12th Annual TCBES Symposium Program
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Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Session 1: 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks and Kīpaepae | |
| 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker: Dr. Manu Meyer |
I ulu nō ka lālā i ke kumu - I am because of you |
| 10:30 AM | Break | |
| 10:45 AM | Amberly Pigao | Optimizing forest restoration techniques to increase species habitat and mitigate future drought: Kanakaleonui Bird Corridor |
| 10:58 AM | Noah Hunt | Nature's Playlist: On Shuffle |
| 11:06 AM | Darrian Muraoka | Understanding Human-Induced Waste Within Through Storm Water Runoff in Hilo, Hawaiʻi |
| 11:19 AM | Rachel Willard | Shell Utilization Patterns in Hawaiian Hermit Crabs: Choice or Availability? |
| 11:27 AM | Ihilani Kamau | Effects of stocking density and nutrient treatments on the growth of the native Hawaiian red macroalga Lepe-o-hina (Halymenia hawaiiana) in culture |
| 11:41 AM | Lily Gavagan | Investigations of Unknown “Aio Limu” (Annelida: Polychaeta) through Microscopic Morphology and Untargeted Metabolomics via LCMS |
| 11:49 AM | Nikola Rodriguez | How will mass bleaching events affect the prevalence of ciguatera on Hawaiian reefs? |
| 12:02 PM | Nathaniel Greenwald | How many Amaʻama are in Kaloko? |
| 12:10 PM | Reed Test | Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower coral) growth rates using a selection substrates |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch |
Session 2: 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1:30 PM | Patrick Hart & Taupōuri Tangarō | Kani Manu & Oli Kānaka, Connecting the Language of Birds and Chant |
| 2:50 PM | Ryan Liu | Human-in-the-Loop AI to advance Tropical Science Annotation and Data Collection |
| 3:03 PM | Zach Taylor | Reassessment of Coral Reef Fish Surveys |
| 3:11 PM | Carson Green | Prediction of macroalgal species composition using macroalgal abundance: case study on reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands |
| 3:24 PM | Olivia Jarvis | Observing Patterns in UH Hilo MOP Turtle Tagging Data Through Statistical Analysis |
| 3:32 PM | Walter Boger | Shifts in Carbon Exports from a Hawaiian Watershed under a Changing Climate |
| 3:45 PM | Sophia Smith | The Distribution and Abundance of ʻŌhiʻa-Associated Ambrosia Beetles in Two Sites With Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death Outbreaks |
| 3:58 PM | David Russell | Creating a Climate Adaptation Plan to Benefit a Community Based Subsistence Forestry Area |
| 4:11 PM | Danielle Bartz | Hawaii's Hammerheads: Understanding Distributions, Nursery Habitats, and Population Trends Over Time |
| 4:24 PM | Skyler Chong | Recruitment Dynamics of Invasive Mullet Species in a Native Hawaiian Fishpond |
| 4:36 PM | Closing Remarks |
Friday, April 29th, 2021
Session 1: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
| Time | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Opening Remarks | |
| 9:10 AM | Keynote Speaker: Lokelani Brandt |
Paʻa mua ke aloha: Lessons for a productive future as told in the Legend of Uweuwelekehau |
| 9:57 AM | Tracy Wiegner | Assessment of pathogen infection risk at beaches, export to nearshore waters, and watershed source identification in Hilo, Hawai‘i |
| 10:10 AM | Stephanie Mladinich | Pockets and pathways to invasion: Monitoring avian disease-carrying mosquitoes in the face of climate change |
| 10:23 AM | Emma Stierhoff | Mingling with (Avian) Malaria |
| 10:31 AM | Drew Curley | Impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns on the Hawaiian nearshore noncommerical fishery |
| 10:44 AM | Hannah Hartman | Laboratory to Landscape: Addressing contamination of South Oʻahu’s Moanalua-Waimalu aquifer by the U.S. Navy’s Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Kapūkakī through mycoremediation |
| 10:52 AM | McKenna Green | Effects of Popular Shark TV Programs on Shark Conservation Efforts |
| 11:05 AM | Mini Keliihoomalu-Holz | Ka Moʻolelo o ka Ulu-lā’au-olohiʻo ma Puna, Hawaiʻi -- The Story of Agroforestry in Puna, Hawaiʻi |
| 11:13 AM | Sofia Ferreira | Prediction of photogrammetry-based habitat complexity using a trait-based approach on coral reefs in Guam |
| 11:26 AM | Alex Spengler | Mapping a Reef in Minutes - Underwater Action Camera Photogrammetry |
| 11:45 AM | Awards & Closing Remarks | |
| 12:00 PM | Travel to Kumuʻola Workday |