8:00-1:00
Workshop
Communicating Ocean Sciences

ARCTIC PLENARY ,
Discovery Ballroom
8:00 - noon

1.    8:00-8:15

2.    8:15-8:30

3.    8:30-8:45

4.    8:45-9:00

5.    9:00-9:15

6.    9:15-9:30

       9:30-10:00 BREAK

7.   10:00-10:15

8.   10:15-10:30

9.   10:30-10:45

10. 10:45-11:00

11. 11:00-11:15

12. 11:15-11:30

BERING SEA PLENARY
Discovery Ballroom
8:00 - noon

1.    8:00-8:15

2.    8:15-8:30

3.    8:30-8:45

4.    8:45-9:00

5.    9:00-9:15

6.    9:15-9:30

       9:30-10:00 BREAK

7.   10:00-10:15

8.   10:15-10:30

9.   10:30-10:45

10. 10:45-11:00

11. 11:00-11:15

12. 11:15-11:30

GULF OF ALASKA PLENARY
Discovery Ballroom
8:00 - noon

1.    8:00-8:15

2.    8:15-8:30

3.    8:30-8:45

4.    8:45-9:00

5.    9:00-9:15

6.    9:15-9:30

       9:30-10:00 BREAK

7.   10:00-10:15

8.   10:15-10:30

9.   10:30-10:45

10. 10:45-11:00

11. 11:00-11:15

12. 11:15-11:30

8:00-12:00 Workshops

Symposium opens
1:30 pm

1:30 - 2:30 Opening Remarks &Welcome

2:30 - 3:00
Keynote: Arctic

Eddy Carmack

3:00 - 3:30
Keynote: Bering Sea/Aleutians

Carin Ashjian & Jeff Napp

3:30 - 4:00
Keynote: Gulf of Alaska

Jamal Moss

4:00 - 4:30
Keynote: Education & Outreach

Randy Olson

Arctic continues,
Discovery Ballroom
1:00 - 5:30

13. 1:00-1:15

14. 1:15-1:30

15. 1:30-1:45

16. 1:45-2:00

17. 2:00-2:15

18. 2:15-2:30

      2:30-3:00 BREAK

19. 3:00-3:15

20. 3:15-3:30

21. 3:30-3:45

22. 3:45-4:00

23. 4:00-4:15

24. 4:15-4:30

25. 4:30-4:45

26. 4:45-5:00

Bering Sea continues,
Discovery Ballroom
1:00 - 5:30

13. 1:00-1:15

14. 1:15-1:30

15. 1:30-1:45

16. 1:45-2:00

17. 2:00-2:15

18. 2:15-2:30

      2:30-3:00 BREAK

19. 3:00-3:15

20. 3:15-3:30

21. 3:30-3:45

22. 3:45-4:00

23. 4:00-4:15

24. 4:15-4:30

25. 4:30-4:45

      4:45-5:00 Student Poster Winners Announcement

Gulf of Alaska
continues, Discovery Ballroom
1:00 - 5:30

13. 1:00-1:15

14. 1:15-1:30

15. 1:30-1:45

16. 1:45-2:00

17. 2:00-2:15

18. 2:15-2:30

      2:30-3:00 BREAK

19. 3:00-3:15

20. 3:15-3:30

21. 3:30-3:45

22. 3:45-4:00

23. 4:00-4:15

24. 4:15-4:30

25. 4:30-4:45

26. 4:45-5:00

      5:00-5:15 Student Talk    Winners Announcement

      5:15-5:30 Closing       Remarks

Symposium Ends

1:30-5:30 Workshops

POSTER RECEPTION, Arctic, Bering Sea/Aleutians Posters, Dena'ina Center
5:45 - 9:00

POSTER RECEPTION, Gulf of Alaska Posters, Dena'ina Center
5:45 - 9:00

Workshops

8:00-8:15

ecosystem perspectives

The offshore northeastern Chukchi Sea: A complex high-latitude ecosystem

Lisanne

Aerts

8:15-8:30

ecosystem perspectives

An Integrated Chemical and Biological Study of the Benthos of the Chukchi Sea: Highlights from the COMIDA Program

Ken

Dunton

8:30-8:45

ecosystem perspectives

Modeling the eastern Chukchi Sea food web with a mass-balance approach

George

Whitehouse

8:45-9:00

ecosystem perspectives

Using web-mapping technologies to improve oil spill preparedness and response in the Arctic

Amy

Merten

9:00-9:15

human

Updating the MAG-PLAN Alaska Economic Model

Leah

Cuyno

9:15-9:30

human

Building a Framework on How to Assess Food Security in the Alaskan Arctic

Carolina

Behe

9:30-10:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:00-10:15

human

Climate Change and Subsistence Fisheries in Northern Alaska

Courtney

Carothers

10:15-10:30

climate & oceanography

First results and future needs for small unmanned aircraft operations from icebreakers in the high Arctic

Philip

McGillivary

10:30-10:45

climate & oceanography

Toward Producing a Beaufort/Chukchi Seas Regional Reanalysis

Jeremy

Krieger

10:45-11:00

climate & oceanography

Circulation in the Northeast Chukchi Sea depicted by Oceanographic Moorings and HF Radar

Thomas

Weingartner

11:00-11:15

climate & oceanography

Chukchi Acoustics, Oceanography, and Zooplankton (CHAOZ):  Observations on Chukchi Sea

Phyllis

Stabeno

11:15-11:30

LTL

A long-term census of the zooplankton communities in the Pacific Arctic

Elizaveta

Ershova

11:30-13:00

Lunch Provided

13:00 -13:15

LTL

Inter-annual variability of the planktonic communities in the Northeastern Chukchi Sea: 2008-2010

Jennifer

Questel

13:15-13:30

LTL

Benthic Fauna of the Northeastern Chukchi Sea, 2008-2010

Ann

Knowlton

13:30-13:45

LTL

Epifaunal communities in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

Alexandra

Ravelo

13:45-14:00

fish & invertes

Genetic investigation of the population structure of Arctic Cod

John

Nelson

14:00-14:15

seabirds

A Standardized Method for Identifying Important Bird Areas for Marine Birds Using At-sea Survey Data

Melanie

Smith

14:15-14:30

seabirds

Influence of water masses on the seabird community of the northeastern Chukchi Sea

Adrian

Gall

14:30-15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00-15:15

seabirds

Shifting Prey in a Melting Arctic: breeding seabirds adapt to the loss of summer ice

George

Divoky

15:15-15:30

mammals

Ringed and Bearded Seal Populations in Alaska Are Not Showing Signs of Decline

Lori

Quakenbush

15:30-15:45

mammals

Histopathological and Ancillary Diagnostic Findings from Seals and Walrus in the 2011 Disease outbreak in the Arctic

Kathy

Burek Huntington

15:45-16:00

mammals

Marine mammals and sea ice loss in the Pacific Arctic:  tracking ecosystem responses to the -New Normal- during a period of rapid change

Sue

Moore

16:00-16:15

mammals

Acoustic detections of Pacific walrus in the northeastern Chukchi Sea, September 2007 to July 2011

David

Hannay

16:15-16:30

mammals

Acoustic presence of bowhead whales at an offshore site in the Chuckchi Sea compared with nearshore visual observations  of the spring migration past Point Barrow, Alaska

Teressa

Baldwin

16:30-16:45

mammals

Exposure to seismic operations affects bowhead behavior and sightability in the Alaskan Arctic

Frances

Robertson

16:45 - 17:00

mammals

Western Arctic Bowhead Whale Movements and Habitat Use throughout their Range: 2006–2011 Satellite Telemetry Results

Craig

George

8:00-8:15

ecosystem perspectives

Shifting Baselines through a 5000 year history of the North Pacific / Bering Sea marine ecosystem

