11ICRS: Mini-Symposium 26 - Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms

Mini-Symposium 26:
Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms

Poster Presentations: Thursday, July 10, 2008 16:00 - 18:00 Exhibit Hall A-D (Click on presentation title to view abstract)

POSTER BOARD #	TITLE	*AUTHORS (^ indicates Presenting Author)**
26.1162	INVENTORY AND DISTRIBUTION of CORAL REEF ASCIDIANS BIODIVERSITY IN BEARAU REGENCY WATERS of EAST KALIMANTAN	*Muhammad ABRAR, Anna E.W. MANNUPUTY**
26.1163	Diversity of Marine ornamental fishes in Gulf of Mannar Biosphere, India	*RAJAGOPALSAMY CHINNAKONDA, VENKATARAMANI VK, JAWAHAR PAULRAJ**
26.1164	Alpha and functional biodiversity-biomass relationships in coral reef fishes of the South Pacific	*KULBICKI MICHEL, VIGLIOLA LAURENT, WANTIEZ LAURENT, MOUTHAM GERARD**
26.1165	A Practical Guide to the Large and Abundant Diatoms in Farmer-Fish Territories	Christopher LOBBAN*
26.1166	Protist Biodiversity: Ciliates With Zooxanthellae and Other Noteworthy Ciliates on Coral Reefs	*Christopher LOBBAN, Maria SCHEFTER**
26.1167	The sponge fauna of Indonesian marine lakes	*Leontine BECKING, Nicole DE VOOGD**
26.1168	Coral Reef Profile in Layang Layang Island of Malaysia	Daud AWANG*
26.1169	Species boundaries and evolutionary lineages in the blue green damselfishes Chromis viridis and C. atripectoralis (Pomacentridae)	*Tawfiq FROUKH, Marc KOCHZIUS**
26.1170	Cymothoid isopods on Coral Reef Fishes in the near shore marine environment of St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles.	*Maureen SULLIVAN, Raphaela STIMMELMAYR**
26.1171	Species diversity of fishes in main coral reefs of China	*Wentao NIU, Rongcheng LIN**
26.1172	Two species of giant clams (Tridacnidae) show different depth distributions and divergent feeding strategies	*Carin JANTZEN, Christian WILD, Mohammed EL-ZIBDAH, Hilly ROA-QUIAOIT, Christoph HAACKE, Claudio RICHTER**
26.1173	A Molecular Assessment of Speciation and Evolutionary History of the Globally Distributed Spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)	Vincent RICHARDS, Marcy HENNING, Wayne WITZELL, Mahmood SHIVJI*
26.1174	Coral assemblages of Cabo Verde Islands (North Atlantic): Preliminary assessment and description.	*João MONTEIRO, Corrine ALMEIDA, Rui FREITAS, Aricson DELGADO, Filipe PORTEIRO, Ricardo S. SANTOS**
26.1175	Recent Sightings of Longsnout Seahorse, Hippocampus reidi in the marine environment of St. Kitts, Lesser Antilles	*Vajai LATCHMAN, Maureen SULLIVAN, Raphaela STIMMELMAYR**
26.1176	Comparison of Bacterial Diversity within the Coral Reef Sponge, Axinella corrugata, the Encrusting Coral Erythopodium Caribaeorum and Adjacent Environmental Samples	*Jose LOPEZ, Peter MCCARTHY, Angela LEDGER, Llanie RANZER, Russell KERR, Alan DUCKWORTH**
26.1177	What are the Genetic Relationships among Morphospecies within the Coral Genus Madracis?	*Maria Catalina REYES-NIVIA, Rolf PM BAK, Pedro R FRADE**
26.1178	Reef corals of Clipperton Atoll, Eastern Pacific	Pedro MEDINA-ROSAS*
26.1179	Biodiversity and spatial composition of soft-bottom macrobenthic communities in coral reefs areas and adjacent shores from Reunion Island (Southwest Indian Ocean)	*Lionel BIGOT, Dorothée TADDEI, Patrick FROUIN, Jean-Michel AMOUROUX, Antoine GREMARE**
