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Schedule of Previous Lectures
Topic
Dates
Location

How ‘Green’ is your Seafood?  Making Ocean-Friendly Seafood Purchases
Sheila Bowman
Seafood Watch Outreach Manager, Monterey Bay Aquarium

21 August, 2008 (Thu.)
Lecture & discussion
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica
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From the Tidepools to the Stars: The Pioneering Ecology of Ed Ricketts
Eric Enno Tamm
author of
Beyond the Outer Shores (2004), a biography of Ed Ricketts

14 May, 2008 (Wed.)
Lecture & discussion
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica
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Exploration & Evolution: Discoveries in the Lakes of Palau & the Deep Basin of the Celebes Sea
Dr. William Hamner
UCLA

12 March, 2008 (Wed.)
Lecture & discussion
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Santa Monica Public Library
Santa Monica
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Elephant Seals:
Masters of the Depths

Drew Wharton
President, Wharton Media

08 February, 2008 (Fri.)
Educators' session
5:30 - 7:15 pm
Lecture & Film
7:30 - 9:00 pm

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium
San Pedro
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Public Health Issues
in Coastal Waters

Dr. Mark Gold,
Heal the Bay
Santa Monica, CA

28 November,2007 (Wed.)
Lecture & discussion
7:00 - 8:30 pm

Santa Monica Pier Aquarium
Santa Monica
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Polar Ecology

Speakers TBA

14-28 April, 2007
Online Workshop

Krill in the Southern Ocean

Dr. Robin Ross,
University of California, Santa Barbara

21 March, 2007 (Wed.)

Educators' session
5:45 - 6:45 pm

Lecture
7:00 - 8:00 pm

Santa Monica Alternative School House (SMASH)
Santa Monica

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Coral Reefs:
Trouble in Paradise

Dr. Karla Heidelberg,
University of Southern California

28 February, 2007 (Wed.)

Educators' session
5:45 - 6:45 pm

Lecture
7:00 - 8:00 pm

Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach

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Changing Climate and the California Coastal Ocean

Dr. Yi Chao,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory

24 January, 2007 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History
Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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The Future Is Uncertain, & the End is Always Near:
Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Animals & Communities

Dr. James Childress,
University of California,
Santa Barbara

29 November, 2006 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

University of California
Los Angeles
Westwood

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Wings without Borders: Tracking Albatrosses Around the Globe

Dr. David Hyrenbach,
Duke University
Marine Laboratory

25 October, 2006 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History
Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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Genetics / Aquaculture

Dr. Dennis Hedgecock

University of Southern California

LIVE webcast

26 April, 2006 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

Santa Monica College, Santa Monica

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Hurricanes

Dr. Anthony Michaels

University of Southern California

LIVE webcast

22 March, 2006 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

 

University of California Los Angeles, Westwood

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Harmful Algal Blooms

Dr. Dave Caron
University of Southern California

Dr. Mary Silver
University of California Santa Cruz

4-19 March, 2006

Online Workshop

Mysteries in the Mud:
Coping with Stress
in the Deep

Dr. Lisa Levin

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

8 February, 2006 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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Recent Discoveries in the Midwater Realm using Modern Technology

Dr. William Hamner

University of California, Los Angeles

 

25 January, 2006 (Wed.)

Educators' session
6:00 - 7:15 pm

Lecture
7:30 - 8:30 pm

Hollenbeck Middle School,

Los Angeles (Boyle Heights)

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Glaciers and
Global Sea Level Rise

Dr. Eric Rignot

Jet Propulsion Lab

16 November, 2005 (Wed.)

Lecture
6:00 - 7:00 pm

Educators' session
7:15 - 8:15 pm

Los Angeles Co. Museum of Natural History

Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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Ice Science & Satellites:
a Natural Partnership

Dr. Frank Carsey,

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

13 April, 2005 (Wed.),
6:00-7:00 pm

(Educators' session 7:00-8:00 pm)

University of California Los Angeles, Westwood

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Science, Policy, and Protecting Our Coastal Oceans

Dr. Steven Murray,

California State University

2 March, 2005 (Wed.)
6:00-7:00 pm

(Educators' session 7:00-8:00 pm)

California State University, Northridge

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Seabirds Living on the Edge

Dr. Mike Horn,

California State University Fullerton

12 January, 2005 (Wed.),
6:00-7:00 pm

(Educators' session 7:00-8:00 pm)

Museum of Natural History, Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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Hands-On Learning in the Ballona Wetlands

Dr. John Dorsey,

Loyola Marymount University

19 November, 2004 (Fri.),
7:30-8:30 pm

(Educators' session
6:00-7:15 pm)

Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro

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Discovering the Mysteries of Whales

Dr. John Heyning,

Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles Co.

13 October, 2004 (Wed.),
6:00-7:00 pm

(Educators' session
7:00-8:00 pm)

Museum of Natural History, Exposition Park, Los Angeles

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Antarctica

Donal Manahan,

University of Southern California

21 April, 2004
(6:00 pm)
L.A. County Natural History Museum

Oceans and Human Health

Dave Caron,

University of Southern California

10 March, 2004
(6:00 pm)
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium

Coral Reefs

Richard Murphy,

Ocean Futures Society

3 February, 2004
(7:00 pm)
Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific

Deep Sea

Dr. George Matsumoto,

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

12 December, 2003
(6:00 pm)
California State University Northridge

Artificial Reefs

Milton Love,

University of California Santa Barbara

14 November, 2003
(6:00 pm)
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium

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