Morning Coffee

Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography SGA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Comments

TBA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Occurrence and Potential Impacts of Organic UV Filters in Acropora cervicornis

Megan M. Kennedy

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Region-specific movements of oceanic whitetip sharks in the western North Atlantic Ocean revealed by long-term satellite tracking

Jeremy Vaudo, Nova Southeastern University
Bradley M. Wetherbee, Nova Southeastern University; University of Rhode Island
Guy Harvey, Guy Harvey Research Institute
Mahmood Shivji, Nova Southeastern University

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Carbon source driven metabolic buffering determines the co-existence of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Camryn Pajon

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Evaluating the Effect of Symbiodiniaceae on the Survival, Acquisition, and Growth of Newly Settled Corals of Three Caribbean Species

Michael B. Hood, Nova Southeastern University

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

Halmos College of Arts and Sciences SGA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Ocean-Based Climate Actions

Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Lessons learned on toxic cyanobacterial blooms from studying the microbial ecology of Lake Okeechobee

Lauren E. Krausfeldt, lkrausfe@nova.edu
Elizaveta Shmakova, Nova Southeastern University
Hyo Won Lee, Nova Southeastern University
Yvain Desplat, Nova Southeastern University
Paisley Samuel
Eric Fortman, Nova Southeastern University
Robert P. Smith
Barry H. Rosen, Florida Gulf Coast University
Hidetoshi Urakawa, Florida Gulf Coast University
Jose V. Lopez, Nova Southeastern University

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

KEYNOTE: Geological perspectives on the degradation and restoration of Florida’s coral reefs

Lauren Toth, St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

Halmos College of Arts and Sciences SGA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Reskinning of large Orbicella faveolata in the wake of SCTLD

Alexander G. Wheeler, Nova Southeastern University
Kathryn Toth, Nova Southeastern University
Reagan Sharkey MPS, University of Miami
Brian K. Walker, Nova Southeastern University

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Periodic Spatial Disturbances Alter the Expression of Quorum Sensing Virulence Factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Laura García-Diéguez, Nova Southeastern University

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

High incidence of partial colony mortality constrains realized growth for three coral species (Montastraea cavernosa, Porites astreoides and Siderastrea siderea) in southeast Florida

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

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Measurement and modeling of small-scale to mesoscale ocean circulation in the Straits of Florida

Breanna L. Vanderplow, Nova Southeastern University
John Kluge, Nova Southeastern University
Alexander V. Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University
Richard Dodge, Nova Southeastern University
Jon Wood, Ocean Data Technologies, Inc.
Johanna Evans, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
William Venezia, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
Michael Farrar, Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

NSU Marine Turtle Tracking: What we know so far about the post-nesting movements of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) turtles nesting in Broward County, FL

Glenn D. Goodwin, Nova Southeastern University
Derek A. Burkholder, Nova Southeastern University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Evaluation of Nearshore Carbonate Chemistry Within Major Navigational Inlets of the Southeast Florida Coral Reef Ecosystem Conservation Area

Harrison Davis, Nova Southeastern University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break

Halmos College of Arts and Sciences SGA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Goals and Projects of the Marine Larval Ecology and Recruitment Lab

Karagan R. Ross, Nova Southeastern University

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Sewage-based epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in South Florida

Eben Gering, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

The Influence of Growth Efficiency on the Inoculum Effect

Estefania Marin Meneses, Nova Southeastern University
Gabriela Diaz-Tang, Nova Southeastern University

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Plastic Ingestion by Pelagic and Benthic Crustaceans at the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

Daniella E. Milanese, Nova Southeastern University

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Taxonomic resolution and biodiversity evaluations for deep-sea fish assemblages in a pelagic ecosystem of the northern Gulf of Mexico

Krista N. Scheuerman, Nova Southeastern University

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Processing and Analysis of Velocity and CTD Data from a Wirewalker Wave-Powered Profiler Experimental Deployment

Alfredo Quezada, Nova Southeastern University

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

“The Golden Age of Science” Lecture Series announcement

Stephen James O'Brien, Nova Southeastern University

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Banquet

Halmos College of Arts and Sciences SGA

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

5:30 PM