Recent DISL Faculty Grants, Publications and Presentations

Dr. Rich Aronson, Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) and Professor of Marine Science, University of South Alabama (USA), received $34,300 from the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program for "Coral reef benthic community responses to 10 years of management in the Fully Protected Zones of the Florida Keys.

He also received $24,000 from the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR), State Lands Division, Coastal Section for "Trophic dynamics of a created salt marsh in coastal Alabama, Phase III."

The Smithsonian Institution Marine Sciences Network gave him $25,000 for "Climate

changes, species turnover, and the geological development of coral reefs."

Dr. Aronson also organized a symposium at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Boston, MA titled "Under Thin Ice: Global Warming and Predatory Invasion of the Antarctic Seas." His talk was "Into the icehouse: Eocene cooling and Antarctic seascapes."

His recent publications include:

Aronson, R. B., S. Thatje, A. Clarke, L. S. Peck, D. B. Blake, C. D. Wilga and B. A. Seibel. 2007. Climate change and invasibility of the Antarctic benthos. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 38:129-154.

Dr. Ken Heck, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, and Professor of Marine Science, USA, gave an invited talk on February 8 at the School of Natural Science at Edith Cowan University in Joondalup, Western Australia, and will give the plenary talk on Feb 29 at the Pacific Estuarine Research Society annual meeting in Newport, Oregon.

His recent publications are listed below:

Kramer, K. L. and K. L. Heck, Jr. 2007. Has Marine Reserve Establishment Made a Difference? Fish Community Structure, Grazing Intensity and Benthic Cover on Protected and Fished Patch Reefs in the Florida Keys. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 349:111-123.

Heck, K. L. Jr. and J. F. Valentine. 2007. H.T. Odum Synthesis Essay.. The primacy of top-down effects in shallow benthic ecosystems. Estuaries and Coasts 30: 371-381.

Vanderklift, M. A., J. How, T. Wernberg, L. D. MacArthur, K. L. Heck Jr., and J. F. Valentine. 2007. Proximity to reef influences the density of small predatory fishes while type of seagrass influences intensity of predation on crabs. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 340: 235-243.

Valentine, J. F., K. L. Heck, Jr., D. Blackmon, M. E. Goecker, J. Christian, R. M. Kroutil, K. D. Kirsch, B. J. Peterson, M. Beck and M. A. Vanderklift. 2007. Food Web Interactions along Seagrass-Coral Reef Boundaries: An Experimental Test of the Impacts of Piscivore Reductions on Cross-Habitat Energy Exchange Using the Marine Protected Areas of the Florida Keys

National Marine Sanctuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 333: 37-50.

Dr. Ron Kiene, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL, and Professor of Marine Science, USA, has published:

Vila-Costa, M., R. P. Kiene and R. Simó. 2008. Seasonal variability of the dynamics of dimethylated sulfur compounds in a coastal northwest Mediterranean site. Limnology and Oceanography. 53: 198-211.

del Valle, D.A., D.J. Kieber, J. Bisgrove, and R. P. Kiene. 2007. Light-stimulated production of dissolved DMSO by a particle-associated process in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography. 52: 2456-2466.

Dr. Kyeong Park, Senior Marine Scientist, DISL and Associate Professor of Marine Science, USA, was invited to present lectures at the Gulf Ecology Division, USEPA, Gulf Breeze, FL, on "A modeling study of the estuarine turbidity maximum along the main channel of the upper Chesapeake Bay, USA," and "The effects of Hurricane Ivan in the inner part of Mobile Bay, Alabama" at the Workshop on Ecological Effects of Sea Level Rise: Research and Modeling Needs, NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science.

Dr. Park also gave an invited talk at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, on "Water quality modeling in estuarine and coastal waters: Concept and an example application."

He has published:

Park, K., J.F. Valentine, S. Sklenar, K.R. Weis, and M.R. Dardeau, 2007. The effects of Hurricane Ivan in the inner part of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Journal of Coastal Research, 23(5), 1332-1336.

Park, K., H.V. Wang, S.C. Kim, and J.H. Oh, 2008. A model study of the estuarine turbidity maximum along the main channel of the upper Chesapeake Bay. Estuaries and Coasts, 31, 115-133.

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