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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The
Friends of the </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Ocean
Observatories Monitor Critical Processes to Understand Natural and
Anthropogenic Impacts on Food Chains in Temperate, Tropical and Antarctic
Waters</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday,
March 9, 2010</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> at </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:30</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Cape
Cod</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>869 Rte
6A, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>Brewster</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>, </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MA</span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>02631</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>508-896-3867
x 133 www.ccmnh.org</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font></b><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>February 10, 2010</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Contact:
Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or <a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net">gck1@comcast.net</a>
</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Friends of CCMNH monthly
meeting will be held on<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><font size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tuesday, March 9, 2010</span></font><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>at </span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>1:00pm</span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>, followed by the<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>program<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>, </span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'>Ocean
Observatories Monitor Critical Processes to Understand Natural and
Anthropogenic Impacts on Food Chains in Temperate, Tropical and Antarctic
Waters</span></font></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Scott Gallager and Amber York</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
11.0pt'>Friends of CCMNH members/free, guests/$3</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This talk will take you from the krill laden waters off </span></font>Antarctica
to the </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>tropical reefs of western </span></font>Panama and to the benthic
communities in our own backyard along the US Continental Shelf. New kinds of
optical instrumentation are being developed to help understand both natural and
anthropogenic impacts on ocean health such as over fishing and climate change.
Along the US Continental Shelf, the HabCam (HABitat mapping CAMera system) is
towed to survey sea scallop stocks, characterize habitat, and monitor ecosystem
change over time. Notably, discovery of areas impacted by the invasive tunicate
Didemnum vexillum is an example of drastic ecosystem change. These invasions
will be presented and visualized through a unique application of Google Earth. </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Scott Gallager</span></font></b>
graduated from Boston University with a Ph.D. in Biology and Oceanography. His
undergraduate education in electrical engineering and </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>environmental science has fueled his passion for designing and
constructing new instrumentation to measure important biological and physical
characteristics of the oceans. Scott is an avid cyclist making a daily 23 mile
round trip commute from </span></font>North Falmouth to Woods Hole.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Amber York</span></font></b> graduated
Magna Cum Laude from Boston University in 2006 with a Batchelor's degree in
Biology and Marine Sciences. Currently, she is a Research Associate in Scott's
lab where she is responsible for managing the HabCam Lab, </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>conducting benthic surveys, managing data processing. Amber is an
accomplished vocalist and guitarist.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:00</span></font></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Friends Meeting</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>1:30</span></font></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> Talk by Scott Gallager & Amber York</span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Friends/free, Guests/$3
</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
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