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  MBNMS Symposium - Sanctuary Currents:
Research Poster Awards
 

 

 

 

The MBNMS presents awards for outstanding research posters presented at the MBNMS Sanctuary Currents Symposium. The judges determine the specific kinds of awards to present each year based on the posters presented at the Symposium.


2008 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 6 Awards

2008 Best Graduate Student Posters - 3

Kahn, A.S. (1), K.L. Smith, Jr. (2), and H.A. Ruhl (2)

1. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
2. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA

EFFECT OF CLIMATE AND FOOD SUPPLY ON ABUNDANCE AND SIZE OF TWO BENTHIC SPONGES IN THE ABYSSAL NORTHEAST PACIFIC


Adams*, E., C. Alger, K. Glitz*, K. Gomez, J. Hinkle*, D. Kline*, O. Mise, C. Romena, B. Spear, and A. Zelensky* (Asterisk indicates primary authors for Part 1 of the poster)

California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA

GEOMORPHIC CHANGE DETECTION IN THE MONTEREY SUBMARINE CANYON, MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA


Osiadacz, Maria H. (1), and Arlene Guest (2)

1. Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA
2. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

ANALYZING KELP FLUCTUATIONS IN MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY


2008 Best High School Student Posters - 3

Lopez, Cristal, Omar Martinez, Alexis Zarate, Heber Martinez

Pajaro Valley High School
Monterey Bay Aquarium, WATCH (Watsonville Area Teens Conserving Habitats)

FROM WATSONVILLE TO HAWAII: YOUR CONNECTION TO MARINE DEBRIS


Dirck, Emilie, and Hannah Peabod

Watershed Academy, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, CA

ARE WETLANDS THE NEW LEACH FIELD?


Townsend, Chad

San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton, CA

IRON IN THE WATER SUPPLY: IS ONE FILTER SUFFICIENT?


2007 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards

2007 Best Graduate Student Poster

Szoboszlai, Amber I.

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, SIMoN

INTERTIDAL ALGAL CANOPIES MODITY PELVETIOPSIS RECRUITMENT


2007 Honorable Mention: Graduate Student Poster

Jorve, Jennifer P.

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA

PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES OF MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN A HABITAT-FORMING INTERTIDAL ALGA


2007 Best High School Student Poster

Cayeros, Jorge (1,2), and Brianna Guzman (1,2)

1. Pajaro Valley High School, Watsonville, CA
2. Monterey Bay Aquarium W.A.T.C.H. Program, Monterey, CA

SAVE OUR WETLANDS! A PROJECT TO TEACH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHY AND HOW WE SHOULD RESTORE WETLANDS


2006 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards

2006 Best Graduate Student Poster

Wertz, Lisa

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA

FISHES IN THE DIET OF BRANDT'S CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORAX PENICILLATUS) DURING THE NONBREEDING SEASON IN MOSS LANDING, CA


2006 Best Undergraduate Student Poster

Atwal, Munroop (Roopi) and Christian Mogren

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA

MARINE RESERVES & SUSTAINABLE HARVEST: THE SOLUTIONS TO THE MARINE BIODIVERSITY CRISIS


2006 Best High School Student Poster

Beard, Jon and Melanie Swan

San Lorenzo Valley High School, Watershed Academy, Felton, CA

SAN LORENZO RIVER - HOW DOES WATER TEMPERATURE AFFECT SALMONID GROWTH?


2005 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 2 Awards

2005 Best Graduate Student Poster

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2004 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 4 Awards

2004 Best Overall Poster

Kieckhefer, T.R., J. Cassidy, J. Hoffman, S.L. Reif and D. Maldini

Pacific Cetacean Group, Moss Landing, CA

RISE AND FALL OF SOUTHERN SEA OTTERS (ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS) IN ELKHORN SLOUGH, CALIFORNIA, 1994-2003


2004 Best Thematic Poster

Worcester, Karen R. (1), Mary Adams (1) and Dave Paradies (2)

1. Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board
2. Bay Foundation of Morro Bay

WATER QUALITY IN THE WATHERSHEDS AND NEARSHORE AREAS OF MONTEREY BAY: FINDINGS OF THE CENTRAL COAST AMBIENT MONITORING PROGRAM. THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM: MORTALITY AND THE WILDLIFE PATHOLOGIST


2004 Best Graduate Student Poster

Thurber, Andrew and Nick Welschmeyer

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

SEDIMENTARY PIGMENTS IN ELKHORN SLOUGH, CA: HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES


2004 Best High School Student Poster

Qi, Roy (1), Rebecca Lisette Vega (2), and David Epel (2)

1. Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA
2. Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station

MUSK TOXICITY AND INHIBITION OF MULTI-DRUG TRANSPORTER PUMPS IN EARLY SEA URCHIN DEVELOPMENT


2003 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards

2003 Best Overall Poster

Dutton, Peter H. (1), Scott R. Benson (1), and Scott A. Eckert (2)

1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA
2. Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, San Diego, CA

IDENTIFYING ORIGINS OF LEATHERBACK SEA TURTLES FROM PACIFIC FORAGING GROUNDS OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, USA


2003 Best Thematic Poster

Hawkes, Jack (1) and Debbie Brownstein (1), Melissa Miller (1), Linda Lowenstine (2), Dave Jessup (1)

1. Marine Wildlife Veterinary Care and Research Center, California Department of Fish and Game, Santa Cruz, CA
2. Department. of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis CA<

THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM: MORTALITY AND THE WILDLIFE PATHOLOGIST


2003 Best Student Poster

Kerr, Lisa A. (1), Allen H. Andrews (1), Brian R. Frantz (2), Kenneth H. Coale (1), Thomas A. Brown (2), Gregor M. Cailliet (1)

1. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
2. Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, Livermore, CA

BOMB CARBON IN YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH (SEBASTES RUBERRIMUS) OTOLITHS AS A CHRONOLOGICAL BENCHMARK FOR AGE VALIDATION OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT FISHES


2003 Certificates of Appreciation - 2 Certificates

Callaway, DeVonne

Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science, Monterey High School, Monterey, CA

OXYGEN CONSUMPTION FOR BLUEFIN TUNA


Bond, Lea and Milne, Carynn

San Lorenzo Valley High School Watershed Academy, Felton, CA

PHYTOPLANKTON MONITORING


2002 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 5 Awards

2002 Best Overall Poster

Benson, Scott R.*(1), Don A. Croll (2), Baldo Marinovic (2), and James T. Harvey (1)

1. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA
2. Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

DO BIRDS AND MAMMALS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER? – SPECIES-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS OF MARINE PREDATORS IN A COASTAL UPWELLING SYSTEM


2002 Best Thematic Poster

Yoklavich, Mary (1), Churchill Grimes (1), Waldo Wakefield (2), and H. Gary Greene (3)

1. National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, CA
2. National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport, OR
3. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA

USING LASERS TO EXPLORE DEEPWATER HABITATS IN THE MONTEREY BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY


2002 Best College Student Poster

Readdie, Mark

Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA

VERTICAL SHIFTS IN INTERTIDAL ZONATION
2002 Honorable Mention: College Student Poster

Vlietstra, Lucy S.

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA

THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL PREY ABUNDANCE IN DETERMINING THE STRENGTH OF SPATIAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NONBREEDING SEABIRDS AND ACOUSTIC BIOMASS IN NEARSHORE MONTEREY BAY


2002 Best High School Student Poster

Legler, Alyssa

Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science, Monterey High School, Monterey, CA

SEYMOUR INTERTIDAL MONITORING PROGRAM


2001 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards

2001 Best Overall

Bretz, Carrie, Rikk Kvitek, Kate Thomas, and Finnegan Barry

California State University Monterey Bay.

INFLUENCE OF HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOMS ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF SHOREBIRDS IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA


2001 Best Thematic

Weise, Michael J. and James T. Harvey

Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

CALIFORNIA SEA LION (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS) ABUNDANCE, FOOD HABITS, AND IMPACTS ON SALMONID FISHERIES IN MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA DURING 1997, 1998, AND 1999


2001 Best Student

Gray, Hannah

Morro Bay High School

INVESTIGATION OF THE BIOFILTRATION POTENTIAL OF THE PACIFIC OYSTER (CRASSOSTREA GIGAS) TO DECREASE FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIAL LEVELS


2000 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards

2000 Best Overall

Pennington, J. Timothy (1), Reiko P. Michisaki (1), Carmen G. Castro (2), and Francisco P. Chavez (1)

1. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
2. Naval Postgraduate School

THE 1997-98 EL NINO, CHLOROPHYLL AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION: SPATIAL AND SEASONAL EFFECTS OFF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA


2000 Best Thematic

Benson, Scott R. (1), Andrew DeVogelaere (2), and James T. Harvey (1)

1. Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
2. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary

CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN NATURAL AND ANTHROPOGENIC BEACH DEPOSITION EVENTS?


2000 Best Student ($100 award)

Brown, Jennifer A.

Department of Biology, University of California Santa Cruz.

CAN ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION OF OTOLITHS BE USED TO DETERMINE NURSERY HABITAT USE BY JUVENILE FLATFISH?


1999 Currents Symposium Poster Awards - 3 Awards:
1999 Best Overall Poster

Lonhart, Steve I.

Dept. of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.

FEEDING PREFERENCES OF INVASIVE AND NATIVE TURBAN SNAIL PREDATORS


1999 Best Regional, Inter-Disciplinary Poster

R. P. Michisaki, F. P. Chavez, G. E. Friederich, J. T. Pennington, B. Schlining, C. Fayos, P. Walz, C. Sakamoto, R. Hopcroft, R. Kudela, C. Castro, E. Mauri.

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.

DETECTING THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL CHANGE IN THE OPEN OCEAN WATERS OF MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA


1999 Best Student Poster ($100 Award)

Los Huertos, Marc W.

Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA.

DO VEGETATIVE BUFFERS STRIPS CAPTURE NITROGEN LEAVING ROW CROPS ALONG THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA


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