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What Is in a Global Marine Scientist's Toolbox? stri.si.edu/sites/strinews MAY 29, 2015 SEMINARS BEHAVIOR DISCUSSION GROUP MEETING Tue, June 2, 2pm Nicolas Chatel-Launay McGill University Tupper Large Meeting Room Visual displays as honest indicators of toxicity in the Aposematic butterfly Eumaeus godartii (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) TUPPER SEMINAR Tue, June 2, 4pm Kanehiro Kitayama University of Kyoto Tupper Auditorium The dynamics and biophysical conditions of WHAT IS IN A the montane tropical rain forests on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo - An altitudinal transect GLOBAL MARINE approach SCIENTIST’S TOOLBOX? PALEOTALK Full story: www.stri.si.edu Wed, June 3, 4pm issuu.com/strinewspanama Carlos Avendaño Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala CTPA WHAT’S HAPPENING AT STRI? Exploring a sustainably managed Mayan FIELD COURSES and SPECIAL EVENTS landscape: Salinas Nueve Cerros, Las Verapaces, Guatemala Field Course - Colorado State University - CloudNet: NSF Research Coordination Network Meeting on Tropical Montane TUPPER PUBLIC TALK Cloud Forests Wed, June 3, 6pm Contact person: James Dalling June 1 - 10 Ricardo Moreno Yaguará Panamá-Sociedad Panameña Field Course - University of Vermont de Biología Contact person: Laura May-Collado Tupper Auditorium June 1 - 15 El Plan de Conservación del Jaguar y la Bayano Film Festival Cuenca del Canal Contact person: Jorge Ventocilla June 2– 6 BAMBI SEMINAR Thu, June 4, 7:15pm Field Course - Arizona State University TBA Contact person: Nico Franz June 6 – 26 Barro Colorado Island TBA Field Course - East Carolina University / Marina Contact person: Sue McRae June 8 - 26 ARRIVALS Sofía Rodríguez Jessie Dyer Damon Plant Field Course - University of Vermont - University of Texas at Austin University of Georgia University of California – Marine Mammal Biology An investigation of chytrid in Integrating anthropology, Berkeley Bocas Del Toro tungara frogs ecoepidemiology, and veterinary What are the consequences of shared Gamboa science to define drivers of enemies for the community structure of Gephen Sadove, Michael Kedenburg, vector-borne zoonotic disease a tropical forest? Gina Roberti, Magallanes, Michael Corey Tarwater transmission in changing landscapes Naos Marine Lab and Barro Colorado Ziegler and Paris Morgan University of Wyoming Panama Island University of Florida Breeding Behavior, Dispersal, and Maria Urdaneta, Sergio Díaz, Rocio Demography in Thamnophilus Kim Hunter Ivonne Meuche and Lara Vogel Jaimes, Juan Meza, Alejandro atrinucha Salisbury University Purdue University Fernandez, Felipe Lamus, Carolina Ortiz Gamboa Multi-modal communication Investigación de las vibraciones del and Ferri Fabio Gamboa sustrato causado por el movimiento de Universidad de los Andes Peter Tellez los dedos de la rana túngara Field Course - Field camp Universidad Tulane University Isaac Magallanes Gamboa de los Andes Conflicts among members of University of Florida Panama interacting symbioses: How do PCP PIRE: Paleontology of the Canal Hannah Wilson and Gina Zwicky symbiotic fungi influence plant defense of Panama Tulane University Sophie Picq against leaf-cutting ants? 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D., Russo, S. E., Baillie, I. Matthew Larsen Rachel Collin Luis Turner C., Mamit, J. D., Chai, P. P. K., Chai, L., To Puerto Rico To Miami, FL To Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón Hindley, E. W., Lau, B. T., Tan, S. and To attend the annuaal board For the CARICOMP II, To review mail services at the Ashton, P. S. 2015. Influence of tree size, meeting of the Luquillo Critical planning meeting Bocas Del Toro Research Station taxonomy, and edaphic conditions on Zone Observatory (LCZO) heart rot in mixed-dipterocarp Bornean Ira Rubinoff rainforests: implications for aboveground Kristin Saltonstall To Nairobi, Kenya Raúl De León biomass estimates. Biogeosciences To Providence, Rhode Island To attend Mpala Meetings To Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón Discussions, 12(9): 6821-6861.doi:10.5194/ To attend the annual Society for For equipment maintenance bgd-12-6821-2015 Wetland Scientists meeting to Felix Rodríguez co-chair a symposium and give To Bocas Del Toro, Isla Colón Dos Santos, S. 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To Changuinola, Bocas Del Toro International Journal of Acarology, doi:10.1 To tag Leatherback Turtles 080/01647954.2015.1046922 BIODIVERSITY DAY / DÍA DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD On May 22, 50 students and 3 teachers from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Panama in Changuinola visited STRI’s station in Bocas Del Toro to celebrate Biodiversity Day with the scientific staff. Students had the opportunity to meet two of the scientists and also to learn a little more about the marine diversity around them. Flor Santiago gave a presentation on the diversity of echinoderms, focusing on the sea cucumbers and their ecological, economic importance and current situation in Latin America. Jan Vicente spoke about the ecological value of marine sponges, their biodiversity and the impact climate change could have on their survival. 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