CMI Annual Research Review
Tuesday, 8 March 2005
Regents' Conference Room, 109 Butrovich Building
AGENDA
8:00 Coffee and muffins
8:30–8:35 Vera
Alexander
Opening remarks
8:35–9:00 Mark Johnson
Water and ice dynamics in Cook Inlet
9:00-9:25 Steve Okkonen / Scott Pegau / Susan Saupe (S. Pegau, presenter)
Seasonality of boundary conditions for Cook Inlet, Alaska
9:25-9:50 Dave Musgrave (Hank Statscewich, presenter)
CODAR in Alaska
9:50-10:15 Peter Olsson (Haibu Liu, presenter)
High-resolution numerical modeling of near-surface weather conditions over Alaska’s Cook Inlet and Shelikof Strait
10:15 Break
10:30-10:55 Jia Wang / Meibing Jin (J. Wang, presenter)
Workshop on hydrological modeling for freshwater discharge from the Alaska arctic coast
10:55-11:25 Sathy Naidu / John Kelley (S. Naidu, presenter)
Archiving of Shelikof Strait sediment samples at the University of Alaska Museum [a quick update]
Sathy Naidu / John Kelley / Debu Misra (S. Naidu, presenter)
Trace metals and hydrocarbons in sediments of Beaufort Lagoon, northeast arctic Alaska
11:25-11:50 Rolf Gradinger / Bodil Bluhm (R. Gradinger and B. Bluhm, presenters)
Susceptibility of sea ice biota to disturbances in the shallow Beaufort Sea. Phase 1: Biological coupling of sea ice with the pelagic and benthic realms
11:50-12:15 Brenda Konar (Casey Debenham, presenter)
Role of grazers on the recolonization of hard-bottom communities in the Alaska Beaufort Sea
12:10 Lunch (provided)
1:10-1:35 Abby Powell (Stacia Backensto, presenter)
Foraging ecology of common ravens (Corvus corax) on Alaska’s coastal plain
1:35-2:00 Abby Powell /Robert Suydam (Rebecca McGuire, presenter)
Breeding biology and habitat use of king eiders on the coastal plain of northern Alaska
2:00-2:25 Abby Powell / Eric Rexstad / Eric Taylor (Laura Phillips,presenter)
Importance of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea to king eiders (Somateria spectabilis)
2:25-2:50 Abby Powell (Audrey Taylor, presenter)
Pre-migratory movements and physiology of shorebirds staging on Alaska’s North Slope
2:50 Break
3:10-3:35 Kevin McCracken / Richard Lanctot / Sandra Talbot / Kim Scribner (Sarah Sonsthagen, presenter)
Population structure of common eiders nesting on coastal barrier islands adjacent to oil facilities in the Beaufort Sea
3:35-4:00 Lori Quakenbush (L. Quakenbush, presenter)
King and common eider migrations past Point Barrow
4:00-4:25 Lori Quakenbush / Robert Suydam (Michael Knoche, presenter)
Using stable isotope analyses to identify spring and fall molting areas of western North American king eiders
4:25-4:50 Lori Quakenbush / Robert Small (L. Quakenbush, presenter)
Satellite tracking of bowhead whales: The planning process
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For information contact:
Maggie Billington
Phone: (907) 474-7707 • Fax: 474-7204 • E-mail: maggie@sfos.uaf.edu