Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference

Snapshot Presentations

An evidence-based evaluation framework to evaluate the cumulative benefits of recovery progress in Puget Sound.

Elene Trujillo, Puget Sound Partnership

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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A microbial source tracking success story: Pinpointing sources of fecal coliform in rural watersheds

Karen DuBose, Skagit County

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Temporal variability of microparticles under the Seattle Aquarium, WA: Documenting the global Covid-19 pandemic

Lyda Harris, Seattle Aquarium

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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The Art of Water: Creative Representations of our Relationship with Water

Barbara Krystal, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Watershed Assessment of Manzanita -- Preparing for the future while fixing shortcomings of the past

Christian Berg, City Of Bainbridge Island

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Marine herbivores facilitate transmission of a seagrass pathogen

Olivia Graham, Cornell University/UW Friday Harbor Labs

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Highly contaminated river otters (Lontra canadensis) are effective biomonitors of environmental pollutant exposure

Michelle Wainstein

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Using acoustic analysis to explore fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) habitat use of the Salish Sea

Lynn Rannankari, University Of Victoria

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Epibenthic invertebrates and juvenile salmon prey availability along an eco-engineered shoreline: A case study at the recently constructed seawall in Seattle, WA

Bob Oxborrow, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Propagation of the 2014–2016 northeast pacific marine heatwave through the Salish Sea

Tarang Khangaonkar, Salish Sea Modeling Center, UW Tacoma

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Immunotoxic response and disease susceptibility in adult Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, fed a complex PCB congener mixture

Andrew Spanjer, U.s. Geological Survey

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Using fatty acids to estimate the nutritional value of micronektonic organisms in the B.C coastal ocean

Dilan Sunthareswaran, University Of British Columbia

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Salish Sea Sentinels: How Professional Whale Watchers Help Whales Through Protective Interventions

Erin J. Gless, Pacific Whale Watch Association

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Transforming traditional agriculture land use to sustainable healthy ecosystems through partnerships

David Burger, Stewardship Partners

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Introducing the Puget Sound Stormwater Heatmap: a foundational tool for visualizing stormwater interventions for the benefit of People and Nature

Emily Howe, The Nature Conservancy

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Revitalizing the Shore Stewards Program in Skagit County

Jessica Espy, Wsu Skagit Extension

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Data Access For The Northern Salish Sea - Introducing The Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System

Jonathan Kellogg, Hakai Institute

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Population genomics of the basket cockle Clinocardium nuttallii in the southern Salish Sea: Assessing genetic risks of stock enhancement for a culturally important marine bivalve

James Dimond, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Passive sampling and chemical activity: A novel approach to mapping multi-media contaminant concentrations in the Salish Sea affecting the health of Southern Resident killer whales

Kelsey Lee, Simon Fraser University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Efficacy of endangered pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) stock restoration in the southern Salish Sea from a genomic perspective

James Dimond, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Empirical evidence that a keystone species stabilizes a Northeast Pacific nearshore ecosystem in the face of climate change

Shawn Larson, Seattle Aquarium

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Long-term spatial and temporal dynamics of foundation species, kelp and eelgrass, on the southern Strait of Juan de Fuca shoreline

Amy Borde, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Using Light Traps to Assess Larval Cherry Point Herring (Clupea pallasi): A Pilot Study

Allison Brownlee, Washington Department of Natural Resources

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Transboundary analysis of observations and model-based mesozooplankton in the Salish Sea

Karyn Suchy, University Of British Columbia

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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A high-resolution time series of particulate matter fatty acids characterizes seasonal shifts in microbial community composition and nutritional quality for zooplankton

Anna McLaskey, University Of British Columbia

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Marine and Freshwater Fish of King County

Jennifer Lanksbury, King County

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Taxonomic Surrogates of Benthic Macroinvertebrates Detect Depth and Substrate Gradients in Puget Sound

Broc Kokesh, University Of Chicago

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Supporting Pacific Salmon in a Changing Climate: Adaptive Restoration for Nearshore and Estuarine Habitats in the Salish Sea

Maria Catanzaro, Pacific Salmon Foundation

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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ECCC-EPA Joint Statement of Cooperation on the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Ecosystem: A 20-Year Retrospective Look

Kristina Foltz, University of Washington Program on the Environment, Capstone Intern with U.S. EPA

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Flood sediment delivery and resuspension by storm waves in an urbanized Pacific Northwest estuarine embayment

Daniel Nowacki, U.S. Geological Survey

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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We All Take Care of the Harvest (WATCH): Seafood safety, security and sovereignty in a changing climate

Holly Clermont, First Nations Health Authority

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Dynamics of the Estuarine Exchange Flow in the Salish Sea

Parker MacCready, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Creating an Atlas of the Salish Sea

Aquila Flower, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Are Marine Refuges Protecting Sensitive Glass Sponges; or, Are Better Management Tools Required?

Sheila Byers, Marine Life Sanctuaries Society

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Ecosystem dynamics and juvenile salmon in the Strait of Georgia, Canada 2015-2021

Svetlana Esenkulova, Pacific Salmon Foundation

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Regional patterns of change in eelgrass area throughout greater Puget Sound

Bart Christiaen, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Effect of long-term, elevated temperature on Zostera marina from the Southern Salish Sea

Cameron Sokoloski, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Measuring subsurface circulation with inexpensive Lagrangian floats

Samuel Stevens, University Of British Columbia

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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An interactive web tool for planning and interpreting European green crab early detection monitoring efforts

Abigail Keller, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Killer whales and vessels in the Salish Sea: A new perspective on factors influencing incident rates

Monika Shields, Orca Behavior Institute

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Building a baseline: An overview of species lists for the Salish Sea

Jeff Rice, Puget Sound Institute

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Can you do that for me please? Using machine learning to automate canopy kelp detection in high resolution aerial imagery

Luba Reshitnyk, Hakai Institute

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Evaluation of eelgrass (Zostera marina) restoration using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to track recovery in Puget Sound, WA (USA)

Jeff Gaeckle, DNR-Aquatics Div.

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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The role of chromosomal inversions in the ecotypic differentiation of Pacific herring demonstrated by whole genome sequencing data

Eleni Petrou, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Applying Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry to crowd-sourced imagery for coastal bluff erosion measurement and monitoring

Ian Miller, Washington Sea Grant

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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A Century of Change in the Salish Sea: Quantifying the Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Seawater pH

Mary Margaret Stoll, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Detecting endangered pinto abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) using environmental DNA

James Dimond, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Genomic tracking of European green crab spread and dispersal in the Salish Sea

Carolyn Tepolt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Drone monitoring on the Swinomish Reservation

Shannon Stewart, Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Adaptive Regulation for Nonpoint Pollution: Ecology's Role in Protecting Shellfish

Alena Reynolds, Washington Department Of Ecology

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Observations on a plot of sand; tube worms, kelp, and sea stars.

Ken Collins, Select Or Enter

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Using a County's Comprehensive Plan process as a tool for supporting the vitality of marine ecosystems

R. Brent Lyles, Friends Of The San Juans

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Update on levels of legacy and emerging contaminants of concern in resident and Bigg’s killer whale populations

Marie Noel, Ocean Wise Conservation Association (OWCA)

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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The Case for Making Reefnet Fishing the Primary Method for Harvesting Salmon in the Salish Sea

Riley Starks, Salish Center For Sustainable Fishing Methods

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Salmon Friendly' Stormwater Projects in King County Watersheds

Chris Korwel, Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Sacrificial Distal Tissue: Physiological Response to the Pacific Northwest Heatdome by an Intertidal Kelp

Robin Fales, University Of Washington, Friday Harbor Labs

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Efficient Sample and Data Processing for Chemical and Physical Characterization of Urban Environmental Microplastics

Shreyas Patankar, Ocean Wise Conservation Association

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Evidence for Genetic Differentiation Between Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Life History Strategies

Bryan Briones Ortiz, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Congenital diseases in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsii) from the Salish Sea

Erin D'agnese, University Of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Harbours Ecological Inventory and Rating in the Core Area Harbours of the Capital Regional District (British Columbia)

