Whippo R, Lowe A, and Britton-Simmons K. 2011. Effects of the Red Sea Urchin on Benthic Invertebrate Communities: A Link to Spatial Subsidies. In: Pollock NW, ed. Diving for Science 2011. Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 30th Symposium. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS.
Western Society of Naturalists Meeting 2011
MER Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Presenting at the 2011 WSN Meeting
Harley Lab
Rebecca Kordas – EXPERIMENTAL WARMING REDUCES INVERTEBRATE DENSITY AND COMMUNITY RICHNESS ON ROCKY SHORES
Rebecca Gooding – MULTIPLE CLIMATE VARIABLES MAY INDIRECTLY REDUCE MUSSEL POPULATIONS VIA INCREASED GROWTH AND FEEDING OF A KEYSTONE PREDATOR
Jennifer Jorve – INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF SHORE LEVEL AND EXPERIMENTAL WARMING ON ADULT AND JUVENILE INTERTIDAL KELP
Kyle Demes – SURVIVAL OF THE WEAKEST: INCREASED FROND MECHANICAL STRENGTH IN A WAVE-SWEPT KELP INHIBITS SELF-PRUNING INCREASING MORTALITY
Kat Anderson – NON-NATIVE LITTORINA LITTOREA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA: DISTRIBUTION, POTENTIAL IMPACTS, AND PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT.
Jocelyn Nelson (poster) – A WAR ON TWO FRONTS: THE INTERACTIVE EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND INVASIVE SPECIES ON COASTAL MARINE COMMUNITIES
Manon Picard (poster) – THE EFFECTS OF INCREASED ACIDITY ON MOLLUSCAN EARLY DEVELOPMENT: CRITICAL THRESHOLD AND ACCLIMATION
Theresa Coyle – RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SALINITY AND VARIATION IN TROPHIC STRUCTURE ON ROCKY SHORES
Chan’s Lab
Rebecca Goldman Martone – WHERE’S THE BIOMASS? SEA OTTERS DRIVE REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN SUBTIDAL ROCKY REEF FOOD WEBS ON VANCOUVER ISLAND
O’Connor Lab
Ross Whippo – BENTHIC COMMUNITY STRUCTURE MEDIATED BY THE RED SEA URCHIN STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS IN THE SAN JUAN ARCHIPELAGO
Martone Lab
Laura Anderson – HARMFUL OR HELPFUL? BENEFITS RELAYED BY THE BROWN ALGAL EPIPHYTE, SORANTHERA ULVOIDEA, TO ITS RED ALGAL HOST, ODONTHALIA FLOCOSSA
Bess Kennedy – A CURIOUS SYMBIOSIS: EXPLORING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THE REVERSE LICHEN, PRASIOLA BOREALIS AND ITS MYCOBIONT
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
Where: Charleston, South Carolina
When: January 3-7, 2012
http://www.sicb.org/meetings/2012
The 2012 Annual Meeting for the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is an educational and re- search forum for investigations of biology on a broad com- parative scale. The meeting will include many symposia and special programs in addition to hundreds of contributed papers in divisional and topical sessions.
SICB Program
Society for Conservation Biology
Where: Auckland, New Zealand
When: December 5-9, 2011
http://www.conbio.org/Activities/Meetings/2011/
The Society for Conservation Biology’s International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) is recognized as the most important international meeting for conservation professionals and students. ICCBs are a forum for addressing conservation challenges. They are the global venue for presenting and discussing new research and developments in conservation science and practice. Most importantly, they connect our global community of conservation professionals and serve as the major networking outlet for anyone interested in conservation.
MER Graduate Students Win at the Salish Sea Conference
Ross Whippo and Joey Bernhardt win best student poster and runner-up best student talk, respectively, at this years Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver, BC. Both winners are first year graduate students of Mary O’Connor’s Lab in the UBC Zoology Department.
Western Society of Naturalists
Where: Vancouver, WA
When: November 10 – 13, 2011
The Western Society of Naturalists is a scientific society with a strong focus on ecology, evolution, natural history, and marine biology. Its membership is primarily concentrated on the west coast of North America, though many members have spread far and wide. The main activity of the society is the annual meeting, held in November. This meeting is a great venue to hear exciting new biological research.
MER Students and Postdoctoral Fellows Presenting at the 2011 Meeting
The Big Chill of Ocean Warming
Chris & Zoe Harley Intertidal
The Georgia Straight discusses ocean acidification and warming with Chris Harley and his daughter Zoe. Link
“Until seven years ago, UBC associate professor of zoology Chris Harley, 39, had—like most marine scientists—never heard the phrase “ocean acidification”. There were not even established scientific base lines in B.C. against which to measure rising acidity. There was virtually no ongoing research and no public policy. And because acidification tends to affect the smaller creatures of the marine food chain most—not the much more visible salmon or whales—it was largely overlooked.” – Georgia Straight
“In nature, there are always winners and losers. But according to Becca Gooding, a 27-year-old UBC marine-ecology PhD student, ocean acidification is altering the game.
For example, acidic waters decrease the ability of bivalves like oysters, mussels, clams, and scallops—all vital to B.C.’s shellfish industry—to reproduce and that of their vulnerable larvae to survive. And because acidity also reduces the amount of dissolved oceanic calcium carbonate—an essential component of mollusk shells—the creatures that do survive are smaller and have thinner shells than their predecessors. This makes them easier pickings for B.C.’s predatory purple sea stars.” – Read more in the Georgia Strait article
Salish Sea
Where: Vancouver B.C.
When: October 25 – 27, 2011
The Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference is the largest, most comprehensive scientific research and policy conference in the region. The 2011 conference, co-hosted by Environment Canada and the Puget Sound Partnership, presents the latest scientific research on the state of the ecosystem. The conference also shares information on recent management actions and best practices to protect and restore the Salish Sea Ecosystem. Through these dialogues, the conference emphasizes the importance of collaboration among scientists and policymakers to solve complex environmental issues that cross political borders.