The University Of North Carolina At Wilmington
CENTER FOR MARINE SCIENCE
CMS Internal Advisory Committee Agenda – February 19, 2003
Items for Discussion:
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Creation of a Resident Programs Committee

Assigning Primary & Secondary Reviewers for Pilot
Project Proposals
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Natural Area Teaching Lab Update
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Other Issues
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CMS Internal Advisory Committee Summary – February 19, 2003 – Page 1
Members Present:
Jack Hall (Environmental Studies/Dir.)
Patricia Kelley (Earth Sciences/Chair)
Steve Kinsey (CMS/Non-Resident)
Richard Laws (CMS/Resident)
Jim Merritt (CMS/Associate Director)
Curt Moyer (Physics/Chair)
Martin Posey (CMS/Resident)
Scott Quackenbush (Biology/Chair)
Ron Sizemore (CMS/Associate Director)
Charles Ward (Chemistry/Chair)
Members not Present:
Dan Baden (CMS/Director)
Steve Skrabal (CMS/Non-Resident)
Joan Willey (CMS/Associate Director)
Ex Officio Members Not Present:
Dennis Ihnat (Recorder)
Lisa Varner (Development)
Visitors:
None
Discussion Item: Creation of a Resident Programs Committee
 The IAC approved a modification to Section 991 of the Center for Marine Science
Handbook, adding Section 10 to establish the Resident Programs Committee.
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See attached copy of new Section 10.
Discussion Item: Assigning Primary & Secondary Reviewers for Pilot Project
Proposals
 The IAC assigned primary and secondary reviewers for 13 Pilot Project Proposals
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See attached copy of 2003-2004 CMS Pilot Projects and assigned Reviewers
The University Of North Carolina At Wilmington
CENTER FOR MARINE SCIENCE
CMS Internal Advisory Committee Summary – February 19, 2003 – Page 2
Discussion Item: Natural Area Teaching Lab (NATL) Update
 Bruce Gibson provided an update on the NATL Marsh Boardwalk.
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Dr. Hackney, Dr. Posey, Dr. Taggart, Bob Stroud and Bruce Gibson identified
a potential path for the boardwalk that highlights features and habitats of
interest.
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Details are available on the CMS web page at www.uncwil.edu/cmsr/ then
select links, then Natural Area Teaching Laboratory, then Slide Show

Future plans include presentations of the proposed NATL Boardwalk to a
broad range of UNCW Departments and interested parties, inclusion of the
proposed route on the Special Use Permit Application for the new Operations
Facility, and grant applications for funding support.
Next IAC Meeting: Wednesday March 19, 2003
Modify Section 991 of the Center for Marine Science Handbook
991 Standing Committees
Effective Date: 1/8/2002
Revision Date: 2/19/2003
The Center for Marine Science enjoys multiple advisory and operating committees to ensure faculty
input and smooth operation. All committees are composed of interested faculty, who serve on an
annual basis for no compensation. Committees select their own chair. Chairs serve on an annual
basis, with turnover occurring in May of each calendar year.
Add Section 10, as follows:
10. Resident Programs Committee
composition: All faculty and staff of programs resident at the Center for Marine Science not
otherwise directly represented on the Internal Advisory Committee shall select one member from
each of these programs to serve on this committee. These programs include the National Undersea
Research Center, North Carolina Coastal Reserve/National Estuarine Research Reserve, North
Carolina Sea Grant Extension Office, the Lower Cape Fear River Program, Marine Quest and the
CMS Development Director. The CMS Associate Director for Research is an ex officio member
whose responsibility is to represent the Resident Programs Committee interests to the Internal
Advisory Committee.
chair:
Initial appointment by CMS Director, by committee annually beginning in 2003
duration of membership: Members: While assigned to one of the Resident Programs at CMS;
Associate Director for Research: As by title of position.
responsibilities: Identify issues of concern to Resident Program members and serve as a direct link
to the CMS Internal Advisory Committee through the Associate Director for Research.
reporting authority:
findings and minutes of meetings/actions provided to Associate Director
for Research.
2003-2004 CMS Pilot Project Reviewers
Project Title
1. The Ecology and Population Biology of
Known-Age Royal Terns In North Carolina
Steven D. Emslie
Thomas E. Lankford, Jr.
Michael A. McCartney
Primary
Reviewer
Secondary
Reviewer
Martin Posey
Trish Kelley
2. Quorum signaling in harmful algal bloom species:
Does it exist?
Carmelo R. Tomas
Jeffrey L. C. Wright
3. Preliminary work towards the development of a
NSF Biodiversity Surveys & Inventories Proposal to
study the Marine Algae of New Caledonia
D. Wilson Freshwater
Alan J. D. Millar
Claude E. Payri
4. Role of Iron and Macronutrients in the Stimulation
of Phytoplankton Production in the Cape Fear
River Plume
Michael A. Mallin
Stephen A. Skrabal
5. Integrating thermal and acoustic measurements as
potential indicators of stress in wild bottlenose
dolphins, Tursiops truncatus.
Ann Pabst
Laela Sayigh
Ron Sizemore Steve Kinsey
Ron Sizemore Richard Laws
Richard Laws
Dick Ward
Scott
Quackenbush
Curt Moyer
2003-2004 CMS Pilot Project Reviewers
Project Title
6. Taxonomic surveys of benthic diatoms in outer
contenental shelf habitats.
Lawrence B. Cahoon
Richard A. Laws
7. Characteristrics of western North Pacific Sea
Surface Salinity Variability
Frederick M. Bingham
8. From Source to Sea: An Analysis of Fluvial Sediment
Delivery to the Cape Fear River Estuary
Lynn Leonard
Michael Smith
Michael Benedetti
9. Escalation, growth rates, and extinction selectivity
in Pliocene bivalved molluscs from Virginia
Patricia Kelley
Gregory Dietl
10. Habitat Fragmentation and Extent (Area) Versus
Barrier Island Topography and Land Use Development:
An Investigation Using Aerial Photopraphy, Digital
Terrain Modeling, and GIS
Joanne N. Halls
Lynn A. Leonard
Martin Posey
Primary
Reviewer
Secondary
Reviewer
Jack Hall
Joan Willey
Curt Moyer
Steve Scrabal
Trish Kelley
Richard Laws
Dick Ward
Jack Hall
Joan Willey
Jack Hall
2003-2004 CMS Pilot Project Reviewers
Project Title
11. An Improved Method for the Determination of
Zinc in Natural Waters
Pamela J. Seaton
S. Bart Jones
Robert Hancock
Robert J. Kieber
12. Biological Management of Aquaculture Effluent
Ami E. Wilbur
Wade Watanabe
Troy Alphin
13. Characterizing red drum populations in
southeastern
North Carolina: definition of estuarine nurseries and
contributions to recruitment
Frederick S. Scharf
Thomas E. Lankford
Primary
Reviewer
Secondary
Reviewer
Steve Skrabal
Joan Willey
Steve Kinsey
Scott
Quackenbush
Scott
Quackenbush
Martin Posey