Introduction to the HCNSO Life Sciences Research Symposium

Richard E. Dodge, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Metagenomic characterization of the cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in Lake Okeechobee

Lauren E. Krausfeldt, Nova Southeastern University
Barry Rosen, Florida Gulf Coast University
Viviana Mazzei, USGS
Eric Fortman, Nova Southeastern University
Elizaveta Shmakova, Nova Southeastern University
Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Preliminary assessment of the effects of bottom depth and distance from shore on a shallow water pelagic community in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Tyler Stephen Plum, Nova Southeastern University
Jeremy Vaudo, Nova Southeastern University
Ryan Logan, Nova Southeastern University
Brad Wetherbee, University of Rhode Island
Mahmood S. Shivji, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Acetaminophen potentiates, rather than diminishes, emotional responses to threatening stimuli

Andrew C. Gallup, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Brianda K. L. Gagnon, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Gillian Perry, SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Omar Tonsi Eldakar, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Effect of Surfactants on the Generation of Sea Spray During Tropical Cyclones

Breanna L. Vanderplow, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Spatial comparison of bluefin tuna larval growth rates and their nitrogen isotopic signatures

Estrella Malca, Nova Southeastern University
Jose Maria Quintanilla, Instituto Español de Oceanografia
Raul Laiz Carrion, Instituto Espanol de Oceanografia
Trika Gerard, NOAA Fisheries
Tracy Sutton

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Seascape ecology in the deep pelagic Gulf of Mexico

Rosanna J. Milligan, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

SE FL ECA Reef-building-coral Response to Amoxicillin Intervention and Broader-scale Coral Disease Intervention

Hunter Noren, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Humanity's Changing Relationship to the Ocean

Jeremy Jackson, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; Smithsonian Institution; American Museum of Natural History Center for Biodiversity and Conservation

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University - 2nd Floor Cafe

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Does host manipulation reach beyond the litter box and lab? Testing T. gondii's impact on wild hyenas

Eben Gering, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

A Temporal Analysis of the Euphausiid Assemblage in the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Nathan A. La Spina, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Coral-Symbiodiniaceae interaction networks for assessing broad patterns of differential bleaching-susceptibility

Timothy Swain

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Linking crude oil and dispersant effect to the genetic expression of marine sponge Cinachyrella

Yvain Desplat, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Large corals and Interventions in a Coral Disease-Ravaged Area

Alysha Brunelle, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

The impact of physical disturbance and biofilm robustness on cooperative pyoverdine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Rebecca J. Quinn, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break / Poster Sessions

HCNSO Student Posters

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Climate-driven changes in patterns of larval dispersal and connectivity of spawning corals can be predicted based on egg size

Joana Figueiredo, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Ultrastructural analysis of the effects of light on cuticular pleopod photophores in the deep-sea shrimp Janicella spinicauda

Jamie E. Sickles, Nova Southeastern University
Patricia Blackwelder, Nova Southeastern University; University of Miami, RSMAS
Tamara Frank, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Coral Community Dynamics in Southeast Florida

Nicholas P. Jones, Nova Southeastern University
David S. Gilliam, Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Our Ocean Planet in Three Acts: Staggering Diversity, Scary News, and Reasons for Hope

Nancy Knowlton, Smithsonian Institution

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

Dinner

Nova Southeastern University

HCNSO Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Nova Southeastern University - 2nd Floor Cafe

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM