8:00 AM Thacker, Robert^*,1, ¹ University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Relationships between host-specificity and the strength of mutualisms: Molecular and ecological approaches to sponge-cyanobacteria symbioses.

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8:20 AM Baker, Andrew¹, ¹ Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, New York, USA Changing by degrees: Adaptive response of reef coral symbioses to climate change.

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8:40 AM Sobecky, Patricia ^*,1, ¹ Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Molecular approaches and tools for characterzing marine plasmid distribution, diversity and function.

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9:00 AM Selkoe, Kimberly^*,1, ¹ University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA Can gene flow tell us where the larvae go: Assessing population connectivity in kelp bass.

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9:20 AM Wares, John^*,1, ¹ University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, United States Using genetic data to study invasion on North Atlantic rocky intertidal shorelines.

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9:50 AM Brodie, Renae^*,1, Staton, Joseph², ¹ University of South Carolina-Columbia, Columbia, SC² University of South Carolina- Beaufort, Beaufort, SC Re-invasion of low salinity adult habitats following marine planktonic development in fiddler crabs.

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10:10 AM Hughes, A. Randall^*,1, Stachowicz, John¹, ¹ University of California - Davis, Davis, CA Genetic diversity enhances seagrass ecosystem function by mediating disturbance.

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10:30 AM Edmands, Suzanne^*,1, ¹ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Testing for adaptive population divergence in the tidepool copepod Tigriopus californicus.

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10:50 AM Sotka, Erik^*,1, ¹ Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA Genetic and geographic variation in a marine plant-herbivore interaction.

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