26.1180	Biodiversity and Ecological Aspects of Saint Martin’s Coral Island, Bangladesh	Abu Hena Mustafa KAMAL*
26.1181	Diversity of Gorgonians and Growth of Menella sp. and Dichotella sp. in the Gulf of Thailand	*Thepsuda LOYJIW, Suchana CHAVANICH, Voranop VIYAKARN**
26.1182	Morphometric Examination of Corallite and Colony Variability on the Caribbean Coral Montastraea cavernosa	*Hector RUIZ, Ernesto WEIL**
26.1183	Sipunculans Bioeroders From Dead Coral Substrate in the Colombian Caribbean	*Carlos GÓMEZ SOTO, Adolfo SANJUAN MUÑOZ, Tatiana RICO BUITRAGO, Andrés FRANCO HERRERA**
26.1184	Icthiofauna associated with coral reef system in San Esteban National Park, Venezuela	Ana HERRERA-REVELES, José G. RODRÍGUEZ*
26.1185	BIODIVERSITY OF CRYPTOFAUNA ASSOCIATED WITH CORAL REEFS IN LOS ROQUES NATIONAL PARK, VENEZUELA	*Kira LOPEZ, David BONE, Carmen RODRÍGUEZ, Fabiola PADILLA, Kira LOPEZ**
26.1186	Phylogenetic Relationships Within the Speciose Soft Coral Genus Sinularia	*Catherine MCFADDEN, Elizabeth BECKMAN, Leen VAN OFWEGEN, Yehuda BENAYAHU**
26.1187	Do Seagrasses Attract the juveniles of Coral Reef Fish?	*Chen-Lu LEE, Hsing-Juh LIN**
26.1188	The centers of coral reef mollusc species richness in the Philippines	Benjamin VALLEJO JR*
26.1189	Pocillopora verrucosa and Pocillopora meandrina are Distinct Species: Morphometric Evidences	*Jérémie VIDAL-DUPIOL, Michel PICHON**
26.1190	Environmental, Ecological, and Biogeographic Factors Controlling the Distribution of Symbiodinium Diversity among Coral Reef habitats in Barbados, Eastern Caribbean	*J. Christine FINNEY, Todd LAJEUNESSE, Hazel OXENFORD**
26.1191	Building regional taxonomic capacity supports marine management and biodiversity conservation efforts	*Edward LOVELL, Johnson SEETO, Victor BONITO**
26.1192	Community structure and biodiversity of Chinchorro Bank, Mexico	*Ernesto CHAVEZ, José Manuel BORGES-SOUZA**
26.1193	Patterns of the Benthic Community Structure in Coral Reefs of the north western Caribbean	*José M BORGES-SOUZA, Ernesto A CHAVEZ**
26.1194	Morphological and genetic variation implicates monotypy for Briareum (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) in the Western Atlantic	*Jaret BILEWITCH, Kathryn COATES**
26.1195	PATTERNS OF ZOOXANTHELLATE SCLERACTINIA BIODIVERSITY IN NEW CALEDONIA	*Francesca BENZONI, Gregory LASNE, Michel PICHON, Claude PAYRI**
26.1196	Cryptic Diversity of Sea cucumbers: the nocturnal monsters, Bohadschia (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae)	*Sun KIM, Alexander KERR, Gustav PAULAY**
26.1197	THE ABUNDANCE, SIZE CLASSES AND DIVERSITY OF FISH IN VARIOUS REEF MICROHABITATS AT BONGOYO ISLAND	*Prisca MZIRAY, Gregory M. WAGNER**
26.1198	The Corallosphere: A web-based collaboration tool for the taxonomy and systematics of scleractinian corals	*Kenneth JOHNSON, Jaroslaw STOLARSKI, Stephen CAIRNS, Ann BUDD**
26.1199	THE GENUS PACIFIGORGIA AT EASTERN PACIFIC ROCKY REEFS (COLOMBIA)	*Nelson MANRIQUE RODRÍGUEZ, Camila GRANADOS CIFUENTES, Luisa DUEÑAS, Néstor E. ARDILA, Juan A. SÁNCHEZ**
26.1200	Algal symbiont distributions in scleractinian corals from the Eighth Continent	*Andrew BAKER, Roxane BOONSTRA, Herman WIRSHING, Faratiana RATSIFANDRIHAMANANA, Herilala RANDRIAMAHAZO, Mebrahtu ATEWEBERHAN, Timothy MCCLANAHAN**
26.1201	The octocoral Carijoa riisei (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1860) as a Potencial Ecosystem Engineer in Brazilian Coast	*BARBARA MOURA NEVES, CARLOS PEREZ**
26.1202	We Are Family: Phylogenetic Analysis of Family Level Relationships Among Scleractinian Corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa)	*Joel STAKE, Cherissre BOATENG, Elisha JNO-BAPTISTE, Sandra ROMANO**
26.1203	Rapid Speciation, Allopatric Differentiation, and Simple Morphology Confound True Diversity of Some of the Largest Mobile Reef Invertebrates (Actinopyga, Holothuroidea, Echinodermata)	Kris NETCHY*
26.1204	A multi-scale analysis of coral species diversity patterns along the Florida Reef Tract	*Mark CHIAPPONE, Dione SWANSON, Leanne RUTTEN, Steven MILLER**
26.1205	A Multivariate Analysis of the Scleractinian Genus Meandrina (Lamarck, 1801): evidence for a new species.	*Jorge PINZON, Ernesto WEIL**
26.1206	Octocoral Abundance and Diversity Associated to Eastern Pacific Rocky Reefs (Colombia)	*Nestor ARDILA, Johana PARRA, Dairo ESCOBAR, Nelson MANRIQUE, Juan SANCHEZ**
26.1208	Multiple ecological radiations of sea cucumbers onto coral reefs	*Alexander KERR, Ronald CLOUSE, Mark O’LOUGHLIN, Tim O'HARA, Daniel JANIES**
26.1209	Structure of coral reef fish communities associated with massive and branching corals at Gorgona Island, Tropical Eastern Pacific	*Julio C. BENÍTEZ, Santiago CUEVAS, Alan GIRALDO, Fernando A. ZAPATA**
26.1210	Species catalogs for deepwater coral communities of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico	*Emma HICKERSON, G.P. SCHMAHL**
26.1211	Distribution and abundance of soft corals in Thai Waters	*Thanongsak CHANMETHAKUL, Hansa CHANSANG, Suparoek WATANASIT, Philip ALDERSLADE**
26.1212	Habitats and Biodiversity of Ningaloo Reef Lagoon, Western Australia	*Mike VAN KEULEN, Neil LONERAGAN, Greg SKILLETER, Nicole PINNEL, Halina KOBRYN, Lynnath BECKLEY**
26.1213	Applying DNA Barcode on Species Identification and Recruitment of Coral Fishes	*Hui-Ling KO, Kwang-Tsao SHAO, Li-Lian LIU**
26.1214	Fish Community Structure in Two Coral Formations from Malpelo Island, Colombian Pacific.	Adriana ALZATE-VALLEJO, Fernando A. ZAPATA*
26.1215	Diversity of Symbiodinium in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef	*Pim BONGAERTS, Thomas BRIDGE, Eugenia SAMPAYO, Norbert ENGLEBERT, Tyrone RIDGWAY, Mauricio RODRIGUEZ-LANETTY, Jody WEBSTER, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG**
26.1216	Distribution of the family Pomacentridae in the depth gradient of a coral reef in Isla Larga, San Esteban National Park, Venezuela.	*Lisette MOLINS, Jose RODRIGUEZ**
26.1217	Species richness of marine benthic habitats in South Florida	*Sitti Zayda HALUN, James FOURQUREAN**
26.1218	Species, Distribution and Community Structure of the Scleractinian Corals Genus Acropora in the Gulf of Thailand	*Anchalee CHANKONG, Vipoosit MANTHACHITRA**
26.1219	Preliminary results of Marine Algae of Madagascar Reef, Yucatan, Mexico: a functional group approach.	*Ileana ORTEGÓN-AZNAR, Noemi RAMIREZ-MISS, Hilda LEÓN-TEJERA, Michele GOLD-MORGAN, Stjepko GOLUBIC**
26.1220	Seasonal Variation in Zooplankton Composition and Grazing Impact on Phytoplankton Standing Stock in the Coral Reef Bay--Sanya, China	*Liangmin HUANG, Yehui TAN, Xingyu SONG**
26.1221	Diversity in a marine species complex: a study of the Hypoplectrus coral reef fish genus.	*Ben HOLT, Isabelle COTE, Brent EMERSON**
26.1222	Spatial and Temporal Variation of Macrofauna in Reef-associated Halimeda and Seagrass of a Bleach-resisting Bay in Sri Lanka	*Suki EKARATNE, Danister JOHN**
26.1223	Reef biodiversity research at the Florida Museum of Natural History	*Gustav PAULAY, John SLAPCINSKY, Amanda BEMIS, Sarah MACPHERSON**
26.1224	Checklist and Morphometry of the Benthic Cnidarians of Some Sites at the Fernando de Noronha, Archipelago, Pernambuco State, Brazil	*Fernanda AMARAL, Carla RAMOS, Zelinda LEÃO, Ruy KIKUCHI, Kyllderes LIMA, Leila LONGO, Selma VASCONCELOS, Ralf CORDEIRO**
26.1225	Update of the Checklist and Distribution of the Cnidarians of Saint Peter and St. Paul Archipelago, Brazil	*Fernanda AMARAL, Carla RAMOS, Kyllderes LIMA, Susan SILVEIRA, Selma VASCONCELOS, Simone LIRA**
26.1226	Biodiversity of Benthic Communities at High Latitudes of the Red Sea	Moshira HASSAN*
26.1227	Cryptobenthic reef fishes at Los Roques National Park, Venezuela.	José RODRÍGUEZ*
26.1228	Cryptofauna associated to Montastraea annularis’s dead fragments in continental coral reefs from Venezuela	Alessandra RIVOLTA, Carmen RODRIGUEZ, Marcos COLMENARES, Jose RODRIGUEZ*
26.1229	Barcoding Larval Rain in Moorea	*Jonathan GELLER, Serge PLANES, Jonathan GRONDIN, Meyer CHRISTOPHER, Gustav PAULAY, Alice ALDREDGE, Kate HANSON**
26.1230	Gamete competition is a prezygotic barrier in broadcast spawning sea urchins: Evidence from mixing gametes of two species and rearing the offspring	*M. Aminur RAHMAN, Tsuyoshi UEHARA**
26.1231	Diversity and abundance of reef macro invertebrates (Mollusca, Echinodermata) in the southern Gulf of California, México	Maria Dinorah HERRERO-PEREZRUL*
26.1232	A quantitative assessment of the cryptobenthic fish assemblage on isolated coral colonies in the tropical eastern Pacific.	*Adriana ALZATE VALLEJO, Fernando A. ZAPATA, Alan GIRALDO**
26.1233	Absence of mitochondrial variation in three species of tropical sea anemones, Heteractis magnifica, Heteractis crispa,, and Entacmaea quadricolor, in populations from the Indian and Pacific Ocean	Tina DOHNA, Marc KOCHZIUS, Tina DOHNA*
26.1235	What Are the Costs of Bad Taxonomic Practices?	*Kathryn COATES, Jan LOCKE**
26.1236	Knowledge base on coral Systematics of the Mascarene archipelago : presentation of the results	*Yannick GEYNET, Michel PICHON, Gérard FAURE, David GROSSER**
26.1237	Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Indicate Very Low Genetic Variation Between Porites porites, P. furcata, and P. divaricata	*Matthew LUCAS, Semoya PHILLIPS, Sandra ROMANO**

Mini-Symposium 26: Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms

Mini-Symposium 26:
Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms