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ENC/HBAC Lecture Series

Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center

Explore North Coast and the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center as co-sponsors invites the public to their Lecture Series featuring Dan Barton an assistant professor of Quantitative Population Ecology in the Department of Wildlife at Humboldt State University. The lecture is scheduled for Monday November 14th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center, 921, Waterfront Drive, Eureka. Admission is free. The title of his talk is “Climate and Critters: ecosystem variability off Northern California.” His research and teaching includes work on developing biological monitoring programs and understanding management significance of food web interactions, and he conducts this kind of work with seabirds, high mountain lake basins, subalpine plant communities, and coastal dunes. Dan’s Topic: Seabirds are easier to count than fish, and thus they are often adopted as indicators of change in the marine environment, as a proverbial “canary in the coal mine.” But what do they tell us, and how? How are they being used to assess Marine Protected Area effects, and their potential benefits for marine ecosystems? Seabirds are also regularly designated as a target for marine conservation, as they are apex predators and are thought to be part of healthy marine ecosystems. What kinds of management actions benefit seabirds? How can everyday citizens, or citizen scientists, interested in seabirds or marine conservation contribute? We’ll explore these questions and more. For more information call (707) 616-0016, or visit explorenorthcoast.net.

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• Humboldt Bay Aquatic Center

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• Free