2017-18 NPRB Biennial Report

2017 Recipients FIRST

LAST

DEGREE UNIVERSITY

TOPIC

PROJECT TITLE

Andrew Cyr

PhD University of Alaska Fairbanks

Humans

Mercury accumulation in Kotzebue Sound subsistence fish

Sheanna

Steingass

PhD Oregon State University

Marine Mammals

Phocid telemetry & dietary composition in the North Pacific

Lower Trophic Level Productivity Lower Trophic Level Productivity

Tanika

Ladd

PhD University of California

Coccolithophore populations in the Eastern Bering Sea

Virginia

Selz

PhD Stanford University

Impacts of changing ice conditions on primary production

Samuel

May

MS

University of Washington

Fishes and Invertebrates Pedigree to reveal the effects of inbreeding in wild salmon

Peter

Han

MS

Central Michigan University

Marine Mammals

Genetic partitioning among Steller sea lion haulouts

2018 Recipients FIRST

LAST

DEGREE UNIVERSITY

TOPIC

PROJECT TITLE

Humans,Fishes and Invertebrates

Jason

Miszaniec

PhD University of California, Davis

A diachronic study of Eleginus gracilis in the Norton Sound

Lukas

DeFilippo

PhD University of Washington

Fish and Invertebrates

Managing increased rates of early maturation in sockeye salmon

Fish Habitat, Fishes and Invertebrates, Lower Trophic Level Productivity

Lauren

Bell

PhD University of California, Santa Cruz

Effect of substrate on herring roe response to global change

Kofan

Lu

PhD University of Alaska Fairbanks

Other Prominent Issues

Model study of winds’ influences on Chukchi Sea ice retreat

Silvana

Gonzalez

PhD University of Washington

Fishes and Invertebrates Cost-effective monitoring in the Chukchi Sea

Elyssa

Watford

MS

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Seabirds

Impacts of Beaufort Sea storm surges to common eiders

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