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
Co-Chair: Carolina Bonin, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States
Primary Liaison: 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 Carolina Bonin, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Carolina Bonin, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, United States
E ola i ka wai: A survey of two microbial pathogens within Hawai’iʻs kahawai along the ahupua’a (659094)
Keahe'āla'ilani Takushi1, Kamalani Oshiro2, Kadi Camacho3, Kailee Aina2, Maria Steadmon2, Michaela Setzer2 and Kiana L Frank4, (1)Chaminade University, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Guam, Guam, (4)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Ocean Acidification for the Nation: Congressional Briefs for Communication (502673)
Laura Anderson1, Jennifer Mintz2, Elizabeth Jewett3 and Alicia Cheripka2, (1)NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program, NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (3)NOAA Ocean Acidification Program, Silver Spring, United States
Visualizing the Hidden World: Utilizing CARD-FISH to Detect Microbes Exposed to Oil (637821)
Makeda Mills1,2, Amanda Achberger3 and Jason B Sylvan1, (1)Texas A&M University, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, (2)University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, (3)Texas A&M University, Oceanography, College Station, United States
Effects of Microplastic Fibers on American Lobster Larvae (Homarus americanus) (646748)
Theresa Hong1, Madelyn N Woods2, David Fields3 and Patricia Matrai2, (1)Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States, (2)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, (3)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States
The Effects of Different Antibiotics on Pseudo-nitzschia Diatoms and their Microbial Communities (650681)
Christopher McDonald, University of the Virgin Islands, College of Science and Math, St. Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, Rachel Ellen Diner, University of California, San Diego / J. Craig Venter Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Patrick Brunson, University of California San Diego, San Diego / J. Craig Venter Institute, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Andrew E Allen, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States
Global Phylogeography of Delphinine Dolphins Using Mitogenomics (646831)
Madeleine Becker1,2, Katherine Murphy3, Charles Potter2, Ibrahima Ndong4, Lucy Keith-Diagne4 and Michael R McGowen2, (1)University of Southern California, Biological Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Vertebrate Zoology, Washington, DC, United States, (3)National Museum of Natural History, Laboratories of Analytical Biology, Washington, DC, United States, (4)African Aquatic Conservation Fund, Mbour, Senegal
Optimizing an Immune Function Assay for Sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria), an Emerging Aquaculture Species (644021)
Serina Moheed1, Joseph Dietrich2, Mary Beth Rew Hicks2,3, Carla Schubiger4 and Mary Arkoosh2, (1)Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport, OR, United States, (3)Lynker Technologies LLC, OR, United States, (4)Oregon State University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Carlson College of Veterinary Medecine, Corvallis, OR, United States
Phenotypic and Genome Editing Analysis of Stickleback Morphology (644409)
James Wilson, University of Miami, Marine Biology and Ecology, Coral Gables, United States; University of California, Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, Berkeley, United States and Craig T Miller, University of California, Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology, United States
Climate shifts and global spatio-temporal variation in albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) diets (644637)
Cindy Matuch, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Monterey, CA, United States, Natasha Hardy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Stephanie Green, University of Alberta, AB, Canada and Larry Crowder, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Department of Biology, Pacific Grove, CA, United States
The Influence of Concrete Formulation on Short Term Marine Biofouling in Savin Hill Cove, Massachusetts (644711)
Samina Soin-Voshell, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, United States, Lucy Lockwood, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States and Michael Tlusty, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, MA, United States
