ARCUS partnered with the SEARCH Open Science Meeting (OSM) sponsoring agencies and the meeting organizers to hold a student poster competition to recognize research excellence in student posters submitted to the SEARCH OSM. The student posters were judged by the meeting organizing committee, which was a representative multi-agency and multi-disciplinary group. The judging criteria included:
- significant contribution to arctic science research
- clear, concise statement of problem and organization of ideas and information
- textual and visual acuity
ARCUS partnered with the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) to offer awards to the the competition winners. The winners (featured below) will receive support to attend a relevant conference on the Arctic and their work will be highlighted at the 2004 Arctic Forum in Washington DC. They also will receive a two-year Arctic Institute of North America membership, which includes a subscription to the interdisciplinary journal ARCTIC.
Congratulations to Philip, Kenneth, Matthias, and all of the student scholars for their excellent posters and their contributions to SEARCH scholarship. Scroll down the page to view the student posters presented at the meeting.
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Philip Higuera | 1st Place |
Paleo Investigations of Climate and Ecosystem Archives (PICEA): Holocene Fire and Vegetation History from Ruppert Lake, Brooks Range, Alaska Philip Higuera, Linda B. Brubaker, Patricia M. Anderson, Feng Sheng Hu, Ben Clegg, Tom Brown, Scott Rupp View Philip's Poster (2.3 MB - PDF or 1.3 MB - JPEG) |
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Kenneth Tape | Honorable Mention |
Photography-based Measurements of the Expansion of Shrubs in Northern Alaska Kenneth D. Tape, Charles Racine, Matthew Sturm **Display Aerial Photos Kenneth D. Tape, Matthew Sturm View Kenneth's Poster (2.3 MB - PDF) |
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Matthias Zielke | Honorable Mention |
The Effect of Temperature, Water Content, and Light Intensity and Quality on Nitrogen Fixation in High Arctic Tundra Vegetation Matthias Zielke, Rolf A. Olsen, Bjørn Solheim View Matthias' Poster (1.3 MB - PDF) |
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Late-Holocene Lake-Level Variation in West Greenland Frank A. Aebly, Sherilyn C. Fritz |
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Rapid Wastage of Alaska Glaciers: the Search for Climatic Causes Anthony Arendt, Keith Echelmeyer, William Harrison, Craig Lingle, Virginia Valentine, Sandra Zirnheld |
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The Common Raven (Corvus corax) on the North Slope of Alaska: Wildlife Management and the Human Dimension Stacia A. Backensto |
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Using a Spatially Distributed Model to Characterize the Influence of Permafrost on Hydrological Processes William R. Bolton, Larry D. Hinzman, Scott Peckham, Douglas L. Kane, Kenji Yoshikawa |
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Covariability in Arctic Climate Variables: Observations and Model Simulations Yonghua Chen, James R. Miller, Jennifer A. Francis, Gary L. Russell, Filipe Aires |
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North Atlantic Oscillation Driven Changes To Wave Climate in the Northeast Atlantic and Their Implications for Ferry Services to the Western Isles of Scotland John Coll, David K. Woolf, Stuart W. Gibb, Peter G. Challenor, Michael Tsimplis |
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Shaking up the Neighborhood: Historic Perspective on Resilience and Vulnerability in the Gulf of Alaska Jennie N. Deo, Catherine W. Foster, Margaret R. Berger, Ben Fitzhugh |
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Human Impacts to Fire Regime in Interior Alaska La'ona DeWilde |
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Analyzing the Implications of Climate Change Risks for Human Communities in the Arctic: A Vulnerability Based Approach James D. Ford, Barry Smit |
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Lightweight Shallow Ice Coring and Borehole Logging Can Provide Decadal- to Millenial-Scale Indicators of Climate Change Around the Arctic Basin Robert L. Hawley, Edwin D. Waddington, Joseph R. McConnell, Dale P. Winebrenner |
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In Search of the Younger Dryas at Elikchan Lake, Northeast Siberia Heather D. Heuser, Patricia M. Anderson, Linda B. Brubaker, Ron S. Sletten, Thomas A. Brown, Anatoly V. Lozhkin |
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Carbon Storage and the Role of Cryoturbation in the High Arctic: Thule, Greenland Jennifer L. Horwath, Ronald S. Sletten |
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Field Studies on Basin Scale Water Balance on North Slope, Alaska Danielle C. Kitover, Doug Kane, Rob Gieck, Larry Hinzman |
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The Physical and Hydrological Impacts of a Wildfire on an Arctic Tundra Ecosystem, Seward Peninsula, Alaska Stefan Kooman, Larry D. Hinzman |
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Vertical Export of Particulate Organic Carbon and Calibration of Sediment Traps Using 234Th in the Barents Sea Catherine Lalande, Jackie M. Grebmeier, Paul Wassmann, S. B. Moran, Lee W. Cooper |
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Modelling Ice Algae Growth and Decay in Seasonally Ice-covered Regions of the Arctic Ocean Diane Lavoie, Ken Denman |
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Geological and Geophysical Research into the Impact of Earthquakes on Prehistoric Coastal Occupation: the Mid-Holocene Occupation and Abandonment of the Tanginak Spring Site Elizabeth Mahrt, Bretwood Higman, Joseph MacGregor, Joanne Bourgeois, Ben Fitzhugh |
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An Ecopath Model of the Arctic Ocean: The Time is Ripe Thomas A. Okey |
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Quantitative Importance of Macrofauna: A Test of Sieve Mesh Size Biases on Sampling in a High Benthic Biomass Area Rebecca Pirtle-Levy, Jackie M. Grebmeier, Lee W. Cooper |
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In Situ Warming Chambers Stimulate Early Season Production of Eriophorum Vaginatum Leaves and Roots Patrick Sullivan, Jeffrey Welker |
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Adjustment to Reality- Cases of Detached, Dependent, and Sustained Community Development in Greenland Daniela Tommasini, Rasmus O. Rasmussen |
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Hydrographic Changes in Baffin Bay, 1916-1999 Melissa Zweng |