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2024

  • Baumann, H. 2024. How do fish respond to climate change? An experimenters view. Invited colloquim talk, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. 7 November 2024.
  • Baumann, H. 2024. Expanding the silverside system: still much to learn from a family of small fish. UMass Amherst invited seminar talk. 27 September 2024.
  • Beckles, N., Pancurak, S., and Baumann, H. 2024. What’s in the Cove? A study of juvenile fish diversity in Mumford Cove. NSF-REU 2024 oral symposium, Avery Point, 7 August 2024
  • Pancurak, S., Beckles, N., Baumann, H., and Baumann, Z. 2024. Physical characteristics and mercury concentration in Black Sea Bass. NSF-REU 2024 oral symposium, Avery Point, 7 August 2024
  • Baumann, H. 2024. Let’s get some data! How to record data for effective analyses. NSF-REU summer lecture, Avery Point, June 5th 2024
  • Baumann, H., Gallardo, A., Gallardo, C., and Urbina, M. 2024. First evidence for countergradient growth variation in the Chilean silverside Odontesthes regia. Oral presentation. 47th Larval Fish Conference, Huron, OH, May 15th 2024
  • Siegried, E. and Johnson, D. 2024. Eyes bigger than your stomach: developmental inaccuracy in larval California grunion. Oral presentation. 47th Larval Fish Conference, Huron, OH, May 15th 2024
  • Zavell, M.D., Mouland, M., Barnum, D., Matassa, C., Schultz, E.T., and Baumann, H. 2024. Overwintering dynamics of northern stock Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, juveniles. Oral presentation. 47th Larval Fish Conference, Huron, OH, May 14th 2024
  • Zavell, M.D., O’del, J., Mouland, M., Webb, J.F., and Baumann, H. 2024. Ontogeny of larval schooling and effects of ocean acidification in Atlantic Silversides (Menidia menidia). Oral presentation. 47th Larval Fish Conference, Huron, OH, May 14th 2024
  • Murray, C.S., Jones, L., Siegfried, E., Zavell, M.D., Baumann, Z., Wiley, D., Therkildsen, N., Aluru, N., and Baumann, H. 2024. Examining the effect of ocean acidification on hatching enzyme gene expression in Northern sand lance (Ammodytes dubius). Oral presentation. 47th Larval Fish Conference, Huron, OH, May 14th 2024
  • Zavell, M.D., Mouland, M.E.P., Schultz, E.T., and Baumann, H. 2024. Overwintering growth and lipid accumulation in northern stock black sea bass (Centropristis striata) juveniles. Talk at the AFS-SNEC winter meeting in Storrs, CT, January 9, 2024
  • Mouland, M.E.P., Zavell, M.D., Webb, J.F., and Baumann, H. 2024. Ontogeny of schooling in larval Atlantic silversides reared under ocean acidification conditions. Talk at the AFS-SNEC winter meeting in Storrs, CT, January 9, 2024

2023

  • Baumann H. 2023. The 2023 Chilean silverside common garden experiment: First looks and data. Departmental seminar, Universidad de Concepcion. 21 December 2023.
  • Baumann H. 2023. You better repeat it: Power and necessity of serial experimentation. Workshop “Experimental and Statistical Design for Global Change Biology Studies”. Valle Las Trancas, Chile. 20 October 2023.
  • Baumann H. 2023. The diversity of fishes. Guest lecture at the University of Concepción, Chile. 11 October May 2023.
  • Baumann H. 2023. The unusual ecology, population structure & CO2 sensitivity of sand lance – key forage fish on the Northwest-Atlantic Shelf. Invited seminar talk. Bowdoin College, Brunswick (ME) 17 Feb 2023

2022

  • Baumann H. 2022. Principles of local adaptation across environmental gradients (or: why I’m so darn interested in studying Chilean silversides). Invited seminar talk. Universidad de Concepción, Chile, 29 Sep 2022
  • Baumann H. 2022. Why are sand lance embryos so sensitive to future high CO2 oceans? Keynote at the 45th Larval Fish Conference, San Diego 29 Aug – 1 Sep 2022
  • Zavell, M., Mouland, M., Schultz, E., and Baumann H. 2022. Overwinter growth and energy allocation of Black Sea Bass juveniles from Long Island Sound. 45th Larval Fish Conference, San Diego 29 Aug – 1 Sep 2022
  • Mosca, K., Savoy, T., Benway, J., and Baumann H. 2022. Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) growth and habitat use in the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. 2022 Long Island Sound Research Conference, 18 May 2022, Bridgeport, CT.
  • Baumann H. 2022. Hannes talks to Fox61 Morning news and NBC CT about sturgeon research and the unveiling of a new outreach sign at Hammonassett State Park on May 7th 2022.

2021

  • Baumann H. and Therkildsen, N.O. 2021. The model that keeps on giving: new eco- evolutionary research using Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia). Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation 26th Biennial Conference, Session #2599 “Physiological-Ecology in the Anthropocene Revisited: Linking the Laboratory and Field” Online. 1-8 November 2021.
  • Baumann H. 2021. Why some get all the attention and others don’t: What is a good model in fish ecology? Seminar talk for the “Doing Ichthyology” class (J.Webb, University of Rhode Island), 31 March 2021.
  • Baumann H. 2021. How vulnerable are coastal fishes to ocean acidification? Mid-Atlantic Coastal Acidification Network (MACAN) webinar series “Hooked on OA”; 25 February 2021 | Available online here

2020

  • Baumann H. 2020. Ocean acidification in Long Island Sound and the impact on larval fish. Long Island Sound Study Science & Technical Advisory Committee Meeting, Avery Point, CT; 6 March 2020
  • Peña-Lobel, M., Nye, J., Hahn, M., Schwemmer, T. G., Baumann H., and Dheilly, N. 2020. Changes in gene expression of ion regulatory proteins in developing Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) subjected to elevated temperature and acidity. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
  • Suca, J.J., Wiley, D., Silva, T.L., Robuck, A.R., Richardson, D., Glancy, S.G., Giandonato, T., Thompson, M. A., Hong, P., Baumann H., Kaufman, L., Llopiz, J. 2020. Environmental drivers of the presence and persistence of sand lance hotspots on the Northeast US Shelf. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
  • Schwemmer, T.G., Baumann H., Murray, C.S., and Nye, J. 2020. Energetic costs of acidification, hypoxia, and warming in early life stages of a coastal fish. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020
  • Concannon, C. and Baumann H. 2020. Long term CO2 x temperature effects on fecundity and oocyte recruitment in the Atlantic silverside. Talk at the AFS-SNEC winter meeting in Boston, MA, 12-14 January 2020

2019

  • Baumann H. 2019. The unusual CO2 sensitivity of Northern sand lance and its implications: Ocean Variability Hypothesis Invited seminar. University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR), Rimouski 17 December 2019
  • Wiley, D., Baumann H., Fay, G., Hong, P., Kaufman, L., Llopiz, J., Murray, M., Powers, K., Robbins, J., Silva, T., Suca, J., Thompson, M., and Zerbini, A. 2019. Sand lance, shearwaters and humpbacks, oh my: An ecosystem-based look at climate change implications for NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Talk. Climate Connections Workshop, Silver Spring (MD) 20-21 November 2019
  • Concannon, C. and Baumann H. 2019. Long-term CO2 and temperature effects on fecundity and oocyte recruitment in the Atlantic silverside. Poster. Graduate Climate Change Conference, Woods Hole MA, 7 November 2019
  • Baumann H. 2019. How may fish cope with marine climate change? Invited class room seminar, Conservation Biology. Eastern Connecticut State University, Windham, CT, 9 October 2019
  • Murray, C.S., Cross, E.L., and Baumann H. 2019. A factorial evaluation of the combined effects of acidification and hypoxia in Atlantic silverside offspring. 43rd Annual Larval Fish Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 22 May 2019.
  • Cross, E.L., Murray, C.S. and Baumann H. 2019. Diel and tidal cycles of CO2 and dissolved oxygen conditions provide physiological refuge to a coastal forage fish, Menidia menidia under acidification and hypoxia. 43rd Annual Larval Fish Conference, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 22 May 2019.
  • Cross, E., Murray, C., and Baumann H. 2019. Fluctuating pCO2 and dissolved oxygen conditions provide physiological refuge to a coastal forage fish, Menidia menidia. Winter meeting of the Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Storrs CT, 17 January 2019
  • Murray, C., Wiley, D., and Baumann H. 2019. High sensitivity of the Northern Sand Lance (Ammodytes dubius) to ocean acidification and warming. Winter meeting of the Southern New England Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Storrs CT, 17 January 2019

