2007 Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Poster Group 1: Integrated Assessment & Landscape Scale Studies

Watershed-Based Assessment, Modeling, and Clean-up of Microbial Pollution in a Puget Sound Embayment

Christopher May*, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Robert Johnston, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Valerie Cullinan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Sally Lawrence, Mindy Roberts, Washington Department of Ecology

An Assessment of Fecal Coliform Bateria in the Sinclair/Dyes Inlet Watershed, Puget Sound, Wa, USA

Christopher May*, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Robert Johnston, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Brian Skahill, Army Corps of Engineers

Sally Lawrence, Washington Department of Ecology

Mindy Roberts, Washington Department of Ecology

PF Wang, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Gerry Sherrell, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Dwight Leisle, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

John Keiss, Kitsap County Health District

Thomas Ostrom, Suquamish Tribe

Trends in Magnitude, Distribution, and Coherence of Aerosol Concentrations Over the British Columbia Lower Mainland

Sean Fleming*, Environment Canada

Searching for Barn Swallow Fall Premigratory Roosts with Doppler Radar

Bruce Cousens*, Georgia Basin Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society

Marine Geohazards and Habitat in the Canada/US Transboundary Region of Georgia Basin

Vaughn Barrie*, Geological Survey of Canada

Gary Greene, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories

Kim Picard, Geological Survey of Canada

Large River Habitat Assessment and Interpretation of Altered Conditions on the Braided Reach, Skykomish River, WA

Frank Leonetti, Michael Rustay, Andrew Haas*, L. Ted Parker, Suzanne Brunzell, Robert Aldrich, Snohomish County

Land Use in the Canadian Portions Of Two Transboundary Watersheds, Bertrand Creek and Fishtrap Creek

Stephanie Koole*, Karen Steensma, Trinity Western University

A Nutrient Budget for a Large, Oligotrophic Lake in the Olympic National Park.

Patrick Moran*, Steve Cox, US Geological Survey

Steve Fradkin, Olympic National Park

An Evaluation of Air Pollution Modeling Approaches to Assess Exposure to Air Pollution During Pregnancy

Elizabeth Nethery*, Sara Leckie, Michael Brauer, School of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, University of British Columbia

The Invertebrate Connection: Tracing the Value of Food Subsidies from Fishless Headwaters to Downstream Fish Populations.

Aya Reiss*, John Richardson, University of British Columbia

Differences in Food Web Connectivity Across Intertidal Gradients in Embayment and Fluvial Dominated Estuaries

Emily Howe*, Charles (Si) Simenstad, University of Washington

Integrated Landscape Monitoring in the Puget Sound

Liora Llewellyn*, University of Washington, College of Forest Resources

Christian Torgersen, U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources

Guy Gelfenbaum, U.S. Geological Survey - Geology

Mark Munn, U.S. Geological Survey - Water Resources

Vivian Queija, U.S. Geological Survey - Geography

Yet Another Effect of Urbanizationónutrients from Terrestrial Organic Matter in Small Streams

Mindy Roberts*, Derek Booth, University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bob Bilby, Weyerhaeuser Co.

Integrated Framework of Urbanization, Nearshore Ecosystem and Human Health Interactions

Daniele Spirandelli*, Lisa Younglove, Marcie Demmy-Bidwell, Marina Alberti, Kelly Fay, Christina Drew, Nancy Judd, Elaine Faustman, University of Washington

Integration of Ecological Risk Assessment and the Gap Analysis Project to Assess Risk to Smolt Production in Developed Watersheds

Laurel A. Kaminski*, Jessica A. Ellis, Wayne G. Landis, Western Washington University

Ecological Risk Assessment of the Interior Landscape Analysis System Project Area (INLAS): A Pilot Study.

Suzanne Anderson*, Sarah Christensen, April Markiewicz, Wayne Landis, Western Washington University

Poster Group 2: Invasive and Recovering Species

Update on Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery in British Columbia, 2006

J. Charlene Lee*, Bruce Cousens, Georgia Basin Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society

Laura M. Darling, Parks and Protected Areas Branch, BC Min. of Environment

J. Cam Finlay, Thomas W. Gillespie, Independent, Victoria, BC

Where’s the Point -- Details of a Large-Scale Inter-Agency Salmon Hatchery Release Mapping Project in the Pacific Northwest

Andrew Albaugh*, Jeffrey Cowen, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS

Chinese Mitten Crabs (Eriochier Sinensis) and Puget Sound; Developing Early Detection and Rapid Response Tools for an Unwanted Aquatic Nuisance Species.

