{"id":1184,"date":"2013-02-05T19:21:56","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T00:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.borgodu.com\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2016-06-15T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:47:01","slug":"meredith-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/BORG\/2013\/02\/05\/meredith-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Meredith Graduates!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meredith came to us as an\u00a0undergraduate student, she wanted to gain some experience working in our lab, and brought with her an infectious enthusiasm. During her time with us she has traveled with us to California, Florida and closer to home in the Chesapeake Bay. She already has one publication to her name and is as we speak busy turning her thesis into a manuscript. Her master\u2019s work was focused on the environmental and physiological influences on productivity of eelgrass through \u03b413C. You can read her defense abstract at the end of this entry. We are all sorry to see Meredith leave us, but she is moving on the new pastures or should we say meadows. One thing that I realized while going through all the pictures of Meredith that I have taken over the past few years is that even when cold, tired and hungry she was always smiling. Now I just have to find a reason to go to a meeting in San Fransico so we can catch up. Victoria<\/p>\n

\"Meredith<\/a> \"PIC_0208\"<\/a>\"20110624__Sea<\/a>\"Image9\"<\/a>\"Image25\"<\/a>\"Image8\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A reflection of lessons learned (post-thesis defense):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes these types of things are so much more anti-climactic than you\u00a0hoped they would be.<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t have a great weight lifted off my shoulders, and I always expected to pass (although I had doubts at one point during the defense!). Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m ecstatic and feel like I\u2019m on top of the world (at least for now), but in my mind, there were no fireworks shooting off in the distance or dancing in excitement around the room after the results came in from my committee. Of course, there are edits to be made to the thesis, but who doesn’t have those? Right? Oh, and that manuscript I still have to submit\u2026<\/div>\n

I would have never gotten to the place I am without so many people around me. Leaving for California in three weeks has left with conflicted emotions. There\u2019s a constant cloud of sadness over my head in the anticipation of leaving my real family, and my school family. All of whom I will miss terribly. However, life is giving me new opportunities for\u00a0adventure and success, so, I must take them. And what better place than beautiful Northern California, where the hills are so steep that I can\u2019t even ride my bike up them and kelp forests call me to the chilly sea?<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to leave you with 3 lessons I\u2019ve learned over the course of 6 years with the BORG,<\/p>\n

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  1. Never be scared to ask for\u00a0help or admit that you were wrong. You can learn a lot from people when you open up to them.<\/li>\n
  2. Stay at the lab until 2 am to finish those last minute experiments before that meeting that you secretly regret signing up to give an oral presentation at.<\/li>\n
  3. Travel those 5,500 miles to present at a meeting that you\u2019re not even sure if people care about your research because every little bit helps. No matter how expensive it is.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    So, goodbye BORG and ODU. It\u2019s been real. And wonderful!<\/em><\/p>\n

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    Abstract<\/p>\n

    Seagrasses\u2019 relatively low capacity to exploit HCO3 as a source of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) for photosynthesis forces them to rely extensively on CO2(aq), which is typically present at low concentrations in seawater. As a result, seagrass photosynthesis is generally carbon limited. This study investigated the influence of CO2(aq) transport to RUBISCO, controlled by environmental and physiological mechanisms, on photosynthesis, and the impact on seagrasses stable carbon isotope (\u03b4 13 C) composition. Light saturated photosynthesis (PE) was measured at a variety of flow and\u00a0DIC regimes to understand carbon uptake at the leaf level, boundary layer conditions, and permeability of the unstirred layer. PE was saturated with respect to increases in flow above ~2.3 cm s-1. The non-linear response of PE to [CO2(aq)] was\u00a0used to predict the maximum physiological photosynthetic rate (Pm). Stable carbon isotope signature for light-saturated conditions was modeled from the theoretical relationship between PE\/Pm and physiological responses to [CO2(aq)] and flow that drive changes in fractionation. Predicted \u03b413C for flow saturated, ambient [DIC] was ~7\u2030, well within the range of reported values for seagrasses. Measured \u03b413C values from the Goodwin Islands were lower than predicted light saturated \u03b413C. However, when historical epiphyte loading was taken into account, \u03b413C signatures agreed with published values from similar light-limited\u00a0environments. The ability to accurately model productivity and \u03b413C of seagrasses suggests a comprehensive understanding of the influence of light, carbon acquisition, and environmental conditions on photosynthesis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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