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Mini-Symposium 9:
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
15:30 - 15:45 | Herbivore diversity and feeding complementarity affect the structure of Caribbean reefs | Mark HAY*, Deron BURKEPILE | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
15:45 - 16:00 | Are tropical herbivores more tolerant of chemically-rich seaweeds than are temperate herbivores? A test of seaweed-herbivore coevolution. | Erik SOTKA*, Amanda MCCARTY | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
16:00 - 16:15 | Organic Matter Release by Coral Reef Associated Benthic Algae - Implications for in-situ Oxygen Dynamics | Andreas HAAS*, Malik NAUMANN, Florian MAYER, Christoph MAYR, Mohammed AL-ZIBDAH, Christian WILD | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
16:15 - 16:30 | Nutrient Distribution Across the Insular Shelf of Puerto Rico: Assessment by Algal Tissue Nitrogen | Brandi TODD*, David L. BALLANTINE, Ernesto OTERO | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
16:30 - 16:45 | Evaluation of Biotic and Abiotic Factors that Facilitate and Maintain Cyanobacteria Blooms and Phase Shifts in Coral Communities | Kathleen SEMON*, Valerie PAUL, Mark CLEMENTZ, John Michael TRAPP, Karen ARTHUR | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
16:45 - 17:00 | The role of nutrients in Lyngbya growth and chemical defense | Karen ARTHUR*, Valerie PAUL, Cliff ROSS, Hans PAERL, Jennifer JOYNER, Judith O'NEIL | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
17:00 - 17:15 | Ecological consequences of cyanobacterial blooms on coral reefs | Valerie PAUL*, Cliff ROSS, Raphael RITSON-WILLIAMS, Linda WALTERS, Karen ARTHUR, Sarath GUNASEKERA, Theresa MEICKLE | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
17:15 - 17:30 | The Good, the Bad, and the Smelly: Positive and Negative Settlement Cues for Coral Larvae | Raphael RITSON-WILLIAMS*, Valerie J. PAUL, Suzanne ARNOLD, Robert S. STENECK, Ilsa B. KUFFNER, Linda J. WALTERS, Mikel A. BECERRO | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
17:30 - 17:45 | Natural inducers for larval metamorphosis in three scleractinian corals | Peter SCHUPP*, Makoto KITAMURA, Daisuke UEMURA | 113/114 |
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Thursday
July 10, 2008 |
17:45 - 18:00 | Effects of copper toxicity on three species of scleractinian corals | Gretchen BIELMYER*, Philip GILLETTE, Martin GROSELL, Ranjeet BHAGOOLI, Andrew BAKER, Chris LANGDON, Tom CAPO | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
10:00 - 10:15 | Chemical Ecology is the Key to Understanding Sponges on Caribbean Coral Reefs | Joseph PAWLIK* | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
10:15 - 10:30 | Toxic Reef Syndrome: the Sponge-Seaweed Connection and the Consequences of Allelopathic Impacts of Sponges and Seaweeds on Degraded Caribbean Coral Reefs | Niels LINDQUIST*, Chris S. MARTENS, James L. HENCH, Jeremy B. WEISZ, Melissa W. SOUTHWELL, Brian POPP, Nyssa SILBIGER, Patrick GIBSON | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
10:30 - 10:45 | Is allelopathy involved in coral death by encrusting excavating sponges? | Andia CHAVES-FONNEGRA*, Leonardo CASTELLANOS, Sven ZEA, Carmenza DUQUE, Carlos JIMÉNEZ, Jaime RODRIGUEZ | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
10:45 - 11:00 | The association between the Orange Icing Sponge and Caribbean corals- More than a mutualism? | Tse-Lynn LOH*, Joseph PAWLIK | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
11:00 - 11:15 | Phenotypic plasticity in chemical defense and growth across a depth gradient in Caribbean sponges | Marc SLATTERY*, Michael LESSER, Sridevi ANKISETTY, Deborah GOCHFELD | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
11:15 - 11:30 | Antioxidant activity of extracts and secondary metabolites from Pseudopterogorgia sps | Maia MUKHERJEE*, Lyndon WEST, Howard LASKER, Gregory SCHMIDT, William FITT | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
11:30 - 11:45 | New Hemiketal Steroid from the Introduced Soft Coral Chromonephthea braziliensis Ofwegan as Chemical Defense Against Generalist Fishes | Beatriz FLEURY*, Bruno LAGES, Jussara BARBOSA, Carlos KAISER, Angelo C. PINTO | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
11:45 - 12:00 | UV Protective Sunscreen in Coral Reef Fish Mucus | Maxi ECKES*, Sophie DOVE, Alexandra GRUTTER, Ulrike SIEBECK | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
12:00 - 12:15 | The Role of Chemical Signals in the Feeding Behavior of Crown-of-Thorns Seastar, Acanthaster planci | Ciemon Frank CABALLES*, Peter SCHUPP | 113/114 |
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Friday
July 11, 2008 |
12:15 - 12:30 | A new role for dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) as a foraging cue for coral reef fishes | Jennifer DEBOSE*, Sean LEMA, Gabrielle NEVITT | 113/114 |