2005 Puget Sound Georgia Basin Research Conference
Conference Schedule
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
7:30am Conference Check-In / Coffee Service
6th Floor East Lobby
7:30–9:30am Poster Set-up
Poster Hall – Ballroom 6C
9:30–11:45am Opening Plenary Session
Ballroom 6A
Welcome
Tribal Welcome
Coast Salish Welcome
Opening Remarks
Keynote Address
Research and Conservation in the Puget Sound Georgia Basin: where we’ve been
and where we are going.
11:45am–Noon Break and Poster Viewing
Noon–1:00 Opening Lunch
Ballroom 6B
Governor Christine Gregoire will address the conference participants from 12:30–12:45.
1:00–2:30pm Concurrent Sessions 1
1:00pm Alteration of channel and ecosystem dynamics downstream of Elwha dams
1:15pm Monitoring
and analysis of sediment transport in the Elwha River
1:30pm Pre-dam
removal monitoring in the Elwha River Basin: establishing baseline conditions
for primary and secondary productivity
1:45pm Pre-dam
removal monitoring in the Elwha River Basin: establishing baseline levels of
stable isotopes in fish and benthic communities
2:00pm Shoreline
Change near the Elwha River - Impacts of Dams and Dam Removal.
1:00pm Application
of cautions, warnings and triggers to benthos for the GVRD marine WWTP outfalls
1:15pm Balancing
Wastewater Disposal and Shellfish Protection at the Very End of Puget Sound
1:30pm The Beach
Environmental Assessment, Communication, and Health (BEACH) Program: Results and
Trends from 2004
1:45pm Brightwater
Marine Outfall: Overview of Status and Potential for Impacts to Puget Sound
2:00pm Reducing Combined
Sewer Overflows at Denny Way
2:15pm Controlling
mercury from dental waste:
A success story
1:00pm Biological
Stream Assessment at Federal-Provincial Water Quality Stations in the Georgia
Basin
1:15pm Calculation
of the CCME Water Quality Index for Selected Rivers in the Georgia Basin
1:30pm Estuary
Feasibility Study for Capitol Lake
1:45pm A
process-based morphological model of Capitol Lake
2:00pm The Effects
of Riparian Harvesting on Headwater Stream Chemistry and Modeling of
Discharge/Nutrient Exports
2:15pm Tributary
junctions as hotspots for biological productivity and diversity
1:00pm Learning
Experiences from the Bioaccumulative Toxics in Native American Shellfish
Project
1:15pm Plant
communities in a cultural landscape: incorporating aesthetics and historical
land use in managing Iceberg Point (Lopez Island, WA)
1:30pm Native Uses
Of Wetlands And Natural Resources Planning: The Swinomish Indian Tribal
Community’s Wetlands Cultural Assessment
1:45pm The Salish
Sea: Historic Conditions
2:00pm Indigenous
Involvement In The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
1:00pm Simulating
Future Streamflows in Rainfall Driven Rivers in British Columbia Using IHACRES
and Improved Climate Downscaling
1:15pm Long-term
variability and change in freshwater inputs to Puget Sound
1:30pm Climate Model
Downscaling for Regional Impacts Studies
1:45pm Impacts of
Climate Variation and Change Events on Salmon Populations in Southern British
Columbia: Implications for Conservation and Restoration
2:00pm Adaptive
Management of Water Resources in the Puget Sound
2:15pm Climate
Change and the City of Seattle’s Water Supply
1:00pm Soils for
Salmon: Restoring Soil and Watershed Functions with Organics
1:15pm Port of
Seattle Pier 64/65 Thin-Layer Sediment Cap and Bell Harbor Marina Projects
Habitat Mitigation Monitoring Results 1996-2002
1:30pm A Novel
Approach to Sample for River Water Quality in the Fraser Estuary
1:45pm Juvenile
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawystcha) utilization of estuarine distributary
channel and nearshore marine habitats of the Snohomish River, Washington.
2:00pm Environmental
Biomarkers and the Health of Ecosystems
2:30–3:00pm Break and Poster Viewing
East Lobby and Poster Hall
3:00–4:30pm Concurrent Sessions 2
3:00pm Do Orcas Use
Symbols?
3:15pm Diving
behavior of “southern resident” killer whales in the trans-boundary waters of
British Columbia and Washington: implications for foraging ecology
3:30pm A tale of two
porpoise species: Seasonal movements and habitat use of Dall’s and harbor
porpoise in the Salish Sea as determined by radio-telemetry
3:45pm Science and
industry: Bridging the gap to identify harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) seasonal movements and habitat
use.
4:00pm Gray whales
in Puget Sound and surrounding waters: not just migrants
4:15pm Humpback
whales in the Puget Sound/Georgia Strait Region
3:00pm Trace Metal
Retention in Urban Stormwater Ponds in the Lower Fraser Valley, B.C.
3:15pm Ecological
significance of sediment biotic and geochemical effects related to the Iona
WWTP outfall discharge to the Strait of Georgia off Sturgeon Bank
3:30pm Stormwater
Research Needs Identified in Conjunction with Updating WSDOT’s Highway Runoff
Manual
3:45pm The ENVVEST
Approach for Stormwater Pollutant Loading in the Sinclair- Dyes Inlet Watershed
4:00pm Great (Wet)
Streets: Merging Street Design and Stormwater Management to Improve
Neighborhood Streets
3:00pm The
Biogeography and Molecular Diversity of Mastocarpus papillatus (Rhodophyta, Phyllophoraceae)
3:15pm Sharks in the
Salish Sea: Broad- and fine-scale phlylogeography of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias)
3:30pm Long-term
changes in population structure and genetic diversity of Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) in Puget Sound
3:45pm Finding Nemo
in Puget Sound: parental identification of brown rockfish juveniles
4:00pm Decadal
changes in genetic diversity of Puget Sound coho salmon
3:00pm Sedimentation
and contaminant loading: impacts on eelgrass (Zostera
marina) bed health in northern Puget Sound
3:15pm Recontamination
Sources at Three Sediment Caps in Seattle
3:30pm Spatial and
temporal patterns in sediment quality at the Point Grey disposal site
3:45pm Effects of a
Breach Fill Maintenance Project on Benthic Communities in Half Moon Bay,
Westport, WA
4:00pm Port of
Seattle Pier 64/65 Thin-Layer Sediment Cap Monitoring Results 1994-2004
4:15pm Dredging
residuals happen - anticipation and management of residuals are key to
successful sediment remediation projects.
3:00pm Will Global
Warming Impact Eelgrass in the Pacific Northwest?
3:15pm An
Examination of Climate and Fisheries Effects Upon Ecosystem Dynamics of the
Strait of Georgia Compared to Larger Northeast Pacific Ecosystems
3:30pm Exploring
adaptation to climate variation and change: important issues and lessons to be
learned in Puget Sound and the Georgia Basin.
3:45pm Co-variability
of the Strait of Georgia and the northeast Pacific Ocean on climatic time
scales
4:00pm Identifying
and separating impacts of climate change and seal predation on the distribution
and abundance of herring in the Strait of Georgia
4:15pm Climate
related variation in Puget Sound density and oxygen
3:00pm Effects of
forest harvesting on soil amorphous aluminosilicates (imogolite-type material)
and implications for water quality
3:15pm North Bay
Case Inlet Water Reuse Facility
3:30pm Reducing the
installation impact of submarine cables on eelgrass (Zostera marina): Details of a new technique.
3:45pm Northwest
Straits Commission Derelict Fishing Gear Removal Project
4:00pm Environmental
Impacts of Recreational Boating in the Gulf Islands National Park Reserve of
Canada
4:30–6:00pm Poster Gala
Ballroom 6BC
Poster Session with refreshments and entertainment.