Thursday, August 9, 2007: 1:30 PM-5:00 PM
J2, San Jose McEnery Convention Center
COS 124 - Ecology of marine ecosystems and reefs
1:30 PMCOS 124-1Vermetid snails reduce growth and survival of corals and shift coral species composition
Craig W. Osenberg, University of Florida, Jeffrey S. Shima, Victoria University of Wellington, Adrian Stier, University of Florida
1:50 PMCOS 124-2Relationships between coral quality and parrotfish corallivory: A long-term predator-exclusion experiment on the Belizean barrier reef
Randi D. Rotjan, Tufts University, James L. Dimond, Marine Biological Laboratory, Sara M. Lewis, Tufts University
2:10 PMCOS 124-3Effects of the alga Turbinaria ornata on the growth of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa
Andrea Rivera, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Annie Yau, University of California, Santa Barbara, Hunter Lenihan, University of California, Santa Barbara
2:30 PMCOS 124-4Assessment and monitoring of the Faganeanea channel for coral reef management
Saneterini Amosa Jr., American Samoa Community College, Sina Gogo, American Samoa Community College
2:50 PMCOS 124-5The impact of artificial reefs in the Mediterranean coast of Israel on the fish assemblage of the surroundings natural rocky habitat
Ehud Spanier, University of Haifa, Dor Edelist, University of Haifa
3:10 PM Break
3:20 PMCOS 124-6Phase shift of larval release by pocilloporid corals in a semi-enclosed embayment with spring tide induced upwelling
Tung-Yung Fan, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Ke-Han Lin, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Fu-Wen Kuo, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Lee-Shing Fang, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
3:40 PMCOS 124-7Invasives and MPAs: Effective or not?
Julie B. Kellner, University of California, Davis, Alan Hastings, University of California, Davis
4:00 PMCOS 124-8Recruitment of coastal fishes and oceanographic variability in central California
Jono R. Wilson, UCSB, Bernardo R. Broitman, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
4:20 PMCOS 124-9Population structure of the purple sea urchin and the giant kelp at the southern end of their range in the Northern Hemisphere
Rodrigo Beas, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada, Lydia Ladah, Centro de Investigacion y Estudios Superiores de Ensenada
4:40 PMCOS 124-10Spatial scales of mixing of salmon populations in the coastal ocean detected by genetic and isotopic signatures of origin
Rachel Barnett-Johnson, University of California Santa Cruz, Frank C. Ramos, Central Washington University, J. Carlos Garza, NOAA Fisheries, Churchill B. Grimes, NOAA Fisheries, R. Bruce MacFarlane, NOAA Fisheries

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