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A Message From the Director

Welcome to the newly designed web-based version of the UNH Marine Program’s Saltwater News. We hope that you will find the news and updates interesting and find Saltwater News a valuable mechanism for staying in touch with your colleagues and the diverse activities within the UNH marine communities. We invite you to share your stories with us, from an integrative summary of your research to as little as a photo and short caption. Please send ideas and input for future editions to Linda Wade, Steve Adams, Jenn Bedsole or Becky Zeiber.

Happy Reading! ~ Jon Pennock
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NH Estuaries Project launches pilot project to help coastal communities adapt to climate change.

 
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NH Sea Grant funding for 2008-2009 includes local and regional marine research.
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CICEET-sponsored researchers test new approach to treating sediment pollution.

 
Worthy of Note
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For her senior honors thesis at UNH, Erin Cubley is conducting an experiment this summer to compare oyster growth and survival using two methods of placement in Berry's Brook, Rye. Her results will be useful in a larger-scale restoration of oyster reefs in the area by JEL scientists Ray Grizzle, Gregg Moore and David Burdick.
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Jon Felch, a UNH graduate, is Fred Short's newest master's degree candidate. Jon is gearing up to begin studying the NH Port Authority Eelgrass Mitigation Sites in the Piscataqua River.

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Jong Yu, a new graduate student pursuing a master's degree in microbiology, is working with Steve Jones in his microbiology lab. Jong will be developing a molecular-based assay to detect and quantify pathogenic vibrio strains and apply that in field samples and at Spinney Creek Shellfish Company to eliminate them from oysters.
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Congratulations to Caroline Ochieng, who this month presented her Natural Resources and Earth Systems Science Ph.D. program dissertation defense, "Survival Strategies of Eelgrass in Reduced Light."

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Giuseppe DiCarlo just arrived at JEL as Fred Short's newest postdoc. Giuseppe will be working on Fred's Global SeagrassNet program. His plans for the next year include initiate SeagrassNet activities in the Mediterranean, facilitate communications among SeagrassNet sites, develop a SeagrassNet newsletter and publish, publish, publish.
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Steve Jones has just begun a collaboration with folks at Tufts Veterinary School to see if herring gulls are transferring human pathogens to the marine environment.
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Art Mathieson is working this summer with long-time collaborator Clinton Dawes from the University of Southern Florida. Clinton is visiting JEL, as he has each summer for over a decade, to work with Art on a new book titled Seaweed Flora of the Northwest Atlantic. This book follows another book they published together in January 2008 titled Seaweeds of Florida.
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Congratulations go out to Emily Klein, graduate student in the NRESS program under the direction of Andy Rosenberg, on receiving the Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship from the NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries. This fellowship, which funds a student for four years, will allow Emily to continue her doctoral research on understanding long-term ecosystem change and historical ecology in the Gulf of Maine via time series analysis and hierarchical models.

Awards/Honors
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Larry Mayer, Director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, received a UNH Faculty Excellence in Research Award. (To read more...)

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Steve Jones, Research Associate Professor in Natural Resources, received a Distinguished Service Award for his work as the Coordinator of the Gulfwatch Program from the Gulf of Maine Council.
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Charles Walker, Professor of Zoology, received a Jean Brierley Award for Excellence in Teaching. (To read more...)

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Larry Hamilton, Professor of Sociology, received an Excellence in International Engagement Award. (To read more...)

Events
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2008 Sustainable Seafood Forum - July 22, 2008

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ICES Annual Science Conference, Halifax, Canada - September 22-26, 2008

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4th National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration - October 11-15, 2008
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Northeast Regional Fish Tagging Symposium - October 17, 2008
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International Conference on Shellfish Restoration - ICSR/2008 - November 19-22, 2008
Publications
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New Hampshire Sea Grant Program Guide - 2008-2009

(Available from NHSG)

Research Funding Opportunities
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New Hampshire Estuaries Project - Local Grants Program

Deadline: September 25, 2008
UNH Marine Program Centers & Programs

* Anadromous Fish & Aquatic Invertebrate Research Lab * Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center * Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping * Center for Marine Biology * Center for Ocean Engineering * Center for Ocean Science * Coastal Marine Lab * Coastal Ocean Observing Center * Coastal Response Research Center * Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Estuarine Environmental Technology * Jackson Estuarine Lab * Jere A. Chase Ocean Engineering Lab * Joint Hydrographic Center* Large Pelagics Research Center * NH Sea Grant College Program * Northeast Consortium * Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory * Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership*R/V Gulf Challenger * Shoals Marine Lab * UNH Diving Program *

Snapshots

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Multiple generations within each of six families built their own small sailboat at the 7th annual Boat Building Workshop held at Kingman Farm on June 21-23. UNH Marine Docents assisted families in building the 12-foot sailboats, which can be transported on the roof of a car.

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Rob Roseen, research assistant professor of civil engineering, demonstrates the quick infiltration rate of water on porous pavement at the UNH Stormwater Center. A tour of the center was part of the June 12 conference Weathering the Storm: Managing Stormwater with Low Impact Development (LID) in Northern New England, which was held in Somersworth, NH.

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Several kangaroos kept a close watch on Jeb Byers' recent invasive alga studies in Australia. For the full story, visit the UNH Center for International Education.
 

 

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