8:00 AM: Sundelöf, Andreas^*,1, Ĺberg, Per¹, Airoldi, Laura², Jonsson, Per³, ¹ Department of Marine Ecology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden² Laboratorio di Ecologia Sperimentale, Centro Interdipartimentale di Ricerca per le Scienze Ambientali, Universita' di Bologna, Ravenna, Italy³ 3Department of Marine Ecology, Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory, Strömstad, Sweden, Larval dispersal on two scales: Populations of marine invertebrates open or closed?

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8:20 AM: Petrovic, Filip^*,1, Guichard, Frédéric ¹, ¹ McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Spatial structure and demographics of mussel populations in the rocky intertidal.

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8:40 AM: Gaudette, Julien^*,1, Wahle, Rick², Himmelman, John², ¹ Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Porltand, ME, USA² Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME, USA, Spawning events in small and large populations of the green sea urchin Strongylocentotus droebachiensis as recorded using fertilization assays.

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9:00 AM: Byers, James^*,1, Blakeslee, April¹, Linder, Ernst², Cooper, Andrew³, Maguire, Tim⁴, ¹ Department of Zoology, Durham, NH, USA² Dept. of Math & Statistics, Durham, NH, USA³ Dept. of Natural Resources, Durham, NH, USA⁴ Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay, MA, USA, Recruitment limitation or environmental drivers: What controls occurrence of parasitic trematodes in a marine snail?

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9:20 AM: terHorst, Casey^{*,1, 2}, Dudgeon, Steve², ¹ Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA² California State University, Northridge, Northridge, California, USA, Differences in successional forces in a marine fouling community are ameliorated over time.

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9:50 AM: Davies, Andrew¹, Johnson, Mark^*,1, ¹ Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK, Coastline topography and temporal trends in wave exposure.

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10:10 AM: Gouhier, Tarik^*,1, Guichard, Frederic¹, ¹ Department of Biology, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1B1, Marine disturbance cycles: From landscapes to metapopulations.

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10:30 AM: Silliman, Brian^*,1, van de Koppel, Johan ², Bertness, Mark ³, Stanton , Lee ⁴, Mendelssohn, Irv ⁴, ¹ Department of Zoology, Gainesville, FL, United States² Spatial Ecology Department, Yerseke, The Netherlands³ Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Providence, RI, United States⁴ Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Consumer fronts, drought stress, and community collapse in southern salt marshes.

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10:50 AM: Kindsvater, Holly^{*,1, 3}, Bonsall, Michael², Mangel, Marc³, ¹ University of Florida, Gainesvillle, FL³ University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA² Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Physical and ecological correlates of longevity in Pacific rockfishes (Sebastes).

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