Departmental Seminar Series -- Schedule for Spring 2006

February 14

Tim M. Berra, Professor Emeritus
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology
Ohio State University
Seminar Title: "Chasing nurseryfish and avoiding crocodiles in northern Australia"
http://www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~tberra/

David M. Lodge, Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Notre Dame
Seminar Title: "Invasive species:  science, management, and policy"
Research Interests:  Conservation biology, freshwater ecology, invasive species, risk analysis, and environmental policy
http://biology.nd.edu/lodge.shtml
** co-sponsored seminar with the SIU Ecology Center

Brian D. Wisenden, Associate Professor
Department of Biosciences
Minnesota State University
Seminar title: "Scents of danger:  chemically mediated anti-predator behavior in aquatic animals"
Research Interests:  Reproductive behavior of fish, alarm signaling in fish, chemical cues in predator/prey interactions
http://www.mnstate.edu/wisenden/

Delbert Gatlin, Professor
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences
Texas A&M University
Seminar title: "Potential applications of nutritional modulation for fish health management in aquaculture"
Research Interests:  Fish nutrition, applied aquaculture
http://wfscnet.tamu.edu/people/info.cfm?ID=19/

Emma J. Rosi-Marshall
Department of Biology
Loyola University Chicago
Seminar title: "How stream ecosystems respond to human manipulations:  examples from midwestern streams"
Research Interests:  Stream ecosystem processes, role of ecology in urban ecosystems, aquatic food webs, aquatic macroinvertebrates
http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/rosi.htm