addition to Radarsat1, CSTARS
also collects data from ERS2 and Envisat (ASAR) SAR satellites,
as well as optical data from SPOT2, SPOT4, SPOT5, Aqua, Terra,
Orbview3, FormoSat-2 and Envisat (MERIS). This year has seen
the successful launch of several new SAR satellites, some of
which have very high-resolution capabilities and may be added
to the CSTARS collection capabilities.
With
near real-time satellite reception, analysis, and turnaround
processing, CSTARS can provide Rosenstiel School researchers
and a consortium of scientists from other universities, research
groups, and government agencies with critical data for the
Gulf of Mexico, southeastern United States, northern South
America, Central America, and the Caribbean Basin.
 Of
note, CSTARS was able to collect data immediately after Hurricanes
Katrina and Wilma (winds measured here peaked at 125 mph),
due to the protection afforded by the specially designed Kevlar-coated
radomes covering the two antennas that enabled data reception
during the fierce hurricanes. CSTARS also provides the communication’s
link with the Antarctic Southpole Research Station during the
glacial winters and still frosty summers, serving as a crucial
and reliable channel for communication for researchers in the
region.
Overall,
CSTARS enhances the capability of scientists to observe the
earth and oceans. Algal blooms and pollution transport, volcanoes
and earthquakes, wetlands management, and freak waves are just
a few of the phenomena satellite-monitored at CSTARS. In 2000
the University of Miami purchased the US Naval Observatory
Secondary National Time Standard Facility where CSTARS is located.
Since then, major upgrades to the mechanical, electrical and
air-conditioning systems of the existing facilities have been
made. Two new antennas were constructed for CSTARS in 2002.
Today,
the dedicated staff at CSTARS is comprised of Ruben
Barreiro, Jim Brown, Michael Caruso, Tim Dixon, Jennifer Fritz,
Hans Graber, Paul Mallas, Kevin Polk, Rocio Rivera, Frances
Sampedro, Joanie Splain, Daniel Trimarco, and Raymond
Turner. Congratulations to the team for their fifth
year of operations!
BO
DEREK, PANEL ON CAMPUS TO
ADDRESS WILDLIFE TRAFFICKING
As
a border state, Florida is one path for the wildlife
trafficking that enters United States. Creating awareness
throughout the community about this kind of trafficking
can help make a difference for the future of these animals
and natural resources.
(L-R
)Neil Hammerschlag, Andrew Baker, Jay Blaire,
Larry Peterson,
Bo Derek, Otis Brown, and Bob Cowen pose
for a photo in the atrium.
On
October 10, the Rosenstiel School hosted a panel discussion
on Wildlife Trafficking. Panelists included: Bo
Derek,
special envoy of the Secretary of State for Wildlife
Trafficking issues, Claudia McMurray,
U.S. State Department Assistant Secretary for Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
and Rob Stewart, wild life photographer and Sharkwater
movie director, as well as Dr. Andrew Baker and Neil
Hammerschlag who represented the Rosenstiel
School. Baker's discussion centered on precious corals
and the importance of coral reefs, as well as the impact
climate change is having on these resources.
 Hammerschlag's
commented focused on apex predators like sharks, billfish
and tuna and their importance to the ecosystem. The event
was moderated by Associate Dean Dr. Larry Peterson.
Prior
to the panel discussion, which was attended by more than
100 people from the community, Dr. Bob Cowen,
chair of the division of Marine Biology and Fisheries
provided guests with a tour of the Walton Smith research
vessel.
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MAKING
A DIFFERENCE
A
group of staff, students, and scientists from the Rosenstiel
School collected a total of $4,025.99 for the
Light the Night
Walk held by The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The fundraising
effort included individual pledges and a bake sale on campus,
which raised over $400. Monies raised are helping to find
a cure for leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other blood cancers.
Thanks to all who participated!
(L-R) Natasha
Herbold, Angela Rosenberg, Kari Rosenberg, Noelle Van Ee,
Lucy Hynes, Anthony
Hynes, Enedina Estrada, Pete Bethart, Marlen Sotolongo,
Vanessa Cordo, Darian Cordo, and Mariana
Martorell. Photo Credit: Marlen Sotolongo
MSGSO
NEWS ANNUAL
AUCTION A SUCCESS
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| Susan
McMahon makes bid on Silent Auction
item. |
The
Marine Science Graduate Student Organization hosted
their popular annual auction
this month, drawing
a crowd of roughly 300 supportive bidders, and
pulling in over $19,000. The event consisted of
a rummage
sale, plant sale, raffle, a silent auction, and
a live auction with prizes ranging from private
fishing
trips to gourmet meals. The top prize, a 14-day
Royal Caribbean cruise for two was won by a couple
from
neighboring Key Biscayne.
