37th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE |
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THE PACIFIC SEABIRD GROUP will host its 37th Annual Meeting 17-20, February 2010 in Long Beach, California.
For information about the meeting, please contact Jennifer Boyce (Jennifer.Boyce@noaa.gov). For more information about the conference and registration, please click here.
For information on the scientific program contact:
TOM GOOD
Northwest Fisheries Science Center
2725 Montlake Boulevard East
Seattle, WA 98112
206-860-3469
Tom.Good@noaa.gov
MEETING PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
ABSTRACTS DUE: November 13, 2009
EARLY REGISTRATION: December 4, 2009
PROGRAM
Symposium:
Population Status and Trends of Kittlitz’s Murrelets
Special Sessions:
Ecological profile of the California Least Tern
Life and Death: Identification, Quantification, and Reduction of Mortality in Seabirds
Seabird Habitat Restoration
Lifetime Achievement Award (Dr. Dan Anderson)
Special Achievement Award (Dr. Frank Gress)
Schedule of Events
Welcome Reception at the Westin - Feb. 17
Evening at the Aquarium of the Pacific - Feb. 18
Poster Session - Feb. 19
Banquet / Award ceremony / band - Feb. 20
Field Trips - Feb. 21
For more information about the conference and registration, please click here.
Abstract Submission Deadline: 13 November, 2009
We invite you to submit an abstract for an oral or poster presentation on any of the Special Sessions or any other seabird topic. Individuals may only submit one oral presentation for which they are the senior author. You will be notified regarding acceptance of your submission as an oral paper or poster, talk duration and poster size.
Please send your abstract with the information requested below in one MS Word document to Tom.Good@noaa.gov.
If you are submitting a paper for one of the Special Paper Sessions listed below, please coordinate your submission with the appropriate session contact.
Symposium:
Population status and trends of Kittlitz's Murrelets (Contact: Michelle Kissling (michelle_kissling@fws.gov)
Special Paper Sessions:
1. Life and Death: identification, quantification, and reduction of mortality in seabirds. Contact: Laird Henkel (lhenkel@ospr.dfg.ca.gov) and Michael Ziccardi (mhziccardi@ucdavis.edu)
2. Developing an Ecological Profile of the California Least Tern (Sternula antillarum browni) to Support Ecosystem-Based Management Decisions. Contact: Dan Robinette (drobinette@prbo.org)
3. Seabird Habitat Restoration. Contact: Laurie Harvey (Laurie_Harvey@nps.gov)
Please download Abstract Guidelines for additional information
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TRAVEL AWARDS
Scientists from outside North America and students from anywhere are encouraged to apply
Travel Awards are available for (1) students from the US or Canada; (2) students from countries other than the US and Canada: and (3) scientists from countries other than the US and Canada who wish to present their research at the Pacific Seabird Group's 2010 Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, U.S.A. Travel awards are intended to help defray the cost of attending the Meeting, not to cover all expenses completely. In the past, Travel Awards have ranged from $200 to $1,000 (US dollars), depending on the applicant’s expenses for attending, availability of alternative travel support, quality of the abstract submitted for an oral or poster presentation, and the availability of funds for Pacific Seabird Group (PSG) to support travel to its Annual Meeting.
Persons who wish to apply for Travel Awards should submit application materials (see below) to Doug Bertram, Chair of the Awards Committee, no later than 15 September, 2009. Electronic submission via email is preferred. Please send to: douglas.bertram@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.
Alternatively, a printed copy of your application materials can be mailed to:
Douglas F. Bertram, Chair of PSG Awards Committee
Environment Canada,
c/o Institute of Ocean Sciences
9860 West Saanich Rd, P.O. Box 6000
Sidney, BC, Canada
V8L 4B2
Telephone: 250 363 6735
Fax: 250 363 6390
Applications for Travel Awards should include the following:
| • | whether you are applying for (1) a US/Canada Student Travel Award; (2) a non-US/Canada Student Travel Award; or (3) a Non-US/non-Canada Scientist Travel Award |
| • | reason(s) for wanting to attend the PSG 2010 Annual Meeting |
| • | an estimate of your expenses to attend the Annual Meeting in Long Beach, California, USA |
| • | the applicant’s other sources of support for attending the meeting |
| • | the applicant’s anticipated requirement for support from PSG in order to attend the meeting |
| • | copies of your abstract(s) for an oral or poster presentation(s) and the abstract submittal form |
| • | an email address where you can be contacted by the Awards Committee if questions about your application arise |
All application materials for Travel Awards must be received by Doug Bertram no later than 15 September, 2009. Applicants will be notified of the Awards Committee’s decision no later than 30 September 2009. This will leave sufficient time for applicants to register with the discounted Early Registration price and make travel plans well in advance if they receive an award.
REPORT OF THE 2009 MEETING AND
ABSTRACTS FROM PAST PSG ANNUAL MEETINGS
Report of the 2009 Annual meeting in Hakodate, Japan is available in pdf format (2009.AnnualMeetingReport.pdf)
Abstracts of past PSG annual meetings are available in pdf format on the Publications page.
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