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3 Dec |
Sarah Gaichas, Research Fishery Biologist, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Program Where Does Ecosystem Modeling Fit into Fisheries Management? Examples from the North Pacific |
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4 Dec |
Steve Barbeaux, UW School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences/ NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center TBA |
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24 Nov |
Curtis Hinman, Watershed Ecologist, Washington State University Extension Pierce County Emerging Water Quality Treatment and Flow Control Performance—Trends for Low Impact Development Practices |
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24 Nov |
Christine Queitsch, Assistant Professor, UW Genome Sciences Phenotypic Robustness and Variation: Molecular Mechanisms and Evolutionary Impact |
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8 Dec |
Irv Schultz, Battelle Pacific NW National Laboratory, Marine Science Lab, Ocean Acidification of the Northeastern Pacific Coastal Waters and Puget Sound |
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3 Dec |
Carol Lee, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Center of Rapid Evolution Rapid Evolution Following Invasions into Novel Environments |
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Kudos
Migrations
New Undergraduates
We welcome two more students to our undergraduate program:
- David Berman, Junior
- Ryan Bosler, Junior Transfer
- Katie Carlile, Junior, Double degree with Biology
Student Exams
Advising professors in parentheses.
Final Defense
Mary Hunsicker (Essington), Monday, 23 November, 1pm, 203 Fishery Sciences
Evaluating the Role of Cephalopods Within Marine Food Webs and Fisheries
Publications
Bold indicates SAFS author(s), including those no longer affiliated with this institution but whose contributions to the articles were done under school auspices.
Anderson, JJ, WN Beer. 2009. Oceanic, riverine, and genetic influences on spring chinook salmon migration timing. Ecol. Applic. 19(8):1989–2003.
Gomez-Ichida, D, TW Knight, DE Ruzzante. 2009. Interaction of landscape and life history attributes on genetic diversity, neutral divergence and gene flow in a pristine community of salmonids. Molec. Ecol. 18:4854-4869. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04409.x.
Please forward PDF files (or 2 reprints if no PDF is available) for peer-review publications to Marcus Duke, Box 357980. Comprehensive lists of SAFS publications can be found at http://fish.washington.edu/Publications/.
Conferences, Workshops, and More
Working Waterways & Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access 2010: Call for Presentations
September 27-30, 2010
Portland, Maine
http://www.wateraccessus.com/callforpresentations.html
Individuals, groups, and communities with experience in planning for or implementing successful strategies for sustaining working waterfronts are invited to submit presentations for the Working Waterways & Waterfronts National Symposium on Water Access 2010.
The Symposium provides a forum to help communities, organizations, businesses, and individuals address waterfront access challenges by showcasing successful models and tools from around the country. We invite interested parties with experience in applying successful working waterfront planning and implementation approaches to submit an abstract to the symposium.
For more information, please see the above-listed website. Presentation submission timeline is as follows:
- Submissions due Friday, January 22, 2010
- Submission status notices sent Friday, March 12, 2010
- Presenter responses due Friday, March 26, 2010
Call for Papers, Posters, and Award Nominations
Wild Trout X—"Conserving Wild Trout
Holiday Inn, West Yellowstone, MT
September 28-30, 2010
http://www.wildtroutsymposium.com
The triennial Wild Trout Symposium assembles governmental entities, non-profit conservation groups, media representatives, educators, anglers, fishing guides, and business interests associated with trout fisheries to exchange technical information and viewpoints on wild trout management and related public policy.
Wild Trout X offers a unique forum for professionals and anglers to interact, and where participants will to be exposed to the latest wild trout science, technology and philosophies. This conference will equip participants to better manage, preserve, and restore these significant but declining resources. The symposium will focus on the needs of working-level wild trout professionals, conservationists, and trout anglers.
The Wild Trout X Program Committee is soliciting abstracts for presentations and posters. Please send brief abstracts (300 words or less) to Committee Co-chairman, Kevin Meyer, kevin.meyer@idfg.idaho.gov, no later than April 1, 2010. Guidelines for abstract, poster, and manuscript preparation can be found at the Wild Trout X website listed above.
Conservation in Practice: A College of the Environment Colloquium
Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 1pm-5pm (reception to follow)
HUB Ballroom
http://depts.washington.edu/cbcomm/colloquium
Please join us for an exciting look at the exceptional breadth of conservation-related activity being conducted at the University of Washington (UW). Our emphasis is on pro-active, solution-based approaches to critical conservation problems world-wide. The Colloquium will foster a sense of community among our conservation scholars, display our existing connections, and build new ties between units and individuals. Come celebrate, learn, and get connected with the diversity of conservation efforts at UW.
Everyone is invited to attend; registration is required but there is no charge. The registration form is available on the Colloquium website listed above.
Presentations will be solicited from individual researchers and interdisciplinary research teams. Abstract submission instructions will be posted on the Colloquium website (due December 18, 2009).
This event is sponsored by the UW Conservation of Living Systems Graduate Program within the College of the Environment and is made possible through the generous support of Harriet Bullitt. For more information, please send email to conscoll@u.washington.edu.
FYI
(General Information)
Faculty Meetings, 2009
Faculty meetings in 2009 will be held on Tuesdays, from 11:30am to 1:00pm in the Fisheries Building, room 203 as follows:
- November 17
- December 1 and 15