More
than $19,000 raised through the event will allow
Rosenstiel
Rosenstiel students
unencumbered travel to
scientific conferences, fieldwork sites, and
internships, so that they can present their research
and network
with scientists in their various fields. Many
thanks to the MSGSO board for organizing the event,
as
well as to the volunteers, students, faculty,
staff and
alumni who helped make this year's MSGSO Auction
a great success.
Donations
are tax deductible. Proceeds go to the Rosenstiel School MSGSO
Student Travel Fund. Each year these funds support travel
for Rosenstiel School graduate students to attend scientific
conferences to present
their research, provide interest-free loans to students, and
host student activities. For more information, or to make a
donation e-mail msgso@rsmas.miami.edu or visit http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/msgso/.
NEW
STUDENT EVENTS
FOR FALL 2007
October
31 – Halloween Party (Commons)
December
7 – End
of semester/Christmas party (Commons)
MSGSO
leadership will update the community through e-mails and a
regular column in
Soundings. Please feel
free to contact MSGSO
leadership at msgso@rsmas.miami.edu,
or through division representatives.
PHOTODIARY
PESCA (Partnership
for Ecologically Sustainable Coastal Areas) the collaborative
project between Rosenstiel School's NCORE and the PUNTACANA
Ecological Foundation, teamed up with PADI AWARE, PUNTACANA
Resort and Club's Dive Shop, and the Asociacion de Pescadores
de Juanillo to organize a beach and reef cleanup day
on International Beach Cleanup Day (Sept. 14.)
Elementary
and high school students from three different schools
were organized by PESCA to help in the beach cleanup.
For the reef cleanup, fishermen and divers, along with
PESCA field members, collected trash and abandoned nets
from Punta Cana’s coral reefs.
The
beach cleanup took place at Cabo Engano, one of the few
public beaches in Punta Cana. Once on site, a brief presentation
explaining the
goals of
the initiative
was given to participants. Before the cleanup, a worksheet which listed
the possible different types of garbage that could be
found, was distributed
along with bags
and gloves for each participant.
The
reef cleanup was executed on the back-reef in front of
the Punta Cana Resort, known as the Aquarium. A total
of 9 skin divers and
4 SCUBA divers
spent the
morning removing marine debris, such as nets and ropes, from the beautiful
Acropora (elkhorn and staghorn corals) that grow prominently in the area.
The
cleanup produced four sacks of trash and removed four
nets from the reef. The most common debris
found on the beach was plastic and glass bottles, and plastic
wrappers of all kinds. 
PESCA
aims to provide a sound scientific basis for coastal
management in Punta Cana, while empowering communities
and businesses
to actively
promote
environmental
awareness. The PESCA team thanks all involved in the clean-up: the
Punta Cana International School, the Escuela Basica de Juanillo,
the Colegio
Politecnico de Veron, Peace Corps, PADI AWARE, PUNTACANA Resort and
Club's Dive Shop
and
the Juanillo fishermen's association.
Photos
courtesy of Benjamin Kushner and Megan
Stone
HURRICANE
BUOY RETRIEVAL
SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER
The
first hurricane buoy specifically designed to obtain
meteorological
measurements in high wind and wave environments,
is scheduled to return back to the Rosenstiel School
this December. Deployed
last August off the coast of Jacksonville by Rosenstiel
School applied marine physics researchers and
most of the
division’s students. The buoy measures heat and
momentum fluxes as well as wind speed and direction,
solar radiation,
atmospheric carbon dioxide, relative humidity, and air
and seawater temperature during hurricane conditions.
Research
technicians Mike Rebozo, and Joe Gabrielle, helped
with the deployment cruise aboard the R/V S. Johnson.
Leading
the team were AMP scientists Dr. Neil Williams
and Dr.
William Drennan, the project’s co-PI and PI,
respectively.
Broader
impacts of this work include reduced forecast (track
and intensity) uncertainties for storms
such
as the four
2005 hurricanes that made landfall on Florida's Gulf
and Atlantic coasts.
