2017 WSN AWARD WINNERS
Best Student Papers
RAFE SAGARIN AWARD for OBSERVATIONAL ECOLOGY
Winner:
Brenton T. Spies (UCLA) STATUS, HABITAT IMPACTS, AND METAPOPULATION MANAGEMENT OF THE ENDANGERED TIDEWATER GOBY (EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI)
Honorable Mention:
Melissa Ward (UC Davis/SDSU) A SYNTHESIS OF CARBON SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA SEAGRASS BEDS
ORGANISMAL/POPULATION BIOLOGY
Winner:
Jordan A. Hollarsmith (UC Davis) LOCAL ADAPTATION IN GIANT KELP (MACROCYSTIS PYRIFERA) TO TEMPERATURE AND pH
Honorable Mention:
Racine E. Rangel (CSU Long Beach) VARIATION IN METABOLIC RATE AND A TEST OF DIFFERENTIAL SENSITIVITY TO TEMPERATURE IN THE WOOLLY SCULPIN (CLINOCOTTUS ANALIS)
COMMUNITY/ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
Winner:
Crystal Ng (Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University)
GRAZING IMPACTS ON JUVENILE GIANT KELP
Honorable Mention:
Cody Clements (Georgia Institute of Technology) SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL LIMITS OF CORAL-MACROALGAL COMPETITION: MACROALGAL DENSITY, PROXIMITY, AND CONTACT DURATION MATTER
MIA TEGNER AWARD for APPLIED ECOLOGY/CONSERVATION BIOLOGY
Winner:
Alexandra Davis (Oregon State University) DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF NATIVE MARINE SPECIES AND AN INVASIVE PREDATOR ON CORAL REEFS OFF ELEUTHERA, THE BAHAMAS
Honorable Mention:
Tanya L. Rogers (Northeastern University Marine Science Center) TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCY OF INTRAGUILD PREDATION BETWEEN NATIVE AND INVASIVE CRABS
Best Undergraduate Talk
Winner:
Marilla R. Lippert (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo) COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SUNSCREENS ON FERTILIZATION OF THE PURPLE SEA URCHIN, STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS
Best Graduate Student Poster
Winner:
Serena A. Caplins (UC Davis) ATTEMPTS AT PHENOTYPING PLASTICITY FOR LARVAL TYPE IN A SEA SLUG
Honorable Mention:
Victoria Wood (CSU Fullerton) THE EFFECT OF SEDIMENTATION ON OYSTERS ADJACENT TO EELGRASS MEADOWS
Best Undergraduate Student Poster
Winner:
Olivia M. Schaefer (University of British Columbia) CAN MUSSELS DEFEND THEMSELVES FROM ENDOLITHS?
Honorable Mention:
Roshni Katrak-Adefowora (Occidental College) TRAINING IMPROVES ACCURACY OF CITIZEN SCIENTIST WILDLIFE IDENTIFICATIONS FROM CAMERA TRAP PHOTOS
Holly S. Suther (CSU Fullerton) THE IMPACT OF ATMOSPHERIC RIVER EVENTS ON OSTREA LURIDA AND CRASSOSTREA GIGAS DENSITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ESTUARIES