Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity

Annual Principal Investigators' Meeting
January 29-30, 2001, Seattle, Washington

SEBSCC Phase III —

Synthesis of research to advance ecosystem understanding &

Development of a survival index for juvenile walleye pollock

AGENDA

Monday, January 29

8:30 Welcome Allen Macklin
  The interplay of annual and decadal variability: how does the ecosystem respond?
8:45 The big recruitment years: what is special? Nick Bond
9:15 Pollock eggs and larvae during the 1970s regime shift Sukyung Kang
9:45 Pollock survival in the Pribilof habitat Ric Brodeur and Gordie Swartzman
10:15 BREAK  
10:45 Biophysical observations: answers and indices Phyllis Stabeno
11:15 Particulate flux and the partition of energy Susan Henrichs
12:30 LUNCH  
1:30 Ecosystem trends Jim Schumacher
2:00 Apex-predator synthesis Beth Sinclair
  Getting down to the nitty gritty of synthesis
2:30 Declaration of data available for synthesis and index database  
3:00 BREAK  
3:30 About synthesis Allen Macklin
4:00 Discussion  
5:00 ADJOURN  

Tuesday, January 30

8:30 Formation of synthesis groups
9:30 Milestones of synthesis: developing a schedule
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Planning for 2001 Field Season
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Bering Sea Special Issue Steering Committee and Editors Meeting