GAP Project Presentations

Marine Mammals - 2010

Wynne, K., Rice, A., Wallesz,C., and Witteveen, B. 2010. M.A.D. Whales: why not seek collaborative solutions prior to a crisis? Poster presentation at the Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, Alaska, January 18-22, 2010.

Marine Mammals - 2009

Witteveen, B.H. 2009. Using stable isotopes to assess the population structure and feeding ecology of North Pacific humpback whales. Oral presentation at the SPLASH Symposium in conjunction with the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Quebec City, Canada. October 11, 2009.

Witteveen, B.H., Worthy, Graham A.J., Wynne, K.M, Hirons, A.C., Andrews, A.G., and Markel, R.W. 2009. Exploration of trophic levels of North Pacific humpback whales through analysis of stable isotopes: implications on prey selection and resource quality. Poster presentation at the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Quebec City, Canada. October 12-16, 2009.

Wynne, K.M., Witteveen, B.H., and Foster, M.B. 2009. Seasonal prey use and partitioning of sympatric whale species in a Kodiak, Alaska embayment. Poster presentation at the 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals Quebec City, Canada. October 12-16, 2009.

Wynne, KM, RJ Foy, and C. Foy. 2006. GAP and related GOA studies: an ecosystem-based approach to addressing Steller sea lion declines. North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee, 28August 2006, Seattle, WA

Marine Mammals - 2008

Witteveen, B.H. and K.M. Wynne. 2008. Gray whale feeding off Kodiak, Alaska. Oral presentation at the Gray Whales and Climate Change Symposium, Monterey, CA, November 2008.

Witteveen, B.H. and K.M. Wynne. 2008. Consumption and prey removals by humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) near Kodiak Island, Alaska: A revision of previous estimates. Poster presentation at The Role of Marine Mammals in the Ecosystem in the 21st Century Symposium, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada October 2008.

Marine Mammals – 2007
Baraff L., K. M. Wynne, R. J. Foy, and S. Hills. 2007. Distribution and habitat characteristics of fin and humpback whales off northeast Kodiak Island during summer, 2002 and 2003. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, Alaska. January 21 -24, 2007.

McKenzie, J and K.Wynne. 2007. Regional and seasonal variation in the diet of Steller sea lions in the Kodiak Archipelago, 1999-2005. Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage , AK 21-24 January 2007.

Witteveen, BH, G.A.J. Worthy, and K. M. Wynne. 2007. Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Assess Population Structure and Feeding Ecology of North Pacific Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage , AK 21-24 January 2007.

Witteveen B. H., R. J. Foy, K. M. Wynne, and Y. Tremblay. 2007. Investigation of foraging habits and prey selectivity by humpback whales using acoustic tags and concurrent fish surveys. Alaska Marine Science Symposium. Anchorage, Alaska. January 21 -24, 2007.

Seabirds – 2007

Breton, AR, Kildaw, SD, Murra, KM, and CL Buck. 2007. Multilevel models reveal no cohort-level variation in time spent foraging to explain a regime shift in kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) breeding success. Pacific Seabirds. Vol. 33.

Brewer, JB, O’Reilly, KM and CL Buck. 2007. Effect of brood size and nestling status on adrenal responsiveness and behavior of Black-legged Kittiwake chicks. Pacific Seabirds. Vol. 33.

Kildaw, SD and CL Buck. 2007. Using conductivity loggers and radio-telemetry to record the at-sea behaviors and locations of surface-feeding seabirds. Pacific Seabirds. Vol. 33.

O’Reilly, K.M. and Buck, C.L. 2007. Corticosterone, Reproduction, and Environmental Conditions: Case Studies of Seabirds and Shorebirds. Pacific Seabird Group International Meeting.

Williams, CT, Buck, CL, Sears, J, and AS Kitaysky. 2007. Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds. Pacific Seabirds. Vol. 33.

Marine Mammals – 2006

Seabirds 2006
Breton, AR, Kildaw, SD, Murra, KM and CL Buck. 2006. Variation among years and colonies in the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). The Seabird Group. 9th International Conference, Seabirds Under Pressure.

Whidden, SE, Williams, CT and CL Buck. 2006. Effects of radio transmitters on Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) reproductive success. The Seabird Group. 9th International Conference: Seabird populations under pressure.

Williams, CT, Sears, JS, Kitaysky, AS, and CL Buck. 2006. Effects of nutritional restriction on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in tufted puffin nestlings: Implications for assessment of diet and body condition.  AAAS. State of the Arctic: Current State of the Arctic – Observations of Arctic Change. Fairbanks, AK.

Other- 2006

Foy, RJ, Haukenes, AH, Buck, CL and SK Hanna. 2006. Energetic requirements of walleye pollock and Pacific cod in response to temperature and prey variability: implications of climate change. 24th Wakefield Symposium. Resiliency of gadid stocks to fishing and climate change. Anchorage, AK.

Hanna, SK, Haukenes, AH, Foy, RJ and CL Buck. 2006. Interrelationships among temperature, metabolism and swimming performance in Pacific Cod. 7th International congress on the Biology of Fish. St. Johns, Newfoundland.

Haukenes, AH, S Plante, and CL Buck. 2007. Evaluations of hatchery methods for maintaining black rockfish (Sebastes melanops) broodstock. Triennial Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society: Physiological Insights Towards Improving Fish Aquaculture.

