Poster # 234. O'Dwyer, Steve^{*,1, 2}, ¹ Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia² Ecological Society of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Impact assessment of shack settlement to coastal vegetation at Wedge Reserve, central coast Western Australia.

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Poster # 235. Azeiteiro, Ulisses^*,1, Pastorinho, Ramiro², Sardo, Ana³, Morgado, Fernando⁴, ¹ IMAR - Institute of Marine Research, Coimbra² Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro³ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro⁴ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, Environmental studues on the Mysid species Mesopodopsis slabberi (Crustecea: Mysidacea) in temperate shallow estuaries of the Portuguese western coast: A review.

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Poster # 236. Ballantyne, Ford ^*,1, ¹ Scripps Instiution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA, A description of reef fish communities based on size and trophic function.

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Poster # 237. Bright, Gerald^*,1, ¹ Howard University, Washington, DC, The study of molting in juvenile blue crabs Callinectes sapidus.

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Poster # 238. Cabrera, Lina^*,1, Ardisson, Pedro^*,1, Pech, Daniel^*,2, ¹ CINVESTAV-IPN, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico² Québec-Océan, Québec, Québec, Canada, Abundance distribution of benthic intertidal species: an analysis using spatial scale relations.

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Poster # 239. Diaz-Castañeda, Victoria^*,, de León, Angel, , Study of epifaunal colonization and community development using settlement panels in Veracruz reef system, Gulf of Mexico.

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Poster # 240. Gibson, Patrick^*,1, Boyer, Joseph¹, Smith, Ned², ¹ Southeast Environmental Research Center, Miami, FL, USA² Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Ft. Pierce, FL, USA, Nutrient Mass Flux through Long Key Channel, Florida Bay.

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Poster # 241. Harris, Jonathan^*,1, Logan, Barry¹, ¹ Biology Department, Brunswick, ME, USA, The role of cryoprotectants in the freezing tolerances of two competing species of red algae.

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Poster # 242. Jozwiak, Tomasz¹, Plinski, Marcin¹, ¹ Dep. of Marine Biology and Ecology, Sopot, Poland, The occurrence of macroalgae and Zostera marina on the Polish coast in 1998-2002 period.

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Poster # 243. Larson, Amy^{*,1, 2}, Stachowicz, John¹, ¹ University of California at Davis, Bodega Bay, California² San Diego State University, San Diego, California, Community structure in a physically stable habitat with low predation pressure created by the Phoronid, Phoronopsis viridis.

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Poster # 244. Mavromatis, Charalampos^*,1, Guichard, Frederic¹, ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Successional Sequences across Physical Gradients in Seagrass Communities.

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Poster # 245. Ortiz-Rosa, Suhey^*,1, Parrila-Hernandez, Deborah ¹, ¹ University of Puerto Rico at, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Stress protein evaluation on Diploria labyrinthiformis symbionts in response to changes in temperature and UV radiation.

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Poster # 246. Santiago-Maldonado, Melissa ¹, Rodríguez-Collazo, Julianna^*,1, Olivieri, Karina¹, Sastre, Miguel¹, ¹ University of Puerto Rico at, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Population dynamics of Pyrodinium bahamense and Ceratium furca at Laguna Grande, Fajardo, Puerto Rico.

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Poster # 247. Azeiteiro, Ulisses^*,1, Marques, Sónia², Pastorinho, Ramiro³, Ré, Pedro⁴, Pereira, Mário⁵, Morgado, Fernando ⁶, ¹ IMAR - Institute of Marine Research, Coimbra² IMAR - Institute of Marine Research, Coimbra³ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro⁴ IMAR - Institute of Marine Research, Lisbon⁵ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro⁶ Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro, The copepod genus Acartia (Calanoida: Copepoda) in a temperate shallow estuary (The Mondego Estuary: Western coast of Portugal).

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Poster # 248. Smith, Geneviève¹, Graf, Matthew¹, Petrovic, Filip¹, Guichard, Frédéric¹, McKindsey, Christopher², ¹ McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada² Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli, QC, Canada, Hints of a link: Coupling of benthic adult production and larval recruitment in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis.

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Poster # 249. Souther, Christina^*,1, Caron, Heather¹, Lichter, John¹, ¹ Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, Nutrient source or sink? The biogeochemistry of the Kennebec Estuary, Maine, USA.

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Poster # 250. Zhang, Yihui^{1, 2}, Wang, Wenqing^{1, 2}, Lin, Peng^{1, 2}, ¹ School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China² Research Center for Wetlands and Ecological Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China, Study on the regeneration and growth of Kandelia candel seedlings at Mangrove Wetland of Zhangjiang Estuary in Fujian.

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