" The Lazarette Gazette NEWS FROM The University of Texas at Austin MARINE SCIENCE INSTITUTE . Port Aransas, Texas 78373-1267 Vol. 3, Issue 11, 24 June 1994 In this issue ofLazarette Gazette Rick Kalke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . coverMSI Personnel -Summer 1994 .....·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Regular sections: facilities and Equipment -p. 2, seminars -p. 3, trip reports & travel -p.3, safety -p. 4, egabrag woes -p. 5, irish pennants -p. 5, library -p. 6, tony's tidings p. 10, cruise reports & boat·operations -p. 11 RICK KALKE STILL SMILING AFTER 22 YEARS AT MSI Rick Kalke -How can the feliow on the masthead still be smiling after 22 years at the Marine ScienceInstitute? Especially after 22 ·years on-soft money? RickKalke first began work with MSI in Septemberof.1972, working first on a Galveston B~yProject and a-Corpus Christi Bay Study but soon being employedwith Dr. Johnny Holland's group-working on the Bureau ofLand Management Project. Some other projectsRick has worked on are: Dames and Moore: Benthic Sampl-e Analysis, Houston Oil & Mineral,USCG/Campeche Oil Spill, NOAA/Oil Intrusion, TAMU Foral & Faunal Survey, Kleberg/Estuarine/Benthic, TDWR/Freshwater Input, USFWS/Primary Production, CBCOG/Primary Productivity, TAMU-SG EcosystemModel, NOAA Ecosystem Monitoring, TDWR/Bay Ecosystem, TWDB Lavaca Bay, TWDB San Antonio Bay,BMI-MMS: Camp, and Laguna/STEPS. While hundreds of others who worked on these projects have short-. timed it and left, Rick Kalke has been the one person on the scientific support technical staff to surviveand prosper. Besides his work on scientific programs, Rick has often been involved in helping out with • teaching and with the specimen reference collection. He is author or coauthor of dozens of publications and technical reports. Rick earned both his BS and MS in Wildlife and Fisheries at Texas A & M. His wife Debbie (who once worked at MSI on the BLM study back when Bob Jones was program manager) is the Business Manager of the Port Aransas Independent School District. 12 year old son Chris will be a seventh grader next year and 9 year old daughter Lauren will be a fourth grader. This year Rick received the Jerry McDonald Citizenship Award (see LazGaz 3#9). He was honored for his long time work with Cub Scouts and now as Scoutmaster-of Port Aransas Boy Scout Troop 29 and for other community, school, and church volunteer work. Rick is considered the master chicken BBQ expert of Port Aransas. He is called on over and over to cook chicken for civic events. Believe it or not: Chris is also a groupie-he is the number one fan of country/western singer Chris Wall who sings at the Broken Spoke in Austin. Rick likes to garden, fish, hunt, hike and do the call ofthe wild. MSI Boy Scouts -The boys on the masthead are all members of Port Aransas Scout Troop 29 and have a father associated with the MSI. Chris Kalke (saluting) is the son of Research Scientist Associate III Rick Kalke. J. B. Atkinson (sitting) is the son of Jim Atkinson, who is a former employee of MSI and now contracts to perform the daily vehicle errands for MSI. Sean Cantu (between Chris and JB) is the son of Captain Noe Cantu. Jacoh-Guajardo (waving at the bow) is the son of Gardener Moy Gu_ajardo. Chris and J.B. will both be in the seventh grade next year while Sean and Jacob will be sixth graders. All four boys have plans for summer camp with Scoutmaster Kalke at the Buffalo Trails S~out Camp in the. Davis Mountains this summer. Boathouse renovation -Renovation of the MSI Boathouse has been moved forward on the schedule, with a prebid conference being held earlier this week. The project was put on a hurry-up basis because marine borers have apparently eaten clear through the northwest corner piling. (Maybe you have noticed when coming in the entrance to the UT boat basin that you can see the roof and one side of the boathouse are now gently sloping.) The MSI Boathouse was sturdily constructed back in 1960 but with creosote timber piles supports. The bugs have finally done their job. In addition to fixing the pilings, the work will provide new walkways and new boat hoists. New pier access -Physical Plant A & E Services is working on two projects to improve access to the new pier and pier laboratory. The first project will be to provide a paved roadway and sidewalks and small parking area. This access will be via the existing route through the pond area. This project will also include new attractive security fencing in the area. A second project, just in initial planning stages, would provide a direct elevated timber walkway, over a new saltwater pond, from the Visitor Center. Pier removal -Finally the old pier is gone! The contractor completed removal of the old MSI pier last week. The drive to the pier has_ also been removed and the area will be resodded. During the removal process an old steam boiler and a railroad train wheel carriage assembly were brought up. These items were retained at MSI and Barto Arnold of the Texas Antiquities Committee was notified. For the present the· items are being held in fresh water jp one of MSl's,ponds to prevent rust deterioration. Preliminary inquiries reveal that the steam boiler may have been from a work barge which once was based at the old Army Corps of Engineers Pier. The train wheel carriage is thought-to date back to the construction of the rock jetties. 2 • Dr. Michelle Wood, Dept. of Biology, University of Oregon, Defining the niche for ultraphytoplankton in an oligotrophic ocean, March 25. • Dr. Lee Fuiman, UTMSI, The interplay ofontogeny and scaling in the interactions offish larvae and their predators, April 8. • Dr. J. Vaun McArthur, Savannah River Ecology Lab, Basins to bacterial genes: aquatic and terrestrial linkages, April 15. • Dr. Alan Groeger, Southwest Texas State University, The ionic composition 1of rivers of the Edwards Plateau, April 22. • Dr. Robert Folk, UT -Dept. of Geology, Bacteria and earth surface chemistry, April 29. • Dr. Chris Onuf, Corpus Christi Station Center for Wetlands Research, USFWS, Seagrass responses to major perturbation: brown tide and species invasion in upper Laguna Madre, May 13. • Greg Street, UTMSI, Genetic consequences for meiofauna living in a disturbed environment, May 20. • Dr. Ken Dunton, UTMSI, The light requirements for growth and photosynthesis in macrophytes from polar and subtropical environments, June 10. • Dr. David Gaskin, University of Guelph, Dept. of Zoology, The North Atlantic Right Whale is an "Evolutionary Significant Unit": Does this help us?, June 17. • Dr. Lucy Dueck, University of Guelph, Population divergents of an introduced salmonid Oncorhynchus mykiss, in the lake Ontario watershed, based on the mitochondrial genome, June 17. -compiled by Patty Baker Travel ending between June -11 and June 24.. +Rick Kalke and Greg Street, June 3-18, Galveston, to participate in a GOOMEX cruise aboard the RIV POWELL. +Rick Tinnin, June 5-11, South Padre Island, to lead Blue Planet Summer Teacher Institute at the LopezRiggins Elementary. 3 +Dean Stockwell, June 6, Galveston, to attend Northwest Gulf of Mexico Fish Kill, May 1994, data sharing meeting sponsored by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. +Randy Garza, June 11-16, Miami, Florida, present paper, Isolation ofLytic Viruses which infect a marine heterotrophic nanofiagellate at the ASLO/PSO joint meeting. + Chen Feng, June 11-18, Miami, Florida, present paper, Development of a PCR-based technique for detecting and quantifying algal viruses in aquatic environment at the ASLO/PSO joint meeting. +Curtis Suttle, June 11-18, Miami, Florida, present papers, Design and use ofPCR primers for B-family polymersegenes and Occurrence and isolation of viruses which infect chyrsochromulina at the American Society of Microbiology meeting. +Lee Fuiman, June 13-15, Mobile, Alabama, participate in the Summer Marin~-Colloquium Series of the Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium, guest speaker on Size and structure: changing rules in the game of survival for larval fishes. Austin Travel Tips -How about sharing Austin travel information with your fellow employees and readers of the LazGaz? Many of us travel to main campus in Austin and would welcome information on lodging, routes, and food. Your editor volunteers to get us started: • *Lodging-Recently I stayed at the Governor's Inn. This is a bed and breakfast place, and is part of the Carrington's Bluff B & B enterprise which is listed in the UT Austin preferred lodging guide. They will give the same rates ($55/single and $65/double). Governor's Inn is located on the corner of Rio Grande and 22nd, which means it is a relatively easy walk to the UT tower. You have to pull into the small parking area . from the alleyway before you see their small sign. When I stayed there it was not crowded and you can safely park right outside the door. This is a restored Victorian home and in the evening you can sit on a porch swing or wicker rocker underneath outdoor ceiling fans on a large porch beneath a canopy of pecan trees. The best thing about this place is that there are no televisions. The next best thing is the nice breakfast which is included as part of the cost. One negative: the cook's yellow-green parrot perches atop the same counter where the breakfast is prepared and excretes a yellow-green material theron. *Food -Along my route there is a good sandwich shop at Bayside, great Mexican food at Refugio, and super BBQ at Cuero, Luling and Lockhart. We need to treat this subject more seriously in a future issue of the LazGaz. Readers, please contribute. 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Ifonly there was more space on that travel voucher-if I could just tell the full story probably Venus would add a $50 bonus. "Inspect Bldg. #18A at BRC"-sounds boring; but, therein is an adventure. MSI has space, a small amount on the first floor and all the third floor, in this old brick building at BRC (now known as Pickle Research Center). Acting Director Whitledge had never seen this space so we arranged to meet at #18A on a day we were both in Austin on other business. Locked out and in #18A. Arriving early, I got out the keys I had brought from Port Aransas. They still worked fine, but there was now an additional hasp and combination padlock on the door. A UT Guard was very helpful, but said that neither the Police or Physical Plant had access to the building; it was "controlled" by Texas Memorial Museum (the other occupant of the building). A phone call to them obtained the combination, and we were soon inside after losing a half an hour or so. While we were inspecting the building a young woman from the Texas Memorial Museum arrived and apologized for the lock; she soon left-closing the door behind her very effectively. When we sought to leave we could not get out. The same lady who had locked us out had now locked us in! Something had broken off inside the lock when she pulled the door shut. Bldg. #18A is not much of a building but it is well built and the doors are very sturdy. There were no tools to be found anywhere; no lower floor windows to be opened, and no telephone. We tried and tried to open the door and searched and searched for tools. Dr. Whitledge began checking his watch and calculating how long it would take to drive back to main campus for a scheduled meeting with the new Executive Vice President. I began calculating the ch~ces of surviving a jump out a second floor door which led directly outside but had no steps. Suddenly, with the help of an improvised tool, the door was open. The next time we go to Bldg. #18A we will take Ollie Bandy (MSl's Painter and expert locksmith) with us. -John Thompson • The grape juice was really gooa and so was the beans until the bird dropped a bomb. (Jeff