Presentation Awards

Student Presentation Awardees

Student presentation awards are given out at each year at the Annual Meeting. Oral and poster presentations are judged separately according to guidelines that include originality, presentation style, graphics, format and research data. The award guidelines and judging forms can be found in the PSG Handbook. To read the abstracts for student presentations, click here.

Congratulations to all PSG 2024 Presentation Awardees!

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Kay Garlick-Ott (University of California, Davis) A SPATIAL APPROACH TO QUANTIFYING ECOLOGICAL CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF COMMON TERN AGGRESSION

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Amelia DuVall (University of Washington) DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE OF NEST SURVIVAL TO OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS INDICATES LOCALIZED ADAPTATIONS FOR CASSIN’S AUKLET (PYTCHORAMPHUS ALEUTICUS) AT THE CALIFORNIA CHANNEL ISLANDS

Best Student Paper Award – Masters:
Katrina Wilcox (University of Manitoba) AT-SEA VOCAL BEHAVIOR OF COMMON MURRES (URIA AALGE)

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Samantha Broadley (Simon Fraser University) BRIDGING SUCCESS: NAVIGATING THE RECOVERY OF THE DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT IN THE STRAIT OF GEORGIA AMID URBAN AND ECOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
N/A

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Lauren Jackson (McGill University) BEYOND BODY CONDITION: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE THAT PLASMA METABOLITES IMPROVE NUTRITIONAL STATE MEASUREMENTS IN A FREE-LIVING SEABIRD

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Zoe Rand (University of Washington) HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS IDENTIFY REGIME SHIFT FROM SEABIRD AT-SEA-DENSITY IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Kristina McOmber (University of Manitoba) GAINING NEW INSIGHTS INTO SEABIRD PRE-LAYING BEHAVIOUR USING ARCHIVED GEOLOCATOR DATASETS

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Carolyn Currie (University of Manitoba) STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS REVEALS PRIMARY FLIGHT FEATHER MOULT PATTERNS OF ATLANTIC PUFFINS (FRATERCULA ARCTICA)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE

Maya Philipp (University of California, San Diego) PETRELS IN THE DESERT: DIEL, SEASONAL AND SPATIAL PATTERNS OF MARKHAM’S STORM-PETREL (HYDROBATES MARKHAMI): PAMPA PERDIZ COLONY, ATACAMA DESERT, CHILE

Past Student Presentation Awardees

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Awards – Ph.D.:
Lisbeth Van Hassel (Université Catholique de Louvain) THE IMPACT OF DIGESTION ON THE RELEASE OF TOXICANTS FROM PLASTICS USING AN IN VITRO SEABIRD GASTRIC DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MODEL

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Samantha Monier (City University of New York, The College of Staten Island) POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS AMONG SEABIRDS AND MARINE MAMMALS IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Madeleine Foley (Stony Brook University) ASSESSING DRIVERS OF ROUTE FIDELITY IN TWO CLOSELY RELATED GULL SPECIES

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Katherine Douglas (San Jose State University) ANNUAL HABITAT USAGE AND DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS OF THE WESTERN GULLS (LARUS OCCIDENTALIS) IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Max Merrill (University of Puget Sound) CHARACTERIZING MARINE FORAGING HABITAT FOR THE ENDANGERED MARBLED MURRELET IN THE SOUTHERN PUGET SOUND

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Gretchen McPhail (Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador) AVIAN FLU WREAKS HAVOC IN NEWFOUNDLAND: GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL RADIATION OF SEABIRD MORTALITY

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Olivia Fross (University of Puget Sound) POPULATION DYNAMICS AND TRENDS OF AN ENDANGERED SEABIRD: TUFTED PUFFINS (FRATERCULA CIRRHATA) IN WASHINGTON

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Wieteke Holthuijzen (University of Tennessee – Knoxville) DETERMINING ARTHROPOD CONSUMPTION BY LAYSAN DUCKS TO INFORM NON-TARGET MITIGATION EFFORTS DURING RODENT ERADICATION

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Clare Flynn (Stony Brook University) CHANGES IN GENTOO PENGUIN NEST FORMATION DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Eve Hallock (University of Washington) IMPACTS OF INVASIVE RATS ON BROWN BOOBY (SULA LEUCOGASTER) NEST SUCCESS ON TETIAROA ATOLL, FRENCH POLYNESIA

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Caitlin DiCarlo (Miami University) TEMPORAL TRENDS OF BROWN PELICAN ATTENDANCE AT INLAND LAKES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN RELATION TO OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Katherine Herrmann (California State University) FOLLOW THE EATER: A LOOK AT WESTERN GULLS’ FORAGING RELATIONSHIP WITH SEA OTTERS

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Jacob Ligorria (Pomona College) HAKE, HERRING, OR SAURY? COMMON TERNS USE DISTINCT FORAGING AREAS FOR DIFFERENT FISH IN THE GULF OF MAINE

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Awards – Ph.D.:
Ariel-Micaiah Heswall (University of Auckland) WHERE ARE THEY LANDING? MAPPING SEABIRD FALLOUT FROM ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

Tereza Senfeld (University of Aberdeen) A GLOBAL PHYLOGENY OF PIED AND BLACK OYSTERCATCHERS (HAEMATOPUS LONGIROSTRIS AND HAEMATOPUS BACHMANI)

Wieteke A. Holthuijzen (University of Tennessee) MICE TO EAT YOU: UNCOVERING THE DIET OF INVASIVE HOUSE MICE

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Christina Petalas (McGill University) FORAGING NICHE DIFFERENTIATION OF CHICK-REARING SYMPATRIC SEABIRDS IN THE GULF OF THE ST-LAWRENCE IN TIME, SPACE, AND DIET

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Bryce Poplawsky (University of Puget Sound) MARINE HABITAT USE PATTERNS OF THE ENDANGERED MARBLED MURRELET (BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS) IN THE CENTRAL-SOUTHERN PUGET SOUND

Catalina Porras (Universidad Científica del Sur) OCCURRENCE OF PLASTIC IN PELLETS OF NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS) IN LIMA, PERU, BEFORE AND DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Roxiris A. Azuaje-Rodríguez (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul) POPULATION STRUCTURE AND CONSERVATION IMPLICATONS OF A POORLY KNOWN SEABIRD, THE SOUTH AMERICAN TERN (STERNA HIRUNDINACEA)

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
William L. Kennerly (Oregon State University) PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM AN ASSESSMENT OF ATLANTIC PUFFIN (FRATERCULA ARCTICA) DIET USING FECAL DNA METABARCODING

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Helen St. John (Grinnell College) USING GAME CAMERAS TO MONITOR DISTURBANCE EVENTS AT PROTECTED SEABIRD COLONIES

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Awards – Ph.D.:
Kirsty Franklin (University of East Anglia) INDIVIDUAL CONSISTENCY IN SPACEUSE AND TIMINGS DURING THE NONBREEDING PERIOD OF A TROPICAL SEABIRD, THE ROUND ISLAND PETREL

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Kristin Brunk (University of Wisconsin-Madison) REDUCING ANTHROPOGENIC SUBSIDIES CURBS DENSITY OF AN IMPORTANT MARBLED MURRELET NEST PREDATOR IN A PROTECTED AREA

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Jenna Schlener (McGill University) INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN SPATIAL FORAGING BEHAVIOR IN BLACKLEGGED KITTIWAKES

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Dallas Jordan (Stony Brook University) DIVERGENT POSTBREEDING SPATIAL PATTERNS OF SYMPATRIC ALBATROSS SPECIES IN THE NORTH PACIFIC

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Sebastián Lozano-Sanllehi (Universidad Científica del Sur) NONRANDOM SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF NEOTROPIC CORMORANTS (PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS) ALONG A COASTAL HIGHWAY IN LIMA, PERU

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Chinatsu Nakajima (University of Tsukuba) LINKING MERCURY CONCENTRATIONS WITH AT-SEA AREAS IN THREE SPECIES OF AUKS, BREEDING ACROSS THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC OCEANS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Giulia Bambini (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur) CARRY-OVER EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STOCHASTICITY OF THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT ON BODY CONDITION AND WING LENGTH OF BREEDING BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATERS (PUFFINUS OPISTHOMELAS)

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Eleonora Favilli (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur) ASSESSMENT OF THE HEALTH STATUS OF FOUR SPECIES OF SEABIRDS IN RELATION TO POLLUTANTS

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Jacqueline S. Glencross (University of Tasmania) BREEDING SUCCESS OF A MIGRATORY SEABIRD FOLLOWING EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Suzanne Winquist (Oregon State University) ANIMAL-BORNE VIDEO LOGGERS OFFER A NEW LOOK AT THE UNDERWATER FORAGING BEHAVIORS OF ADÉLIE PENGUINS IN ANTARCTICA’S ROSS SEA

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Kitrick Miller (Oregon State University) ALEUTIAN TERN NEST ATTENDANCE RATES

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Emmylou A. Kidder (Christopher Newport University) THE USE OF THERMAL IMAGING FOR THE CENSUSING OF COLONIAL SEABIRDS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Sakura Lauhoff (University of Tsukuba) COMPARISON OF MERCURY LEVELS IN FEATHERS OF OSPREY IN THE NORTHEAST REGION OF JAPAN

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

People’s Choice Award
Hannah Moon (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) VISUAL PERCEPTION IN THE PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT: THE EYE OF THE WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD

Honorable Mention – Peoples Choice Award
Ilana Nimz (Hawaiʻi Pacific University) BARFCODING: DNA-BARCODING OF BARF YIELDS INSIGHTS INTO SEABIRD FORAGING ECOLOGY

Best Student Paper Awards – Ph.D.:
Leo Uesaka (University of Tokyo) OCEAN WAVE OBSERVATION IN NORTHWEST PACIFIC BY UTILIZING BIOLOGGING DATA FROM STREAKED SHEARWATER

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Natasha Gillies (University of Oxford) APPARENT INTRA-PAIR COORDINATION MAY ARISE THROUGH INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE MANX SHEARWATER (PUFFINUS PUFFINUS)

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Ilana Nimz (Hawaiʻi Pacific University) BARFCODING: DNA-BARCODING OF BARF YIELDS INSIGHTS INTO SEABIRD FORAGING ECOLOGY

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Sonya Pastran (Simon Fraser University) MARBLED MURRELETS THROUGH TIME: LONG-TERM HOTSPOT PERSISTENCE AND HABITAT USE OF A THREATENED SEABIRD

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Ariel Micaiah Heswall (University of Auckland) SEABIRD SENSORY ECOLOGY, MORPHOLOGY AND BYCATCH

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

People’s Choice Award
Jason Piasecki (Oregon State University) SEABIRD FORAGING ECOLOGY AS AN INDICATOR OF MARINE PLASTICS DISTRIBUTION ALONG THE CENTRAL OREGON COAST

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Jazzmine Waugh (University of Washington) A BASELINE APPROACH TO ASSESSING TAXON-SPECIFIC SUSCEPTIBILITY TO OIL SPILLS

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Laura Bliss (University of Manitoba) WINTER HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF MARINE PREDATORS IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT USING CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Naya Sena (Hokkaido University) TESTING THE ATTRACTION OF TWO PROCELLARIIIFORM SEABIRDS TO DIMETHYL SULFIDE

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Olivia Townsend (San Jose State University) SPATIOTEMPORAL HABITAT USE OF RED-TAILED TROPICBIRDS BREEDING IN THE MAIN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS: A MULTI-COLONY APPROACH USING GPS TRACKING

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Ray Martin (Oregon State University) WHO’S HOME – NEST ATTENDANCE OF WESTERN GULLS NESTING IN TOWN AND IN THE COLONY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

People’s Choice Award
Hannah Moon (Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project) HOW DO SEABIRDS PERCEIVE LIGHT? SPECTRAL EFFECTS ON THE TEMPORAL SENSITIVITY OF HAWAIIAN SEABIRDS

Honorable Mention – People’s Choice Award
Jean Baptiste Thiebot (French National Centre for Scientific Research, CNRS) JELLY BELLIES: WHY DO MARINE ENDOTHERMS EAT JELLYFISH?

Best Student Paper Awards – Ph.D.:
Ruth Dunn (University of Liverpool) A MODEL TO ESTIMATE SEABIRD FIELD METABOLIC RATES

Johannes Fischer (Victoria University of Wellington) A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SEABIRD SPECIES FAILS TO RESPOND TO ERADICATIONS OF MULTIPLE INVASIVE PREDATORS

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Jennifer Howard (Wake Forest University) EFFECTS OF AGING ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF A LONG-LIVED SEABIRD IN GALÁPAGOS

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Keenan Yakola (University of Massachusetts – Amherst) LONG-TERM TRENDS, AND POTENTIAL DRIVERS OF CHICK DIET IN FOUR TERN SPECIES IN THE GULF OF MAINE, USA

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Andrea Estandía (Durham University) GENOME-WIDE DATA REVEAL THE DEEP EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF OCEANIC SEABIRDS (PROCELLARIIFORMES)

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Tessa Nania (University of Puget Sound) USING AGE TO ASSESS RETENTION TIME OF INGESTED PLASTIC IN SEABIRDS

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Jessica Idle (University of Hawaii – Manoa) HUMAN PRESENCE NEAR WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER BURROWS AND ITS IMPACT ON NESTING SUCCESS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

People’s Choice Award
Anne Wiley (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History) FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF BROWN BOOBIES (SULA LEUCOGASTER) ACROSS AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Caitlin Kroeger (University of California – Santa Cruz) AT-SEA ENERGETICS OF CAMPBELL AND GREY-HEADED ALBATROSS IN RELATION TO SOUTHERN OCEAN WIND VARIABILITY

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Ui Shimabakuro (Sokendai Graduate University for Advanced Studies) DIVING AND FLYING ACTIVITY OF RHINOCEROS AUKLETS (CERORHINCA MONOCERATA) DURING THE NON-BREEDING PERIOD

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Sonya Pastran (Simon Fraser University) HABITAT UTILIZATION OF MARBLED MURRELETS IN HAIDA GWAII, BC: USING LONG-TERM AND ADDITIONAL DATA FROM LASKEEK BAY

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Jill Tengeres (Oregon State University) PASSIVE MONITORING TO INVESTIGATE PREDATION PRESSURE AT ALEUTIAN TERN COLONIES IN COASTAL ALASKA

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Makenzie Weber (Oregon State University) VARIATION IN PHENOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF THREE CORMORANT SPECIES IN CENTRAL OREGON

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Alyssa Nelson (Oregon State University) QUANTIFYING TOP-DOWN EFFECTS OF BALD EAGLE (HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS) DISTURBANCES ON A COMMON MURRE (URIA AALGE) COLONY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Miriam Lerma (University of Kiel) FORAGING BEHAVIOR OF MASKED BOOBIES IN THE WORLD’S LARGEST OCEANIC DESERT

Honorable Mention – PhD:
Morgan Gilmour (University of California – Santa Cruz) CONTAMINANTS, FORAGING ECOLOGY, AND BREEDING HORMONES IN TWO SYMPATRICALLY BREEDING SOUTHERN OCEAN SEABIRDS

Miho Sakao (University of Tokyo) ARE STREAKED SHEARWATERS (CALONECTRIS LEUCOMELAS) FAITHFUL TO THEIR PARTNERS?

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Julia Gulka (University of Manitoba) IMPACTS OF PREY AVAILABILITY ON THE FORAGING BEHAVIOR AND DIET OF TWO ALCIDS IN NORTHEASTERN
NEWFOUNDLAND

Honorable Mention – Masters:
Edward Jenkins (University of Manitoba) VARYING PREY AVAILABILITY INFLUENCES THE DIETARY NICHE DYNAMICS OF THE SEABIRD ASSEMBLAGE ON THE NORTHEASTERN NEWFOUNDLAND COAST

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Gabriela Jacqueline de la Cruz Pino (Universidad Veracruzana) DIVERSITY OF SEABIRDS IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Javier Eduardo Alcala Santoyo (Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur) POPULATION ESTIMATE OF BLACK-VENTED SHEARWATER (PUFFINUS OPISTHOMELAS) ON NATIVIDAD ISLAND, MEXICO: 2016 & 2017 BREEDING SEASONS

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – PhD:
Caitlin Kroeger (University of California – Santa Cruz) CORTICOSTERONE AS A BEHAVIORAL DRIVER AND NUTRIENT RESPONSE IN TWO SYMPATRIC
ALBATROSSES

Honorable Mention – PhD:
Morgan Gilmour (University of California – Santa Cruz) FIRST OBSERVATIONS OF MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD CHICK-REARING MOVEMENTS IN MEXICO

Best Student Paper Award – Masters:
Vivian Pattison (University of Victoria) ESTIMATING POPULATION ABUNDANCE OF ANCIENT MURRELETS (SYNTHILBORAMPHUS ANTIQUUS) ON EAST LIMESTONE ISLAND, BC, USING N-MIXTURE MODELS

Honorable Mention – Masters:
Olivia Townsend (San Jose State University) FORAGING MOVEMENTS AND OCEANIC HABITAT USE OF RED-TAILED TROPICBIRDS (PHAETHON RUBRICAUDA) BREEDING ON OAHU, HAWAII

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Ana Medina (Oregon State University) PREY SIZE AND DELIVERY RATE OF COMMON MURRES (URIA AALGE) IN CENTRAL OREGON

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Tyler Sym (University of Massachusetts – Amherst) EVALUATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WEATHER AND NANOTAGGED TERNS USING R-SHINY

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Chris Tyson (UC Davis) COORDINATED PROVISIONING IN A PELAGIC SEABIRD WITH VARIABLE FORAGING STRATEGIES

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Lyndsay Rankin (Northern Illinois University) MEASURING NEARSHORE RECOVERY OF SEABIRD ISLANDS FOLLOWING RODENT ERADICATION AT THE MERCURY ISLANDS, NEW ZEALAND

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Julia Gulka (University of Manitoba) HIGH INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN THE FORAGING ECOLOGY OF BREEDING COMMON MURRES

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Gregory Taylor (San Jose State) EGG TURNING BEHAVIOUR AND EGG TEMPERATURE IN RELATION TO MERCURY CONTAMINATION OF FORSTER’S TERNS (STERNA FORSTERI)

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Gail Gallaher (Pomona College) WORKING PARENTS IN AN UNPREDICTABLE SEA: CASSIN AUKLET TIME BUDGETS DURING THE BREEDING SEASON

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Ruth Kaz (University of Washington) CHARACTERIZATION OF MARINE DEBRIS INGESTED BY PROCELLARIIFORMES

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Jennifer Howard (Wake Forest University) SPECIES-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF THE 2015-2016 EL NINO ON SEABIRDS BREEDING AT ISLA ESPANOLA, GALAPAGOS

Honorable Mention – Ph.D.:
Caroline Cappello (University of Washington) ACCURACY OF SEXING GALAPAGOS AND MAGELLANIC PENGUINS BY MORPHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR

Best Student Paper Award – M.S.:
Michael Johns (University of Alaska Fairbanks) SHEDDING LIGHT ON THE WINTER MOVEMENTS OF CASSIN’S AUKLETS

Honorable Mention – M.S.:
Jane Dolliver (Oregon State University) MULTISPECTRAL PROCESSING OF HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGERY TO DETERMINE THE ABUNDANCE OF NESTING ALBATROSS

Best Student Paper Award – Undergraduate:
Katelyn Stoner (USFWS Kodiak NWR) KITTLITZ’S MURRELET (BRACHYRAMPHUS BREVIROSTRIS) NESTING ECOLOGY ON KODIAK ISLAND, ALASKA, 2008-2016

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate:
Kyle Jensen (Pomona College) THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SEA RANCH SEABIRDS: REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND PHENOLOGY BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER THE 2015 EL NINO

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Paper Award – Ph.D.:
Trevor Joyce (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) Estimating Abundance And Trends Of Procellariiform Seabirds Using Bayesian State-Space Models And At-Sea Data

Runner Up – Ph.D.:
Travis White (Carleton University) Tagged, Tracked, And Modeled: How Technological Advances Can Improve Our Understanding Of Arctic Seabird Distribution On Multiple

Honorable Mention – PhD:
Yoshinari Yonehara (The University of Tokyo) Flight Paths Of Seabirds Soaring Over The Ocean Surface Enable Measurement Of Fine-Scale Wind Speed And Direction

Best Student Paper Award – M.S. and Undergraduate:
Christine Anderson (Acadia University) Herring Gulls: Population Scale Patterns Of Movement And Habitat Use

Runner Up – M.S. and Undergraduate:
Rachael Herman (Louisiana State University) Individual Specialists, Population Generalists, And Gentoo Penguin Foraging Ecology Across The Scotia Arc

Honorable Mention – M.S and Undergraduate:
Max Czapanaskiy (USGS Western Ecological Research Center) Taking The Plunge: Comparing Diving Behavior Of Red-Footed And Brown Boobies Breeding On Lehua Islet, Hawai’i

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Best Student Poster Award – Ph.D.:
Le-Ning Chang (National Taiwan University) Tern Banding Project In Matsu Island Tern Refuge, Taiwan

Runner Up Student Poster – Ph.D.:
Corey Clatterbuck (San Diego State University And UCDavis) Heavy Metal And Organic Contaminant Loads In California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum
browni) And Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) Eggs

Best Student Poster Award – M.S.:
Michael Johns (University of Alaska Fairbanks) Double Brooding In Cassin’s Auklets (Ptychoramphus aleuticus): A Buffer Against Environmental
Variability

Runner Up Student Poster – M.S.:
Stephanie Loredo (Oregon State University) Temporal Variability In Three-dimensional Habitat-Use Of Common Murres (Uria Aalge) Off The Oregon
Coast

Best Student Poster Award – Undergraduate:
Gail Gallaher – The Busy Life Of A Cassin’s Auklet: Interannual Changes In Daily Time Allocation

Runner Up Student Poster – Undergraduate: Sarah Donahue (Hawai’i Pacific University) Diet Of Red-Footed Boobies Provisioning Chicks On O’ahu