September 2009 Colloquium Schedule
Friday, 25 September, 2009 (MRRI, Fort Johnson)
| 3:00 | Posters on display |
| 4:00 | OPENING REMARKS: Dr. Jaap Hillenius, Chair, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:05 | INTRODUCTION OF KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr. Allan Strand, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| 4:10 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Dr. Erik Sotka, Assistant Professor of Biology, College of Charleston THE EMERGING ROLE FOR PHARMACOLOGY IN UNDERSTANDING MARINE PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS |
| 5:00-7:00 | POSTER SESSION & SOCIAL |
Saturday, 26 September, 2009
Oral Presentations
| 9:15 | INTRODUCTION: Dr. Melissa Hughes, Department of Biology, College of Charleston |
| Session 1 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 9:30 | Fernandes, Daniel EFFECTS OF SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION ON SHELL FORMATION IN INTRACAPSULAR LARVAE OF THE INTERTIDAL SNAIL NASSARIUS OBSOLETUS |
| 9:45 | Feltman, Peter STRESS RESPONSES IN THE CORAL SYMBIONT SYMBIODINIUM ADRIATICUM: A ROLE FOR SPLICED LEADER SILENCING |
| 10:00 | Kreutzer, Allison THE ROLE OF CRAB TRAPS IN OYSTER RESTORATION |
| 10:15 | Wham, Drew PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE OF GENETIC BOTTLENECK IN A SOUTH FLORIDA CORAL POPULATION |
| 10:30 | BREAK |
| Session 2 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 10:45 | Wilkie, Jacquelyn TEMPORAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SURF ZONE MACROFAUNA AT FOLLY BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 11:00 | Ferrante, Jason SERUM CYTOKINES AS PREDICTORS OF DOMOIC ACID EXPOSURE IN CALIFORNIA SEA LIONS, ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS |
| 11:15 | Ragland, Jared DO PATTERNS OF ORGANOHALOGEN CONTAMINATION IN THE BLOOD OF ADULT MALE LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) VARY BASED ON MIGRATION PATTERNS? |
| 11:30 | Reiss, Katie ASSESSMENT OF HYDROXYLATED ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS AND THYROID HORMONES IN SHARK BLOOD PLASMA FROM ESTUARIES ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COAST OF THE U.S. |
| 11:45 | LUNCH |
| Session 3 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 1:30 | Alderson, Jesse CIRCULATING PLASMA CORTICOSTERONE LEVELS AND INJURIES IN LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES (CARETTA CARETTA) |
| 1:45 | McLenon, Amanda SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS OF INCREASED TEMPERATURE AND CO2 ON DIMETHYLSULFONIOPROPIONATE CONCENTRATION IN SYMBIODINIUM MICROADRIATICUM AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN METHIONINE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY |
| 2:00 | Johns, Christopher PARTITIONING THE GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON GENE EXPRESSION IN THE ROBUST EASTERN OYSTER, CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA, FROM THREE LOCATIONS IN MISSISSIPPI |
| 2:15 | BREAK |
| Session 4 | Moderator: Dr. Rob Dillon, College of Charleston |
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| 2:30 | Hedgespeth, Melanie AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PRESENCE AND FATE OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPs) FOUND IN TREATED WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO CHARLESTON HARBOR, SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 2:45 | Williamson, Tucker POPULATION STRUCTURE OF MEGABALANUS COCCOPOMA OVER ITS INTRODUCED RANGE OF SOUTHEASTERN U.S. |
| 3:00 | Stavovy, Jennifer THE EFFECTS OF IRON AND IRRADIANCE ON THE GROWTH AND PHYSIOLOGY OF A POLAR DIATOM, FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS |
| 3:15 | Sturgeon, Nora BOTTLENOSE DOLPHINS AND THE ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB FISHERY: A STUDY OF COINCIDENCE AND INTERACTION IN CHARLESTON HARBOR, SOUTH CAROLINA |
| 3:30 | BREAK |
| 4:00 | CLOSING ADDRESS: Dr. Geoff Scott, Director of
Center For Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research and Acting Director of Hollings Marine Laboratory ADDITIVE EFFECTS OF COASTAL DEVELOPMENT AND GLOBAL WARMING: A RECIPE FOR DISASTER FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEM HEALTH |
| 5:00 | CLOSING REMARKS AND AWARD PRESENTATION: Dr. Craig Plante, Grice Marine Laboratory, College of Charleston |
| 5:30 | Lowcountry Boil, Marshlands House |
Poster Presentations
THE EFFECT OF SHELL HASH ON THE BURROWING RATE AND ABUNDANCE OF DONAX VARIABILIS
Bricker, Tessa (GPMB, College of Charleston)
DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS (MALACLEMYS TERRAPIN) OF THE ASHLEY RIVER: ESTIMATED POPULATION SIZE, SEX RATIO, AND DISTRIBUTION
Broyles, Elizabeth (GPMB, College of Charleston)
A COEVOLUTIONARY ARMS-RACE BETWEEN CORAL REEF HERBIVORES AND THEIR SEAWEED PREY: ARE TROPICAL URCHINS MORE RESISTANT TO LIPOPHILIC SECONDARY METABOLITES THAN TEMPERATURE URCHINS?
