TITLE:

RESEARCH AT THE COASTAL AND MARINE INSTITUTE LABORATORY

DATE:

Friday, April 29th, 2011

TIME:

3:30 PM

LOCATION:

GMCS 214

SPEAKER:

Todd Anderson, San Diego State University

ABSTRACT:

A building was constructed on part of the old Naval Training Center to house the U.S. Geological Survey and a new SDSU marine laboratory after demolition of an existing small building and redevelopment by the City of San Diego. The Coastal Waters Lab, now renamed the Coastal and Marine Institute Laboratory (CMIL), was occupied in 2006. Approximately 10,00 sq. ft. of space is occupied by faculty and students in marine science, along with 12,000 sq. ft. of outside space for large mesocosms, boat and other storage, and staging diving operations. During a nearly 5-year period, use of the laboratory by faculty and students has increased dramatically. The laboratory provides both flow-through and closed-circuit seawater, an analytical lab, equipment room, wet lab, and dive locker. Research underway include studies in ecotoxicology, water quality, chemical ecology, microbial and viral communities, ecology, evolution and development, larval ecology, kelp forest ecology, and marine conservation ecology, all in the context of coastal processes. My approach in this seminar is to showcase research currently being conducted at CMIL and leave it to faculty and students in Computational Sciences to identify potential collaboration with current and future projects at CMIL.

HOST:

Jose E. Castillo

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