HMSC Currents April/May 2009
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April/May 2009 HMSCNewsletter of the Hatfield Currents Marine Science Center Community - Newport OR Hatfield researchers featured in Spring issue of Oregon Stater Tens of thousands of Oregon State University alumni will get a comprehensive look at the wide range of research that goes on at the HMSC when they open up the Spring 2009 issue of the Oregon Stater, the OSU Alumni Association’s magazine. The six-page spread, written by OSU alum Mark Floyd, Assistant Director of News and Communications Services on the main cam- pus in Corvallis, highlights the collaborative nature of research at the HMSC, profiling the interdisciplin- ary work of scientists like Bryan Black, who uses den- drochronological techniques to cross-date and verify accuracy of age data on both trees and fish, leading to some interesting findings on climate variations over long periods. The article also covers research collaborations between Jessica Miller and Chris Langdon on efforts to revive Oregon’s native oyster populations, and the work of Michael Banks and Gil Sylvia in cooperation Check out the article on HMSC in the Spring issue of Oregon Stater. Not an with commercial fishermen and hatcheries in Oregon OSU Alumni Association member? See the PDF version, accessible on the web at: www.osualum.com on genetic analysis and tracking of salmon and other key and commercially valuable fish species. The HMSC Currents newsletter is published 4-5 times a year. Your comments and submissions are welcomed! Deadline for next Agency Updates issue is June 8th Send to: [email protected] ODFW Marine Resources Program welcomes new leader Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials in Febru- to survey the distribution and abundance of bay clams in Coos ary named Caren E. Braby as the new manager for the Marine Bay. Resources Program headquartered in Newport. Braby arrived in Before joining ODFW about two years ago, Caren spent March to fill the position previously held by Patty Burke, who most of her time researching the physiology, genetics and ecol- managed the program from 2002 until she left last year. ogy of mussels in the Pacific. Research ventures took her to “I plan to work closely with Oregonians who are affected harbors and marinas looking for invasive mussels, as well as and regulated by our program,” Braby said. “I want to continue using both robotic and manned submersibles to search for deep- the collaborative approach that has been a hallmark of the MRP sea animals in the open ocean. In all of her work, Caren is most in developing regulatory options to meet new fishery constraints interested in how the physical environment of marine animals and challenges.” (such as temperature or salinity) affects where those animals The Marine Resources Program studies and manages Ore- are able to live. gon’s marine fish and mammals and the state’s saltwater fisheries. Caren completed her master’s degree at Moss Landing Most recently Caren served as the ODFW Shellfish Assessment Marine Laboratories in 1998 and earned her PhD from Stanford Project Leader in Coos Bay. She worked with a team of biologists continued on pg. 5 Business Office Briefs Benefits update for state employees... What you need to know about the new There is some interesting information in the latest PEBB News- structure of OSU Business Centers letter. One article is regarding help with Cobra premiums if you involuntarily lose your job and also an article explaining that the In response to President Ray’s call for a re-examination of Benefit Board has unanimously voted to self-insure the statewide how business activities can be improved to support OSU’s medical plan beginning in 2010. priority academic investments, the university has over the There is other helpful information in the Newsletter for those past year been moving towards the development of “business interested or concerned about their benefits. The PEBB Monthly centers” that cut across traditional departmental and college Newsletter, THE CONNECTION, is now available online through boundaries. One of those will be serving the business func- the PEBB website at: tions of the College of Agricultural Sciences and the HMSC. http://egov.oregon.gov/DAS/PEBB/news/2009EEnewsletters/April09.shtml In an effort to ensure that design and implementation of the new business center is as open and transparent as possible, CAS Interim Dean Bill Boggess and HMSC Director George Boehlert requested that informational forums be held for Preparing for fiscal year end faculty and staff who have an interest and a stake in this par- The Fiscal Year End will be upon us very soon (June 30)! Please ticular business center. HMSC business manager Joel Colvin note that for any expense you may wish to post against this current and Jack Breen from CAS will host forums in Newport and Fiscal Year’s funds, the goods or services must be received by June Corvallis, along with a third “virtual forum” by videoconfer- 30, and the invoice must reach the Business Office for payment by ence for participation from branch Experiment Stations. July 14. Additionally, corrections to expenses posted during this This is your invitation to take part in the forum most conve- Fiscal Year (July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009) must be made by June nient for you. The format for each forum will be similar: 30th. If not corrected by then, they will be assumed correct, as we -- We will describe the design criteria within which we are will not be able to move or correct charges past that date. expected to work. -- We will provide information that will be key in making design decisions. -- We will then outline generally what this particular center might be like. -- With that as a foundation for our conversation, we will then News for OSU Faculty turn to forum participants to solicit further ideas or refinements for the design of a business center that meets our collective The Office of Sponsored Programs will be offering 3 work- needs. shops in May and June, designed primarily for faculty. -- Finally, we will outline a process for moving ahead with On May 7, Belinda Batten, Head of Engineering’s School of design and implementation. We expect the process will have Mechanical/Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering, and Adam few large meetings, but instead will rely on “off-line” work by Schultz, Professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, will smaller groups of interested colleagues. We appreciate those present a Faculty Forum on grantsmanship. Both have served as who already have volunteered to assist; we will continue to program managers at the Air Force Office of Scientific Research solicit additional volunteers at the forums and likely will invite and the National Science Foundation, respectively. This session others specifically. will provide an excellent opportunity for your faculty to learn For more information, please contact Joel Colvin in the about research from the sponsoring agency side. The session will HMSC Business Office: [email protected] be held from 2-3:30pm in Memorial Union Room 211. On May 18, Patricia Hawk will present a Proposal Writing Basics course. This two-hour session is designed for faculty who Business Centers Forums Schedule are new to writing proposals for external support. It will share proposal writing as well as preparation techniques. This session May 7, Thursday, 10 a.m. to noon: Hatfield Marine Sci- will be held from 2:00-4:00pm in Memorial Union Room 211. ence Center, Newport. HMSC “Old Library” Since this session will have more extensive materials, registra- tion will be required and will only be offered for 30 participants. May 13, Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m: Videoconference. Faculty can send an e-mail that will include their department (please contact Jack Breen by May 11 with your videocon- affiliation to [email protected] by May 14, 2009, to register ferencing information). for the session. On June 1, Lin Reilly and Patricia Hawk will present an in- May 14, Thursday, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m: Campus, Richardson troductory session on Export Controls. Export controls are not a 107 new requirement; this session will introduce our faculty to export controls. This session will be held from 2:30-3:30 pm in Memo- rial Union Room 211. Page 2 HMSC Currents Apr.-May ‘09 Academic Programs News Marine Biology students make the most of spring at the coast Follow the learning adventures of the Science Center by Itchung Ch- Spring term Marine Biology class students eung, the Academic Program on their blog at http://marinebio450.blog- Coordinator of the facility. spot.com This entry, from the first week Tuesday we had our first lec- of the term, conveys some of the enthusi- ture by BI450’s head professor asm these students bring to their learning Dr. Sally Hacker, then headed experience: directly to Cascade Head, just north of Lincoln City. This Spring is here, and with it a new class headland serves as a prime ex- of 450’ers has blown into Newport for ample of the many geological what some have called “the reason why processes and events we had formation and several types of coastal I chose OSU in the first place!!” Our just discussed in lecture that morning- dunes (see photo on blog) can all be seen great adventure started on Monday with beach deposition, rip tides, headland at a single glance! an orientation to the Hatfield Marine erosion (see photo on blog), estuary Guin Library News Recent HMSC articles in Web of Science TITLE: Properties of boundary-line release TITLE: Intraperitoneal implantation of life- TITLE: Zooplankton distribution and cross- criteria in North American tree species long telemetry transmitters in otariids shelf transfer of carbon in an area of Black, Bryan A.; Abrams, Marc D.; Rentch, Horning, Markus; Haulena, Martin; Tuomi, complex mesoscale circulation in the north- James S.; Gould, Peter J.