CIEE (Bonaire) Announces Next Public Lectures
The CIEE Station on Bonaire is offering two new public lectures. The first is tonight, April 7th, 2009 at 7:00 PM featuring various reports on the studies of the spring semester students. The second lecture, by Ed Levin of NOAA, will be held on Thursday, April 9th, 2009, also at 7:00 PM.
Tonight’s lecture will feature the following students, who will present their findings of independent research projects:
Julie Sickels (Eckerd College, Florida) on the “Effects of Bird Feeding on Salina Infauna”
Katie Kirschbaum (University of Minnesota) on “Does Food Availability and/or Habitat Structure Attract Juvenile Fish to Mangroves?”
Michelle von Sternberg (Eckerd College, Florida) on “Are Differences in Feeding Strategies of the Bar Jack (Caranx ruber) Related to Foraging Success in Coral Reef Habitats?”
Nate Landry (University of Massachusetts) on “Risky Business: Trade-offs Involved in Shallow Subtidal Feeding Behavior in Parrotfish (Scaridae)”
Marylou Hildebrand (University of California) on “Comparisons of Epibionts in Two Species of Sea Turtle in Bonaire”
Alissa Rickborn (Arizona State University) on “Diversity of Reef Sponges and Their Competition with a Mon-native Tunicate”
Thursday’s presentation by Mr. Ed Levin of NOAA will discuss the “Effects of Oil on the Marine Environment, Contingency Planning and Spill Response.” Ed Levine is the Scientific Support Coordinator (SSC), representing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Response and Restoration (O R & R), in the coastal region from Connecticut through Delaware.
Both lectures will take place at the CIEE Research Station located at Kaya Gobernador N. Debrot 26. All are welcome and entrance is free. (Source: CIEE Bonaire)
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