Upcoming Events and Conferences - (visit event calendar for all events)

• July 7-11, 2008: 11th International Coral Reef Symposium , Fort Lauderdale, FL
  
• October 6-9, 2008: The Ocean in a High-CO2 World - II, MONACO
  Registration now open. Submission of abstracts due by May 31, 2008
  
• November 17-20, 2008: Coastal Cities Summit -St. Petersburg, FL
  The 3 ½ day conference will focus on three themes: Climate Change, Risk and Vulnerability, and Sustainable Development. Call for papers - Abstracts are due by May 15, 2008

Recent News

• May 9, 2008: Scientists in USF’s College of Marine Science are featured in the latest edition of the
  USF Magazine, in the article titled "Oceans of Evidence".
  
  The article discusses USF's research contributions to the growing body of knowledge on the hotly debated topic of global warming.
  
  View article
  Visit the USF Magazine website.
  
  
  
• April 8, 2008: CMS Faculty member,Dr. David Mann, and CMS doctoral student , James Locasio, featured in The New York Times - Science news article for research involving black drum mating calls. Locascio was also interviewed for the CBS evening news.
  The article by Nonny De La Peña, titled "What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish" discusses how Locasico and Mann rescued Cape Coral, FL from financial folly by discovering the source of the eerie thumping noises reverberating through the water front homes.
  View The New York Times article.
  Watch the CBS evening news video "Fish Making A Symphony Under The Sea"
  Photos: Dr. David Mann (left) and James Locascio (right)
  
  
• March 21, 2008: Three CMS students recently awarded "Most Outstanding Posters" at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting and two CMS students awarded with "Outstanding Student Presentations" at the Fall AGU meeting.
  
  The CMS is proud to acknowledge (from left to right) Digna Rueda-Roa, Jen Flannery, Marianne Dietz, and Enrique Montes-Herrera for their recent achievements. From 117 student presentations in the section "Ocean Sciences", Digna Rueda-Roa and Enrique Montes-Herrera  won (along 6 other students) the "best student presentation" at the Fall AGU meeting for presentation of their research in the southern Caribbean (The Cariaco Time Series). More recently at the 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting (held in Orlando, FL in early March) Digna Rueda-Roa , Jen Flannery, and Mariane Dietz received "Oustanding Student Poster Awards". Overall 21 out of 366 posters were selected.
  
  Digna Rueda-Roa's poster titles:
  What Drives Unusual Upwelling Patterns in the Southeastern Caribbean Sea? Analysis of Local and Remote Sensing Data (OSM2008)
  Characterication of a Secondary Upwelling in the Southeastern Caribbean (AGU Fall2008)
  
  Enrique Montes-Herrera's poster title: Coupling of Sinking Biogenic Particulate Fluxes and Primary Production in the Euphotic Zone of the Cariaco Basin, Venezuela
  
  Jen Flannery's poster title: A 1400 Year Multi-Proxy Record of Hydrologic Variability in the Gulf of Mexico : Exploring Ocean-Continent Linkages During the Late Holocene
  
  Marianne Dietz' poster title: A Multiproxy Approach to Investigating Ecosystem Change in Response to the Development of Modern and Historic Low-Oxygen Conditions on the Louisiana Continental Shelf