Robyn Draheim, Steven Wells*, Portland State University

Species of Concern within the Georgia Basin Puget Sound Marine Ecosystem: Changes from 2002 to 2006

Nicholas Brown*, Joseph Gaydos, SeaDoc Society, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center

Characterizing Zooplankton Communities in the Ballast Water of Ships Frequenting Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia

Donald Humphrey*, Claudio DiBacco, University of British Columbia

Colin Levings, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Non Native Bivalves in the Strait of Georgia

Tina Lum*, Monica A. Bravo, University of British Columbia

Thomas W. Therriault, Glen Jamieson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Claudio DiBacco, University of British Columbia, Earth & Ocean Sciences

Westcoast Domestic Ballast Water Regulations: Is 50 Miles Enough?

Nissa Ferm*, Jeffery Cordell, Terrie Klinger, University of Washington

Non-Indigenous Zooplankton in Ships Entering Puget Sound: Does Mid-Ocean Exchange Reduce Risk?

Jeffery Cordell*, Nissa Ferm, Russel Herwig, University of Washington

Assessing Phytoplankton Survival after Ballast Water Treatment

David Lawrence*, Russell Herwig, University of Washington

Acoustic Tagging of Transplanted Black Rockfish

Jeff Marliave*, Vancouver Aquarium

Carolyn Huston, Simon Fraser University

David Welch, Kintama Research

Is it Possible to Eradicate Invasive Species?

Jesse Schultz*, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Biological Responses to Offshore Artificial Habitats Constructed in Puget Sound

Tony Parra*, Wayne Palsson, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Restoration of Native Oysters in Fidalgo Bay, Washington

Paul Dinnel*, Western Washington University

Betsy Peabody, Tristan Peter-Contesse, Puget Sound Restoration Fund

Spatial and Temporal Variability of Groundfish Populations in Proposed Marine Reserves of Skagit County, Washington

J. Henry Valz*, Paul A. Dinnel, Shannon Point Marine Center, Western Washington University

Pcod Meets Acod: Population Structure of Pacific Cod and Implications for Biocomplexity

Lorenz Hauser*, Kathryn Cunningham, University of Washington

Ingrid Spies, Mike Canino, Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Volunteer Divers Monitor Invasive Tunicates And Stressed Marine Life in Washington

Janna Nichols*, Washington Scuba Alliance, Reef Environmental Education Foundation

Poster Group 3: Decision-Making and Modeling Tools

Develop with Care: Implementing Environmental Protection during Urban and Rural Land Development in British Columbia through Guidelines

Bob Cox, Marlene Caskey*, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Assessment of a Three-Dimensional Models Prediction of Near-Field Suspended Sediment Concentrations

Kevin Schock*, Bruce Nairn, King County

Stephen Breithaupt, Cheegwan Lee, Battelle (PNNL)

An Assessment of Error in State Shoreline Designation for Lakes of Washington

Peter Bahls*, Northwest Watershed Institute

Cary Kindberg, Micah Wait, Jamie Glasgow, Washington Trout

Alternative Futures Analysis for Bainbridge Island, Washington

John Bolte*, Oregon State University

Dana Woodruff, Pacific Northwest National Labs

Managing, Storing and Sharing Natural Resource Project Information & Water Quality Data

Tracy Bosen*, Paladin Data Systems

Habitat Models and Land Use Management: Got Wetlands?

Anna Kopitov*, Pierce County Planning and Land Services

A Hydrodynamic Simulation of a Conservative Tracer to Evaluate Dispersion of Out-Migrating Salmon in Sinclair Inlet, WA

Robert Johnston*, U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

PF Wang, US Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA

Doris Small, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Port Orchard, WA

Kurt Fresh, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA

Adapting Decision Making to Uncertainty and Complexity when Addressing Sea Level Rise Response in Puget Sound

Alexander Petersen*, University of Washington

Edward Miles, Universtiy of Washington (Thesis Chair/Advisor)

Thomas Leschine, University of Washington (Committee member)

Douglas Canning, UW Climate Impacts Group (Committee member)

