2018 Columbia River Estuary Conference Presentations

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Keynote Address Nonlinearity and Early Detection of Abrupt Change in Northeast Pacific Marine Ecosystems Mary Hunsicker, National Marine Fisheries Service Session 1: Update on Ocean Conditions and Ecological Impacts The Blob, El Nino, La Ninas and North Pacific Marine Ecosystems Laurie Weitkamp Effects of Warming Ocean Conditions on Feeding Ecology of Small Pelagic Fishes in the Northern California Current Mary Hunsicker, Richard Brodeur, Ashley Hann, Todd Miller, Yi Gong Growth and Survival of Coho Salmon Smolts in the NE California Current 2000-2017 Brian Beckman, Cheryl Morgan, Meredith Journey Ocean Conditions and Run Size Forecasts for Natural Coho Salmon in Washingotn Tributaries of the LCR Mara Zimmerman Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia in the LCRE: OAH Inventory and Regional Efforts to Respond to OAH Charlotte R. Whitefield Session 2: Adapting to Shifting Ecosystem Conditions - Predicting Sea Level Rise and Flood Risk Observations and Simulations to Characterize a Changing Estuary: The Good, The Bad, and the Uncertain Antonio Baptista Sea Level Rise in the Columbia River Estuary: Past, Present and Future Stefan Talke, David A. Jay, Lumas Helaire Modeling Flood Risk in the Portland, OR Metro Area Lumas Helaire, Stefan Talke, Heejun Chang Sea Level Rise: Implications for Water Level Management Mojgan Rostaminia, Gary Wolff Session 3: Adapting to Shifting Ecosystem Conditions - Restoration and Management Approaches for Integrating Transitioning Ecosystem Conditions Into the Conservation Reserve System for the Lower Columbia River Catherine Corbett Identifying Geographic Priorities for Coastal Wetland Conservation Funding in a Changing Climate Chris Swenson Finding Conservation Opportunities and Constraints Along Estuary Margins in an Era of Sea Level Rise Brian Fulfrost, David Thomson Enhancing Blue Carbon Sequestration and Resilience to Sea Level Rise with Tidal Marsh Restoration Katrina Poppe, John Rybczyk, Logan Parr, Analissa Merrill, Sage Pollack Soil Carbon Accumulation and Ecosystem Drivers in Young's Bay and Tillamook Bay Laura S. Brophy, Erin K. Peck, Robert A. Wheatcroft, Laura A. Brown, Michael J. Ewald Incorporating Future Climate Predictions Into Today's Ecosystem Restoration Design Caitlin Alcott and Matt Cox	Developing a Framework for Incorporating Climate Change and Building Resiliency Into Restoration Planning: Case Study - Lower Columbia River Estuary Keith Duffy, Ethan Rosenthal, Sandra Coveny Enhancing Cold Water Refuges at Small Tributaries in the Lower Columbia River Chris Collins, Keith Marcoe, Catherine Corbett, Mike Burke, Matt Keefer Enhancement of Cold Water Refuges in the Lower Columbia River Gorge Keith Marcoe, Chris Collins, Paul Kolp, Catherine Corbett, Mike Burke Examining the Functions and Forms of Restored Channel Outlets in Floodplains of the Lower Columbia River Estuary Curtis Loeb and Jeremy Lowe Tidal River Dynamics at a Junction: Portland-Vancouver Harbor David A. Jay, Lumas Helaire, Stefan A. Talke Session 4: Assessment of Restoration and Management Quantifying Habitat Connectivity in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary Amy B. Borde, Shon A. Zimmerman, Gary E. Johnson, Heida L. Diefenderfer, Andre M. Coleman Wetland Restoration Trajectories and Long-Term Ecosystem Monitoring: A Tidal Wetland Story Sarah Kidd and Matthew Schwartz Is it Working? Quantifying Restoration Successes at the Physical Processes Level Matthew Schwartz and Sarah Kidd Management Trade-Offs Between Reed Canarygrass Control, Amphibian Habitat, and Salmon Habitat in Multnomah Channel Natural Area Regan McNatt, Brian Cannon, Susan A. Hinton, Luke D. Whitman, Rachael Klopfenstein, Thomas A. Friesen, Daniel L. Bottom Session 5: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecology Indirect Benefits of Habitat Restoration on Juvenile Salmon: Results from the Landscape-Scale Action Effectiveness Study Laurie Weitcamp, Meredith Journey, Brian Beckman, Angie Mungia, Don VanDoornik, Jessica Miller, Kym Jacobson Investigating the Diet of Juvenile Chinook Salmon in the Lower Columbia River Using Stable Isotopes Tawnya Peterson, Joseph Needoba Making Connections to Habitats: Feeding Ecology of Juvenile Salmonids During Emigration in the Lower Columbia River and Estuary Angie Mungia, Jessica A. Miller, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Donald M. Van Doornik Direct Benefits of Habitat Restoration on Juvenile Salmon: Site-Scale Evaluation Nichole Sather, Regan McNatt, Adam Martin-Schwartz, Kailan Mckereth, Heidi Stewart, Susan Hinton, Gary Johnson Growth of Yearling Chinook Salmon and Steelhead Smolts in the Columbia River Estuary 2016-2017 Brian Beckman, Meredith Journey, Laurie Weitkamp, Don VanDoornik, Kym Jacobson Columbia River Estuary to Bonneville Dam: A Cooperative Effort Between NOAA Fisheries and Columbia River Commercial Fisherman A. Michelle Wargo Rub, Ben Sandford, Don VanDoornik, David Teel, Matthew Nesbit, Samuel Rambo, Jesse Lamb, Louis Tullos, Kinsey Frick, April Cameron, Mark Sorel, David Huff, Rich Zabel You Are What You Eat: A Study of Age Demographic Changes in Eulachon Smelt Laura Lloyd The Cyanobacterial Neurotoxin BMAA as an Emerging Public Health Concern in the Columbia River Watershed Stuart W. Dyer, Tawnya D. Peterson, Joseph A. Needoba Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products Measured in Water and Suspended Solids in the Lower Columbia River Estuary Elena Nilsen, Jennifer Morace, Tawnya Peterson Mapping Contaminants in the Columbia River Basin - What Can We Learn Mary Lou Soscia, Jennifer Morace, Leslie Bach, and members of the Columbia River Toxics Reduction Workgroup mapping subgroup	Keynote Address Promoting Resiliency Under Shifting West Coast Power Market Conditions John Shurts, Northwest Power and Conservation Council Session 6: Results of Restoration: Are We Having An Effect An Overview of the 2018 Synthesis Memorandum for the Columbia Estuary Ecosystem Restoration Program Gary E. Johnson and Kurt L. Fresh The State of the Sandy: Bolstering Resiliency in a Decade of Post-Dam Restoration Steve Wise and Katherine Cory Restoring Resilience to Tillamook Bay: Incorporating Climate Change in the Restoration Design and Construction at the Kilchis Estuary Preserve Dick Vander Schaaf , Curtis Loeb, Hunter White Habitat Restoration Using Dredged Material Placement Within the Lower Columbia River at Woodland Islands, WA Hans R. Moritz, Matt Fraver, Logan Negherbon, Mike Turaski, Ann Hodgson, Valerie Ringold, Louis Landre Session 7: New Tools for Assessing and Evaluating Restoration Impacts Use of Drones and Hyperspectral Imagery to Remotely Sense Vegetation Patterns at Wetland Restoration Sites Curtis Roegner, Amy Borde, Andre Coleman, Robert Erdt, Joe Aga, George Pierce, Carla Cole Juvenile Salmon Movement/Passage Through a Tidal Free-Flowing River Junction Emerge From Swim Orientations Based on Their Recent Past Flow Field Experience Andrew Goodwin, MYong Lai, Noah Adams, Russell W. Perry, David L. Smith, Aaron Blake, Jon R. Burau, Paul Stumpner, Ryan Reeves, Jacob McQuirk OFAIM and Fortune in Oregon's Floodplains: Oregon Floodplain Impact Mitigation Tool Rowyn Cooper-Caroselli, Marjorie Wolfe, Polly Gibson Elevation is the Surrogate for Everything: A Short Story of Translational Ecology, Multi-Species Floodplain Restoration Design, and a Biological Risk-Reduction Habitat Model Kelley Jorgenson and Chris Watson

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Keynote Address

Session 1: Update on Ocean Conditions and Ecological Impacts

Session 2: Adapting to Shifting Ecosystem Conditions - Predicting Sea Level Rise and Flood Risk

Session 3: Adapting to Shifting Ecosystem Conditions - Restoration and Management

Session 4: Assessment of Restoration and Management

Session 5: New Understanding of the Lower Columbia River Ecology

Keynote Address

Session 6: Results of Restoration: Are We Having An Effect