AMP Students and Design Tech Mike
Rebozo take a moment to pose before the hurricane buoy is deployed
off the Florida coast.Photo credit: Silvia Gremes-Cordero
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Contributors
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|
 Soundings is
the monthly school newsletter for faculty, students, alumni,
and staff like Joecelis Lopez, financial analyst
in the Rosenstiel School Business Office who marked her
first year anniversary at the school on Oct. 9
What
do you like most about working at the Rosenstiel School?
Working next to the water is relaxing; how can you ever get
bored of that? Also, it's a small campus, so you can get
to know people better, and interact with them on a more personal
level.
Do
you have any hobbies?
I do scrapbooking with my niece and nephew. I try to capture
every cute moment I have with them and make it into a memory.
I'm also a shopaholic; I love to shop for purses, and clothes
(I need professional help on that!). I'm pretty much into
anything art-related too. I love to visit art galleries,
museums, and
all sorts of exhibits.
What's
one thing that you absolutely could not live without?
Actually, there are three things: my cell phone, my face
moisturizer and my coffee.
If
you became a millionaire, what would you do next?
OMG,
so much! First, I would throw the biggest bash to celebrate,
then I would move out of Miami, buy a farm
up north, and
relocate my entire family. I would do some traveling
to countries that
I haven't visited yet, like Spain and Greece. Then
I would start a family business. I know how hard it can
be to have
a loved one at war, so I would volunteer to help
the families of soldiers overseas, and also help with charities
benefiting
disabled children. Oh, and I would definitely buy
a
pink Harley motorcycle and get a couple more tattoos, because
after becoming
a millionaire, people's comments about seeing my
tattoos wouldn't bother me much.
If
we spend over 10 hours per day with you, what should
we know about you?
I'm a lot of laughs. I'm always laughing or giggling.
And I tend to say the word Zuki A LOT.
ONE
'COOL' JOB
The
construction of a
replacement chiller
plant started on
Oct.
15 and should be
completed by the
end of January
2008. During this
period, we are operating
on
a temporary chiller.
This is a $3 million
dollar investment
in improving the
School's
physical infrastructure.
A/C
refrigeration tech,
Angel Ruiz, (above)
had the duty of shuting
down the old plant
for the last time.
Photo credit: Ray
Alfonso
HOLIDAY
TIPS
The
holidays are the
time of the
year to
relax, reenergize
and celebrate.
UM's Office
of Environmental
Health and Safety
would like
to remind you of
some decorating
dos and
don'ts for a safe
and festive holiday
season:
DO
- use UL certified
decorative lights
and non-combustible
or
fire resistant decorations
and ornaments.
- use artificial
holiday trees that
are fire-resistant,
and place them out
of the way of traffic
or doorways.
- unplug all holiday
lights when you leave
the office for the
day.
- remove all decorations,
displays, lights,
and ornaments after
the
holiday event or
prior to the University's
annual holiday closure.
DON'T
- hang decorations,
ornaments, lights,
or use decorative
sprays on any
fire protection
equipment such as
fire
extinguishers, sprinkler
heads, smoke detectors,
and fire alarm pull
boxes.
- hang decorative
materials on or near
exits, on
or near emergency
lights, or in any
manner that
could present a fall
or trip hazard, or
impede egress.
- bring or burn candles,
incense, or any other
related accessories.
SEA
SECRETS
SPEAKER
PUBLISHES
CAMOUFLAGE STUDY
Dr.
Roger Hanlon, a Rosenstiel School alum and featured
presenter in the 2007 Sea Secrets series "Nature's Greatest
Color Change Artist: The Octopus", recently published a
study in Current
Biology describing a new basic model of camouflage in cephalopods
and other marine animals. His study illustrates the roles
of camouflage in predator/prey relationships; and presents
insight into possible implications for art, photography
and landscape architecture.
Figure 1. Octopus vulgaris reacting
to a diver (predator).
The
initial change from camouflaged to conspicuous takes only milliseconds
due to direct neural control of the skin.
Fullexpression of the threat display (right) is two seconds.
Video frame rate is 30 frames per second. Video clip
available at: http://www.mbl.edu/mrc/hanlon/video.html.
Credit:
Dr. Roger Hanlon, Marine Biological Laboratory, 7 MBL Street,
Woods
Hole, Massachusetts 02543, US
NEW
COURSE
Keeping
up with current research and technological advances, the
Rosenstiel School is adding a new special topics
course,
"Introduction to Earth systems computer modeling." The
course aims to help students understand that Earth systems
are
highly interdependent and that to model any one of them,
one needs
to: a) identify the principal components that play a role
in any particular phenomenon under investigation; b) establish
the links or "couplings" among them; c) then
arrive at a quantitative formulation of the coupled system
amenable
to calculations which can lead to the verification of hypotheses
or to findings which cause the hypotheses to be modified.
For
more information on the course, including the syllabus
and pre-requirements, visit the Courses section at:
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/
divs/amp/People/Faculty/Willemsen/
UPCOMING
EVENTS
Yamaha
Contender Miami Billfish Tournament's Marine Conservation
Night will take place on Thursday, Nov. 6th
from 6 - 9 p.m. at the Rosenstiel School. Free and open
to
the public, the event will feature Captain Frank Skip
Smith, chairman of The Billfish Foundation's Captains'
Advisory Board and president/owner of Smith-Merritt Insurance.
For more information, please visit www.miamibillfish.com
Dallas
Murphy, author of TO FOLLOW THE WATER: Exploring
the Ocean to Discover Climate will speak at the
Rosenstiel School Auditorium on Tuesday, November 13
at 6 p.m. (reception at 5:30 p.m.) He traces modern oceanography
from the earliest efforts of Benjamin Franklin, through
the work of Henry Strommel to explain the dynamics of
the circulatory system, straight to seeking signals of
climate change.
Women
in Science Day Camp will take place on Saturday,
Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities designed to
foster interest in marine and atmospheric science will
be provided for 6th-7th grade girls. Contact Lauren Bracken
at lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu for more information or to
get involved!
Liberty
of the Seas Science Cruise from
Jan. 26- Feb.2 The community and Friends of the
Rosenstiel School are invited to board Royal Caribbean's
new Liberty
of the Seas and sail from Miami to the ports of
Montego Bay, Cozumel and several others.
Faculty
member Andrew
Baker will offer lectures and insight to
travelers throughout the voyage. Cabins start at
$690/person.
For reservations, contact Karen Wilkening at kwilkening@rsmas.miami.edu
Library
Lines...
NEW
THIS SEMESTER:
AQUACULTURE COMPENDIUM
The
RSMAS Library has begun subscribing to an online information
resource entitled the Aquaculture Compendium. This
publication brings together a wide range of science-based
information to support decision-making in aquaculture
and aquatic resource management. The compendium was
developed by CAB International, in with governmental
agencies and NGOs. Elements include:Cultured species
datasheets: Detailed information on over 300 cultured
aquatic species, including finfish, crustaceans, mollusks,
algae and live feeds. Datasheets with taxonomy, life
cycle, reproduction, nutrition and feeding, environmental
requirements, health, genetics, behavior, native and
cultured distribution.
Disease
datasheets: Detailed information on more than 100 aquatic
diseases and disorders, and summaries on 200 others.
Issues
in aquaculture: Around 120 overview topics on ecosystems,
growout production systems, etc.
Country
database: Maps and statistical data on aquaculture
production and additional economic data from 150 countriesLibrary:
Approximately 1200 full-text articles from internationally
respected sources and a bibliographic database of more
than 150,000 references.
Case
studies: About 130 context-rich case studies that help
link theory and practice.
Additional
Aquaculture Compendium features include a glossary
of 36,000 terms, drug information, dynamic mapping
capability, aquaculture statistics and an image catalogue.
Visit
the IBISWeb Library Catalog (quick link to the record
is:
http://ibisweb.miami.edu/record=b3893144);
it's also included in the Databases and Indexes list on IBISWeb. A guide
for new users is available on the Aquaculture Compendium home page, but
feel free to consult with your RSMAS librarians if you have questions
or comments about this resource.
DID
YOU KNOW?
The
Rosenstiel School library also has subscriptions to
the following aquaculture sources:
• Aquaculture
Economics & Management (online)
• Aquaculture
Research (online)
• Global
Aquaculture Advocate
• Israeli
Journal of Aquaculture
• Journal
of Applied Aquaculture
(online)
• Journal
of Aquaculture in the Tropics
•
Journal of the World Aquaculture
Society (online)
• North
American Journal of Aquaculture (online)
Please
alert your RSMAS librarians about additional needed
resources, books or subscriptions.
ALUMNI IN
ACTION
Thanks
to the Rosenstiel School alumni below for their news
and updated contact information. Keep the news coming!
1960s
Walter
Courtenay, Ph.D. '65 MBF, now retired
from his many years at Florida Atlantic University
and
living in Gainesville, Fla. where he is
associated with the U.S. Geological Survey,
was presented the
2007 William E. Ricker Resource Conservation
Award by the American Fisheries Society on
September 3
at their annual meeting in San Francisco,
Calif. Courtenay was recognized for his timeless
work over
more than 30 years, conducting research,
educating students, and raising public awareness
of the environmental
threats posed by invasive species.
Walt
Courtenay recieveing
award from American Fisheries Society President
Jennifer Nielsen.
Photo Credit:
American Fisheries Society
William
Cummings, Ph.D. '68 MBF, after working in
underwater- and bio-acoustics for 35 years, is now "retired
to a wonderful life of family affairs, gardening,
woodworking, reading, meetings new friends, and blessed
with good health at 75." He still participates
in professional activities reviewing papers submitted
for publication. Bill started the division of Animal
Bioacoustics and served in additional ways for the
Acoustical Society of America. Recently he finished
a family genealogy going back 250 years. His two "boys" and
their wives have brightened his life with six grandchildren
and one great grandchild. He sadly lost his beautiful
wife, Joan, to cancer in 1994. Bill is anxious to
hear from former classmates.
1970s
Paul Crevello,
M.S. '78 MGG, is now Director and Chief Operating Officer
at BPC Limited
in Boulder, Colo.
1990s
Enid
Kaufman Karr, M.S. '92 MGG, received a M.S.
degree in library science in January 2006 from Simmons
College in Boston, Mass., and since then has been
Science Librarian at Clark University in Worcester,
Mass. In November, she starts a new position as Science
Librarian at Boston College. Enid's older daughter
is a freshman at Northeastern University and younger
daughter a junior in high school.
Corey
Moss, M.S. '98 MGG, has just finished a
visiting assistant professorship at Florida Atlantic
University in Boca Raton, Fla., and returned to work
for ExxonMobil Exploration Company in Houston, Texas
as a Senior Petroleum Geologist. Corey is currently
living in Houston and exploring for oil offshore
Nigeria.
2000s
Qian
Li, Ph.D. '07 MAC, is now a Postdoctoral
Scholar at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in
La Jolla, Calif.
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IN
REMEMBRANCE:
 Dr.
Frederick "Ted" M.
Bayer, Ph.D., retired Smithsonian curator
in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology and one of
the world's leading experts on marine invertebrates
passed away earlier this month at his home in Washington
D.C. Bayer published over 130 papers and books on the
taxonomy and natural history of soft corals, describing
over 170 new species, 40 genera, and three new families.
Born
in Asbury Park, N.J. on Halloween night, 1921, he grew
up in southern Florida, where he became an amateur naturalist
at a young age, his early passion being the collection
of seashells.
His
undergraduate education was interrupted by WWII -- he
served as a photographic technician in the Army Air Corps
(36th Photo Reconnaissance) from 1942 to 1945. He received
his BS from the University of Miami, and his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees from George Washington University in 1954
and 1958,respectively.
He
was later hired as a Smithsonian curator at the National
Museum of Natural History, and sent to Bikini Atoll to
survey the marine fauna just two years after the nuclear
testing at that island. He also spent months of field
work in Micronesia at Ifaluk (1953) and Palau (1955).
Bayer left the Smithsonian in 1961 to become a Professor
at UM's Rosenstiel School, where he participated in numerous
deep-sea collecting expeditions in the Caribbean and
off western Africa, and mentored Rosenstiel School students
in the classification of exotic marine invertebrates.
Bayer
returned to the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian
Institution in 1975 where he continued his interrupted
curatorial career for another 21 years until he retired
in 1996.
Bayer was a commissioner of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature
for 23 years (1972-1995). He was also an ardent supporter of the Handel Society
in Washington D. C. and a member of the Washington Academy of Sciences.
*
Text edited from an obituary by Stephen
Cairns, Ph.D.
THE
LAST WORD
Excerpt
of an interview conducted by Adam Smith, editor-in-chief
of nobelprize.org with Rajendra Pachauri, chairman
of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), following the announcement of the 2007
Nobel Peace Prize. The reporter asks "If individuals
were to ask you what they should do to help ...
what would your message to them be?"
" Well
I would say two things ...we should ponder
over and consider, the carbon footprint that
each of our actions is producing. And I think
if we create a consciousness that this world
has to move towards a low carbon future, then
I think it would certainly set us in a somewhat
different direction from what we've been following.
And I think there is need for major behavioral
changes, and changes in lifestyles, and I think
if the public puts adequate pressure on governments
then governments will frame policies, including
putting a price on carbon, that will provide
the right signals to the market as well for
developing new technologies and being able
to disseminate them on a large scale."
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