PC54B:
Implications of Global Climate Change on the Health of Coral Reef Ecosystems II Posters


Session ID#: 11501

Session Description:
Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems in the world. Vital for maintaining ecological balance in coastal tropical environments, they also stand as the foundation for enormous cultural and economic resources. However, the increasing threat of global climate change and the continued degradation of coral reefs around the world is an alarming call for action towards the identification of implications of temperature stress and subsequent rehabilitation of these vital marine environments. Recent bleaching events throughout the Pacific Ocean and subsequent coral reef studies lend greater insight into how these ecosystems cope with warming oceans and what shifts in ecosystem structure can be expected. In this session, focus will be dedicated towards elucidating shifts in coral reef ecology, changes in molecular biomarkers of stress, zooxanthellae clade variation, and physiological and molecular changes during heat stress, which will allow for greater insight into anticipating and addressing coral reef environmental changes.
Primary Chair:  James Murphy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI, United States
Chairs:  Narrissa Spies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States, Federica Ragazzola, University of Porstmouth, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Sophie J McCoy, Plymouth Marine Laboratory,, Plymouth, PL1, United Kingdom, Plymouth, United Kingdom and Chiara Lombardi, Marine and Sustainable Development Unit ENEA, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy
Moderators:  James Murphy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI, United States, Frederica Ragazzola, University of Porstmouth, Institute of Marine Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Portsmouth, United Kingdom and Sophie J McCoy, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, PL1, United Kingdom
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Chiara Lombardi, Marine and Sustainable Development Unit ENEA, Marine Ecology Laboratory, Pozzuolo di Lerici, Italy and Narrissa Spies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States
Index Terms:

1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
9355 Pacific Ocean [GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • HI - Human Use and Impacts
  • ME - Marine Ecosystems
  • TE - Tropical and Equatorial Environments
  • O - Other

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
The interactive effects of nutrient and salinity stress on corals from distinct environments on the Belize Barrier Reef System (92414)
Joseph Edward Townsend1, Colleen Brynn Bove2, Justin Baumann3, Sarah W Davies3 and Karl Castillo3, (1)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (2)University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Curriculum for the Environment and Ecology, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, (3)The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
 
Seascape dynamics of a coral disease outbreak in Hawaii (88321)
Jamie Sziklay, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States and Megan Donahue, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, Kane‘ohe, HI, United States
 
Mapping Prevalence and Incidence of Coral Disease in reef-building corals at two Natural Reserves of the Southwest Puerto Rico (93653)
Isabel Sanchez Viruet1, Emmanuel Irizarry-Soto2 and Idelfonso Ruiz-Valentín2, (1)Universidad Metropolitana, Science and Technology, San Juan, PR, United States, (2)Department of Natural and Environmental Resources, Wildlife Refuge, Boquerón, Cabo Rojo, PR
 
THE EFFECT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURES OF TWO THREATENED CARIBBEAN CORAL SPECIES: A PROTEOMIC STUDY (90468)
Martha Ricaurte1, Nikolaos V Schizas2, Ernesto Weil2, Pawel Ciborowski3 and Nawal M Boukli4, (1)University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (2)University of Puerto Rico, Department of Marine Sciences, Mayaguez, PR, United States, (3)Director, Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core Facility, Omaha, NE, United States, (4)Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Bayamon, PR, United States
 
Assessing Coral Response to a Severe Bleaching Event Using Mulimolecular Biomarkers (92316)
Lydia Babcock-Adams1, Sara Minarro2, William K Fitt2 and Patricia M Medeiros1, (1)University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA, United States, (2)University of Georgia, Department of Ecology, Athens, GA, United States
 
Detection of Chronic Stress in Corals Exposed to Invasive Algae Mats (93926)
Victoria Sindorf, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States and Robert H Richmond, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Understanding Coral's Short-term Adaptive Ability to Changing Environment (90087)
Kaho Tisthammer and Robert H Richmond, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Reef scent: How brooded coral larvae from a tough coral smell their way to a new home (90151)
Narrissa Spies1, Robert H Richmond2, Francois Seneca2, James Murphy3, Jonathan Martinez4 and Aleka Lyman2, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Biology, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, Honolulu, HI, United States, (4)NOAA
 
Impacts of Larval Connectivity on Coral Heat Tolerance (87568)
J A Kleypas1, Diane M Thompson2, Frederic S Castruccio1, Enrique N Curchitser3, Malin L. Pinsky4 and James R. Watson5, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Climate and Global Dynamics, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Boston University, Earth & Environment, Boston, MA, United States, (3)Rutgers University, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (4)Rutgers University, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (5)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Proactive Ecological Reef Rehabilitation for Caribbean Coral Reefs (88052)
Phillip Dustan, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States and Liv Wheeler, Trees to Seas (501c3), Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Satellite and Ocean Model Analysis of Thermal Conditions Affecting Coral Reefs in the Western Indian Ocean (88827)
Zoraida P. Perez Delgado, School of Science and Technology, Universidad Metropolitana, San Juan, PR, United States, Caroline Ummenhofer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Dustin J Swales, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States
 
A Comparison of Macrobenthic Organisms in Shallow-Water and Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (92956)
Alexandria Barkman, Temple University, Biology Department, Philadelphia, PA, United States and Daniel Wagner, NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, via Cherokee Nation Strategic Programs, Charleston, SC, United States
 
Influence of Coral Community Structure and Thermal Stress Exposure on Observed Patterns of Bleaching across the Northern Mariana Islands (90519)
Lyza Johnston1, Scott F Heron2, Steve Johnson3, Ryan Okano1, David Benavente1, John Iguel4, Denise Perez5, Gang Liu6, Erick Francis Geiger7 and C. Mark Eakin6, (1)CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Coastal Resources Management, Saipan, United States, (2)NOAA, Coral Reef Watch, Townsville, Australia, (3)University of Guam, Marine Laboratory, Mangilao, United States, (4)CNMI Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Saipan, United States, (5)University of Queensland, Remote Sensing Research Centre, St Lucia, QLD, Australia, (6)NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (7)NOAA/NESDIS/STAR Coral Reef Watch, College Park, MD, United States
 
Algal Turf Recruitment and Early Growth did not Differ Across Sites that Varied Greatly in Herbivore and Coral Community Structure. (91988)
Camille Gaynus, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
Response of Holobiont Compartments to Salinity Changes Indicates Osmoregulation of Scleractinian Corals (89543)
Till Roethig, Michael A Ochsenkuehn, Riaan van der Merwe, Anna Roik and Christian R Voolstra, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, BESE/RSRC, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia