Lecture Series

The Coastal & Marine Conservation Lecture Series
(Open to the Public) occurs on the Second Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM in the FSUCML Auditorium. Several times a year, we will announce Special Seminars.

Marc Mangel was educated at the University of Illinois (BS in Physics 1971 with High Honors, MS in Biophysics 1972), where he was an EJ James Scholar, NIH Trainee in biophysics and elected to Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa, and the University of British Columbia (PhD in Applied Mathematics and Statistics, with a focus on Mathematical Biology, 1978). Dr. Mangel's research focuses on ecology, evolution and behavior and the broad goal of combining first-rate basic science with important applied questions.

The southern ocean krill Euphausia superba is a central to the entire ecosystem: everything in the southern ocean either eats krill directly or something that eats krill. Krill are also remarkably successful with a circumpolar distribution and an enormous biomass. However, climate change in the form of increased UV exposure due to ozone depletion, increased water and air temperatures, and decreases in ice may have profound implications for krill life histories and krill predators. Dr. Mangel's presentation will show, among other ideas, how classical fishery models can be used in novel ways to explore the consequences of warming water and fluctuating sea ice on krill biomass and changing UV on krill survival.

Previous Lectures

The FSUCML, in association with Second Harvest of the Big Bend, part of "The Nation's Food Bank Network," is collecting non-perishable food items at each monthly lecture. If you plan to attend a lecture, please bring an item or two and help solve the hunger crisis in our community.