Hometown: South Korea

Degree seeking: Ph.D., Fisheries, Juneau

Year of expected graduation: 2005

Major professor: Dr. Thomas C. Shirley

Previous university: National Fisheries University Pusan

Previous major: M.S., Marine Biology
 

Briefly describe your graduate project: The goal of my research is to help understand the oceanographic processes that may affect larval advection or retention of Dungeness crabs in southeastern Alaska (GC/03-01). My research examines whether Dungeness crab larvae hatching in Glacier Bay and adjacent areas are advected from inland waters into the Gulf of Alaska, or whether they complete larval development within embayments. My research also helps the understanding of the mechanism of larval dispersal between local subpopulations of Dungeness crab in Glacier Bay and its neighboring straits associated with local hydrographic features. This will evaluate the effect of Glacier Bay as a marine reserve.

In addition, my research examines the relationship between interannual variation of larval abundance and the population of Dungeness crab, and between interannual variations of larval abundance and global scale climate changes.

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