36th AAUS Diving For Science Symposium Alpena, MI September 12-16, 2017

SCIENCE PROGRAM

Friday, 15 September 2017

7:30-8:30am Transportation from hotels to Great Lakes Heritage Center

8:30am Welcome Jeff Gray, Superintendent, Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Rick Riera-Gomez, AAUS President

Moderator Ross Whippo

9:00am HUMAN FACTOR IN SCIENTIFIC DIVING: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Ed O’Brien, Giorgio Caramanna (21)

9:20am THE METHOD AND THEORY OF UNDERWATER PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE LOCATION, SURVEY, AND EXCAVATION: EXAMPLES FROM FLORIDA AND THE GREAT BASIN Morgan F. Smith* (83)

9:40am AN OVERVIEW OF REBREATHER USE IN NOAA Raymond Boland (71)

10:00am MICROBIAL DIVERSITY IN AQUARIUS REEF BASE Nasreen S. Haque, Bernie Chowdhury (8)

10:20am BREAK

10:50am AAUS Intern Presentation Erika Sawicki*

11:10am SCIENTIFIC DIVER TRAINING FOR YOUTH Luke Clyburn (75)

11:30am MANAGING COMPLEX TASK-LOADING: USING CCRS, DETAILED DIVE PLANNING, AND CUSTOM-BUILT SUPPORT EQUIPMENT TO CHOREOGRAPH MULTI- ELEMENT SCIENTIFIC SAMPLING TASKS IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND SINKHOLE John C. Bright (73)

11:50 – 1:20 LUNCH Moderator Pema Kitaeff

1:30pm SCOOTERS AND SCARIDAE: UTILIZING DIVER PROPULSION VEHICLES TO ANSWER ECOLOGICAL QUESTIONS Tyler Phelps* (82)

1:50pm EXTRACURRICULAR SCIENTIFIC DIVING: MOTIVATING ADOLESCENT GIRLS TO ENGAGE IN PLACE-BASED SCIENCE ENRICHMENT Kama Cannon* (74)

2:10pm A REVIEW OF THE IMPACTS OF SCUBA DIVING ON BIODIVERSITY, ECONOMICS AND CULTURE Jacquline G. Keleher* (79)

2:30pm International Reciprocity Round Table

3:15pm BREAK

3:30pm Standards Rewrite Round Table

4:30pm Transportation returning to hotels

Saturday, 16 September, 2017

7:30-8:30am Transportation from hotels to Great Lakes Heritage Center

8:30am Welcome and Announcements

Moderator Derek Smith

9:00am THUNDER BAY’S SHIPWRECK MOORING BUOY PROGRAM: STRATEGIES, EQUIPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION METHODS Phil A. Hartmeyer, Wayne R. Lusardi (15)

9:20am ST. CROIX, UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS - MARITIME/TERRESTRIAL ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL: A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO MERGE SUBMERGED AND TERRESTRIAL CULTURAL HERITAGE RESOURCES. Jay Haigler (1)

9:40am RIVER MUSSEL CONSERAVTION AND THE ST. CROIX NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY DIVE PROGRAM Allison Holdhusen (78)

10:00am DECOSTOP: A 10 YEAR LOOK AT THE WRANGLING OF A SCIENTIFIC DIVING PROGRAM Laurie Penland (81)

10:20am BREAK

10:20am BIOGEOGRAPHIC CONNECTIVITY OF CARIBBEAN MESOPHOTIC SPONGE COMMUNITIES Marc Slattery (67) 10:40am QUANTITATIVE UNDERWATER ECOLOGICAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES (QUEST) FIELD SCHOOL Liv W. Wheeler (84)

11:00am ALASKAN PROGRAM OFFERS SEMESTER-LONG DIVING INTENSIVE PROGRAM Joel A. Markis (80)

11:20am AAUS/OWUSS INTERNSHIPS; HOST INFORMATION Chris Rigaud, Heather Albright, Jenna Walker

11:40-1:20 LUNCH

Moderator Marc Slattery

1:30pm DIVERS PRESERVE TRADITIONS AND SEEK UNESCO RECOGNITION Robert Reavis (32)

1:50pm RESEARCH AT THE HAMMOND BAY BIOLOGICAL STATION AND THE ROLE OF SCUBA Chris S. Wright (86)

2:10pm PRESERVING OUR UNDERWATER PASTURES (PUP): RESEARCHING HUMAN IMPACT ON HISTORICAL ARTIFICIAL REEFS Michael A. Zinszer, Dalton J. Nicewonder, Alyssa R. Bawcom et al. (56)

2:30pm BREAK

3:00pm LOGISTICAL REALITIES OF SIMULTANEOUS, MULTI-OM OPERATIONS: CHALLENGES AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM TWO CASE STUDIES Ross Whippo (85)

3:20pm ASSOCIATION OF LAND-BASED STRESSORS WITH COMPOSITION OF CARIBBEAN SPONGE COMMUNITIES Deborah Gochfeld (76)

3:40pm VIRTUAL DIVING IN THE THUNDER BAY NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY Phil A. Hartmeyer (77)

4:15 pm Transportation returning to hotels

5:30 pm Glass bottom boat tour. Transportation provided from hotels. Boat will leave promptly.

6:30 pm 2016 AAUS Awards Banquet (Fletcher Street Depot)

*Student Presentations