Come out and support the students of Ocean 444 as they present their thesis projects in a public symposium on Tuesday and Thursday, March 8th and 11th, 2011. Presentations will be in OSB 425 on the UW campus in Seattle from 1:30-4pm on each afternoon. Cookies and tea will be provided. We welcome the public to hear the students talk about their projects and the cool results they’ve found. There will be a chance to ask questions after each talk.
Here is the symposium schedule:
Tuesday, March 8
1:30 Welcome
1:31 Megan Prescott: Seafloor terrain and sediment characterization at Molokai, Loihi, and Cross Seamount using seafloor mapping, computer analysis, and sediment grab sampling
1:45 Jim Shobe: Evidence of active erosional processes in submarine canyons north of Molokai, Hawaii
2:00 Stephen Pang: La Niña’s effect on primary productivity in the equatorial Pacific
2:15 Sophorn Ven: Determining picoplankton community and abundance near the Hawaiian Islands with varying human and nutrient impacts
2:30 Sarah Wiesner: Diatom and dinoflagellate abundance and ecology in waters off the Hawaiian coast
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 Florence van Tulder: Abundance and distribution of bacteria and viruses in the various ecotypes of the Hawaiian Islands
3:15 Rachel Lipsy: Eddy impact on anthropogenic chemicals in the lee of Hawaii
3:30 Matt Couldrey: Internal tides at Cross Seamount
3:45 Zack Mazlan: An investigation into flow dynamics around Cross Seamount, Hawaii
Thursday, March 10
1:30 Welcome
1:31 Liz Ewings: Variability in zooplankton distribution at cyclone Enakai in the lee of the Hawaiian Islands
1:45 James Peck: The effects of seamounts on the abundance of vertically migrating zooplankton
2:00 Audrey Djunaedi: Zooplankton diel vertical migration and distribution relative to Cross seamount using 75 kHz acoustic and net tow surveys
2:15 Jenn Mileli: Resilience to coral bleaching due to low nitrogen levels in Hawaiian coral reefs
2:30 Becky Hemingway: Inverse echo sounding: Using measured water depth to calculate water temperature and its variation over time
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 Sami Petersen: Measuring physical characteristics and properties of Loihi Seamount
3:15 Ben Metz: Temporal and comparative variability of iron and carbon dioxide of Loihi Seamount hydrothermal systems
3:30 Byungho Min: Manganese concentration of hydrothermal plume at Pele’s Pit, Loihi Seamount, Hawaii
3:45 Erik French: The correlation of bacterial concentration to chemical composition among diffuse hydrothermal vents on Loihi Seamount
The students and crew of our Hawaii cruise.