2018

  • Baumann H. 2018. How may fish cope with marine climate change?. Invited class room seminar, Conservation Biology. Eastern Connecticut State University, Windham, CT, 18 October 2018
  • Murray, C.M., Wiley, D., and Baumann H. 2018. Northern sand lance embryos show high sensitivity to near-future CO2 levels. Connecticut Sea Grant’s 30th Anniversary Research Forum, Avery Point, CT, 7 September 2018
  • Dam, H.G., DeMayo, J.A., Park, G., He, X., Finiguerra, M., Baumann H., and Pespeni, M. 2018. Rapid adaptation of a marine copepod to a greenhouse world. Connecticut Sea Grant’s 30th Anniversary Research Forum, Avery Point, CT, 7 September 2018
  • DeMayo, J.A., Park, G., Norton, L., Finiguerra, M., Baumann H., and Dam, H.G. 2018.Costs of adaptation to a greenhouse world for the copepod Acartia tonsa. Connecticut Sea Grant’s 30th Anniversary Research Forum, Avery Point, CT, 7 September 2018
  • Smith, E.M. and Baumann H. 2018. Quantifying metabolically driven pH and oxygen fluctuations in nearshore habitats. SOCAN workshop presentation, South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston SC, 27 July 2018
  • Pringle, J. and Baumann H. 2018. Sex-specific growth and mortality patterns in juvenile Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia) from Connecticut waters. Talk. 42nd Larval Fish Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada 24-28 June 2018
  • Murray, C.S., Wiley, D., and Baumann H. 2018. Early life stages of the northern sand lance Ammodytes dubius show high sensitivity to acidification and warming in a CO2 × temperature factorial experiment. Talk. 42nd Larval Fish Conference, Victoria, BC, Canada 24-28 June 2018
  • Murray, C.S., Wiley, D., and Baumann H. 2018. Early life stages of the northern sand lance Ammodytes dubius show high sensitivity to combined effects of acidification and warming. Talk. Biennial Feng Graduate Research Symposium, University of Connecticut Avery Point, 17 May 2018
  • Pringle, J. and Baumann H. 2018. Sex-specific growth patterns in the Atlantic silverside (Menidia menidia) in Eastern Long Island Sound. Talk. Biennial Feng Graduate Research Symposium, University of Connecticut Avery Point, 17 May 2018
  • deMayo, J., Baumann H., and Dam, H. 2018. Costs of adaptation to a greenhouse world for the copepod, Acartia tonsa. Poster. Biennial Feng Graduate Research Symposium, University of Connecticut Avery Point, 17 May 2018
  • Baumann H. 2018. Responses of marine fish to ocean acidification and co-stressors: An experimenters view. Invited key note, LOC-symposium, 57th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, 7-11 May 2018, Memorial University St. John’s, NL Canada
  • Schwemmer T., Nye J. and Baumann H. 2018. Physiological effects of increased carbon dioxide at multiple temperatures on Atlantic silverside early life stages. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018, 11-16 February 2018, Portland, OR (STAGES newsletter)
  • Dam H.G., Park G., deMayo J., Norton L., He X., Finiguerra M. and Baumann H. 2018. The copepod Acartia tonsa in a greenhouse world: Transgenerational plasticity of life history traits. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018, 11-16 February 2018, Portland, OR
  • Cross E.L. 2018. A 120-year record of resilience to environmental change in brachiopods. Ocean Sciences Meeting 2018, 11-16 February 2018, Portland, OR

