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+ 3. What role to larvacians play in supporting ://www.trennkost-tabelle.com" rel="external">trennkost predators? (Oikopleura is often reported in stomach contants.)
]]> JanAlber Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:23:24 +0100 Albatross Modeling Workshop http://pfrp-wiki.admb-foundation.org/tiki-index.php?page=Albatross+Modeling+Workshop .diffchar { color:red; } - The PFRP hosted a workshop in November 2001 on modeling protected species populations. The purpose of the 2001 workshop was to explore differences between modeling approaches used in fisheries stock assessment and protected species conservation and to assess the feasibility of developing integrated statistical models for species of marine turtles, albatrosses, and marine mammals. One of the workshop conclusions was "Development of integrated statistical models for Hawaiian albatross populations is feasible and could be started at any time." This conclusion was incorporated into the December 2001 PFRP request for proposals, and two projects on modeling of albatross populations were eventually funded.
+ The PFRP hosted a workshop in November 2007 on modeling black-footed albatross population dynamics. This followed from a workshop held in November 2001 on modeling protected species populations. The purpose of the 2001 workshop was to explore differences between modeling approaches used in fisheries stock assessment and protected species conservation and to assess the feasibility of developing integrated statistical models for species of marine turtles, albatrosses, and marine mammals. One of the workshop conclusions was "Development of integrated statistical models for Hawaiian albatross populations is feasible and could be started at any time." This conclusion was incorporated into the December 2001 PFRP request for proposals, and two projects on modeling of albatross populations were eventually funded.
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]]> sibert@hawaii.edu Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:31:59 +0100 CLIOTOP Symposium December 2007 http://pfrp-wiki.admb-foundation.org/tiki-index.php?page=CLIOTOP+Symposium+December+2007 .diffchar { color:red; } -
Climate variability and climate change affect top predators in ocean ecosystems
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Climate change affects top predators in ocean ecosystems
- La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Scientists from the University of Hawaii joined more than 150 colleagues at the 1st Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators (CLIOTOP) Symposium, hosted by the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas and the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste during 3–7 December 2007.
+ La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. December 3-7, Scientists from the University of Hawaii joined more than 150 colleagues at the First Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators (CLIOTOP) Symposium, hosted by the Centro Interdisciplinario de Ciencias Marinas and the Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas del Noroeste.
- The symposium, which was attended by scientists from 25 different countries, marks the start of the 10-year CLIOTOP project to investigate impacts of climate variability and change on top predators in the world’s oceans. Predators include the tunas that support major global fisheries, as well as billfish, sharks, whales, dolphins, sea turtles and sea birds are all effected by climate variability - changes in winds, currents, air and sea temperatures and rainfall. El Niño – La Niña changes are the most well known and significant aspect of year-to-year climate variability, but climate change occurs over decades and centuries.
+ The symposium, which was attended by scientists from 25 different countries, marks the start of the 10-year project to investigate the impact of climate change on top predators in the world’s oceans. Predators include such economically important fish as tunas, as well as billfish, sharks, whales, dolphins, sea turtles and sea birds. All of these species are affected by such changes in climate as variability in winds, ocean currents, air and sea temperatures, and rainfall levels. El Nino and La Nina changes are the most well known and significant aspect of year-to-year climate variability, but climate change also occurs over decades and centuries.
- The University of Hawaii Pelagic Fisheries Research Program played an active role in the symposium. Dr John Sibert, manager of the PFRP, a member of the CLIOTOP Steering Committee, assisted in symposium organization, and the PFRP sponsored student participation. PFRP funded research projects addresses potential changes in the base of oceanic food webs and how these changes will effect top predators, the migration patterns of hatchling sea turtles, and numerical models of long term climate change on tuna populations.
+ The University of Hawaii Pelagic Fisheries Research Program played an active role in the symposium. Dr John Sibert, manager of the PFRP and a member of the CLIOTOP Steering Committee, helped organize the symposium, and the PFRP sponsored student participation. PFRP-funded research reported at the symposium addresses several aspects of how climate change will affect top predators, for example, how potential changes in the base of the oceanic food web will affect the feeding of top predators, the migration patterns of hatchling sea turtles, and on the size of tuna populations.
- “Oceanic top predators respond to changes in their environment by changing their behavior and shifting their distribution. As a result, ocean ecosystems may experience changes in the relative abundance of different species, as well as changes in overall productivity,” says Dr Sibert.
+ "Oceanic top predators respond to changes in their environment by changing their behavior and shifting their distribution. As a result, ocean ecosystems may experience changes in the relative abundance of different species, as well as changes in overall productivity,” said Dr Sibert. "This can have major economic impacts and may determine the food security of many coastal communities in the developing countries of the world."
- The program for the symposium included biology, ecology, fisheries science, resource management, socio-economics and computational modeling. There were more than 60 talks and the same number of poster presentations on the many different species and systems of interest.
+ CLIOTOP provides a framework for scientists to carry out collaborative and comparative research across different oceans. Such comparative research will deepen our understanding of the ecosystem impacts of climate change. The CLIOTOP Project has established five working groups to investigate a variety of scientific topics related to the general them of how climate change impacts top predators. One working group is examining how climate change is likely to affect ocean governance.
- CLIOTOP provides a framework for scientists to carry out collaborative and comparative research among the different ocean basins, which will help characterise climate variability and understand the ecosystem impacts of climate change. Dedicated working groups have been set up to investigate all relevant scientific topics, including the impacts of climate change on ocean governance.
+ In discussing preliminary results of one PFRP-sponsored research project, Dr. Sibert stated that "global warming may lead to severe contraction of favorable reproductive zones for some species of tunas that will have larger effects than fisheries on tuna stocks by the end of the twenty-first century."
- In discussing preliminary results of one PFRP sponsored research project, Dr. Sibert predicts "Global warming may lead to severe contraction of favorable reproductive zones for some species of tunas that will have larger effects than fisheries on tuna stocks by the end of the twenty-first century."



For background information on the CLIOTOP Project and to download the Science Plan, please go to:
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11. Do we need to mark chicks (age 0 animals)?>]]> sibert@hawaii.edu Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:57:52 +0100 Agenda http://pfrp-wiki.admb-foundation.org/tiki-index.php?page=Agenda .diffchar { color:red; } - Coffee will be available at the Imin Center for early morning coffee drinkers daily at 8:30AM. Sessions will start at 9:00 AM every day. There will be breaks around 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM, and lunch will be between 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM. The meeting room will be secured. Will adjourn for the day around 5:00 PM
+ Coffee will be available at the Imin Center for early morning coffee drinkers daily at 8:30AM. Sessions will start at 9:00 AM every day. There will be breaks around 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM, and lunch will be between 12:00 PM and 1:30 PM. The meeting room will be secured. Will adjourn for the day around 5:00 PM. Some tips on making presentations at the PFRP can be found here.
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