presents
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeries
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesisofferedtothegeneralpublictoprovideanopportunityforthegreaterWilmingtoncommunitytobenefitdirectly
fromthetopicsofinformationavailabletotheCenterinitsstudyareas.
ThePlanetOceanSeminarSeriesisfreeandopentothepublic.However,duetolimitedseating,reservationsarerequired.
TheseminarwillbepresentedinthemainauditoriumattheUNCWCenterforMarineScience,whichislocatedoff
MasonboroLoopRoad.Theseminarwillbeginpromptlyat6:30intheauditorium.Areceptionwillfollowtheseminarat
7:30.Tomakereservationsorforfurtherinformation,pleasecallUNCWCenterforMarineScienceat(910)962-2301.
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UNCWCenterforMarineScience
5600MarvinK.MossLane
Wilmington,NC28409
VoyageIntotheAbyss
withDr.RichardA.Lutz
Director,CenterforDeepSeaEcology
andBiotechnology,RutgersUniversity
Tuesday,March1,2005,6:30p.m.
VoyageIntotheAbyss
withDr.RichardA.Lutz
Director,CenterforDeepSeaEcologyandBiotechnology,RutgersUniversity
I
t’sanalienlandscape:remote,vast,dark
andcold.It’slargelyunexplored.Humans
cannotsurvivethereforasecondwithouta
superstrongmachinetoprotectourfragile
bodies.
hereisthismysteriousplace?It’snot
locatedinthefarreachesofouter
space;it’srighthereonEarth,atthebottom
oftheworld’sdeepestoceans.Under
crushingpressureandthemostdenseof
darkness’,scientistshavefoundbizarre
creaturesinhabitingtheextremelyhotwaters
thatflowfromhydrothermalventsina
landscapeoftowering“smokerchimneys.”
W
D
r.RichardLutzisaRutgersbiologistand
oneoftheforemostauthoritiesonthe
ecologyofdeepseahydrothermalventsand
theirgeological
succession.He
boardsAlvin,
adeepsea
submersible,to
divemilesbelow
theocean’s
Pleasejoinusforthethirdseminar
inthe2004-2005PlanetOceanseries:
VoyageIntotheAbyss
withRichardA.Lutz
March1,2004
UNCWCenterforMarineScience
Auditorium
Seminar6:30p.m./Reception7:30p.m.
surfacetoconductecologicalresearchand
collectdeepseaorganismsformolecular
geneticanalysis,which
couldhavesignificant
biotechnological
impact.Thatresearch
ledhimtoamass
theworld’slargest
collectionoforganisms
fromdeepseahydrothermal
ventsandcoldwatersulfidemethaneseeps.
I
nadditiontoDr.Lutz’research,hehas
producedarecentlyreleasedIMAXmovie,
severaltelevisionproductionsandhasbeen
featuredinNationalGeographic.Heserves
ontheeditorialboardsofseveralscientific
journalsandbooksandhasbeenChief
Scientistonnumerousoceanographiccruises.
CenterforMarineScience
5600MarvinK.MossLane
Wilmington,NC28409
Toreserveseats,callCenterforMarineScience
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pleasevisitourwebsite:
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