8:00 AM Biggers, Andrew^*,1, Kolasa, Jurek¹, ¹ McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Community disassembly – What causes divergence?

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8:15 AM Kappel, Carrie^*,1, Micheli, Fiorenza¹, Heiman, Kimberly¹, Osio, Giacomo¹, Sagarin, Rafael¹, Sethi, Suresh¹, Shelton, Andrew¹, ¹ Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA Shifts in species dominance on rocky shores under human and natural disturbance regimes.

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8:30 AM Chan, Francis^{*,1, 2}, Grantham, Brian^{1, 2}, Nielsen, Karina², Menge, Bruce^{1, 2}, Lubchenco, Jane^{1, 2}, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA² PISCO, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, Corvallis, OR, USA Sensitivity of marine ecosystems to climate change: Insights from the novel appearance of inner-shelf hypoxia in the California Current System.

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8:45 AM Benoit-Bird, Kelly^*,1, ¹ Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, Kaneohe, HI Sound-scattering layers and the foraging ecology of pelagic marine mammals.

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9:00 AM Taylor, David^*,1, Dunmore, Robyn¹, Schiel, David¹, ¹ University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand A hemispheric comparison of grazing and growth of habitat-forming algae across exposure gradients.

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9:15 AM Sotka, Erik^*,1, Palumbi, Stephen¹, ¹ Hopkins Marine Station - Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA Won't you be my "neighbor"? Genetic estimates of dispersal in a rocky intertidal barnacle.

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9:30 AM Break.

9:45 AM Krenz, Christopher^*,1, Chaney, Maxine¹, Wood, Wayne¹, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Does spatial variation in barnacle and mussel recruitment affect rocky intertidal community dynamics?

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10:00 AM Leslie, Heather^*,1, ¹ Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Environmental influences on fitness in the intertidal barnacle Balanus glandula.

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10:15 AM Rilov, Gil^*,1, ¹ University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, New Zealand Scaling top-down effects: Can variable recruitment and fish predation explain meso-scale mussel distribution?

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10:30 AM Hill, Ronald^*,1, ¹ NOAA/NMFS/Southeast Fisheries Science Center, Galveston, TX The influence of conspecific and heterospecific juveniles on benthic recruitment in a reef-fish.

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10:45 AM Byers, James^*,1, ¹ Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, jebyers@unh.edu Ecological impacts of nonindigenous clams on natives in the San Juan Islands, Washington.

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11:00 AM Smee, Delbert^*,1, Weissburg, Marc¹, ¹ School of Biology Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA Claming Up: Mercenaria Reduce Apparancy to Whelk Predators Via Waterborne Chemical Cues.

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