2013 AMSS Agenda
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| 12pm - 1:30pm Lunch on your own |
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Symposium opens 1:30pm - 2:00pm Opening Remarks &Welcome Senator Mark Begich (DVD Presentation) Senator Lisa Murkowski (DVD Presentation) 2:00pm - 2:40pm Preparing for the Challenges of Ocean Acidification In Alaska 2:40pm - 3:20pm Testing the Invasion Process: Survival, Dispersal, Genetic Characterization, and Attenuation of Marine Biota on the 2011 Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris Field 3:20pm-3:40pm BREAK 3:40pm - 4:20pm Chinook Salmon and the Marine Environment 4:20pm - 5:00pm Technologies for Ocean Studies |
POSTER RECEPTION: Arctic & Bering Sea/Aleutians Posters, Egan Center |
1 |
8:00-8:30 |
ecosystem perspectives |
A Half Century of Coastal Change Along the North Coast of Alaska |
Bruce Richmond |
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2 |
8:30-8:45 |
ecosystem perspectives |
An Integrated Ecosystem Field Study of Hanna Shoal, Northern Chukchi Sea, Alaska |
Kenneth Dunton |
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3 |
8:45-9:00 |
ecosystem perspectives |
An integrated ocean observing approach to understanding the effects of climate variability in the NE Chukchi Sea |
Jeffrey Napp |
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4 |
9:00-9:15 |
human |
Broader Impacts ON Scientists: Results from Alaska Marine Ecosystem Workshops and the National COSEE Scientist Survey |
Robin Dublin |
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5 |
9:15-9:45 |
human |
Thirty Years of Sociocultural Research on the North Slope of Alaska |
Stephen Braund |
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9:45-10:15 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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6 |
10:15-10:30 |
climate & oceanography |
Climate Impacts of the Loss of Summer Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea Since 2007 |
James Overland |
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7 |
10:30-10:45 |
climate & oceanography |
A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years: An update from CMIP5 models |
Muyin Wang |
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8 |
10:45-11:00 |
climate & oceanography |
Modeling Ice and Circulation in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas |
Seth Danielson |
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9 |
11:00-11:15 |
climate & oceanography |
The Chukchi-Beaufort Seas Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling Project: An Overview of High-Resolution Atmospheric Reanalysis (CBHAR) |
Xiangdong Zhang |
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10 |
11:15-11:30 |
climate & oceanography |
Leads and Landfast Ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas |
Andrew Mahoney |
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11:30-1:00 |
LUNCH PROVIDED |
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11 |
1:00 -1:15 |
climate & oceanography |
High-resolution observations of hydrography and circulation of the Chukchi Sea |
Peter Winsor |
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12 |
1:15-1:30 |
LTL |
Using imaging flow cytometry to examine phytoplankton assemblage structure in the Bering and Chukchi Seas |
Samuel Laney |
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13 |
1:30-1:45 |
LTL |
Zooplankton of the Chukchi and northern Bering Sea in Early Winter – Results from the 2011 November-December Cruise on USCGC Healy |
Carin Ashjian |
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14 |
1:45-2:00 |
LTL |
Indigenous Arctic Microorganisms Degrade Oil in Arctic Seawater |
Kelly McFarlin |
PhD |
15 |
2:00-2:15 |
Fish & Invertes |
The Arctic Ecosystem Integrated Survey (Arctic Eis) |
Franz Mueter |
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16 |
2:15-2:30 |
Fish & Invertes |
Dispersal of adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, evaluated using satellite telemetry |
Andrew Seitz |
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2:30-3:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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17 |
3:00-3:15 |
seabirds |
Post-breeding shorebird use of food resources at river deltas along the Beaufort Sea Coast |
Roy Churchwell |
PhD |
18 |
3:15-3:30 |
seabirds |
Complex Foodweb Dynamics of the Marine Bird Communities of the High and Low Arctic |
Douglas Causey |
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19 |
3:30-3:45 |
mammals |
Sixty years of bowhead whale stable isotope geochemistry and linkages to the rapidly changing Arctic |
Nadine Lysiak |
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20 |
3:45-4:00 |
mammals |
Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST) - Five years in review |
David Rugh |
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21 |
4:00-4:15 |
mammals |
An index of optimum sustainable population for the Pacific Walrus |
James MacCracken |
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22 |
4:15-4:30 |
mammals |
Acoustic detection of bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas 2008 – 2011 |
Kalyn MacIntyre |
MS |
23 |
4:30-4:45 |
mammals |
Spatial Use Patterns of Ribbon and Spotted Seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas |
Josh London |
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24 |
4:45-5:00 |
mammals |
Variation in the nutritional and reproductive ecology of two polar bear populations experiencing sea ice loss |
Karyn Rode |
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5:45 -9:00 |
POSTER RECEPTION: Bering Sea/Aleutians & Gulf of Alaska Posters, Egan Center |
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1 |
8:00-8:30 |
Ecosystem perspectives |
What controls trophic interconnectivity in the eastern Bering Sea? |
Michael Lomas |
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2 |
8:30-8:45 |
Ecosystem perspectives |
Declines of top predators in the central Bering Sea: Are Pribilof seabirds and fur seals living in the wrong neighborhood? |
Andrew Trites |
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3 |
8:45-9:00 |
Ecosystem perspectives |
Identifying Important Ecological Areas in the Aleutian Islands |
Jon Warrenchuk |
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4 |
9:00-9:15 |
Ecosystem perspectives |
Distribution of corals and sponges in two large canyons on the Bering Sea shelf break |
John Hocevar |
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5 |
9:15-9:30 |
Humans |
Targeting ability under rights-based management: The Amendment 80 Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish fishery |
Matthew Reimer |
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9:30-10:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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6 |
10:00-10:15 |
Humans |
Permit Stacking in Bristol Bay |
Marcus Gho |
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7 |
10:15-10:30 |
Humans |
Using traditional knowledge interviews and participatory mapping to identify drivers of habitat change and fine-scale habitat features for ice seals and walruses |
Lily Ray |
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8 |
10:30-10:45 |
Humans |
Lewis Point, a seasonal subsistence fish camp in transition: negotiations in a mixed cash/subsistence economy 1980-2011 |
Jory Stariwat |
MS |
9 |
10:45-11:00 |
climate & oceanography |
Ice-Ocean Interactions in the Bering Sea: Observations and Model Simulations |
Margaret Sullivan |
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10 |
11:00-11:15 |
climate & oceanography |
GEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE SE BERING SEA SHELF |
Edward Cokelet |
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11 |
11:15-11:30 |
climate & oceanography |
INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF THE CARBON BUDGET IN THE SOUTHEASTERN BERING SEA: FROM THE ATMOSPHERE TO THE SEDIMENT |
Jessica Cross |
PhD |
11:30-13:00 |
Lunch ON YOUR OWN |
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12 |
1:00 -1:15 |
lower trophic level |
Spring and fall phytoplankton blooms in a productive subarctic ecosystem, the eastern Bering Sea, during 1995-2011 |
Mike Sigler |
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13 |
1:15-1:30 |
lower trophic level |
On-shelf transport of oceanic mesozooplankton populations in the Eastern Bering Sea |
G. Gibson |
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14 |
1:30-1:45 |
lower trophic level |
Climate-mediated changes in zooplankton community structure for the eastern Bering Sea |
Lisa Eisner |
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15 |
1:45-2:00 |
Fish and Fish Habitat |
The influence of a changing climate in management: a Management Strategy Evaluation for the fishery for snow crab in the eastern Bering Sea. |
Cody Szuwalski |
PhD |
16 |
2:00-2:15 |
Fish and Fish Habitat |
Evolving perceptions of forage fish distributions in the SE Bering Sea |
Sandra Parker-Stetter |
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17 |
2:15-2:30 |
Fish and Fish Habitat |
Ecology of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) and Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) in canyon and slope habitats of the eastern Bering Sea |
Janet Duffy-Anderson |
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2:30-3:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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18 |
3:00-3:15 |
Fish and Fish Habitat |
The influence of climate change and predation on biological reference points estimated from multispecies and single species stock assessment models. |
Kirstin Holsman |
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19 |
3:15-3:30 |
seabirds |
Hydrographic structure and the distribution of seabird communities across the southeastern Bering Sea Shelf |
George Hunt |
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20 |
3:30-3:45 |
seabirds |
Do Albatrosses Use Molting Areas in the Aleutian Islands? Important Bird Areas within Productive Fishing Grounds |
Robert Suryan |
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21 |
3:45-4:00 |
seabirds |
Year-round spatial and temporal distribution of a small, diving seabird, the Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella), originating from a breeding site at Buldir Island, Aleutian Islands. |
Jill Robinson |
MS |
22 |
4:00-4:15 |
Mammals |
Some maternal Steller sea lion diets elevate fetal mercury concentrations in the western Aleutian Island area of decline. |
Lorrie Rea |
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23 |
4:15-4:30 |
Mammals |
Winter site fidelity of bearded seals in the Bering Sea |
Peter Boveng |
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24 |
4:30-4:45 |
Mammals |
Soviet catches of whales in the North Pacific: revised totals |
Yulia Ivashchenko |
PhD |
25 |
4:45 - 5:00 |
Mammals |
Killer whale (Orcinus orca) depredation effects on catch rates of six groundfish species: Implications for commercial longline fisheries in Alaska |
Megan Peterson |
PhD |
5:00 -5:15
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Best Student Poster Presentation Winners Announced |
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| WORKSHOPS | |||||
1 |
8:00-8:30 |
ecosystem perspectives |
The Gulf of Alaska in 2011: the view from GOAIERP |
Olav Ormseth |
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2 |
8:30-8:45 |
ecosystem perspectives |
The effects of temperature and predator densities on the consumption of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in three groundfish predators in the Gulf of Alaska |
Kevin Thompson |
PhD |
8:45-9:00 |
humans |
Empirical measures for Alaskan fishing communitie |
Gunnar Knapp |
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3 |
9:00-9:15 |
humans |
Sensemaking at sea: Organizing for self-management at the front line of Alaska’s commercial fisheries |
Jason Good |
PhD |
4 |
9:15-9:30 |
humans |
Between Pacific Tides: Engaging the Community of Sitka in Science through Time |
Lisa Busch |
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9:30-10:15 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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7 |
10:15-10:30 |
climate and oceanography |
Along-shelf and cross-shelf flow in the Gulf of Alaska with some implications for primary production |
Phyllis Stabeno |
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8 |
10:30-10:45 |
climate and oceanography |
Seasonal surface circulation, temperature, and salinity in Prince William Sound, Alaska |
David Musgrave |
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9 |
10:45-11:00 |
climate and oceanography |
Measuring the pulse of the Gulf of Alaska: oceanographic observations along Seward Line, and in Prince William Sound 1997-2012 |
Russell Hopcroft |
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10 |
11:00-11:15 |
lower trophic level |
Seasonal and inter-annual patterns of pteropod and larvacean estimates in the coastal Gulf of Alaska |
Ayla Doubleday |
MS |
11 |
11:15-11:30 |
lower trophic level |
Fifty Shades of Green – phytoplankton time series from the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey. |
Sonia Batten |
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11:30-1:00 |
LUNCH PROVIDED |
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12 |
1:00 -1:15 |
lower trophic level |
Phytoplankton communities and processes in the coastal Gulf of Alaska: implications of an anomalous year |
Suzanne Strom |
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13 |
1:15-1:30 |
fish and fish habitat |
Effects of ocean acidification on development of Alaskan crab larvae |
Raphaelle Descoteaux |
MS |
14 |
1:30-1:45 |
fish and fish habitat |
Getting to the bottom of it: a critical look at stock assessment estimates for Red King Crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in southeastern Alaska |
Christopher Siddon |
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15 |
1:45-2:00 |
fish and fish habitat |
A field test of an observer-audit approach to improve catch reporting in Alaska: NPRB Project 1017 Alternative catch monitoring of Alaskan groundfish |
Craig Faunce |
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16 |
2:00-2:15 |
fish and fish habitat |
Movement Patterns of Skates in the Gulf of Alaska and Implications for the Management of a Skate Fishery |
Thomas Farrugia |
PhD |
17 |
2:15-2:30 |
fish and fish habitat |
The spiny issue of ageing spiny dogfish: historical dogma vs. new methods |
Cindy Tribuzio |
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2:30-3:00 |
COFFEE BREAK |
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18 |
3:00-3:15 |
fish and fish habitat |
Prince William Sound Herring Survey Program |
W. Pegau |
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19 |
3:15-3:30 |
seabirds |
Changes in mid-summer abundance of Brachyramphus murrelets in Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989-2012. |
Daniel Cushing |
MS |
20 |
3:30-3:45 |
mammals |
Baleen Whales and Tubenose Seabirds—A Chemosensory Comparison? |
Jan Straley |
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21 |
3:45-4:00 |
mammals |
Using acoustic assessment of pelagic backscatter to assess prey use and niche separation of fin and humpback whales near Kodiak Island, Alaska |
Briana Witteveen |
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22 |
4:00-4:15 |
mammals |
Colonization in Action: Understanding the impacts of sea otters on soft-sediment invertebrate communities |
Benjamin Weitzman |
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23 |
4:15-4:30 |
mammals |
Overlooked and underappreciated: the role of squids in the diet of Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in southeast Alaska |
Sarah Fortune |
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24 |
4:30-4:45 |
mammals |
Augmenting Steller Sea Lion Surveys in The Western Aleutians with Unmanned Aircraft |
Gregory Walker |
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4:45-5:00 |
Best Student Oral Presentations Winners Announced |
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5:00-5:15 |
CLOSING REMARKS |
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| WORKSHOPS | |||||
Please visit the Workshop tab for information!
The Symposium is built around regional themes -- Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, and Gulf of Alaska.
Within each theme, we present talks on climate, oceanography, lower trophic levels, the benthos, fishes and invertebrates, seabirds, marine mammals, local and traditional knowledge, and socioeconomic research.
This map shows the geographic scope of talks for the Alaska Marine Science Symposium.