2023 AMSS Abstract Book

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 TH ARCTIC OCEAN TIme title

* Master’s Candidate ** Doctoral Candidate

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Taking the pulse of the Arctic Ocean system, from the shelves to the pole – a U.S. contribution to the International Synoptic Arctic Survey Program Examining a multi-year seasonal ice record along the Icy Cape line in the Chukchi Sea

Climate & Oceanography

8:00 - 8:15

Carin Ashjian

Margaret (Peggy) Sullivan

Climate & Oceanography Climate & Oceanography Climate & Oceanography Lower Trophic Levels Lower Trophic Levels Lower Trophic Levels Fishes & Fish Habitat Fishes & Fish Habitat

8:15 - 8:30

8:30 - 8:45 Climate change impacts on marine light in Arctic ecosystems

Trond Kristiansen

Distributions of dinoflagellate cysts and diatoms in surface sediments of the Chukchi Sea in relation to the upper water masses Increasing importance of the marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus in a warming Chukchi Sea

8:45 - 9:00

Vera Pospelova

9:00 - 9:15

Michael Lomas

9:15 - 9:30 Predicting epibenthic functional distribution on changing Arctic shelves

Lauren Sutton

9:30 - 10:00 Coffee Break

Arctic lagoon benthos: spatial and temporal variation of infaunal communities The forgotten coast: current knowledge of Chukchi Sea lagoon ecosystems Pink salmon in the North American Arctic: natural expansions from the Pacific or invasions from the Atlantic? Influence of water masses on the summer structure of the seabird community in the northeastern Chukchi Sea

10:00 - 10:15

Danny Fraser*

10:15 - 10:30

Kevin Fraley

10:30 - 10:45

Elizabeth Lee

10:45 - 11:00

Adrian Gall

Seabirds

11:00 - 11:15 Seabird-vessel traffic risk analysis for Alaska’s oceans

Kelly Kapsar**

Seabirds

11:15 - 11:30 Communicating climate change through science, art and education

Katie Morrison

Seabirds

11:30 - 1:00 Lunch (Provided)

Sea ice directs changes in bowhead whale phenology through the Bering Strait

1:00 - 1:15

Angela Szesciorka

Marine Mammals

1:15 - 1:30 Characterization of contributors to the U.S. Arctic soundscape

Catherine Berchok

Marine Mammals

Variability in the presence of subarctic whales in relation to environmental conditions in the Bering Strait

1:30 - 1:45

Erica Escajeda**

Marine Mammals

Indigenous Knowledge habitat use models: A case study of ringed seals (natchiq; Pusa hispida ) in Alaskan waters Ringed seal behavior and winter density in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, determined by wildlife-detection dogs and instrumentation of subnivean lairs

1:45 - 2:00

Rowenna Gryba

Marine Mammals

2:00 - 2:15

Lori Quakenbush

Marine Mammals

2:15 - 2:30 Oceanographic influences on spotted seal foraging in the Pacific Arctic

Justin Olnes

Marine Mammals

2:30 - 3:00 Coffee Break

Estimating Pacific walrus abundance and survival with multievent mark- recapture models 20-year synthesis of the effects of oil and gas activities on marine mammals of the U.S. Arctic and Cook Inlet, Alaska The Beaufort Lagoon Ecosystems LTER: coastal ecosystem stability amidst extreme seasonal variation Alexandrium catenella cell distribution and dynamics during a massive 2022 Bering Strait bloom An apparent multi-decadal decline in Arctic cod, a keystone species in the western Arctic marine ecosystem Recent ecosystem research in the Chukchi Sea and northern Bering Sea: the Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Research Program

3:00 - 3:15

William Beatty

Marine Mammals

3:15 - 3:30

Anne Southam Marine Mammals

Ecosystem Perspectives Ecosystem Perspectives Ecosystem Perspectives Ecosystem Perspectives

3:30 - 3:45

Kenneth Dunton

3:45 - 4:00

Evie Fachon**

4:00 - 4:15

George Divoky

4:15 - 4:45

Lisa Eisner

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