Herbert

Maschner

8:15-8:30

ecosystem perspectives

Climate to Fisheries: 40-year Hindcast of Vertically Integrated Model for the Eastern Bering Sea

Kerim

Aydin

8:30-8:45

ecosystem perspectives

Spatial Considerations for Analyses of Trophic Stability in Marine Ecosystems

Matthew

Baker

8:45-9:00

ecosystem perspectives

New Insights on the Northern Bering Sea Ecosystem from Early Seasonal Sampling in March 2008, 2009 and 2010

Lee

Cooper

9:00-9:15

humans

Definition of multi-species control rules for the Bering Sea management strategy evaluation

Elizabeth

Moffitt

9:15-9:30

humans

Networks of Sustainability in North Aleutian Basin Communities

Katherine

Reedy-Maschner

9:30-10:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:00-10:15

humans

Critical Human Dimensions of Maritime Oil Spills

Edward

Glazier

10:15-10:30

humans

Evaluating the effectiveness of rolling hotspot closures for salmon bycatch reduction in the Bering Sea pollock fishery

Alan

Haynie

10:30-10:45

climate & oceanography

Four decades of climate-biology covariation in Alaska

Mike

Litzow

10:45-11:00

climate & oceanography

Bering Strait Throughflow from a Global Ocean Model

Jonathan

Whitefield

11:00-11:15

climate & oceanography

Black Swans in the Bering Sea:  Physical and Biological Uncertainty

James

Overland

11:15-11:30

lower trophic level

Phytoplankton biomass and size structure during late summer / early fall in the eastern Bering Sea

Lisa

Eisner

11:30-13:00

Lunch ON YOUR OWN

13:00 -13:15

lower trophic level

Predicting the impacts of changing environmental conditions on lower trophic level ecosystem dynamics in the Bering Sea.

Georgina

Gibson

13:15-13:30

lower trophic level

Development of a quantitative PCR assay for detection of planktonic red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) larvae

Pamela

Jensen

13:30-13:45

fish and fish habitat

Interannual and seasonal variability in the size-fecundity relationship for red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus), with considerations of maternal size effects on embryo and larval quality

Katherine

Swiney

13:45-14:00

fish and fish habitat

Studying Giant Pacific Octopus in Alaska

M. Elizabeth

Conners

14:00-14:15

fish and fish habitat

Applying Ocean Observations to Support Fishery Management During Climate Change

Phillip

 Mundy

14:15-14:30

fish and fish habitat

Small scale abundance and movement of Atka mackerel in the Aleutian Islands

Susanne

McDermott

14:30-15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00-15:15

seabirds

Seasonal spatial relationships between seabirds and their prey – a moveable feast in the southeastern Bering Sea

Kathy

Kuletz

15:15-15:30

seabirds

Inter-annual variability in foraging behavior and diet of black-legged kittiwakes nesting at the Pribilof Islands: the role of mesoscale eddies

Rosana

Paredes

15:30-15:45

seabirds

Integrative approaches to marine ecology utilizing fatty acids, stable isotopes, and spectroscopy

Hector

Douglas

15:45-16:00

mammals

Boundary bound: fur seal foraging hotspots are related to thermoclines and fine-scale fronts

Chad

Nordstrom

16:00-16:15

mammals

Coxiella burnetii in Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus) placentas from St. Paul Island, Alaska

Colleen

Duncan

16:15-16:30

mammals

Freshwater Harbor Seals of Lake Iliamna, Alaska  Seasonal haulout and pupping patterns with possible covariates influences

David

Withrow

16:30-16:45

mammals

Does the winter range of bowhead whales overlap commercial fisheries in the Bering Sea?

John

Citta

16:45-17:00

Best Student Poster Presentations Winners Announced

8:00-8:15

ecosystem perspectives

Long-term Monitoring of Marine Conditions and Exxon Valdez Oil Spill-Injured Resources and Services

Kris

Holderied

8:15-8:30

ecosystem perspectives

Multispecies age-structured assessment in the Gulf of Alaska: predation, parameter precision and variance, and implications for fisheries management

Kray

Van Kirk

8:30-8:45

ecosystem perspectives

Quantifying Phthalates in Alaska Marine Organisms

Shareen

Ali

8:45-9:00

ecosystem perspectives

Can rising variance predict sudden shifts in populations and ecosystems? A test using Alaskan crustacean data

Franz

Mueter

9:00-9:15

humans

The Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Workshop – Extending a Model for Transforming Ecosystem Science into Educational Resources

Nora

Deans

9:15-9:30

humans

Using Blue Mussels as an Indicator Species for Testing Domoic Acid Toxicity in Subsistence Bivalve Harvest

Raymond

Ralonde

9:30-10:00

COFFEE BREAK

10:00-10:15

humans

Vulnerability of Alaska's Coastal Communities to Climate Change in the Kenai Peninsula

Philip

Loring

10:15-10:30

humans

Alternative catch monitoring of Alaskan groundfish

Craig

Faunce

10:30-10:45

climate and oceanography

Advection of SST anomalies along the North Pacific Polar Front and their impact on the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutians, and Bering Sea ecosystems

Igor

Belkin

10:45-11:00

climate and oceanography

Characteristics of "Gap Winds" in the Gulf of Alaska and their effects on regional oceanography

Carol

Ladd

11:00-11:15

climate and oceanography

Bathymetric Effects on the Circulation of Cross Sound, Alaska

Christopher

Paternostro

11:15-11:30

lower trophic level

Spatio-temporal analysis of Chlorophyll-a concentrations in the coastal Gulf of Alaska, 1998-2010

Jason

Waite

11:30-13:00

Lunch Provided

13:00 -13:15

lower trophic level

Identifying The Organisms Responsible For Causing Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning in Alaska

Wayne

Litaker

13:15-13:30

lower trophic level

Sediment organization in the heterogeneous, coarse-grained beaches of western Prince William Sound: Long-term effects of post-oil spill beach washing

Christopher

Hein

13:30-13:45

fish and fish habitat

Completion of 30,000 Kilometers of ShoreZone Coastal Habitat Mapping in Southeast Alaska

John

Harper

13:45-14:00

fish and fish habitat

Ghost Fishing in the Southeastern Alaska Commercial Dungeness Crab Fishery

Jacek

Maselko

14:00-14:15

fish and fish habitat

Overwinter bioenergetic mechanisms for recruitment variability of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

JJ

Vollenweider

14:15-14:30

fish and fish habitat

Population structure and sex identification in Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) from genomic and gene-linked microsatellites

Lorenz

Hauser

14:30-15:00

COFFEE BREAK

15:00-15:15

seabirds

Post-breeding movements of Kittlitz's murrelet from the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands to the Arctic

Erica

Madison

15:15-15:30

seabirds

Estimating demographic parameters to understand trend of the Kittlitz’s Murrelet

Michelle

Kissling

15:30-15:45

seabirds

Technical innovations for the census and monitoring of non-colonial seabirds (Brachyramphus murrelets) in Alaska

Jenna

Cragg

15:45-16:00

mammals

Recolonization by sea otters, Enhydra lutris, in southern Southeast Alaska and implications for shellfish fisheries

Zachary

Hoyt

16:00-16:15

mammals

Unraveling the mystery of harbor seal migration from a glacial fjord in southeastern Alaska

Jamie

Womble

16:15-16:30

mammals

Depth and range tracking of sperm whales in the Gulf of Alaska using a two-element vertical array, satellite and bioacoustic tags

Delphine

Mathias

16:30-16:45

mammals

Is real-time acoustic monitoring an effective mitigation measure for Cook Inlet beluga whales?

Keri

Lestyk

16:45-17:00

Forward thinking

Designing an Ocean Observing System for the Future: a Guide for Arctic Planning

Carl

Schoch

17:00-17:15

Best Student Oral Presentations Winners Announced

17:15-17:30

CLOSING REMARKS