Claude Dykstra will be defending his thesis for the MSES (Master of Science in Environmental Science) degree on Thursday, April 21st at 1:00 PM in Carr-Gottstein 102. The presentation is titled, “Investigating relationships among hooking injuries, release viability, and physiological status of Pacific halibut discarded from hook and line gear to better understand post-discard survival.”…
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Artificial Intelligence in the Amazon
New APU-affiliated research shows how artificial intelligence can play a role in sustainable development, specifically in the Amazon. There are at least 158 dams in the Amazon basin, with 351 more in development. Each project has its own environmental drawbacks and economic advantages, but those impacts are compounded across the region. If the eight Amazon…
Beth Rosenberg MSES Thesis Proposal
Please join us on Monday, April 26th at 1:00 PM AKST for Beth Rosenberg’s MSES thesis proposal entitled, “Developing a non-invasive photo-identification technique for brown bears (Ursus arctos).” The presentation will be online via Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87678899020
Cara Hesselbach MSES Thesis Proposal
Please join us on Monday, April 19th at 1:00 PM AKST for Cara Hesselbach’s MSES thesis proposal entitled, “Exploring the spatiotemporal alignment of fishery-dependent and fishery-independent observations of Rougheye and Blackspotted Rockfish in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.” The presentation will be online via Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81252348230
Cory Lescher MSES Thesis Defense
Please join us on Thursday, April 15th at 1:00 PM AKST for Cory Lescher’s Thesis Defense entitled, “Examination of Crab Bycatch Sampling Performance and Discard Survival in the Bering Sea Demersal Trawl Fishery.” The presentation will be online via Zoom: Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86736454170
Ben Jevons MSES Thesis Defense
Ben Jevons will be giving his MSES (Master of Science in Environmental Science) thesis defense entitled, “Assessing the trophic ecology of the giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) throughout its Alaskan range using multi-tissue stable isotope analysis.” The presentation will be on Friday, December 6th at 12 pm in Carr-Gottstein 102.
Karli Tyance Hassel Thesis Defense
Karli Tyance Hassel will be giving her MSES thesis defense entitled, “Merging Scientific and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Management in the English Bay Lakes System, Alaska” The presentation will be on Wednesday, November 27th at 1 pm in Carr-Gottstein 102.
FAST Lab Students Focus on Function and Collaboration
The river and lake system near the Alaska Native village of Nanwalek has long welcomed the red salmon that return en masse each summer. But with dwindling numbers of their preferred subsistence food, the village also welcomed some fresh fish to help develop a salmon monitoring program for the community: APU’s FAST Lab and Alaska…
