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Western Society of Naturalists Meeting Program Sacramento, CA November 5–8, 2015 1 Western Society of Naturalists President ~ 2015 ~ Treasurer Gretchen Hofmann Andrew Brooks Dept. Ecology, Evolution, Website Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology and Marine Biology www.wsn-online.org UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106 Secretariat Santa Barbara, CA 93106 [email protected] Steven Morgan [email protected] Eric Sanford Jay Stachowicz Member-at-Large President-Elect Brian Gaylord Hayley Carter Jay Stachowicz Ted Grosholz Calif. Ocean Science Trust Dept. Evolution & Ecology 1330 Broadway, Suite 1530 UC Davis, Davis, CA 95616 UC Davis Oakland, CA 94612 Davis, CA 95616 Bodega Marine Laboratory hayley.carter@ [email protected] Bodega Bay, CA 94923 oceansciencetrust.org [email protected] 96TH ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 5–8, 2015 IN SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA Registration and Information Welcome! The registration desk will be open Thurs 1700-2000, Fri-Sat 0730-1800, and Sun 0800-1000. Registration packets will be available at the registration table for those members who have pre-registered. Those who have not pre-registered but wish to attend the meeting can pay for membership and registration (with a $20 late fee) at the registration table. Unfortunately, banquet tickets cannot be sold at the meeting because the hotel requires final counts of attendees well in advance. The Attitude Adjustment Hour (AAH) is included in the registration price, so you will only need to show your badge for admittance. WSN T-shirts and other merchandise can be purchased or picked up at the WSN Student Committee table. A partial list of restaurants near the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Sacramento can be found at the end of the program. Back by popular demand! In addition to all of the traditional WSN special events (see the schedule), there will be a dance immediately following the auction on Saturday night (starting ~11 pm)! The Student Committee will provide music. Thanks to Student Travel Fund Donors We'd like to thank all of you who made donations to the Student Travel Fund when you registered; those funds are greatly appreciated by our many student members. Thanks to all! 2 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 1800-2100 STUDENT WORKSHOP (Sacramento Room) Pre-registration required 2100-??? STUDENT MIXER. Casual, no-host get together (RJ’s, Doubletree Hotel) FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 0820-1200 STUDENT SYMPOSIUM (Capitol Ballroom ABCD) “CRITICAL ISSUES AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN MARINE POLICY ALONG THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC” 1200-1315 LUNCH 1315-1745 CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Capitol Ballroom ABCD, Sacramento Room, Garden Terrace, and Maxi’s Room) 1900-2200 WSN POSTER SESSION AND EXHIBITORS (Capitol Ballroom ABCD and Sacramento Room) 1900-2200 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT HOUR (AAH) (Capitol Ballroom ABCD) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2015 0815-1120 PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM (Capitol Ballroom ABCD) “GLOBAL CHANGE MARINE ECOLOGY” 1120 ESTABLISHING NEW RAFE SAGARIN AWARD 1130 AWARDING OF NATURALIST OF THE YEAR AWARD (by Andy Brooks) 1135 WSN NATURALIST OF THE YEAR (Milton Love) 1200-1315 LUNCH 1315-1730 CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Capitol Ballroom ABCD, Sacramento Room, Garden Terrace, and El Camino Room) 1800-1900 ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING (Sacramento Room) 1930-2130 PRESIDENTIAL BANQUET (California Ballroom) 2130-2300 WSN AUCTION (California Ballroom) SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2015 0900-1130 CONTRIBUTED PAPERS (Capitol Ballroom ABCD, Sacramento Room, Garden Terrace) 1200-1250 PLENARY SPEAKER (Capitol Ballroom ABCD) Dr. Steve Gaines. “MOVING FROM DEFINING PROBLEMS TO DRIVING ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS” 1250-1300 BEST STUDENT PAPER/POSTER AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENT 1300-1400 SOUTH OF THE BORDER LUNCH (California Ballroom) 3 Hotel Floorplan 4 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015 STUDENT WORKSHOP and MIXER 1800-2100 STUDENT WORKSHOP SACRAMENTO ROOM “LINKING SCIENCE AND POLICY: PRACTICAL SKILLS FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS” Have you ever wondered where you fit into the policy process? Understanding the link between science and policy is not taught as part of our formal education process, despite the growing marine environmental challenges that policy makers and scientists both face. Come join us for a workshop that provides practical ways for scientists to participate at the interface of policy and science. The workshop will explore the link between science and policy through a brief introduction to the policy process and a panel session with speakers from diverse sectors. The workshop will also provide an opportunity for participants to interact, network, and ask questions of the speakers. PANELISTS: Amber Mace, Deputy Direct of California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) Letise LaFeir, California Ocean Policy Manager at Monterey Bay Aquarium Tegan Hoffmann, Principal and Founder, Blue Earth Consultants, LLC John Field, Groundfish Analysis Team Leader, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Mark Carr, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz 2100 - ?? STUDENT MIXER at R.J.’s Lounge, Entry Level, Doubletree Hotel 5 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2015 0745 Complimentary Bagels and Cream Cheese (Capitol Ballroom Lobby) STUDENT SYMPOSIUM (0820-1200) CAPITOL BALLROOM ABCD “CRITICAL ISSUES AND INNOVATIVE APPROACHES IN MARINE POLICY ALONG THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC” 0820 INTRODUCTION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS (Jenn Burt, WSN Student Committee) 0830 Cat Kuhlman, Ocean Protection Council and California Natural Resources Agency INTEGRATING SCIENCE AND POLICY AROUND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, HYPOXIA, AND CHANGING OCEAN CONDITIONS ON THE WEST COAST 0900 Caren Braby, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife OREGON’S MARINE POLICY SEASCAPE, KEY ISSUES, AND INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE INTO DECISION-MAKING 0930 John Bones, Nanwakolas Council of First Nations, British Columbia INTEGRATING FIRST NATIONS CULTURE AND GOVERNANCE WITH SCIENCE AND POLICY IN BC MARINE PLANNING 1000 BREAK 1030 Brendan Kelly, Monterey Bay Aquarium ANSWERING THE RIGHT QUESTION: STRATEGIES FOR INFORMING POLICY WITH SCIENCE 1100-1200 PANEL DISCUSSION 1200-1315 LUNCH 1315-1745 CONTRIBUTED TALKS 1900-2200 WSN POSTER SESSION AND EXHIBITORS (Capitol Ballroom ABCD and Sacramento Room) 1900-2200 ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT HOUR (AAH) (Capitol Ballroom ABCD) 6 FRIDAY, NOV 6 1315-1530 † eligible for Best Student Paper Award Time Session 1: Session 2: Session 3: Session 4: BALLROOM A BALLROOM B BALLROOM C BALLROOM D Evaluating MPAs I Intertidal Ecology I Community Ecology I Applied Ecology I Chair: Liebowitz, D Chair: Gilman, SE Chair: Halpin, PM Chair: Garza, CD 1315 Lonhart, SI Gilman, SE Halpin, PM Garza, CD CHARACTERIZING BIG A TEST OF FOOD PATTERN AND SCALE DEPENDENT SUR KELP FORESTS IN LIMITATION AT THE PROCESS IN WAVE- DRIVERS OF MPA MONTEREY BAY UPPER VERTICAL LIMIT DISTURBED MUSSEL PERFORMANCE: A CASE NATIONAL MARINE OF AN INTERTIDAL BEDS STUDY OF THE SPINY SANCTUARY BARNACLE LOBSTER (PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS) ON SANTA CATALINA ISLAND 1330 † Rhoades, OK † Yip, HK Thompson, SA † Griffin, KJ FEED OR FLEE: THE LINK BETWEEN THE BLOB VS. FINE SPATIAL IMPACTS OF FISHING PISASTER GROWTH UPWELLING: RESOLUTION SPECIES AND DIVING ON FISH AND CHRONIC IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION MODELS: FORAGING AND DIFFERENCES IN CALIFORNIA CURRENT TOOLS FOR MAPPING ECOLOGICAL MUSSEL ZONATION ECOSYSTEM AND BIOMONITORING FUNCTION ACROSS COMPLEX HABITATS MARINE RESERVES 1345 Prall, MW † Mutti, AM † Hollarsmith, JA † Hang, M SURVEY OF ROCKY MUSSELS ON THE SPATIALLY COMPLEX INNOVATIVE USES OF HABITATS INSIDE AND MENU? INVESTIGATING IMPACTS OF UPWELLED LOW-COST OPEN OUTSIDE OF PREY PREFERENCE IN WATERS INTO TOMALES SOURCE CALIFORNIA'S MARINE INVASIVE EUROPEAN BAY TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROTECTED AREAS GREEN CRABS MARINE ECOLOGICAL USING A REMOTELY RESEARCH OPERATED VEHICLE 1400 Robinette, DP Roche, JS Gregory, KM Halpern, BS CAN NEARSHORE PREY SELECTION IN SPATIAL AND RESHUFFLING OF FORAGING SEABIRDS EASTERN PACIFIC TEMPORAL VARIATION GLOBAL MARINE DETECT VARIABILITY IN CANCRID CRABS: WHAT IN CRAB COMMUNITIES BIODIVERSITY UNDER JUVENILE FISH INFLUENCES CHOICE ACROSS AN ESTUARINE CLIMATE CHANGE DISTRIBUTION INSIDE WHEN YOU'RE SERVED GRADIENT AND OUTSIDE OF A MENU OF MOLLUSKS? MARINE RESERVES? 1415 Aalto, EA Donovan, DA Morgan, SG White, JSS MARINE PROTECTED IMMERSION TIME SURFZONE EFFECTS OF AREAS LOWER AFFECTS PREDATOR- HYDRODYNAMICS AS A PROTECTION FROM ABALONE EXTINCTION INDUCED KEY DETERMINANT OF GRAZING ON RISK FOLLOWING MORPHOLOGICAL MARINE COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION SPECIES CATASTROPHIC PLASTICITY IN THE COLLAPSE GENUS NUCELLA 1430 † Khalil, MT † Fairbanks, DO Shanks, AL Williams, SL ANALYZING MARINE CONSUMPTION OF RED PHYTOPLANKTON CORAL REHABILITATION PROTECTED AREA ALDER LEAVES IN THE SUBSIDIES TO THE IN SOUTH SULAWESI, DESIGNS FOR ROCKY INTERTIDAL ZONE INTERTIDAL ZONE ARE INDONESIA FISHERIES AND STRONGLY AFFECTED BIODIVERSITY BY SURFZONE OBJECTIVES IN THE HYDRODYNAMICS CENTRAL SAUDI ARABIAN RED SEA 7 FRIDAY, NOV 6 1315-1530 † eligible for Best Student Paper Award Time Session 5: Session 6: Session 7: SACRAMENTO ROOM GARDEN TERRACE MAXI’S ROOM Fisheries Biology I Physiological Ecology I Coral Communities I Chair: Bond, T Chair: Todgham, AE Chair: Selkoe, KA 1315 Bond, T Todgham, AE † Davis, SL USING STEREO-BRUVS HIGH AND DRY: MOVING EFFECTS OF A TO DESCRIBE AND BEYOND SIMPLE HEAT GRADIENT IN UNDERSTAND THE FISH SHOCKS TO HERBIVORE PRESSURE ASSEMBLAGE OF THE UNDERSTAND THE ON THE DYNAMICS OF A PILBARA, WESTERN THERMAL PHYSIOLOGY CORAL REEF ALGAL AUSTRALIA. OF AN INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY LIMPET 1330 † Denney, CT Rivest, EB † Kane, CN COMPARISON OF ECO-PHYSIOLOGY OF PATTERNS
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    diversity Article Genetic Divergence and Polyphyly in the Octocoral Genus Swiftia [Cnidaria: Octocorallia], Including a Species Impacted by the DWH Oil Spill Janessy Frometa 1,2,* , Peter J. Etnoyer 2, Andrea M. Quattrini 3, Santiago Herrera 4 and Thomas W. Greig 2 1 CSS Dynamac, Inc., 10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 300, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA 2 Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Sciences, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 331 Fort Johnson Rd, Charleston, SC 29412, USA; [email protected] (P.J.E.); [email protected] (T.W.G.) 3 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 10th and Constitution Ave NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA; [email protected] 4 Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, 111 Research Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) are recognized around the world as diverse and ecologically important habitats. In the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoMx), MCEs are rocky reefs with abundant black corals and octocorals, including the species Swiftia exserta. Surveys following the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in 2010 revealed significant injury to these and other species, the restoration of which requires an in-depth understanding of the biology, ecology, and genetic diversity of each species. To support a larger population connectivity study of impacted octocorals in the Citation: Frometa, J.; Etnoyer, P.J.; GoMx, this study combined sequences of mtMutS and nuclear 28S rDNA to confirm the identity Quattrini, A.M.; Herrera, S.; Greig, Swiftia T.W.