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Number 14| March 2020
Gunter Library News
"Gunter Library News" is the monthly e-newsletter highlighting current events and happenings at the Gunter Library at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, University of Southern Mississippi.
Resource of the Month:
BioOne Complete
BioOne Complete, BioOne’s flagship product, is a database of over 200 subscribed and open-access titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

To see if a journal is included, click the button below for the complete list. This on line resource is available at GCRL campuses only.
Upcoming Events

Friday, March 13, 9am-10am, Cedar Point, Counseling Workshop
Friday, March 13, 11am-12pm, Caylor 103, Designing a Winning Poster Presentation Workshop (Postponed - will be rescheduled)
Monday, March 16, 1pm-2pm, Caylor Auditorium, Edithrose Fairweather Thesis Defense
Wednesday, March 18, 2pm-3pm, Caylor Auditorium, Women in Science Seminar
Friday, March 20, 9am-10am, Cedar Point, Counseling Workshop
Tuesday, March 24, 9 am to noon, Thad Cochran Center, Hattiesburg, Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Research Symposium (Postponed - may be rescheduled)
Friday, March 27, 8am-12pm, Gunter Library - Last Friday Breakfast
Friday, March 27, 9am-10am, Cedar Point, Counseling Workshop
Tuesday, March 31, 6pm-7pm, Dining Hall, Science Cafe (may be postponed)
Friday, April 3, 9am-10am, Cedar Point, Counseling Workshop
Friday, April 10, 9am-10am, Cedar Point, Counseling Workshop

This workshop is postponed for now and will be rescheduled for Fall 2020 semester. The presenter has sent a pdf of her talk, contact the library for a copy.
Susan A. Siltanen Graduate
Research Symposium

Postponed - may be rescheduled

The 2020 Susan A. Siltanen Graduate Research Symposium, hosted by the Graduate School and the Graduate Student Senate, will take place March 24, 2020. The symposium provides graduate students with an opportunity to present their research to faculty, staff and students in a competitive environment through oral and poster presentations. The symposium is designed to enhance the scholarly environment for graduate students and highlight the innovative and scholarship being done by Southern Miss graduate students.
COA students who are presenting include:
· Anna Millender "Preliminary Assessment of the Reproductive Biology of Two Cryptic Species of Cownose Ray in the Northern Gulf of Mexico"
· Pavel Dimens “Genomic approaches reveal the population structure of the Atlantic blackfin tuna”
· Christian Hayes “Relationships between nekton community structure and turtlegrass (Thalassia testudinum) complexity across the northern Gulf of Mexico"
· Emelia Marshall "Evaluating Functional Equivalence of Restored Marshes in Coastal Mississippi Using Structural and Trophic Metrics"
· Zac Lane "Intertidal HVAC: Fiddler crabs alter their burrow shape in response to varying climates"
· Evan Grimes "Effects of artificial freshwater diversion projects on wetland vegetation in the northern Gulf of Mexico "
· Caitlin Slife “Seasonal dietary shifts of Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in Mississippi state waters”

Carpool instructions: Van # 14585 will be loading at the dorm parking lot (East Beach/Halstead campus at 7 am on Tuesday, March 24, with an eta in Hattiesburg at 8:30 am in time for poster set up. The van departs following the awards lunch which starts at 12:30pm. Contact Christian Hayes Christian.hayes@usm.edu or phone at 937-705-5364 to ride in the van.
Joyce Shaw is serving as a judge at the symposium.
Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS)
annual meeting

The MAS met in Biloxi February 20-21 at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Convention Center for its annual conference. GCRL associated researchers who presented at this conference were:

* Rachel Moseley and Rachel Mugge "Marine microbiome research of deep gulf benthic habitats"
* Kelly Darnell "Seagrass distribution and condition at Cat Island, Mississippi"
Upcoming Science Café

May be postponed - to be determined. If event is held, it will be broadcast via Facebook Live as usual.
Tuesday, March 31 , 6:00 p.m.
GCRL Dining Hall
Sponsored by: Mississippi Alabama Sea Grant Consortium

Cookies & Coffee compliments of Coffee Fusion

"Like" the GCRL Science Cafe Facebook page for more information about upcoming Science Cafe events.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Joyce Shaw, Head Librarian - 228-872-4213