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EcoFOCI 2012 Fall Seminar Series

When: Wednesdays at 10 am (with exceptions listed under specific talks)
Where: NOAA Western Regional Center
          7600 Sand Point Way, NE
Questions? Contact Lisa Guy


Wednesday, October 31
Jeff Napp and Phyllis Stabeno
EcoFOCI field season review and preview

Costumes encouraged!
Bldg. #3, Oceanography Room


Wednesday, November 7
Jocelyn Lin
Genetics modeling: From evolution in salmon to seascape genetics of groundfish
Bldg. #3, Oceanography Room


Wednesday, November 14
Kathy Mier
Separating spatial and temporal variation in multi-species community structure using
PERMANOVA, a permutational MANOVA

Bldg. #3, Oceanographer Room


Wednesday, December 5
Leslie Roberson
God, witchcraft, and very small tuna: A case study of the methods, culture, and economics of a 'traditional'

fishery in Ghana, West Africa

Bldg. #3, Oceanographer Room


Wednesday, December 12
Colleen Petrik
Biophysical modeling of larval fishes: A tale of two gadids
Bldg. #3, Oceanographer Room


TUESDAY, December 18, 11:00am
Kenneth Coyle
Gulf of Alaska: Effects of forcing and circulation on the ecosystem response from modeling and observations
Bldg. #3, Oceanographer Room

The GLOBEC and GOAIERP programs were tasked with understanding the potential effects of climate forcing on the pelagic ecosystem in the northern Gulf of Alaska (GOA). However, interpretation of field measurement on the GOA shelf is complicated by strong currents producing eddies and meanders, rapidly moving water masses along and across the shelf, causing rapid spatial temporal changes in the physical and biological environment. We used the ROMS circulation model with an embedded ecosystem component to aid quantifying the potential for spatial temporal aliasing in interpreting field measurements on the western GOA shelf. In addition, the model was run from 1995 through 2008 to aid in understanding the potential effects of climate cycles on the ecosystem and to help identify potential mechanisms linking climate to the ecosystem response. In this seminar we provide a brief description of the ecosystem model, some comparisons of model output with field measurements, and identify potential mechanisms by which climate may generate interannual differences in production and biomass of phytoplankton and copepods on the shelf.


All interested persons are invited!


Links to previous FOCI Seminar Series:
2012-13   Fall - Winter 2011-12   Fall - Winter
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NOAA EcoFOCI Project Office
NOAA/PMEL and NOAA/AFSC
7600 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, Washington 98115
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