Rock Talk Seminar Series | Shoals Marine Laboratory

Our Rock Talk Seminar Series is a long-standing and well-loved tradition at SML. Historically, faculty members and guest speakers would gather with students on Appledore Island's rocky shoreline (giving the Rock Talk series its name) to present on a wide range of topics related to natural history, ecology, biology, and more. To stay connected with our community following the pandemic, we transitioned our Rock Talks online and have featured guest speakers from across the world. Below you will find recordings from past seminars.

Please note: you must register for the live presentations ahead of time, and all registration links will be shared on this page. We look forward to seeing you at our next Rock Talk in the spring of 2022!

INTRODUCING OUR 2022 SPEAKERS!

MAY 31, 2022	TBD
JUN 7, 2022	Dr. Ian Owens
JUN 14, 2022	Dr. Andrea Bogomolni
JUN 21, 2022	Dr. Kory Evans
JUN 28, 2022	Dr. Jim Carlton - The Age of Invasions Meets the Age of Plastics: How Tsunamis, Storms, Megarafting, Coastal Development, and Climate Change May All be Related
JUL 5, 2022	TBD
JUL 12, 2022	Dr. Catherine Mattase
JUL 18, 2022	TBD
JUL 26, 2022	Dr. Leah Gerber
AUG 2, 2022	TBD
AUG 9, 2022	TBD

PAST SEMINAR RECORDINGS

Marine Biology & Fisheries Management

All That Live Must Die: Exploring Microbial Mortality in the Ocean - Dr. Liz Harvey (2020)

Calling Whales and Chorusing Fishes as Sentinels of Human Influence on Marine Ecosystems - Dr. Aaron Rice (2020)

Community-Based Collaborative Fisheries Research: Fishermen and Scientists Working Together - Owen Nichols (2020)

Cooperative Research: Engaging Fishermen to Advance Science and Sustainability - Dr. Anna Mercer (2021)

New Techniques for Studying Old Questions about Calcification in Corals - Dr. Loretta Roberson (2021)

NOAA Science &Technology: Accelerating Innovation in the 21st Century - Rear Admiral Timothy Gallaudet (2020)

Physiological Responses to Environmental Change: Insights from Polluted Lives of Killifish - Dr. Jayasundara (2020)

Red Herrings, Misleading Results and Redefining a Disease: Sea Star Wasting in a Changing Ocean - Dr. Ian Hewson (2020)

Rockweed: Foundation Species, Harvestable Resource - Hannah Webber (2020)

Skin, Scales, Fangs, and Waveforms: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Studying Fish Biomechanics - Dr. Chris Kenaley (2021)

The Global Impact of Fisheries and Global Warming on Marine Ecosystems - Dr. Daniel Pauly (2020)

Trophic Relationships in the Benthos: Feeding Morphology and Ecology of Macroinvertebrates – Dr. Maya DeVries (2020)

Using Science Communication in the Search for Lost Sharks – Vicky Vásquez (2021)

Changing Ecosystems

Arctic Seabirds as Sentinels of Climate Change & Anthropogenic Stressors in Marine Ecosystems - Dr. Emily Choy (2021)

Climate Change and Alaska Marine Ecosystems - Dr. Mike Sigler (2020)

Climate Change, Adaptation, and Resilience in Northeast U. S. Fishing Communities - Dr. Kathy Mills (2021)

Exploring Global Change in the Ocean - Dr. Brian Cheng (2020)

Sea Rescue: Marine Species Partnerships Restoring Our Coastal Ecosystems - Dr. Brian Silliman (2020)

The Impacts of Warming Due to Climate Change in the Gulf of Maine Ecosystems - Michelle Staudinger (2020)

Understanding Changes in Kelp Forests Around the World and Around Appledore - Dr. Jarrett Byrnes (2020)

History, Art, & Natural Sciences

Childe Hassam & Celia Thaxter on the Isles of Shoals - John Coffey (2020)

Childe Hassam and Diagnostic Rocks of Appledore - Dr. Hal Weeks (2020)

Indigenous Sentinels Network: Tribally-Led Environmental Monitoring in the Pribilof Islands, AK - Dr. Lauren Divine (2021)

6000 Years of Shoals History Through Archaeology and Mapping - Dr. Robin Hadlock Seeley & Dr. Nathan Hamilton (2020)

Rachel Carson and the Gulf of Maine, With Comments on Woods Hole, MA - Dr. Willy Bemis (2020)