Carlonites


Lindsay Young- Graduate Student (PhD), Advisor: Sheila Conant
Research Interests:
My research interests focuses on the ecology, population genetics and conservation of the Laysan Albatross. Albatross are large, pelagic birds that spend the vast majority of their live at sea and come to land only to breed. My dissertation focuses on three areas:
1. Examining how physical and biological oceanographic factors determine their distribution and oceanic habitat use.
2. Determining the population structure and amount of gene flow between each insular breeding population.
3. Examining the spatial and temporal overlap of Laysan Albatross distribution with North Pacific Longline fisheries and determining whether bycatch mortality in the fishery is population biased.

Norine Yeung- Graduate Student (PhD),
Advisor: Sheila Conant
Research Interests:
My objectives are to evaluate the genetic and dietary patterns observed in the global populations of the White Tern by:
1. Comparing genetic differences among the three subspecies of the genus Gygis
2. Comparing genetic differences among geographically distant populations within the subspecies Gygis alba candida, specifically between Northwest Hawaiian Island (NWHI) and Oahu populations
3. Determining trophic levels of Gygis throughout the Pacific
4. Comparing stable isotope variation among tissues types (liver, muscle, feather), and within and among feather types to assess dietary variation within individuals over different temporal scales
5. Using museum specimens to detect temporal changes in genetic variation and trophic level of Gygis