European Symposium Oxford, 2017

V.2. 1 Contents Welcome Dear Delegates,

3. Welcome Welcome to the European Symposium!

4. Brought to you by We, the Reef Conservaton UK (RCUK) commitee, were invited by the Internatonal Society of Reef Studies to host a European coral reef meetng in 2017 in celebraton of twenty years of RCUK. Almost a 5. ECRS organising commitee year later and over 500 coral reef nerds are descending on a very festve Oxford! 6. ECRS Volunteers The interest in the conference has been overwhelming, it has pulled us out of our traditonal (yet 7. Sustainable conference smaller) home at ZSL London Zoo and into something rather more prestgious. The friendly and relaxed atmosphere of our annual gatherings is at the heart of RCUK and we hope this has travelled with us to 8. The Venues Oxford.

9. Moving between venues We have strived to make ECRS2017 as sustainable, environmentally friendly and family friendly as possible. Please join us on the band wagon by bringing along your refllable water botle and downloading 10. Inside the Examinaton Schools the conference App.

11. Conference venue map We look forward to seeing you all and hope you enjoy three days of sharing science!

12. Our plenary speakers The ECRS/RCUK commitee 13. Informaton for presenters #ECRS2017 [email protected] 14 - 17. The Schedule @ReefConsUK www.reefconservatonuk.co.uk/ecrs 18 - 37. Session line-ups 38 - 40. Workshop informaton 20 years of Reef Conservaton UK (RCUK) 41. Student grants & prizes Founding RCUK commitee Kristan Teleki, Heather Koldewey, Alastair Harborne, Dorie Smith, Jan Smith, Damon Stanwell-Smith, Elizabeth 42 - 45. Posters Wood 46 & 47. Trade Stands Evolving out of the UK commitee for the Internatonal Year of the Reef, RCUK was founded in 1997 and aimed 48. Conference Proceedings to maximize communicaton between coral reef enthusiasts based within the UK, whilst minimizing tme and money required to gather together. The frst RCUK conference was held in 1998 and atracted a great mix of 49. In & around Oxford students, academics and professionals, all who shared an enthusiasm in promotng reef awareness with the frst ever conference programme statng;

“We hope this is the beginning of a sustained and contnued efort to ensure that RCUK and the UK reef community maintain an actve role in promotng conservaton, public awareness and educaton about coral reefs”

Twenty years later our annual RCUK meetng at the Zoological Society of London has contnued to grow, with last year being our frst sell-out event! Each year fosters a welcoming atmosphere and has developed some great traditons - most notably Guylian chocolate bars and (warm) beers in the aquarium! 2 3 Brought to you by ECRS / RCUK Commitee

Reef Conservaton UK (RCUK) is an informal commitee founded in 1997 and made up of coral reef enthusiasts from across the UK (and slightly further afeld) who lend their tme to organising and hostng an annual one-day conference at ZSL London Zoo.

Rebecca Short Kirsty Richards Bryan Wilson Zoological Society of London / Zoological Society of London University of Bergen Imperial College London The Internatonal Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) was founded in 1980 and is the principal learned society to which reef scientsts and managers from across the world belong. The main objectve of the Society is to promote the producton and disseminaton of scientfc knowledge and understanding of coral reefs.

Catherine Head Robert Yarlet David Curnick As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford is a unique University of Oxford University of Exeter Zoological Society of London and historic insttuton. Oxford has a distnctve collegiate structure. Students and academics beneft from belonging both to the University, a large, internatonally-renowned insttuton, and to a college or hall, a small, interdisciplinary academic community. The central University is made up of many diferent sectons, including academic and administratve departments, libraries and museums.

Founded in 1826, the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is an Dom Andradi-Brown Victoria Jefers Mike Sweet internatonal scientfc, conservaton and educatonal charity whose WWF Blue Ventures University of Derby mission is to promote and achieve the worldwide conservaton of and their habitats. Realised through our groundbreaking science and actve conservaton projects in more than 50 countries, and two Zoos, ZSL London Zoo and ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. @ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 4 5 ECRS Volunteers A sustainable conference? What does that look like? Rather than having to plough through a hefy conference programme to fnd the informaton you need, our ECRS volunteers and commitee members will be on hand (and easy to spot) throughout the conference to answer any questons, point you in the right directon or just Conferences. have a chat with! Great for learning, networking and forming new collaboratons. All with the intenton of advancing our felds and generatng innovatve ideas for protectng our and our planet. But atractng an internatonal audience can Joanna Bluemel, CEFAS come at a cost, and at the expense of the environments that we are working hard to protect. As a reef conservaton commitee, we, with the help of our venues and partners, have been trying to make ECRS 2017 as environmentally Steven Carrion friendly as possible, and we’d love you guys to do your bit too! Hannah Gilchrist Catriona Glendinning Bring your own re-usable water botles! Kirste Skinner, ZSL Whipsnade ZSL’s One Less team are here and we’re taking up the challenge to ditch, not just single-use plastc water botles, but Emma Levy, Zoological Society of London single-use plastc all together! Jugs of water will be available during each of the breaks and at lunch tmes and there are water fountains all around the venue, therefore please think ahead and bring along your own reusable and refllable Sophia Castello, University of Oxford water botle. Lucy Jupe, University of Plymouth Christna Hunt, University of Oxford Desperate for that morning cofee on the go? Not to worry! A litle something will be in your conference bag enabling you to carry around your cafeine fx all day, Dan Bayley, University College London / Zoological Society of London just rinse, refll and reuse. Laura Stoltenberg, Southern Cross University Rebekah Trehern, University of Exeter Do you really need to print that? Our full programme will only be available as an e-programme that you can save on your device or view using the Eslam Osman, University of Essex conference App. We will be keeping printng to a minimum - TV screens and signs will keep you up to date with Amy Sing Wong, University of Essex what’s happening when. If you have any questons and can’t access the full programme, we have a team of dedicated volunteers who will be around to help.

A BIG thank you goes out to all of our volunteers! Ditch the paper & download the App! We have teamed up with Whova to bring you an all singing, all dancing conference App. Everything from the low-down of presenters within each session, full abstracts and the complete list of delegates will be at your fngertps. Details will be coming to an inbox near you soon!

Family friendly conference Charge your phone and burn some calories! We understand that childcare can be a major challenge when atending a conference We have teamed up with Pedal Emporium to promote cycling and sustainability! Have your legs seized up sitng and or symposium. To take on that challenge the ECRS commitee have teamed up with listening to gripping talks all morning? Has the conference App drained all your phone batery? We’ve got you covered. Lemonjelly Childcare (www.lemonjellychildcaresolutons.co.uk) who will provide Don’t worry about bringing your phone charger to ECRS, just your legs! And yes, we have ofset the carbon emited to safe on-site childcare for atendees who have let us know that they will children in get the bikes to Oxford! tow. There are limits on capacity, please contact us prior to bringing along the litle ones. Lets ofset some Carbon! th Two certfed nannies equipped with toys will be based in the Family Room (Room 10) throughout the conference. We have teamed up with the World Land Trust who will be atending ECRS on Thursday 14 to help us ofset our carbon emissions. We will be ofsetng the carbon emissions for the general running of the conference, as well as all The room also provides a quite space for baby feeding. Changing facilites are located opposite Room 8. conference associated travel we’ve done as a commitee. Atendees are also encouraged to ofset their own carbon emissions for their travel to ECRS, and can do so at the World Land Trust stand.

Conference Catering To limit our carbon footprint we have opted for a fully vegetarian menu. Our venue caterers are commited to delivering excellent, ethical and local food including; free-range eggs, 100% Fairtrade cofee, wholegrain, wholemeal bread, Fairtrade juices and Red Tractor Certfed suppliers. @ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 6 7 The venues Moving between venues

Royal Oak Pub, Museum of Natural History, Somerville College, Woodstock Rd, OX2 6HD Parks Rd, OX1 3PW Conference Venue Woodstock Road, OX2 6HD Student drinks from 7pm, Drinks recepton 6pm, th Conference Dinner 8pm, Tues 12 Wed 13th The University of Oxford’s Grade II listed Examinaton Schools building was designed by Sir Thomas Jackson (1835–1924) Thurs 14th and was completed in 1882, in Clipsham stone.

It is one of the largest buildings owned by the University, and as the name suggests, the main purpose of the Schools is for the organisaton and administraton of the university’s examinatons. It also provides a major lecturing facility for the University and is used as a meetng and conference venue outside term tme.

During the two World Wars the Examinaton Schools was used as a military hospital and in the basement of the building signs to the “resuscitaton room” can stll be seen today.

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The Oxford University Museum of Natural History displays many of the University’s natural history specimens. The neo-Gothic building was designed by the Irish architects Thomas Newenham Deane and Benjamin Woodward and was completed in 1860.

It consists of a large square court with a glass roof, supported by cast iron pillars, which divide the court into three aisles. Statues of eminent men of science stand around the ground foor of the court—from Aristotle and Bacon through to Darwin and Linnaeus. Although the University paid for the constructon of the building, the ornamentaton was funded by public subscripton.

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Walking between venues Somerville Hall was founded in 1879, and named in honour of the Scotsh scientst Mary Somerville. There were just twelve students when it began, but in singling out Mary Somerville, a public intellectual in an age against women Train staton to Examinaton Schools = 0.9 miles, 19 minutes pursuing academic careers, the founders made clear the hopes they had for the women who atended. Examinaton Schools to Museum of Natural History = 0.7 miles, 15 minutes Examinaton Schools to Sommerville College = 0.9 miles, 17 minutes In 1920, following the work of Somerville Principal Emily Penrose, the University of Oxford granted women the right to matriculaton to all degrees, and presented its frst candidates in October of that year.

The years that followed brought great scientsts, novelists and politcians alike through Somerville’s doors: Vera Britain, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy Hodgkin, Indira Gandhi and Margaret Thatcher all studied at Somerville. In 1994 the College voted to accept men for the frst tme.

8 9 Inside the venue What’s happening where? Session rooms: South School - our main plenary, and largest session room with a maximum capacity of 440 East School - our second largest room (capacity 160) and overfow room for our plenary presentatons (a live video link will be set up). Rooms 6, 11 & 15 - further session rooms on the ground foor. Due to fre regulatons, no standing is allowed in any of the session rooms. If you are keen to atend a certain session - please arrive early to ensure you get a seat! s s s k k S ECRS Volunteers & Commitee members will be on hand to ensure rooms don’t breach their maximum capacity. 5 G e e e L u u 0 B . . u u u 9 c c O 4

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The Quad Marquee - the second main catering space with large round tables - 5 1st & 2nd Squares - two smaller catering spaces and where drinks will be served during our poster session on 7 Thursday.

Other spots The Great Hall - The place to sign in and pick up your name badge Rooms 7, 8 & 9 - Our dedicated poster rooms. Posters will be on display here throughout the conference. Have a browse during the breaks, or wait untl our dedicated poster evening on Thursday.

Room 10 - Family room - space for those with litle ones to enjoy

L L A H T A E R Room 12 - The AV room. All presenters to head here well before their presentaton slot to upload G Room 13 - The quiet room - for those who need to have 5 minutes to themselves E R t A s 1 What else is happening? U Q S Mentor lunches - Quad marquee, Thursday & Friday lunchtmes An opportunity to meet established and emerging coral reef scientsts during the lunch break. Students must register in advance; you’ll fnd the sign up sheet at the ISRS trade stand in the North Hall. Places are limited and available on a frst come, frst served basis. Grab you lunch and pull up a pew with a Prof!

Twiter wall, North Hall Join the discussions on Twiter by following @ReefConsUK and using the hash-tag #ECRS2017. See your tweets pop up live on our HUGE Twiter wall in North Hall.

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at the same tme. Prize for the furthest cycled! Q S

Friday 15th is Christmas Jumper Day! With Christmas just 10 days away join us in donning your favourite/ugliest Christmas jumper for our last day and get into the festve spirit!

10 11 Our plenary speakers Info for presenters Heather Koldewey Zoological Society of London Heather started working for the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in 1995, initally Oral Presentatons as a post-doctoral research scientst, then as curator of the ZSL London Zoo Aquarium Please keep talks within the tme limits allocated below. We will be running fve parallel sessions, and many and currently as Head of Marine and Freshwater Conservaton. delegates may wish to move between rooms to hear talks at specifc tmes. If your talk overruns, the session Her work aims to fnd solutons through interdisciplinary research and conservaton organisers will stop you, and ask that you concisely summarise any remaining key points and fnish your talk. acton at the interface between communites and environment. Examples include a) co-founding Project Seahorse, the world’s leading authority on seahorses (which has helped supply RCUKers with chocolate bars each year through their partnership Standard Session Talks (Sessions 1 to 24 and 26): with Guylian); b) developing Net-Works, an award-winning project that has initated Oral presentatons should be no longer than 12 minutes (followed by a maximum of 3 minutes for questons). a novel community-based supply chain for discarded fshing nets that are recycled Please arrive a few minutes before the start of the session that you are presentng in to introduce yourself into carpet tles; and c) co-ordinatng the Bertarelli Programme of Marine Science, an interdisciplinary study of large marine to the session organisers and to nab yourself a seat! reserves, focused on the Chagos Archipelago. Heather uses collaboratve approaches to communicate and engage people in marine conservaton, including One Less, a campaign to build a more -friendly society through working to make London the frst capital city to stop using single-use Speed Talks (Session 25 - Reefs in the Anthropocene): plastc botles. Heather spends any free tme enjoying Cornwall with her family, especially kite surfng and paddle boarding. Speed talks should be no longer than 5 minutes (there will be no tme allocated for questons).

Barbara Brown Preparing your presentaton Please prepare your presentatons in PowerPoint with slides set to an aspect rato of 4:3. Newcastle University We recommend that videos embedded in presentatons are in WMV format. Afer graduatng and completng a PhD at Queen Mary College, London, Barbara moved to the University of Cambridge as a Junior Research Fellow. It was here that her interest in the tropical seas began with expeditonary work in Papua New Guinea and the Room 13 - the AV room Britsh Virgin Islands. Afer moving to a lectureship at the University of Newcastle her reef All oral presenters will need to upload their slides with our AV staf in Room 13 at least 2 hours before the interests extended to Thailand, Indonesia and the through numerous research start of the session you are presentng in. projects that contnue in Thailand to the present day. Please be aware this room will get very busy, therefore we encourage you to upload your talks as soon as She was a co-founder of the Internatonal Society for Reef Studies (ISRS) and was the possible! frst Secretary and later Vice President of the Society as well as Environmental Editor and Please come ready with your presentaton on a memory stck, and inform the member of staf of your name, Editor in Chief of Coral Reefs. In 2014 she was awarded the inaugural ISRS Eminence in Research Award and also a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship to study senescence in reef what day, what session and what room you are presentng in. . Personal computers cannot be used. Her research interests have encompassed the bleaching physiology of corals; the roles of environmental factors elicitng the bleaching response; acclimatsaton of corals to Poster Presentatons irradiance and elevated temperature; and long-term paterns of coral growth-studies which have largely arisen from the Posters should be A1 portrait, Velcro will be provided. detailed monitoring of corals over the last 40 years in the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. If you wish to, you are able to come to the venue between 15:30 - 17:00 on Tuesday to place your poster. Otherwise, please arrive early on the Wednesday morning and remember to take them home with you on Madeleine van Oppen Friday afernoon. University of / Australian Insttute of Marine Science Rooms 7, 8 and 9 will be home to all posters, please follow instructons from the ECRS commitee & volunteers Madeleine was originally trained in marine ecology, and began to study corals in 1997. Her on where to place your poster. microbial studies were initally limited to the dinofagellate endosymbionts of corals, but in th the past 5+ years she has ventured into the study of other microbial groups that inhabit The dedicated poster session takes place on Thursday 14 from 17:30 - 19:30, please make sure you grab a corals, including prokaryotes, viruses, and most recently, fungi. drink, pop yourself by your poster and be ready to chat! Madeleine completed her PhD on the molecular biogeography of seaweeds at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) in 1995, and subsequently conducted postdoctoral positons at the University of East Anglia, UK, and James Cook University, . In 2001, she took up a positon at the Australian Insttute of Marine Science (AIMS), Townsville. She commenced as a professor in the School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, in 2015, while stll maintaining a part-tme positon as Senior Principal Research Scientst at AIMS. Madeleine’s current research focuses on the feld of coral reef restoraton, in partcular the development of coral stock beter able to cope with disturbed environments and predicted future ocean conditons. This includes the manipulaton of microbial communites associated with corals, laboratory evoluton of algal endosymbionts, selectve breeding of corals, and the conditoning (i.e., transgeneratonal acclimaton) of corals to predicted future ocean conditons (i.e., assisted evoluton). She is now also exploring synthetc biology as an approach to increase climate resilience of corals. @ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 12 13 The schedule Wednesday 13th December 08:30 - 09:45 Registraton th South Hall East Hall Tuesday 12 December (440 seats) (160 seats - overfow live link) 09:45 - 11:00 Opening plenary - Heather Koldewey, Early registraton Zoological Society of London Examinaton Schools 11:00 - 11:30 Morning break

In Oxford on Tuesday afernoon? South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 15:30 - 17:00 Avoid the Wednesday morning crowds by popping into the Examinaton Schools’ (440 seats) (160 seats) (100 seats) (75 seats) (70 seats) Great Hall to pick up your name badge and conference bag. Session 1 2. Mechanistc 11:30 - 13:00 13A.Quantfying 5A. Functonal insights into coral 9A. Drivers of coral Student Pre-conference drinks sucessess and microbial calcifcaton in a reef ecosystem 17. Reefs in three failures in coral ecology in coral context of global state, recovery and dimensions The Royal Oak Pub reef conservaton reef ecosystems environmental reorganisaton change Kick of the conference with an informal drink and chat with the new ISRS student From 19:00 commitee. They’ll be discussing opportunites to get involved with the commitee 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch & workshops agenda and will welcome ideas and input. South Hall Room 6 Room 14 Room 15 W6. Intl. Year of W4. Creatng and 13:15 -13:50 the Reef 2018 & W11. The W12. Natonal analysing 3D Documentary: Homeward Bound Geographic Society models of shallow Voices from the Program, 2018 Grants coral reefs Reef (6 mins) European launch of the South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11

Internatonal Year of the Reef 2018 (IYOR) Session 2 5B. Contnued 11A. Coral reef 13B. Contnued 9B. Contnued research in 14:00 - 15:30 Functonal The third IYOR will take place in 2018 with the support of the Internatonal Coral Reef Initatve and, for the Quantfying suces- 22A. Mesophotc Drivers of coral European outer microbial coral ecosystems most regions, launch actvites, funding from the Government of Sweden. The hope is to raise the plight of reefs up the politcal sess and failures... reef ecosystem... ecology... overseas countries & agenda globally, and scaling up awareness to reach a tpping point for real positve acton. The European Coral territories Reef Symposium is an opportunity to promote the key messages for reefs and to hold a brainstorming session to identfy innovatve and inspiring ideas to take forward. 15:30 - 16:00 Afernoon break

Come along to the IYOR Workshop in South Hall, Weds 13th at 13:15 to share your thoughts about how, in 2018, South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 we can really turn things round for coral reefs. This workshop will also feature the 6 minute documentary on the Session 3 5C. Contnued “Voices from the reef” created by James Nikitne. 13C. Contnued 9C. Contnued 11B. Contnued 16:00 - 17:30 Functonal 22B. Contnued Quantfying suces- Mesophotc Drivers of coral Coral reef microbial research in sess and failures... coral ecosystems reef ecosystem... ecology... European... 18:00 - 21:00 Drinks Recepton - Oxford University Museum of Natonal History

@ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 14 15 Christmas jumper day! th th Christmas Friday 15 December Thursday 14 December jumper day!

08:30 - 09:00 Tea & Cofee 08:30 - 09:00 Tea & Cofee

South Hall East Hall South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 (440 seats) (160 seats - overfow live link) (440 seats) (160 seats) (100 seats) (75 seats) (70 seats) 09:00 - 10:00 Opening plenary - Barbara Brown, Session1 4A. The 19A. Coral reef 1A. Coral reef Newcastle University 09:00 - 10:30 capacity of corals restoraton: building & break- 15A. Nutrient 10. Biogeochemical to adapt or long-term down: habitat physiology and response of coral 10:00 - 10:30 Morning break acclimatse to studies, recent constructon, erosion, ecology of coral reefs to ocean climate change in advances & and structural reefs variability the Anthropocene scaling up complexity South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 (440 seats) (160 seats) (100 seats) (75 seats) (70 seats) 10:30 - 11:00 Morning break 3A. Emerging 16. Proximate & Session 1 18A. Climate techniques in reef evolutonary 21. Coral reef South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 10:30 - 12:30 induced shifs in studies: molecular 6. Cold-water corals causes and food-web the structure of tools, biophysical in a changing ocean consequences of structures in space Session 2 4B. Contnued 15B. Contnued 7. Can coral reef 19B. Contnued 1B. Contnued modelling & larval dispersal in and tme 11:00 - 12:30 The Nutrient volunteers bridge assemblages Coral reef Coral reef building the knowledge gap beyond coral reef seascapes capacity of physiology and restoraton... & breakdown... in reef conservaton 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & workshops corals to adapt... ecology... research?

Room 6 Room 11 Room 14 Room 15 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch & workshops

W7. From cell to W1. Delving into W8. What are the 12:50 -13:50 W2. Reef Room 6 Room 11 Room 14 Room 15 colony: Imaging the depths: what advances in citzen geonomics and techniques in do we study on science for coral bioinformatcs W3. Compiling coral research mesophotc reefs? reef research? W5. Red Listng W9. Can citzen 12:50-13:50 assessment science bridge the W10. Current evidence for the efectveness of South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 initatve for knowledge gap? advances in interventons to scleractnian Lessons from the octocoral research protect & manage Session 2 3B. Contnued 23A. Diversity and corals feld 18B. Contnued coral reef diversity 14:00 - 15:30 Emerging functon of coral Climate symbionts of the 8A. , traits 25A. Reefs in the techniques in and reef processes Anthropocene induced shifs... genus South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 reef studies... Session 3 4C. Contnued 15:30 - 16:00 20. Reef research Afernoon break 14:00 - 15:30 The 24. Coral reef 26. Reef 14. Coral reef at the model-data engineers in a capacity of associates epigenetcs boundary: improving changing ocean South Hall East Hall Room 6 Room 15 Room 11 corals to adapt... collaboraton Session 3 18C. Contnued 23B. Contnued 25B. Contnued 15:30 - 16:00 Afernoon break 16:00 - 17:30 Diversity and 8B. Contnued Climate functon of coral Species, traits and Reefs in the induced shifs... symbionts... reef processes Anthropocene South Hall East Hall (440 seats) (160 seats - overfow & live link)

17:30 - 19:30 Poster session & drinks recepton 16:00 - 17:30 Closing plenary - Madeleine van Oppen, RCUK 20th Anniversary Conference Dinner, Somerville College University of Melbourne & Australian Insttute of Marine Science 19:00 - 22:00 Pre-booking required Prosecco recepton from 19:00, dinner served at 20:00

16 17 Session line-ups 2. Mechanistc insights into coral calcifcaton in a context of global environmental change Room 6 Room