Craver, Fort Worth) • I had an incredible, and JJZemorable_time a_t .Oceanogrqphy D~... Afier our lunch was settled in our stomachs and well on its way through our gastrointestip,al tract, those of us in Sharks 6 proudly marched on to the main building .... We swa·m, waaed, and walked along the beach, all the while viewing the female gender of the human race ..... Oceanography Day was a total blast. (Joshua Hampton, Rosenberg) • We watched in wonder as the dolphins got as close as 12 feet away to ride the bow wave of our burnt orange and white vessel. What a way to end an exciting and educational boat trip. (Christopher Dooley, Fredericksburg) • Oceanography Day was a huge success and it made me think a lot more about the environment and how I affect it. The entire program created a very good learning experience ... (Andrew Whitley, Houston)• I learned a 5 great deal more about oceanography than I knew before-and I used to collect many, many books on marine biology! (Kevin Whitley, Houston) •The day had been long and hard but it was worth it every bit... .It was a neat feeling to know all that information about the ocean and then go swimming in it the next day. That really made me feel good. (Grant Myrick, Georgetown) • Last weekend was a weekend I'll never forget. (Brian Carpenter, Spring) • Then came the beginning ofthe day I'll remember forever. (Doug Carpenter, Spring) • The next day was awesome...I learned many new things on this trip and I think it would be pretty cool to be an oceanographer when I grow up. (Alex Van Rooyen, Spring)• Oceanography Day was a fun activity. It made a hard merit badge easy and a lot offun to get. (Glenn Ratliff, Columbus) •It was very fun going to The University ofTexas to learn about ocean life hands on instead of out of a boring textbook. I really appreciate the people that did this. (Jeremy Shilling, Columbus) • The one thing I will always remember is that man that had the English Boy Scout uniform on. He was real interesting and informative about Antarctica. (Will Haley, Cat Spring) • I am interested in someday 5ecoming a scientist. The Oceanography Day may have been just another school day to some scouts, but I was thrilled to learn with live creatures and hands-on tools. (Paul Pleasant, Alleyton) • My experience with the Oceanography Merit Badge is a little different than most Scouts. I flew into Austin, Texas from Newark, New Jersey....! liked putting-my hands in the ocean mud but had to deal with the skunk-like smell. (Dudd K. Flanagan Ill, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) • Oceanography Day; was a blast. And all my friends and fellow Scouts thought the same. It was run well and was organized'well. The Oceanography Day this year was a big success. (Buck Williams, Portland) • This guy went along the beach and counted the trash and gulls. One time he counted every single piece oftrash. Then he saved a dolphin that had eaten a piece oftrash and was sick. They fixed him up and let him go free back in the ocean. He found abandoned ships that had washed in after a bad storm. One time he even saved a whale. Amazing, isn't it. (Shad Jarvis, Cypress) • The next time I go to the beach, I plan to take my net and my microscope and see what I can catch on my own ... In that one day I learned more things than I usually learn in a week at school... Thank you again for a very special day ... I will remember it as one ofthe best parts ofmy life as a scout. (Bradley Hill, Spring) UTCAT PLUS is now up. You need to be aware that in addition to providing searchable content tables from 1500 periodicals in arts, humallities, science, social science and general news, it is NOW offering 340 full text (without graphics) periodicals from 1993 on. Read about it under NEWS (no.6) on the main menu and access these papers through no.2 "Indexes to periodical articles" (the A~ademic Index). You have the option of reading the full text articles online or sending them to your Email address. I have successfully moved two papers to my internet address @UTMSI. Of interest to us will be the availability of articles in the news magazines and news papers not available locally. Books purchased through The General Libraries Approval Plan • Caribbean reef ecology. Alevizon, William W. QH 109 Al A44 1~94 MS~ . • Biomonitoring o7 trace aquf:!t"iC contaminants. Phillips, D.J.H. & P.S. Rainbow QH 90.57 B5 P46 1993 MSL • Mixing and transport in the environment. Beven, Keith et al. GC 231 M59 1994 msl • Ecology of the Southern California Bight; a synthesis and interpretation. Dailey, Murray D., et al. QH 95.45 S68 E25 1993 MSL • Understanding the North Sea system. Charnock, H. et al. Gc-591 U534 1994 MSL • Hydrocarbon bioremediation. Hin9hee, Robert E., et al. TD 196 P44 H93 1994 MSL • The coral reef at night. Levine, J.S. & J.L. Rotman QL 125 L48 1993 MSL • Environmental indicators and shellfish safety. Hackney, C.R. & M.D. Pierson RA 602 S6 E6 1994 MSL • Parasitic worms offish. Williams, Harford & Arlene Jones SH 177 H45 W54 1994 MSL Purchased with Marine Science Advisory Council funds. • Molecular evolution. Methods in Enzymology, V.183 Doolittle, Russell F. (ed) QH 325 M654 1990 MSL Gifts & Exchange • Measurement and analysis of random data. Bendat, Julius S. & Allan G. Piersol QA 401 B445-MSL • Fishes of the Arabian Gulf. Kuronuma, K. & Y. Abe QL 622.32 K87 1986 MSL e Stemming the tide of coastal fish habitat loss. Stroud, Richard H. (ed) SH 157.8 S746 1992 MSL • Historical shore changes in Corpus Christi, Oso, and Nueces Bays, Texas Gulf Coast. R.A. Morton & J.G. Paine TN 24 T4 T38 N0.84-6 MSL • Shoreline changes on Mustang Island and North Padre Island (Aransas Pass to Yarborough Pass) an analysis of historical changes of the Texas Gulf shoreline. Morton, R.A. & M.J. Pieper TN 24 T4 T38 N0.77-1 MSL • Two years after the spill: environmental recovery in Prince William Sound and the GulfofAlaska. Baker, J.M. et al. TD 427 P4 B4454 1991 MSL • Special 1994 tidal current predictions for Aransas Pas$, · Corpus -Christi;Texas. Nichols, C. Reid GC 309 A72 N4 1994 MSL • Fish, fishers and fisheries : proceedings of the second South African marine linefish symposium. Becckley, L.E. & R.P. van der Elst QL 635 S6 S74 1992 MSL • City of Corpus Christi Oso area. Urban Engineering TD 745 F334 1976 MSL • Aquaculture in Asia : proceeding ofthe 1990 APO symposium on aquaculture. Liao, I. Chiu, et al. HD 9466 A2 A76 1990B MSL • Practical manual for semi-intensive commercial . production of marine shrimp. Villalon, J.R. . SH 380.6 V5 1991 MSL • Bioluminescence of the world's oceans, annotated bibliography. Hickman, G.D. & R.F. Staples QH 641 H52 1979 MSL • Proceedings of the first international conference of toxic dinofiagellate ~ blooms. LoCicero, Vincent R. SH 177 R4 157 1974B MSL MSI PERSONNEL -SUMMER 1994 PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY, INSTRUMENTATION Anthony F. Amos, Research Associate Andrea R. Wickham, Laboratory Research Assistant III -Charles C. Rowe, Laboratory Research Assistant I MAR.ICULTURE-FINFISH 'Connie R. Arnold, Ph.D., Associate Director-Mariculture & Senior Research Scientist D. Allen Davis, Ph.D., Research Scientist Associate II Scott A. Holt, M.S., Research Associate Cecilia M. Riley, M.S., Research Scientist Associate I -Ying-Chun Liu, M.S., Laboratory Research Assistant III ·David 0. Jirsa, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant ·A. Scott Williams, B.S. Graduate Research Assistant -James M. Tolan, B.S., Research Scientist Assistant Cameron M. Pratt, B.S., Laboratory Research Assistant IV -Kathy F. Binney, B.S., Laboratory Research Assistant IV -Patricia A. Serna, B.S., Laboratory Research Assistant IV Gilbert Ramos, Laboratory Research Assistant III -Oana J. Allen, Laboratory Research Assistant II Liza M. Gonzales, REU Fellowship MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 'Ronald H. Benner, Ph.D., Research Scientist J. Dean Pakulski, Ph.D., Research Scientist Assoc. I Bopaiah A. Biddanda, Ph.D., Research Scientist Assoc. I Andrew R. Zimmerman, M.S., Research Scientist Assistant •steven P. Opsahl, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant ~ainer M. W. Amon, M.S. Graduate Research Assistant ·Andrew Biersmith, B.S. Graduate Research Assistant ·susan E. Ziegler, B.S. Graduate Research Assistant Lauren L. Clark, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant Brenda L. Hamman, B.S., Research Scientist Assistant Marisa A. Garza, REU Fellowship MAR.INEZOOPLANKTONECOLOGY 'Edward J. Buskey, Ph.D., Research Scientist ·scott E. Stewart, M.S. ·Jay 0. Peterson, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant Cammie J. Coulter, B.S., Research Scientist Assistant Jose C. Barrios, REU Fellowship COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 'James N. Cameron, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist (on leave of absence) SEAGRASS & MACROALGAE BIOLOGY & ECOLOGY 'Kenneth H. Dunton, Ph.D., Research Scientist ·James E. Kaldy, M.S., Teaching Assistant •sharon Herzka, B.S., Graduate Res. Asst. & REU Mentor ·Kun-Seop Lee, B.S., Teaching Assistant ··susan V. Schonberg, B.S., Research Scientist Associate I -Kimberly R. Jackson, Laboratory Research Assistant I -Janie R. Ramirez, Laboratory Research Assistant II ••Ethan Thompson, Laboratory Research Assista!l,t II Sylvia Calderon, REU Fellowship FISH BIOLOGY "Lee A Fuiman, Ph.D., Research Scientist ·Dennis M. Higgs, M.S. ·Kirsten R. Poling, B.S., Teaching Assistant MAR.ICULTURE-LARVAL FISH STUDIES 'G. Joan Holt, Ph.D., Research Scientist Philippe Douillet, Ph.D., Research Scientist Assoc. II *Jay Rooker, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant '"Kristen C. Drescher, B.A. Graduate Research Assistant ·A. Claire Fernandez, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant **Eric W. Curtis, B.S., Research Sci. Assistant Patricia L. Pickering, B.S., Lab. Research Asst. IV Janie Munoz, Lab. Research Asst. III Kai A. Bonner, REU Fellowship BENTHIC ECOLOGY 'Paul A Montagna, Ph.D., Research Scientist Jian Li, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Richard D. Kalke, M.A., Res. Scientist Assoc. III **Raouf Kilada, M.S., Research Scientist Asst. *M. Christine Ritter, M.S., Graduate Research Asst. •Antonio Mannino, B.A., Graduate Research Asst. ·Gregory T. Street, B.A., Teaching Assistant *Mark J. Lanzotti, B.S. Graduate Research Asst. Robert J. Rewolinski, B.S., Research Scientist Asst. -Chris M. Martin, B.S., Research Scientist Asst. Robert S. Burgess, Lab. Research Assistant IV -Carrol A. Simanek, Office Assistant Landon A. Ward, REU Fellowship MARINE CHEMISTRY, ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY 'Patrick L. Parker, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY, SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY 'Ellery D. lngall, Ph.D., Research Scientist *Lauren L. Clark, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant · v angielynn C. Tersol, REU Fellowship PHYTOPLANKTON ECOLOGY 'Curtis A Suttle, Ph.D., Research Scientist Hudson R. DeYoe, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow *Matthew T. Cottrell, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant Amy M. Chan, B.S., Research Scientist Associate I ·Feng Chen, B.S., Teaching Assistant " *D. Randy Garza, B.S., Grad. Research Asst.& REU Mentor '"Kristen M. Rodda, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant Laura L. Laidler, REU Fellowship MARINE TOXICOLOGY & REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY 'Peter Thomas, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist Shampa Ghosh, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Janet R. Ungerer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow Izhar A. Khan, Ph.D., Research Scientist Associate I ·charles W. Laidley, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant ·Jonathan H. Pinter, B.A., Graduate Research Assistant ·Jennifer L. Dicocco, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant *Karen G. Rogowski, B.S., Graduate Research Assistant .. ·Todd S. Sperry, B.A., Graduate Research Assistant -niane E. Breckenridge, Research Scientist Associate I -Lestarini D:. Budiantara, B.S., Research Scientist Assistant William E. Beasley, Jr., B.F.A., Lab. Res. Asst. IV Woodie R. Lawson, Laboratory Researct Asst. II G. Adrian Vargas, REU Fellowship USFWS COOP. MARINE TOXICOLOGY FIELD UNIT R. Scott Carr, Ph.D., Unit Leader1 Duane Chapman, M.S.1 MARINE NUTRIENT CHEMISTRY 'Terry E. Whitledge, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist Dean A. Stockwell, Ph.D., Research Associate ·Zhihong Zheng, M.S., Graduate Research Assistant ~ussell J. Seguin, M.S. Graduate Research Assistant *•Marylynn I. Tinnin, B.S., Research Scientist Assi_stant Aaron J. Espinoza, REU Fellowship U.T. Austin Students (in residence at Port Aransas, Major Professor in Austin/Co-Supervisor at MSI) Charles W. Laidley, M.S., (Clark Hubbs, Professor, Zoology Department/Peter Thomas, Co-Supervisor) Russell J. Seguin, M.S., (P.L. Parker, Professor, Chemistry Department/ferry Whitledge, Co-Supervisor) Visiting Scientists Columbia Philippe Douillet, Ph.D., Bogota Patricia A Serna, B.S., Cartagena Egypt RaoufW. Kilada, M.S., Marine Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University Germany Kilian Hennes, M.S., Limnological Institute, University of Constance India Bopaiah A Biddanda, Ph.D., Biological Oceanographic Institute, National Institute of Oceanography, Mercara Shampa Ghosh, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Visva Bharati University West Bengal lzhar Khan, Ph.D., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Japan Yong Zhu, Ph.D., Central Research Institute, Taiyo Fishery Co. Ltd., Tsukuba ADMINISTRATION 'Terry Whitledge, Ph.D., Acting Director & Professor John Thompson, B.B.A., Assoc. Director -Adm. Secretarial Office Kathleen F. Quade, Administrative Associate Patricia S. Baker, Technical Secretary Colleen C. Pike, B.A., Senior Office Assistant, F AML Personnel/Benefits Office JoAnn S. Page, Administrative Associate Fiscal Office Lynn M. Amos, Executive Assistant Victoria W. Roberson, Accounting Clerk III Faye L. Smith, Accounting Clerk III Erin K. Meuth, B.A., Accounting Clerk I Venus N. Mills, B.A., Stores Clerk III ··sandra J. Birdwell, Office Assistant Office of Marine Education Services Richard K Tinnin, M.S., Research Associate Robert V. Huntington, B.S., Research Scientist Assistant Linda T. Fuiman, Office Assistant -Linda M. Yates, Artist Library Ruth L. Grundy, B.S., Professional Librarian Tommye J. Adams, B.S., Library Assistant II ••Mervat F. IGlada, B.S., Office Assistant Boat Operations Donald L. Gibson, Senior Captain (RIV LONGHORN) John J. Turany, Boat Captain (RIV KATY) Noe T. Cantu, Boat Captain Hayden B. Abe1, Boat Captain Mark W. McGarity, Mate -Wm. Frank Walker, Cook _;. Maintenance John Shaw, Mechanic/l'echnician Supervisor -Jerry L. Clanton, Mechanicfl'echnician Supervisor James L. Raeder, Plumber J. Charles Hutchins, Plant Maintenance Mechanic William E. Piepmeier, Refrigeration Mechanic John L. Shedd, Electrician Veril D. Barr, Maintenance Worker II Michael W. Horn, Carpenter Charles L. Pearson, Carpenter Ollie T. Bandy, Painter Wyatt M. Harris, Storekeeper John M. Garlington, Building Attendant II Grounds Johnnie W. Yarbrough, Grounds Maintenance Leader Michael H.F. Gibson, Gardener Amador M. Guajardo, Gardener -David D. Hernandez, Maintenance Worker II Benny Rodriguez, Gardener Custodial Dolores Villarreal, Building Attendant Leader Norma I. Otero, Assistant Building Attendant Leader Olga S. Davila, Building Attendant II Josephine R. Jones, Building Attendant II Elsa S. Benavides, Building Attendant II Maria L. Selvera, Building Attendant II Security Adolphus J. Aldridge, Building Monitor Melvin E. Ervin, Guard, University Police Dennis N. Hendricks, Guard, University Police ··Robert Johnson, Guard, University Police ··Kevin L. Gibson, Guard, University Police "Cafeteria Antonio V. Martinez, Cook ··Patricia A. Jiamas, Cook ·student ••temporary or part time 'also see Department of Marine Science listing 1Employees of U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 9 DEPARTMENT OF MARINE SCIENCE FACULTY Peter Thomas, Ph.D., Acting Chairman & Professor Patrick L. Parker, Ph.D., Associate Chairman & Professor Connie R. Arnold, Ph.D., Professor E. William Behrens, Ph.D., Associate Professor Ronald H. Benner, Ph.D., Associate Professor Edward J. Buskey, Ph.D., Associate Professor James N. Cameron, Ph.D., Professor Kenneth H. Dunton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Lee A. Fuiman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor G. Joan Holt, P_h.D., Associate Professor Ellery D. Ingall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Bassett Maguire, Ph.D. Professor Paul A. Montagna, Ph.D., Assistant Professor J. Robert Moore, Ph.D., Professor J .A. Colin Nicol, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Carl H. Oppenheimer, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus Curtis A. Suttle, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Terry E. Whitledge, Ph.D., Professor D. E. Wohlschlag, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus -compiled by JoAnn Page Weather Report June 6 -19 1994 SUMMER SESSION STUDENTS Lori Anderson Shelley Anthony Diane Birsner Peter Bohls Jason Brown Pete Brunet Carina Chiscano Justin Esslinger Charles Even Debra Finn Christina King David Kinney Danielle LeBlanc Carl Meilahn Ann Middleton Kelly Mulheron Roger Muniz Colin Ocker James Piper Traci Prude Chris Restall Taylor Sprenkle Ethan Thompson Brian Trainor Cynthia Valdez Joe Wheat Janielle Wood Andi Wickham 10 ... .. 9 ... Tide Predictions for July (For tidal heights at the tide tower, South Jetty, the Aransas Pass. Heights are in feet above or below mean sea level. The shaded area is nighttime. Remember, this is tidal height, not tidal current. Slack water is when the wiggly line crosses the MSL line, not at peaks and valleys, where the tidal current will be a full flood or ebb.) x ~ I 2 I H H (;) -I m 1 m Gl H I -I 0 0 -I I D .... -1 -1 rn ,.,. ,.,. en I :x: m m H )> H 1 Gl Gl-I I 0 I -I -I .... -1 -1 - en ~ 0 ~ c I 2 I -I m 1 H m H Gl Gl I :J: I 0 -I 0 -I .... -1 -1 (_ ,.,. ,.,. rn -2 -I I 2 I 1"11 m -I 1 H H G"l Gl -< I :x: -I -I 0 0 ...,, .... -1 -1 ~~ -2 Cll Cll ~ > I 2 I m m H H G"l GI I I -I 0 0 -I .... -1 JUL 1994 ~ -2 RN LONGHORN -SUMMER SCHEDULE *June 23, teaching, Paul Montagna, Gulf, Marine Invertebrates * June 24-26, teaching, Ken D~mton, Port Isabel, Estuarine Ecology *June 27-30, UT-ARL, Duane Kurtin, sonobuoy placement and relocation, underwater detonation *July 5-7, minority students·training-cruise,-NSF OCE-9322284., Gulf, Rick Tinnin. *July 8-10, minority students trainin_g cruise, NSF GCE-932284, Baffin Bay & Upper Laguna Madre, T. E. Whitledge. * July 11 -15 and 18 -21; UT-ARL, Clark Penrod, Paul Eisman, ONR work, testing acousticarrays and recording buoy bystem, 4 to 500 meter depth. * July 22-23, teaching, Lee Fuiman, Gulf, Biology of Fishes * July 25 -August 5, Bill Behrens, training course, sum.mer teaching, transect to the East Breaks and return. (combination MSI and UTIG ship time) 11 ...... t • .. RIV LONGHORN returns from shipyard -A fresh coat of orange and white paint covering the RIV LONGHORN is evidenpe of her recent visit to a shipyard. Besides the fresh paint, bottom paint, and other repairs, it was necessary to replace both main shafts. -You may want to pickup the latest revised edition of the RIV LONGHORN manual. The revision includes information on the new Dynacon main winch, adds details on the ship's GPS, gives additional information and requirements relative to hazardous and/or radioactive materials. RIVLONGHORNMANUAL REVISED 12