Friday morning, 22 March 2002
8:30
Session I (Superior)
Functional Morphology
chair: Alexander G. Cheroske
Functional morphology of antennular
setae of scyllarid lobsters. Dolores
Weisbaum* and Kari Lavalli
8:45
The design of the decapod claw:
inferring closing force from claw
mechanical advantage. Graeme M.
Taylor* and Paul S. Schmidt
9:00
A vision in white . . . and blue?:
flexibility in stomatopod color
communication associated with
different light environments. A. G.
Cheroske* and T. W. Cronin
Burrow ventilation by thalassinid
shrimp from the northern Gulf of
Mexico: mechanics of effluent
plumes and effects on benthic
communities. Christopher Finelli*
Life history phases and the
biomechanics of Chondrus crispus.
E. Carrington,* S. P. Grace, and T.
Chopin
9:15
9:30
9:45
Reconfiguration in intertidal
Chondrus crispus Stackhouse.
Michael L. Boller* and Emily
Carrington
7:30-8:30 Continential Breakfast
Session II (Michigan)
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Species Distribution
Human Impacts and Restoration
chair: Linda Sedlacek
chair: David Eggleston
Small-scale spatial variability in
Spawning and developmental success
harpacticoid emergence on a
of horseshoe crabs in Jamaica Bay,
continental shelf. Linda Sedlacek*
NY: a highly disturbed urban
and David Thistle
estuary. Mark L. Botton,* Robert E.
Loveland, and Tomio Itow
Distribution and abundance of
Anthropogenic impacts and
zooplankton at three depth increments plant/plant interactions. E. Irlandi,*
over a Florida coral reef. K. L.
M. Reiber, and K. Taplin
O’Neil,* K. B. Heidelberg, and K. P.
Sebens
Size-class spatial distribution of the
Mortality estimates of the southern
soldier crab Mictyris longicarpus
bay scallop (Argopecten irradians
Latreille. Francesca Rossi*
concentricus), in the Gulf of Mexico.
J. M. Greenawalt,* T. K. Frazer, and
Stephanie R. Keller
Spatial and temporal distribution of
Long-term changes in intertidal oyster
life history variants in the red alga,
reefs and the potential effects of
Mastocarpus papillatus. Janna
boating activities. Raymond
Fierst,* Janet Kübler, and Steve
Grizzle,* Jamie Adams, and Linda
Dudgeon
Walters
Factors controlling the distribution of The interacting effects of humans and
the green algal species Codium
nature on marine populations:
fragile at the Isles of Shoals. Adam
hurricanes and fishing contribute to
C. Jones* and Larry G. Harris
population decline in the blue crab.
David B. Eggleston,* L. E.
Etherington, and E. G. Johnson
Spatial displacement of the snail
Fishing pressure and the blue crab,
Melampus bidentatus by a sympatric
Callinectes sapidus: reproductive
salt marsh snail. Sarah Lee* and
consequences. D. L. Wolcott,* A. M.
Brian Silliman
Carver, T. Wolcott, and A. H. Hines
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Feeding
chair: Melissa A. Tillack
Differential dissolution and sorption
of 234Th, 210Pb, and 7Be in depositfeeder digestive fluids. David H.
Shull* and Lawrence M. Mayer
Lipid class and fatty acid profile of a
benthic harpacticoid copepod,
Heteropsyllus nunni; with a
comparison of pelagic copepod lipid
classes. Judith L. Williams*
Can whelks find food in flowing
fluid?. Matthew C. Ferner* and Marc
J. Weissburg
Feeding methods of Balanus
eburneus and Balanus amphitrite in
the Indian River Lagoon, Florida.
Melissa A. Tillack* and Lee F.
Braithwaite
Benefits and costs of fast food:
feeding and growth of southern oyster
drills, Stramonita haema-stoma
(Gastropoda: Muricidae), on
sabellariid worm reefs. J. T.
Watanabe* and C. M. Young
Gut passage times in penaeid shrimp:
differences between field and
laboratory measurements and
relevance to aquaculture. Jennifer
Beseres* and Robert Feller
Friday morning, 22 March 2002
Session I (Superior)
Life History
chair: Mark Hay
Fiddler crab fitness: exercise and the
cost of sex. Bengt J. Allen* and
Jeffrey S. Levinton
Session II (Michigan)
Spatial Ecology
chair: John Vavrinec
Mussel patch dynamics and spatial
temporal heterogeneity. R. A.
Coleman,* L. Benedetti-Cecchi, J.
Paula, N. J. Frost, and S. J. Hawkins
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Human Impacts and Restoration
chair: TBA
Testing the effects of crab predation
cues on enhancing clam restoration
efforts. Lindsay Whitlow,* William
Walton, and Beth Walton
10:45
Fitness consequences of prey
depletion for the common goby,
Pomatoschistus microps. Angus C.
Jackson,* Simon D. Rundle, and
Martin J. Attrill
Factors determining the composition
of infaunal beach communities at
large scales. M. T. Frost, M. J.
Attrill, A. A. Rowden
11:00
Tough decisions—having sex or
being dinner: the dilemma for some
tropical seaweeds. Mark E. Hay* and
Julia Kubanek
Marine macroecology: evidence from
patterns in soft sediment fauna in the
UK. Andy Foggo*
Sustainability of a new mechanical
clam harvesting rotation plan to
manage the hard clam (Mercenaria
mercenaria) fishery in North
Carolina. Eileen M. Vandenburgh,*
Charles H. Peterson, Sean P. Powers,
and Patricia L. Murphey
Estimation of expectation and
uncertainty of augmented fish
production of artificial reef. Sean P.
Powers,* Jonathan H. Grabowski,
Charles H. Peterson, and William J.
Lindberg
11:15
Fitness consequences of
allorecognition-mediated agonistic
interactions in the colonial hydroid
Hydractinia [GM]. D. L. Ferrell*
Pen shell community patterns and
assemblage: local and regional
dynamics. Pablo Munguía*
Ecological impacts of artificial
structures in estuaries. Fabio Bulleri*
11:30
The effect of substrate abundance on
oviposition behavior and the
consequences of communal egglaying in the apple murex snail,
Phyllonotus pomum. Cheryl A.
Swanson*
Indiscriminate fusion of swimming
sponge larvae. Katie E. McGhee*
Do regional assembly rules determine
the structure of coral reef
assemblages in the Indo-Pacific
Ocean?. Camilo Mora,* Paul
Chittaro, and Peter Sale
Assessing the roles of habitat
complexity and scale in oyster reef
restoration. Mark Luckenbach,* P.
G. Ross, Alan Birch, Stephanie
Bonniwell, and Susan Spears
10:30
11:45
Spatial and temporal complexity in
Infaunal colonization and succession
the progression and perpetuation of
in a 21-acre disturbance: the creation
alternate algal states
of the Friendship marsh. S.
John Vavrinec,* Robert S. Steneck,
Moseman,* C. Forder, and L. Levin
Douglas C. McNaught
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Feeding
chair: John D. Parker
Dietary preference for leaves of the
red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle)
as measured by leaf damage and by
mangrove tree crab (Aratus pisonii)
gut contents. A. A. Erickson,* M.
Saltis, S. S. Bell, and C. J. Dawes
Foraging ecology of Herring Gulls (L.
argentatus) and Great Black-backed
Gulls (Larus marinus) in New
England. Michelle Rome* and Julie
C. Ellis
Does preferential herbivory of
manatee grass over turtle grass
explain zonation of these two species
in seagrass beds adjacent to the Belize
barrier reef? E. J. von Wettberg,* A.
H. Altieri, E. W. Boyd, M. D. Lage,
C. P. Mullan, B. R. Silliman, Y.
Toyanaga, and M. D. Bertness
Predation on seeds of seagrasses by a
tanaid crustacean Zeuxo sp.: impact
on seed production of Zostera marina
and Zostera caulescens. Masahiro
Nakaoka*
Specialization on Spartina
alterniflora by a detritivorous
amphipod. John D. Parker,* Mark E.
Hay, and Joseph P. Montoya
Friday afternoon, 22 March 2002
Session I (Superior)
Fertilization, Spawning, and
Settlement
chair: TBA
Fertilization success on a surface
brooding gorgonian. Howard R.
Lasker*
Session II (Michigan)
Symbionts
chair: TBA
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Ecosystem
chair: Lulien Lartigue
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Spiny Lobsters
chair: Mark J. Butler
Digestive symbionts of the fiddler
crab Uca pugnax: who, where, and
why? Lara K. Gulmann* and Lauren
S. Mullineaux
Consumer regulation of marsh
primary production. Brian Reed
Silliman* and Mark Bertness
13:45
The effect of pre-settlement factors
on life history patterns in red algae
(Rhodophyta). Casey Terhorst,*
Janna Fierst, Janet Kübler, and Steve
Dudgeon
Star-crossed sponges: the spongebrittlestar association between
Callyspongia vaginalis and
Ophiothrix lineata. Timothy P.
Henkel* and J. R. Pawlik
14:00
Influence of secondary metabolites
from Caribbean sponges on bacterial
surface colonization. Sarah R. Kelly*
and Joseph R. Pawlik
14:15
Responses of juvenile and adult
Streblospio benedicti (Spionidae) to
chemical cues bound to glass
microbeads H. K. Mahon* and D. M.
Dauer
14:30
Are we chronically underestimating
the abundance of lobster postlarvae?
Eric R. Annis,* Ruth Howell, and
Robert S. Steneck
Hitchhiking hydroids: assessing the
relationship between the coquina
clams Donax and the hydroid
Lovenella gracilis. Joanne R.
Dougherty* and Michael P. Russell
Mining biodiversity: molecular
profiles of eubacterial associates of
Caribbean marine sponges. Jose V.
Lopez,* Cheryl L. Peterson, P. J.
McCarthy, Holly Page, T. Pitts, and
Shirley A. Pomponi
Possible sources for symbiont
variation within the genus Aiptasia
over time and space. Meredith
Dorner,* Scott Santos, Gemma May,
and Mary Alice Coffroth
Linking habitat change and nutrient
dynamics: comparison of food webs
and nitrogen fluxes in burrowing
shrimp- and oyster-dominated
habitats. Theodore H. DeWitt* and
Peter M. Eldridge
Measuring microphytobenthic
production and consumption using a
spectrophotometric method. A. L.
Dunsmuir* and J. Cebrian
Everglades restoration and the effects
of changing salinity on hard-bottom
communities in Florida Bay. Mark J.
Butler,* Scott Donahue, and Tom
Dolan
Quarantined! Ecological ramifications
of disease in the caribbean spiny
lobster, Panulirus argus. Donald C.
Behringer, Jr.*, Mark J. Butler IV,
and Jeffery D. Shields
14:45
Control of hatching in an estuarine
crab: hatching program in the
embryo, and a few chemicals as an
analog of the “hatching-program
inducing substance (HPIS)." M.
Saigusa* and H. Ikeda
13:30
Marine reserves in the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary: are they
protecting spiny lobsters?. Carrollyn
Cox* and John H. Hunt
The relationship between surface
water nutrients, seagrasses and their
associated epiphytes along Florida’s
central gulf coast. S. R. Keller,* J.
M. Greenawalt, and T. K. Frazer
The impact of sponge loss and
recovery on the florida bay benthic
community
Michael J. Childress*
An ecophysiological approach to
understanding patterns of nitrate
reduction in estuarine macroalgae.
Julien Lartigue* and Tim D Sherman
Behavior of grouped spiny lobsters,
Palinurus argus, under attack by
piscine predators, Balistes capriscus.
K. L. Lavalli,* W. F. Herrnkind, M.
Childress, and A. Evans
The variable effects of suspension
feeders and nutrient enrichment on
phytoplankton biomass in intertidal
pools on Swan’s Island, Maine.
Elizabeth T. Methratta*
Friday afternoon, 22 March 2002
Alphabetical index to poster session
Saturday morning, 23 March 2002
Session I (Superior)
Blue Crab Ecology
chair: Thomas G. Wolcott
8:30
Population dynamics and movement
patterns of blue crabs in estuarine salt
marshes. Eric G. Johnson* and David
B. Eggleston
8:45
Environmental cues and secondary
dispersal of blue crabs. Nathalie B.
Reyns* and David B. Eggleston
9:00
Selective tidal-stream transport
behavior of ovigerous blue crabs
Callinectes sapidus: role of circatidal
activity rhythms. Richard A.
Tankersley,* Richard B. Forward, Jr.,
and Patricia N. Pochelon
Ultrasonic telemetry of blue crab
nocturnal ebb-tide transport near a
barrier island inlet. Sarah D. Carr,*
Richard A. Tankersley, James L.
Hench, Richard B. Forward, Jr., and
Richard A. Luettich, Jr.
Entrainment of the larval release
rhythm of the blue crab, Callinectes
sapidus, by step changes in salinity
and the light:dark cycle. Tracy A.
Ziegler,* Richard A. Tankersley, and
Patricia Pochelon
Migration of adult female blue
crabs—do they smoke after mating?
Thomas G. Wolcott,* Donna L.
Wolcott, Heather V. Turner, and
Anson H. Hines
9:15
9:30
9:45
7:30-8:30 Continental breakfast
Session II (Michigan)
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Environmental Effects
Coral Reef Disease, Bleaching, and
chair: Steve Jury
Stress
chair: Joseph R. Pawlik
Ecological consequences of El-Niño
Redwoods of the reef? Demography
Southern Oscillation to coral reef
of the Caribbean barrel sponge
Foraminifera. F. Kelmo* and M.
Xestospongia muta. Joseph R.
Attrill
Pawlik*
Catastrophic disturbance, ecosystem
degradation, and population phase
shifts in Chesapeake Bay. Romuald
N. Lipcius* and Rochelle D. Seitz
Effects of hemichordate bioturbation
on infaunal abundance and
composition on a sandflat in
southeastern North Carolina. Troy
Alphin,* Martin Posey, and David
Wells
The effect of dynamic hypoxia on the
movement patterns and depth
distribution of adult blue crabs within
a highly eutrophic river. Geoffrey W.
Bell,* David B. Eggleston, and
Thomas G. Wolcott
The influence of temperature on
activity and density relative to catch
per unit effort in lobster traps. Steve
Jury,* Walter Golet, Hunt Howell,
and Win Watson
Antioxidant response of Leiostomus
xanthurus (spot) to hypoxia
Rebecca Cooper,* Lisa Clough, Mary
Farwell, and Terry West
Is mucus a primary means of
ultraviolet radiation protection in reef
building corals?. S. A. Schopmeyer*
and D. F. Gleason
Modeling the effects of chronic
increases in seawater temperature on
the population biology of reef corals.
Peter J. Edmunds*
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Species Distribution
chair: Cliff Cunningham
Physiology in the field: large and
small-scale gradients of
photosynthetic performance in fucoid
algae M. Lamote, Y. Lemoine, and
L. E. Johnson.*
Discrimination of fish from
mangroves and reefs using otolith
microchemistry. Paul M. Chittaro*
To drill or not to drill? Ecology and
evolution of a latitudinally variable
predator-prey interaction. Eric
Sanford,* Melissa S. Roth, Glenn C.
Johns, and George N. Somero
Bleaching stress and photosensitivity
in Amphistegina gibbosa, a reefdwelling foraminifer. D. E.
Williams,* P. Hallock, G. McRae,
and D. Otis
Life at the edge: examination of the
northern geographic range limit of an
intertidal snail. S. E. Gilman*
How will warming temperatures
affect a gorgonian–coral-pathogen
system? Experiments with the sea fan
(Gorgonia ventalina)–Aspergillus
interaction. Jessica R. Ward,* Drew
Harvell, and Kiho Kim
Size-specific rates and magnitude of
inducible antifungal defense in
gorgonian sea fans
Laura Petes* and Drew Harvell
Ice age kelp forests: climate-driven
changes in kelp forest distribution and
productivity since the last glacial
maximum. Michael H. Graham*
10:00-10:30 Coffee break
A research coordination network to
study the historical ecology of the
trans-Atlantic marine biota. Cliff
Cunningham*
Saturday morning, 23 March 2002
10:30
10:45
Session I (Superior)
Plant and Animal Dispersal
chair: Susan Bell
Session II (Michigan)
Nutrient Uptake and Effects
chair: Joseph Staton
Seed dispersal and landscape-scale
dispersal limitation in the cobble
beach plant metacommunity.
Jacqueline L. P. Gamiño,* Margaret
A. Dolan, and John F. Bruno
Desiccation resistance during the seato-land transition in the land hermit
crab postlarva. Renae Brodie*
Analysis of Biscayne Bay sediments:
do benthic Foraminifera of the bay
reflect trace metal contamination? A.
M. Hoare,* P. Hallock Muller, B. H.
Lidz, C. D. Reich, and E. A. Shinn
Effect of salinity variation and
pesticide exposure on an estuarine
harpacticoid copepod, Microarthridion littorale (Poppe), in the southeastern US. J. L. Staton,* N. V.
Schizas, S. L. Klosterhaus, R. J.
Griffitt, G. T. Chandler, and B. C.
Coull
The effects of zinc on arm
regeneration rates and tissue
development patterns in the
brittlestars Ophiothrix angulata and
Amphipholis gracillima. Rosemary
E. Hall* and Steve E. Stancyk
Nutrient limitation of benthic
macrophytes in the upper Florida
Keys: an in-situ nutrient enrichment
experiment. Meredith Ferdie* and
James W. Fourqurean
Biogeochemical controls on the stable
C and N isotopic composition of
marine sponges in the Florida Keys.
J. B. Weisz,* M. Southwell, C. S.
Martens, and N. Lindquist
Hydrodynamic characterization of
shoal communities in Florida Bay:
implications for nutrient uptake
Chris D. Cornelisen* and Florence I.
M. Thomas
11:00
Dispersal and recruitment in
terrestrial versus marine
environments: the benthos is not just
an underwater landscape. C. Ashton
Drew* and David B. Eggleston
11:15
Seagrass dispersal: seeds, sediments,
and serendipity. S. S. Bell,* M. S.
Fonseca, Margaret O. Hall, Kamille
Hammerstrom, W. J. Kenworthy, P.
Whitfield, and M. Finkbeiner
Fragments of the seagrasses Halodule
wrightii and Halophila johnsonii as
potential recruits in Indian River
Lagoon, Florida. L. M. Hall,* M. D.
Hanisak, and R. W. Virnstein
Movement of the green sea urchin,
Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis,
within three subtidal habitats of the
Gulf of Maine. Kristine E. Faloon*
and C. E. Siddon
11:30
11:45
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Hybridization and Coral
Reproduction and Speciation
chair: David B. Carlon
Asymmetric gametic incompatibility
between the blue mussels Mytilus
edulis and Mytilus trossulus. Christin
T. Slaughter,* Paul D. Rawson, and
Phil O. Yund
Hybrid resistance in the tropical
Pacific soft coral Sinularia maxima x
S. polydactyla: chemical and
structural defenses. Marc Slattery,
Valerie J. Paul, and Robert Thacker
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Community Ecology
chair: Steve Dudgeon
Reproductive isolation among the
Montastraea annularis species
complex. Don R. Levitan* and
Nancy Knowlton
Inclusion of facilitation into
ecological theory, models, and
paradigms. John F. Bruno,* John J.
Stachowicz, Mark D. Bertness
Incipient speciation across a depth
gradient in the tropical coral Favia
fragum. D. B. Carlon* and A. F.
Budd
Shifts in wetland community
composition across estuarine salinity
gradients: physical and biological
determinants. Caitlin Mullan,* Mark
Bertness, and Brian Silliman
Soft-bottom benthic assemblages
associated to intertidal boulder fields:
testing for generality of patterns
across time and space. J. J. Cruz*
Sex expression of a Caribbean coral,
Porites astreoides. S. Tso* and D. F.
Gleason
12:00-13:30 Lunch
How big is big enough? Modeling
the establishment of alternative states
on rocky intertidal shores in the Gulf
of Maine. Peter S. Petraitis* and
Steve Dudgeon
The when, where and why of
alternative states in rocky intertidal
landscapes. Steve Dudgeon,*
Christin Slaughter, and Peter S.
Petraitis
Biodiversity of Bear Seamount, New
England seamount chain: results of
exploratory trawling. J. A. Moore,*
M. Vecchione, K. E. Hartel, B. B.
Collette, J. K. Galbraith, R. Gibbons,
M. Turnipseed, M. Southworth, and
E. Watkins
Saturday afternoon, 23 March 2002
13:30
13:45
14:00
14:15
14:30
14:45
Session I (Superior)
Larval Dispersal and Recruitment
chair: Kevin B. Johnson
Using automated sampling equipment
and estuary scale modeling to
investigate the physical-biological
coupling of larval transport. J. F.
Hamilton,* R. B. Whitlatch, and R.
W. Osman
Where have all the larvae gone?
Inferring patterns of larval dispersal
in an intertidal crab using
microsatellite markers. Robert J.
Toonen
Session II (Michigan)
Predation
chair: TBA
Spiny lobsters: a model for horn
development in ceratopsian dinosaurs.
Samuel F. Tarsitano,* Kari L. Lavalli,
Francis Horne, and David Rodriguez
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Coral Reefs
chair: Richard B. Aronson
Water flow effects on energetics of
the scleractinian coral Agaricia
tenuifolia in Belize. Kenneth P.
Sebens,* Brian Helmuth, Emily
Carrington, and Brad Agius
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Community Ecology
chair: Lisa Levin
Variation in consumer interactions:
the roles of multiple predators and
time. Christopher E. Siddon* and Jon
D. Witman
Anti-predation strategies in marine
worms: to hide or be distasteful, that
is the question. C. E. Kicklighter*
and M. E. Hay
Scale-dependent effects of flow on
coral reef primary production. Robert
C. Carpenter*
Avoiding offshore transport of
competent larvae during upwelling
events: the case of the gastropod
Concholepas concholepas in Central
Chile . Elie Poulin,* Alvaro T.
Palma, Diego Narvaez, Sergio A.
Navarrete, and Juan C. Castilla
Brachyuran megalopal availability in
the Lower Cape Fear River estuary.
Russell W. Barbour,* Martin H.
Posey, Troy D. Alphin
Photoresponses of Müller’s larvae of
the flatworm Maritigrella crozieri.
Kevin B. Johnson* and Richard B.
Forward, Jr.
Hydroid defenses against predators:
importance of secondary metabolites
vs. nematocysts. R. Channing
Jones,* John J. Stachowicz, and
NielsLindquist
The results of monitoring hard corals
restored following the installation of
telecommunication cables off
Hollywood, Florida. Donald R. Deis*
Trophic interactions between bacteria
and meiofauna in the Gulf of Mexico
deep-sea: sink or link for carbon
secondary production?. J. Baguley,*
P. Montagna, L. Hyde, J. Deming,
and S. Carpenter
Food-web structure in introduced and
native mangrove communities; a
Hawaii-Puerto Rico comparison. A.
W. J. Demopoulos,* L. A. Crawford,
and C. R. Smith
Effects of predator presence on
nematocyst uptake in the nudibranch
Flabellina verrucosa in the southern
Gulf of Maine. Kinsey Frick*
Attack and avoidance behavior during
attempted cannibalism by blue crabs,
Callinectes sapidus, in the laboratory.
Linda L. Stehlik* and Carol J. Meise
When bad things happen to a good
reef: multiple disturbances and the
recent history of Channel Cay, Belize.
W. F. Precht* and R. B. Aronson
The coral that dies beneath the waves:
species turnover on Caribbean reefs
during the last 3,000 years. R. B.
Aronson,* W. F. Precht, I. G.
Macintyre, T. J. T. Murdoch, and C.
M. Wapnick
Do more oyster larvae settle in rough
neighborhoods?: The influence of
small-scale topography on oyster
recruitment. M. Lisa Kellogg* and
Rita B. J. Peachey
Is shell color polymorphism in
Littorina obtusata influenced by
selective predation by crabs?.
Lauralyn Dyer*
15:00-15:30 Coffee break
Sliding baselines, stealth predators,
and cascading impacts to functional
responses in Gulf of Maine benthic
communities. Larry G. Harris*
Green turtle grazing: effects on
structure and productivity in seagrass
beds. Kathleen Moran* and Karen
Bjorndal
Can trophic interactions drive salt
marsh succession? Using restoration
and invasion research to untangle the
trophic web. L. Levin,* T. Talley, P.
McMillan, C. Neira, G. Mendoza, S.
Moseman, C. Forder, C. Whitcraft, C.
Currin, R. Michener
Saturday afternoon, 23 March 2002
15:30
Session I (Superior)
Recruitment
chair: Daniel A. McCarthy
Recruitment into disturbed vs
undisturbed sediments in the field,
ammonium as a cue? Erin Wolfe*
and Sarah Woodin
15:45
Effects of seagrass shoot dynamics on
distribution and recruitment of
epifaunal encrusting bryozoa. N.
Kouchi,* M. Nakaoka, and H. Mukai
16:00
Does the relationship between
microhabitat and rates of recruitment
of young-of-year coral reef fishes
explain recruitment variation?
Unfortunately, no. Peter F. Sale,*
Bret S. Danilowicz, Peter J. Doherty,
and David McB. Williams
A fugitive keystone species? The
important role of an inconspicuous
coralline alga in coral recruitment on
the Great Barrier Reef. Robert S.
Steneck,* Emre Turak, Lindsay
Harrington, and Terry Done
The role of post-settlement mortality
in recruitment of encrusting
organisms associated with intertidal
and subtidal sabellariid reefs in
Boynton Beach, Florida. Daniel A.
McCarthy*
Population age structure as a record
of recruitment history: How large a
grain of salt do we need? Jacob P.
Kritzer* and Peter F. Sale
16:15
16:30
16:45
Session II (Michigan)
Predation and Parasitism
chair: Michael L. Judge
Predation rates on juvenile oysters:
laboratory interactions between exotic
and native crabs on prey size
selectivity. Michael L. Judge,* and
Andrew A. Forbes
Oyster predator-prey interactions:
roles of different predators,
seasonality, spatial variation and
deterrents. Kenneth M. Brown,*
Gary Peterson, Mike McDonough,
and Charles Ramcharan
The functional response and
behaviours of sea stars and rock crabs
preying on juvenile sea scallops.
