8:00am-12:00pm
Communicating Ocean Sciences Workshop

Symposium opens
1:30 pm

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Opening Remarks &Welcome

Senator Mark Begich (DVD Presentation)

Senator Lisa Murkowski (DVD Presentation)

2:00pm - 2:40pm
Keynote: Jeremy Mathis

Preparing for the Challenges of Ocean Acidification In Alaska

2:40pm - 3:20pm
Keynote: Jessica Miller

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
Keynote: Ed Farley

Chinook Salmon and the Marine Environment

4:20pm - 5:00pm
Keynote: Judith Connor

Technologies for Ocean Studies

POSTER RECEPTION: Arctic & Bering Sea/Aleutians Posters, Egan Center
5:45pm - 9:00pm

1

8:00-8:30

ecosystem perspectives

A Half Century of Coastal Change Along the North Coast of Alaska

Bruce Richmond

2

8:30-8:45

ecosystem perspectives

An Integrated Ecosystem Field Study of Hanna Shoal, Northern Chukchi Sea, Alaska

Kenneth Dunton

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

4

9:00-9:15

human

Broader Impacts ON Scientists:  Results from Alaska Marine Ecosystem Workshops and the National COSEE Scientist Survey

Robin Dublin

5

9:15-9:45

human

Thirty Years of Sociocultural Research on the North Slope of Alaska

Stephen Braund

9:45-10:15

COFFEE BREAK

6

10:15-10:30

climate & oceanography

Climate Impacts of the Loss of Summer Sea ice in the Beaufort Sea Since 2007

James Overland

7

10:30-10:45

climate & oceanography

A sea ice free summer Arctic within 30 years: An update from CMIP5 models

Muyin Wang

8

10:45-11:00

climate & oceanography

Modeling Ice and Circulation in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas

Seth Danielson

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

10

11:15-11:30

climate & oceanography

Leads and Landfast Ice in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

Andrew Mahoney

11:30-1:00

LUNCH PROVIDED

11

1:00 -1:15

climate & oceanography

High-resolution observations of hydrography and circulation of the Chukchi Sea

Peter Winsor

12

1:15-1:30

LTL

Using imaging flow cytometry to examine phytoplankton assemblage structure in the Bering and Chukchi Seas

Samuel Laney

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

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

16

2:15-2:30

Fish & Invertes

Dispersal of adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, evaluated using satellite telemetry

Andrew Seitz

2:30-3:00

COFFEE BREAK

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

19

3:30-3:45

mammals

Sixty years of bowhead whale stable isotope geochemistry and linkages to the rapidly changing Arctic

Nadine Lysiak

20

3:45-4:00

mammals

Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST) - Five years in review

David Rugh

21

4:00-4:15

mammals

An index of optimum sustainable population for the Pacific Walrus

James MacCracken

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

24

4:45-5:00

mammals

Variation in the nutritional and reproductive ecology of two polar bear populations experiencing sea ice loss

Karyn Rode

5:45 -9:00

1

8:00-8:30

Ecosystem perspectives

What controls trophic interconnectivity in the eastern Bering Sea?

Michael Lomas

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

3

8:45-9:00

Ecosystem perspectives

Identifying Important Ecological Areas in the Aleutian Islands

Jon Warrenchuk

4

9:00-9:15

Ecosystem perspectives

Distribution of corals and sponges in two large canyons on the Bering Sea shelf break

John Hocevar

5

9:15-9:30

Humans

Targeting ability under rights-based management: The Amendment 80 Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands groundfish fishery

Matthew Reimer

9:30-10:00

COFFEE BREAK

6

10:00-10:15

Humans

Permit Stacking in Bristol Bay

Marcus Gho

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

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

10

11:00-11:15

climate & oceanography

GEOSTROPHIC CIRCULATION AND WATER MASSES OF THE SE BERING SEA SHELF

Edward Cokelet

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

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

13

1:15-1:30

lower trophic level

On-shelf transport of oceanic mesozooplankton populations in the Eastern Bering Sea

G. Gibson

14

1:30-1:45

lower trophic level

Climate-mediated changes in zooplankton community structure for the eastern Bering Sea

Lisa Eisner

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

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

2:30-3:00

COFFEE BREAK

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

19

3:15-3:30

seabirds

Hydrographic structure and the distribution of seabird communities across the southeastern Bering Sea Shelf

George Hunt

20

3:30-3:45

seabirds

Do Albatrosses Use Molting Areas in the Aleutian Islands?  Important Bird Areas within Productive Fishing Grounds

Robert Suryan

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

23

4:15-4:30

Mammals

Winter site fidelity of bearded seals in the Bering Sea

Peter Boveng

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

1

8:00-8:30

ecosystem perspectives

The Gulf of Alaska in 2011: the view from GOAIERP

Olav Ormseth

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

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

9:30-10:15

COFFEE BREAK

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

8

10:30-10:45

climate and oceanography

Seasonal surface circulation, temperature, and salinity in Prince William Sound, Alaska

David Musgrave

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

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

11:30-1:00

LUNCH PROVIDED

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

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

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

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

2:30-3:00

COFFEE BREAK

18

3:00-3:15

fish and fish habitat

Prince William Sound Herring Survey Program

W. Pegau

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

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

22

4:00-4:15

mammals

Colonization in Action: Understanding the impacts of sea otters on soft-sediment invertebrate communities

Benjamin Weitzman

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

24

4:30-4:45

mammals

Augmenting Steller Sea Lion Surveys in The Western Aleutians with Unmanned Aircraft

Gregory Walker

4:45-5:00

Best Student Oral Presentations Winners Announced

5:00-5:15

CLOSING REMARKS