2004 Internship Symposium
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Pacific Forum

8:25-8:30	George I. Matsumoto Welcome and opening remarks.
8:30-9:00	Thy Duong Implementing a searchable database, reporting broken links, and refining search results.
9:00-9:30	Ben Potter The Keck Project (Observatories without cables): Seafloor observatory installation, intervention, and troubleshooting.
9:30-10:00	Kristen Schmidt *Gas hydrate and methane plumes at Hydrate Ridge*
10:00-10:15	Break
10:15-10:45	Miranda Watts Olindias formosa: the role of fluorescence in feeding and prey attraction.
10:45-11:15	Ishbel Kerkez Automated event detection in video of benthic habitat.
11:15-11:45	Cherie Everlove AUV control with a 3-actuator false center mechanism.
11:45-1:00	Lunch
1:00-1:30	Emily Crawford Mineralogy and chemistry of metabasalts from the central segment of the Gorda Ridge.
1:30-2:00	Meg Rippy ITS amplification of vent tubeworms: testing PCR fidelity.
2:00-2:30	Break
2:30-3:00	Sarah Skikne Effects of diet on ephyrae growth and development.
3:00-3:30	Annika Mitchell The application of MBARI ROV Ventana video footage to benthic habitat mapping: a pilot study of the head of Carmel Canyon.
3:30-4:00	Wiley Evans A carbon and nitrogen budget for the California upwelling system.