Dr. Barbara Block at Seymour Center Tuesday Evening

[smd...@ucsc.edu]

The 2004 Seymour Center’s fall lecture series, "Women Who Turn the
Tides: Setting New Benchmarks in Marine Science",highlights
extraordinary women in marine science. The series continues:

Tuesday, October 20. 7 PM. Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab.
Barbara Block of Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station presents: Swimming
with Giants: Using Electronic Tags to Follow Open-Ocean Predators in
the
Sea.

Dr. Block, a MacArthur Foundation Fellow, shares discoveries gleaned
from the frontiers of marine science. Using satellite tags, Block
follows the journeys of tunas, whales, sharks, seals, sea turtles, and
seabirds as they travel the Pacific Ocean.

Wednesday, October 20. 7 PM. Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab.
Eyes on the Ocean.

Judith Connor, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
Connor, director of information and technology dissemination at MBARI,
offers great visuals of the sea and explores how scientists interpret
these as data.
Ground Water and Coastal Health.
Adina Paytan, Stanford University.
Coastal systems, such as wetlands and coral reefs, represent the most
dramatically altered ecosystems on the globe. Paytan shares her
discoveries about the forces that alter these regions forever.

Reservations are suggested, as seating is limited. Last week’s first
lecture in the series was sold out.

Call 459-3800.
$8 general public
$6 members.