2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference
Conference Schedule
Posters and Special Demonstrations
Special Demonstrations
Poster Hall
Educational Tool: Interactive DVD
Poster Hall, Ballroom 6C
Return of the Plankton
A Watershed-based Approach for Developing a Multi-Parameter TMDL In Sinclair- Dyes Inlet, Washington
Aquatic habitat Guidelines Project
The Puget Sound Modeling System: Methods for nowcasting and forecasting Puget Sound hydrodynamics.
Integrated Modeling for Water Resource Management
Posters
Poster Hall
P1.1 The Annual Census of Giant Pacific octopuses in Puget Sound
P1.2 Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca) and Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchus Spp.): Correlations Through Space and Time in the Inland Waters of Washington State and British Columbia
P1.3 The Incredible Egg Hunt -- Mapping Forage Fish in the Northwest Straits (2001-2003)
P1.4 Representing and exploring summer distribution patterns of Southern Resident killer whales (Orcinus orca)
P1.5 Genetic Stock Structure of Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
P1.6 Centennial Plant Collection: Revisiting 1904 Herbarium Specimens from the San Juan Islands
P1.7 Shellfish population survey of the Swinomish Reservation
P1.8 Anchovies:the “other” forage fish in Puget Sound
P1.9 Movement and survival of acoustically tagged coho salmon smolts in south Puget Sound
P1.10 Hydroacoustic and Underwater Videographic Survey of San Juan County Eelgrass Resources
P1.11 Not too hot, not too cold: Behavioral thermoregulation of adult sockeye salmon in Lake Washington
P1.12 Two Decades of Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery in British Columbia
P1.13 Causes of Mortality in Pinnipeds of Washington State during 2004
P1.14 Genetic diversity of Synechococcus in Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits
P1.15 Great Blue Herons of the Salish Sea: Status and Conservation.
P1.16 Use Of Acoustic Tagging To Study Home Range And Migration Of English Sole (Parophrys Vetulus) In Puget Sound: Application To Management Of Contaminated Sediments
P2.1 Juvenile salmon in the San Juan Archipelago
P2.2 Analysis of ozone and chlorine disinfection byproducts concerning ballast water treatment
P2.3 Detection of the harmful algal species Pseudo-nitzschia and associated particulate and dissolved domoic acid with concurrent water column quality and nutrient concentrations obtained from a moored aut
P2.4 Enumerating phytoplankton abundance in ballast water treatment experiments
P2.5 Effect of plasma lipid content on interpreting chlorinated hydrocarbon concentration in bald eagles
P2.6 Regional risk assessment of the Japanese brown alga, Sargassum muticum, in Cherry Point, Washington
P2.7 Evaluating Status and Trends in Fecal Pollution in Puget Sound
P2.8 Regional risk assessment of the European green crab, Carcinus maenas, in Cherry Point, Washington
P2.9 Literature Review and Analysis of Coastal Urbanization and Microbial Contamination of Shellfish Growing Areas
P2.10 Modelling Loadings and Fate of PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin
P2.12 Influences of Geoduck Aquaculture on Eelgrass
P2.13 Potential impacts of low dissolved oxygen on eelgrass (Zostera marina) in Hood Canal
P2.14 Concentrations of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) in Hood Canal
P2.15 Sediment Quality in the San Juan Islands, Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Admiralty Inlet
P2.16 Sediment Quality In Hood Canal
P2.17 Efficacy of a Hypochlorite Generator and Filtration Treatment System in Preventing the Introduction of Non-indigenous Aquatic Species Found in Ballast Water
P2.18 The Management of Giant Salvinia by Biological Control On thelower Colorado River
P2.19 Trends in polybrominated diphenyl ethers iin eggs of aquatic and marine birds from British Columbia, Canada, 1979-2002
P2.20 Comparative thresholds for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and behavioral impairment in coho salmon exposed to chlorpyrifos.
P2.21 The Biodegradation of Methanol in the Fraser River
P2.22 Remediation of PCB-Contaminated Sediment in the Duwamish River, Washington
P2.23 The West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health
P2.24 Forestry herbicide effects on zebrafish early development.
P2.25 Investigating Ocean and Human Health Risks from Harmful Algal Blooms using an Integrated Framework
P2.26 Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of Zostera marina in Commencement Bay, WA
P2.27 Will the introduced mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis outcompete the native mussel M. trossulus in Puget Sound? A study of relative frequencies, growth and survival among different habitats
P3.1 Fornsby Creek Project: Self-regulating tidegates and estuary restoration
P3.2 Lone Tree Creek and pocket estuary restoration
P3.3 ERA Uncertainty Reduction by Mapping the Nearshore Habitats of Cherry Point, Washington, U.S.A.
