13th Annual TCBES Symposium Program
Restoring Relationships, Mauka To Makai
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
Session 1 Schedule - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
| Time |
Event/ Presentation Title (Speaker) |
| 9:00am-9:25am |
Opening Remarks: Kīpaepae Welina by Ākeamakamae Kiyuna |
| 9:25am-10:30am |
Keynote Speaker: Jen Lawson |
| 10:30am-10:40am |
Break |
| 10:45am-10:55am |
A Pathway Woven Through Interconnection Anya Benavides |
| 10:55 - 11:10am |
Decision Support to Improve Ridge-to-Reef Stewardship in an Era of Rapid Global Change Gina McGuire |
| 11:10am - 11:20am |
Puna, Hawaiʻi: Conserving Bicultural Legacies Hannah Rozendo |
| 11:20am - 11:35am |
Kuku Kapa and Pilina ʻĀina: Barkcloth-making and Relationships with Nature Avalon Paradea |
| 11:35am - 11:50am |
A Study in Ebony: Molecular evidence linking the ebony gene to the black pupae phenotype in true fruit flies Daniel Paulo |
| 11:50am - 12:00pm |
Rising coastlines: The future impact of sea level rise Brianna Ninomoto |
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
Session 2 Schedule: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
| Time |
Event/ Presentation Title (Speaker) |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Poster Presentations |
| 2:00pm - 2:15pm |
Break |
| 2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Hungry Hungry Honu: East Hawaiʻi Island green turtle (Chelonia mydas) diet determination utilizing stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) Bella Chapman |
| 2:30pm - 2:45pm |
Infestation and behavioral trends of Cryptophlebia moth pests (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in commercial macadamia nut orchards in Hawai’i Nathalie de Rocquigny |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm |
Advancing Endangered Hawaiian Bird Species Monitoring Using Bioacoustics and Machine Learning Amanda Navine |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm |
Understanding variable macroalgal dissolved organic carbon dynamics through a diasporic ʻŌiwi research methodology Kalani Carlson |
| 3:15pm - 3:30pm |
A comparison of nutrient fluxes during stormflow and baseflow conditions in the Wailuku River, Hilo, Hawaiʻi, USA. Rachel Mayo |
| 3:30pm - 3:45pm |
Closing Remarks |
Friday, March 31st, 2023
Session 1 Schedule - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
| Time |
Event/ Presentation Title (Speaker) |
| 9:00 - 9:25am |
Opening Remarks |
| 9:25 - 10:30am |
Keynote Speaker Roberta Ku‘ulei Keakealani |
| 10:30am - 10:40am |
Break |
| 10:45am - 10:55am |
Hawaiʻi island forest restoration, ecology, and plant community structures through a watershed partnership approach Hanna Michaud |
| 10:55am - 11:10am |
Linking the functional traits of leaf litter and litter-dwelling arthropods to understand ecological interactions Anuhea Robins |
| 11:10am - 11:20am |
Developing Climate Resilient Restoration Techniques for Hawaiʻi’s Lowland Wet Forests Konapiliahi Dancil |
| 11:20am - 11:35am |
Understanding the Songs of the ʻApapane Paulo Ditzel |
| 11:35am - 11:50am |
Diving in Deep: Deep Learning for the Identification of Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) Grazing Behavior in Hawaiʻi Trevor Nishida |
| 11:50am - 12:00am |
Announcements |
12:00 - 1:00 PM Lunch Break
Session 2 Schedule - 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
| Time |
Event/ Presentation Title (Speaker) |
| 1:00 - 1:10pm |
Session Two of Presentations Begins |
| 1:10 - 1:25pm |
Creating reference native communities for conservation efforts by modeling dominant plant species across Hawaiʻi Jonathan Price |
| 1:25 - 1:40pm |
Agronomic effects on energycane cultivars biomass for aviation biofuel Brian Rule |
| 1:40 - 1:55pm |
Feather growth rates of forest birds in a Hawaiian forest Wade Burris |
| 1:55 - 2:10pm |
Mapping a Reef in Minutes: Comparative Analysis of Underwater Photogrammetry Systems for Accurate, Affordable, and Rapid Data Collection in Threatened Coral Reef Ecosystems Alex Spengler |
| 2:10 - 2:25pm |
Monitoring Culex quinquefasciatus in Kīpahulu Valley, Haleakalā National Park to Support Future Landscape-scale Mosquito Control Lauren Smith |
| 2:25 - 2:40pm |
Break |
| 2:40 - 2:50pm |
Announce Auction Winners |
| 2:50 - 3:00pm |
Award Ceremony |
| 3:00 - 3:15pm |
Closing Remarks: Kīpaepae Hoʻokuʻu by No'el Tagab-Cruz |
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