E DE BIOLOGY SYMPOSIUM Monterey, California 1997 Symposium Hosts: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) Monterey Bay Aquarium Symposium Organizing Committee Jim Barry, Bruce Robison, Kurt Buck, (MBARI) Randy Kochevar, Ginger Hopkins, Chris Harrold (MBA) Symposium Office Mailing Office: 1 8 h Deep-Sea Biology Symposium Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute PO Box 628 Moss Landing, CA 95039-0628 U.S.A. Email, Phone, Fax Contacts: Annette Gough (goan@ mbari.orq: 408-775-1701) Kelly Burgess (kellyb@ mbari.org : 408-775-1803) FAX: 408-775-1620 World Wide Web Site: http://www.mbari.org SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS Start End Min. Location Presenting Author TiUe of Presentation SUNDAY, 21-September 15:00 18:00 180 MBA : Hovden Way Registration MONDAY, 22-September 7:30 17:30 600 MBA : Hovden Way Registration Session I Studies of Specialized Habitats (Vents, Seeps, Whale-falls) 7:30 8:30 60 MBA : Hovden Way Coffee ~ tf.>-U> 8:30 8:50 20 Auditorium ~ar,ryda~m_es Opening Remarks "" / /" ( / 8:50 9:10 20 Auditorium MacDonald, tan ..Ft Large-area Imaging of hydrocarbon seep hapitats 9:30 20 Auditorium carney, Robert S. Explaining Edga·lo·Center, bed-to.bad, and site-to- site monotony of non-chemosynthetic seep associates at five upper slope hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico 9:30 9:50 20 Auditorium Linke, Peter Manitestations of fluid flow and biogeochemical turnover at cold seeps of the Aleutian subduction zone. 9:50 10:10 20 Auditorium Barry I Robison Llve Link Demonstration from MBA to Pt. Lobes I Ventana ln Monterey Say 10:10 10:40 so Outer Bay Balcony Break 10:40 11:00 20 Auditorium Barry, James Contrasting life styles of two closely-related vesicomyid clams from cold seeps in Monterey Bay 11:00 11:20 20 Audilorium Torres, Marta E. Can clam shells reveal the nature and history of fluid discharge at a vent site? 11:20 11:40 20 Auditorium Fujiwara, Yoshihirri In situ spawning of a deep-sea vesicomyid clam by increasing the water temperature 11:40 12:00 20 Auditorium Smith, Craig Randall Whale-Fall Communities on the Northeast Pacific @ope: Succession and Food~Web Structure 12:00 13:30 90 Lunch 13:30 13:50 20 Auditorium Baco, Amy Phylogenetic Relationships of Whate-Fall Vesicomyid Clams Based on Mitochondrial COl Sequences 13:50 14:10 20 Auditorium FuJikura, Katsunori Community ecological characteristics of the seep community at the Off Hatsushima Site, Sagami Bay, Jap,an !:I ;: (' -l ,:: "~ 14:10 14:30 20 Auditorium Gall<in,S.V. "Bot1om fauna in the att~a of Paramushir gas- • 1 hydrate seepage (Sea or Okhotsk) j ,, I ,C (.! __ l 14:30 14:50 20 Auditor\um Hashimoto, Jun Locomotory activity patterns in deep-sea crabs (Custacea. Decapod, Bythograeidae) collected from hydrothermal vent sites ln the western paclflc 14:50 15:10 20 Auditorium Beck, Lothar A. Symbiosis with Sulfur and Methane..oxidizing bacteria in hot~ve'nt Molluscs - New Findings 15:10 15:40 30 Outer Bay Balcony Break SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS Start End Min. Location Presenting Author Title of Presentation 15:40 16:00 20 Auditorium Copley, J.T.P. Game togenic ecology of hydrothermal vent polychaetes from High Rise vent field, Juan de Fuca Ridge 16:00 16:20 20 Auditorium Vereshchaka, Alexander Ute cycles and reproduction of the deep-sea shrimps inhabiting hot vents: facts and hypotheses 16:20 16:40 20 Auditorium Goffredl, Shana K. Sulfide acquisition by the vent worm Riftia pachypflla appears to be via uptake of HS~, ratherthan H2S 16:40 17:00 20 Auditorium Shlllito, Bruce Rate and process of deep~sea vestimentiferan tube growth 17:00 17:20 20 Audltorium Trask, Jenniier Site-Specific and Ontogenetic Variations in Mussel Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Compositions at Lucky Strike 17:20 17:40 20 Auditorium Voight, Janet A. Assessing the endemicity of vent predators and resultant Implications for the evolution of hydro thermal vent fauna 17:40 18:00 20 18:00 21:00 180 Blue Fin Cafe and Billiards Social M!x~r. Blue Fin Cafe and Billiards {near MBA) TUESDAY 23-September Session II Pattern and Function of Deep-Sea Populations and Communities 7:30 8:30 60 MBA : Hovden Way Coffee 8:30 8:50 20 Auditorium Young, Craig Potential for deep-sea Invasion through isothermal water columns L The Mediterranean 8:50 9:10 20 Auditorium Tyler, Paul Potential tar deepwsea invasion through Isothermal water columns II. The north At~antic 9:10 9:30 20 Auditorium Gage, John D. Ecology and demographic characteristics of a donse brittlestar popula~on on the Scottish continental slope 9:30 9:50 20 Tide Pool Viewing Area 8th Deep ..sea Biology Symposium Group Photograph 9:50 10:20 30 Outer Bay Balcony Break 10:20 10:40 20 Auditorium Escobar, Elva G. Biomass patterns of deep-sea benthos in the Gulf of Mexico 10:40 11:00 20 Auditorium Soltwedel, Thomas Activity & biomass of the small benthic blota under permanent icewcoverage in the central Arctic Ocean 11:00 11:20 20 Auditorium Nybakken. James Distribution density and relative abundance of benthic invertebrates megafauna from three sl1es at the base of the continental slope off central Califomla as determined by camera sled and beam trawl ii SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS Start End Min. Location Presenting Author Title of Presentation 11:20 11:40 20 Auditorium Stevens, Bradley G~>· Through a Porthole Darkly: ObservaUons of Behavior Changes Assoclated with Aggregative Mating of Tanner Crab, Chionoecetes bairdl: 5 year retrospective 11:40 12:00 20 Auditorium ! / Miller, Robert J. Food selection by deep·sea megafauna! surtace deposit feeders as indicated by <'l-ITh, chlorophyll, and amino acid measuremen1s 12:00 13:30 90 Lunch / 13:30 13:50 20 Auditorium ysumida, Paulo Y.G. Seasonal dispersal and al!opatric settlement and growth of the bathyal brittle star Ophlocten gracilis 13:50 14:10 20 Auditorium jr /Kndrews, Allen Radiometric age determination of the Pacific :-'~ grenadier (Coryphaenoides ac~olepis), a rapidly developing fishery in Monterey Bay 14:10 14:30 20 Auditorium :;,Kb;low, Tony The fauna of m!dwslope seamounts off southern Tasmania: impacts of deepwater trawllng & its conservation 14:30 14:500 20 Auditorium '//"Moore, Jon A, The challenges of deep-sea fisheries 14:50 15:10 30 Outer Bay Balcony Break Session Ill Sensory Systems of Deep-Sea Fauna 10:20 10:40 20 OVCR Widder, Edith Signal economics of coelenterate bioluminescence displays 10:40 11:00 20 OVCR Herring, Peter J, Fleshing anglerfish; an unexpected signalling system 11:00 11:20 20 OVCR Dnuglas, Ron Long~ Wave Sensilivlty in Stomiid Fish with Far Red Bioluminescence 11:20 11:40 20 OVCR Partridge, Julian C. The spectral sensitivities of deep~sea fish visual systems 11:40 12:00 20 OVCR Wagner, Hans..Joachim Development of muUibank rod retinae in deep-sea fishes 12:00 13:30 90 Lunch 13:30 13:50 20 OVCR Frohlich, Eleonore Quantitative analysis of rhodopsin densities in rod outer segments of deep·sea fish retinae: an electron microscopic immune-gold study 13:50 14:10 20 OVCR Col!ln, Shaun P. Topographic mismatching: of the displaced amacrine and ganglion cell populations in the retinae of deep«sea lanttemfish 14:10 14:30 20 OVCR Frank, Tamara Electrophyslologically Determined Spectral Sensitlvltles of Deep-sea Crustaceans 14:30 14:50 20 OVCR Tamburri, Mario The Chemical Ecology of Deep-Sea Scavengers 14:50 15:10 30 Outer Bay Balcony Break 15:10 15:40 20 OVCR Leys, Sally P. Excitability and electrical signalling in hexactinellid sponges 15:40 16:00 20 Audltorium Montgomery, J. C. The Mechanosensory Lateral Line in Deep-sea Fishes: Functional Considerations lil SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, ORAL PRESENTATIONS, LIST OF POSTER PRESENTATIONS Start End Min. Location Presenting Author Title of Presentation 16:00 16:20 20 Auditorium Marshall, Justin The lateral line anti other sensory systems of 1t. /p / !..~_/ lf ,::; 1 )'-) , ;:: deep~sea fish Session IV Poster Session on Various Topics in Deep-Sea Biology 17:30 20:30 180 Lower Outer Bay Poster Session w/ Soft Drinks, no~host bar WEDNESDAY, 24-September Session V Source and Utilization of Carbon Inputs in Deep-Sea Systems 7:30 8:30 60 MBA : Hovden Way Calfee 8:30 8:50 20 Auditorium Lauerman, Lynn M. L. Deep-sea epibenthic echinoderms and temporally varying food supply: a time series for the abyssal North-east Pacific 8:50 9:10 20 Auditorium Smilh, Kenneth L Detrital aggregates on the sea floor: Chemical composition and aerobic decomposition rates at a lime.. series station in the abyssal NE Pacific 9;10 9:30 20 Auditorium Levin, Usa A Macrofauna! Processing and Bioturbation of Phytodetritus On the North Carolina Continental Stope: an in situ, time series approach 9:30 9:50 20 Auditorium Pfannkuche, Olaf Responses of Deep-Sea Benthos to Sedimentation Patterns in the Norih~East Atlantic 9:50 10:20 30 Outer Bay Balcony Break 10:20 10:40 20 Auditorium Lavaleye, M. Relations between the distribution of benthic Fauna and Food input on the slope and in canyons of the celtic margin 10:40 11:00 20 Audllorium Witte, Ursula Patterns of benthic activity and standing stock in the deep Arabian Sea: do bulk parameters tell the whole story? 11:00 11:20 20 Auditorium Tselepides, Anastasios Seasonal variability in POM flux in the oligolrophic Cretan Sea (NE Medfterranean) 11:20 11:40 20 Auditorium Thomsen, Laurenz Spatial and temporal variability of particulate matter in the benthic boundaryiayer at the North East Atlantic Continental Margin (Celtic Sea, Goban Spur) 11:40 12:00 20 Auditorium Jones, Emma G.