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Past Seminars

* indicates that a video tape of this seminar is available. Contact the OASLC Education Coordinator to obtain a copy.

02/21/05 Studying Cetacean Behavior Ecology: Techniques and Applications Dr. Tim Markowitz, Marine Mammal Biologist, LGL Alaska Research Inc.
01/14/05 The Utilization of Short Wave Near Infrared Spectroscopy, Morphometric Measurements, Sex and Location of Catch to Predict Nutrient Content of Whole Homogonized Pacific Herring Dr. James Carpenter, University of Hawaii - Manoa
04/23/04 The Dugong in Shark Bay, Western Australia
David Holley, Marine Biologist
03/05/04 Marine Coastal Monitoring Designs: Examples for Major Spills, Chronic Point Sources, and River Inputs
Dr. Roger Green, Biologist
02/27/04 Underwater Archaeology and Exploration
John Jensen, Archaeologist and Historia
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02/24/04 Exploring Our Underwater Marine Heritage
Frank Cantelas, Archaeologist, East Carolina University
*02/23/04 A Century of Change in Glacier Bay; A Prototype for What Might Be Done in Kenai Fjords
Dr. Bruce Molnia, U.S. Geological Surv
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01/28/04 Current Data on Steller Sea Lion Research in Russia
Vladimir Burkanov, National Marine Fisheries Service
12/02/03 Antarctica: White Continent for Science
Lawson Brigham, Arctic Research Commission
10/30/03 Sea Otter Populations in Alaska: Southwest Stock
Angela Doroff, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
08/12/03 Results Fresh from the Cruise to your Table: Variability in the Circulation Outside of Resurrection Bay
Ms. Britta Hinrichsen, Oregon State University
07/22/03 Eating Before Breeding: Its All In The Blubber-Nutritional Significance of Ephemeral High Quality Foraging Opportunites for Steller Sea Lions
Laura Hobrecht, graduate student, University of Washington
06/17/03 Regulation of Steroid Hormones in Steller Sea Lion Tissues: An Approach to Estimating Environmental Hormone Effects on Marine Mammals
Dr. Charles H. Blomquist, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
*05/29/03 Remote Monitoring of Harbor Seals in Aialik Bay
Anne Hoover-Miller, Harbor Seal Program Manager, Alaska SeaLife Center
05/23/03 Wedell Seal Investigations at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
Dr. Jesse E. Purdy, Brown Distinguished Research Professor from the Department of Psychology at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas
05/22/03 Kachemak Bay Research Reserve: Who Are We. What do we do. Terry Thompson and Scott Pagau
04/23/03 Black Bears and Humans in Kenai Fjords National Park
Blair French, Wildlife Biologist, Hart Crowser Inc.
*04/15/03 Kenai Peninsula Brown Bear Research: Past Successes and Future Challenges in Management
Sean Farley, Ph.D., Alaska Department of Fish and Game
10/16/02 Killer Whale Research in Russia
Dr. Alexander Burdin, Alaska SeaLife Center
*10/11/02 Wax Esters in the Diets of Seabirds and Marine Mammals
Dr. Ian Gerard van Tets, University of Alaska Anchorage
09/30/02 Finding The Fat: Spatial Determination of Foraging Success by Southern Elephant Seals
Dr. Cory Bradshaw, Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit, University of Tasmania
*09/13/02 Russian and American Cuisine: A Steller Sea Lion's Perspective
Jason Waite, Research Associate, Alaska SeaLife Center
09/07/02 The Outer Kenai Coast: Archaeology and Alutiiq Oral Tradition
Dr. Aron Crowell, Alaska Director, Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
*08/30/02 Mapping Coastal Resources in Alaska's National Parks
Lewis Sharman, Coastal Ecologist, Glacier Bay National Park
08/16/02 Cave Diving for Scientific Treasure
Dr. Jill Yager
08/20/02 In the Heat of the Moment: How Steller Sea Lions Keep Warm in Cold Water
Kate Willis, Masters Candidate, Texas A&M University