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2005 Project News
Sophie Webb creates an original watercolor celebrating the 15th Anniversary of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary. This art is available on a 18" x 24" poster with natural history information on the back. For a poster, please send an email request:
info at oikonos dot org.
(Sophie Webb © 2004)
- New partnership with Oikonos -
Learn about the important conservation work on an island archipelago off the coast of Chile.
With funding from the Coastal Conservancy and Go Native, the second planting phase to stabilize seabird breeding habitat on the island is completed. Future work will focus on documenting plant community changes and studying how the island wildlife responds.
Thank you to the amazing volunteers and crew !
Updates
New Publication Links - Authored by Oikonos project leaders and collaborators:
Marine mammal occurrence and ocean climate off central California, 1986 - 1994 and 1997 - 1999. Keiper CA, Ainley DG, Allen SG, Harvey JT (2005) Mar Ecol Prog Ser (In Press)
Use of marine sanctuaries by far-ranging predators: commuting flights to the California Current System by breeding Hawaiian albatrosses. Hyrenbach, K.D., Keiper, C., Allen, S.G., Ainley, D.G., Anderson, D.J. Fisheries Oceanography (in Press)
Signals of Spring - Albatross teach science and math to students nationally
Black-footed Albatross data from Oikonos' research will be used in Signals of Spring education program. By using telemetry and remote sensing data, middle and high-school students will investigate the migratory behavior of the albatrosses, learn why Cordell Bank is an important destination for this migratory species, and analyze how ocean systems and human activities (e.g., plastics, different fishing practices) affect these migratory seabirds.
Follow the "Endless Summer" birds across the PacificSooty Shearwaters are the endless summer birds, migrating between southern hemisphere nesting areas, where they are called Tïtï, and northern hemisphere feeding grounds in California. Visit maps tracking their long migration from California to New Zealand waters provided by researchers at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Duke University, Claremont Colleges, and seaturtle.org
Welcome New Oikonos Advisor - Connie Millar, PhD
Oikonos is honored that Connie agreed to advise our endeavors. We look forward to her terrestrial expertise and millennial timescale wisdom. Constance Millar, Ph.D. is a senior research geneticist with the USFS Pacific Southwest Research Station. She studies responses of forests to climate change and is a recognized expert in the evolutionary dynamics of pines.
Sophie Webb's second children's book wins awards !
- "Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 for 2005"
Awarded by the National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council- 2004 Parent's Choice Silver Honor Award N
- NY Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing
Looking For Seabirds, Journal of an Alaskan Voyage
contact Sophie at sophie [at] oikonos [dot] org to purchase a book or visit Powells.com
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