2017

  • Baumann H. and Smith, E.M. 2017. Quantifying the covariance of pH and oxygen conditions across the diversity of US nearshore habitats. Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation (CERF), 24th Biennial Conference, 5-9 November 2017, Providence, RI
  • Pringle, J.W. and Baumann H. 2017. Sex-specific growth and mortality patterns in juvenile Atlantic silversides (Menidia menidia) from Connecticut waters. Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation (CERF), 24th Biennial Conference, 5-9 November 2017, Providence, RI
  • DeMayo, J.A., Park, G., Norton, L., Huffman, W., Finiguerra, M., Baumann H., and Dam, H.G. 2017. Combined effects of warming and acidification on life-history traits of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa. Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation (CERF), 24th Biennial Conference, 5-9 November 2017, Providence, RI
  • Snyder, J.T. and Baumann H. 2017. A newly digitized 45-year dataset of environmental and biological observations from Long Island Sound. Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation (CERF), 24th Biennial Conference, 5-9 November 2017, Providence, RI
  • Murray, C. S. and Baumann H. 2017. Growth costs of high CO2 environments in a marine fish: importance of feeding methodology. ICES Annual Science conference, Fort Lauderdale 18-22 September 2017, Theme session O: Patterns, sources, and consequences of intraspecific variation in responses of marine fauna to environmental stressors. Talk.
  • Murray, C. S., Wiley, D., and Baumann H. 2017. A preliminary study testing the effects of high CO2 on the early life stages of the northern sand lance Ammodytes dubius. (1) ICES Annual Science conference, Fort Lauderdale 18-22 September 2017, Theme session O: Patterns, sources, and consequences of intraspecific variation in responses of marine fauna to environmental stressors. (2) Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM), Annual Science Meeting, 12 October 2017, Poster.
  • Baumann H. 2017. Big Fish? Little Fish! How will the ocean’s most productive vertebrates cope with marine climate change? Block Island Marine Institute Seminar Series, Block Island 25 July 2017.
  • Baumann H., Snyder, J.T., and Murray, C.S. 2017. Quantifying offspring CO2-sensitivity in a fish: a meta-analysis 41st Larval Fish Conference, Austin, TX, 13 July 2017.
  • Snyder, J.T., Murray, C.S., and Baumann H. 2017. Potential for maternal effects on offspring CO2 sensitivity in a coastal marine fish 41st Larval Fish Conference, Austin, TX, 13 July 2017.
  • Murray, C.S., Snyder, J.T., and Baumann H. 2017. A multi-factorial evaluation of temperature-dependent CO2-effects in a coastal forage fish 41st Larval Fish Conference, Austin, TX, 13 July 2017.
  • Schwemmer, T., Baumann H., and Nye, J. 2017.
    Physiological effects of increased temperature and carbon dioxide on Atlantic silverside early life stages     41st Larval Fish Conference, Austin, TX, 13 July 2017.
  • Baumann H. 2017. Effects of ocean acidification on embryonic sand lance Ammodytes dubius. Invited talk. “Sand Lance in the Northeast” workshop, Newburyport, MA, May 8th & 9th 2017.
  • Baumann H. 2017. Marine Climate Change and its effects on ocean life: an experimenters view. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Department of Environmental Conservation, invited seminar, Amherst 31 March 2017.
  • Baumann H. 2017. A multistressor world: Marine Climate Change and its effects on ocean life. University of Connecticut, Department of Animal Science, invited seminar, Storrs 24 March 2017.
  • Baumann H. and Baumann, Z. 2017. The Atlantic Silverside: A famous forage fish gets asked new questions. Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS), invited seminar 17 March 2017.
  • Snyder, J.T., Murray, C.S., and Baumann H. 2017. Maternal effects on offspring CO2-sensitivity in a coastal marine fish. SNEC 50th Anniversary Meeting, Mystic 28 February 2017.
  • Baumann H. 2017. Big Fish? Little Fish! How will the ocean’s most productive vertebrates cope with marine climate change? Ridgeway Research Seminar, Mystic Aquarium 15 February 2017.

2016

  • Baumann H. 2016. The syndrome of Marine Climate Change and its effect on ocean life: an experimenters view. Invited seminar, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 4 November 2016.
  • Baumann H. 2016. How to write that research paper you promised you would (without losing your hair over it). Invited presentation at the Early Career Development workshop of the Early Life History Section. 40th Larval Fish Conference, Solomons, MD. 22 June 2016, Brownbag seminar, Department of Marine Sciences, UConn, 12 October 2016.[PDF]
  • Murray, C.S., Fuiman, L.A, and Baumann H. 2016. Consequences of long-term exposure to elevated CO2 in a coastal forage fish. 11th Biennial Feng Graduate Research Colloquium. 12 May Department of Marine Sciences, Avery Point, CT; 20 June 40th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Solomons, MD.
  • Snyder, J., Rader, L., and Baumann H. 2016. Lifting from the dust: digitizing and analyzing the ~40 year data set collected by Project Oceanology. Poster. 12 May, Department of Marine Sciences, Avery Point, CT; Long Island Sound Research Conference, 13 May 2016 Bridgeport CT.
  • Baumann H. 2016. “A busy year in Mumford Cove” Informational outreach event to update the Mumford Cove Association about 2015/16 research activities. Mumford Cove, Groton, CT, 13 Apr 2016.
  • Baumann H. 2016. “Combined effects of ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation on marine organisms” Mitchell College, New London, CT, Invited lecture 15 Mar 2016.
  • Baumann H. 2016. “It’s a multistressor world: understanding the combined effects of ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation on marine organisms” University of Rhode Island Biological and Environmental Sciences Colloquium Series. Kingstown, RI, Invited seminar 26 Feb 2016.

2015

  • Baumann H. 2015. “Combined effects of ocean acidification and its co- stressors on marine organisms”. Invited keynote presentation to the Sustainable Ocean Development Symposium: A Perspective from Former, Current and Future Kiel Marine Scientists | September 28-30, 2015, Columbia University, New York City.
  • Murray C.S. and Baumann H. 2015. “The performance of a fully automated system for testing the combined effects of acidification and hypoxia on fish early life stages“. American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting, Portland (OR) 16 – 21 August 2015.
  • Baumann H. 2015. “Plastic and evolutionary responses to ocean acidification”. Overview talk to the ocean acidification research community at the 3rd U.S. Ocean Acidification PI Meeting. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 5/11/15. Publicly available Prezi
  • Baumann H. 2015. Nets versus Nature: Have we indadvertedly made our fish smaller? Global Cafe seminar series. UConn Avery Point Campus 4/9/15

2014

  • Baumann H., Smith E., and Gobler C.J. 2014. “Combined effects of low pH and low O2 on coastal organisms”. Invited speaker at the 7th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration, 11/3/14, Washington D.C.
  • Baumann H., Wells D., Rooker J., Baumann Z., Madigan D., Dewar H., Snodgras O., and Fisher N. 2014. “Combining otolith microchemistry and microstructure analyses to infer transpacific migration patterns in juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis).” 5th International Otolith Symposium, 19-24 October 2014, Peguera/Mallorca (Spain)
  • Baumann H. 2014. “Ocean acidification research 2.0: Moving beyond the average open ocean” Seminar talk given in Storrs, CT (UConn, 4/15/14), Hamburg/Germany (IHF, 6/6/14), Kiel/Germany (Geomar, 6/12/14), Avery Point, CT (UConn MDS, 9/19/14), Edgewater, MD (SERC, 10/3/14), and Sandy Hook, NJ (NOAA, 10/9/14). Prezi accessible here