All lectures begin at 7:45 PM and conclude at approximately 9:00 PM. Each lecture is preceded by a short lecture on current research at 7:00 PM and both lectures are broadcast live into 333C Kottman Hall on the OSU main campus. Members of the public are welcome and can take the Put-in-Bay Water Taxi (at their own expense) from the Boardwalk Restaurant Dock at 7:15 PM before each lecture. A short tour of Gibraltar Island will be provided before the lecture.
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| Week 1 | 6/11 | No Lecture |
| Week 2 | 6/18 | “The Geologic History of the Lake Erie Basin”
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Research Brief: “Kelleys Island salamanders: A genetic conundrum”
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| Week 3 | 6/25 | “Ohio Agriculture and Its Impact on the Environment”
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Research Brief: “Using spatially-explicit models to compare growth, habitat use, and production of brown shrimp on natural
versus restored salt marshes in the Gulf of Mexico”
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| Week 4 | 7/2 | “Science on a Deep-Ocean Shipwreck: Gold-Rush Treasures & Marine Sciences”
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Research Brief: “A time to be fat: a student-centered investigation of optimal fat allocation in birds”
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| Week 5 | 7/9 | “An Evening with the Ohio Division of Wildlife” David Gram, Chief, Ohio Division of Wildlife |
Research Brief: “Chris Vandergoot” Chris Vandergoot, Fisheries Biologist, ODNR Division of Wildlife |
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| Week 6 | 7/16 | “Recessionary Economics and Resource Management” Sean Logan, Director, Ohio Department of Natural Resources |
Research Brief: “Helicopter fathers to deadbeat dads: Why is smallmouth bass parental care so variable?” Dr. Geoffrey Steinhart, Aquatic Research Laboratory and Department of Biological Sciences, Lake Superior State University |
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| Week 7 | 7/23 | Transition between terms - No Lecture |
| Week 8 | 7/30 | “Big Issues/Little money: Managing Environmental Issues on a Tight Budget”
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Research Brief: “The effects of faith-based sociological pressure on evolution education in American
public schools” |
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| Week 9 | 8/6 | “Exciting New Research Developments at Ohio State” Dr. Carol Whitacre, Vice President for Research, The Ohio State University |
Research Brief: “Effects of turbidity and prey density on the foraging success of age-0 yellow perch” Colleen Wellington, Clean Marinas Program Coordinator, Ohio Sea Grant |
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| Week 10 | 8/13 | “30 years of Sea Grant Extension”
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Research Brief: “Application of Science to Policy: Lakes Erie and Victoria”
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| Week 11 | 8/20 | End of Second Term - No More Lectures |
| Week 14 | 9/12 | Open House 11:00 - 4:00 Saturday, Open to Public Stone Laboratory Open House with Educational Programs and Tours of Gibraltar Island and South Bass Lighthouse followed by the Friends of Stone Laboratory Annual Meeting. |
The lectures can also be transmitted to remote locations contact the Stone Laboratory Office for information and a listing of the research presentations.
