Summer 2011 lecture series at OSU's Stone Lab

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F.T. Stone Laboratory, The Ohio State University’s (OSU) biological field station, has a lecture series that runs throughout the summer on Thursday evenings. The talks tend to be decidedly sciencey, but many will touch on topics of interest to anglers, often quite directly. The evenings open with a Research Brief that runs approx. 7:00 – 7:30 pm and is followed by a Guest Lecture that runs approx. 7:45 – 9:00 pm. If you happen to be out on the Lake Erie islands, you're welcome to attend at the lab in person. If not, the talks are also broadcast to OSU’s Kottman Hall rm. 333-C, 2021 Coffey Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, where I’ll be tending the feed. Feel free to swing by and offer your "Howdy!" Here is the summer 2011 schedule:

16 June[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Mr. Gary Longton, Senior Environmental Engineering Technician, DTE Energy
• "Who Let the Molluscs Out!?"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Dr. Amanda Rodewald, Asst. Professor, School of Natural Resources, The Ohio State University
• "Bird Conservation in an Urbanizing World: Are We Winging It?"

23 June[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Dr. James Marshall, Asst. Professor of Biology, Rockford College
• "Bird Dispersal of Invasive Honeysuckle: Residents versus Migrants"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Mr. Scott Nally, Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• "OEPA Update/Director's Initiatives"

30 June[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Professor & Assoc. Director, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
• "Evidence for Pliocene Climate Changes in Antarctica at Orbital and Sub-Orbital Timescales"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Dr. Charles E. Herdendorf, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University
• "The Origin and Evolution of Presque Isle Sandspit: How It Contributed to Commodore Perry's Victory at the Battle of Lake Erie.”

7 July[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Dr. JD Yoder, Assoc. Professor & Chair, Mechanical Engineering Department, Ohio Northern University
• "Robots for environmental science"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Dr. Stuart Ludsin, Asst. Professor; Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology; The Ohio State University
• "Climate Change Impacts on Fishes of the Great Lakes"

14 July[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Dr. Christopher Winslow, Asst. Professor, Biology Department, Kutztown University
• "Hypoxia in the Western Basin of Lake Erie: Low oxygen in a shallow system"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Mr. David Mustine, Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources
• "Productive Partnerships: Watersheds and Lakes"

21 July[/u]
Transitional week: no lectures

28 July[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Ms. Linda Merchant-Masonbrink, Coordinator of the Harmful Algal Bloom, Inland Lake, and Source Water Assessment Programs; Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• "Ohio’s Harmful Algal Bloom Response Strategy"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Professor & Assoc. Director, School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University
• "The Geologic History of the Lake Erie Basin"

4 August[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Dr. Darren Bade, Asst. Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University
• "Should we care about nitrogen in Lake Erie?"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Physical Scientist/Hydrologist, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• "Climate Change Impacts on Great Lakes Water Levels"

11 August[/u]
7:00 Research Brief by Ms. Sarah Opfer, Great Lakes Regional Coordinator, Marine Debris Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• "A Smorgasbord of Marine Debris"

7:45 Guest Lecture by Ms. Laura Powell, Assistant Director, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
• "The Reality of Public Policy and the Environment"