February 13, 2025

Introductions

HCAS Graduate Science Research Symposium Organizing Committee

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Sharks in the Parks: Use of MPAs by Silky Sharks, Carcharhinus falciformis, in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Jeremy Vaudo, Presenter, Nova Southeastern University
Pelayo Salinas de Leon, Charles Darwin Foundation
Ryan Logan, Nova Southeastern University
Jenifer Suarez-Moncada, Galapagos National Park Directorate
Bradley Wetherbee, University of Rhode Island
Mahmood Shivji, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Genomic Assessment of Ancestry and Natural History in a Captive Tiger Living in New York City Projects

Steven O'Brien, Presenter, Nova Southeastern University
George Duncan, Nova Southeastern University
Henry Jones
Shu-Jin Luo, Peking University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Differences in Secondary Consumer Behavioral Responses to Predators on Natural and Artificial Reefs in South Florida

Lauren E. Dalton, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Regional Differences in the Effects of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease and Antibiotic Treatments on the Fecundity of Orbicella faveolata in Florida

Reagan Sharkey, Presenter, Nova Southeastern University
Hannah Mazurek, Nova Southeastern University
Abigail Renegar, Nova Southeastern University
Cheryl Woodley, NOAA NOS NCCOS
Greta Aeby, Qatar University
Karen Neely, Nova Southeastern University
Gareth Williams, Bangor University
Brian Walker, Nova Southeastern University

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

Break

Symposium Break

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Keynote: Master of the House? Emerging Insights on the Cell Biology and Ecology of Coral-Dinoflagellate Mutualisms

Todd C. LaJeunesse, The Pennsylvania State University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

SGA & Organizing Committee

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Parasite surveys of Hypanus sabinus and H. say hosts in the Indian River Lagoon Estuary

Sarah Sargent, Presenter, Nova Southeastern University
David Kerstetter, Nova Southeastern University
Christopher Blanar, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Experimental Core Healing in Orbicella faveolata as an Indicator of Colony Health

Alexander G. Wheeler, Presenter, Nova Southeastern University
Reagan Sharkey, University of Miami
Hunter Noren, Nova Southeastern University
Cheryl M. Woodley, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
Abigail Renegar, Nova Southeastern University
Brian K. Walker, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Stable Isotopes and Heavy Metals as Trophic Discriminators among Southeast Alaska Gray Wolves and Northern Sea Otters

Miranda Brohman, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Comparative Life-History Strategies of Two Sympatric Stingray Species From the Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Jordan M. Zulli

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

A New Threat? Investigating Unusual Lesions on the Florida Keys’ Largest Corals

Arelys Chaparro, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Endoparasite Community of the Invasive Grey-Headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

Alexia Hilber

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break

Symposium Break

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Coral Physiological Response to Deoxygenated Seawater

Jennifer E. Mallon, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Regional Survivorship, Predation and Growth of Outplanted Fragments from Resilient Orbicella Faveolata in Southeast Florida

Alex S. Wagner

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Exploring the Thermal Sensitivity of Mitochondrial Function of a Model Cnidarian: Developing Approaches to Evaluate Metabolic Disruption Between Host and Symbiont

Eloy Martinez, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Estimated Carbon Flux of Argyropelecus aculeatus within the Gulf of Mexico

Sidney R. Trimble, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Answers in a Drop of Water: eDNA and its Application in Marine and Freshwater Conservation

Susana Caballero Gaitan, Nova Southeastern University

HCAS Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center, Nova Southeastern University

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM