EDWARD A. AMES SEMINARS
Each season, the Hudson River Foundation and the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program present the Edward A. Ames seminar series on scientific issues related to the environmental quality and resource management of the New York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary. Seminars take place at the Hudson River Foundation and are free of charge.
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Seating capacity is limited. To RSVP, email info@hudsonriver.org or call 212-483-7667.
Spring 2018
- Tuesday, February 6, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Bugs on Drugs: Anaerobic biodegradability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Max Häggblom, Distinguished Professor and Chair of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, March 6, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Intensified climate change effects on Hudson River white perch following zebra mussel invasion
David Secor, Regents’ Professor, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland
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- Tuesday, May 15, 2018, 10:30 a.m.
Why don't zebra mussels starve? Dissolved organic matter as a missing source of energy to zebra mussels in the Hudson River
Stephen Baines, Associate Professor of Ecosystem Ecology at Stony Brook University
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Fall 2017
Tuesday, November 7, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Rise and Fall and Rise of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in the Tidal Freshwater Hudson River
Stuart Findlay, Aquatic Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Maile Neel, Professor; Director of the Norton-Brown Herbarium, University of Maryland
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View the seminar on Vimeo- Wednesday, December 13, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
Dams & What Eel Alleles Reveal, & Whether it's Real
John Waldman, Professor of Biology, Queens College, CUNY
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Spring 2017
- Tuesday, May 9, 2017, 10:30 a.m.
American eels in the Hudson River estuary: from glass to silver
Karin Limburg, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry Syracuse
Sarah Mount and Chris Bowser, NYS DEC, Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Hudson River Estuary Program
Bob Schmidt, Berkshire Environmental Research Center, Bard College at Simon's Rock
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Fall 2016
- Monday, October 24, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Movements of striped bass in response to extreme weather events
Helen Bailey, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Friday, November 4, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Climate change and the sensitivity of the Hudson River Estuary to nutrient pollution
Robert Howarth, Department of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Cornell University
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
The Baby Food Chronicles: Analysis of early-stage fish feeding ecology over three decades in the Hudson River
Eric Schultz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
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Spring 2016
- Thursday, March 17, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
The role of research in oyster restoration from larvae to adults: Two case studies in Chesapeake Bay
Jacob Goodwin, Department of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
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Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Advancing Guidelines and Methods for Sediment Quality Risk Assessment
Stuart Simpson, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Changes in Hudson River sediment distribution after storms Irene and Sandy
Frank Nitsche and Timothy Kenna, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
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- Tuesday, May 17, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Evaluating Greenhouse Gas Efflux Across a Rural-Urban Estuarine Gradient: Assessing the Impact of Incomplete Wastewater Treatment on the Hudson
Brian Brigham, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY Queens College
Fall 2015
- Tuesday, October 20, 10:30 a.m.
Linking Sediment Transport in the Hudson from the Tidal River to the Estuary
David Ralston, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Wednesday, November 18, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Dietary Exposure of Mink to Fish from the Upper Hudson River: Effects on Reproduction, Offspring Growth, Mortality and Pathology
Steven Bursian, Michigan State University
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, December 1, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Sewage Associated Microbes in the Hudson River Estuary: Sources, Distribution, and Ecological Connections
Gregory O’Mullan, CUNY Queens College
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Winter/Spring 2015
- Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Restoring Oysters Sustainably Requires Good Genes: Genomic Evidence from Delaware Bay and Hudson River
Matthew Hare, Cornell University
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Against the Current: Repairing Atlantic Rivers to Restore Diadromous Fishes
John Waldman, CUNY Queens College
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 10:30 a.m.
Re-Visiting Model Projections of Lower Hudson River Fish PCBs Using Model Emulation and Recent Data
Jay Field, NOAA
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Fall 2014
- Tuesday, October 7, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Understanding Nitrogen Transformations and Removal at Oyster Restoration Sites in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary
Chester Zarnoch, Baruch College, CUNY
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View the seminar on Vimeo - Monday, November 10, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Fighting Westway: Environmental Law, Citizen Activism, and the Regulatory War that Transformed New York City
William W. Buzbee, Georgetown University Law Center
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Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Conservation Status of Hudson River Intertidal Plant Species
Robert Naczi, The New York Botanical Garden
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Winter/Spring 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
A Tale of Two Species: The recent discovery of a cryptic leopard frog species in New York City followed by the almost immediate threat of Hurricane Sandy
Jeremy Feinberg, Rutgers University
Friday, March 14, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Migration Ecology of New York Harbor Striped Bass
David Secor, University of Maryland
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View the seminar on Vimeo- Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Modeling New York/New Jersey Harbor Storm Surge Flooding and Influences of Barriers and Natural Systems
Philip Orton, Stevens Institute of Technology
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Tuesday, May 6, 2014, 10:30 a.m.
Transfer of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Passaic River and its Food Chain
Rainer Lohmann, University of Rhode Island
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Fall 2013
Wednesday,
September 25, 2013, 10:30 a.m.
The Northeast Regional Earth System Model: A Tool for Hudson River Management and Research
Charles Vörömarty, CUNY Environmental CrossRoads Initiative, City University of New York
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The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves, and Our Quest to Predict Disasters
Bruce Parker, Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology and former Chief Scientist, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013, 10:30 a.m.
