ERF 2001:
An Estuarine Odyssey

The Tradewinds Conference Center
St. Pete Beach, Florida
4-8 November 2001


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More than 200 students present research at ERF 2001

The Student Judge Coordinators, Dan Childers and Jim Fourqurean, tallied four days' worth of comments in time for presentation at the Thursday night closeout party. Nineteen awards were presented, including Best Graduate Poster (Sarah Frias-Torres, Florida Inst. of Technol.); Best Undergraduate Poster (Abigail Knee, REU); Best Graduate Talk (Leila Hamden, George Mason Univ.); and Best Undergraduate Talk (Miriam Morales-Ramirez, Univ. Autonoma de Baja California). A special ECSA Poster Award was presented to Christa Woodley (Southern Mississippi Univ.). The complete list of awardees is presented below.

Thanks to everyone who judged the student presentations. This valuable service is greatly appreciated by the students and ensures high quality presentations by our newest estuarine scientists.

Best Graduate Poster ($300): Sarah Frias-Torres (Florida Inst. of Technol.)
Special ECSA Poster ($200): Christa Woodley (Southern Mississippei Univ.)
Second Place Poster ($150): Thomas Reinert (Univ. of Georgia)
Poster Runners Up ($50): Tatiana Rynearson (Univ. of Washington)
Susan Park (Univ. of Delaware)
Julien Lartigues (Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory)

Best Undergraduate Poster ($300): Abigail Knee (REU)
Second Place Poster ($150): Jaime McCray (REU)
Poster Runners Up ($50):Martha WIlliams (REU); Archie Hayes (REU);Justin Crotty (Eckerd College); Emily Lindland (FGCU)

Best Graduate Talk ($300): Leila Hamden (George Mason Univ.)
Second Place Talk ($150):Lora Harris (Univ. of Rhode Island)
Runners Up ($50):Alisa Maier (Louisiana State Univ.); Amy Uhrin (NOAA, Beaufort, NC); Raymond Konisky (Univ. of New Hampshire);Vanessa Forbes (Univ. of Western Australia)

Best Undergraduate Talk ($300): Miriam Morales-Ramirez (Univ. Autonoma de Baja California

Students who wish to receive their judging comments should send a self-addressed stamped envelope to Dan Childers, Dept. Biological Sciences, Florida International University, University Park, OE 167, Miami, FL 33199.



Meetings Co-Located with ERF 2001

ERF 2001
is co-sponsored by the
Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association
(ECSA)
Members in good standing of ECSA may register for the conference at the member rate.

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