11th ICRS Abstract book - Nova Southeastern University

Contents
Sponsors.................................................................................................................................................... iii
Mini-Symposium Co-Chairs .....................................................................................................................v
Plenary ...................................................................................................................................................... xi
Mini-Symposium Sessions
Oral
1. Lessons From the Past .............................................................................................................................1
2. Biotic Response to Ancient Environmental Change in Indo-Pacific Coral Reefs...................................9
3. Calcification and Coral Reef - Past and Future .....................................................................................13
4. Coral Reef Organisms as Recorders of Local and Global Environmental Change ...............................18
5. Functional Biology of Corals and Coral Symbiosis: Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and
Physiology..........................................................................................................................................26
6. Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics of Coral Reef Organisms .......................................................39
7. Diseases on Coral Reefs.........................................................................................................................46
8. Coral Microbial Interactions..................................................................................................................59
9. Chemical Ecology on Coral Reefs.........................................................................................................68
10. Ecological Processes on Today's Reef Ecosystems.............................................................................73
11. From Molecules to Moonbeams: How is Reproductive Timing Regulated in Coral Reef
Organisms? ......................................................................................................................................91
12. Reef Resilience ..................................................................................................................................100
13. Evolution and Conservation of Coral Reef Ecosystems....................................................................107
14. Reef Connectivity ..............................................................................................................................110
15. Progress in Understanding the Hydrodynamics of Coral Reef Systems............................................125
16. Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring of Coral Reefs - New Technologies and Approaches........129
17. Emerging Techniques in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Analysis .................................................141
18. Reef Status and Trends ......................................................................................................................150
19. Biogeochemical Cycles in Coral Reef Environments........................................................................163
20. Modeling Concepts and Processes on Coral Reefs............................................................................170
21. Social-ecological Systems .................................................................................................................174
22. Coral Reef Associated Fisheries ........................................................................................................183
23. Reef Management ..............................................................................................................................196
24. Reef Restoration.................................................................................................................................215
25. Predicting Reef Futures in the Context of Climate Change: Is 500 ppm CO2 and 2°C of
warming the 'tipping point' for coral reefs? ....................................................................................228
26. Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms.........................................................................242
Poster
1. Lessons from the Past ..........................................................................................................................261
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