2008

May:

Lowe, C. G., Goodmanlowe, G.D., Blasius, M.E., Jarvis, E.T., Mason, T.J., and O’Sullivan, J.B. 2008 Interactions between fisheries and white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Southern California Bight. 59th Annual Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.

Lowe, C. G., Wetherbee, B.M., Papastamatiou, Y.P., Goodmanlowe, G.D., Crow, J., and O’Sullivan, J.B.  2008.  Occurrence of cookie cutter shark bites on pelagic fishes landed in the Hawaii  longline fishery.  59th Annual Tuna Conference, Lake Arrowhead, CA.

March:

Lin, C.Y., Hill, V.L. and Manley, S.L. 2008. Bromoperoxidase catalyzed production of polybromomethanes from seawater DOM. Poster Ocean Sciences Meeting. Orlando, FL.

Fink L.A., Mason A.Z., and Manley S.L. 2008. Identifying and characterizing polluted surface waters in the Southern California Bight based on metal levels in kelp (M. pyrifera) sieve tube sap. Ocean Sciences Meeting. Orlando, FL.

2007

November:

Anthony, K.M., C.G. Lowe, and M.S. Love.  2007. Translocation and homing behavior of platform-associate fishes from offshore oil platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Fink L.A., Mason A.Z., and Manley S.L. 2007. Using the trace metal composition of M. pyrifera sieve tube sap to identify effluent plumes in Los Angeles County coastal waters. Annual Meeting of Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura CA.

Floyd, A.J., K.A. Loke, C.G. Lowe, and K.A. Young.  2007. Fecundity of the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher, revisited.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Kosman, E. 2007.  Does size matter? Variability in larval sizes and its effects on post-metamorphic success in bryozoans. Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Lowe. C.G., T. Mason, L. Bellquist, D. Topping, B. Hight and Caselle, J. 2007.  What do we know about movement patterns and habitat use of rocky reef associated gamefishes and why is it essential for MPA design?  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Hamilton, S., J. Caselle, K. Loke, K. A.Young, and C. Lowe.  2007. Selective harvesting alters life histories of a temperate sex-changing fish: historical comparisons and current status of California sheephead.   Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Hovel, K.A., C.G. Lowe, C.L. Loflen, T.T. Mai and Palaoro, K.  2007.  Spiny lobsters and marine reserves: What can we learn and what do we know?  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Jirik, K. and C.G. Lowe. 2007.  Seasonal abundance and habitat preference of round stingrays in a southern California estuary. Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Martin, C.J.B. and C.G. Lowe.  2007.  Midwater fish assemblages associated with petroleum platforms on the San Pedro Shelf: A comparison with Santa Barbara Channel platforms.  Ann. Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Mull, C.G., K.E. Jirik, K.A. Young, and C.G. Lowe.  2007.  Seasonal aggregations of female round stingrays (Urobatis halleri) in a coastal estuary: Using ultrasound and hormone levels to determine pregnancy.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Plank, S.M., C.G. Lowe, and J.A. Brusslan.  2007.  The population genetic structure of the round stingray (Urobatis halleri) in southern California.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Rogers, B.L., E. Fernandez-Juricic, C.G. Lowe, and L.R. Frank.  2007. Assessing the effects of angling-induced barotraumas on green-blotched rockfish (Sebastes rosenblatti) using T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

Weng, K., S. Jorgensen, J. O’Sullivan, M. Ezcurra, C. Farwell, C. Winkler, C. Lowe, M. Blasius, and B. Block.  2007.  Survival, behavior, and movement of the great white shark, a flagship species for marine conservation, following release from captivity.  Western Society of Naturalists, Ventura, CA.

September:

Anthony, K. Lowe, C.G., Jarvis, E.T., Bellquist, L., and Love, M.S. 2007.  Site fidelity and movements of oil platform-associated fishes in the Santa Barbara Channel. American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.

Jarvis, E.T. and Lowe, C.G. 2007.   The effects of angling-induced barotrauma on post-release survival of southern California nearshore and shelf rockfishes.  American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.

Lowe, C.G., Anthony, K., Mason, T., Bellquist, L., Topping, D., Hight, B., and Caselle, J.  2007.  Using acoustic telemetry to quantify movement patterns, habitat use and optimize MPA design for gamefishes.  American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.

Mason, T. and Lowe, C.G.  2007.  Barred sandbass (Paralabrax nebulifer) home range, habitat use, and site fidelity.  American Fisheries Society, San Francisco, CA.

July:

Lowe, C.G., Mull, C., and Zemel, H.  2007.  Occurrence and distribution of stingray-related injuries at Seal Beach, California.  American Elasmobranch Society, St. Louis, MI.

Mull. C., Lowe, C.G., Young, K. 2007.  Sexual segregation and utilization of coastal saltmarsh mitigation by pregnant female round stingrays (Urobatis halleri). American Elasmobranch Society, St. Louis, MI.

Plank, S., Lowe, C.G., Brusslan, J. 2007.  The population genetics of round stingrays (Urobatis halleri) from southern California assessed by microsatellite markers. American Elasmobranch Society, St. Louis, MI.

May:

Blasius, M.E. and Goodmanlowe G.D. 2007. Levels of PCBs and DDT in pinnipeds of the Southern California Bight.  Southern California Academy of Sciences.  California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.

Blasius, M.E. and Goodmanlowe G.D. 2007. Levels of PCBs and DDT in pinnipeds of the Southern California Bight. Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology Southern California Regional Meeting.  UCLA Conference Center, Lake Arrowhead, CA.

Mason, A.Z.  2007. Linking environmental analyses to biological effects: A new application of directly coupled HPLC-ICPMS for studying inter-protein metal transfer phenomena governing metal homeostasis and toxicity. Workshop Speaker for Perkin Elmer Corporation. May 16th 2007, Buena Park, CA.

April:

Diallo, L., Hays, L., Sabet, S., and Dillon, J.G. 2007.  Characterization of halophiles isolated from solar salterns in Baja California, Mexico.  32nd Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Merryfield, M. and Mason, A.Z. 2007. The Student as Scholar. Association of American Colleges and Universities. Long Beach, CA.

February:

Mason, A.Z.  2007. The roles of metallothionein in metal detoxification and homeostasis: Probing Metallothionein Functionality Using New Tools. Southern California Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Irvine, CA.

January:

Diallo, L., Sabet, S. and Dillon, J.G. 2007.  Characterization of halophiles from solar salterns. 19th Annual CSUPERB Biotechnology Symposium, Los Angeles, CA.

Kosman, E. and Pernet, B. Natural variability in size in the nonfeeding larvae of Bugula neritina. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Llaban, A., Archie, J.W., and Pernet, B. Risks of importing ghost shrimp (Neotrypaea californiensis) into southern California as live bait.  Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Mason, A.Z. and Dudgeon, J V. 2007. CSUPERB Core Facility for Elemental Micro-Chemical Analysis (FEMCA). 19th Annual CSUPERB Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

Elamin, A. McAbee, D. and Mason, A.Z. Center for Education in Proteomics. (CEPA). 19th Annual CSUPERB Conference, Los Angeles, CA.

2006

December:

Manley, S.L. and Hill, V.L. Release of oxidized bromine species from diatoms: Implication for the polar troposphere and oceanic polyhalomethane production. Fall Meeting American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

November:

Blasius, M.E., and Goodmanlowe, G.D. Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs) and chlorinated pesticides in pinnipeds of the Southern California Bight.  Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, WA.

Anthony, K., Lowe, C., Bellquist, L., Mason, T., Topping, D., Vaudo, J., Caselle, J.  Effectiveness of VR acoustic recievers in monitoring movements of fishes in different marine habitats.Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, WA.

Jarvis, E.T. Post-release survivorship of Southern California nearshore and shelf rockfishes caught on hook-and-line. Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, WA.

Lowe, C.G., Goodmanlowe, G.D., Blasius, M.E., Jarvis, E.T., Mason, T.J., and O'Sullivan, J.B.  Interactions between fisheries and white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Southern California Bight.   Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, WA.

Mason, T.J., and Lowe, C. G.   Barred sandbass (Paralabrax nebulifer) home range, habitat use, and site fidelity within a Southern Californa marine reserve.  Western Society of Naturalists, Redmond, WA.

September:

Kelley, K.M.  Characterization of endocrine-disrupted conditions in marine fishes of southern California's urban ocean.  California and the World Ocean '06 Conference, Long Beach, CA.

Mason, A.Z. 2006. An Evaluation of the SIOSED Project. Thetis, Venice Italy.

August:

Blasius, M.E., Goodmanlowe, G.D., Jarvis, E., Mason, T., O’Sullivan, J.B. and Lowe, C.G.   Occurrence of juvenile white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in fisheries throughout the Southern California Bight.  Ann. Mtg. American Elasmobranch Society, New Orleans, LA.

Gliniak, H., Lowe, C.G., and Kelley, K.M.  Catching-related stressors and cortisol response in eastern Pacific rockfishes.  International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

Hale, L., Dudgeon, J., Lowe, C.G. and Mason, A.Z.   Elemental signatures in the vertebral cartilage of the round stingray, Urobatis halleri, from Seal Beach, California.  Ann. Mtg. American Elasmobranch Society, New Orleans, LS.

Kelley, K.M., Reyes, J.A., Kalman, J.E., Hamilton, A.W., Galima, M.M., Sak, K., Lowe, C.G., and Armstrong, J.L.  Stress and consequences in the urban ocean – studies on marine fishes of the Southern California Bight. International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

Loke, K.A., Sundberg, M.A., Young, K.A., and Lowe, C.G.   External morphology and sex steroid indicators of gonad state in California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher).  International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

Lowe, C.G., Anthony, K., Bellquist, L., Jarvis, E., Mason, T., Topping, D., Vaudo, J. and Caselle, J.   Effectiveness of VR receivers in monitoring movements of fishes in different marine habitats.  International Congress on the Biology of Fish, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada.

Mull, C.G., Lowe, C.G. and Young, K.A.  Plasma testosterone concentrations and GSI as predictors of mating periodicity in male round stingrays (Urobatis halleri).  Ann. Mtg. American Elasmobranch Society, New Orleans, LA.

Reyes, J.A., Petschauer, D.M., Hagstrom, R.K., Armstrong, J.L., Dalkey, A., Sak, K. and Kelley, K.M.   Endocrine disruption in flatfish of the Southern California Bight.  VIIth International Congress on the Biology of Fishes, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada.

Sundberg, M.A., Loke, K.A., Lowe, C.G. and Young, K.A.   Steroid hormone levels correlate with gonadal function during sex transition in California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher).  Ann. Mtg. Society of the Study of Reproduction, Omaha, NB.

Weng, K.C., O’Sullivan, J., Lowe, C.G., Winkler, C., Dewar, H. and Block, B.A.   Movement, behavior and habitat of juvenile white sharks in the eastern Pacific.  Ann. Mtg. American Elasmobranch Society, New Orleans, LS.

Zemel, H.L. and Lowe,  C.G.  Temperature sensitivity of the round stingray, Urobatis halleri.  Ann. Mtg. American Elasmobranch Society, New Orleans, LA.

July:

Gonzalez, A., Planutyte, L., Sauble, E., Thon, V., Mason, A.Z. and Linder, M.C. 2006 . How ferritin releases its iron through entry into lysosomes and proteolysis, and the potential roles of DMT1 and a form of low molecular weight iron in these processes. 5th Biometals Symposium, OR.

Hale, L.F. Dudgeon, J.V. Lowe, C. and Mason A.Z. 2006.  Elemental signatures in the vertebral cartilage of the round stingray, Urobatis halleri, from Seal Beach, California. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists.  New Orleans, LA.

Hill, V. L. and Manley,  S.L.  Does an Extracellular Bromoperoxidase of Marine Diatoms Halogenate DOC?  60th Annual Meeting of the Phycological Society of America; Juneau, AK.