P3.4 Beach Restoration/Rehabilitation in Puget Sound, WA: 5 Years of Monitoring at 2 Projects and Lessons Learned
P3.5 Olympia Oyster Restoration in Fidalgo Bay, Washington
P3.6 The Pierce County, Washington, Coordinated Salmon Habitat Protection and Restoration Strategy
P3.7 Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Puget Sound
P3.8 Characterizing Existing Hydrology, Water Quality, and Other Characteristics of a Small Pacific Coast Watershed in Preparation for Habitat Restoration Alternatives
P3.9 Monitoring of Restoration Performance in Commencement Bay, Washington: Anadromous Fish Presence, Health, and Degree of Chemical Contamination
P3.10 Creosote removal efforts in the Northwest Straits: an important piece of nearshore marine habitat restoration
P4.1 Computer Modeling of Marine Waters with Open Source Software
P4.2 Statistical Models for Spot Air Quality Forecasts (O3 and PM10) in British Columbia
P4.3 Measuring and Assessing Environmental Quality in the Lower Mainland Region of British Columbia
P4.4 Simulating the effects of sea-level rise on Zostera marina production in Padilla Bay, WA
P4.5 The Development of Nearshore Stressor Conceptual Models for Chinook Recovery Planning in South Puget Sound.
P4.7 An Analysis of Large Woody Debris in two Puget Sound Salt Marshes; Elger Bay, Camano Island, Sullivan Minor Marsh, Padilla Bay
P4.8 Nearshore habitat characterization on the Swinomish Reservation
P4.9 Nearshore Structure Survey of the Swinomish Reservation
P4.10 Ability to Predict Zostera marina Cover Based on Geomorphic and Hydrologic Variables in Puget Sound, Washington
P4.11 Effects of Climate Variability and Change on Urban Stormwater System: Sensitivity Analysis on Des Moines Creek System at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
P4.12 Use of Remotely Sensed Data to Characterize Upwelling Conditions on the Washington Coast in Relation to Harmful Algal Blooms
P4.13 The pollution shadow: characterizing “local” and “global” air pollution in the Strait of Georgia
P4.14 A marine food-web bioaccumulation model for PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin
P4.15 Blazed array sonar systems - a new technology for creating low-cost, high-resolution imaging sonar systems for fisheries management.
P4.16 Application of NASA Earth Science Data to Landscape-Scale Resource Management Needs in the Pacific Northwest: An Institutional Collaboration
P4.17 Investigations of the ecological, fluvial, and nearshore impacts of the Elwha River dam removal
P4.18 Marine Benthic Habitat Mapping in the San Juan Islands
P5.1 The British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection’s Focus on Airshed and Watershed Management Planning in the Georgia Basin.
P5.2 Spatial assumptions and consultative governance
P5.3 Planning the Future for San Juan Islands and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges
P5.4 Elements of Ecosystem Based Management: An Estuarine Case Study
P5.5 Shared Waters: Protecting Water Quality in Boundary Bay and its Smaller Basins, Semiahmoo Bay and Drayton Harbor
P5.6 Biomarker and Histopathologic Responses Demonstrate Improvement in Flatfish Health Following Remediation of a PAH-contaminated Site in Eagle Harbor, WA
P5.7 The British Columbia Coast and Marine Environment Project
P5.8 A History of the Washington State Hydraulic Code and Marine Shoreline Armoring in Puget Sound
P5.9 The Pacific Northwest Aquatic Monitoring Partnership: A Forum for Regional Coordination
P5.25 Integrated Framework for Urbanization, Human Health and Marine Interactions: A PCB Case Study
P6.1 Boater Information System
P6.2 Sustainable community development from a cultural perspective - A case study of Chinese immigrants in Greater Vancouver
P6.3 Island County WSU Beach Watcher Intertidal monitoring Program: A model for volunteer based data collection
P6.4 Stream Stewards Conservation Awareness Program
P6.5 Swinomish Earath Day Enhancement Celebrations Incorporating culture, communities and service projects
P6.6 Seattle Aquarium Citizen Science: Inspiring Marine Conservation in our Local Students
P6.7 Mill Hill Landowner Outreach Stewardship Project
P6.8 Community Stewardship and Field based Environmental Education
P6.9 Menzies Project Scientific Results: 2002-2004
P6.10 The Islands in the Salish Sea Community Mapping Project
P6.11 Science-Based Salmon Habitat Restoration and Social Conflict in the Pacific Northwest: a Case Study of the Skagit Valley