Guo, L. and R. J. Foy. 2006. Lipid and protein characteristics of juvenile walleye pollock related to prey availability: implications of climate change on fish condition. Resiliency of Gadid Stocks to Fishing and Climate Change. 24th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium. Anchorage, Alaska. October 31 – November 3, 2006.

Other - 2005

Foy, R. J. 2005. Summary of abundance and bycatch of spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. First International Symposium on the Management and Biology of Dogfish Sharks. June 13-15, 2005. Seattle Washington. American Fisheries Society Special Publication.

Seabirds 2004

Buck, C.L.and K.M. 2004. O'Reilly, Brood size and productivity affects adrenal responsiveness of free-living kittiwakes. 2004 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists.

Gamble, J.B., Murphy, E.C., O'Reilly, K.M., and C.L. Buck. 2004. Seasonal Dynamics of the Stress Response of Glaucous-winged Gulls. 2004 Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Annual Meeting

Gamble, J.B., K.M. O'Reilly, and C.L. Buck. 2004. Effects of reproductive stage on adrenal responsiveness of glaucous-winged gulls. 2004 Pacific Seabird Group Meetings.

Gamble, J.B., K.M. O'Reilly, and C.L. Buck. 2004. Effects of reproductive stage on adrenal responsiveness of glaucous-winged gulls. 2004 Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists.

Kildaw, D., D.Irons, and L.Buck.2004. Population dynamics of black-legged kittiwake colonies in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak, Alaska. 2004 Pacific Seabird Group Meetings.

General GAP 2003

Foy, R.J., K. M. Wynne, and C.L. Buck. 2003. Gulf Apex Predator-prey project (GAP). 2003 Steller sea lion/GLOBEC/GEM/NPRB Symposium. Anchorage, AK.

Marine Mammals 2003

Baraff, L.S., R.J. Foy, and K.M. Wynne. 2003. Summer distribution and habitat characteristics of balaenopterid whales off northeast Kodiak Island, Alaska. 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Poster presentation.

Baraff, L.S., R.J. Foy and K.M Wynne. 2003. Summer distribution and habitat characteristics of balaenopterid whales in Steller sea lion critical habitat, northeast Kodiak Island: project overview and preliminary results. Marine Science in the Northeast Pacific: Science for Resource Dependent Communities, Anchorage, AK. (ppt. file)

Witteveen, B.H. 2003. Abundance and feeding ecology of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) within Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) critical habitat in Kodiak, Alaska.Marine Science in the Northeast Pacific: Science for Resource Dependent Communities, Anchorage, AK. (ppt. file).

Witteveen, B.H., R.J. Foy, and K.M. Wynne. 2003. Foraging ecology of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) near Kodiak, Alaska. 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Poster presentation.

Witteveen, B.H., K.M. Wynne, and T.J. Quinn II. 2003. An apparent feeding aggregation of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) near Kodiak, Alaska: historical and current abundance estimation. 15th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. Poster presentation.

Seabirds 2003

Buck, C.L., S.D. Kildaw, and K.M. O'Reilly. 2003. Brood size affects adrenal responsiveness of free-living black-legged kittiwake chicks. 2003 Annual Pacific Seabird Group meetings.

Buck, C.L., S.D. Kildaw, K.A. Murra, J.B. Gamble, and B. Fadely. 2003. Seabird component of the GAP Project: Indicators of marine conditions and potential competitors of Steller sea lions. 2003 Steller sea lion/GLOBEC/GEM/ NPRB Symposium. Anchorage, AK

Gamble, J.B., C.L. Buck, S.D.Kildaw, and E.C. Murphy. 2003. Reproductive success of glaucous-winged gulls on Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2003 Annual Pacific Seabird Group meetings.

Gamble, J. B., C. L.Buck, S. D. Kildaw, and E. C. Murphy. 2003. Reproductive Success of glaucous-winged gulls on Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2003 Steller sea lion/GLOBEC/GEM/NPRB Symposium. Anchorage, AK.

Kildaw, D., K.A. Murra, J. B. Gamble , C.L. Buck ,and D.Irons. 2003. Black-legged kittiwakes as bio-indicators: avoiding confounding effects of predation. 2003 Annual Pacific Seabird Group meetings.

Murra, K.A., C.L. Buck , S.D.Kildaw , J.B.Gamble , and C.T. Williams. 2003. Diet, productivity and forage location of black-legged kittiwakes in 2001 and 2002 in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Alaska. 2003 Annual Pacific Seabird Group meetings.

Murra, K.A., C.L. Buck , S.D. Kildaw , J.B. Gamble , and C.T. Williams. 2003. Forage location, diet, and productivity of black-legged kittiwakes in 2001 and 2002 in Chiniak Bay, Kodiak Alaska. 2003 Steller sea lion/GLOBEC/GEM/NPRB Symposium. Anchorage, AK.

Seabirds 2002

Kildaw, D., K.A. Murra , C.L. Buck, and D. Irons. 2002. Reproductive variability among and within kittiwake colonies on Kodiak Island, AK. 2002 Annual Pacific Seabird Group.

Murra, K.A., C.L. Buck, S.D. Kildaw, D. Zweifeloffor, and D. Irons. 2002. Kittiwakes on Kodiak Island respond to regime Shifts in the Gulf of Alaska. 9 th Annual Alaska Bird Conference.

Murra, K.A., C.L. Buck, S.D. Kildaw, D. Zweifeloffor, and D. Irons. 2002. Kittiwakes on Kodiak Island respond to regime Shifts in the Gulf of Alaska. 2002 Annual Pacific Seabird Group.

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