Seasonal Variability of Circulation in Hood Canal, Washington Due to Changing River Discharge and Outside Salinity: A Model Study

Mitsuhiro Kawase*, University of Washington

Detecting the Pattern of the “Red Edge” of Absorption in Puget Sound from Satellite Measured Water-Leaving Radiance

Rachel Halfhill*, Miles Logsdon, Leon Delwiche, University of Washington

Numerical Simulation of Hypoxia in Hood Canal, Washington, USA

Bohyun Bahng*, Mitsuhiro Kawase, Jan Newton, Allan Devol, Wendi Ruef, University of Washington

Change in the Duwamish River Estuary: An Historic Perspective

Nicolas Arcos, University of Washington, College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Katrina Hoffman*, University of Washington, School of Marine Affairs

Scott Stolnack, University of Washington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences

Design Considerations for a Participatory Decision Support Web Portal to Enhance Puget Sound Nearshore Improvement

Timothy Nyerges*, University of Washington

Effects of Inverse Estuarine Circulation in Marginal Bays in Greater Puget Sound

Skip Albertson*, Washington State Department of Ecology

Jan Newton, UW Applied Physics Lab

Low Cost Data Collection and Management

Darcy Wildermuth*, Kris Costello, WDFW

Habitat Conservation Planning for Washington’s State-Owned Aquatic Lands

David Palazzi*, Carol Piening, Linda Wagoner, Carol Cloen, Washington State Dept. of Natural Resources

Poster Group 4: Ecosystem Indicators and Restoration

Dam and Culvert Removal in the PNW: American Rivers’ Experience

Ross Freeman*, American Rivers

Current and Historic Geomorphic Mapping of Central Puget Sound Marine Shores with Conservation and Restoration Recommendations

Jim Johannessen, Andrea MacLennan*, Coastal Geologic Services

Aundrea McBride, Skagit River Systems Cooperative

Long-Term Trends in Biotic Conditions Around the Iona Outfall in the Context of the Greater BC Coast

Brenda Burd*, Ecostat Research Ltd

Stan Bertold, Greater Vancouver Regional District

An Ecological Risk Assessment of POP Exposure and Toxicity in Free-Ranging Harbour Seals

Lizzy Mos*, Marc Cameron, Hemmera

Donna Cullon, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Ben Koop, University of Victoria

Peter Ross, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Removing Creosote Wood Debris on Beaches in the Northwest Straits

Ginny Broadhurst*, Northwest Straits Commission

Lisa Kaufman, Washington Dept of Natural Resources

Managing Ecosystem Services for Puget Sound Restoration - Multi-resource Credit Trading and Stacking

Jan Cassin*, Kevin Halsey, Kenna Halsey, Mark Vlahakis, Kevin Benck, Parametrix

Using Large Woody Debris to Restore Geomorphic Process and Floodplain Connectivity in a Regulated River System

Abigail Hook, Tulalip Tribes

Elizabeth Ablow*, Seattle City Light

Tim Abbe, Herrera Environmental Conusltants

Scott Powell, Seattle City Light

David Chapin, Seattle Public Utilities

Milltown Island Levee Removal

Steve Hinton*, Greg Hood, Jeff Parr, Mike Olis, Skagit River System Cooperative

Fornsby Creek Restoration Project: Self-Regulating Tidegates and Estuary Restoration

Todd Mitchell*, Karen Mitchell, Rachel LovellFord, Sarah Akin, Swinomish Water Resources

Steve Hinton, Skagit River System Cooperative

Strategies for Developing a Fish Friendly Shoreline on Lake Washington

Ruth Howell*, Gregg Casad, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington

Bryan Russo, Kelli Roberts, Material Science Engineering, UW

Dave Fries, Master Program in Arts and Policy, UW

Developing a Strategic Framework to Guide Shoreline Enhancement and Restoration Along the Seattle-to-Everett Railroad Grade

Hugh Shipman*, Washington Department of Ecology

The Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program for Puget Sound

Randy Carman*, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Doug Myers, Puget Sound Action Team

Urban Greenspaces: Mapping Protected Status and Indicators of Function to Identify Opportunities and Risk

Frank Leonetti*, Craig Young, Laura Audette, Darla Boyer, Suzanne Brunzell, Snohomish County

Poster Group 5: Monitoring and Evaluation

An Evaluation of Shoreline Stabilization and Erosion Control Alternatives, Puget Sound, Washington

Wendy Gerstel*, Applied Research - private company

Jennifer Brown, JFB Environmental, LLC

Physical Beach Monitoring of Urbanized Puget Sound Beach Nourishment Sites

Jim Johannessen, Jonathan Waggoner*, Coastal Geologic Services

Performance of Benthic Cautions, Warnings and Triggers for the GVRD Marine Outfall Receiving Environments

Brenda Burd*, Ecostat Research Ltd

Albert van Roodselaar, Stan Bertold, Greater Vancouver Regional District

High-Frequency Real-Time Water Quality Data Collection in Elliott Bay

Bob Kruger*, Angela Grout, King County

Avian Response to Estuarine Restoration Via Dike Removal

Daniel Hull, Nisqually Reach Nature Center

Karen Myers*, USFWS Biologist

A Discrete Simulation Model of the Impact on the Sustainable Level of Simon Fraser University Parking Service at Burnaby Campus

Tim Li*, Simon Fraser University

A Vertical Geologic Strip Map and Landslide Inventory of the Tulalip Tribes Reservation Shoreline of Puget Sound, Tulalip, Washington

Todd Zackey*, Tulalip Tribes

Wendy Gerstel

Modelling and Mapping Critical S and N Depostion Loads for Forest Soils in the Georgia Basin, BC

Paul Arp*, Jae Ogilvie, Mark Castonguay, UNB

Assessing Climate-Induced Threats on Alpine Biodiversity in Southwestern British Columbia: Establishing the First Canadian Sites of the Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA)

Kristina Swerhun*, University of Victoria

Shoreline Impact from Residential Development on Vashon-Maury Island

Justin Boevers*, Katrina Lassiter, Mary Ramirez, University of Washington

Changes and Trends in Puget Sound Sediments: Results of the Puget Sound Assessment and Monitoring Program, 1989-2005

Valerie Partridge*, Sandra Aasen, Margaret Dutch, Washington State Department of Ecology

Washington State’s Mooring-Based Marine Water Quality Monitoring Program

Brian Grantham*, Stephanie Jaeger, WA State Dept of Ecology

Comparison of Marine Bird Population Estimates Using More Detailed Stratification, Applied to PSAMP Winter Aerial Surveys Conducted in Washington and British Columbia 1992-2006.

Joseph Evenson*, David Nysewander, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Glenn Ford, R.G.Ford Consulting Company

Bryan Murphie, Thomas Cyra, WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife

André Breault, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)

Status and Trends in Fecal Pollution in Shellfish Growing Areas of Puget Sound through 2005

Timothy Determan*, Washington State Department of Health

Survey of Breeding Pigeon Guillemots on Whidbey Island

Frances Wood*, Whidbey Audubon Society

Phyllis Kind, Island County Marine Resources Committee

Poster Group 6: Nearshore

San Juan County Soft Shore Restoration Blueprint

Jim Johannessen, Andrea MacLennan*, Tina Whitman, Coastal Geologic Services

Classifying Agricultural Land in an Urban Landscape with Application to Waterfowl Conservation

Dan Buffett*, Ducks Unlimited Canada

San Juan Archipelago Shoreline Protection Campaign: an Integrated Approach

Tina Whitman*, Shannon Davis, Jim Slocomb, Stephanie Buffum Field, Friends of the San Juans

Nearshore Land Use Density Correlates with Reduced Probability of Herring Spawning

Raymond Watts*, U.S. Geological Survey

Vivian Queija, USGS

Oil Spill Extent and Impacts Along the South Coast of Vancouver Island: A Simulation Approach

Sean Hollands*, Costa Maycira, University of Victoria

Lyle Fairley, Canadian Forces Base - Esquimalt

Thatcher Bay Nearshore Restoration Design: Developing a Methodology

Joel Breems*, University of Washington

Alison Studley, Skagit Fisheries Enhancment Group

Tim Nelson, Seattle Pacific University

Kern Ewing, University of Washington

Joel Elliott, University of Puget Sound

Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, University of Washington

Bob Warinner, WDFW

Changes in Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Spawning Ground Use by the Cherry Point, Washington Stock, 1973-2006.

