Meeting Abstract 2.6 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:15 Unknown but common: The ecophysiology of the green alga Microdictyon setchellianum YAMASE, N. *; SMITH, C.; Chaminade University of Honolulu; University of Honolulu at Manoa nicole.yamase@student.chaminade.edu Understanding how physical factors affect the photosynthesis and growth of macroalgae are crucial to estimating their ecological success and the health of the reef […]
year: 2014
Top-down Control by Bonnethead Sharks in Oyster Reef Communities Through Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Effects
Meeting Abstract 2.2 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:15 Top-down Control by Bonnethead Sharks in Oyster Reef Communities Through Consumptive and Non-Consumptive Effects. HOLMES, Z.C.*; BYERS, J.E.; MALEK, J. ; The University of Georgia; The University of Georgia; The University of Georgia zholmes9@uga.edu The eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) along the Atlantic coast are an important foundational species upon which […]
Settler habitat preferences and post-settlement processes combine to explain the distribution of a coral reef fish
Meeting Abstract 2.3 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:30 Settler habitat preferences and post-settlement processes combine to explain the distribution of a coral reef fish MAJORIS, J.E.*; D’ALOIA, C.C.; BUSTON, P.M.; Boston University, MA; Boston University, MA; Boston University, MA jmajoris@bu.edu In the marine environment, many organisms produce dispersive larvae that develop offshore before settling on benthic habitat. The […]
Risk vs reward effects on reef fish herbivory
Meeting Abstract 2.4 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:45 Risk vs. reward effects on reef fish herbivory GIL, MA; University of Florida m.gil@ufl.edu Perceived risk of predation drives species distributions and key interactions across terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Optimal foraging theory posits that decisions to forage are determined by an individual’s perception of the trade-off between risk and reward. […]
Quantification of symbiont fate in bleaching octocorals
Meeting Abstract 2.5 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 Quantification of symbiont fate in bleaching octocorals PARRIN, AP*; YAEGER, MA; BLACKSTONE, NW; Northern Illinois University; Northern Illinois University; Northern Illinois University apparrin@gmail.com Octocorals form a major component of reef diversity and are often the dominant space occupiers. Many octocorals contain photosynthetic symbionts of Symbiodinium sp. As with other symbiont-containing […]
Partner specificity precedes environmental zonation in coral-algal symbioses
Meeting Abstract 2.8 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:30 Partner specificity precedes environmental zonation in coral-algal symbioses LEWIS, A.M.*; WHAM, D.C.; LAJEUNESSE, T.C.; The Pennsylvania State Univ.; The Pennsylvania State Univ.; The Pennsylvania State Univ. allisonlewis@psu.edu It has been nearly two decades since the first account of the environmentally regulated patterning of microalgae (genus Symbiodinium) associated with the western […]
Marine protected areas (MPAs) potentially reverse the development of fishing-induced traits in exploited populations of coral-reef fishes
Meeting Abstract 2.1 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:00 Marine protected areas (MPAs) potentially reverse the development of fishing-induced traits in exploited populations of coral-reef fishes FIDLER, RY*; TURINGAN, RG; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne; Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne rfidler2011@my.fit.edu Size-selective fishing pressure causes directional shifts in body size toward the predominance of smaller and early maturing individuals […]
Variation in thermal sensitivity of sprint speed, thermal behavior and evaporative water loss
Meeting Abstract 1.5 Saturday, Jan. 4 09:00 Variation in thermal sensitivity of sprint speed, thermal behavior and evaporative water loss MILES, D.B.; Ohio University urosaurus@gmail.com Recent studies have highlighted the susceptibility of ectotherms to altered thermal niches arising through climate warming. Determining the projected responses of a species to climate warming requires data on the thermal tolerance […]
Thermal tolerance of larvae of an antitropically-distributed barnacle species
Meeting Abstract 1.1 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:00 Thermal tolerance of larvae of an antitropically-distributed barnacle species WALTHER, K; CRICKENBERGER, S; MARCHANT, S; MARKO, P; MORAN, A*; Clemson Univ., South Carolina; Clemson Univ., South Carolina; Clemson Univ., South Carolina; Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa; Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa morana@hawaii.edu Many benthic marine organisms disperse by means of a free-living […]
The Effects of Environmental Temperature and Moisture on Temperature and Moisture Preferences in Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans)
Meeting Abstract 1.4 Saturday, Jan. 4 08:45 The Effects of Environmental Temperature and Moisture on Temperature and Moisture Preferences in Green Frogs (Lithobates clamitans) MITCHELL, A*; BERGMANN, P; Clark University; Clark University AlMitchell@clarku.edu Environmental temperature and moisture play an integral role in determining body temperature and hydration state in amphibians. Amphibians try to select the environments with […]
