Reefs for the Future - Nova Southeastern University

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5:30 Scott WOOLDRIDGE*, Terry DONE
Quantifying the Synergistic Interaction Between Thermal Stress and Water Quality in Determining the
Differential Bleaching Susceptibility of Coral Communities on the GBR
5:45 Donald POTTS*
Are Refugia Based on Triage Principles the Last Hope for Reef Systems?
26. Biodiversity and Diversification of Reef Organisms
Co-Chairs: A. Kerr, G. Paulay, and M. Pichon
July 7 (Mon) 11:00–6:00 Room - Palm B
11:00 Rodolfo CLARO, Pedro ALCOLADO, Kenyon LINDEMAN*
The Marine Biodiversity of Cuba
11:15 Gilberto AMADO-FILHO*
Rhodolith Beds Diversity in a Gradient from 3 to 60 Meters Depth at the Brazilian Continental Shelf
11:30 Maria C. DIAZ*, Klaus RUETZLER
Reef and Mangrove Sponge Fauna: A Systematic Comparison, and an Evolutionary Hypothesis
11:45 Yehuda BENAYAHU*, Michael H. SCHLEYER, Shimrit PERKOL-FINKEL, Alex SHLAGMAN
Diversity of Soft Corals (Octocorallia) in Kenya and the Adjacent Pemba Island (Tanzania) with Reference to
Other South Equatorial East African Reefs
12:00 Michael SCHLEYER*, Yehuda BENAYAHU
Soft Coral Biodiversity and Distribution in the Western Indian Ocean: Gradients, Function and Significance
12:15 Ian ENOCHS*, Gena HOCKENSMITH
Vagile Coelobites of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs: Structurally Homogenous Reef Environments and the
Importance of Substrate in Shaping Community Composition
3:30 Uwe ZAJONZ*, Dr. Friedhelm KRUPP
Coastal Fish Communities of the Socotra Archipelago: “Pseudo-Reefal” Diversity and Ecology Without
Coral Reefs
3:45 Gregory CONCEPCION*, Samuel KAHNG, Marc CREPEAU, Erik FRANKLIN, Steve COLES, Robert TOONEN
Molecular Data Suggest an Indo-Pacific Origin of the Invasive Snowflake Coral (Carijoa Riisei) in the
Hawaiian Archipelago and Refute a Caribbean Introduction
4:00 Daphne FAUTIN*
Biodiversity of Reefs: Inferring from Sparse Data
4:15 Laetitia PLAISANCE*, Christopher MEYER, Gustav PAULAY, Russell BRAINARD, Amy HALL, Julian CALEY,
Nancy KNOWLTON
Standardized Sampling and Molecular Approaches for Assessing Marine Biodiversity of Coral Reefs
4:30 Amy HALL*, Russell BRAINARD, Julian CALEY, Scott GODWIN, Leslie HARRIS, Nancy KNOWLTON, Tito LOTUFO,
Joel MARTIN, Kaylyn MCCOY, Megan MOEWS, Russell MOFFITT, Gustav PAULAY, Laetitia PLAISANCE
Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures (ARMS): A Tool for Monitoring Indices of Biodiversity
4:45 Russell MOFFITT*, Russell BRAINARD, Julian CALEY, Scott GODWIN, Amy HALL, Leslie HARRIS, Elizabeth KEENAN,
Nancy KNOWLTON, Tito LOTUFO, Jim MARAGOS, Joel MARTIN, Sea MCKEON, Megan MOEWS, Gustav PAULAY,
Cory PITTMAN, Alison SHERWOOD, John STARMER, Brian ZGLICZYNSKI
Biodiversity Census at French Frigate Shoals, a Baseline Diversity Study
5:00 Zoltan SZABO, John RANDALL, Randall KOSAKI, Brian BOWEN*
Age and Origin of Hawaiian Endemic Fishes in the Papahânaumokuâkea Marine National Monument
5:15 Benjamin VALLEJO JR*
How Useful Is Panbiogeography in Deconstructing Philippine Coral Reef Biogeography?
5:30 Sergio FLOETER*, Luiz ROCHA, Ross ROBERTSON
Atlantic Reef Fish Biogeography and Evolution
5:45 Laurent VIGLIOLA*, Serge ANDREFOUET, Michel KULBICKI, Christine KRANENBOURG, Pierre LEGENDRE, Pierre
LABROSSE, Samasoni SAUNI, Pierre BOBLIN
A Regional Scale Diversity-Environment Relationship for Pacific Coral Reef Fish Communities
11 th International Coral Reef Symposium ■ Reefs for the Future