APECS | Coastal SEES

Interdisciplinary study. Apex predators, ecosystems, community sustainability (#APECS); NSF Coastal SEES. #seaotter #seagrass #kelp #clams #crabs #subsistence

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

A major highlight was @uasoutheast undergraduate (and Eckert Lab field tech) @jessmwhitney winning the “Best Undergraduate Poster” award for her poster “With a little kelp from our friends: examination of understory algal communities and associated fishes in SE AK.” Go Jess!

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

New publication alert 🚨featuring @apecs_ak co-authors!

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

A major highlight was @uasoutheast undergraduate (and Eckert Lab field tech) @jessmwhitney winning the “Best Undergraduate Poster” award for her poster “With a little kelp from our friends: examination of understory algal communities and associated fishes in SE AK.” Go Jess!

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

This past weekend the Eckert Lab attended and presented at the Western Society of Naturalists’ annual conference and had a blast diving, talking science, and collaborating with fellow scientists!

[Carter Johnson @undrwatercarter]

So excited to be at my first WSN presenting results from my PhD! Was lucky to kick off the conference yesterday with a dive charter off Anacapa Island #WSN2022

[Ginny Eckert @ginnyeckert_ak]

#wsn2022 We're looking for a few SCUBA divers who want to share a charter to dive Anacapa Island Nov 10.

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Happy #PhycologyFriday !! ⭐️

@uafairbanks @uafcfos @juneau_cfos_uaf #APECS #Research #GradStudent #PhD #Phycology #Macrocystis #Macrocystispyrifera #Kelp

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

@MaxCastorani @UAFcfos We use a 37 m variable mesh net - it’s the same net that NOAA uses for their nearshore seines/fish atlas in Alaska! 🐟🦐

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Beach seine from a bird’s eye view !! 🌱🐟

Thanks for another wonderful field season Prince of Wales!! 🌿

@UAFcfos #APECS #Alaska #Research #Eelgrass #MarineEcology #Beach #Seine #Field #FieldSeason #GradStudent #PhDLife #Nearshore #Fish #Habitat #Drone

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Can you spy the wasting disease??? 🌱🌱🌱

PhD candidate, Lia Domke, shown here determining the density of eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a habitat survey. 🤿

#GradStudent #Research #MarineEcology #Alaska #WastingDisease #PhDLife #Eelgrass #Ecosystem #FieldSeason

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Site name: Nossuk Bay. Sediment type: MUD MUD !! 🪱🌱

@uafairbanks @uafcfos @juneau_cfos_uaf #APECS #MarineEcology #Eelgrass #Seagrass #WastingDisease #Research #PhD #GradStudent #StuckintheMud #FieldSeason

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Beach seine days are the best days!! 🐟🌿

Below: PhD candidate, Lia Domke, holding a Silver-spotted sculpin (Blepsias cirrhosus).

📸: @undrwatercarter

#APECS #Alaska #Research #PhdLife #GradStudent #Eelgrass #Kelp #BeachSeine #SeaOtter #Sustainability #FieldSeason

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

POV: you’re doing field research in Southeast Alaska. 🦀🌿🔬🦦

#APECS #Alaska #Field #Research #MarineEcology #Fisheries #Data #GradStudent @UAFcfos

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

New paper looking at #seagrass wasting disease including some APECS co-authors!

[Lillian Aoki @lillian_aoki]

New #OpenAccess work to share in #ASLO_LO!

We studied seagrass wasting disease from Alaska to California and found that disease outbreaks were worse in areas experiencing unusually warm water temperatures

https://t.co/6d5Yx4FDuw

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

That feeling when you get your first piece of data for your PhD !! Congrats @undrwatercarter, here’s to more crab and smiling faces this field season!! 🤩🦀

#APECS #Alaska #Research #GradStudent #PhDLife #Crab #MarineBiology #MarineEcology

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Things a field ecologist cannot live without: field guides, buckets, and an endless amount of zip ties. 🐟🪣

Throwback to last field season beach seining around Prince of Wales Island, AK.

#throwback #APECS #marineecology #seine #research #alaska

[APECS | Coastal SEES @apecs_ak]

Publication alert 🔥 Huge congrats to @nicole_laroche. Research from her M.S. work at @UAFcfos was published today in @MEPS_IR. Shoutout to co-authors Sydney King, Matt Rogers, Heidi Pearson, and @ginnyeckert_ak. Check out the paper! https://t.co/aiiMVpWDTm

[Wendel Raymond @wendel_raymond]

My final chapter from my #PhD is published today in @MEPS_IR. Huge thanks to my co-authors @jbschram @ginnyeckert_ak @awegalloway and the amazing @apecs_ak lab and @UAFcfos. Check out our paper https://t.co/0JWnhkKx1w

[Curry Cunningham @CurryCunningham]

I am recruiting a M.S. student to join my lab at @UAFcfos, for a fully-funded graduate research assistantship.

The student will explore the use of spatio-temporal methods for generating abundance indices that leverage data from multiple trawl and fixed gear surveys in Alaska.

[Wendel Raymond @wendel_raymond]

Want to learn about #seaotters and #seagrass in Southeast #Alaska? Tune in to my PhD defense Mar. 6th at 1030 AK time. https://t.co/vR2eXBuOzI

#eelgrass @apecs_ak @earthwatch_org #SeagrassAwarenessMonth

[Wendel Raymond @wendel_raymond]

Had a great few days sampling #eelgrass for #GlobalSeagrassSurvey @SImarineGEO. Thanks Lia, Maggie, and @mattsoncat for your help. Our site was at 58.6636 -134.9179. Furthest north site for the project @jslefche?