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KNOWLEDGE FOR THE SALISH SEA: TOWARD COLLABORATIVE TRANSBOUNDARY SOLUTIONS

Proceedings of the 2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference

 

Student Award Recipients

 

Undergraduate Poster Presentation


1. Bahareh Toghiani Rizi
Simon Fraser University
BC School Bus Emissions Reduction Project

2. Rachel Halfhill
University of Washington
Detecting the Pattern of the "Red Edge" of Absorption in Puget Sound from Satellite Measured Water-Leaving Radiance

3. Linda Rossell
Western Washington University
Temperature and Shading Effects on Surf Smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus, Egg Survival

 

Undergraduate Oral Presentation

1. Zachary Hughes
University of Washington
Bathymetry, bottom mapping, and recovery projections of eelgrass for anchor buoy relocation project at Echo Bay, Sucia Island, WA

 

2. Dieta Lund
University of British Columbia
Biofilm feeding in Western Sandpipers

 

3. Robert Rankin
Simon Fraser University
Ecosystem Status and Trends Assessment

 

Graduate Poster Presentation

**1st place tie**


1. Eva Dusek
University of Washington
Feeding rates of benthic suspension-feeding macroinvertebrates in Washington state on the toxin-producing phytoplankton Pseudo-nitzschia

 

1. Jillayne Peers
University of Guelph
Learning through Collaboration: The Role of Communities of Practice in Natural Resource Management

 

2. Jennifer Barrett
Simon Fraser University
The relationship between oceanographic conditions and terrestrial habitat for marine use, nest site selection and breeding success of Marbled Murrelets: Implications for reserve design and management

 

3. Katrina Hoffman
University of Washington
Resource Protection in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: A Pilot Project to Address Derelict Fishing Gear

 

Graduate Oral Presentation

1. Christina Maginnis
Western Washington University
An Integrated Ecological and Human Health risk model for Lake Whatcom, a multiple-use water supply in Whatcom County WA

 

2. Joshua Bouma
University of Washington
Early life history dynamics of the pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) in the San Juan archipelago, Washington state

 

3. Patrick Lilley
University of British Columbia
The role of local environmental conditions and landscape context in determining plant diversity in Garry oak ecosystems on southeastern Vancouver Island