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Oral Presentations AMSA-NZMSS 2012 Marine Extremes - and Everything in Between : Abstracts - Contents List Abstracts are in alphabetical order of first author, with the presenting author marked with an asterisk. A second entry is under the presenting author’s last name with a reference to the abstract. Abstracts - Oral Presentations Nitrification by Microbial Communities as an Indicator of Estuarine Health 63 Abell, Guy C.J., D. Jeff Ross, John P. Keane, Stanley S. Robert, Dion M.F. Frampton, John K. Volkman and Levente Bodrossy* Control charts for environmental decision-making: A tool for improved Marine Protected Area management 63 Addison, Prue F. E.* , Carey, Jan M., Burgman, Mark A.2 Local Lads: dispersal and male mediated gene flow by Australian sea lions inferred by genetic and acoustic structure 64 Ahonen, Heidi* , I sabelle Charrier, Robert Harcourt, Simon Goldsworthy and Adam Stow Depositional effects of sediments on the ecological performance of subtidal seaweeds 64 Ainley, Edwin* , Alwyn Rees, Nick Shears Climatic setting and coastal development interact to determine decomposition of Zostera capricornii and Avicennia marina 65 Ainley, Lara* and Bishop, Melanie Experimental evaluation of the compound effects of local perturbations and global-scale changes on the early life history of the habitat-forming species Hormosira banksii 65 Alestra, Tommaso* and David R. Schiel Disentangling the Agononida Incerta Species Complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Munididae) 66 Andreakis Nikos* and Gary CB Poore Testing the waters: – microbes, abalone and oysters 66 Appleyard, Sharon* , Guy Abell and Ros Watson Site fidelity in the winter foraging patterns of Antarctic fur seals 67 Arthur, Benjamin* , Mary-Anne Lea, Marthan Bester2, Phil Trathan3, Chris Oosthuizen2, Mark Hindell, Michael Sumner. Ecosystem-level implications of fisheries-induced evolution 67 Audzijonyte, Asta* , Anna Kuparinen and Elizabeth A. Fulton Submerged subtropical kelp habitat and the seasonal dynamics of the EAC 68 Babcock, Russ* , Mick Haywood, Stefan Williams2. Modelled biological and physico-chemical controls on observed pCO2 across the coastally-oriented Subtropical Frontal Zone 68 Baer Jones, Katherine* , Kim Currie, Christina McGraw, Keith Hunter Genetic Connectivity and Diversity of Antarctic Benthic Amphipods 69 Baird, Helena Phoenix* , Karen Joy Miller, Jonathan Sean Stark, and Patti Virtue Numerical model predictions of carbon-to-chlorophyll ratios in Storm Bay, Southeast Tasmania 69 Baird, Mark* , Peter Ralph, Karen Wild-Allen, Farhan Rizwi Developing a non-intrusive monitoring approach for describing deep water habitats and biodiversity within Australia’s new Commonwealth MPA network and collecting the information necessary for optimal on-reserve and off-reserve management of our national estate 70 Barrett, Neville et al Marine Biotechnology: Omega-3 Functional Foods and Pharmaceuticals 70 Barrow, Colin J Predicting present and past distributions of decapod shrimps in the Southern Ocean 70 Basher, Md. Zeenatul * , Mark J. Costello and David A. Bowden2 Drugs from the Sea, its Darwinian 71 Battershill, Chris* ; Prinsep, Michele, Newman, David; Cragg, Gordon The C V RENA Oil Spill event: we dodged a bullet but where did the bullet go? 71 Battershill, Chris* 47 AMSA-NZMSS 2012 Marine Extremes - and Everything in Between : Abstracts - Contents List Patterns in the Distribution of Estuarine Macroinvertebrates and their Relationship with the Environment: Implications for Management and Monitoring 72 Beard, Jason* , Jeff Ross, Natalie Moltschaniwskyj, Christine Crawford, John Gibson Phyllosoma, prey fields and patchiness in the pelagic ecosystem of the SE Indian Ocean 72 Beckley, Lynnath* , Christin Säwström, Megan Saunders, Suzanna Chan, Peter Thompson and Anya Waite Analgesic Conotoxin Discovery from Marine Cone Snails 73 Berecki, Géza* and David J Adams Is coralline turf a uniform habitat for small mobile invertebrates? 73 Berthelsen, Anna* and Richard Bruce Taylor Nitrification by Microbial Communities as an Indicator of Estuarine Health 73 Bodrossy presenting: Abell, Guy C.J., D. Jeff Ross, John P. Keane, Stanley S. Robert, Dion M.F. Frampton, John K. Volkman and Levente Bodrossy* Cold seep communities on the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand 74 Bowden, David A* , Ashley A Rowden, Andrew R Thurber, Amy R Baco, Lisa A Levin, Craig R Smith Trace Elements in the Australian Sector of the Southern Ocean: Meridional Distributions and Seasonality 74 Bowie, Andrew R* , Edward CV Butler, Delphine Lannuzel, Tomas A Remenyi, Alessandro Tagliabue, Carrie Bloomfield, Ros Watson, Jeanette O’Sullivan Systematic review of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) in New Zealand waters 75 Braid, Heather* , and Kathrin Bolstad Interaction of subtropical and subantarctic water masses in Recherche Bay and influence on primary productivity 75 Buchanan, Pearse* , Kerrie Swadling, Ruth Eriksen, Andrew Pender and Jason Beard Exploring effects of non-indigenous isopod on oyster-bed assemblages 76 Bugnot, Ana* , Ross Coleman, Will Figueira and Ezequiel Marzinelli Use of light and sound stimuli to influence behaviour and surface activity in Atlantic salmon Salmo( salar) 76 Bui, Samantha* , Tim Dempster, Frode Oppedal, Øyvind Korsøen, Jan Erik Fosseidengen, Tore Kristiansen A Scheme for the oceanic Cycling of Cobalt in the upper Water Column of high to mid-Latitudes 77 Butler, Edward C.V.*, Jeanette O’Sullivan, Ros Watson Do MPAs benefit well managed fisheries? 77 Buxton, Colin* , Hartmann, Klaas, Gardner, Caleb, Kearney Robert Impacts of ocean warming and acidification on echinoderm life histories from the poles to the tropics - the developmental domino effect 77 Byrne, Maria Modelling the ocean response to Cyclone Yasi with ROAM 78 Cahill, Madeleine* , Philip Gillibrand, Gary Carroll and Peter Oke Preventing Ascidian Fouling in Aquaculture: Utilizing Natural Products as Antifoulants Targeting Ascidian Metamorphosis 78 Cahill, Patrick * , Kevin Heasman, Andrew Jeffs, Jeanne Kuhajek Long term impacts? A survey of fouling communities on artificial reefs older than two decades, in South Australia 78 Cameron, Shea* and Sabine Dittmann Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) breeding and survival in Western Australia compromised by a “marine heat wave” in 2011 79 Cannell, Belinda* , Lynda Chambers, Mike Bunce and Daithi Murray The extreme “marine heat wave” event of 2010/2011 and its effects on marine environment and Western Australian fisheries 79 Caputi Nick, Pearce Alan, Feng Ming, Kangas Mervi, Johnston Danielle, Hart Anthony, Chandrapavan Arani* The First Report Cards for Victoria’s Marine National Parks. 80 Carey, Jan and Steffan Howe* Optimizing the Allocation of Surveillance Effort for Introduced Species in MPAs 80 Carey, Jan* , Jacqui Pocklington, Ruth Beilin, Kim Millers and Steffan Howe Estimating current abundance of the New Zealand southern right whale: accounting for the effect of the calving cycle in a superpopulation framework 81 Carroll, E.L., S. J. Childerhouse* , R. M. Fewster, N. J. Patenaude, D. Steel, G. Dunshea, L. Boren, and C. S. Baker 48 AMSA-NZMSS 2012 Marine Extremes - and Everything in Between : Abstracts - Contents List Effects of coral bleaching events on gametogenesis and fecundity in Acropora reef corals at Moorea, French Polynesia. 81 Carroll, Andrew * , Peter Harrison and Mehdi Adjeroud The Role of Allochthonous Kelp in Providing Spatial Subsidies in a Seagrass Ecosystem 82 Cartraud, Audrey* , Glenn Hyndes and Paul Lavery Pre-adapting Tasmanian coastal reefs to climate change 82 Casper, Ruth* , Nic Bax, Neville Barrett and Alistair Hobday The extreme “marine heat wave” event of 2010/2011 and its effects on marine environment and Western Australian fisheries 82 Chandrapavan presenting: Caputi Nick, Pearce Alan, Feng Ming, Kangas Mervi, Johnston Danielle, Hart Anthony, Chandrapavan Arani* The newly described Burrunan dolphin, Tursiops australis, endemic to southern Australian coastal waters: species status and population genetics 83 Charlton-Robb, Kate * , Lisa-ann Gershwin, Ross Thompson, Andrea Taylor, Jeremy Austin, Kylie Owen, Stephen W McKechnie Biogenic Silica Fluxes in the Southern Ocean 83 Chase, Zanna* , Blandine Ruesch and Lloyd Burckle Estimating current abundance of the New Zealand southern right whale: accounting for the effect of the calving cycle in a superpopulation framework 84 Childerhouse presenting: Carroll, E.L., S. J. Childerhouse* , R. M. Fewsterm N. J. Patenaude, D. Steel, G. Dunshea, L. Boren, and C. S. Baker Eulerian and Lagrangian evaluation of numerical models 84 Chiswell, Stephen M. The visual system of luminous deep-sea sharks 84 Claes, Julien M.* , Jérôme Mallefet and Shaun P. Collin A tale of two seamounts: life at abyssal depths 85 Clark, Malcolm* , Ashley Rowden, and Rob Stewart Bio-optical parameters measured in southern Tasmanian waters: their importance in the accurate satellite retrieval of estimates of phytoplankton biomass in this region 85 Clementson, Lesley* , Thomas Schroeder, Nagur Cherukuru, Vittorio Brando, Paul Daniel and Arnold Dekker New Remote Sensing Products with National Coverage from IMOS 85 Clementson presenting: King, Edward, Lesley Clementson* , Vittorio Brando, Laurent Besnard, David Blondeau-Patissier, Janet Anstee and Leanne Wilkes The Great 2011 Tohoku-oki Earthquake and Tsunami 86 Coffin, Mike Coastal zone management tools based on Lagrangian modelling approaches 86 Condie, Scott* , Rich Little and Catriona MacLeod Population Genetics and Connectivity of the endemic New Zealand Sand Flounder
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