Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity (SEBSCC)

Phase III Working Groups

These groups are comprised of world experts on ecosystems of the southeastern Bering Sea.  The collective body of work that these groups produce will be used, in part, to publish a final SEBSCC report to NOAA's Coastal Ocean Program.  Groups are to 1) refine their objectives as needed, 2) hold meetings as necessary, 3) produce reports for the SEBSCC web site, and 4) discuss findings at  full SEBSCC meeting to occur during late fall 2001 and late fall 2002.
 
 
Name: Synthesis Working Group Pribilof Working Group Indices Working Group
Members: George Hunt (Chair)
Nick Bond*
Ric Brodeur
Lorenzo Ciannelli*
Liz Conners*
Chuck Fowler*
Susan Henrichs
Jerry Hoff*
Anne Hollowed
Jim Ianelli*
Nancy Kachel*
Carol Ladd*
Lyn McNutt*
Jeff Napp
Jim Overland
Sigrid Salo*
Robert Schabetsberger*
Jim Schumacher
Beth SInclair*
Alan Springer
Phyllis Stabeno
Al Tyler
Lucy Vlietstra*
Muyin Wang*

* ad hoc members		 Gordie Swartzman (Chair)
Ric Brodeur
Lorenzo Ciannelli
Ken Coyle
Jim Ianelli
George Hunt
Jeff Napp
Bruce Robson*
Sigrid Salo
Beth Sinclair
Phyllis Stabeno*
Andreas Winter*

* ad hoc members		 Jim Schumacher (Chair)
Kerim Aydin*
Nick Bond
Cathy Ferrar*
Al Hermann
Anne Hollowed*
Jim Ianelli
Nancy Kachel
Pat Livingston
Bern Megrey
Jeff Napp
Ron Reed*
Sigrid Salo
Alan Springer
Phyllis Stabeno
Peggy Sullivan*
Terry Whitledge
Tom Wilderbuer*
* ad hoc members
Objectives: Determine the "big picture" of the ecosystem, addressing questions like:  Is there evidence of change in total production? Has there been a re-partitioning of energy or introduction of new energy (perhaps through enhanced flux of nutrients) on the shelf (consider species, trophic, and spatial changes)?  What is the influence of physics on productivity and its distribution?  Is the influence interannual or interdecadal in nature?  The response?  Share information with the other working groups. Examine factors leading to establishment of year-class strength of walleye pollock in the Pribilof habitat, e.g., food availability, ecosystem processes and mechanisms, relationship to apex predators.  Compare Pribilof year-class strength with the rest of the shelf to determine how representative it is.  Share information with other working groups. Identify, based on understanding of how the ecosystem works, potential single- or multi-parameter constructs or indices (e.g., wind mixing, time of spring bloom, stratification plus cold pool presence) that lead to development of a survival index or model of juvenile pollock for use by NMFS.  Complete a matrix (the "Anne" matrix) that describes the availability of these constructs by time and NMFS geographic domain.  Share findings with other working groups.
Reports: Draft report of August 2001 meeting

Final Report
 Draft report of September 2001 meeting

Final Report

Pribilof Islands Research Database

Data matrix

 Report of June 2001 meeting

Final Report

Indices matrix  (Excel workbook)
Last Meeting: February 14-15, 2002 in Seattle April 22-23, 2002 in Seattle May 29-30, 2002 in Seattle

 
 
 

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