11ICRS: Mini-Symposium 18 - Reef Status and Trends

Mini-Symposium 18:
Reef Status and Trends

Poster Presentations: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 16:00 - 18:00 Exhibit Hall A-D (Click on presentation title to view abstract)

POSTER BOARD #	TITLE	*AUTHORS (^ indicates Presenting Author)**
18.595	Reefs at Risk in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia - Status and Outlook	*Abigail MOORE, Samliok NDOBE**
18.596	Survival / Destruction of coral reefs under anthropogenic stress in Arabian Gulf and Red Sea regions	*Joseph Sebastian PAIMPILLIL, Joseph Sebastian PAIMPILLIL**
18.597	Long-term changes in stony coral assemblages in Jakarta Bay and the Thousand Islands archipelago (1920 – 2005)	Sancia E.T. VAN DER MEIJ, Bert W. HOEKSEMA*
18.598	Coral community structure at Pearl and Hermes Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands: unique conservation challenges in the Hawaiian Archipelago	*Jean KENYON, Matthew DUNLAP, Casey WILKINSON, Kimberly PAGE, Peter VROOM, Greta AEBY, Oliver DAMERON**
18.599	A palaeoecological perspective on coral community structure and resilience to long-term terrigenous sediment influence	*Chris PERRY, Suzanne PALMER, Scott SMITHERS, Ken JOHNSON**
18.600	Change in coral reef condition in the southwestern Cuba (2001-2007): AGRRA assessed sites revisited	*Pedro M. ALCOLADO, Darlenys HERNÁNDEZ-MUÑOZ, Hansel CABALLERO, Linnet BUSUTIL, Susana PERERA, Gema HIDALGO**
18.601	Organisms associated with live scleractinian corals as indicators of coral reef status in the Wakatobi Marine National Park (SE Sulawesi, Indonesia)	*Patrick SCAPS, Vianney DENIS, Jessica HAAPKYLA**
18.602	The Planetary Coral Reef Foundation: An Overview	*Lindsey FELDMAN, Abigail ALLING, Phil DUSTAN, Orla DOHERTY, Heather LOGAN, Carol MILNER, Kitty CURRIER**
18.603	Sea Urchin Abundance, Distribution and Erosion along Kuwait’s Coral Island Reef	Shaker ALHAZEEM, Adel ALSAFFAR, Shaker ALHAZEEM*
18.604	Disturbance and rehabilitation of Tsunami impact on mangrove forests and macrobenthic communities in Andaman Sea, Thailand	*Yoshimi FUJIOKA, Ryuichi TABUCHI, Yasumasa HIRATA, Reiji YONEDA, Pipat PATANAPONPAIBOON, Takuro SHIBUNO, Hideo OHBA*
18.605	Coral reef conservation status in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia	*Asami NAKAYAMA, Ryota NAKAJIMA, LaiPeng FOONG, Rajuddin KUSHARI, Victor KUWAHARA, Hideo MIYAGUCHI, Ross OTHMAN, Tatuki TODA**
18.606	The Distribution of Coral, Reefs and Coastal Habitats in North Central Cuba	*Aisling BRADY, Sharon COWLING**
18.607	Susceptibility of corals to skeletal growth anomaly and trematodiasis according to species and seasons at Wai`opae Tide Pools, Hawaii	*Misaki TAKABAYASHI, T. Makani GREGG, Kaikaika TEVES, Shauna Kehau TOM**
18.608	Sudden Changes on Coral Reefs at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba	*Ken DESLARZES, William PRECHT, Martha ROBBART**
18.609	Community structure of reef fish on three different coral life form (branching, foliaceous, and massive) at Pari Island, Indonesia	*Hawis MADDUPPA, Unggul AKTANI, Harry PALM**
18.611	Continuous recruitment of hard corals in North Sulawesi, Indonesia estimated throughout the year with fluorescence census technique	*Sascha B.C. ROMATZKI, Sebastian SCHMIDT-ROACH, Andreas KUNZMANN**
18.612	Impact of Hurricane Rita on four shallow banks in the northern Gulf of Mexico	*Martha ROBBART, Rich ARONSON, William PRECHT, Ken DESLARZES**
18.613	STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF CORAL REEFS IN COSTA RICA	*Jorge CORTÉS, Carlos JIMÉNEZ, Ana FONSECA, Juan ALVARADO**
18.614	Invertebrates, Communities and Reef Health in Airai, The Republic of Palau	Ann KITALONG*
18.615	Determination of the Environmental State of Health in Sacrificios Reef Using the AMBI Index	*Nayeli DOMÍNGUEZ CASTANEDO, Alejandro GRANADOS BARBA, Vivianne SOLÍS WEISS**
18.617	Large daily seawater temperature fluctuation in a tropical coral reef	*I-Huan LEE, Yu-Huai WANG, Fung-Chi KO, Tung-Yung FAN, Wei-Hsien WANG**
18.618	Assessment of Reef Area Loss and Implications on Scleractinian sp. Diversity on Coral Reefs Affected by Terrace-Uplift; Aftermath of the December 26th 2004 Earthquake, in Andaman Islands, India.	*Rajkumar RAJAN, Satyanarayana CHOWDULA, Rajan PONAMKULAM**
18.619	Present condition of coral reefs and associated ecosystems in the NW region of Cuba	*Gaspar GONZALEZ, Fernando BRETOS, Consuelo AGUILAR, David GUGGENHEIM, Ivet HERNÁNDEZ, Yureidy CABRERA, Noelis SUAREZ-MONTES**
18.620	Effect of change in biophysical parameters on status, health and distribution of corals reefs in Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park, Wandoor (India)	*Mani SAXENA, Alok SAXENA, Ramesh CHANDRA SRIVASTAVA**
18.621	Lack of Coral Reef Resilience in MPAs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India	R. JEYABASKARAN*
18.622	Beyond Valuation: Using Integrated Social, Economic, and Environmental Indicators To Monitor Reef Management and Environmental Change	Linwood PENDLETON*
18.623	Coral status in St. Martin Island, Bangladesh.	*Mohammad Zahirul ISLAM, Mohammad Sazedul ISLAM**
18.624	Environmental Endocrine Disruptors: A “Real” and Growing Concern Affecting Coral Reefs	Brian SHMAEFSKY*
18.625	Patterns in Southeast Florida Coral Reef Community Composition	*Melissa SATHE, David GILLIAM, Richard DODGE, Louis FISHER**
18.626	In-water observation of immature Green (Chelonia mydas) and Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricate) turtles in the marine environment of St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles.	*Maureen SULLIVAN, Raphaela STIMMELMAYR, Vajai LATCHMAN*
18.627	Coral Reef Fishes in the near shore marine environment of St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles.	*Maureen SULLIVAN, Gwen TOUZOT-JOURDE, Raphaela STIMMELMAYR**
18.628	Monitoring Activities In Kiribati 2006: Comparision Of Results With 2004 And 2005	*Taratau KIRATA, CAROLINE VIEUX, ERIC CLUA**
18.630	Singapore Coral Reefs – Status after 40 Years of Extensive Coastal Development	*Loke Ming CHOU, Karenne TUN, Nigel GOH**
18.632	Contribution of Global Coral Reef Monitoring Programs in India	Krishnamoorthy VENKATARAMAN*
18.633	NORTHERN ACEHNESE CORAL REEF AND REEF FISH STATUS	*Edi RUDI, Yudi HERDIANA**
18.634	Macroalgal distribution in a Mexican Caribbean reef system: a habitat complexity analysis	*Ligia COLLADO-VIDES, Alejandra PIÑON-GIMATE**
18.635	Some ecological studies on Investigator Reef, one of the Spratly's Islands, of the South China Sea.	*Mohd Rajuddin MOHD KUSHAIRI, Mohd Nasir SAADON, Kamarulzaman YUNUS**
18.636	Developing a Preliminary Index of Coral Reef Health	*Jason HELYER, Lesa MENG, James HELTSHE**
18.637	Assessment of Marginal Reef Condition at Multiple Sites Using Coral Population Structure and Vitality	*Simone OIGMAN-PSZCZOL, Joel CREED**
18.638	Can Patterns in Benthic Communities be Explained by a Site Specific Environmental Impact Index at a Marginal Reef Site in the Southwest Atlantic?	*Simone OIGMAN-PSZCZOL, Joel CREED**
18.639	The Distribution, Abundance and Volume of the Barrel Sponge Xestospongia muta at Selected Sites in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary	*Matthew BERTIN, Michael CALLAHAN, Jennifer WHEATON**
18.640	Examination of Algal Diviersity and Benthic Community Structure at Palmyra Atoll, U.S. Line Islands	*Cristi BRAUN, Peter VROOM**
18.641	The Status of Coral Reefs in the Eritrean Red Sea	*Simon ZEREMARIAM, Yassin MOHAMMUD, Philipos YEMANE, Amanuel GHEBRELUL, Yonas AFEWERKI**
18.642	Effect of sewage pollution on coral reef sponge communities at the western side of Havana City, Cuba.	Zuleika MARCOS, Alcolado PEDRO M.*
18.643	Coral Community Structure of the Bolinao Reef System, northwest Philippines	*Mark Windell VERGARA, Wilfredo LICUANAN, Porfirio ALINO**
18.644	Changes To Macroalgal Species Communities in Shelf Edge Coral Reef Habitats in Southwest Puerto Rico	*David BALLANTINE, Hector RUIZ, Nilda APONTE**
18.645	Acropora palmata bleaching and response varied across benthic zones at Buck Island Reef National Monument (St. Croix, USVI) during the 2005 bleaching event	*Ian LUNDGREN, Zandy HILLIS-STARR**
18.646	The lingering consequences of a mass coral bleaching event on Acropora palmata, at Buck Island Reef National Monument	*Ian LUNDGREN, Zandy HILLIS-STARR**
18.647	Responses of Coral Communities in the Florida Keys Following Multiple Stressor Events in 1997-1998	*Deborah SANTAVY, Erich MUELLER, Lauri MACLAUGHLIN, Esther PETERS, Robert QUARLES, Mace BARRON**
18.648	Reproductive Failure in Acropora palmata, a Threatened Caribbean Coral	*Dana E. WILLIAMS, Margaret W. MILLER, K. Lindsey KRAMER, Abel VALDIVIA**
18.649	The Effects of Increased Seawater Temperature upon Butterflyfishes (Family: Chaetodontidae) at the Satsuma Peninsula, Southern Japan	*Daisuke NASHIKI, Satoshi NOJIMA, Sekio SHINAGAWA, Noritaka MOCHIOKA, Shigeo KAWAGUCHI, Akinobu NAKAZONO**
18.650	Small-scale variations in the effects of coral bleaching in Rodrigues	*Emily HARDMAN, Nathalie STAMPFLI, Jules THOMA, Sydney PERRINE**
18.651	Monitoring, Conservation and Future of Reefs of India	*Satyanarayana CHOWDULA, Rama KRISHNA, Muley E.V.**
18.652	Status and Trends of Colombian Caribbean Coral Reefs	*Alberto RODRÍGUEZ-RAMÍREZ, María Catalina REYES-NIVIA, Sven ZEA, Raúl NAVAS-CAMACHO, Sonia BEJARANO, Diego L. GIL-AGUDELO, Jaime GARZÓN-FERREIRA, Nacor BOLAÑOS, Alfredo ABRIL**
18.653	Socioeconomic Baseline Report of U.S. Territories and Counties Adjacent to Coral Reef Habitats	*Steve ROHMANN, Kristen CROSSETT, Christopher CLEMENT**
18.654	Trends in Reef Recovery in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania	Haji MAHINGIKA*
18.656	An Assessment of Chemical Contaminants in the Nearshore Waters of Vieques, Puerto Rico	Andrew MASON*
18.657	Status of Coral Reef Ecosystems in Marine Managed Areas in St. Croix, USVI	*Sarah HILE, Chris JEFFREY, Simon PITTMAN, Chris CALDOW, Mark MONACO**
18.658	“Changing times, Changing reefs” A 10 year review of changes on Coral Cover, Dead Coral/Algae and Community Structure in the Bloody Bay-Jackson Point Marine Park, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, BWI	Croy MCCOY*
18.659	Baseline Assessments of Coral Communities at Wake Atoll Before and After Supertyphoon Ioke	*Jacob ASHER, Susan VOGT, Jean KENYON, Bernardo VARGAS-ANGEL**
18.660	Effects of sewage effluent on benthic composition and fish assemblage in a Pacific tropical lagoonal system	*Lucy HARRISON, Clarissa BEARDEN, Peter HOUK, Michelle PADDACK, Isabelle COTE**
18.661	Recent coral bleaching around the Yaeyama Islands in the Ryukyus	*Takanori SATOH, Tomoyo KOBAYASHI, HAJIME HIROSAWA, Mai YAMAMOTO**
18.662	Coral reefs in Singapore: An assessment of their status and recommendations for future work	*Jeffrey LOW, Robin NGIAM, Rachel LIM, Loke Ming CHOU**
18.663	Riverine run-off threaten shallow coral reef on Lankayan Island, Sabah Malaysia	*Fung Chen CHUNG, Annadel Salvio CABANBAN**
18.664	Algal takeover in the coral reefs of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea): a disregarded sign of reef degradation	*Karnit BAHARTAN, Mohammad ZIBDAH, Yousef AHMED, Alvaro ISRAEL, Avigdor ABELSON**
18.665	Recovery patterns in a Mediterranean gorgonian following repeated mortality events	*Roberta CUPIDO, Silvia COCITO, Andrea PEIRANO, Sergio SGORBINI**
18.666	Assessing Land Based Inputs to the Coastal Waters of Broward County, Florida, USA	*Nancy CRAIG, Nancy GASSMAN, Kenneth BANKS, Kevin CARTER**
18.667	Coral Bleaching Records in Reefs from Eastern Brazil in the Last Fifteen Years	*Zelinda LEAO, Ruy KIKUCHI, Marilia OLIVEIRA**
18.668	Status of Coral Reefs from Eastern Brazil	*Ruy KIKUCHI, Zelinda LEAO, Marilia OLIVEIRA**
18.669	Status of Coral Reefs Health off South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands	*Kate MCCLELLAN, Catherine JADOT, Chris SCHELTEN**
18.670	Relationship Between Benthic and Fish Assemblages at Four Coral Reefs in Venezuela	*Carolina BASTIDAS, Sebastián RODRÍGUEZ, Denise DEBROT, Aldo CRÓQUER**
18.671	Making a Rapid Reef Assessment of the Mexican Caribbean Coral Reefs to Find Potentially Resilient Sites	Albert FRANQUESA RINOS*
18.672	BALI BARAT NATIONAL PARK CORAL MONITORING REPORT,	naneng SETIASIH, Dwi Haryo ISMUNARTI, Naneng SETIASIH*
18.673	Status of the Philippine Coral Reefs: 2004-2007	*Rhia Odessa GONZALES, Melchor DEOCADEZ, Porfirio ALIÑO, Cleto NAÑOLA, Hazel ARCEO, Rollan GERONIMO, Wilfredo CAMPOS, Severino SALMO III, Andre Jon UYCHIAOCO, Clarissa REBOTON**
18.674	Monitoring of coral recovery after 97-98 mass bleaching event at,	naneng SETIASIH*
18.675	Distribution and Abundance of Sponges of Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep, India	*Anita G. MARY, Robert SLUKA, S. LAZARUS**
18.676	Variability in growth form of Gulf of Kachchh corals, India.	Prasanna YENNAWAR*
18.677	Seasonal Bleaching did not Impede Coral Growth in Todos os Santos Bay, Eastern Brazil	Eduardo CHAVES, Pedro MEIRELLES, Ruy KIKUCHI, Zelinda LEAO*
18.678	Mapping Bottom Features of the Site Selected for the Underwater Observatory in Sharm el Sheikh (South Sinai, Egypt)	*Stefano ACUNTO, Jessika GIRALDI, David BALATA, Luigi PIAZZI, Francesco CINELLI**
18.679	Differentiating among global and local stressors in Florida Keys (USA) coral reefs using coral regeneration rates and a cellular diagnostic system	*Elizabeth FISHER-MOSES, Cheryl WOODLEY, John FAUTH, Pamela HALLOCK**
18.680	Coral Cover Evaluation of Todos os Santos Bay Reefs After the 2003 Mass Bleaching Event in Southwestern Atlantic	*Igor CRUZ, Amanda NASCIMENTO, Camila BRASIL, Ruy KIKUCHI, Zelinda LEAO**
18.681	A Strategic Approach for Developing a National Baseline Coral Reef Condition	*Patricia BRADLEY, Wayne DAVIS, William FISHER, Michael MCDONALD**
18.682	Seasonal Investigation on Stability of Coral-Algae Interactions in Fringing Reefs of the Northern Red Sea	*Andreas HAAS, Florian MAYER, Malik NAUMANN, Carin JANTZEN, Mohammed AL-ZIBDAH, Christian WILD**
18.683	A photographic method for analyzing areal chlorophyll and bleaching status of the coral Stylophora pistillata	*Shachar KOREN, Zvy DUBINSKY**
18.684	Quantitative Habitat Characterization and Benthic Assemblage Structure of Deep-water Scleractinian Reefs off Eastern Florida	*Kartick SHIRUR, Charles MESSING, Carmen RODRIGUEZ, Joshua FEINGOLD, John REED, Sandra BROOKE**
18.685	2007 Coral reef status in the Union of Comoros	Said AHAMADA*
18.686	Resilience of a Red Sea Fringing Coral Reef under Extreme Environmental Conditions: A Four-Year Study	*Zaki MOUSTAFA, Pamela HALLOCK**
18.687	Assessment of Contaminants in Honolua Bay, Maui: Threat for Coral Reef Organisms?	*Laetitia HEDOUIN, Marc METIAN, Ruth D. GATES**