Jennifer Tyler, Capital Regional District

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Life and Death on The Edmonds Jetty: A Photographic Journey of Ecological Changes of Marine Life on an Urban Breakwater in Middle Puget Sound

Alan Mearns, NOAA

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Saving the Sea of Glass: Protection of Glass Sponge Reefs in British Columbia

Carlo Acuña, Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society - British Columbia Chapter

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Safe-guarding shellfish of the Salish Sea: An overview of recent research towards improving the environmental resilience of the Pacific oyster

Clara Mackenzie, Fisheries And Oceans Canada

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Enhanced student engagement in research through presenting at the Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference

Ardi Kveven, Everett Community College

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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UTILIZING AERIAL IMAGERY AND REMOTE SENSING TO MAP AND MONITOR EELGRASS (Zostera marina): CHALLENGES, SUCCESSES, AND LESSONS LEARNED

Phil Bloch, Confluence Environmental

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Elucidating the structure of the Zostera marina microbiota

Siobhan Schenk, UBC

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Do You Know Your Volunteers? Building a Successful and Lasting Volunteer Program

Jason Morgan, Northwest Straits Foundation

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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A STATUS UPDATE OF PINTO ABALONE RESTORATION IN THE SOUTHERN SALISH SEA

Katie Sowul, Washington Department Of Fish & Wildlife

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Tracking bull kelp: an update on beds of concern in South Puget Sound, Central Puget Sound and Possession Sound

Julia Ledbetter, Washington State Department of Natural Resources

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Phocoenacide – The Killing of Porpoise (family Phocoenidae) by Fish-Eating Southern Resident Killer Whales (Orcinus orca)

Deborah Giles, Wild Orca

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Sediment Transport and hydrodynamics changes in the Skagit Delta: A numerical Study of a new avulsion on North Fork of Skagit River

Adi Nugraha, Salish Sea Modeling Center, University of Washington

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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COASTAL ANALYSIS AND RESTORATION APPLICATIONS USING CFD MODELING AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODS

Abigail Gertz, Mott Macdonald

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Talk Plain to Me: Using Plain Language to Build Trust and Reach a Wider Audience

Katherine Straus

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Revisiting a Site of Historic Sediment Contamination in Seattle, 25 Years Later

Wendy Eash-Loucks, King County

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Reading from In-between-ness: a model in hopepunk speculative fiction

Nicholas Stanger, Western Washington University

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Restoration of an urban estuary: the Goldsborough Creek saltmarsh restoration project.

Scott Steltzner, Squaxin Island Tribe

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Mapping forage fish with drones

Nicola Houtman, University Of Victoria

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Subsurface behavior of a humpback whale foraging on patchy prey in Juan de Fuca Strait

Rhonda Reidy, University Of Victoria

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Springer's Story: A Transboundary Success, and Why it Matters Today

Donna Sandstrom, The Whale Trail

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Ocean acidification in estuarine waters of the Salish Sea

Micah Horwith, Washington State Department Of Ecology

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Working Together to Restore Habitat in the Chehalis Basin

Celina Abercrombie, Washington Dept of Fish And Wildlife

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Utilizing long-term opportunistic sightings records to document spatio-temporal shifts in mysticete presence and use of the Salish Sea

John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research Collective

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Collaboration is Key: How people are working together to restore river habitat in the Chehalis Basin

Celina Abercrombie, Washington Dept of Fish And Wildlife

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Beginnings of the Salish Sea Guillemot Network: A Regional Collaborative Powered by Community Science

Terence Lee, Nisqually Reach Nature Center

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Dissolved Copper Speciation in the Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada

Lori Waugh, University of British Columbia

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Soundscape analysis: adding humpback signals to a novel Southern Resident killer whale machine learning detector/classifier

Val Veirs, Orcasound

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Trace metal content in juvenile herring in the Strait of Georgia

Mina Hassanaghaei, UBC

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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Story Maps as Interactive Tools for Biodiversity Conservation: The Salish Sea Marine Bird and Mammal Atlas and the Key Biodiversity Areas of Canada

David Bradley, Birds Canada

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM