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Symposium Agenda
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007
S. Dillon Ripley Center Auditorium 3027
A. Marine Biodiversity, Evolution and Speciation
Co-Chairs: Michael A. Lang and
Ian G. Macintyre
8:30 1. Ira
Rubinoff, Acting Under Secretary for Science, Symposium Welcoming
Remarks.
Michael A. Lang, Smithsonian
Office of the Under Secretary for Science
INTRODUCTION TO THE SMITHSONIAN MARINE
SCIENCE NETWORK.
8:50 2. Klaus
Ruetzler, National Museum of Natural History
CARIBBEAN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS:
35-YEARS OF SMITHSONIAN MARINE SCIENCE IN BELIZE.
9:10 3. Carole
C. Baldwin, National Museum of Natural History
FROM LARVAE TO LINEAGES: INVESTIGATIONS
OF SHOREFISH DIVERSITY IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
9:30 4. Darryl
L. Felder, University of Louisiana, Lafayette
REGIONAL MARINE DECAPOD DIVERSITY:
THE GULF OF MEXICO EFFORT.
9:50 5. Judith
E. Winston, Virginia Museum of Natural History
STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE INDIAN
RIVER AREA BRYOZOAN FAUNA OVER A 24-YEAR PERIOD.
10:10 Break
10:30 6. Eldredge
Bermingham, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
DOES COLOR PATTERN DRIVE SPECIATION
IN HYPOPLECTRUS CORAL REEF FISHES?
10:50 7. Luiz
A. Rocha, University of Hawaii
SYMPATRIC SPECIATION BY HYBRIDIZATION
IN A MARINE FISH.
11:10 8. Allen
G. Collins, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CNIDARIAN EVOLUTION.
11:30 9. Ana
Y. Signorovich, Harvard University
THE LIFE CYCLE, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY,
AND COMPARATIVE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMICS OF PLACOZOANS FROM TWIN CAYS,
BELIZE.
11:50 10. Harilaos
A. Lessios, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
SPECIATION ON A ROUND PLANET:
PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GOATFISH MULLOIDICHTHYS.
12:10 Lunch
B. Biogeography, Invasive Species and Marine Conservation
Co-Chairs: Ilka C. Feller
and Jon L. Norenburg
1:00 11. D.
Ross Robertson, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
BIOGEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISIONING
OF THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC: A SHORE-FISH PERSPECTIVE.
1:20 12. Maria
Pia Miglietta, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
HYDROZOAN SPECIES ACROSS THE
ISTHMUS OF PANAMA: GENERAL TRENDS AND THE SPECIFIC CASES OF THE
IMMORTAL MEDUSA TURRITOPSIS AND BOUGAINVILLIA.
1:40 13. Amy
L. Freestone, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT
DRIVES COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HETEROGENEITY AND SHAPES MARINE BIODIVERSITY
AT SMALL SCALES.
2:00 14. Gregory
M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MARINE INVASIONS:
CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PREDICTIONS.
2:20 15. Mark
E. Torchin, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE
OF THE PANAMA CANAL IN REGIONAL AND GLOBAL COASTAL INVASIONS.
2:40 16. Richard
W. Osman, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
BIOGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE RECRUITMENT
OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE MARINE SESSILE INVERTEBRATE SPECIES.
3:00 Break
3:20 17. Ian
G. Macintyre, National Museum of Natural History
DECIMATING MANGROVE FORESTS
FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PELICAN CAYS, BELIZE: LONG-TERM
ECOLOGICAL LOSS FOR SHORT-TERM GAIN?
3:40 18. John
G. Frazier, National Zoological Park
THE TURTLES’ TALE: FLAGSHIPS
AND INSTRUMENTS FOR MARINE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION.
4:00 19. Hector
M. Guzman, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
LAS PERLAS, PANAMA MARINE PROTECTED
AREA.
4:20 20. Melanie
D. McField, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
THE HEALTHY MESOAMERICAN REEF
ECOSYSTEM INITIATIVE: AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND
APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DATA.
4:40 21. Mary
Hagedorn, National Zoological Park
PRESERVING ENDANGERED CORAL.
C. Poster presentations
5:00 – 8:00 Poster viewing and Reception – S. Dillon
Ripley Center 3111
P1 Karen H. Koltes,
U.S. Department of the Interior
PATTERNS OF WATER MOVEMENT OVER
THE FOREREEF AT CARRIE BOW CAY, BELIZE.
P2 Thomas
B. Opishinski, Interactive Oceanographics
CARRIE BOW CAY AUTOMATED MET-OCEAN
MONITORING: A DECADE OF SUCCESS SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON
THE MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF.
P3 Charles
L. Gallegos, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
UNDERWATER SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION
AND SEAGRASS DEPTH LIMITS ALONG AN OPTICAL WATER QUALITY GRADIENT.
P4 Patricia A.
Tester, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
CIGUATERA FISH POISONING IN THE
CARIBBEAN.
P5 Maria A. Faust,
National Museum of Natural History
BIODIVERSITY OF DINOFLAGELLATE MICROALGAE
IN CORAL-REEF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS.
P6 Xuemei Bai,
University of Southern California
INTERPLAY BETWEEN DINOFLAGELLATE TOXINS,
MEMBRANE STEROL COMPOSITION, AND PARASITISM BY AMOEBOPHRYA.
P7 Denise
L. Breitburg, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON IN
A CHANGING CHESAPEAKE BAY – FOOD WEB AND LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE.
P8 Luis D’Croz,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
NUTRIENT AND CHLOROPHYLL DYNAMICS
IN RELATION TO THE HYDROLOGICAL PATTERN IN PACIFIC CENTRAL AMERICA
(PANAMA).
P9 Darryl L.
Felder, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
OBVIOUS INVADERS AND OVERLOOKED
INFAUNA: UNEXPECTED CONSTITUENTS OF THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN ASSEMBLAGE
AT TWIN CAYS, BELIZE.
P10 Jason K.
Keller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
EFFECTS OF ELEVATED CO2
ON ANAEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC METABOLISM IN A CHESAPEAKE BAY TIDAL
WETLAND.
P11 J. Adam
Langley, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
PLANT RESPONSE TO ELEVATED CO2
AND NITROGEN DRIVES SOIL ACCRETION IN A HIGH SALT MARSH.
P12 Dennis F.
Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION
TO THE GROWTH AND CLONAL REPRODUCTION OF BATIS MARITIMA,
A DOMINANT UNDERSTORY PLANT IN FLORIDA AND BELIZE MANGROVES.
P13 CaroLE C.
McIvor, U.S. Geological Survey
THE RICH ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY
WITHIN THE MANGAL OF THE BELIZE OFFSHORE CAYS.
P14 Jon L.
Norenburg, National Museum of Natural History
PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF CARCINONEMERTES
(NEMERTEA), EGG PREDATORS OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS.
P15 Jon L.
Norenburg, National Museum of Natural History
PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF
OTOTYPHLONEMERTES, MARINE INTERSTITIAL NEMERTEANS.
P16 Kristian
Fauchald, National Museum of Natural History
REVISION OF THE TAXONOMIC STATUS
OF LYSIDICE AND NEMATONEREIS (POLYCHAETA, EUNICIDAE)
IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA WITH OBSERVATION OF REPRODUCTIVE FEATURES
AND HABITAT PREFERENCE OF DIFFERENT SPECIES.
P17 Anja Schulze,
Texas A&M University at Galveston
DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE
MUSCULATURE IN SIPUNCULAN WORMS.
P18 Kathleen S.
Cole, University of Hawaii at Manoa
TAXONOMIC ABUNDANCE AND COMPOSITION
OF THE LARVAL ICHTHYOFAUNA LOCATED AT THE NERITIC TRANSITION ON
THE FOREREEF OF CARRIE BOW CAY, BELIZE.
P19 Nicole D.
Fogarty, Florida State University
HYBRIDIZATION DYNAMICS IN THE
THREATENED CARIBBEAN CORAL GENUS, ACROPORA.
P20 Amy C. Hirons,
Nova Southeastern University
STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS OF STELLER
SEA LIONS AS EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE.
P21 Charles W.
Potter, National Museum of Natural History
CONTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING
TO THE DECLINE IN HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS.
P22 James G. Mead,
National Museum of Natural History
THE MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM AT THE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
P23 Juan
A. Sánchez, Universidad de Los Andes
MODULAR VARIATION AND PHENOTYPIC
PLASTICITY IN THE GORGONIAN CORAL PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA BIPINNATA
ALONG THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.
P24 Raphael
Ritson-Williams, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
CELLULAR BIOMARKERS AS A MEASURE
OF SUB-LETHAL STRESS IN CORAL LARVAE.
P25 Carole C.
Baldwin, National Museum of Natural History
THE OCEAN HALL: COMING SOON
TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.
P26 Cristin Ryan,
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
BUILDING BONDS AND BREAKING BARRIERS:
TEACHING WITH MODEL ECOSYSTEMS.
P27 Laura
Diederick, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN: UP-CLOSE
ENCOUNTERS WITH MARINE ECOSYSTEMS.
P28 Alan M. Peters,
National Zoological Park
GOOD SCIENCE NEEDS GREAT STORY
TELLERS.
P29 Inez Campbell,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
NATURE IS AMAZING.
P30 A. Mark Haddon,
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
SCIENCE EDUCATION AT THE SMITHSONIAN
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER: HANDS-ON AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR
COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON CHESAPEAKE BAY.
P31 Rachel Collin,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
ALL BOCAS BARCODING ALLIANCE, PART
1: DNA BARCODING OF THE MARINE ORGANISMS OF BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA.
P32 Rachel Collin,
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
TRAINING IN TROPICAL TAXONOMY:
EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS IN THE FIELD AND LAB.
P33 Lee A. Weigt,
National Museum of Natural History
DNA BARCODING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
RESOURCES AT MSN SITES.
P34 Valerie J.
Paul, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
THE SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION:
35 YEARS OF MARINE RESEARCH IN FLORIDA.
P35 M.
Cristina Diaz, Museo Marino de Margarita, Venezuela
BIODIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF SPONGES
ON CARIBBEAN MANGROVE ROOTS
P36 Klaus Ruetzler,
National Museum of Natural History
THE Caribbean coral reef ecosystems
Program in Belize.
P37 Karen L. McKee,
U.S. Geological Survey
BIOPHYSICAL CONTROLS ON HABITAT
STABILITY OF CARIBBEAN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS.
P38 Katharine
A. Rawlinson, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
POLYCLAD FLATWORM DIVERSITY
OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007
S. Dillon Ripley Center Auditorium 3027
D. Life Histories, Microbial and Behavioral Ecology
Co-Chairs: Valerie J. Paul and
Mark E. Torchin
8:30 22. John
H. Christy, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
HOW YOU GET TO THE SEA DEPENDS
ON WHERE YOU START YOUR JOURNEY: VARIATION IN FIDDLER CRAB LARVAL
DISPERSAL MECHANISMS.
8:50 23. Anson
H. Hines, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
ECOLOGY OF THE BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES
SAPIDUS) LIFE HISTORY.
9:10 24. J. Emmett
Duffy, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
HISTORY OF THE SOCIAL SHRIMP DYNASTY:
A SYNOPSIS OF LONG-TERM RESEARCH AT THE SMITHSONIAN’S CARIBBEAN
FIELD STATIONS.
9:30 25. Juan
Antonio Baeza, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHRIMPS: SEX,
CONFLICT, AND SEXUAL SELECTION IN HERMAPHRODITES.
9:50 26. Thomas
M. Iliffe, Texas A&M University at Galveston
UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION: DIVING DISCOVERIES
OF RELICT CRUSTACEANS IN MARINE CAVES.
10:10 Break
10:30 27. Kristi
L. West, Hawaii Pacific University
THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF BOTTLENOSE
DOLPHIN PREY FROM THE SHALLOW WATERS OF BELIZE.
10:50 28. Karen
Arthur, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
ECOLOGY OF THE TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA
LYNGBYA SP. IN FLORIDA.
11:10 29. R.
Wayne Litaker, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF CIGUATERA
CAUSING DINOFLAGELLATES IN THE CARIBBEAN.
11:30 30. Susan
L. Richardson, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
AN OVERVIEW OF SYMBIONT-BLEACHING
IN EPIPHYTIC FORAMINIFERANS.
11:50 31. Koty
Sharp, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF CORALS: INVESTIGATING
BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN EARLY LIFE STAGES OF CARIBBEAN CORALS.
12:10 Lunch
E. Forces of Ecological Change in Marine Systems
Co-Chairs: Carole C. Baldwin
and Allen G. Collins
1:00 32. Richard
B. Aronson, Dauphin Island Sea Lab
BIOTIC TURNOVER ON REEFS OF THE
CARIBBEAN AND EASTERN PACIFIC: HOLOCENE SURPRISES AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS.
1:20 33. Denise
L. Breitburg, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
EUTROPHICATION AND FISHERIES:
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
1:40 34. Ilka
C. Feller, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
NUTRIENT OVER-ENRICHMENT DIFFERENTIALLY
AFFECTS GROWTH AND HERBIVORY IN MANGROVE FORESTS ALONG LATITUDINAL
AND TIDAL GRADIENTS.
2:00 35. Daniel
W. Urish, University of Rhode Island
THE DYNAMIC HYDROLOGY OF AN OVERWASHED
MANGROVE ISLAND.
2:20 36. J.
Patrick Megonigal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
RISING CO2, RISING
SEA LEVEL AND RISING (OR SINKING?) COASTAL WETLANDS.
2:40 37. Dennis
F. Whigham, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
LINKAGES BETWEEN SURFACE HYDROLOGY
AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN FORT PIERCE,
FLORIDA.
3:00 Break
3:20 38. Mark
M. Littler and Diane S. Littler , National Museum of Natural
History
ASSESSMENT OF CORAL REEFS USING
HERBIVORY/NUTRIENT ASSAYS AND INDICATOR GROUPS OF BENTHIC PRIMARY
PRODUCERS.
3:40 39. Valerie
J. Paul, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
COMPARISONS OF CHEMICALLY MEDIATED
MARINE PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS ON FLORIDA, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC
REEFS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR REEF COMMUNITIES.
4:00 40. Raphael
Ritson-Williams, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort
Pierce
CORAL RECRUITMENT IN THE GARDENS
OF GOOD AND EVIL.
4:20 41. Martin
A. Buzas, National Museum of Natural History
THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. LUCIE: DECIMATION
OF A MEIOFAUNA.
4:40 42. Bjorn
G. Tunberg, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
DO THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON WETLAND
IMPOUNDMENTS (EASTERN FLORIDA) POSE A THREAT TO THE FIDDLER CRAB
(GENUS UCA) POPULATIONS?
5:00 43. Janie
L. Wulff, Florida State University
LIFE HISTORY AND MORPHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES
OF SPONGES DRIVE COMMUNITY DYNAMICS ON MANGROVE ROOTS, WITH HELP
FROM PREDATORS, COMPETITORS, AND PATHOGENS.
5:20 Symposium closing and Final remarks –
Michael A. Lang
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