The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, Sept 1st at 7:00 p.m. The title of this month's presentation is "Shallow Water Phantoms: Understanding Northern Gulf of Mexico Manatees" which will be presented by Dr. Ruth Carmichael.
Dr.
Ruth H. Carmichael is a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island
Sea Lab and an Associate Professor of Marine Sciences at the University
of South Alabama. She came to Alabama from Maine, where she was
Assistant Professor of Marine Science at the University of
Maine-Machias. Carmichael holds an MA (1998) and PhD (2004) from Boston
University at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. She is
Director of DISL’s Manatee Sighting Network and operates the Alabama
Marine Mammal Stranding Network. She is an Editor for four scientific
journals, Past President of the Gulf Estuarine Research Society,
Co-chair of the Mobile Bay National Estuary Program’s Science Advisory
Committee, and newly elected Member-At-Large for the Coastal and
Estuarine Research Federation.
DISL’s Manatee Sighting Network
Founded
in 2007, the Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network is the
only formal manatee sighting network in the U.S. The Network receives
and maps sightings from all along the Gulf of Mexico coast. The program
is committed to sharing data with other researchers, managers, and the
public. The Network provides valuable information regarding where
manatees live and what they do while in Alabama and Mississippi waters.The Network is housed at DISL on Dauphin Island, AL.