Craft, Jonathan (GPMB, College of Charleston)
A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN, TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS, INTERACTIONS WITH CRAB POTS AS MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING METHODS OF ENTANGLEMENT WITH FISHING GEAR
Duquette, Ashley (GPMB, College of Charleston)
RECRUITMENT OF STOCKED JUVENILE RED DRUM TO THE ADULT POPULATION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Gerhard, Joy (GPMB, College of Charleston)
TRANSGENERATIONAL PLASTICITY AND HABITAT HETEROGENEITY IN MIMULUS GUTTATUS: AN ANALYSIS OF MATERNAL AND PATERNAL EFFECTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH EDAPHIC VARIATION
Henson, Chris (MES, College of Charleston)
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE BACTERIAL PROPERTIES THAT IMPAIR RESPIRATION IN THE ATLANTIC BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS
Johnson, Nathaniel (GPMB, College of Charleston)
NEKTON USE OF AN INTERTIDAL RESTORED OYSTER REEF
Joyce, Ryan (GPMB, College of Charleston)
BASELINE DATA ON VITALITY, SUBSTRATE COMPOSITION, AND FISH DIVERSITY ON SAGHARUGHOMBE REEF, SOLOMON ISLANDS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2008
Olds, Katie (GPMB, College of Charleston)
THE EFFECTS OF A SYNTHETIC PYRETHROID PESTICIDE ON TWO ESTUARINE FISH SPECIES
Parent, Lindsey (GPMB, College of Charleston)
USING ANISAKIDS AS MARKERS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL PYGMY SPERM (KOGIA BREVICEPS) AND DWARF SPERM WHALE (KOGIA SIMA) STOCKS IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND GULF OF MEXICO
Rein, Rachel (GPMB, College of Charleston)
STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF THE SANDBAR SHARK (CARCHARINUS PLUMBEUS): A NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR COMPARISON OF DIET AND TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GENDERS, LOCATIONS, AND AGE CLASSES
Shiffman, David (GPMB, College of Charleston)
SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF THE BREGMACEROS SP.5 COMPLEX
Simpson, Ray (GPMB, College of Charleston)
AN ANALYSIS OF HABITAT MOVEMENT AND SURVIVAL RATES FOR AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHERS IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Snipes, Katie (MES, College of Charleston)
DETERMINATION OF THE AMOUNT OF OYSTER SHELL AVAILABLE FOR RECYCLING ACROSS THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE USE OF SURVEYS
Stone, Benjamin (MES, College of Charleston)
COMMUNITY AND TROPHIC STRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF THE SNAPPER GROUPER COMPLEX OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. ATLANTIC COAST
Stratton, Mark (GPMB, College of Charleston)
SPAWNING BY THE SOUTHERN AND GULF FLOUNDERS (PARALICHTHYS LETHOSTIGMA AND P. ALBIGUTTA) OFF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
Tucker, Chuck (GPMB, College of Charleston)