Melisa C. Wong* and Myriam A.
Barbeau
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Gulf of Mexico and Florida Keys
chair: Margaret W. Miller
Patterns of herbivory and seaweed
abundance in Florida Keys no-take
reserves. Margaret W. Miller*
Predation by Great Black-backed
Gulls (Larus marinus) on crabs in the
New England rocky intertidal and
shallow subtidal. Julie C. Ellis,*
Walter Chen, and Myra Shulman
Caging—an ecologist’s friend or foe?
Leslie J. Gallagher* and Kenneth L.
Heck, Jr.
Monitoring changes in the fully
protected zones of the Florida Keys
National Marine Sanctuary. Brian D.
Keller*
Interaction strength at the coral reefseagrass interface: has overfishing
diminished the importance of seagrass
habitat production for coral reef food
webs? John F. Valentine* and
Kenneth L. Heck, Jr.
Predatory-induced variability in the
Distribution and composition of
composition of decapod crustacean
nearshore benthic communities of the
assemblages in the subtidal of central Florida Keys. L. M. Rutten,* J. W.
Chile. Alvaro T. Palma,* Mauricio
Fourqurean, and T. Philippi
Arriagada, Cael Orrego, and Anna
Astorga
Direct evidence for a strong impact of
ectoparasites on the demography of a
small reef fish. R. J. Petrik-Finley*
and G. E. Forrester
18:30-22:00 Banquet
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Community Ecology
chair: Rochelle Seitz
De-coupling of top-down and bottomup regulation due to hypoxic
disturbance in Narragansett Bay,
Rhode Island. Andrew H. Altieri*
and Jon D. Witman
What drives variation in benthic
abundance along an environmental
gradient—physical, recruitment, topdown, or bottom-up factors?.
Rochelle D. Seitz,* Romuald N.
Lipcius, and William T. Stockhausen
Invertebrate community structure in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence: the effect
of algal canopies on recruitment and
growth. Chantale Bégin,* Ladd E.
Johnson, and John H. Himmelman
Crab predation as a structuring factor
of soft-bottom benthic communities
in a subarctic Newfoundland fjord.
Pedro A. Quijon* and Paul V. R.
Snelgrove
Blue crabs, grazers, and epiphytes in
seagrass communities: a new marine
trophic cascade? Melanie A. Spring,*
J. Emmett Duffy, and Romuald N.
Lipcius
Biodiversity and ecosystem function:
the consumer connection. J. E.
Duffy,* J. P. Richardson, and K.
France
Sunday morning, 24 March 2002
8:30
8:45
9:00
Session I (Superior)
Growth
chair: Lee Ann J. Clements
Age determination in high latitude
crustaceans: the lipofuscin approach.
B. A. Bluhm,* T.C. Shirley, T. Brey,
M. Klages
Grow fast and avoid predators: why
common periwinkles are most
abundant in the low intertidal. Rose
L. Carlson,* Myra J. Shulman, and
Julie C. Ellis
Growth rates of juvenile pinfish
(Lagodon rhomboides): effects of
habitat and predation risk. Stacey L.
Harter* and Ken Heck, Jr.
9:15
Measuring estuarine habitat quality:
ribbed mussel (Geukensia demissa)
growth and survival across tidal creek
habitats. Keith Walters* and Loren
Coen
9:30
Interannual growth rate variation in
the soft-shelled clam, Mya arenaria,
and its relation to interannual
temperature differences and habitat at
Maquoit Bay, Maine. K. R. Meltzer*
and W. G. Ambrose, Jr.
Environmental influences (food,
current and wave motion) on skeletal
regeneration in the burrowing
brittlestar Ophiophragmus
filograneus.. L. A. J. Clements,* B.
Bryant, and E. Remily
9:45
7:30-8:30 Continental breakfast
Session II (Michigan)
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Sea Grass and Salt Marsh
Invasive Species
chair: Robert W. Virnstein
chair: Carol Thornber
Fooled by sampling frequency: an
Effects of disturbance on invasion
example using demise and recovery
success in marine communities. Safra
of seagrass in Indian River Lagoon,
Altman,* Jeffrey Terwin, and Robert
FL. R. W. Virnstein,* L. J. Morris, E. Whitlatch
W. Carter, and L. Hall
Habitat utilization by tidal creek
Invasive green porcelain crabs,
nekton: seasonal and spatial patterns
Petrolisthes armatus, on oyster reefs
of associated fauna within intertidal
in the South Atlantic Bight: friend or
oyster reefs, marsh and mudflats. L.
foe? Amanda L. Hollebone* and
D. Coen,* and J. A. Stephen
Mark E. Hay
Habitat characteristics affecting fish
Effects of the invasion of the Asian
and decapod assemblages of seagrass
shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus
(Zostera marina) beds around the
on resident crab populations. N. J.
coast of Jersey (English Channel). E. O'Connor*
L. Jackson,* M. J. Attrill, S. J. Bossy,
M. B. Jones, and A. A. Rowden
Changes in the abundance and
Green crab (Carcinus maenas)
distribution of SAV along Florida’s
situation in the southeastern Gulf of
springs coast: a comparison based on
St. Lawrence, Canada: the Prince
aerial photography acquired in 1992
Edward Island situation. Dominique
and 1999. Jason A. Hale* and
Audet,* Gilles Miron, and Mikio
Thomas K. Frazer
Moriyasu
Benthic communities associated with
Zebra mussel invasion reveals a novel
Spartina and Phragmites marshes:
food web link between zooplankton
the relative importance of
and benthic suspension feeders. Wai
microhabitat versus marsh type.
Hing Wong and Jeffrey S. Levinton*
Martin Posey,* Troy Alphin, David
Meyer, and Michael Johnson
Nekton utilization of intertidal marsh
Reproductive ecology of the invasive
interspersed with micro-rivulets in
Japanese kelp Undaria pinnatifida
Chesapeake Bay. J. M. Johnson* and along the California coast. Carol
D. L. Meyer
Thornber,* Brian Kinlan, Michael
Graham, Jay Stachowicz
10:00–10:30 Coffee break
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)
Sunday morning, 24 March 2002
Session II (Michigan)
Chemical Ecology
chair: Julia Kubanek
Chemical ecology of reef and cave
sponges of the Bahamas: predator
deterrent vs. antimicrobial activity.
D. J. Gochfeld* and M. Slattery
Session III (Okeechobee 1)
Sea Urchin Interactions
chair: Amanda V. Leland
Crab predation prevents the
successful reestablishment of sea
urchins in Maine. Amanda V.
Leland* and Robert S. Steneck
Chemical and molecular
characterization of ontogenetic shifts
in the chemical defense in Bugula
neritina (Bryozoa). Nicole Lopanik,*
Niels Lindquist, and Nancy Targett
Disturbance and recovery following
catastrophic grazing: tudies of a
successional chronosequence in a
seagrass bed. Bradley J. Peterson,*
Craig D. Rose, Leanne M. Rutten,
and James W. Fourqurean
11:00
“Where’s my sea whip?” Are
defenses in Caribbean gorgonians
physical or chemical? William
O’Neal* and Joseph R. Pawlik
11:15
More bang for your buck: multiple
defensive roles of sponge triterpene
glycosides. Julia Kubanek,* Kristen
E. Whalen, Sebastian Engel, Sarah R.
Kelly, Timothy P. Henkel, William
Fenical, and Joseph R. Pawlik
11:30
Localization of ecologically active
secondary metabolites in two
Caribbean sponges. Kristen
Whalen,* Julia Kubanek, and Joseph
R. Pawlik
Diadema antillarum effects on
benthic community structure in the
Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary (FKNMS): preliminary
results. Charles Fasano,* Margaret
Miller, Alina Szmant, and Nicole
Fogarty
Experimental evidence that recovery
of Diadema antillarum populations
on Florida coral reefs is in part
predation-limited at the juvenile
stage. Alina M. Szmant,* Margaret
W. Miller, Tom Capo, Ken
Nedimyer, Nicole Fogarty, Kathleen
Morrow, and Charles Fasano
The influence of Diadema antillarum
recovery on the growth and
survivorship of scleractinians on a
Jamaican coral reef. Joshua A.
Idjadi* and Nick Haring
10:30
10:45
Session I (Superior)
Larval Ecology
chair: John Commito
The interaction of spatial variation
and post-settlement density
dependence in the intertidal porcelain
crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes. Megan J.
Donahue*
Ecosystem engineers alter benthic
processes: power law transport of
sediment, larvae, and postlarvae in a
spatially complex soft-bottom mussel
bed. John A. Commito,* Emily A.
Celano, Holly J. Celico, and Craig P.
Johnson
Session IV (Okeechobee 2)