8:15 AM Fauth, John¹, ¹ College of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, USA African dust: Causal agent of coral reef declines, alias of El Niño, or a mirage?

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8:30 AM Bruno, John^*,1, Petes, Laura², Hettinger, Annaliese³, ¹ The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC² Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR³ Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Nutrient enrichment can increase the severity of Caribbean coral diseases.

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8:45 AM Greenberg, David^*,1, Connell, Joseph¹, Goldwasser, Lloyd^{1, 2}, ¹ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106² Department of Demography, Berkeley, CA, 94720-2120 Direct competition for space between coral colonies at Heron Island, Australia.

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9:00 AM Ferner, Matthew^*,1, Smee, Delbert¹, Chang, Yin¹, ¹ School of Biology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA A field study of blue crab responses to conflicting chemical cues.

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9:15 AM Wrona, Amanda^*,1, Sheppard, Michael², Lee, Richard³, Wiegert, Richard¹, ¹ University of Georgia, Athens, GA² Savannah State University, Savannah, GA³ Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA Prevalence of parasitic Hematodinium sp. in Georgia blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus): a result of habitat degradation?

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9:30 AM Grogan, Whitney^*,1, Walls, Elizabeth², Berkson, Jim¹, ¹ Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Science, Blacksburg, VA² Center for Environmental Studies, Richmond, VA Movement patterns and population dynamics of the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus.

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10:00 AM Hurton, Lenka^{*,1, 2}, Walls, Elizabeth^{1, 2}, Berkson, Jim^{1, 2}, ¹ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia² Horseshoe Crab Research Center, Blacksburg, Virginia Post-bleeding mortality of Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus, used in the biomedical industry.

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10:15 AM Grabowski, Jonathan^*,1, Clesceri, Erika¹, Baukus, Adam¹, Yund, Phil¹, ¹ University of Maine, Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine, Walpole, Maine Are we using herring to farm lobsters? The effects of herring bait on Lobster growth and diet composition.

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10:30 AM Lear, Jennifer^*,1, Butler, Mark¹, ¹ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia Interactions between juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters and Caribbean reef octopuses in the Florida Keys.

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