2016 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations

May 24	May 25	May 26
Keynote Address Predicted Climate Change Impacts in Pacific Northwest - Phil Mote, Director, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute and Oregon Climate Services, Oregon State University Session 1: Integrating Climate Change Impacts and Multiple Species in Restoration Design and Resource Management Integrating Multi-Species and Climate Change Impacts into Restoring the Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Catherine Corbett, Keith Marcoe, Matt Schwartz, Chris Collins More Than One Look: Using Hydrodynamic and Ecosystem Models to Predict Habitat Changes at Restoration Sites Matthew Schwartz, Paul Kolp, Alex Uber, and John Hickey Salinity in the Willamette River? Seriously?!? Estuarine tales of rising seas, seismic subsidence and uncertainty António M. Baptista,Mojgan Rostaminia, Paul J. Turner, Tuomas Kärnä and Jesse Lopez Mapping the extent of West Coast tidal wetlands using extreme water level data and LIDAR Laura Brophy, Hiroo Imaki, Van Hare, Brett Holycross, Correigh Greene, Andy Lanier Tidal wetland response to changes in inundation patterns in the lower Columbia River and estuary Amy B. Borde, Heida L. Diefenderfer, David A. Jay, Shon A. Zimmerman, Ronald M. Thom, Amanda C. Hanson, Catherine Corbett Session 2: Lessons Learned in Habitat Restoration Lower Columbia River Habitat Floodplain Revegetation in a Changing Climate Marshall Johnson Tidal Wetland Restoration and Sea-level Rise: Native and Non-native Plant Community Seed Bank Response to Changes in Tidal Flooding and Salinity Sarah Kidd, Alan Yeakley Comparisons of Macroinvertebrate Structure and Availability in Reed Canarygrass and Lyngbye’s Sedge Habitats Mary Ramirez, Jeff Cordell, and Amanda Hanson Effects of Invasive Reed Canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea) on Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Upper Columbia River Estuary Rachael Klopfenstein, Daniel L. Bottom, Michael Harte, and Charles A. Simenstad Predicted Impacts of Sea Level Rise to Cultural Resources Briece Edwards Restoration Approach in a Tidally Influenced Tributary Floodplain: La Center Wetlands Project Modeling, Design, and Outcomes Caitlin Alcott, Paul Kolp, Keith Marcoe Hydraulic Response of Newly Created Marsh-Wetland Area Affected by Tidal Forcing, Upland Discharge, and Groundwater Interaction Hans R. Moritz, Rachel Hanna, James Burton, Chris Humphries, Barbara Cisneros, Brian Able Evaluating the Effectiveness of Constructed Beaver Dam Analogs in Recently Restored Floodplains of the lower Columbia River Estuary Ava Laszlo and Curtis Loeb Large Wood in Estuaries: Structure, Hydrologic and Ecological Functions, and Influence on Fish Survival Kim K. Jones, Daniel L. Bottom, W. Gregory Hood, Gary E. Johnson, Kirk L. Krueger, and Ronald M. Thom Effectiveness of a Channel Habitat Reconnection in Tidal Freshwater of the Columbia River: Sandy River Delta Gary E. Johnson and Nichole K. Sather	Keynote Address Physical Ocean Conditions and Development of “Warm blob” Nick Bond, Research Meteorologist, Joint Institute for the Study of Atmosphere and Ocean, University of Washington Ecosystem Effects from Recent Ocean Conditions Bill Peterson, Oceanographer, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center Session 3: Recent Anomalous Environmental Conditions – Drivers and Consequences Anomalous hydrologic and biogeochemical conditions in the Columbia River estuary during 2014-2015 Joseph A Needoba, Tawnya D. Peterson, Charles Seaton, Sarah F. Riseman, and António M. Baptista Climate-Linked Anomalies Force Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) variability in the Pacific Northwest: Recent Evidence from the Columbia River Estuary Ronald Thom, Amy Borde, John Vavrinec, Kate Buenau, Dana Woodruff, Curtis Roegner, Joseph Needoba Inter-annual variability in phytoplankton dynamics in off-channel habitats of the Columbia River estuary Claudia Tausz, Joseph Needoba, Michelle Maier, Whitney Hapke, Amanda Hanson, Catherine Corbett Invasive Species and Plankton Dynamics of the Columbia River Estuary Stephen Bollens, Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Eric Dexter, Whitney Hassett, Jesse Adams, Alise Bowen, Julie Zimmerman, Jeffery Cordell, Olga Kalata, and Tim Counihan The Ecosystem Monitoring Program: Food Web Dynamics in the Lower Columbia River Amanda Hanson, Amy Borde, Tawnya Peterson, Joseph Needoba, Catherine Corbett Juvenile Salmon Occurrence in the Lower Columbia Estuary: Ecosystem Monitoring Program Findings in an Unusual Climate Year Lyndal Johnson, Dan Lomax, Sean Sol, Amanda Hanson and Catherine Corbett Effects of the Warm ‘blob’ on May and June 2015 Juvenile Salmon in the Columbia River Plume and Nearshore Ocean Elizabeth A. Daly and Richard D. Brodeur Fine-scale spatial and stock variations among juvenile Chinook salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Plume: May 2015 Kym C. Jacobson, Cheryl A. Morgan, Brian R. Beckman, Brian J. Burke, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Jessica A. Miller, Donald M. Van Doornik, and Kurt L. Fresh Session 4: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River and Plume Ecosystem Stock-specific use of tidal freshwater wetlands Regan A. McNatt, Susan A. Hinton, Daniel L. Bottom Characterizing the condition of outmigrating Chinook and steelhead in the Columbia River estuary Kurt Fresh, Laurie Weitkamp, Don Van Doornik, Curtis Roegner, Kym Jacobson A Life Cycle Modeling Approach to Evaluating Population Response to Variable Life History Patterns of Coho Salmon and Alternative Restoration Scenarios in Coastal Watersheds Gabe Scheer, Darren Ward, Seth Ricker Estimation of Survival and Run Timing of Adult Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon from the Columbia River Estuary to Bonneville Dam: A Cooperative Effort Between NOAA Fisheries and Columbia River Commercial Fishermen A. Michelle Wargo Rub, Ben Sandford, Don Van Doornik, Brian Burke, Kinsey Frick, Mark Sorel, Matthew Nesbit, and Samuel Rambo Genetic Analysis of Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) and Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) Salmonid (Oncorhynchus) Consumption in the Columbia River Estuary 2006-2013 David Kuligowski, Daniel Roby, Donald Lyons, Ken Collis, Allen Evans, Donald Van Doornik, Lauren Reinalda, Laurie Weitkamp, Curtis Roegner, Tim Marcella, Peter Loschl, Kirsten Bixler and David Teel Ocean avian predation risk and early marine survival of salmon in the Columbia River Plume Jeannette E. Zamon, Brian Burke, Mary Hunsicker, David Teel, and Elizabeth M. Phillips	Session 4: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River and Plume Ecosystem (cont) How Extreme Were 2015 Water Temperatures in the Lower Columbia and Willamette Rivers? S.A. Talke and D.A. Jay Looking at Extreme Events in Historic Tide Data, 1853 to 1876 David Jay, Stefan Talke, Drew Mahedy, and Sam Hawkinson Modeling Historic Salinity Intrusion in Lower Columbia River Estuary Lumas Helaire, Stefan A. Talke, David A. Jay, Drew Mahedy, Austin Hudson Can Tide/River-Flow Interactions in the Columbia River Estuary Be Observed in the Coastal Ocean? Edward D. Zaron Underwater Video Measurements of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) Responses to Thin-layer Dredged Material Disposal Stephanie Fields, Sarah Henkel, Curtis Roegner Acoustic Telemetry Measures of Dungeness Crab Movement and Behavior Relative to a Nearshore Sediment Disposal Site Curtis Roegner, Stephanie Fields Session 5: Innovative Technologies and New Data Products Sediment Acoustics - Real-Time Continuous Suspended Sediment Data in the Lower Columbia River Paul Diaz Jr, Marc A Stewart Refining the Edges of the Columbia River Eulachon Run – A New Application for Environmental DNA Joe Krieter, Taal Levi, Maria Sandercock, Andy Clodfelter, Michelle Hollis Monitoring Opportunities in the Estuary with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Ian Sinks and Keith Steele

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May 25

May 26

Keynote Address

Session 1: Integrating Climate Change Impacts and Multiple Species in Restoration Design and Resource Management

Session 2: Lessons Learned in Habitat Restoration

Keynote Address

Session 3: Recent Anomalous Environmental Conditions – Drivers and Consequences

Session 4: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River and Plume Ecosystem

Session 4: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River and Plume Ecosystem (cont)

Session 5: Innovative Technologies and New Data Products