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Aronson, Richard B., Dauphin Island Sea Lab
BIOTIC TURNOVER ON REEFS OF THE CARIBBEAN AND EASTERN PACIFIC: HOLOCENE
SURPRISES AND FUTURE PROJECTIONS
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Arthur, Karen, Smithsonian Marine
Station at Fort Pierce
ECOLOGY OF THE TOXIC CYANOBACTERIA LYNGBYA SP. IN FLORIDA,
USA
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Baeza, Juan Antonio, Smithsonian Marine Station
at Fort Pierce
THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHRIMPS: SEX, CONFLICT, AND SEXUAL SELECTION
IN HERMAPHRODITES
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Bai, Xuemei, University of Southern California
INTERPLAY BETWEEN DINOFLAGELLATE TOXINS, MEMBRANE STEROL COMPOSITION,
AND PARASITISM BY AMOEBOPHRYA
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Baldwin, Carole C., National Museum
of Natural History
FROM LARVAE TO LINEAGES: INVESTIGATIONS OF SHOREFISH DIVERSITY IN
THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC
THE OCEAN HALL: COMING SOON TO THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL
HISTORY
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Bermingham, Eldredge, Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
DOES COLOR PATTERN DRIVE SPECIATION IN HYPOPLECTRUS CORAL REEF FISHES?
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Breitburg, Denise, Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center
EUTROPHICATION AND FISHERIES: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON IN A CHANGING CHESAPEAKE BAY – FOOD
WEB AND LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE
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Buzas, Martin A., National Museum
of Natural History
THE MARTYRDOM OF ST. LUCIE: DECIMATION OF A MEIOFAUNA
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Campbell, Inez, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
NATURE IS AMAZING
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Christy, John H., Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
HOW YOU GET TO THE SEA DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU START YOUR JOURNEY:
VARIATION IN FIDDLER CRAB LARVAL DISPERSAL MECHANISMS
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Cole, Kathleen S., 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
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Collin, Rachel, Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
ALL BOCAS BARCODING ALLIANCE, PART 1: DNA BARCODING OF THE MARINE
ORGANISMS OF BOCAS DEL TORO, PANAMA
TRAINING IN TROPICAL TAXONOMY: EFFECTIVE TRAINING FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS
IN THE FIELD AND LAB
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Collins, Allen, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
NEW INSIGHTS INTO CNIDARIAN EVOLUTION
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D’Croz, Luis, Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute
NUTRIENT AND CHLOROPHYLL DYNAMICS IN RELATION TO THE HYDROLOGICAL
PATTERN IN PACIFIC CENTRAL AMERICA (PANAMA)
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Diaz, M. Cristina, Museo Marino de Margarita,
Venezuela
BIODIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCE OF SPONGES ON CARIBBEAN MANGROVE ROOTS
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Diederick, Laura, Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce
BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN: UP-CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH MARINE ECOSYSTEMS
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Duffy, J. Emmett, Virginia Institute of Marine
Science
HISTORY OF THE SOCIAL SHRIMP DYNASTY: INSIGHTS FROM LONG-TERM RESEARCH
AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S CARIBBEAN FIELD STATIONS
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Fauchald,
Kristian, 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.
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Faust, Maria A., National Museum
of Natural History
BIODIVERSITY OF DINOFLAGELLATE MICROALGAE IN CORAL-REEF MANGROVE
ECOSYSTEMS
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Felder, Darryl L.,University of Louisiana at Lafayette
REGIONAL MARINE DECAPOD DIVERSITY: THE GULF OF MEXICO EFFORT
OBVIOUS INVADERS AND OVERLOOKED INFAUNA: UNEXPECTED CONSTITUENTS
OF THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN ASSEMBLAGE AT TWIN CAYS, BELIZE
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Feller, Ilka C., Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
NUTRIENT OVER-ENRICHMENT DIFFERENTIALLY AFFECTS GROWTH AND HERBIVORY
IN MANGROVE FORESTS ALONG LATITUDINAL AND TIDAL GRADIENTS
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Fogarty, Nicole D., Florida State University
HYBRIDIZATION DYNAMICS IN THE THREATENED CARIBBEAN CORAL GENUS,
ACROPORA
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Frazier, John G., National Zoological Park
THE TURTLES’ TALE: FLAGSHIPS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR MARINE RESEARCH,
EDUCATION, AND CONSERVATION
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Freestone, Amy L., Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
LATITUDINAL DIVERSITY GRADIENT DRIVES COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO HETEROGENEITY
AND SHAPES MARINE BIODIVERSITY AT SMALL SCALES
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Gallegos, Charles L., Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center
UNDERWATER SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTION AND SEAGRASS DEPTH LIMITS
ALONG AN OPTICAL WATER QUALITY GRADIENT
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Guzman, Hector M., Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
LAS PERLAS, PANAMA MARINE PROTECTED AREA
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Haddon, A. Mark, Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
SCIENCE EDUCATION AT THE SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER:
HANDS-ON AND DISTANCE LEARNING FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEMS ON CHESAPEAKE
BAY
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Hagedorn, Mary, National Zoological Park
PRESERVING ENDANGERED CORAL
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Hines, Anson H., Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
ECOLOGY OF THE BLUE CRAB (CALLINECTES SAPIDUS) LIFE HISTORY
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Hirons, Amy C., Nova Southeastern University
STABLE ISOTOPE RATIOS OF STELLER SEA LIONS AS EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
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Iliffe, Thomas M., Texas A&M University at
Galveston
UNDERWORLD EVOLUTION: DIVING DISCOVERIES OF RELICT CRUSTACEANS IN
MARINE CAVES
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Keller, Jason K., Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
EFFECTS OF ELEVATED CO2 ON ANAEROBIC HETEROTROPHIC METABOLISM
IN A CHESAPEAKE BAY TIDAL WETLAND
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Koltes, Karen H., Department of the Interior
PATTERNS OF WATER MOVEMENT OVER THE FOREREEF AT CARRIE BOW CAY,
BELIZE
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Lang, Michael A., Smithsonian Office of the Under
Secretary for Science
INTRODUCTION TO THE SMITHSONIAN MARINE SCIENCE NETWORK
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Langley, Adam, Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
PLANT RESPONSE TO ELEVATED CO2 AND NITROGEN DRIVES SOIL
ACCRETION IN A HIGH SALT MARSH
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Lessios, Harilaos A., Smithsonian Tropical Research
Institute
SPECIATION ON A ROUND PLANET: PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE GOATFISH MULLOIDICHTHYS
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Litaker, R. Wayne, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY OF CIGUATERA CAUSING DINOFLAGELLATES IN THE CARIBBEAN
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Littler, Mark M., National Museum
of Natural History
ASSESSMENT OF CORAL REEFS USING HERBIVORY/NUTRIENT ASSAYS AND INDICATOR
GROUPS OF BENTHIC PRIMARY PRODUCERS
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Macintyre, Ian G., National Museum of Natural
History
DECIMATING MANGROVE FORESTS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PELICAN
CAYS, BELIZE: LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL LOSS FOR SHORT-TERM GAIN?
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McField, Melanie, Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce
THE HEALTHY MESOAMERICAN REEF ECOSYSTEM INITIATIVE: AN
OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND APPLICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
DATA
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McIvor, Carole C., U.S.
Geological Survey
THE RICH ICHTHYOFAUNAL DIVERSITY WITHIN THE MANGAL OF THE BELIZE
OFFSHORE CAYS
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McKee, Karen L., U.S. Geological
Survey
BIOPHYSICAL CONTROLS ON HABITAT STABILITY OF CARIBBEAN MANGROVE
ECOSYSTEMS
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Mead, James G., National Museum
of Natural History
THE MARINE MAMMAL PROGRAM AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
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Megonigal, J. Patrick, Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center
RISING CO2, RISING SEA LEVEL AND RISING (OR
SINKING?) COASTAL WETLANDS
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Miglietta, Maria P., Smithsonian
Tropical Research Institute
HYDROZOAN SPECIES ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA: GENERAL TRENDS AND
THE SPECIFIC CASES OF THE IMMORTAL MEDUSA TURRITOPSIS AND BOUGAINVILLIA
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Norenburg, Jon L., National Museum
of Natural History
PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF CARCINONEMERTES (NEMERTEA), EGG
PREDATORS OF DECAPOD CRUSTACEANS
PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES OF OTOTYPHLONEMERTES, MARINE INTERSTITIAL
NEMERTEANS
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Opishinski, Thomas B., Interactive Oceanographics
CARRIE BOW CAY AUTOMATED MET-OCEAN MONITORING: A DECADE OF SUCCESS
SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON THE MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF
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Osman, Richard W., Smithsonian Environmental
Research Center
BIOGEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN THE RECRUITMENT OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE
MARINE SESSILE INVERTEBRATE SPECIES
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Paul, Valerie J., 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
THE SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION: 35 YEARS OF MARINE
RESEARCH IN FLORIDA
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Peters, Alan M., National Zoological
Park
GOOD SCIENCE NEEDS GREAT STORY TELLERS
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Potter, Charles W., National Museum of Natural
History
CONTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL FISHING TO THE DECLINE IN HAWAIIAN MONK
SEALS
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Rawlinson, Katharine A., Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce
POLYCLAD FLATWORM DIVERSITY OF THE WIDER CARIBBEAN
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Richardson, Susan L.,
Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce
AN OVERVIEW OF SYMBIONT-BLEACHING IN EPIPHYTIC FORAMINIFERANS
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Ritson-Williams, Raphael, Smithsonian
Marine Station at Fort Pierce
CELLULAR BIOMARKERS AS A MEASURE OF SUB-LETHAL STRESS IN CORAL LARVAE
CORAL RECRUITMENT IN THE GARDENS OF GOOD AND EVIL
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Robertson, D. Ross, Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
BIOGEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISIONING OF THE TROPICAL EASTERN
PACIFIC: A SHORE-FISH PERSPECTIVE
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Rocha, Luiz A., University of Hawaii
SYMPATRIC SPECIATION BY HYBRIDIZATION IN A MARINE FISH
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Rubinoff, Ira, Smithsonian Office of the Under
Secretary for Science
SYMPOSIUM WELCOMING REMARKS
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Ruetzler, Klaus, National Museum
of Natural History
CARIBBEAN CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS: 35-YEARS OF SMITHSONIAN MARINE
SCIENCE IN BELIZE
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Ruiz, Gregory M., Smithsonian
Environmental Research Center
BIOGEOGRAPHY OF MARINE INVASIONS: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PREDICTIONS
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Ryan, Cristin, Smithsonian Marine
Station at Fort Pierce
BUILDING BONDS AND BREAKING BARRIERS: TEACHING WITH MODEL ECOSYSTEMS
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Sánchez, Juan A., Universidad
de Los Andes, Colombia
MODULAR VARIATION
AND PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN THE GORGONIAN CORAL PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA
BIPINNATA ALONG THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN
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Schulze, Anja, Texas A&M University
at Galveston
DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE MUSCULATURE IN SIPUNCULAN WORMS
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Sharp, Koty, Smithsonian Marine Station
at Fort Pierce
MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF CORALS: INVESTIGATING BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES
IN EARLY LIFE STAGES OF CARIBBEAN CORALS
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Signorovitch, Ana Y., Harvard University
THE LIFE CYCLE, PHYLOGEOGRAPHY, AND COMPARATIVE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMICS
OF PLACOZOANS FROM TWIN CAYS, BELIZE
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Tester, Patricia, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
CIGUATERA FISH POISONING IN THE CARIBBEAN
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Torchin, Mark E., Smithsonian Tropical
Research Institute
PAST, CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF THE PANAMA CANAL IN REGIONAL AND
GLOBAL COASTAL INVASIONS
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Tunberg, Bjorn G., 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?
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Urish, Daniel W., University of Rhode Island, Kingston
THE DYNAMIC HYDROLOGY OF AN OVERWASHED MANGROVE ISLAND
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Weigt, Lee A., National Museum of
Natural History
DNA BARCODING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY RESOURCES AT MSN SITES
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West, Kristi L., Hawaii Pacific University
THE NUTRITIONAL CONTENT OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN PREY FROM THE SHALLOW
WATERS OF BELIZE
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Whigham, Dennis F.,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
LINKAGES BETWEEN SURFACE HYDROLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING OF
MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA
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Winston, Judith E., Virginia Museum
of Natural History
STABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE INDIAN RIVER AREA BRYOZOAN
FAUNA OVER A 24- YEAR PERIOD
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Wulff, Janie L. , Florida State University
LIFE HISTORY AND MORPHOLOGICAL STRATEGIES OF SPONGES DRIVE COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS ON MANGROVE ROOTS, WITH HELP FROM PREDATORS, COMPETITORS,
AND PATHOGENS
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