ED13A:
ASLO Multicultural Program Student Symposium for Undergraduate and Beginning Graduate Students III


Session ID#: 11518

Session Description:
This session is sponsored by the ASLO Multicultural Program. It provides undergraduate and beginning graduate students an opportunity to present their work in an oral session with a friendly and supportive audience. Any student attending the conference who has not before presented in the student symposium or in a regular oral session may submit their abstract for this session. Thus the session is open to all students that meet this criterion, regardless of their affiliation with the Multicultural Program. We look forward to a diverse mix of students from all backgrounds and interests.
Primary Chair:  Benjamin Cuker, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States
Chairs:  Deidre Michelle Gibson, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States and Benjamin Cuker, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States
Moderators:  Benjamin Cuker, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States and Deidre Michelle Gibson, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Benjamin Cuker, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States and Deidre Michelle Gibson, Hampton University, Marine and Environmental Science, Hampton, VA, United States
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
6630 Workforce [PUBLIC ISSUES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Effects of Tidally Driven Variation on the Response of Coralline Algae to Ocean Acidification (90226)
Jeremiah Marley Ets-Hokin1, Evangeline Fachon2, Emily M Donham1 and Nichole Price1, (1)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, (2)Northeastern University, College of Science, Biology Department, Boston, MA, United States
An In situ Study of Seasonal Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nutrient Fluxes from a Spartina alterniflora Salt Marsh in North Carolina (90481)
Derek John Detweiler and Ai Ning Loh, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Wilmington, NC, United States
Halophila stipulacea: survival under adverse conditions. (92656)
Calwyn Rioja Morton Jr1, Avram Gerald Primack1 and Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria2, (1)University of the Virgin Islands, GeoCAS, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, (2)University of the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
The Effect of Various Species of Macroalgae on the Growth, Survival, and Toxicity of Karenia brevis (90614)
Kayla Grace Gardner, University of South Carolina-Columbia, Marine Science, Columbia, SC, United States, Vincent John Lovko, Mote Marine Laboratory, Phytoplankton Ecology, Sarasota, FL, United States and Michael S Henry, Mote Marine Laboratory, Ecotoxicology, Sarasota, FL, United States
Effect of Ocean Acidification on the Food Quality of the Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi (88178)
Julia Elizabeth Maine, Bowdoin College, Earth and Oceanographic Science, Brunswick, ME, United States; Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Balch Lab, East Boothbay, ME, United States, Meredith M White, Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, William M Balch, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States and Lisa M Milke, NEFSC Milford Laboratory, Milford, CT, United States
IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAUSAL AGENT OF SHRIMP BLACK GILL IN THE COASTAL SOUTHEAST USA (89024)
Molly Anne Bassette1,2, Rufat Verdiyev3, Ashleigh Rene Price4, Tina L Walters5, Stephen C Landers6, Anna N Walker7, Patrick J Geer8 and Marc Emil Frischer2, (1)Kansas State University, Biology, Manhattan, KS, United States, (2)University of Georgia, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, United States, (3)Stony Brook University, Long Island, NY, United States, (4)Savannah State University, Marine Science, Savannah, GA, United States, (5)University of Georgia Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA, United States, (6)Troy University, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Troy, AL, United States, (7)Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA, United States, (8)Georgia Department of Natural Resrources, Coastal Resources Division, Brunswick, GA, United States
Tidal Energy Dissipation over long Geological Time Scales (89800)
Houraa Daher1, Alistair Adcroft2, Joseph K Ansong1, Brian K Arbic1, Jacqueline Austermann3, Jerry X Mitrovica4 and Adam C Maloof5, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (4)Harvard University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Cambridge, MA, United States, (5)Princeton University, Department of Geosciences, Princeton, NJ, United States
Population Structure of the Coral-eating Fireworm Hermodice carunculata in the Wider Caribbean, Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (92306)
Mariel Cruz, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Marine Sciences, Mayagüez, PR, United States and Nikolaos V Schizas, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Marine Sciences, Mayaguez, PR, United States