Reefs for the Future - Nova Southeastern University

3:30 Seitaro S. YAMAZAKI*, Takashi NAKAMURA, Yeong Shyan YUEN, Hideo YAMASAKI
Photosynthetic Microorganisms Colonized Within Goniastrea Aspera
3:45 Rebecca VEGA THURBER*, Forest ROHWER
The Roles of Viruses in Corals
4:00 Francoise CAVADA*, Rene AYALA, Luis TROCCOLI, Juan CRUZ-MOTTA
Microalgae from the Mucus Layer of Two Massive Corals in the South-Eastern Caribbean, Venezuela
4:15 Kathleen MORROW*, Mark LILES, Nanette CHADWICK
Competition Between Caribbean Corals and Macroalgae: Is There a Detrimental Impact on Symbiotic
Coral-Bacterial Associations?
4:30 Lena HAZANOV*, Maoz FINE, Oded YARDEN
Coral-Associated Fungal Communities Under Decreased PH Conditions
4:45 Esti KRAMARSKY-WINTER*, Moshe HAREL, Nachshon SIBONI, Etan BEN DOV, Diana RASOULOUNIRIANA,
Ariel KUSHMARO, Loya YOSSI
Coral Associated Protists: Additional Partners in the Holobiont
5:00 Nachshon SIBONI*, Eitan BEN-DOV, Alex SIVAN, Ove HOEGH-GULDBERG, Ariel KUSHMARO
Global Diversity and Distribution of Coral Associated Archaea and the Possible Role in Coral Nitrogen
Cycle
5:15 D. Abigail RENEGAR*, Genelle F. HARRISON, Patricia L. BLACKWELDER, Joel E. THURMOND, Kimberly B. RITCHIE,
Bernardo VARGAS-ANGEL
Occurrence of Epidermal Bacteria in the Scleractinian Coral Montastraea Cavernosa
5:30 Geoffrey M. COOK*, Masoumeh SIKAROODI, Patrick M. GILLEVET, Paige ROTHENBERGER, Esther C. PETERS,
Robert B. JONAS
Bacterial Communities on Healthy and Diseased Corals: Associations with Rapid Tissue Loss (White
Plague)
5:45 Paige ROTHENBERGER*, Masoumeh SIKAROODI, Geoffrey COOK, Patrick GILLEVET, Esther PETERS, Robert JONAS
Tissue Loss and Tropical Storms: An Investigation of Bacterial Community Dynamics in Montastraea
Annularis Corals in St. Croix, USVI
July 7 (Mon) 12:30–12:45Room - 305
12:30 James CERVINO, Elizabeth LORENCE*, Fabiano THOMPSON, Konrad HUGHEN, Jessie KNEELAND, Garriet SMITH
Heat-Induced Toxin Production in Vibrio Species Associated with Yellow Band Disease
9. Chemical Ecology on Coral Reefs
Co-Chairs: V.J. Paul, K. Arthur, N. Lindquist, J. Pawlik
July 10 (Thu) 3:30–6:00 Room - 113/114
3:30 Mark HAY*, Deron BURKEPILE
Herbivore Diversity and Feeding Complementarity Affect the Structure of Caribbean Reefs
3:45 Erik SOTKA*, Amanda MCCARTY
Are Tropical Herbivores More Tolerant of Chemically-Rich Seaweeds Than Are Temperate Herbivores? a
Test of Seaweed-Herbivore Coevolution
4:00 Andreas HAAS*, Malik NAUMANN, Florian MAYER, Christoph MAYR, Mohammed AL-ZIBDAH, Christian WILD
Organic Matter Release by Coral Reef Associated Benthic Algae - Implications for in-Situ Oxygen Dynamics
4:15 Brandi TODD*, David L. BALLANTINE, Ernesto OTERO
Nutrient Distribution Across the Insular Shelf of Puerto Rico: Assessment by Algal Tissue Nitrogen
4:30 Kathleen SEMON*, Valerie PAUL, Mark CLEMENTZ, John Michael TRAPP, Karen ARTHUR
Evaluation of Biotic and Abiotic Factors That Facilitate and Maintain Cyanobacteria Blooms and Phase
Shifts in Coral Communities
4:45 Karen ARTHUR*, Valerie PAUL, Cliff ROSS, Hans PAERL, Jennifer JOYNER, Judith O’NEIL
The Role of Nutrients in Lyngbya growth and Chemical Defense
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