Best Student Papers
RAFE SAGARIN AWARD FOR OBSERVATIONAL ECOLOGY
Winner:
Dana Morton (UC Santa Barbara) PARASITE DIVERSITY AND NICHE OVERLAP OF COMMON KELP FOREST SURFPERCHES (EMBIOTOCIDAE)
Honorable Mention:
Madison Heard (CSU Monterey Bay) EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF HALIOTIS RUFESCENS
ORGANISMAL/POPULATION BIOLOGY
Winner:
Joseph Curtis (University of South Florida) RESOURCE USE OF INVASIVE LIONFISH AND A NATIVE PREDATOR COMPARED USING STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF EYE LENSES
Honorable Mention:
Sarah Merolla (California State University Northridge) EFFECTS OF WATER FLOW ON CALCIFICATION FOR DIFFERENT MORPHOLOGIES OF CORALLINE ALGAE
COMMUNITY/ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
Winner:
Jenn Burt (Simon Fraser University) ECOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS IN SEA OTTER-INDUCED REGIME SHIFTS
Honorable Mention:
Joe Morton (Duke University) PARASITES ENHANCE ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS AND RESISTANCE TO DROUGHT IN A COASTAL ECOSYSTEM
Elan Portner (Stanford University) VARIABILITY IN THE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF A MESOPELAGIC PREDATORY FISH ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC SUBTROPICAL GYRE
APPLIED ECOLOGY/CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (Mia Tegner Award)
Winner:
Danielle Frechette (University of Quebec) EVERYONE IN THE POOL: THERMAL REFUGE USE BY ATLANTIC SALMON DURING IN-RIVER MIGRATION
Honorable Mention:
Ana Sophia Guerra (UC Santa Barbara) THE WORTH OF GIANTS: PUTTING A PRICE ON AN ENDANGERED FISH
Best Graduate Student Posters
Winner:
Emily Resner (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) EFFECT OF OXYGEN LIMITING TIDAL CONDITIONS ON HEMOLYMPH PARAMETERS IN THE GIANT ACORN BARNACLE, BALANUS NUBILUS.
Honorable Mention:
Kaitlyn Lowder (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) ASSESSMENT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WARMING ON THE GROWTH, CALCIFICATION, AND BIOPHOTONICS OF A CALIFORNIA GRASS SHRIMP
Best Undergraduate Student Posters
Winner:
Tanya Prinzing (Simon Fraser University) AGE DISTRIBUTIONS OF A LONG LIVED KELP REVEAL THE TIMING OF ALGAL RECOVERY FOLLOWING SEA OTTER RANGE EXPANSION
Honorable Mention:
Rachel Cuizon (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) COMMERCIAL TOPICAL SUNSCREENS ARE DETRIMENTAL TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE PURPLE SEA URCHIN, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS
Erica Chang (Williams College) FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURES AND THERMAL STRESS IN MUSSELS: TIME-DEPENDENT RESPONSES IN RESPIRATION, GENE EXPRESSION AND GROWTH