At this time the application deadline for the 2009 internships has passed and applications are currently not accepted.  The 2010 project decriptions are expected to be posted sometime between December 2009 and January 2010. The application process for 2010 will begin after that time. Please check back then.


The projects listed below were offered for 2009 and are grouped by location (Seattle, Juneau, and Kodiak). University of Washington students can refer to the Project Classifications table here.


Seattle, Washington  (AFSC facility)

Project Title		Field Work
	Development of metadata for the Recruitment Processes Program databases	possibly
	Comparative Analysis of Marine Ecosystem Organization (CAMEO): Climate change and trophic dynamics	possibly
	Historical ichthyoplankton data recovery for database and online applications	none
	Taxonomy of fish eggs, larvae, and juveniles in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea	possibly
	Weaving ecology into management; Asking the right questions	none
	Atka mackerel reproductive biology	possibly
	Cataloging digital images of observer deployments in the North Pacific	possibly
	Biology of squids in the eastern Bering Sea	possibly
	Identification of marine invertebrates of the North Pacific	yes
	Defining prey fields in the Bering Sea: the habitat and demographics of euphausiids ('krill')	yes
	Investigating the effects of climate changes on walleye pollock larvae in Shelikof Strait, Alaska using environmental data	possibly
	Zooplankton ecology	none

Juneau, Alaska  (Auke Bay Laboratories)

	Collections conservator	none
	Phytoplankton and jellyfish	yes

Kodiak, Alaska  (Kodiak Laboratory)

Life history studies of North Pacific rockfish within the Gulf of Alaska

yes

Note:  The Alaska Fishery Science Center will provide all necessary safety training for internship activities in the laboratory or in the field as required by each project.