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3/19
UConn Coastal Perspectives Lecture – free
UConn Coastal Perspectives Lecture – free
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
07:30 PM
Academic Building (Avery Point)
Visit the UConn Coastal Perspectives website for connection information. These lectures are being offered online and in-person.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024; 7:30 p.m.
Samantha Siedlecki, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut
Beyond the Surface: Forecasting Ocean Acidification and Other Stressors Facing Marine Resources in a Changing Climate
Over recent decades, the combination of fossil fuel emissions, deforestation, and cement production have caused large physical and biogeochemical modifications to the world’s oceans. The oceans have warmed, salinity distributions altered, driving changes in stratification. In addition, biogeochemical alterations are co-occurring, including oxygen declines, changes in productivity, and increased dissolved inorganic carbon content due to uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide – which alters the pH and mineral saturation state (Ω) through a process called ocean acidification. Individually and together these changes pose threats to marine organisms. Big ocean changes are happening, but global trends may not accurately represent what happens in coastal regions. The ability to predict changes in ocean health indicators like the degree of acidification in combination with temperature and oxygen in dynamic coastal waters could be of considerable benefit to managers. Since components of the ecosystem respond strongly to climate and physical forcing, the right kind of prognostic information could yield significant payoffs for management and industry. Progress on prediction tools has led to a recent rise in ecological forecasting research and products driven largely by increasing demand for decision-support tools to help marine stakeholders prepare for and adapt to ecosystem variability and change. For example, any predictive information on changes in timing or intensity of OA-related events may help shellfish growers better anticipate conditions, assess risk, and plan accordingly. Over the past ten years, I have been developing a suite of tools to help marine resource managers plan, and this talk will include details about that experience with important implications for the success of these efforts in other regions.
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3/20
Marine Sciences Brown Bag: Samantha Rush
Marine Sciences Brown Bag: Samantha Rush
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building (Avery Point)
https://marinesciences.uconn.edu/seminar/brownbag1243/
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3/22
Marine Sciences Seminar: Kim Hyde
Marine Sciences Seminar: Kim Hyde
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building (Avery Point)
Kim Hyde
NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center
Host: Heidi Dierssen
Time & Date: 11:00 am, Friday, March 22, 2024
Place: Lowell Weicker Building, Seminar Room 103 (or WebEx)
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Cancellation & Additional Seminar DetailsIf you are an individual with a disability and need accommodations, please contact 860-405-9152 or email marinesciencesseminars@uconn.edu.
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3/27
Marine Sciences Brown Bag: Anagha Payyambally
Marine Sciences Brown Bag: Anagha Payyambally
Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Lowell P. Weicker Jr. Building (Avery Point)
https://marinesciences.uconn.edu/seminar/brownbag1243/
Please email Max for the link to join online.