18.688	Elkhorn Coral Distribution and Condition Throughout the Puerto Rican Archipelago	*Michelle SCHÄRER, Michael NEMETH, Abel VALDIVIA, Dana WILLIAMS, Margaret MILLER, Carlos DIEZ**
18.689	Comparison between Digital and High Definition Video formats in coral video monitoring.	*Rob WAARA, Judd PATTERSON, Matt PATTERSON, Andrea ATKINSON, Brian WITCHER, Andy DAVIS, Jeff MILLER**
18.690	Assessment of the coral reefs and associated fish communities of Vieques, Puerto Rico	*Laurie BAUER, Matthew KENDALL, Charles MENZA, Kimberly FOLEY**
18.691	Comparison of Benthic Communities on Four Coral Reefs in the Veracruz Reef System (Mexico).	Jason JONES, Kim WITHERS, John W. TUNNELL*
18.692	Patterns of coral distribution in the Bay Islands (Honduras)	*Pedro PORTILLO, Yolande BOUCHON-NAVARO, Pierre LEGENDRE, Max LOUIS, Claude BOUCHON**
18.693	Climate Change : a Threat for the Coral Reefs in the French West Indies	*Claude BOUCHON, Pedro PORTILLO, Yolande BOUCHON-NAVARO, Max LOUIS**
18.694	Monitoring seawater temperature and coral community response across Fiji – an archipelago-wide monitoring programme	*Edward LOVELL, Helen SYKES, Victor BONITO, Zaidy KHAN, Norman QUINN**
18.695	Cozumel Island, México: A disturbance history	*Patricia ALVAREZ DEL CASTILLO, Hector REYES, Lorenzo ALVAREZ, Marínes MILLET**
18.696	Standardized Certification to Increase Coral Monitoring Data Quality and Extent Surveys Location and Numbers	Naneng SETIASIH*
18.697	Assessing the Ecological Status of Reef Building Coral Communities of Pohnpei, Micronesia, as a Tool for Conservation	Eugene JOSEPH*
18.698	Distribution of Seagrasses in Coral Reef Area and their Relationship with Coral	*SAYUKO NINOMIYA, TAKAHIKO INOUE, TERUMASA MORISHIGE, YOSHIKATSU NAKANO, Preetica SINGH, YUKA YANO, MAKOTO TSUCHIYA**
18.699	Temporal overview of impact of the 1997-1998 mass bleaching on recovery of two Palawan reefs: Outer Bacuit bay, El Nido (Palawan Shelf), and off-shore Tubbataha (Sulu Sea).	*Karen Lou FRANCISCO, Porfirio ALINO, Miledel Christine QUIBILAN, Wilfredo LICUANAN**
18.700	From Biophysical Research to MPA Rating – What’s the Trend in South-Cebu’s and Siquijor’s MPAs?	*Martina KELLER, Matthias WOLFF, Rizaller C. AMOLO**
18.701	The distribution, ecology and management status of offshore reef habitats in Sri Lanka	*Nishan PERERA, Arjan RAJASURIYA**
18.702	Evidence of an Outbreak of Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish (COTS) in French Polynesia: Observations between 2005 and 2007	*Bernard SALVAT, Yannick CHANCERELLE, Thierry LISON DE LOMA, Lucie PENIN, Céline STIEVENART, Franck LEROUVREUR, Annie AUBANEL, Christian MONIER, Elodie LAGOUY, Mehdi ADJEROUD**
18.703	Status of Shallow Water Coral Communities in Little Cayman in 2006-2007	*Lindsay HUEBNER, Carey BATHA, Max MULLEN, Roy DUCOTE, Vania COELHO**
18.704	Algal Cover and Coral Recruitment in Shallow Reefs in Little Cayman in 2006-2007	*Lindsay HUEBNER, Carey BATHA, Max MULLEN, Roy DUCOTE, Vania COELHO**
18.705	Spatial and temporal recovery patterns of coral reefs within the Gulf of Oman (UAE) following the 2007 cyclone disturbance	Kristi FOSTER*
18.706	Coral Reef Monitoring in the OECS and Tobago	*Marcia CREARY, Joseph MCGANN**
18.707	Recovery and current status of coral reefs of the Gulf of Mannar, Southeastern India	*Edward JK PATTERSON, G. MATHEWS, Jamila PATTERSON, Jerker TAMELANDER, Dan WILHELMSSON, Olof LINDEN**
18.708	The effects of 2004 tsunami on seaweed and seagrass community in the inter-tidal rocky shore and shallow sub-tidal coral reefs	*Anchana PRATHEP, Piyalap TUNTIPRAPAS, Anuchit DARAKRAI, Pimonrat THONGROY, Jaruwan MAYAKUN, Bongkot WICHACHUCHERD, Sutinee SINUTOK**