Felley, J. D., Vecchione, M.,  and R.R. Wilson Jr.   Habitat Preferences of Deep-sea Demersal Nekton in the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 11th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Southhampton U.K.

June:

Mason, A.Z.  2006. Biomarkers of Toxicant Exposure: Roles of Metallothioneins in Metal Detoxification and Homeostasis. 87th Annual Meeting of American Association Advancement of Sciences, San Diego, CA.

McMath, L., Trout, A. and Dillon, J.   Seasonal shifts in bacterioplankton community diversity in the Salton Sea.  Summer Meeting of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, B.C., Canada.

May:

Jarvis, E.T. and Lowe, C.G.  Angling-induced barotrauma and initial catch survival of southern California nearshore and shelf rockfishes (Scorpaenidae, Sebastes spp.).  Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.

Kelley, K.M., Reyes, J.A., Kalman, J.E., Hamilton, A.W., Galima, M.M., Sak, K., Lowe, C.G. and Armstrong, J.L.  Stress and consequences in the urban ocean – environmental endocrinology of marine fishes of the Southern California Bight.  Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.

Loke, K.A., Sundberg, M.A., Young, K.A. and Lowe, C.G.  Indicators of gonad state in California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher).  Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.

Mason, A.Z.  2006.  New Challenges Facing the CSU System: Research Expansion or Extinction in the Experimental Sciences? Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, CA.

Mason, A.Z.  2006. New Analytical Methodologies for Studying the Biological Roles of Metals in Marine Organisms. Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University. San Francisco State University, CA.

Mull, C.G., Lowe, C.G. and Young, K.A.  Plasma testosterone levels correlate with spermatogenesis but not GSI in male round stingrays (Urobatis halleri).  Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.

Plank, S.M., Lowe, C.G. and Brusslan, J.A.  The use of microsatellite markers to evaluate the genetic population structure of the round stingray at Seal Beach, CA.  Southern California Academy of Sciences, Malibu, CA.

Reyes, J.A., Petschauer, D.M. and Kelley, K.M.  Region-associated disruption of flatfish endocrine systems -Studies in the Southern California Bight.  Proc. S. Calif. Soc. Env. Toxicol. Chem. & S. Calif. Acad. Sci. Annual Meeting, Malibu, CA.

Wilson, R. R. Jr. A Genetic Perspective on the Spread of Invasive Estuarine Fishes: Another form of Anthropogenic Pollution? Southern California Coastal Waters Research Project Seminar Series, Westminster CA.

March:

Kelley, K.M., Reyes, J.A., Kalman, J.E., Hamilton, A.W., Galima, M.M., Sak, K., Lowe, C.G., and Armstrong, J.L.  Stress in the Urban Ocean -Studies on marine fishes of the Southern California Bight.  Proc. Western Reg. Conference on Comparative Endocrinology, Newport, OR.

Reyes, J.A., Petschauer, D.M., Hagstrom, R.K., Armstrong, J.L., Dalkey, A., Sak, K. and Kelley, K.M.  Endocrine disruption in flatfish of the Southern California Bight.  Proc. Western Reg. Conference on Comparative Endocrinology, Newport, OR.

January:

Chu, Y-H., Mason, A.Z. and Linder  M. C. 2006. Metal Binding Components of Human Serum as Determined by HPLC/ICP MS. 18th Annual CSUPERB Conference, San Jose, CA.

Mason, A.Z. and Dudgeon, J V. 2006. CSUPERB Core Facility for Elemental Micro-Chemical Analysis (FEMCA). 18th Annual CSUPERB Conference, San Jose, CA.

Pernet, B.  Feeding by larvae of two different developmental modes in the annelid Streblospio benedicti.  Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Orlando FL.

Rempel, M.A., Deng, X., Armstrong, J., Kelley, K.M., Bay, S. and Schlenk, D.  Potential ecological impacts of estrogenic activity in demersal flatfish collected near the Orange County Sanitation District wastewater outfall.  Proc. Amer. Chemical Soc. 40th Western Regional Meeting, Anaheim, CA.