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AFSCUS Student Poster Award Submission for Ottawa, Summer 2008
Students presenting posters at the 2008 AFS Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, and who wish to be considered for the award are encouraged to notify AFSCUS President Bill Fisher by emailing him at wfisher@okstate.edu.
AFS COMPUTER USER
SECTION ANNOUNCES BEST STUDENT POSTER AWARD FOR 2007
The AFS Computer User Section has awarded James R. Watson of the University
of California, Santa Barbara with its “Best Student Poster Award”
for 2007. Watson’s poster, A Spatially Explicit Nearshore Demographic
Model for the Santa Barbara Channel, was judged to be the best student
poster portraying the application of computer-electronic technology in fisheries
management and research during the 137th Annual Meeting of AFS in San Francisco,
California.
Watson is conducting research to understand the population dynamics of marine fish species, including the Kelp Bass, in and around the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California. Co-authors for the poster were David Siegel, Santoshi Mitarai, and Bruce Kendall of the University of California, Santa Barbara; Lie-Yauw Oey of Princeton University; and Changming Dong of the University of California, Los Angeles.
Their research combined results from a simple demographic model with coastal circulation simulations of larval fish dispersal. They used a hydrodynamic model to find the physical source and destination relationships for pelagic larvae. This information, along with life history data, was fed into a demographic model that included habitat, fecundity, and several mortality parameters. Their spatially explicit demographic model allowed them to tease apart local effects of persistent ocean flows, suitable habitat, and basic life history traits. Watson’s poster was well-designed, easy to follow, and contained excellent illustrations.
The Computer User Section’s Best Student Poster Award encourages the dissemination of knowledge gained from using cutting-edge technology in fisheries management and science. In addition to providing recognition from AFS fisheries professionals, the award is accompanied by a certificate and a $100 cash prize. Students presenting posters at the 2008 AFS Annual Meeting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that emphasize computer-electronic and/or information technology are encouraged to compete for this award.
Best Poster
Award for 2006 - Thomas
Lang of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff: Evaluation of the Use
of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) For Collecting Angler Survey Data.
The award-winning poster is featured here
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