1. Coral reef building & breakdown: 13th Wed Title Presenter Insttuton Habitat constructon, erosion and structural complexity Room 6 Room Fri 15th Session Plenary University of Title Presenter Insttuton The geochemistry of skeletal nucleaton and growth in coral (15 mins): Washington Alexander Gagnon Changing dynamics of reef carbonate budgets: Session Plenary University of Regional trends and implicatons for reef growth potental under future (15 mins): Exeter Tracking the early events of mineral formaton University of sea-level rise Chris Perry Maayan Neder during coral development Haifa, Israel Reef fat cores preserve records of Holocene reef accreton and the efects of University of Emma Ryan terrestrial sedimentaton and cyclones Auckland Microscope-guided characterizaton of pH, CO32- and Ca2+ in the Sevgi Sevilgen Centre Scientfc calcifying medium of Stylophora pistllata microcolonies, a com- Carbonate cycling and reef building, past, present and future: Lessons from Duygu De Monaco Dennis Hubbard Oberlin College bined methodological approach the Holocene and recent history The roles of temperature and calcifcaton site pH in corals: Northeastern University of Louise Cameron role in carbonate budgets on the Great Barrier Reef Emma Kennedy 2. 11:30 - 13:00 Calcifcaton response to ocean acidifcaton University 1A. 09:00 - 10:30 Queensland University of Efects of protons and dissolved inorganic carbon on corals and Factors controlling biogenic dissoluton due to microborers in corals: Steeve Comeau Western Julie Grange UPMC coralline algae physiology and calcifying fuid compositon Contributons from six years in situ experiments and laboratory cell cultures Australia Morning Break Ludwig Maximilian Impact of habitat type on reef-scale rates of parrotish bioerosion and University of Coral biomineralizaton: Going beyond Scleractnians Nicola Conci University of Robert Yarlet sediment producton Exeter Munich

Temporal variaton in sediment dissoluton rates under ambient and elevated Southern Cross Laura Stoltenberg pCO2 in a shallow coral reef lagoon University Session hosts: Leibniz Centre for Tropical up-welling and coral reef dynamics Claire Reymond Sylvie Tambute, Centre Scientfc De Monaco Tropical Research Alexander Venn, Centre Scientfc De Monaco

Efects of bleaching-associated mass coral mortality on the structural University of Tali Mass, University of Halifa Jennifer Magel 1B. 11:00 - 12:30 complexity of coral reef ecosystems Victoria Nicola Allison, University of St. Andrews

University of Coral reef establishment through free-living stabilizaton Sebastan Hennige Edinburgh

Session hosts: Emma Kennedy, University of Queensland Gary Murphy, University of Exeter

18 19 3. Emerging techniques in reef studies: 4. The capacity of corals to adapt or acclimatse to Molecular tools, biophysical modelling and beyond Climate Change in the Anthropocene Fri 15th South Hall Thurs 14th Thurs East School East Title Presenter Insttuton Title Presenter Insttuton The future of coral assemblages in extreme environments: Phylogeography and evoluton of coral reef fauna in the Marc Kochzius Vrije Universiteit Brussel Potental scenarios based on community and recruitment paterns Jessica Bouwmeester Qatar University Indo-West Pacifc in Qatar, Persian/Arabian Gulf

Genomic consequences of the Indo-Pacifc Vicariance in coral reef Nina Yasuda University of Miyazaki refugia of the northern Eslam Osman University of Essex benthic organisms High salinity environments: Hagen Magnus KAUST High self-recruitment and export of recruits from a marine University of A potental piece to understand the coral thermotolerance puzzle? Gegner Filip Huyghe protected area in a coral reef fsh Brussels Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba are pre-adapted for climate change: Jessica Bellworthy Bar-Ilan University Transgeneratonal efects upon early life history physiology Habitat availability determine genetc structure in coral reef fsh University of

Felipe Torquato 4A. 09:00 - 10:30 Genetc isolaton and local adaptaton in Palau’s warmest MIT & Woods Hole populaton between Persian Gulf and Red Sea Copenhagen Hanny Rivera and most acidic reefs Oceanographic Insttuton Delimitng coral species using haplowebs and Université libre de Bacterial community dynamics are linked to Jean-François Flot Christan Voolstra KAUST conspecifcity matrices Bruxelles paterns of coral heat tolerance

3A. 10:30 - 12:30 Morning Break Species delimitaton and hybrid detecton in tropical Catalina Université libre de Efects of partal mortality associated with white syndromes on coral species Ramírez-Portlla Bruxelles Natonal Autonomous growth, reproducton and energy budgets in the coral Victor Piñon University of Mexico Acropora palmata A genome and transcriptome based phylogenomic study of David Combosch University of Guam Cryptc Symbiodinium may be key to survival in a changing climate Scleractnian corals Mauricio Internatonal where recurrent hyperthermal events are afectng Rodriguez-Lanety University Sterol transport, Hedgehog signaling, and endocrine disrupton: Florida’s Michael Morgan Berry College Are there linkages? Potental for transgeneratonal and developmental Nova Southeastern Joana Figueiredo acclimaton in corals University Lunch Development of thermally tolerant Symbiodinium through Australian Insttute of Drivers of reef microbiome community structure: Next-generaton Leela Chakravart University of Miami, experimental evoluton Marine Science sequencing, microbial source tracking, gene fow, and physical Lewis Gramer

CIMAS 4B. 11:00 - 12:30 habitat The adaptve capacity of naturally thermal-tolerant corals from the The University of Steven Carrion extreme macrotdal Kimberley region of NW Australia Edinburgh Assessing adaptaton of Pocilloporid corals in the Red Sea using a Carol Buitrago-López KAUST Intra and trans-generatonal acclimaton of the tropical coral University of populaton genomics approach Kevin Wong Porites astreoides to thermal disturbances Rhode Island

How corals tell tme by the moon: Lunch Peter Vize University of Calgary Lunar control of transcripton in reef building corals History of bleaching of enhances adult and ofspring performance University of Hollie Putnam in Montpora Rhode Island Environmental extremes are associated with unique diets in Rasha Shraim NYU Abu Dabi & LMU The capacity of the cnidarian host in determining thermal Maha Joana Arabian Gulf reef fshes KAUST resilience through antoxidant mechanisms Cziesielski 3B. 14:00 - 15:30 Contrastng paterns of genetc connectvity in two northeast Molecular and photo-physiological responses of Pocillopora acuta Natonal University of Tom Jenkins University of Exeter Rosa Celia Du Atlantc octocorals to elevated temperature and sediments exposure Singapore The role of foridoside in coral osmoadaptaton: Swire Insttute of Genetc diversity and populaton structure of the mesophotc Till Röthig Federica Costantni University of Bologna An osmolyte and more? Marine Science Paramuricea macrospina in the Menorca Channel The role of metabolomics in the elucidaton of stress tolerance University of 4C. 14:00 - 15:00 Cathryn Quick mechanisms in symbiotc corals Southampton Ludwig Maximilian Transcriptomic Resilience of a Coral Holobiont to Low pH Gert Wörheide Session hosts: University of Munich Lewis J. Gramer, University of Miami & CIMAS Session hosts: Marc Kochzius, Vrije Universiteit Brussel James Guest, Newcastle University David Smith, University of Essex 20 21 5. Functonal Microbial Ecology in Coral Reef Ecosystems 6. Cold-water corals in a changing ocean Room 6 Room East Hall East Wed 13th Wed Title Presenter Insttuton 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton Iris Sampaio da University of the Let’s go viral on the model metaorganism Aiptasia Jan David Brüwer KAUST Octocorals of Mauritania: a taxonomic upgrade Costa Azores Bacterial DMSP transformaton and its contributon to Pristne populatons of habitat forming species on the Insttut de Ciencies Anny Cardenas KAUST Stefano Ambroso Symbiodinium oxidatve stress tolerance Antarctc contnental shelf del Mar

Microbiome manipulaton: Reversing dysbiosis to Federal University of Rio Cold-Water Coral assemblages on the Cabliers Mound (Alboran Sea, Guillem Corbeta University of Raquel Peixoto protect corals against bleaching de Janeiro western Mediterranean): diversity and structure Pascual Southampton

Disassembling a metaorganism: Expanding the coral model Aiptasia The hidden cold-water coral communites of the Ormonde sea-mount Insttuto Espanol Ruben Costa KAUST Covadonga Orejas for functonal microbiome studies (Gorringe Bank): a world to explore, a world to discover De Oceanografa

5A. 11:30 - 13:00 Symbiodinium-bacteria interactons support microbial Mathew Nitschke University of Aveiro Connectvity of deep-sea corals across the Mediterranean and NE Atlantc Joana Boavida IFREMER calcifcaton and symbiolite formaton

Physiological responses of two cold water corals species (Dendrophyllia Center Scientfc

To setle, or not to setle, that is the queston... Bry Wilson University of Bergen 6. 10:30 - 12:30 Stéphanie Reynaud cornigera and Dendrophyllia ramea) to a wide range of temperature. De Monaco

Morning Break Pierre & Marie Curie The impact of plastc debris on the health status of cold-water corals Franck Lartaud Diferental microbiome restructuring in coral species upon adverse University Paris Carsten Grupstra Rice University environmental conditons provides insight into holobiont fexibility Internatonal Evaluatng the impact of drilling wastes on the cold-water coral Lophelia Bacteriophage strategies promotng microbial San Diego Thierry Baussant Research Insttute of Cynthia Silveira pertus: laboratory experiments dominance in coral reefs State University Stavanger Predaton, nutrient polluton, and high temperatures destabilize Oregon State Rebecca Maher Session hosts: the coral microbiome University Covadonga Orejas Saco del Valle, Insttuto Espanol De Oceanografa Coral microbiomes and viromes refect host phylogeny and disease Rebecca Oregon State Christne Ferrier-Pages & Stephanie Reynaud, Center Scientfc De Monaco susceptbility Vega Thurber University

5B. 14:00 - 15:30 University of When the Grey Death Strikes! Michael Sweet Derby Microencapsulaton of potental biocontrol agents for controlling of Agus Sabdono Diponegoro University 7. Can volunteers bridge the knowledge gap in reef conservaton and BBD coral diseases research? Lessons from the feld Fri 15th

Lunch 11 Room Title Presenter Insttuton A unique perspectve of coral disease: Infecton dynamics and Emma Gibbin EPFL ENAC IIE LGB metabolic interactons at the (sub-) cellular level Successful Use of Citzen Science in Long-term Coral Reef Research John Rollino AECOM

Shifs in core bacterial microbiome of a gorgonian coral afected by The role of conservaton volunteers in the detecton, monitoring and Henry Dufy Blue Ventures necrotc-patch disease: Confnement of the pathobiome Elena Quintanilla Universidad de los Andes management of invasive alien lionfsh may facilitate recovery Community based evidence for managing Marine Conservaton Zones in Natonal Marine Mark Parry the South West of the U.K. Aquarium Characterizaton of bacterial strains involved in several episodes of Insttut pour la recherche Mathieu Séré massive fsh kill in La Reunion (Western Indian Ocean) et le développement Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) as drivers of Finger Lakes Com- local reef conservaton eforts: Where citzen science and applied research James Hewlet munity College Species-specifc coral-associated microbial community shifs in Scripps Insttuton of intersect

5C. 16:00 - 17:30 Amanda Carter response to invasion and bleaching at Palmyra Oceanography 7. 11:00 - 12:30 21st century educaton: supportng reef conservaton and research through Nature Pacifc Alan Yeung Support for an autoendolithic phase in the life-history of experiental and service learning in Borneo, Palau and China Foundaton Jörg Frommlet University of Aveiro Symbiodinium from feld-based and laboratory studies Marine Conserva- Through all the gloom, signs of resilience in Maldives reefs Jean-Luc Solandt ton Society Session hosts: Michael Sweet, ECRS commitee / University of Derby Session hosts: Christan Voolstra, KAUST Ans Vercammen, Imperial College London Vanessa Lovenburg, Operaton Wallacea

22 23 8. Species, traits and reef processes 9. Drivers of coral reef ecosystem state, recovery and reorganisaton Room 15 Room Room 15 Room Wed 13th Wed Thurs 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton Title Presenter Insttuton Variaton in growth rates of branching corals along Session Plenary Kristen Anderson King James Cook University Australia’s Great Barrier Reef The functonal backstop of reef fsheries conservaton (30 mins): Dalhousie University Aaron MacNeil Functonal trait compositon afects community-level productvity Michael McWilliam James Cook University and calcifcaton in experimentally controlled coral assemblages Local versus systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef Peter Mumby University of Queensland

Basin-scale oceanography refected in coral reef landscapes Gareth Williams Bangor University Coral life-history strategies: A predictve framework for the James Cant University of Leeds long-term viability of subtropical corals Lancaster Environment The changing role of MPAs in a warming climate Nick Graham Centre 9A. 11:30 - 13:00 Beyond brooders and spawners: Intermediate coral matng Kristen Marhaver CARMABI Relatve loss of low- and high-quality micro-habitat as a mechanism strategies require new nomenclature Graham Forrester University of Rhode Island of fsh populaton decline on coral reefs

8A. 14:00 - 15:30 Some aspects of the trophic ecology of two Caribbean octocorals: Morning Break Sergio Rossi Universita di Salento, Italy autotrophic and heterotrophic seasonal trends Overfshing and eutrophicaton promote relatve success of invasive Christan Wild University of Bremen ascidians in Eastern Tropical Pacifc coral reefs Recruitment potental of the brooding coral, Porites astreoides, Gretchen Good- Bermuda Insttute of University of California, Experimental Support for Multple Atractors on Coral Reefs Russell Schmit from shallow to mesophotc reefs body-Gringley Ocean Sciences Santa Barbara An Inconvenient Hump: re-visitng the species richness gradient Thomas Roberts James Cook University Afernoon Break over depth in reef-building corals University of New , Reconstructng coral communites through tme to determine the The role of cryptobenthic fshes on coral reefs Christopher Goatley Hannah Markham University of Queensland Australia efect of human infuence on the inshore Great Barrier Reef

Impact, resilience and recovery trajectories of reefs under diferent Steve Newman Banyan Tree, Maldives Not all herbivores are herbivores: sediments reveal disparate eco- 9B. 14:00 - 15:30 Sterling Tebbet James Cook University management regimes in the Maldives system roles of similar reef fshes Coral species compositon shapes habitats, reef fsh assemblages, Laura Richardson James Cook University and the response of coral reefs to severe thermal stress Species diversity and functonal richness: a scale-dependent rela- Jeremiah University of Denmark tonship across global fsh assemblages Plass-Johnson Lunch Coral reproducton and ecology along a large depth gradient Local human impacts infuence predictability of global stressor Leibniz Centre for (0-60 m): Why deep coral reefs may be more fragile than Tom Shlesinger Tel-Aviv University Amanda Ford efects on Pacifc Island coral reef assemblages Tropical Research conceived? 8B. 16:00 - 17:30 Feedbacks and drivers of resilience in Cordelia Bank MPA and the The hidden environmental variability of coral reefs: linking traits to Angela Randazzo CINVESTAV Merida Viviana Brambilla University of St Andrews Mesoamerican Reef environmental niches Cross-scale habitat requirements for successful juvenile coral Jan Dajka Lancaster University recruitment Nova Southeastern Reef fsh assemblage biogeography of the Tract Cory Ames University Identfying causes of temporal changes in Acropora cervicornis Nova Southeastern Elizabeth Goergen cover and the potental for recovery University

9C. 16:00 - 17:30 30 years later: A reassessment of Diadema antllarum populatons Kelly Latjnhouwers SECORE Internatonal in the Caribbean Session hosts: Biological Signals of the Island Mass Efect in the Mesopelagic Zone Kristen Anderson, Laura Richardson & Michael McWilliam, James Cook University Bethanie Francis Bangor University of a Coral Reef Island

Session hosts: Gareth Williams, Bangor University Nick Graham, Lancaster Environment Centre 24 25 11. Coral reef research in European outermost regions, 10. Biogeochemical response of coral reefs to ocean variability overseas countries and territories Room 11 Room Wed 13th Wed Fri 15th Room 11 Room Title Presenter Insttuton Title Presenter Insttuton Decadal trends in community structure of the coral reefs of the Marine John Turner Bangor University Insights into the health of tropical coral reefs from coupled boron and Chagos Archipelago Sara Fowell Conservaton carbon isotopes in coral skeletons Philippines Using Fastloc-GPS telemetry to identfy green turtle foraging grounds in remote seagrass and coral reef habitat in the Indian Nicole Esteban Swansea University Infuences on coral skeleton-bound d15N under incomplete surface nitrate Victoria Luu Princeton University Ocean consumpton: A case study on Jarvis Island, central equatorial Pacifc Extensive partal mortality events recorded in 20th century coral Rebecca Summerfeld University of Bristol skeletons from the Chagos Cycling of biogenic volatle organic compounds in tropical coastal seas Michael Steinke University of Essex The Bertarelli Programme of Marine Science - a four year Zoological Society of Rachel Jones The Volatle Fingerprint of Corals and their Algal Endosymbionts University of programme of research in the Britsh Indian Ocean Territory MPA London Caitlin Lawson (Symbiodinium spp.) Technology, Sydney

11A. 14:00 - 15:30 Alcyonacean of the Îles Éparses in the Mozambique Oceanographic Research Michael Schleyer 10. 09:00 - 10:30 Physiological responses of the branching coralline alga Lithophyllum University of channel: a regional perspectve Insttute Bonnie Lewis pygmaeum to increased CO2, irradiance and nutrients Glasgow Mapping the benthic habitat in St Vincent and the Grenadines: the Peter Mitchell CEFAS importance of context for predictng reef and seagrass distributons A novel free-ocean CO2 enrichment (FOCE) experiment on a coral reef in University of Nick Roden French Polynesia Washington Afernoon Break Naturalis Biodiversity Biodiversity research on Dutch Caribbean coral reefs Bert Hoeksema Center

Session hosts: A year-long Lagrangian drifer study of currents at a Fish Spawning Dept. of Environment. Croy McCoy Heidi Burdet, Lyell Centre for Earth & Marine Science and Technology Aggregaton site, Cayman Islands, Britsh Caribbean Cayman Islands Gov.

Dan Exton, Operaton Wallacea The coral reefs of the Pitcairn Islands (central South Pacifc): Terence Dawson King’s College London Nick Kamenos, University of Glasgow remoteness, resilience & rarity

The challenging life of Polynesian corals: fnding solutons in a Laetta Hedouin CRIOBE changing world

11B. 16:00 - 17:30 The nutrient limitaton status of benthic reef macroalgae Leibniz Centre for Hannah Scarlet (Phaeophyceae) in Moorea, French Polynesia Tropical Research

Collectve Aggressiveness of Fish Social Groups Contributes to University of California, Sally Holbrook Variaton in Coral Replenishment Santa Barbara

Session hosts: Neil Davies, University of California, Berkeley John Turner, Bangor University Serge Planes, CNRS Catherine Head, ECRS commitee / University of Oxford

@ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 26 27 13. Quantfying sucesses and failures in coral reef conservaton 14. Coral Reef Epigenetcs Room 6 Room Fri 15th Title Presenter Insttuton Wed 13th Wed South Hall Title Presenter Insttuton Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatzaton to ocean acidifcaton in Manuel Aranda Using impact evaluaton techniques to generate novel insights into Dominic KAUST WWF a reef-building coral Lastra marine protected area efectveness Andradi-Brown Populaton-specifc epigenome infuences the acclimaton capacity of reef Timothy Ravasi KAUST Community versus government led processes for establishing fsh to ocean warming marine protected areas: What works and why? A case study from Emily Hardman Shoals Rodrigues Rodrigues Epigenetc modifcatons and diferental gene expressions in Acropora Sarah Lemer University of Guam Sudan’s Marine Protected Areas and Red Sea’s frst UNESCO Marine digitfera during heat acclimaton World Heritage site: Tale of perseverance, patence and lateral Rebecca Klaus Freelance DNA methylaton changes in response to a long term increased thermal Sebastan thinking KAUST environment in Exaiptasia pallida Schmidt-Roach 14. 14:00 - 15:30 Thirty years later: what can we learn from Panamanian marine University of Jessica Savage Changes in methylaton landscapes across developmental stages of management strategies? Southampton Yi Jin Liew KAUST Platygyra daedalea

13A. 11:30 - 13:00 The role of conservaton incentves in promotng reef health and Marine Conservaton Elizabeth Wood socio-economic well-being: a case study from Malaysia Society Session hosts: Manuel Aranda & Timothy Ravasi, KAUST, Yi Jin Liew, Red Sea Research Centre Evaluaton of Ecosystem Health and Management Efectveness on Melanie McField Smithsonian a Regional Scale with the Healthy Reefs Framework Lunch 15. Nutrient physiology and ecology of coral reefs Fri 15h

The role of coral reef diving representatves in reducing ecological 15 Room Ronan Roche Bangor University Title Presenter Insttuton impacts and infuencing diver attudes Antagonistc efect of nutrient enrichment and seawater pH on the Ronald Osinga Wageningen University Enhancing survival of ex situ reared sexual recruits of Acropora growth of the stony coral Porites porites Miriam Schuter The Bureau Waardenburg palmata for reef rehabilitaton University of Nutrient Stress and Coral Reefs Jörg Wiedenmann Southampton Coral Transplantaton in Suboptmal Marine Habitats Anwar Khan HDR EOC Investgatng how eutrophicaton disrupts coral host and symbiont Austn Yeung Nature Pacifc Foundaton Australian Insttute of metabolism through stable isotope analyses in Palau Dredging and coral-reef conservaton Ross Jones Marine Science University of Coral fuorescence shows response to nutrient stress Elena Bollat 13B. 14:00 - 15:30 Accountng for environmental uncertainty in the management of Southampton Australian Insttute of dredging impacts using probabilistc dose-response relatonships Rebecca Fisher Eutrophicaton efects on the physiology of the temperate Marine Science Louis Hadjioannou University of Cyprus and thresholds scleractnian coral Cladocora caespitosa 15A. 09:00 - 10:30 Histological changes in radial polyps of Acropora longicyathus afer Afernoon Break long-term exposure to experimentally-elevated nutrient Daniel Bucher Southern Cross University Is connectvity important in spatal conservaton planning for coral concentraton reveal mechanisms for synergistc impacts Maria Beger University of Leeds reefs? Morning Break Marine protected areas do not increase the resilience of coral John Bruno University of Carolina Impact of nutrient polluton on coral bleaching, coral mortality, and University of California, communites to global stressors Leila Ezzat coral recovery on Moorea coral reefs Santa Barbara Coral reefs and Sustainable Development Goals: Formulatng coral UN World Conservaton Efects of feeding on the radiatve energy budget of the coral reef measures and acton plans in the context of the 2030 Hazel Thornton Niclas Lyndby University of Copenhagen Monitoring Centre Pocillopora damicornis during thermal stress development agenda When neighbours become compettors - Autotrophic assimilaton A vulnerability-based approach to foster synergies in the rates of individual symbionts depend on local density when Thomas Krueger EPFL Lauric Thiault CRIOBE Stylophora pistllata is regularly fed 13C. 16:00 - 17:30 management of coral-reef fsheries as social-ecological systems

Lancaster Environment Importance of the symbiont genotype in carbon and nitrogen Center Scientfc Social Drivers Forewarn Marine Regime Shifs Christna Hicks Renaud Grover Centre acquisiton by the scleractnian coral Stylophora pistllata De Monaco Understanding coral bleaching in the light of holobiont nutrient Nils Rädecker Aarhus University cycling 15B. 11:00 - 12:30 Session hosts: Thermal stress and the major role of diazotrophs for temperate Center Scientfc Vanessa Bednarz Maria Beger, University of Leeds corals in the Mediterranean Sea De Monaco Ans Vercammen, Imperial College London Session hosts: Sue Wells, ISRS Jörg Wiedenmann & Cecilia D’Angelo, University of Southampton 28 Christne Ferrier-Pagès, Center Scientfc De Monaco 29 16. Proximate and evolutonary causes and consequences of larval 18. Climate induced shifs in the structure of coral reef assemblages dispersal in coral reef seascapes South Hall Thurs 14th 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton Room 15 Room Thurs 14th Thurs Unusually high coral recruitment during the 2016 El-Niño in Title Presenter Insttuton Peter Edmunds CSUN Moorea, French Polynesia Local and geographic factors structuring coral setlement paterns along David Glassom UKZN Demographic mechanisms of coral community degradaton due to Nova Southeastern the Mozambique coastline Bernhard Riegl repettve mass mortality University Stony coral Seriatopora hystrix shows high levels of genetc subdivision Vriue Universiteit The efect of 2016 mass bleaching event on mult-decadal coral California State University Rosa van der Ven Chiara Pisapia along the East African coast Brussle assemblages shifs in Central Maldivian Archipelago of Northridge University of Dept. Biodiversity, Con- Setlement site selecton by coral reef fshes: the role of chemical cues Zara-Louise Cowan Heat stress shapes long term trends in coral communites of the Delaware Shaun Wilson servaton & Atractons. granitc Seychelles James Cook Australian Gov The role of marine protected areas in the replenishment of local fsheries Hugo Harrison University The future is now: Coral responses to unprecedented heat stress Natonal University of Julia Baum High-resoluton coral marine connectvity modelling in the Antoine from the epicentre of the 2015-2016 El Niño Singapore

UC Louvain 18A. 10:30 - 12:30 Great Barrier Reef Saint-Amand Contrastng shifs in the structure of coral assemblages based on James Cook Morgan Pratchet From spawning to setlement: Identfying fne-scale connectvity in the Hawaii Insttute of the frequency versus severity of mass-bleaching events University

16. 10:30 - 12:00 Richard Coleman Convict Tang, Acanthurus triostegus, across Oahu Marine Biology Are higher lattude reefs a potental refuge for coral reef Nova Southeastern Nicholas Jones communites under climate change? University Wave-driven fow as a potental retenton mechanism in Duke University Daniel Holstein coral reefs and lagoons Marine Lab Lunch Considering Reefscape Confguraton and Compositon in Simon Van Contrastng responses to warming: Unravelling the winners and Insttut de Ciències IRD Daniel Gomez Gras Biophysical Models Advance Seascape Genetcs Wynsberge losers in Mediterranean temperate reefs under climate change del Mar

A common coral-algal interacton under the infuence of climate Centre for Tropical Marine Session host: Lena Rölfer change and ocean acidifcaton Research Gerrit Nanninga, Cambridge University The response of benthic assemblages to recent bleaching events in the Chagos Archipelago, a remote Archipelago in central Indian Catherine Head University of Oxford Ocean Ecological connectvity paterns of cryptc fauna in coral reefs along Rodrigo Villalobos KAUST 17. Reefs in three dimensions the Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea

18B. 14:00 - 15:30 Environment drives rapid divergence in tropical marine populatons Leontne Becking Room 11 Room Wed 13th Wed Title Presenter Insttuton Shifs to algal dominance in coral reefs afect biogeochemical functoning: evidence from mult-parameter in situ experiments in Florian Roth KAUST Using micro-CT to quantfy historical coral calcifcaton rates: Standardising Erica Hendy University of Bristol the Red Sea standards Afernoon Break Caribbean reef health insights from 3D models Grace Young University of Oxford Coral reef degradaton alters the abundance and foraging paterns Andrew Hoey James Cook University of herbivorous reef fshes Assessing the efcacy of small scale MPAs for restoring reef biodiversity, University College Daniel Bayley Seasonal variaton in reef fsh communites in the environmentally structure and functon London / ZSL Grace Vaughan New York University extreme southern Arabian Gulf Using commercial drone for mapping ecological phase shifs on the coral University of Luca Fallat Ecological versatlity in structuring success in marginal reefs David Feary University of Notngham reefs of Southern Faafu atoll, Maldives Milano-Bicocca

17. 11:30 - 13:00 Coping with extreme environments: the infuence of thermal PSL Research Daniele D’Agostno 3D reconstructon of coral reef morphology using UAV, echosounder and variaton on fsh behavioural ecology Samuel Etenne University, EPHE VHR satellite images: interests and limits of an integrated approach Large predatory reef fsh moderate feeding and actvity paterns in Paris Molly Scot James Cook University

18C. 16:00 - 17:30 response to seasonal and lattudinal temperature variaton Changes in dietary preference following coral bleaching in Andrew Baird James Cook University Session hosts: corallivorous buterfyfshes Kenneth Johnson, Dan Bayley & Rebecca Summerfeld, Natural History Museum Session hosts: Erica Hendy, University of Bristol Morgan Pratchet, James Cook University Catherine Head, ECRS commitee / University of Oxford Shaun Wilson, Dept. Biodiversity, Conservaton & Atractons, Australian Gov. 30 David Feary, University of Notngham 31 19. Coral reef restoraton: Long-term studies, recent advances and scaling 21. Coral reef food-web structures in space and tme

up to meaningful ecological scales 11 Room Thurs 14th Thurs

Fri 15h Title Presenter Insttuton East Hall East Title Presenter Insttuton Bulk and amino acid stable isotopes elucidate complex coral reef food web Benjamin Kuerten KAUST Reef restoraton: current state of the art James Guest Newcastle University structures in the central Red Sea Stephanie Insights from compound-specifc isotope analysis into the functonal Creatng resiliency through coral restoraton University of Miami Mathew Tietbohl KAUST Schopmeyer redundancy of herbivorous reef fshes Using sexual propagaton techniques to restore a reef: Assessing trophic relatonships between shallow-water black corals University of Mons, Suchana Chavanich Chulalongkorn University Lucas Terrana benefts and limitatons (: Antpatharia) and their symbionts using stable isotopes Belgium Four research directons to upscale sexual coral restoraton eforts Valérie Chamberland SECORE Internatonal, Inc Newcastle Role of apex predators in tropical ecosystems connectvity Christna Skinner University

19A. 09:00 - 10:30 Reef restoraton in the Mexican Caribbean: Sergio Guendulain projectons for up-scaling Newcastle Energy pathways of coral reef fsh in the Maldives Yiou Zhu Morning Break University Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic mater to University of Scaling up mass coral larval supply and recruitment 21. 10:30 - 12:30 Malik Naumann Peter Harrison Southern Cross University associated fauna via the sponge loop Bremen for reef restoraton Efect of Shark Abundance and MPA Status on Biomass of Other Fish Heriot-Wat Remment ter Rupert Ormond The Coral Engine: A gif that keeps on giving Van Oord DMC Functonal Groups in the Cayman Islands University Hofstede CORDIO / University 16 years of extensive Coral Propagaton and monitoring in conjunc- Reefscapers, Four Seasons Drivers of reef fsh assemblages in the Indian Ocean Melita Samoilys Sara Welsh of Oxford ton with an Ultra-Luxury Hotel: Best Practces and Techniques Maldives

Large-scale ecological restoraton of deep gorgonian populatons Maria Montseny Insttut de Ciències Session hosts: on the Mediterranean contnental shelf Cusco del Mar Nicholas Polunin, Newcastle University & Benjamin Kürten, KAUST 19B. 11:00 - 12:30 Developing land-based coral facilites to stmulate multple ex-situ University of Derby / Jamie Craggs broadcast spawning events per year for reef restoraton Horniman Museum 22. Mesophotc coral ecosystems Room 6 Room Session hosts: 13th Wed Title Presenter Insttuton Session Plenary Anastazia Banaszak, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mesophotc coral ecosystems: towards a comprehensive University of (30 mins): understanding Queensland Alasdair Edwards, Newcastle University, Valerie Chamberlans, SECORE Internatonal Pim Bongaerts

The Mesophotc Coral Ecosystems of Eilat Gal Eyal Tel Aviv University

Characterizing mesophotc coral paradivisa holobiont 20. Reef research at the model-data boundary: Improving collaboraton Center Scientfc under heat-stress: Associated microbial communites and host gene Oren Levy De Monaco between modellers and empirical scientsts expression of symbiotc and apo-symbiotc colonies Fri 15th Room 15 Room FAU Harbor Branch

Title Presenter Insttuton 22A. 14:00 - 15:30 Compositon, Connectvity, and Symbiosis on Mesophotc Coral Reefs Joshua Voss Oceanographic Corals in space! (or high resoluton spatal distributon of Scleractnian University of St in the Gulf of Mexico and Northwestern Caribbean Maria Dornelas Insttute corals on a reef) Andrews Afernoon Break Species Distributon Models: a look at the present, past, and future Elena Couce CEFAS Between a rock and a hard place; remote sensing techniques identfy University of Western distributon of tropical coral reefs Joe Turner mesophotc community locatons Australia Natural History How isolated are vulnerable eastern Pacifc reefs? Sally Wood University of Bristol Murky reefs are the past and the future of the Nadia Santodomingo Museum Search for mesophotc octocorals (, ) Stochastc spato-temporal model of coral cover as a functon of herbivo- Rosanna University of Califor- Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University rous grazers, water quality, and coral demographics Neuhausler nia, Berkeley and their phylogeny 20. 14:00 - 15:30 Insttut de Ciències Ecology of Mediterranean gorgonians in mesophotc ecosystems Andrea Gori Lancaster del Mar

Small data for big models: biotc interactons through space Sally Keith 22B. 16:00 - 17:30 Environment Centre Jewels of the Mesophotc: a Mexican Perspectve Erika Gress Nekton Foundaton

Session hosts: Session hosts: Erica Hendy & Sally Wood, University of Bristol Dom Andradi-Brown, ECRS commitee / WWF, Gal Eyal, Tel Aviv University, Sonke Hohn, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research Joe Turner, University of Western Australia & Andrea Gori, Insttut de Ciències del Mar 32 33 23. Diversity and functon of coral symbionts of the genus Symbiodinium: Sentnels of coral resilience Room6 Thurs 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton 25A. Reefs in the Anthropocene - Speed talks SymPortal: A web-based platorm for automated ITS2-type profling Benjamin Hume KAUST for next-generaton sequencing data of coral symbionts Room 11 Room

Thurs 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton Characterisaton of Symbiodinium communites from the marginal Edward Smith New York University (Acropora cervicornis) genetc diversity and reefs of Singapore University of transcriptomic response to nursery environments in the Dutch Pamela Engelberts Amsterdam Host utlisaton of the Symbiodinium reservoir Alyssa Bell University of Glasgow Caribbean

Coral symbiosis and survival during the 2015/2016 El Niño event Danielle Claar University of Victoria Recent developments in law and policy for the conservaton of Deep Sea Conserva- Mathew Gianni Infuence of Symbiodinium vertcal transmission in the early University of Nice cold water corals ton Coaliton Paola Furla development of the sea anemone, Anemonia viridis Sophia Antpolis 23A. 14:00 - 15:30 Genomic insights into a sympatric Caribbean Universidad de los Victor Emanuel University of populaton with two non-overlapping reproductve cohorts, Matas Gómez The photoacclimaton proteome of Symbiodinium Andes Urruta Figueroa Southampton labyrinthiformis (Scleractnia: Mussidae) Afernoon Break Tissue-specifc transcriptome analysis reveals the central role of Pennsylvania State Guoxin Cui KAUST Response of diverse Symbiodinium spp. to iron stress Hannah Reich University ammonium in Aiptasia-Symbiodinium symbiosis Assessing the intricate interplay of oxidatve stress and University of FAU Harbor Verena Schrameyer A depth of diferences? Transplants and transcriptomic analyses photosynthetc performance in Symbiodinium spp. Copenhagen Michael Studivan Branch Oceano- of shallow and mesophotc corals The infuence of Symbiodinium type on the host proteome in a Victoria University of Simon Davy graphic Inst. model cnidarian-dinofagellate symbiosis Wellington Jacqueline Rivera UASA Puerto Symbiosis alters the proteomic profle of Exaiptasia pallida in a Mauricio Florida Internatonal Mucus as a key of cnidarian immunology symbiont-specifc manner Rodriguez-Lanety University Ortega Morelos, UNAM

23B. 16:00 - 17:30 Genome comparison of free-living and symbiotc Symbiodinium University of Diel CO2 cycles reduce severity of behavioural abnormalites in James Cook Raul Gonzalez-Pech Michael Jarrold reveals signatures of evolutonary transiton to symbiosis Queensland coral reef fsh under ocean acidifcaton University 25A. 14:00 - 15:30 Session hosts: Methodology to screen chemicals for their potental bleaching Marc Leonard L’OREAL Christan Voolstra & Ben Hume, KAUST efects on corals: Applicaton to UV flters Ed Smith, New York University, Abu Dhabi Diferental responses under future ocean acidifcaton between Louisiana State populatons of Balanophyllia elegans corals from diferent Joanna Grifths University up-welling environments 24. Coral reef engineers in a changing ocean: clones demonstrate phenotypic plastcity among reef Implicatons for ecosystem functons and services Caroline Dubé

Fri 15th habitats: Variaton in morphologies and microbial communites Room 11 Room Title Presenter Insttuton Updates on marginal coral community ecology in Oman: University of Louise Anderson Telomere dynamics and stress integraton in Corals Alice Rouan IRCAN considering environmental drivers Leeds Can macroalgae modify seawater conditons to mitgate the efects of Dorothea University of The efect of proximity to macroalgae on early life stages of ocean acidifcaton on downstream coral communites? Bender-Champ Queensland Arien Widrick CSUN corals in the back reef of Mo’orea, French Polynesia California State Habitat modulaton by octocoral communites in Caribbean coral reefs Georgios Tsounis University Northrich

Characterizaton of Xestospongia muta (giant barrel sponge) on Nova Southeastern Alanna Waldman Southeast Florida Reefs University 24. 14:00 - 15:30 The thermal and salinity tolerance of coral reef engineers benthic University of Christane Schmidt foraminifera from extremely warm reefs in the Persian Gulf Bremen Session 25 contnues... Session hosts: Christan Wild, University of Bremen Florian Roth, Nils Radecker, KAUST 34 35 25B. Reefs in the Anthropocene - Speed talks 26. Reef Associates Fri 15th East Hall East Room 11 Room Thurs 14th Thurs Title Presenter Insttuton Title Presenter Insttuton

New insights into starfsh corallivory: Enrico University of University of Exploring the diversity of tropical symbiotc hydrozoans Davide Maggioni The case of Culcita spp. in the Republic of Maldives Montalbet Milano-Bicocca Milano - Bicocca

New strategy to control the outbreaks of the crown of thorns University of Paolo Galli Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Habitat Use at an Inshore Reef in the Royale starfsh Acantahster planci Milano-Bicocca KAUST Saudi Arabian Red Sea Hardenstne

Are we Making a Diference? An Assessment of the Status of the Bangor Striding towards improved management of the Maldives grouper Invasive Lionfsh (Pterois volitans) in the Cayman Islands in Relaton Rachel Gunn Blue Marine University fshery: The frst comprehensive assessment of a grouper spawning Vivienne Evans to Management Eforts Foundaton aggregaton site

Contributon of parrotishes to coral reef resilience: viability and Trigal Magala Integratve of copepod crustaceans associated with Lomonosov Universidad de Viatchslav infecton potental of Symbiodinium dispersed by the stoplight Velasquez Rodri- 26. 14:00 - 15:30 scleractnian corals of the genus from the Maldivian Moscow State los Andes Ivanenko parrotish Sparisoma viride guez archipelago University

Accretonal status of the reefs of the Persian-Arabian Gulf: University of Reem Al mealla Depth is more potent for structuring reef crab assemblages than Comparisons with control sites of the Indo-Pacifc Essex Hawaii Insttute of lattude, geography, or human impacts across the Hawaiian Kaleonani Hurley Marine Biology University of Archipelago The hidden biodiversity of mesophotc reefs Nikolaos Schizas Puerto Rico Mayaguez Mesophotc Coral Ecosystems (MCEs) from Green Island, Taiwan: Stephane De Diversity in scleractnian corals and their symbiotc algae Academia Sinica Session host: Palmas (genus Symbiodinium) David Curnick, ECRS Commitee / ZSL

Guanacaste Dry Seeking Survivors: Coral health in a World Heritage Site (ACG, Costa Caroline Palmer Forest Conserva- 25B. 16:00 - 17:30 Rica) during an extreme climate event ton Fund

University of How does tming of spawning alter the isolaton of coral reefs? Roisin Loughnane Bristol

Corals at the extreme: Parttoning the response of coral holobionts Bethan University of Essex to marginal habitats Greenwood

University of Gardening corals of opportunity: the soluton to Giannina Nicole the Philippines Philippine reef decline? Feliciano Diliman

Mapping Aldabra atoll’s reefs for marine protected area expansion Philip Haupt Rhodes University

Coral hostng symbiotc hydrozoans are less susceptble to University of Simone Montano predaton and disease Milano-Bicocca

Ecological characterizaton of a Mediterranean shelf-dwelling Carlos Insttut de gorgonian assemblage: from in situ ROV surveys to ex situ Dominguez- Ciencies del Mar laboratory analyses & aquaria experiments Carrió Session hosts: David Curnick, ECRS Commitee / ZSL @ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 Bry Wilson, ECRS Commitee / University of Bergen 36 37 Workshops Thursday 14th 12:50 - 13:50

th Wednesday 13 13:15 - 13:50 Title Host Locaton Philippe Laissue, Sophie W7. From cell to colony: Imaging techniques in coral Stephenson & David Room 6 research Title Host Locaton Smith W6. European launch of the Internatonal Imaging is an important component to add to the interdisciplinary tool kit for the study of coral physiology, Sue Wells & Year of the Reef 2018, Feat. Documentary: Voices from South Hall pathophysiology, behaviour and growth. This workshop will promote the use of afordable, sustainable bioimaging Francis Staub the Reef (6 mins), James Nikitne solutons in coral research. Advancements in bioimaging have provided outstanding insights into the development, anatomy and physiology in At the 31st General Meetng (November 2016 in Paris, France), the Internatonal Coral Reef Initatve declared 2018 model organisms ranging from Drosophila to zebrafsh. However, to make full use of bioimaging in coral research, as the third Internatonal Year of the Reef. The aims of IYOR3 are to: strengthen awareness globally about the value methods need to be adapted and promoted. This workshop will introduce partcipants to the applicaton of imaging in of, and threats to, coral reefs and associated ecosystems; promote partnerships between governments, the private coral research, covering afordable imaging approaches specifcally adapted for the observaton of reef-building corals. sector, academia and civil society on the management of coral reefs; identfy and implement efectve management We will emphasize low-cost imaging solutons and frst-hand practcal advice. strategies for conservaton, increased resiliency and sustainable use of these ecosystems and promotng best practces; and share informaton on best practces in relaton to sustainable coral reef management. Joe Turner, Dominic W1. Delving into the depths: IYOR3 will build on the experiences of the last IYOR held in 2008, when over 630 events were organized in over 65 Andradi-Brown, Gal Eyal Room 11 What do we study on mesophotc reefs? countries and territories around the world. ECRS provides an ideal opportunity to bring scientsts and conservaton & Andrea Gori practtoners in Europe into the process and encourage them to partcipate in the new initatve. Mesophotc coral ecosystems (MCEs) lie at depths beyond those typically associated with coral reefs. MCEs harbour diverse assemblages of corals, fsh and other invertebrates, including some species that are highly endemic to these W11. The Homeward Bound Program, 2018 Adriana Humanes Room 6 systems. Similarly, diverse coral-dominated ecosystems are also present in the twilight zone of temperate seas, such as the Mediterranean. Facing our future: why gender equality is critcal to tackling climate change Homeward Bound is a groundbreaking Challenges associated with data collecton in deep water has resulted in many key MCE questons remaining leadership, strategic and science initatve and outreach for women, set against the backdrop of Antarctca. The unanswered. This workshop invites all those working on mesophotc ecosystems to help identfy the key questons initatve aims to heighten the infuence and impact of women with a science background in order to infuence policy currently limitng this feld. We seek to identfy the major knowledge gaps hindering understanding of MCE processes, and decision making as it shapes our planet. Launched in 2016, Homeward Bound gathered the frst 76 women from and preventng broader integraton into reef management plans. Research prioritzaton exercises have proved to be around the world to undertake a year-long state-of-the-art program using science to build convicton around the useful tools for emerging scientfc disciplines and have been utlised in conservaton-related felds. importance of their voices. The inaugural program culminated in the largest-ever female expediton to Antarctca, in December 2016, with a focus on the leadership of women and the state of the world. The second cohort of women W8. What are the advances in citzen science for coral Debbie Winton & are currently undertaking their year-long leadership program and depart for Antarctca in February 2018. Come Room 14 along to fnd out more about the Program and how to get involved. reef research? David Smith Citzen science is contributng a wealth of vital data on how ecosystems are changing in response to man-made threats. W12. Natonal Geographic Society Grants Helen Fox Room 14 Through Earthwatch, more than 100,000 volunteers have given 11 million hours of their tme on 3,000 scientfc research projects. Some of this research has been specifcally focused on coral reefs. In the Seychelles, in partnership with the This workshop will provide an opportunity to learn more about Natonal Geographic grants, which support bold University of Essex and volunteers from the Mitsubishi Corporaton, 12,420 hours of research has been undertaken. people and transformatve ideas in the felds of conservaton, educaton, research, storytelling, and technology. This research has led to new advances in the feld of coral reef research. The data have shown how coral reefs can We are currently open for applicatons to our Early Career and Standard Grants, welcoming applicatons from around become more resilient to extreme environmental conditons. the world, and specifcally encouraging applicatons from outside the United States. Coral reefs inspire considerable public interest and are thus an ideal habitat for citzen science actvites. However, in- Projects should aim to advance our knowledge and seek solutons to challenges reefs currently face develop water citzen science also presents specifc training, safety and quality assurance needs which have been addressed by technology to advance ocean exploraton or protecton; or efect changes in policy or behaviour, including through Earthwatch and the University of Essex. These insights will be shared as part of the workshop. community-based projects.

W4. Creatng and analysing 3D models Bry Wilson, Manuel Grace C. Young Room 15 W2. Reef geonomics and bioinformatcs Room 15 of shallow coral reefs Aranda & Hollie Putnam We will show the potental of 3D models of coral reefs by over-viewing existng and yet-to-be-published results. We Next-generaton sequencing technologies are revolutonising the way that we investgate the bewildering complexity will then delve into the methods for creatng such models and answer any audience questons, including pointng of coral reef ecosystems. In this workshop, we shall give a brief overview of the genomic and bioinformatc tools them to the most relevant resources. available and discuss best practces for harnessing the power of these cutng edge techniques in hypothesis-driven We will demonstrate how to create and analyse 3D models from underwater footage. Many researchers stll shy research. away from applying the technology, despite its vast potental, because it may seem complicated, but in the workshop The focus of the workshop will be to educate and inform but, also to troubleshoot existng issues and highlight areas we’d aim to demystfy the process and show how straightorwardly methods could be applied. of this new feld in need of improvement. These techniques are at the forefront of biological research and as the technologies have become more afordable, their accessibility to researchers has increased.

38 39 Friday 15th 12:50 - 13:50 Student Grant winners

Title Host Locaton We received a huge number (over 120) applicatons for our student travel grants, kindly funded by W5. Red Listng assessment initatve for David Obura & the Internatonal Society for Reef Studies. Afer a tough review process, the winners were; Room 6 scleractnian corals Paul Pearce-Kelly This symposium provides an ideal opportunity for partcipants to be briefed on, and actvely contribute to an urgent Alice Tagliat, PhD Student, Heriot Wat University and ambitous Red Listng assessment initatve for scleratnian corals. IUCN Coral Specialist Group Chair David Obura Claudio Alexandre Tabaio Brandao, PhD Researcher, University of Aveiro will summarise assessment ratonale, methodology and progress to date. Symposium colleagues are invited to discuss Erika Gress, Researcher, Nekton Foundaton and actvely contribute to this species and ecosystem level assessment process. Gal Eyal, PhD Student, Tel Aviv University Jennifer Magel, Graduate Student, University of Victoria W9. Can citzen science bridge the knowledge gap? Ans Vercammen, Karsten Room 11 Joseph Turner, PhD Student, University of Western Australia Lessons from the feld Shein & Max Bodmer Louise Anderson, PhD Student, University of Leeds Public partcipaton in scientfc or conservaton actvites can greatly expand their scope, foster increased public Marleen Stuhr, PhD Student, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research interest and awareness of the work’s importance, and is ofen looked upon favourably by grantng organs seeking to engage the public on topics aligned with their mission. But designing and implementng a citzen science component Mikhael Clotlde S. Tañedo, Student, University of the Philippines to one’s research or conservaton goals, and ensuring scientfcally robust outcomes also carries challenges, which if Rebecca Summerfeld, PhD Student, University of Bristol unaddressed may imperil success. Tanya Singh, Student, University of the Ryukyus Partcipants are invited to share their citzen science ambitons and real-world experiences, both successes and challenges, in a collaboratve setng of meaningful dialogue. Outcomes will help advance best practce for citzen science in coral reef research and conservaton. Well done to you all!

Götz B. Reinicke & W10. Current advances in octocoral research Room 14 Y. Benayahu Octocorals (Coelenterata) are researched by a small network of colleagues worldwide, which handle subjects of Student presentaton prizes taxonomy, phylogenetcs, physiological and ecological studies. The focus of this workshop will be on current working issues, communicaton, exchange and possible project cooperaton. Octocorals can be prominent elements of benthic coral reef communites, sometmes signifcantly competng with ISRS Sponsored Student Oral Presentatons scleractnian corals, thus infuencing if not impeding reef development. Their complicated taxonomy, however, ofen The Internatonal Society of Reef Studies is kindly funding 4 Student Awards for the hinders research consideraton of octocoral populatons - which requires actve exchange of the specialists with the best oral presentatons. coral reef researching networks. Can’t remember if you signed up?? Many months ago, when submitng your ECRS abstract there was a litle box, if that box was tcked - you’re in the running! Alternatvely W3. Compiling evidence for the efectveness of Sue Wells, William pop along to the ISRS stand to double check. interventons to protect & manage coral reef Sutherland, David Gill & Room 15 diversity Helen Fox There is a long history of coral reef conservaton, management and restoraton work, much of which has been Diversity Sponsored Student Poster Prizes documented but the evidence from these past initatves is widely scatered and difcult to access. The Conservaton Open access biodiversity journal Diversity, have kindly donated funds Evidence project, based at the University of Cambridge, provides an opportunity to bring together evidence on the for two best student poster prizes. Those students who opted in when maintenance and restoraton of biodiversity, summarize it, use expert panels to assess the efectveness of each acton, submitng their abstract will have their posters judged during the and make it freely available to anyone needing informaton to support decision-making. The purpose of this workshop will be to review progress towards the producton of a synopsis of evidence for coral conference, with the lucky winners announced on Friday afernoon. reef ecosystems following the Conservaton Evidence format. The workshop will also fnalize and refne if necessary the list of the conservaton and management interventons for coral habitats that will be assessed within this synopsis of evidence.

@ReefConsUK #ECRS2017 40 41 Session Title Presenter Insttuton Posters Afliaton Characterizaton of the bacterial associates of the cold-water Memorial University of 6 Bradley Weiler Posters will be on display in conjoining rooms 7, 8 and 9 with a corals Primnoa and Paragorgia from the Gulf of Maine Newfoundland Warm-water tolerance of the deep-water gorgonian coral dedicated poster session on Thursday evening 17:30 - 19:30. 6 Adelogorgia phyllosclera with implicatons the Elizabeth Gugliot College of Charleston 2015-2016 El Niño event Session Experience of the Spanish Oceanographic Insttute research on Title Presenter Insttuton Insttuto Espanol De 6 the deep-sea corals in the Northwest Atlantc high-seas (NAFO Ana García-Alegre Afliaton Oceanografa Regulatory Area) Calcium carbonate producton and diversity in relaton to coral reef Leibniz Centre for Tropical 1 Natalia Herrán management practces: a case study from Zanzibar, Tanzania Marine Research Seasonal growth and skeletal compositon of the cold-water 6 coral Desmophyllum dianthus along an in situ aragonite Kristna Beck University of Bremen Predictng organismal to community-level efects of ocean California State University, saturaton gradient 2 Steve Doo acidifcaton on coral reefs Northridge Local adaptaton in thermal performance: exploring the climate Hannah 6 change resilience of the temperate coral Old Dominion University The impact of temperature on mechanisms driving coral Centre Scientfque de Aichelman 2 Coralie Bernardet Astrangia poculata calcifcaton Monaco The engagement and empowerment of local community-based Environmental Research Transcriptome specifc expression of the calcifying tssues in Centre Scientfque de 7 citzen scientsts in the operatons of a non-proft research Neil Cook 2 Philippe GANOT Insttute Charloteville Corallium rubrum highlights alternatve processes for calcifcaton. Monaco insttute in northeast Tobago Introgressive hybridizaton of Indian and Pacifc Culcita spp. in the Yukihiro Can local community members and volunteers efectvely University of 3 University of Miyazaki 7 Jessica Savage secondary contact zone Higashimura monitor marine resources? Southampton Dealing with Complex Coral Hologenomes: Performance of Binning Juan Sebastán The reproducton of the Red Sea coral S. pistllata from Eilat: 3 Justus Liebig University 8 Dor Shefy Ben Gurion Univrsity in Host Genome Reconstructon Celis Melo four decades later Temperature-dependent rate of respiratory acclimaton in the California State University, Fluorescent proteins in the gonads of a stony coral, Euphyllia Natonal Taiwan Ocean 4 Ashley Poter 8 Yi-Ling Chiu stony coral, Pocillopora damicornis Northridge ancora University Testng the infuence of water moton and light on coral and University of Western Role of environment on populaton dynamics of Acropora with 4 Cinzia Alessi 8 Tanya Singh University of the Ryukyus coralline algal responses to ocean acidifcaton Australia diferent colony morphology

Anthropogenic climate change and transitonal distributon ranges Light-use-efciency of reef corals and algae and its implicaton BIOS Bermuda Insttute 4 Lewis Jones Imperial College London 8 Yvonne Sawall of reef-building corals: insights from the last Pleistocene interglacial for remote sensing of Ocean Sciences

The transcriptomic analysis of juvenile Acropora gemmifera in South China Sea Insttute Functonal implicatons of variaton in coral pigmentaton - Universidad Nacional 4 Tao Yuan 8 Tim Scheufen response to ocean acidifcaton of Oceanology Linking structural, optcal, and functonal descriptors Autónoma de México

The curious case of Endozoicomonas: deciphering the role of an HISTORY OF CORAL BLEACHING AND RESILIENCE IN ANDAMAN 5 Nils Radecker KAUST 9 Tamal Mondal Zoological Survey of India enigmatc coral bacterial symbiont AND NICOBAR ISLANDS, INDIA

Pathobiomes associated with diseased coralline algae in the Insttut de Recherche pour Coral recruitment in subtropical and temperate coral Masako 5 Gaelle Quere 9 Tokai University Pacifc Ocean le Développement communites in Japan: implicatons for community sustainability Nakamura

Bacterial communites and the adaptve radiaton in the Stephanie A coral reef socio-ecological system through the 5 Universidad de los Andes Abigail Martnez- Pacifgorgia sea fans (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) Colmenares-Garcia 9 Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework: a Rendis case of study on a MPA in Cozumel, Mexico Stability and functonality of the microbial communites associated Jeroen van de Centre Scientfque de 5 with temperate gorgonians and the precious Return from the brink: coral recruitment on Kiritmat Atoll Water Monaco 9 Kristna Tietjen University of Victoria red coral Corallium rubrum following the 2015-2016 El Niño

5 Coral Toll-like receptors Sarah Stfel University of Oxford 10 Sr/Ca coral paleothermometry from the Maldives Heather Baxter University of Glasgow

Modeling the Biogeochemistry of Coral Ecosystems under 10 Deniz Dişa ETH Zurich Ocean Acidifcaton and Global Warming Coral reef fsh biomass and trophic structure: An indicator of the 11 Benjamin Hughes efectveness of the Cayman Island MPA system

42 43 Session Session Title Presenter Insttuton Title Presenter Insttuton Afliaton Afliaton Potental new avenues for expeditng recovery of long-dead Noah van Mississippi State The oldest mesophotc reefs from the Devonian of the Holy 13 22 Mikoaj Zapalski University of Warsaw Acropora palmata skeletons Hartesveldt University Cross Mountains, Poland

Morphological plastcity of the gorgonian Eunicella singularis as Patricia Baena Insttut de Cièncias del Light quality afects coral community structure and spatal 15 22 Raz Tamir Tel-Aviv University a response to populaton density and environmental conditons Cabrera Mar distributon in the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat (GOA/E) Modular demography of a long lived, highly exploited, Maria Carla Phylogeny and Functon of a Newly-Discovered Coral Parasite 22 University of Pisa 15 J. Grace Klinges Oregon State University mesophotc gorgonian coral Benedet within Candidatus Marinoinvertebrata Experimental evidence for reduced mortality on a 22 Jack Laverick University of Oxford Efect of feeding and light on the growth of juvenile colonies of Samantha de Bermuda Insttute of mesophotc reef 15 the Atlantc coral Porites astreoides Putron Ocean Sciences Maximilian Ruhr University 22 Genetc variaton of the mesophotc coral Leptoseris Diferent reproductve tming as a cause of cryptc speciaton of Schweinsberg Bochum 16 (Heliopora coerulea, Pallas 1766) with limited larval Hiroki Taninaka University of Miyazaki Transcriptome analysis of Symbiodinium trenchii: comparing in Anthony Florida Internatonal dispersal potental 23 symbio and free-living responses to hyperthermal stress Bellantuono University

16 How does tming of spawning alter the isolaton of coral reefs? Roisin Loughnane University of Bristol Efects of ttanium dioxide nanopartcle sunscreen formulatons 23 on coral symbionts, Symbiodinium spp., and their combined Alice Tagliat Heriot Wat University The power of infnity using 3D fractal dimension analyses for Justus Liebig University toxicity with global warming 17 comparatve shape and structural complexity assessments of Jessica Reichert Giessen, Host specifcity and geographic structuring in New York University stony coral 23 John Burt Symbiodinium thermophilum Abu Dhabi Warming drives shifs in reproductve phenology and hinders Núria Viladrich Insttut de Ciences del 18 Small-scale variability of optcal propertes and University of reproductve success in a temperate gorgonian Canudas Mar 23 Zoe Pearson across & between fuorescent & non-fuorescent coral colonies Southampton

Coral bleaching induced changes in coral community structure Ramkhamhaeng Fine-scale variaton in the Symbiodinium community 18 Thamasak Yeemin 23 Patricia Wepfer OIST at Mu Ko Surin Natonal Park, the Andaman Sea University compositon between Galaxea fascicularis colonies

Contnuaton or culminaton? An update on stony coral Infuence of reefs on hydrodynamic patern at Pau Amarelo Karoline Angélica Federal University of Nova Southeastern 24 18 mortality associated with the disease outbreak along the Nicole Hayes Beach, Northeast of Brazil Martns Pernambuco University southeast Florida Reef Tract Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies and Status of Coral Reefs at Ashani University of Peradeniya, Efects of Ocean Acidifcaton on Recruitment of the Coral 24 18 Dwi Haryant University of the Ryukyus the Kayts and Karainagar Islands of Jafna Peninsula, Sri Lanka Arulananthan Sri Lanka Acropora digitfera Predator-Induced Phenotypic Plastcity Between Sea Ribbons Diferental impacts of ocean warming and overharvestng on Diana Carolina Ignasi Montero 26 (Octocorallia: Pterogorgia) And Flamingo Tongue Snail Universidad De Los Andes 18 the stochastc dynamics and structural complexity of an iconic Vergara Florez Serra ( gibbosum) temperate coral Divergence through species interactons: The role of the Lina THE RESPONSE OF CARIBBEAN CORAL REEF COMMUNITIES TO University of Rhode 26 sponge Clathria oxeota in ecological speciaton of the octocoral Universidad de los Andes 19 Sandra Schleier Guterrez-Cala THE RESTORATION OF ACROPORA CORALS Island asbestnum Coral Restoraton Foundaton Bonaire: opportunites for Coral Restoraton Holobiont algal-microbial partnership strengthens the adaptve Hong Kong University of 19 studying the efectveness of Acropora spp. restoraton projects Jeremy Brown Haoya Tong Foundaton Bonaire capacity of corals in Hong Kong Science & Technology in the Caribbean Netherlands Establishment of a management plan for Acropora recovery in Anastazia Universidad Nacional Then importance of microtopography and its role in coral reef 19 Jennie Mallela the Mexican Caribbean Banaszak Autónoma de México Carbonate producton

Survival and growth of Acropora palmata sexual recruits for Sandra Mendoza 19 restoraton of degraded reefs Quiroz

44 45 Fronters in Marine Science has teamed up with the European Coral Reef Trade stands Symposium to collate a series of artcles focused around 'Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene'. This Research Topic is available to all atendees of the conference to submit to and will act as the conferences proceedings. To fnd Trade stands will be set up within the North Hall from Wednesday morning untl Friday afernoon. out more, stop by our booth.

#OneLess – led by ZSL and partners in the Marine CoLABoraton – is a movement of pioneering individuals, communites, Blue Ventures is a marine conservaton organisaton which works with coastal businesses, NGOs and policymakers, collaboratvely striving to communites to rebuild tropical fsheries. As well as community-led fsheries reduce the number of single-use plastc water botles entering management, our work spans areas including community health, mangrove the ocean from the city of London. Londoners are among the highest users of botled water in the UK. The average conservaton and supportng alternatve livelihoods such as aquaculture. London adult buys 3.37 plastc water botles every week – that’s 175 every year per person, and over a billion per year on The communites we work with are at the heart of what we do - come by a city level. Sadly, many of these end up in the River Thames and fow out to the ocean. Together they are championing the stand to learn more about our work. We’ll also be selling jewellery made and enabling a new refll culture, where using a refllable water botle is the new norm and where throwaway, single-use from the fns and spines of invasive lionfsh caught in Belize - all proceeds go to Belioness, a Belizean women’s group Blue botled water is a thing of the past. Ventures supports which utlises lionfsh to provide partcipants with an additonal source of income. Swing by their stand, chat to the team, take the #OneLess pledge and see how your work place can ditch single-use plastc water botles. Visit the Internatonal Society for Reef Studies’ stand to catch up on the latest news from reefs around the world, fnd out about the Internatonal Year of the Reef and sign up for Mentor lunches! Springer Nature is a leading global research, educatonal and professional The newly formed ISRS Student Commitee will also be here to chat to about what they’re up to publisher, home to an array of respected and trusted brands providing quality and how to get involved context through a range of innovatve products and services. Springer Nature is the world’s largest academic book publisher, publisher of the world’s most infuental journals and a pioneer in the feld of open research. The Society for Conservaton Biology (SCB) is an internatonal professional organizaton dedicated to promotng the scientfc study of the phenomena that afect the maintenance, World Land Trust (WLT) is an internatonal conservaton charity, which protects the loss, and restoraton of biological diversity. world’s most biologically important and threatened habitats acre by acre. Since its foundaton in 1989, WLT has funded partner organisatons around the world to create reserves, and give permanent protecton to habitats and wildlife. Head to their stand to ofset the carbon from your trip to ECRS. The money raised will Understanding what is happening inside your aquarium is vital to ensuring that the aquatc life go towards the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions by Deforestaton and Forest Degradaton) remains healthy. The team behind this revolutonary water monitoring device will be here to discuss Project for Caribbean Guatemala: The Conservaton Coast. This project protects how it allows you to contnuously track the changes in the water parameters, alertng you to the tropical rainforests and prevents the conversion of forests to cropland and pasture, and has achieved certfcaton from problems before they afect the fsh. the Verifed Carbon Standard (VCS) and Climate, Community and Biodiversity Alliance Standard (CCBA), meaning it can produce Verifed Carbon Units (VCUs), which are certfed emission reductons.

Ecotone develops and delivers real-world environmental survey solutons based Founded in 1996 by Dr. Amanda Vincent and Dr. Heather Koldewey, Project on modern research. We are a spin-of from NTNU, and partly owned by NTNU Seahorse is a marine conservaton group dedicated to securing a world Technology Transfer. As a leading partner in R&D projects worldwide, we are in a where marine ecosystems are healthy and well-managed. They begin with unique positon to constantly improve our core technology and its applicatons. At cutng-edge research and turn fndings into highly efectve conservaton their stand they will be demonstratng solutons for mapping and monitoring of coral acton, in collaboraton with governments, local communites, and other reefs and benthic fauna. stakeholders. As the IUCN global authority on seahorses and their relatves, they work to protect seahorses, and through seahorses, they also support marine conservaton more broadly. Their home insttutons are The University of Britsh Columbia’s HyperSurvey is a spin-of company from the Max Planck Insttute in Bremen, Germany. It Insttute for the Oceans and Fisheries and the Zoological Society of London. Guylian Belgian Chocolate and John G. has a unique technology at its disposal in the form of the diver-operated ‘HyperDiver’. The Shedd Aquarium are our major partners. HyperDiver technology rapidly creates large-scale sea foor maps, which visualise the efects of, for example, climate change. Where traditonal technologies take weeks to months to Guylian Belgian Chocolate is one of Project Seahorse’s major sustaining sponsors complete and report on surveys, our technology reduces the same efort spent to days. of research and conservaton projects and it’s commitment to marine conservaton Our technology is objectve, and therefore anyone can use this technology to produce is matched only by the excellence of its chocolates. accurate sea foor maps, not only experts/scientsts. The HyperDiver technology is suitable We (the RCUK commitee and delegates) also have to thank Guylian and Project to any aquatc ecosystem. At our trade stand, we would be happy to demonstrate the Seahorse for the traditon of supplying each year’s RCUK conference with HyperDiver to you, and explain more about this technology. chocolate! 46 47 ECRS Conference proceedings In & around Oxford Oxford is full of history and our venue for ECRS, the University of Oxford, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. The city is famed for its ‘dreaming spires’, and is set on the banks of two We have teamed up with the Journal 'Fronters in Marine rivers, the Cherwell and Isis. If you have the chance to extend your stay in Oxford, there is plenty to Sciences' to collate a series of reviews and original artcles see and do in and around the city, especially at this tme of year. focused around 'Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene'. University Colleges This research topic will be available to any atendees of the The university has 38 colleges spread across the city. Many of the colleges have been featured in TV shows conference and will act as the conferences proceedings. As and flms, including Christchurch and New college which feature in the Harry Poter flms. Most colleges such a discounted artcle processing charge has been agreed charge a small entrance fee. Links to all the college websites can be found here: and assistance is available further to those from developing www.ox.ac.uk/about/colleges countries. A small artcle processing charge is stll needed as the proceeding will be fully open access, which we (the ECRS commitee) felt was a very important part of Symposiums outputs and assistance will be Libraries & Museums provided by the Fronters marketng team in disseminatng your artcles ensuring wide reach. Oxford University has several museums including the Museum of Natural History (where we’ll be having our Wednesday evening drinks recepton!), the Pit Rivers Museum (anthropology and archaeology) and the If you have any questons please contact Dr Michael Sweet ([email protected]) - ECRS Commitee Ashmolean (art and archaeology). All museums have free admission. For opening tmes and further details, Member and Associate Editor for Coral Reef Research for the Journal. see: www.museums.ox.ac.uk. Many of the historic libraries ofer guided tours. For more details, see: Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/visit/tours The term ‘Anthropocene’ has been suggested as the next epoch (denotng the current geological age), and is viewed as the period where human actvity is the dominant infuence on climate and the environment. Tours of the city Arguably, the most prevalent and visible efects of this anthropogenic actvity are manifest at the poles Walking tours. www.oxfordwalkingtours.com and the tropics. With regard to the tropics, observed anthropogenic impacts on coral reef ecosystems are Open top bus tour. www.citysightseeingoxford.com partcularly alarming and coral reefs have ofen been referred to as ‘canaries in the coal mine’ for the marine biome. Recent increases in mass bleaching events brought about by the efects of El Nino and elevated sea surface temperatures highlight a worrying trend. In fact, studies now suggest that some reefs may begin to Oxford Christmas Market experience annual severe bleaching episodes as early as 2043. www.oxfordchristmasmarket.co.uk Broad Street, OX1 3AS For this topic, we seek to compile a broad range of manuscripts which both detail the responses of corals Sun to Wed - 10am - 7pm & Thurs to Sat - 10am - 8pm and other reef associated organisms to the multtude of stressors to which they are increasingly exposed “The city of dreaming spires will again be flled with festve joy and strategies to promote their survival in the twenty-frst century and beyond. as the Oxford Christmas Market returns to the heart of the city on beautful and historic Broad Street”

We welcome contributons that address or explore: With the sound of choirs singing Christmas carols, market traders ofering unusual and handmade gifs, colourful decoratons brightening wooden stalls and the aroma of mulled wine and cinnamon drifing in the • Documented responses of corals and coral reef associated organisms to variatons in contemporary air - a visit to the Oxford Christmas Market is a truly magical Christmas experience. environmental conditons; • Experimental manipulatons simulatng future climate scenarios; The Covered Market • Modelling eforts (forecastng and/or hindcastng) that provide insights into future trends or past episodes; OX1 3DY • Ecological investgatons that provide new insights into mechanisms and processes that underlie coral reef Mon to Sat 09.00 – 17.30, Sunday 10.00 – 16.00 resistance and resilience to both pulse and press disturbances; The Market was ofcially opened in 1774 and has a unique and • Microbiome, pathobiome, genetc, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomics studies; wonderful atmosphere. It provides its visitors with the wonderful • Conservaton strategies - either those being currently employed, or future plans to manage and mitgate aromas of fresh fruit, cofee and fresh baking and to a feast of sights and such efects (reef restoraton, human-assisted evoluton, coral probiotcs, etc.); sounds. • Social-economic studies focusing on the contnued use of reefs in the 21st century Christmas at Blenheim Palace To submit an abstract and/or artcle please see www.blenheimpalace.com htp://journal.frontersin.org/researchtopic/6185/coral-reefs-in-the-anthropocene “Follow the festve trail along winding paths, tranquil waters and extraordinary Parkland landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown. Explore Mistletoe Moment and the Tunnel of Light adorned with thousands of twinkling fairy lights. Walk beneath glowing lanterns and larger-than-life snowfakes and baubles, all set against the 48 backdrop of glitering ancient woodland drenched in Christmas hues” 49