Kurt Stick*, Adam Lindquist, WDFW

Monitoring Shoreline Habitat Restoration Sites for Forage Fish Use in Sinclair & Dyes Inlet, Washington

Doris Small*, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Richard Bazzell, Tyson Livesey, Jon Pavy, Ty Snyder, Western Washington University

Chris Waldbillig, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Protection, Restoration and Enhancement of Aquatic Lands: Washington Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Reserves Program

Kyle Murphy*, David Palazzi, Washington Department of Natural Resources

Temperature and Shading Effects on Surf Smelt , Hypomesus Pretiosus, Egg Survival

Linda Rossell*, Cedar Crest College, PA

Paul Dinnel, Western Washington University

Making the Link: Visualizing Nearshore Habitat Needs from Juvenile Salmon Diet Studies

Michelle Licari*, Western Washington University

Resource Protection in the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary: A Pilot Project to Address Derelict Fishing Gear

Katrina Hoffman*, University of Washington, School of Marine Affairs

Poster Group 7: Seagrass & Other Aquatic Vegetation

Assessment of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) loss in the San Juan Archipelago

Tina Whitman*, Friends of the San Juans

Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, University of Washington

Eric Grossman, Renee Takesue, United States Geological Survey

Tom Mumford, Helen Berry, WA Department of Natural Resources

Maggie Dutch, WA Department of Ecology

Jan Newton, University of Washington

Victoria Wyllie-Echeverria, Friday Harbor Labs, University of Victoria

Anne Boettcher, University of South Alabama

Jim Slocomb, Friends of the San Juans

Ginger Tennant, University of Washington

Community Eelgrass Restoration in British Columbia

Cynthia Durance*, Precision Identification

Nikki Wright, SeaChange Marine Conservation Society

Mapping Eelgrass Distribution Using Hyperspectral Imagery, Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, British Columbia

Jennifer O’Neill*, Maycira Costa, University of Victoria

Tara Sharma, Parks Canada

Nicholas Komick, Waterloo Pereira Filho, University of Victoria

CIR Aerial Photomapping of Intertidal Eelgrass in PNW Estuaries

David Young*, Patrick Clinton, David Specht, Henry Lee II, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Eelgrass decline and (delta)15N ratios in the Hood Canal

Elizabeth Wheat*, University of Washington

Peter Dowty, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Jennifer Ruesink, University of Washington

Estimating Sufficient Sample Sizes to Detect Changes in Eelgrass Density

Kirk Krueger*, Timothy Quinn, Randy Carman, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria, Friday Harbor Laboratories and UW Botanic Gardens

Tina Wyllie-Echeverria, Wyllie-Echeverria and Associates

Kurt Fresh, NOAA Fisheries

Brian Williams, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

SeagrassNet: A Worldwide Seagrass Monitoring Program

Frederick Short, Jeffrey Gaeckle*, Jackson Estuarine Laboratory, University of New Hampshire

Robert Coles, Queensland Department of Primary Industries

Miguel Fortes, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines

Evamaria Koch, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Studies

A Spatial Model of the Effects of Sea Level Rise on Eelgrass Habitat in Padilla Bay, WA

Peter Kairis*, John Rybczyk, Western Washington University

Poster Group 8: Partnerships, Outreach, and Governance Approaches

The BC Coastal Environment 2006 Project

Linda Gilkeson*, Lynne Bonner, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

BC School Bus Emissions Reduction Project

Bahareh Toghiani Rizi, Leigh Greenius*, Environment Canada

The Strait of Georgia Ambient Monitoring Program: Results of a Multi-partner Collaborative Investigation

Cynthia A. Wright*, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Sophia C. Johannessen, Robie W. Macdonald, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Brenda Burd, Ecostat Ltd.

Stan Bertold, Albert Van Roodselaar, Greater Vancouver Regional District

Philip R. Hill, Natural Resources Canada, Pacific Geoscience Centre

HCDOP Citizens’ Monitoring Program: Integrating a Volunteer Monitoring Effort with the Needs of a Partnership-Based Research Program

Renee Rose*, Dan Hannafious, Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group

Jan Newton, University of Washington

Lalena Amiotte, Skokomish Natural Resources

Mark Warner, University of Washington

Shoreline Master Programs and Marine Resource Committees: Opportunities for Partnerships and Collaboration

Gabrielle LaRoche, Judy Surber*, Jefferson County Marine Resource Committee

The Harmful Algal Bloom Rapid Response Network

Amy Glaub Sprenger*, Fritz Stahr, Christian Sarason, Ocean Inquiry Project

Puget Sound Main Basin Stratification, a Time-Series Comparison

Fritz Stahr*, Ocean Inquiry Project

Mitsuhiro Kawase, University of Washington

Christian Sarason, Amy Sprenger, Ocean Inquiry Project

Community Based Restoration Projects in Squamish A Case Study

Edith Tobe*, Squamish River Watershed Society

Matt Foy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Francesca Knight, District of Squamish

Randall Lewis, Squamish Nation

The Next Step in Planning the Future for San Juan Islands and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges

Pamela Sanguinetti*, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

State Growth Management and the Effectiveness of Coastal Management Programs: A Comparison of Connecticut and Washington State Experiences

Nathaniel Trumbull*, University of Connecticut

Learning Through Collaboration: The Role of Communities of Practice in Natural Resource Management

Jillayne Peers*, Department of Rural Planning and Development

On-Site Septic System Repair and Replacement Financial Assistance Program

Patricia Brommer*, Washington State Department of Ecology

Terry Hull, Puget Sound Action Team

Educating Real Estate Professionals about Water Resource Issues

Karen Janowitz*, Washington State University Thurston County Extension

Hood Canal Watershed Pledge

Emily Sanford*, Robert Simmons, WSU Mason Extension

Killer Whales and Trans-Border Whale Watching

Anna Hall*, Chris Hall, Whale Watch Operators Association NW

Poster Group 9: Status and Distribution of Plants, Animals and Invertebrates

Wigeon and Pintail Distribution at Multiple Scales in the Georgia Basin -- North Puget Sound.

Dan Buffett*, Ducks Unlimited Canada

Mark Petrie, Ducks Unlimited Inc.

Stuart Slattery, Institute for Wetland and Waterfowl Research

Snow Geese Wintering on the Fraser and Skagit River Deltas: Long-Term Population Dynamics and Grubbing Impacts on Scirpus Marshes.

Sean Boyd*, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)

Upper Skagit Watershed Native Char: Status and Distribution of a Fragile, Transboundary Species in the Greater Georgia Basin Ecosystem

Troy Nelson*, LGL Limited environmental research associates

Status and Trends of Puget Sound Great Blue Heron Breeding Colonies

Ann Eissinger*, Nahkeeta Northwest Wildlife Services

Great Blue Herons of the Salish Sea: Status and Conservation.

Ann Eissinger*, Nahkeeta Northwest Wildlife Services

Effectiveness of a Commercially Available Dog and Cat Repellent in Reducing River Otter Defecation On Docks

Robert Rorabaugh*, Eric Eisenhardt, Joseph Gaydos, SeaDoc Society, UC Davis Wildlife Health Center

Red Octopus Drills Clams

Roland Anderson*, Seattle Aquarium

David Sinn, University of Tasmania

Jennifer Mather, University of Lethbridge

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

Jennifer Barrett*, Dr. Kristina Rothley, School of Resource and Environmental Managment, Simon Fraser University

Swinomish Review of EMAP Methods for First Order Non-Fish Bearing Streams in the Puget Sound Lowland Region

Sarah Akin*, Todd Mitchell, Rachel LovellFord, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

The Pacific Coast Ecosystem Information System (PCEIS): Creating a Baseline for the Future

Deborah Reusser*, U. S. Geological Survey

Henry Lee II, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Diel otolith increment validation in larval lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus)

Jake Gregg*, Marrowstone Marine Field Station, USGS, Biological Resource Discipline

Kenneth Massee, Rod Campbell, Neil Ashton, Manchester Research Station, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries

Genetic Biomarkers of a Leukemia-Like Disease in Mussels.

