UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED

Wednesday February 5th, DFO will be hosting Bianca Lopez, Associate Editor (Ecology), at Science Journal, AAAS. She will be discussing “Publishing at Science” in SMAST East 101-103 from 3:00-4:00. This seminar can also be attended via Zoom!

Abstract:

Publishing research is a key part of the scientific process and is essential for many science careers. Though everyone does it, the inner workings of journals and how decisions get made can be opaque. In this talk, I’ll provide an overview of how the process works at Science and its family of journals, as well as qualities we look for in submissions. I’ll also talk a bit about what a professional editor does and how the peer review process differs between Science and other journals.

Join the DEOS community Wednesday, February 5th for a presentation by PhD candidate Raquel Peñas-Torramilans from the Laboratori d’Enginyeria Marítima, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech, Spain! Raquel will be discussing her work on “Hydrodynamic and ecological interactions in the highly pressured coastal bays of the Ebro Delta (NW Mediterranean): insights from observations, modeling, and remote sensing”. The seminar will be held in SMAST East 101-103 from 12:30-1:30, or can be attended via Zoom!

The Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences will be hosting Michael Sheriff as the seminar speaker on Wednesday 1/29 from 12:30-1:30. Sheriff, Associate Professor at UMass Dartmouth in the Biology Department, will be discussing “Coping with a Changing Environment.” This seminar can be attended in person in SMAST East 101-103 or via Zoom! Check out the abstract below:

Abstract:

Anthropogenic disturbances are wide-spread around the globe and impact free-living animals in myriad ways; including direct disturbance, changes to food quality and quantity, invasive species, as well as changes in temperature and climate. As ecologists, we are challenged with the difficult task of predicting how individuals and populations will respond to human-induced changes to local and global ecosystems. Human-induced stressors can impact animals through changes in their physiology, behaviour, and fitness. Here I will discuss two major axes of work that occurs in my laboratory. First, I will examine how environmental stressors impact glucocorticoid levels (stress hormones) in free-living animals. Specifically, I will focus on how altered land use and reduced food quality impacts GC levels in wild impala within the Serengeti Ecosystem, and how changes in winter temperature and snow cover alters GC levels in free-living ruffed grouse. Second, I will examine how an invasive predator is interacting with a local predator within a New England inter-tidal ecosystem and altering prey behaviour and growth in unpredictable ways.

Don’t miss this seminar by Hannes Baumann on “The unusual ecology and climate sensitivity of sand lance, key forage fishes on the Northwest-Atlantic Shelf”! Baumann, Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, will be presenting at SMAST East 101-103 on January 29th from 3-4 pm. This seminar can also be attended via Zoom! Read more about Dr. Baumann’s research HERE!