2013 - Tropical Conservation Biology and Environmental Science

 5th Annual TCBES Symposium May 13th‐15th, 2013 A very special thanks to Jamie Gilmore for original cover art and Jodie Schulten for referring the artist 5th Annual Event Coordinators Donald Price, Stephanie Vandruff, Ann Tanimoto, Scarlett Kettwich, Lynx Gallagher, Tani Wright, Eva Brill, Hoang‐Yen Nguyen, and many volunteers! Tropical Conservation Biology & Environmental Science Research Symposium May 13th‐15th 2013 Mahalo to our silent auction donors! Keynote Speaker Rodolfo Dirzo We are pleased to welcome Rodolfo Dirzo as our TCBES student selected keynote speaker! Rodolfo Dirzo studied Biology at the University of Morelos, México. He completed his Masters (M.Sc.) and Doctorate (Ph.D) in Ecology at the University of Wales, Great Britain. He has been a Professor at UNAM, where he was researcher and chair of the Evolutionary Ecology Department, and Director of the Los Tuxtlas Research Station. Currently he is a Professor at Stanford University in the Biology Department, Fellow of the Woods Institute for the Environment, and the Director of Stanford’s Center for Latin American Studies. His scientific work centers on the study of the ecological and evolutionary relationships between plants and animals and on the impact of human activities on natural ecosystems. His recent work includes a documentation of the global magnitude of biodiversity loss, and how the loss of wildlife affects plant communities, ecosystem processes, and how this may lead to increased risks of human disease. Most of his work is carried out in tropical ecosystems of Latin America, mostly in Mexico, and most recently in Africa. His publication record includes 115 peer‐
reviewed articles and 58 book chapters. He has written or edited 15 volumes. He is actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels both in the USA and Latin America. As a mentor, he has been the major advisor of 30 undergraduate students, 10 Masters and 20 PhDs – all of whom completed a thesis in his lab. In addition, he is committed to science education among children and the general public. He runs a science education program for kids from under‐represented communities in Northern California. He participated in the newly released “Framework for K‐12 Science Education in the US” commissioned by the US National Academies. 1 KTA Café 100 Captain Zodiac Volcano Winery Body Glove Cruises New Star Restaurant Big Island Candies Sea‐Jay's Healing Massage Hilton Waikoloa Balancing Monkey Yoga UFO Parasail Maui Divers of Hawaii Hawaiian Arts Laundry Express Sig Zane Designs McDonalds Jamie Gilmore Ocean Rider Corinna Pinzari Paul’s Place Café Dr. Rebecca Ostertag South Seas Tattoo Hoang‐Yen Nguyen Blue Hawaiian Helicopters Ann Tanimoto Dr. Lorna Tsutsumi Christy Short Kui & I Florist Emery Garcia Alizon Atkins Janis Iyo Mark Kimura Timo Sullivan – Sullivan Kona Coffee Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation 'Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii Dr. William Sakai 10 Monday, May 13th Wednesday, May 15th Session 7: Physiology and Genetics 10:30 Karma Kissinger, UHH Graduate Student Use of Marine Microalgae Meals Containing High Levels of Omega‐3 Fatty Acids to Partially Replace Fishmeal and Fish Oil in Diets for Carnivorous Marine Fish 10:45 Stephanie Vandruff, UHH Graduate Student Employing next generation ion torrent technology to elucidate the variation in fungal soil community structure across substrate age and elevation gradients in native forests on Hawai’i Island 11:00 Adam Daw, UHH Graduate Student Phylogenetics and morphometrics of two undescribed Hawaiian octopus species. Understanding the use of C and N stable isotope values for interpreting the trophic niche of multiple octopus species inhabiting the near‐shore oral reef habitat of the East side of Hawaii Island. 11:15 Stephan Classen, UHH Graduate Student Culture and Physiological Tolerance in Hypoxic and Normal Conditions of Hawaiian Bivalves: Dendostrea sandvicensis and Tellina palatum 11:30 Awards and Closing Remarks – light refreshments available 9 8:30 Registration, Refreshments 9:00 Welcome and Introduction UHH Vice Chancellor Dr. Matthew Platz TCBES Director Dr. Donald Price TCBES Student Club President Stephanie Vandruff 9:30 Keynote Address Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University 10:30 Break – beverages available Session 1: Population & Community Ecology 10:45 Frank Bonaccorso, USGS (Kristina Montoya‐Aiona, Corinna Pinzari USGS) Winter Distribution and Ecology of the Endangered Hawaiian Hoary Bat, Lasiurus cinereus semotus 11:00 Dr. Jada‐Simone S. White, UHH Postdoctoral Fellow Indirect effects of farmerfish alter coral community structure 11:15 Jean Jang, UHH & Royal Roads University Graduate Student Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at Ostional National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica: evaluation of nesting habitat with descriptive models while considering environmental parameters 11:30 Ala Malia Leka, UHH Undergraduate Student Herbivory on two successional, varieties of the Hawaiian dominant tree, Metrosideros polymorpha, and their hybrids 11:45 Tani Wright, UHH Staff Hybrids in Hawai`i: the relationship between two endemic picture‐
winged Drosophila, D. sproati & D. murphyi 12:00 Lunch Break – light refreshments available Silent auction bidding opens 2 Monday, May 13th Session 2: Ecosystem Dynamics & Spatial Ecology 1:00 Ann Tanimoto, UHH Graduate Student The vocal repertoire of the ´Alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) during breeding season: a comparison between current captive and past wild populations of the native Hawaiian Crow 1:15 Christina Leopold, Hawaiian Cooperative Studies Unit The role of movement corridors and stopover sites for intra‐tropical altitudinal migrants 1:30 Patrick Hart, UHH Faculty Birds compete with insects for acoustic space in a noisy tropical rainforest 1:45 Joshua Pang‐Ching, UHH Graduate Student Documenting Acoustic Variability Among Hawaii ‘Amakihi Populations on Windward Hawaii Island 2:00 Break – beverages available 2:15 Hoang‐Yen Nguyen, UHH Graduate Student Assessing Diversity and Bioactivity of Bacterial Communities Within Sponges Surrounding Hawaii Island 2:30 Mark Kimura, UHH Faculty Scenarios for Growth in the Island of Hawai’i 2:45 Nicholas Turner, UHH Undergraduate Student & Donald Price, UHH Faculty TCBES: A virtual field trip 3:00 Closing Remarks 3 Wednesday, May 15th 8:30 Registration, light refreshments available Session 6: Management, Restoration, and Cultural Studies 9:00 Steven C. Hess & James D. Jacobi, USGS PIERC How much land is needed for hunting in Hawai‘i? 9:15 Alizon Atkins, UHH Graduate Student An experiment in the transportation of culturally significant plant propagules on Polynesian voyaging canoes 9:30 Scarlett Kettwich, UHH Graduate Student A Kiholo Isoscape: Using geostatistics and stable isotope ecology to understand Kiholo’s plant‐environment interface 9:45 Therese Frauendorf, UH Manoa Aquatic invertebrate diversity and biomass across a rainfall gradient: Implications of climate change on stream communities in Hawai`i 10:00 Jonathan Price, UHH Faculty Game of drones: UAV’s as potential research and management tools in Hawai‘i 10:15 Break – beverages available 8 Tuesday, May 14th Tuesday, May 14th 2:30‐4:30 Join us during the silent auction and poster session Immediately following the 5‐minute speed talks Light Pupus available during the poster session & silent auction Session 5: Poster Session & Silent Auction Poster presenter John Whalen, Miami University Undergraduate Student A comparison of phytoplankton quantifying techniques to assess nutrient limitation of communities Poster Presenter Brian Hall, UH Manoa Graduate Student Calling SNPs on Bactrocera dorsalis Populations Poster Presenter Michael Riney, UHH Graduate Student Impacts of Climate Change on Food Webs in Hawaiian Streams Poster presenter Yougen Wu, UHH Faculty Floral and pollen morphology of Pogostemon cablin (Lamiaceae) from different habitats and its taxonomic significance Poster presenter Louise Economy, UHH Undergraduate Student Submarine groundwater discharge and CO2 dynamics at Kiholo Bay, HI 4:30 Silent auction bidding closes 7 8:30 Registration, Refreshments 9:00 Welcome and Introduction Marine Science Department Chair Misaki Takabayashi 9:15 Special Guest Speaker Professor Dee Carter, University of Sydney, Australia 10:15 Break – beverages available Session 3: Species Interaction, Disease, & Climate Change 10:30 Katherine McClure, UC Santa Cruz Graduate Student The role of avian host community composition on the ecology and evolution of avian malaria in lowland Hawaii 10:45 Paul Selmants, UH Manoa Faculty Ecosystem carbon storage does not vary with increasing mean annual temperature in Hawaiian tropical montane wet forests. 11:00 Ayron Strauch, UH Manoa Graduate Student Climate driven changes to surface water quality in tropical watersheds 11:15 James Rushing, UHH Graduate Student The Physical, Chemical, and Biological Properties of IMO 4 Soil Inoculant Produced Along an Elevation Gradient and Its Effect on Corn (Zea mays) Production 11:30 Scarlett Kettwich, UHH Graduate Student Epiphytes as an Indicator of Climate Change in Hawaii 11:45 Lunch break (on your own) 4 Tuesday, May 14th Session 4: 5‐minute Speed Session 1:00 Monika Frazier, UHH Graduate Student Assessing the biological effects of coral disease 1:05 Tomoko Sakishima, UHH Graduate Student Local Adaptation of Metrosideros polymorpha along Hawaiian steep elevation gradient 1:10 Corie Yanger, UHH Graduate Student Island seed survival: fungal pathogen effects on native vs. non‐
native seeds in lowland wet forests, Hawaii 1:15 Jodie Schulten, UHH Graduate Student Shining Light on Native Species: An assessment of the understory light environment in Hawaiian lowland wet forests 1:20 Thomas Fezza, UHH Graduate Student Epicuticular Hydrocarbons and their role in Pheromonal Communication in two species of Hawaiian Drosophila (D. heteroneura and D. silvestris) and their F1 Hybrids 1:25 Jill Ekar, UHH Graduate Student Ecological Divergence of a Riparian Variety of M. polymorpha 1:30 Caree Weisz, UHH Graduate Student Predicting microbial pollution patterns in Hilo Bay, Hawaii 1:35 Eva Brill, UHH Graduate Student Assessing hybrid male sterility and gene expression in two allopatric species of Hawaiian Drosophila (Drosophila planitibia and D. silvestris) 5 1:40 Corinna Pinzari, UHH Graduate Student (Donald Price, UHH Faculty and Frank Bonaccorso, USGS PIERC) Accounting for the Perplexity of ‘Ope’ape’a: “Is there Genetic Variation and Geographical Structure in the Hawaiian Hoary Bat?” 1:45 Scarlett Kettwich, UHH Graduate Student Outreach and Climate Change Science: A Mountain of Fun! 1:50 Matthew Mueller, UHH Graduate Student Community‐Level Assessment of Threats to Endemic Hawaiian Drosophila 1:55 Christine Short, UHH Graduate Student Are Metrosideros polymorpha and mycorrhizal fungi co‐
diversifying on Hawaii Island? 2:00 Stephanie Yelenik, USGS The roles of species, functional, and genetic diversity in the restoration of native forest. 2:05 Nolan Lancaster, USGS PIERC Demographic Research on Hakalau Forest Birds I‐ Banding 2:10 Sonia Levitt, USGS PIERC Demographic Research on Hakalau Forest Birds II‐ Productivity 2:15 Eben Paxton, USGS PIERC Demographic Research on Hakalau Forest Birds III‐ Movement 6