Ekaterina Vassilenko*, Annette Muttray, Susan Baldwin, University of British Columbia

Assessing the Role of Microhabitat Associations in Producing Among-Taxon Congruence

Shannon Turvey*, University of British Columbia

Melissa Hogg, Simon Fraser University

John Richardson, University of British Columbia

Infaunal Invertebrate Assemblage Structure in Hood Canal, WA (1989 -- 2005)

Margaret Dutch*, Sandra Aasen, Edward Long, Kathy Welch, Washington State Department of Ecology

Northern Anchovy Spawn Observations in the Puget Sound Basin

Kurt Perry*, Dan Penttila, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Blood Analysis and Disease Screening on Free Ranging Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus)

Dyanna Lambourn*, Steven Jeffries, Monique Lance, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife

Peter Olesiuk, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Stephan Raverty, Animal Health Centre

Andrew Trites, University of British Columbia

Using Diagnostic Genetic Markers to Identify Hybrid Sebastes in Puget Sound

Piper Schwenke*, Lorenz Hauser, University of Washington, SAFS

Linda Park, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Plant Communities in British Columbia: A Guide to Identification

Wayne Erickson*, Del Meidinger, BC Ministry of Forests and Range

Poster Group 10: Migration, Behavior, and Physiology

Impacts and Adaptation Responses of Salmon on East Coast Vancouver Island of Climate

Mark Johannes*, University of Victoria & Golder Associates

Jennifer Chow, Asit Mazumder, University of Victoria

Urban Predators: Patterns of Movement of Sixgill Sharks Hexanchus Griseus in Puget Sound.

Kelly Andrews*, Phillip Levin, Stephen Katz, NOAA Fisheries

Debbie Farrer, Greg Bargmann, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife

Greg Williams, NOAA Fisheries

Coho Salmon Movements in the Lower Elwha River: Implications for Recolonization Following Dam Removal

Kinsey Frick*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Brian Burke, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Service

Raymond Moses, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe

Orcinus Orca: No Parallel Outside Humans

Howard Garrett*, Orca Network

Reproductive and Stress Hormone Levels in Captive Giant Pacific Octopus (Enteroctopus Dofleini)

Shawn Larson*, Roland Anderson, Seattle Aquarium

Poster Group 11: Water Quality and Quantity

Contaminant Concentrations in Storm Water Entering the Sinclair/Dyes Inlet Subasin of the Puget Sound, USA During Storm Event and Baseflow Conditions

Jill Brandenberger*, Chris May, Valerie Cullinan, Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Robert Johnston, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center

Dwigth Leisle, Bruce Beckwith, Victoria Whitney, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility

David Mettalo, Ryan Pingree, Brian Rupert, The Environmental Company

Sediment Redox Tracers and Metals in Strait of Georgia Sediments -- Can They Inform Us of The Loadings of Organic Carbon from Municipal Wastewater?

Robie Macdonald*, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Sophia Johannessen, Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Charles Gobeil, INRS, Quebec

Cynthia Wright, Contractor

Albert van Roodselaar, Greater Vancouver Regional District

Toxigenic Pseudo-Nitzschia Species in Puget Sound and the Outer Washington Coast

Keri Baugh*, Shelly Nance, Shuk Tsui, Brian Bill, Nicolaus Adams, Vera Trainer, Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Genetic Differentiation of Pseudo-Nitzschia Pungens from the Pacific Northwest and the North Sea

Nicolaus Adams*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Russell Herwig, Lorenz Hauser, Gabrielle Rocap, University of Washington

Vera Trainer, NOAA-Fisheries

Depleted Oxygen Levels in the Nearshore Waters of Northern Washington

Mary Sue Brancato*, Lindsey Milonas, David Kirner, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary

Development of Non-invasive Methods to Monitor Environmental Pollutants in Coastal River Otters of the Puget Sound/Georgia Basin

Daniel Guertin*, Alton Harestad, Simon Fraser University

John Elliott, Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service)

Trace Elements as Tracers of Physical Processes

Anthony Paulson*, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Water Science Center

Yard Trimmings Compost as an Environmental Buffer in the Over-Winter Field Storage of Poultry Litter

Erica Milligan*, Art Bomke, Wayne Temple, University of British Columbia

Sill Dynamics and Deep Water Renewal -- Idealized Numerical Experiment

Dmitri Leonov*, Mitsuhiro Kawase, University of Washington

Hydrologic Effects of 120 Years of Land Cover and Climate Change in the Puget Sound

Lan Cuo*, University of Washington Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Marina Alberti, UW Department of Urban Design and Planning

Dennis Lettenmaier, UW Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jeffrey Richey, UW School of Oceanography

Overview of the South Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Study

Mindy Roberts*, Julia Bos, Greg Pelletier, Storrs “Skip” Albertson, Karol Erickson, Carol Maloy, Washington State Department of Ecology

Status and Trends in Parlytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) in Puget Sound through 2005

Timothy Determan*, Washington State Department of Health

Long-term Monitoring of Puget Sound, Gray’s Harbor and Willapa Bay: Status and Trends in Water Quality from 2001-2005

Carol Maloy*, Brian Grantham, Skip Albertson, Julia Bos, Adrienne Stutes, Washington State Department of Ecology

Poster Group 12: Toxic Contaminants

Water-Borne Loading of PCBs and PBDEs to the Strait of Georgia: Rivers and Wastewaters.

Patrick Shaw*, Environment Canada

Mark Sekela, Environment Canada,Vancouver

Melissa Gledhill, Environment Canada

Stan Bertold, Greater Vancouver Regional District,Vancouver

Celine Larose Davis, Capital Regional District,Victoria

Fonofos Poisons Raptors and Waterfowl Several Months After Granular Application

Laurie Wilson*, Anna Birmingham, Environment Canada

Malcolm McAdie, British Columbia Ministry of Environment

Pierre Mineau, Suzanne Trudeau, John Elliott, Environment Canada

Current Use Pesticides in Fraser River Salmon Habitat

Kate A. Harris*, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Keith Tierney, Simon Fraser University

Neil Dangerfield, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Million Woudneh, AXYS Analytical Services

Tom G. Brown, Pacific Biological Station

Chris Kennedy, Simon Fraser University

Peter S. Ross, Institute of Ocean Sciences

PCBs and PBDEs in the Georgia Basin Water Column

Neil Dangerfield*, Norman Crewe, Robie Macdonald, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Pat Shaw, Environment Canada

Peter Ross, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Effects of Six Airborne Short-Chain Aldehydes on Alveolar Macrophages

Raymond Poon*, Easson Elaine, Chu Ih, Health Canada

The Effects of Diesel Exposure on Survival and Gene Expression in Rainbow Trout

Lizzy Mos*, Hemmera

Glenn Cooper, University of Victoria

Christine Lussier, Hemmera

Ben Koop, University of Victoria

Marc Cameron, Hemmera

Molecular Approaches for Understanding Oil Spill Impacts on Nearshore Spawning Fish

Heather Day*, NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC

Mark Carls, NOAA/Alaska Fisheries Science Center

Tracy Collier, Nat Scholz, John Incardona, NOAA/Northwest Fisheries Science Center

Environmental Partitioning of Phthalate Mono Esters

Srinivas Sura*, MET Program, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Victoria Otton, Frank Gobas, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University

Joel Bair, Michael Ikonomou, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Post-Harvest Aluminum Toxicity in Podzolic Soils of the Sunshine Coast, B.C.

Stephanie Grand*, Les Lavkulich, University of British Columbia

Environmental Contaminants in the Marine Foods of Vancouver Island First Nations; a Community-Oriented Risk Evaluation

Thomas Child*, Nancy Turner, University of Victoria

Peter Ross, Institute of Ocean Science

Levels of Chemical Contamination and Toxicity in Sediments from Hood Canal, WA (1952 -- 2005)

Sandra Aasen, Margaret Dutch*, Edward Long, Washington State Department of Ecology

Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) In Puget Sound Sediments -- A Baseline Update

Margaret Dutch*, Sandra Aasen, Washington State Department of Ecology

Inorganic Arsenic Concentrations in Seafood Species from the Lower Duwamish Waterway (Seattle, WA) and Puget Sound Background Areas

Tad Deshler*, Kathy Godtfredsen, Windward Environmental LLC

Doug Hotchkiss, Port of Seattle

Jeff Stern, King County

Skip Fox, The Boeing Company

Jennie Goldberg, City of Seattle

Atmospheric Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants (Pops) in Southern British Columbia: Implications for Coastal Food Webs

Marie Noel*, Neil Dangerfield, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Wayne Belzer, Pat Shaw, Environment Canada

Peter. S. Ross, Institute of Ocean Sciences

Feeding Rates of Benthic Suspension-Feeding Macroinvertebrates in Washington State on the Toxin-Producing Phytoplankton Pseudo-Nitzschia

Eva Dusek*, Charles Simenstad, Micaela Parker, Andre Punt, Megan Dethier, University of Washington