How unique was Hurricane Sandy? Long-term Sedimentary Reconstructions of Extreme Coastal Flooding from New York Harbor
Jon Woodruff, University of Massachusetts
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Fall 2012
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Tuesday,
October 16, 2012, 10:30am
Microbial Connections between Water Quality and Air Quality in the Urban Environment
M. Elias Dueker, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
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Seminar postponed due to Hurricane Sandy
The Northeast Regional Earth System Model: A Tool for Hudson River Management and Research
Charles Vörösmarty, CUNY Environmental CrossRoads Initiative, City University of New York -
Tuesday,
December 4, 2012, 10:00am
Factors Controlling Algal Populations in Jamaica Bay Christopher Gobler, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University
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Winter/Spring 2012
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Tuesday,
February 14, 2012, 10:30am
Utilitizing acoustic telemetry, survey and genetic data to develop a population recovery strategy for Atlantic sturgeon
Michael Frisk, Stony Brook University
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Tuesday,
March 6, 2012, 10:30am
Change in submerged aquatic vegetation in the Hudson – How much and why?
Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Tuesday,
April 3, 2012, 10:00am
Horseshoe Crab Conservation Efforts: 455 Million Years In the Making And In Peril?
John Tanacredi, Dowling College
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Tuesday,
May 8, 2012, 10:30am
River Herring: Past, Present, and Future?
Karin Limburg, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
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Tuesday,
June 5, 2012, 10:30am
Vulnerability of Hudson River Atlantic Sturgeon to Coastal Bycatch
Isaac Wirgin, NYU Medical Center
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Fall 2011
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Tuesday,
September 6, 2011, 10:30am
Fish, Farming, and the Future of the Last Wild Food
Paul Greenberg, New York Times best-selling author of Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food
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Tuesday,
October 4, 2011, 10:30am
Ecology and Management of Shore Zones in the Upper Hudson River Estuary
David Strayer, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Monday,
November 14, 2011, 10:30am
Tracking Mouse-Eating Taimen and Other Fishes in Mongolia
John Waldman, CUNY Queens College -
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 10:30am
Are Hudson River Fish Made of Trees? Understanding Terrestrial Support of the Hudson Food Web from Stable Isotopes
Jonathan Cole, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
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Winter/Spring 2011
Tuesday,
March 8, 2011, 10:30am
The Hudson is the Most Heavily Nutrient-Loaded Estuary in the World: Should We Care?
Robert Howarth, Cornell University
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Tuesday,
April 5, 2011, 10:30am
Bioavailability and Bioaccumulation of PCBs, PAHs, and Dioxins in NY/NJ Harbor Sediments
Kevin Farley, Manhattan College 
Wednesday,
May 3, 2011, 10:30am
Evolutionary Change to PCBs in Atlantic Tomcod for the Hudson River
Isaac Wirgin, New York University Medical Center
Tuesday,
June 7, 2011, 10:30am
Modeling Oysters in Jamaica Bay: Sustainability and Water Quality Impacts
James Fitzpatrick, HydroQual/HDR
Fall 2010
Tuesday,
October 19, 2010, 10:30am
The Response of Fishes to Piers in the Lower Hudson River Estuary: Interpretations from Acoustic Video
Kenneth Able and Thomas Grothues, Rutgers University
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Tuesday,
November 9, 2010, 10:30am
What Makes Some Parts of the Ocean Sticky to Fish: Applications of IOOS Monitoring to Fisheries Science and Ecosystem Management
John Manderson, National Marine Fisheries Service
Wednesday,
December 7, 2010, 10:30am
Metal Loadings to the Hudson River and New York Harbor: How have they changed?
Robert Mason, University of Connecticut
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Winter/Spring 2010
Tuesday,
February 2, 2010, 10:30am
Keeping the Port of New York and New Jersey Open: Progress Since the Crisis of the ‘90s
Scott Douglas, New Jersey Department of Transportation
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Tuesday,
March 2, 2010, 10:30am
Bracing for Climate Change in New York City
William Solecki, Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities and Co-chair, New York City Panel on Climate Change
Wednesday,
March 24, 2010, 10:30am
The Archaeology of Environmental Change in the New York/ New Jersey Harbor Estuary
Joel W. Grossman, www.GeospatialArchaeology.com
Tuesday,
May 4, 2010, 10:30am
Changing Channels in the Hudson River Estuary: Understanding Navigation Channel Construction and Consequences for Habitat and Restoration
Daniel Miller, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Tuesday,
June 1, 2010, 10:30am
The Influence of Storms on Sediment Transport in the Hudson River Estuary
David Ralston & W. Rockwell Geyer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Fall 2009
Tuesday,
October
6, 2009, 10:30am
Ecological Functions of Hudson River Salt Marshes and Submerged Vegetation
Stuart Findlay, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Tuesday,
October 6, 2009, 10:30am
Salt Marshes: A Natural and Unnatural History
Judith Weis, Rutgers University
Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:30am
Historical Changes in Bathymetry in the Lower Passaic River
William Hansen, Worcester State College
