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Guaging Clams in Three Mile Harbor

Contact Information:
stalmage@ic.sunysb.edu


SUNY Stony Brook
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
171 Discovery Hall
Stony Brook, NY 11794

SUNY Stony Brook, Southampton Campus
Natural Sciences Building
239 Montauk Highway
Southampton, NY 11968

Stephanie Talmage, Curriculum Vitae


Current Research

I am currently a PhD student at Stony Brook University in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.  My current research advisor is Dr. Christopher Gobler.  Dr. Gobler's lab works primarily on harmful algal blooms, and phytoplankton ecology.  My research interests have branched off from this a bit to include shellfish.  Specifically, local species to Long Island including hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), scallops (Argopecten irradians), and oysters (Crassostrea virginica).  I am investigating the effects of climate change, through increased carbon dioxide levels and acidification, on the growth and survival of juvenile shellfish.

           
I am also working, in part, on a study of eutrophication in the Forge River Estuary on Long Island.  I aid in this research by monitoring the growth and abundance of the dominant macroalgal species in this system, Ulva lactuca.

Publications

Schumacher, R.W., S.C. Talmage, S.A. Miller, K.E. Sarris, B.S. Davidson, and A.
    
Goldberg. 2003. Isolation and structure determination of an antimicrobial ester from a   
     marine sediment-derived bacterium. Journal of Natural Products 66(9) pp. 1291-3.

Douglas, N.L., K.M. Mullen, S.C. Talmage, and C.D. Harvell. 2007. Exploring the role of
     Chitinolytic enzymes in sea fan coral (Gorgonia ventalina) immunity.  Marine Biology
    
150(6) pp. 1137-1144.

 
Talmage, S.C. and C.J. Gobler. 2009. The effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations
     on the metamorphosis, size, and survival of larval hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria),
     bay scallops (Argopecten irradians), and Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica).
     The Journal of Limnology and Oceanography 54(6) pp. 2072-2080

Presentations

Paper presentation at the ASLO Meeting in Nice, France, 2009
Paper presentation at the Western Society of Naturalists Meeting, 2006
Poster presentation at the LTER All Scientists Meeting in Colorado, 2006
Paper presentation at the Western Society of Naturalists Meeting, 2005
Poster presentation at the Marine Benthic Ecology Meeting, 2005
Presentation at the University of Rocherster's Reserach Forum, 2003
Poster presentation at Cornell's undergraduate reserach board, 2003
Presentation at the Ecological Center in Akumal, Mexico, 2002

Membership in professional societies:
 

American Society of Limnology and Oceanography

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association of Underwater Scientists
Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science
Phycological Society of America
International Society for Reef Studies
Diver's Alert Network / PADI

Training Certifications and Skills:

Dive Master PADI-SCUBA certification
Ocean Certified Lifeguard with CPR/AED/First Aid
DAN Oxygen Provider
French Captain Boating License
US Coast Guard Boating License

Links to Websites:

SUNY Stony Brook- Gobler Lab

SUNY Stony Brook-School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

East Hampton Town Trustees

Cornell University

California State University Northridge Marine Biology

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Aerial View of Masters Research Study Sites in Moorea, French Polynesia
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Other Interests:

Stephanie Talmage is the 12th generation of her family to live in East Hampton Town.  She is just finishing her first two-year term as East Hampton Town Trustee, and is up for re-election in November 2009.  Stephanie earned her B.S. from Cornell University, her Master’s in Biology from California State University Northridge, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences at Stony Brook University.  Stephanie has studied many marine environments all around the globe from Long Island to Mexico to Tahiti and back.

Stephanie has been making many advances in her work as a full time researcher for Stony Brook University.  While working on her Ph.D., Stephanie is studying the effects of climate change, specifically ocean acidification, on the growth and development of our local hard clam, oyster, and bay scallop. 

While on the Trustee board, Stephanie has served on the aquaculture, Three Mile Harbor, Napeague Harbor, and education committees.  For the past two years on the Trustee board, Stephanie has worked adamantly in cleaning our beaches, fighting the resident beach-parking fee imposed by the town, as well as numerous other tasks to ensure that East Hampton Town residents will be able to enjoy the beauty of our beaches today and well into the future.

            If re-elected as a member of the East Hampton Town Trustees, Stephanie will continue to work towards protecting the resident’s rights to access beaches and bottomlands, and ensure that our native ecosystems thrive with marine life. 

Getting all the trash into the dumpster
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Beach Clean-up of Atlantic Ave. Parking Lot
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stalmage@ic.sunysb.edu