Reefs for the Future - Nova Southeastern University

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11:45 Roberta BONALDO*, David BELLWOOD
Size-Dependent Variation in the Functional Role of the Parrotfish Scarus Rivulatus on the Great Barrier
Reef, Australia
12:00 Rebecca FOX*, David BELLWOOD
Herbivory Under Altered Community States - Is What You See What You Get?
12:15 David BELLWOOD*
Herbivory on Coral Reefs: The Challenge of Change
3:30 Struan SMITH*, Richard ARONSON, John OGDEN
Continuing Decline of Montastraea Populations on Protected and Unprotected Reefs in the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary
3:45 Danielle JAYEWARDENE*
Relative Strengths of Factors Affecting Community Structure in the Main Hawaiian Islands
4:00 Peter HOUK*, John STARMER
Coral Reef Assemblages and Diversity in the Volcanic Northern Mariana Islands
4:15 Noa SHENKAR*, Omri BRONSTEIN, Yossi LOYA
The Rise and Fall of a Coral Reef Ascidian
4:30 Michael NELSEN*, Stephen RATCHFORD, Nanette E. CHADWICK
Population Dynamics of the Corkscrew Anemone Bartholomea Annulata on Caribbean Coral Reefs:
Implications for Anemoneshrimp Symbionts and Fish Cleaning Stations
4:45 Tali VARDI*, Dana E. WILLIAMS, K. Lindsey KRAMER
What Is the Future of the Threatened Acropora Palmata? Population Projections and Management
Recommendations
5:00 Thaddeus MURDOCH*, Richard ARONSON
Testing a Novel Functional Group Approach for Caribbean Hard Corals by Comparing Their Rank
Abundances Across the Florida Reef Tract Also Refutes the Unified Neutral Theory
5:15 Dione SWANSON*, Mark CHIAPPONE, Steven MILLER, Leanne RUTTEN, Steven G. SMITH, Jerald AULT
Spatial Dynamics of Scleractinian Coral Populations in the Florida Keys
5:30 Jessica GILNER*, Robert VAN WOESIK
Partial Mortality of Caribbean Corals: Modes, Trends, and Consequences
5:45 Joshua IDJADI*, Ronald KARLSON
Spatial Aggregation Promotes Species Coexistence of Reef-Building Corals
July 9 (Wed) 10:00–6:00 Room - Grand Ballroom
10:00 Richard VANCE*, Mark STEELE, Graham FORRESTER
Fish Demography in the Large
10:15 Mark STEELE*, Graham FORRESTER, Jameal SAMHOURI, Clare WORMALD
Large-Scale Experiment Reveals Effects of Habitat Structure on Coral Reef Fish Assemblages
10:30 Graham FORRESTER*, Mark STEELE, Jameal SAMHOURI, Richard VANCE
Extrapolating from Small-Scale Experiments: Predation and Refuge-Shortage in Coral Reef Fishes
10:45 Jameal SAMHOURI*, Richard VANCE, Graham FORRESTER, Mark STEELE
Musical Chairs: Competition for Unguarded Refuges and Density-Dependent Mortality
11:00 Karen NEELY*
Substrate Effects on Reef Fish Distribution
11:15 Mati HALPERIN*, Yehuda BENAYAHU
Competitive Displacement Vs. Habitat Structure: The Selection Agents That Shape Microhabitat
Recognition of a Damselfish Over Time
11:30 Paul YOSHIOKA*
Fish Grazers as Gatekeepers of the Species Composition of Coral Reefs
11:45 Andrew BROOKS*, Sally HOLBROOK, Russell SCHMITT, Hannah STEWART
Coral Morphology Modulates the Benefits of Resident Fishes to Coral Growth?
11 th International Coral Reef Symposium ■ Reefs for the Future