I would like to invite you to a webinar on our Apex Predators, Ecosystems, and Community Sustainability (APECS) project, where we are examining the effects of sea otter recolonization in Southeast Alaska. Please find the details below. 

APRIL 23, 2021 8:30am-11:45am Alaska time
Register to receive the Zoom link: https://bit.ly/32dJljc

8:30 AM
Ginny Eckert
Introduction to the Apex Predators, Ecosystems and Community Sustainability (APECS) program

8:45 AM
Wendel Raymond
Patterns and effects of sea otter harvest in Southeast Alaska

9:00 AM
Nicole LaRoche
Seasonal sea otter diet composition with respect to recolonization and life history

9:15 AM
Sonia Ibarra
Sea otters, shellfish, and people: Addressing a complex resource conflict in Southeast Alaska

9:30 AM
Becca Cates
Effects of habitat type and sea otter predation on crab assemblages in Southeast Alaska

9:45 AM
Ashley Bolwerk
Ecological indicators of the effects of sea otters on abalone density

10:00 AM
break

10:15 AM
Tom Bell
Changes in kelp canopy cover associated with sea otter recovery in the NE Pacific

10:30 AM
Wendel Raymond
Testing the generality of sea otter‐mediated trophic cascades in seagrass meadows

10:45 AM
Jessica Saavedra
Testing the effects of recovering sea otters on seagrass ecosystems

11:00 AM
Tiff Stephens
Disturbance by sea otters reduces eelgrass extent in Southeast Alaska

11:15 AM
Lia Domke
Juvenile salmon use of eelgrass meadows in the context of sea otter recolonization

11:30 AM
Questions and discussion

11:45 AM
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