18.709	Change and resilience at Stetson Bank, a high latitude coral community in the Gulf of Mexico	*George SCHMAHL, Jennifer DEBOSE, Emma HICKERSON**
18.710	Corals and Coral Reefs of the National Marine Sanctuary System: Living Laboratories for Coral Reef Science and Conservation	William KIENE*
18.711	Long-term monitoring of a high-latitude coral reef system off Southeast Florida, USA: a partnership between academia and resource management	*David GILLIAM, Kenneth BANKS, Michael CALLAHAN, Chantal COLLIER, Richard DODGE, Louis FISHER, Jennifer WHEATON**
18.712	AN INVESTIGATION OF EIGHT YEARS OF CORAL REEF DATA FROM MELANESIA AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: VITALITY, PERCENT COVERAGE, REEF AREA AND THE EFFECTS OF A TSUNAMI	*M. Katie OLDS, Phil DUSTAN**
18.713	DIVERSITY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE MACROBENTHIC ORGANISMS AT THE PONTA VERDE CORAL REEF, MACEIÓ, ALAGOAS, BRAZIL	Monica CORREIA*
18.714	Pacific-wide status of the rare/endangered humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatatus) and bumphead parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)	*Brian ZGLICZYNSKI, Robert SCHROEDER, Marc NADON, Benjamin RICHARDS**
18.715	Effects of Indigenous Communities and Agriculture on Coral Reef Composition in the Western Gulf of San Blas, Panama	*April HELMS, Michelle DARE, Shara JONES, James ENGMAN**
18.716	Population status of Acropora corals in the Florida Keys	*Steven MILLER, Mark CHIAPPONE, Leanne RUTTEN, Dione SWANSON**
18.717	The Jamaica Coral Reef Monitoring Network (JCRMN)	Marcia CREARY*
18.718	Long-term benthic monitoring in the Tortugas, Florida: protected vs. open areas	*Greg PINIAK, Shay VIEHMAN, Christine ADDISON, Nicole FOGARTY**
18.719	Monitoring and Assessment - The Caribbean Coastal Data Centre	Marcia CREARY*
18.720	Effects of benthic cyanobacteria on SE Florida coral reef gorgonian populations	*Vanessa BRINKHUIS, Jenna LUEG, Lauren FLOYD, David GILLIAM**
18.721	Monitoring, reporting, and conservation: a user’s guide for applying results from The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States to coral reef management	*Jeannette WADDELL, Alicia CLARKE**
18.722	Quantitative Underwater Ecological Surveying Techniques (QUEST): the University of Hawaii Marine Option Program - Training Tomorrow’s Underwater Scientists	Jeffrey KUWABARA, Donna BROWN*
18.723	The Effects of Hurricane-Deposited Mud on Coral Communities in Florida	*Cheryl MILLER, Vladimir KOSMYNIN**
18.724	Preliminary Assessment of Elkhorn Coral (Acropora palmata) in Caye Caulker Marine Reserve and Adjacent Waters	Ellen MCRAE*
18.725	Status of Coral Reefs in the British Virgin Islands	*Clive PETROVIC, Trish BAILY, Shannon GORE**
18.726	Status of Near Shore Reefs in The Bahamas: Past and present impacts on benthos and fish	*Kathleen SEALEY, Nicolle CUSHION, Vanessa NERO, Kathleen SEMON**
18.727	Biological characterization of coral reefs, coral communities and associated habitats of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	*G.P. SCHMAHL, Emma HICKERSON, Douglas WEAVER**
18.728	Impacts of Non-Point Source Sewage Pollution in elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) assemblages of the Southwestern Puerto Rico Shelf.	*Edwin HERNANDEZ-DELGADO, Betzaida SANDOZ, Michelle BONKOSKY, Jose NORAT, Hernando MATTEI**
18.729	Status of Coral Reefs in North East Asia	Tadashi KIMURA*
18.730	Community structure of reef fishes in a tropical upwelling area, Gulf of Papagayo, Pacific Costa Rica	Helena MOLINA-UREÑA*
18.731	Spatial and temporal patterns of coral bleaching around Buck Island Reef National Monument, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands	*Randall D. CLARK, Christopher F.G. JEFFREY, Kimberly WOODY, Zandy HILLIS-STARR, Mark E. MONACO**
18.732	Status and Impact of Industrialization on Coral Reefs in Gulf of Kachchh, Gujarat, India	*Dishant PARASHARYA, Deepak APTE**
18.733	The Power of Volunteers – Applications of the REEF Volunteer Survey Project Fish Monitoring Program	Christy PATTENGILL-SEMMENS*
18.734	Impacts of coastal development on ecosystem structure and function of Yucatan coral reefs, Mexico	*Yves-Marie BOZEC, Gilberto ACOSTA-GONZÁLEZ, Enrique NÚÑEZ-LARA, Jesús Ernesto ARIAS-GONZÁLEZ**
18.735	Recovery of Tsunami Affected Coral Reefs at Mu Koh Phi Phi and Mu Koh Surin, the Andaman Sea	*Chaipichit SAENGHAISUK, Rattika PETTONGMA, Kacharat PHORMKHUNATHON, Bancha LAWANG, Thamasak YEEMIN**
18.736	Coral Community Structures of Shallow Reefs and Pinnacles at Kood Island, the Eastern Gulf of Thailand	*Jamrearn BUARUANG, Makamas SUTTHACHEEP, Paulwatt NUCLEAR, Danai SAMBUNRUANG, Chaipichit SANGHAISUK, Thamasak YEEMIN**
18.737	Demographic Comparison of the Threatened Coral Species, Acropora palmata, in the Eastern Caribbean.	*K. Lindsey KRAMER, Dana E. WILLIAMS, Margaret W. MILLER, Chantele BÉGIN, Jessica FRY, Abel VALDIVIA**
18.738	Morphological variation in the reef zoanthid Palythoa caribaeorum in a Brazilian harbor area	*Diego COSTA, Paula GOMES, André SANTOS, Natalia VALENÇA, Natalia VIEIRA, Carlos PERÉZ**
18.739	Reef Check Surveys in Japan - Focus on Okinawa area	*Mariko ABE, Yasuaki MIYAMOTO, Megumu TSUCHIKAWA, Chihiro NISHIHARA, Akira IGUCHI, Nobuo WATANABE**
18.741	Preliminary results of a monitoring programme for shallow coral communities influenced by the Petro-chemical industry in the Easter region of Venezuela	*Manuel GONZÁLEZ-RIVERO, Ana HERRERA-REVELES, Beatriz SIEGERT-SALAZAR, Estrella VILLAMIZAR, Mario YALLONARDO, Ismael HERNÁNDEZ, Miguel CASTILLO**
18.742	Continued degradation of Tobago’s coral reefs linked to the prevalence of coral disease following the 2005 mass bleaching event	*Simon HARDING, Jan-Willem VAN BOCHOVE, Shay O'FARRELL, Owen DAY, Keith GIBSON, Katherine YATES, Peter RAINES**
18.743	Sediment accumulation rates and coastal land use change impact in Abrolhos Reef Complex, Brazil	*Augusto NETTO, Roberto ARGOLLO, Ruy KIKUCHI**
18.744	HISTORICAL IMPACTS ON CORAL REEFS AT ROSARIO ISLANDS, AN MPA IN THE COLOMBIAN CARIBBEAN	*Oscar DELGADILLO, Paula ZAPATA-RAMÍREZ**
18.745	Reef Structure of Anegada: 30 Years of Change	*Shannon GORE, Mervin HASTINGS**
18.746	Decade-long (1998-2007) trends in live coral cover on a tropical eastern Pacific coral reef at Gorgona Island, Colombia	*Fernando A. ZAPATA, Alberto RODRÍGUEZ-RAMÍREZ, Raúl NAVAS-CAMACHO**
18.747	Long-term Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Benthic Organisms at Andros Island Reefs	*Brooke GINTERT, Nuno GRACIAS**
18.748	Status and Trends of Coral Reef Systems from Natural Reserves in Puerto Rico: evaluating resilience, bleaching mortality and the influence of mesoscale eddys	Jorge GARCIA-SAIS*
18.749	Dynamics of coral communities in Sekisei Lagoon, Okinawa, Japan	Tadashi KIMURA*
18.750	10 years ReefCheck Surveys in Japan	*Mariko ABE, Yasuaki MIYAMOTO, Megumu TSUCHIKAWA, Chihiro NISHIHARA, Akira IGUCHI, Nobuo WATANABE**
18.751	The Results of the First Comprehensive Benthic Assessment of the Coral Reef Habitats of Bermuda	*Thaddeus MURDOCH, Annie GLASSPOOL, Mike COLELLA**
18.753	Temporal Changes in Coral Communities Associated to Thalassia testudinum Meadows at the Inner Bay of Mochima, Venezuela	Sheila M. PAULS*
18.754	Habitat validation and resource assessment of a grouper spawning aggregation and mesophotic coral reef Marine Protected Area in the US Virgin Islands	*Tyler SMITH, Jeremiah BLONDEAU, Richard NEMETH, Jacqulyn CALNAN, Elizabeth KADISON**
18.755	Coral Community Composition in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands in Relation to Sources of Major Anthropogenic Impacts	Matthew DRAUD, Longin T. KACZMARSKY*
18.756	Structure and health condition of four sponge communities in the Archipielago de Los Roques National Park, Venezuela	*Estrella VILLAMIZAR, Maria Cristina DIAZ, Jeannette PEREZ, Humberto CAMISOTTI**
18.757	Quantification of Reef Benthos Communities and Variability Inherent to the Video Transect Method, Todos os Santos Bay, Bahia, Brazil	*Carla RAMOS, Fernanda AMARAL, Ruy KIKUCHI, Eduardo CHAVES, Gabriel RIVAS**
18.758	Coral reef biodiversity loss at Mexican Caribbean due to the increasing tourist development effects	*Gilberto ACOSTA GONZÁLEZ, Fabián RODRÍGUEZ-ZARAGOZA, Carlos GONZÁLEZ SALAS, Jesús ARIAS GONZÁLEZ**
18.759	The Status of the Reefs of Sudan in 2007	*Rebecca KLAUS, Jeremy KEMP, Melita SAMOILYS, Holger ANLAUF**
18.760	Status of Coral Reefs in Iranian Waters of the Persian Gulf	*OMID SEDIGHISAVADKOUHI, HAMZEH VALAVI**
18.761	Fish communities and habitat interactions at two reef systems of the Gulf of Mexico.	*Gabriela NAVA MARTÍNEZ, Ernesto ARIAS**
18.762	Marine debris density on coral reefs around U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands	Sarah MYHRE*
18.763	Changes in Coral Reef Ecosystem Structure across Environmental and Human Impact Gradients	*Sheila WALSH, Elizabeth DINSDALE, Mary DONOVAN, Robert EDWARDS, Tracey MCDOLE**
18.764	A Coral Reef Monitoring experience: joining community and scientific participation.	Ana Lidia GASPAR*, Beatrice FERREIRA, Mauro MAIDA, Caroline FEITOSA, Sergio REZENDE, Eduardo MACEDO, Fabio NEGRAO, Ana Paula PRATES, Andreza PACHECO, Iara SOMMER, Liana MENDES, Joao Marcello CAMARGO, Bernadete BARBOSA, Danilo MARX
18.765	Differential recovery rates of selected Philippine reefs from impacts of the 1997-1998 ENSO event: A decade after	*Miledel Christine QUIBILAN, Karen Lou FRANCISCO, Rollan GERONIMO, Porfirio ALINO**
18.766	Damage and short-term recovery of coral reefs after consecutive hurricanes in a Caribbean Island	*Marinés MILLET-ENCALADA, Lorenzo ALVAREZ-FILIP, Roberto HERNÁNDEZ-LANDA, Héctor REYES-BONILLA**
18.767	Characterization of a Terrigenous reef at southwestern Gulf of Mexico	Horacio PÉREZ-ESPAÑA*, Jacobo SANTANDER MONSALVO, Sarahi GÓMEZ VILLADA, Miguel Ángel LOZANO ABURTO, Jezahel Virgilio MIRANDA ZACARÍAS, Juan Manuel VARGAS HERNÁNDEZ, Maribel DAMIÁN VELÁZQUEZ, Sachiko HAYASAKA RAMÍREZ
18.768	The Presence of Deep-coral Reefs (40 – 120 m) in Hawaii	*Anthony MONTGOMERY, John ROONEY, Richard PYLE, Raymond BOLAND, Frank PARRISH, Heather SPALDING, Ken LONGNECKER, Brian POPP**
18.769	Differential Susceptibilities Among Coral Species to Recurrent (1998, 2002, 2005 and 2006) Coral Bleaching Phenomenon in the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, Southeast Coast of India.	*Kannan JAYAKUMAR, Arumugam Kuppusamy KUMARAGURU**
18.770	The Corals of Akumal, Riviera Maya, Mexico.	*Daniel TORRUCO, Alicia GONZÁLEZ**
18.771	Bathymetric distribution of the Benthic Marine Flora in Chemuyil, Mexico.	*Alicia GONZÁLEZ, Daniel TORRUCO**
18.772	Two centuries of structuration of tropical benthic comunities on the lava flows of Piton de la Fournaise (Reunion Island)	*J. Henrich BRUGGEMANN, Mireille M.M. GUILLAUME**
18.773	Florida Keys Coral Reef Evaluation and Monitoring Project: Patch Reefs	Michael COLELLA*

Mini-Symposium 18: Reef Status and Trends

Mini-Symposium 18:
Reef Status and Trends