SCIENCE IN THE NEWS: PFIESTERIA - BEYOND THE HYSTERIA
A LOOK AT THE THREAT OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS
A NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM SCIENCE RESEARCH BRIEFING
WHAT: The National Sea Grant College Program invites you to a special media-only science briefing on the latest marine science research into Pfiesteria and other harmful algal blooms.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 11 - 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast Available at 8:15 a.m.
WHERE: The Park Hyatt Philadelphia at the Bellevue
Broad & Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, PA.
(four short blocks from the Marriott, AAAS Headquarter Hotel)
FEATURED PRESENTATIONS / TOPIC AREAS:
PFIESTERIA - AN UPDATE
News on Toxin Identifications, Future Issues for Public Health JoAnn Burkholder, Assistant Professor of Botany, North Carolina Sea Grant Research Scientist, Co-Discoverer of Pfiesteria, North Carolina State University
THE GLOBAL PROBLEM OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS
An Overview of the Expanding Environmental Threat From Toxic and Harmful Algae Donald Anderson, Senior Scientist,Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Sea Grant Program
BROWN TIDES
Harmful Algal Blooms Threatening Environment, Economy of Mid-Atlantic Coast Darcy Lonsdale, Associate Professor of Ecology, New York Sea Grant Research Scientist State University of New York at Stony Brook
PACIFIC THREAT: HETEROSIGMA
Algal Blooms Threatening Billion-Dollar Impact to Seafood in the Pacific Rim Rose Ann Cattolico, Professor of Botany, Oceanography, Washington Sea Grant Research Scientist University of Washington
LIMITED SEATING - RSVP BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1998
CALL: 301-405-6381
OR E-MAIL: [email protected]
Format: 20-minute presentations, followed by 10-minute question and answer periods. Scientists will be available for individual interviews following formal program. Media packet with one-page abstracts, World Wide Web site directories, news releases, panel biographies and photos available at briefing.
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