Updates of the Global Invertebrate Genome Alliance (GIGA) for Comparative Genomics

Jose Lopez, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Reproductive Ecology Of Dragonfishes (Family: Stomiidae) In The Gulf Of Mexico

Alex Marks, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

Microbial Community Dynamics of Diseased Acropora cervicornis

Charles J. Walton, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Microbial and Genomic Analysis of South Florida Environmental Samples in Search of Pathogenic Salmonella

Jorie Skutas, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

Vision and Bioluminescence in Deep-sea Crustaceans

Tamara Frank, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Quality assessment of genome scaffolding tools using a large vertebrate genome

Glenn Goodwin, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Coffee Break

HCNSO Ocean Science Jamboree

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Monitoring coral reefs in the Florida Keys - A story of loss and hope

Steven Miller, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Abundance and Diversity of Deep-Sea Crustaceans of Bear Seamount, New England Seamount Chain

Valerie Miranda, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Using regression-based effect size meta-analysis to investigate coral responses to climate change

Niklas Kornder, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

Port Mariel, Cuba: Promise, Prosperity, & Pests

Charleen O'Brien, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Surface Dynamics of Crude and Weathered Oil in the Presence of Dispersants: Laboratory Experiment and Numerical Simulation

Alexander Soloviev, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Active Linkage of Large Vertebrates and the Deep-Pelagic Fauna of the Oceanic Gulf of Mexico after Deepwater Horizon: Vertical Dynamics of the Epipelagic, Mesopelagic and Bathypelagic Ichthyofauna

Tracey Sutton, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

HCNSO Ocean Science Jamboree

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Time-series observations of crinoid assemblages on a deep tropical island slope, Isla Roatán, Honduras

Charles Messing, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

A comparative analysis of the vertical and horizontal assemblages of crustaceans in the Order Euphausiacea (Malacostraca: Eucarida) in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Megan Weber, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Flow Cytometric Characterization of Marine Invertebrate Genome Size Diversity

Kyle Roebuck, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Transgenerational effects of temperature stress: Impacts on and beyond coral reproduction

Alyson Kuba, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

Why stop at the surface when addressing marine ecosystems? A preliminary assessment of trophic positions for the seabirds of south Florida using C and N stable isotopes

David Kerstetter, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Biomixing Due to Diel Vertical Migrations of Zooplankton: Comparison of Computational Fluid Dynamics Model with Observations

Cayla Dean, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break

HCNSO Ocean Science Jamboree

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The Seascape of the Southeast Florida Reef Tract: Life on a Marginal Reef

Brian K. Walker, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Using engineered bacteria to understand the dynamics of microbial cooperation

Robert P. Smith, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Into the Unknown: Understanding the largest ecosystems on Earth

Rosanna Milligan, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

4:00 PM - 4:15 PM

Taxonomic and Distributional Appraisal of the Genera Sergia and Sergestes (Decapoda: Dendrobranchiata: Sergestidae) Within the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Richard Hartland, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

DNA Analysis of Surfactant Associated Bacteria in the Sea Surface Microlayer in Application to Satellite Oceanography

Kathryn Howe, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Coral Research in the Tropical Eastern Pacific Ocean

Joshua Feingold, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

5:00 PM - 5:15 PM

Can Environmental Protection Reduce the Anthropogenic Effects of Marine Debris?

Morgan Knowles, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Can skeletal morphology support new molecular phylogenies of Antedonidae (Crinoidea: Comatulida)?

Brenna Hays, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

5:30 PM - 5:45 PM

What Arabian coral reefs can teach us about the past, the future, and the management of the word’s coral reefs

Bernhard Riegl, Nova Southeastern University

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

5:45 PM - 6:00 PM

SGA Happy Hour

HCNSO SGA

Guy Harvey Oceanographic Center Facility

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM