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USGS scientists use and develop cutting-edge technologies and methods to gain new discoveries that decision makers need to sustainably manage ocean resources.
Presentations and posters will demonstrate how USGS ecologists are using advanced technologies to make cutting-edge discoveries to answer important questions about managing and conserving marine resources such as: seabirds, renewable energy, and marine wildlife including fish, turtles, corals, and species of deep-sea systems.
Below is a list of USGS scientists who will be presenting at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Conference, the 2024 Gulf of Mexico Conference (GOMCON), and the Pacific Seabirds Annual Meeting. If you’re attending, please stop by and say hello and ask questions!
Monday, February 19, 2024
poster: Elaborate diving and activity patterns of endangered sea turtles in the Gulf of Mexico
time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Speakers: Kristen HartResearch Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
poster: Pb and Fe isotopes measured in aerosols of different particle sizes from the subarctic northeastern Pacific reveal a petrogenic isotopic signature of Alaskan glacial dust and an alternative fossil fuel source of Pb
time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Speakers: John CrusiusResearch Chemist, U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center
poster: Assessment of the long-term impacts of historical manganese nodule extraction equipment testing on the Blake Plateau seafloor environment
time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Speakers: Jason ChaittoResearch Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Speech: Developing an online portal for coastal science through a human-centered design approach
time: 8:30 a.m. — 8:41 a.m.
Speakers: Erica LenzResearch Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
Speech: Trophic connectivity of mesophotic coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico
time: 8:30 a.m. — 8:42 a.m.
Speakers: Amanda DemopoulosResearch Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Speech: Evaluation of microarrays for determining baseline antibiotic resistance genes in deep-sea sediments
time: 8:54 a.m. — 9:06 a.m.
host: Christina KelloggResearch Microbiologist at the Saint Petersburg Coastal and Marine Scientific Center
Speech: A systematic approach to predicting future landscape evolution of estuarine marsh barrier islands
time: 2:42pm — 2:52pm
host: Davina PasseriResearch Oceanographer, U.S. Geological Survey, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Speech: Genomic differentiation Whooping cough algae Populations from the continental margins of the United States
time: 2:44pm — 2:55pm
host: Alexis ViningResearch Biologist, U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Sciences Center
poster: Environmental DNA Biodiversity Assessment of Mesopelagic Coral Reefs in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Speakers: Cheryl MorrisonResearch Geneticist, U.S. Geological Survey Eastern Ecological Sciences Center
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Speech: Automatic detection and classification of marine life in aerial imagery using machine learning methods
time: 9:00 a.m. — 9:10 a.m.
host: Kyle Landoltgeographer at the U.S. Geological Survey Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Lesson 12.2: Ecosystem health assessments: indicators, methods, and examples that connect science to action
Speech: Bird health indicators in practice: blood biochemistry and contaminants in brown pelicans
time: 2:00pm – 2:15pm
Speakers: Patrick Jodice, wildlife biologist, U.S. Geological Survey South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Division
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Session 4.2: Integrating science into offshore wind planning in the Gulf of Mexico
Speech: Trans-Gulf Migration: Understanding Spatiotemporal Patterns and Wind Energy Development
time: 10:30am
Speakers: television.J.ZenzalResearch Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Lesson 13.2: Wildlife, fisheries and protected species: meeting conservation and restoration challenges
Speech: Distribution of globally endangered seabirds in the Northern Gulf: revised range of the Black-capped Petrel
time: 2:30pm – 2:45pm
Speakers: Patrick Jodice, wildlife biologist, U.S. Geological Survey South Carolina Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Division
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Plenary Session
title: Advancing decision-making science to inform seabird conservation
time: 9:00 AM
speaker: Sarah ConverseResearch Ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Division
forum: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza
title: Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses affecting Alaska seabirds and other wildlife show evidence of cross-species transmission and global diversification with recent common ancestry
time: 2:00pm
speaker: Christina Alstromgeneticist, U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center
Thursday, February 22, 2024
forum: Pollutants, Disease and Toxins
title: Paralytic shellfish toxins (saxitoxins) and their association with seabird mortality in the Alaskan marine food web
time: 11:45am
speaker: Sarah Schoenbiologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center
Special Paper Sessions: Offshore wind energy and seabirds
title: Updated Marine Bird Vulnerability Index to inform risks to offshore wind projects in the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf region
time: 2:00pm
speaker: Emma Kelseywildlife biologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center
Meeting: Population dynamics
title: History and significance of albatross banding at Midway Atoll, 1936-2023
time: 4:15 p.m.
speaker: Jennifer McKayBiologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory and Eastern Ecological Sciences Center
workshop: Myths and Misconceptions and the Bird Banding Lab
host: Jennifer McKayBiologist at the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory and Eastern Ecological Sciences Center
time: 4:30 p.m.
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