724_Final Report.pdf - North Pacific Research Board

PUBLICATIONS
Wang SW, Hollmen TE, Iverson SJ. Validating quantitative fatty acid signature analysis (QFASA) to
estimate diets of spectacled and Steller’s eiders. Submitted to Oecologia 28 April 2009.
OUTREACH
Conference Presentations:
Wang, S.W., Hollmén, T., and Iverson, S.J. 2009. Validating quantitative fatty acid signature analysis
(QFASA) to estimate diets of threatened spectacled and Steller’s eiders. Poster presentation:
Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK
Wang, S.W., Hollmén, T., and Iverson, S.J. 2008. Using fatty acids to estimate diets of threatened
spectacled and Steller’s eiders. Oral Presentation: 3rd North American Sea Duck Conference,
Québec City, Québec, Canada
Wang, S.W., Hollmén, T., and Iverson, S.J. 2008. Validating fatty acid signature analysis to infer the diets
of threatened spectacled and Steller’s eiders. Oral Presentation: Alaska SeaLife Center Science
Colloquium 2008, Seward, AK
Wang, S.W., Hollmén, T., and Iverson, S.J. 2008. Using fatty acids to estimate diets of threatened
spectacled and Steller’s eiders. Poster Presentation: Alaska Marine Science Symposium,
Anchorage, AK
Exhibit display
The Alaska SeaLife Center’s Education and Outreach department acquired a bench and spotting scopes
that will be permanently attached to custom built tabletops with adjustable bases in front of the windows
overlooking the eider enclosures. Adjacent to these spotting scopes are informational panels addressing
this project and general information about the eiders. This will allow the visitors the opportunity to get a
much closer look at the eiders than previously offered or in the wild. On the tabletops, there will be a
researcher’s "note pad" describing this study. This new display will encourage visitors to spend more time
at the eider exhibit and learn about eiders and how fatty acid analysis can help researchers understand
their diets.
A fact sheet about the project was created and updated throughout the study and made available at
conferences and to visiting scientists and the public at ASLC (see Appendix A).
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