8:00 AM: Arkema, Katie ^*,1, Abramson, Sarah¹, Dewsbury , Bryan², ¹ University of California, Santa Barbara, CA² Florida International University, Miami, FL, Ecosystem-based management (EBM): challenges of moving from scientific definitions to management applications.

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8:20 AM: Schile, Lisa^*,1, Vasey, Michael¹, Callaway, John², Parker, V. Thomas¹, ¹ Department of Biology, San Francisco, CA, 94132² Environmental Science Department, San Francisco, CA, 94117, Non-destructive methods for estimating productivity of vegetation in tidal marshes of San Francisco Bay, California.

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8:40 AM: Bouma, Tjeerd^*,1, De Vries, Mindert², Friedrichs, Michael³, Graf, Gerhard³, Herman, Peter¹, ¹ Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-CEME), Yerseke, The Netherlands² Delft Hydraulics, Delft, The Netherlands³ University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Consequences of plant traits for ecosystem engineering efficiency; an ecological perspective on biophysical interactions.

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9:00 AM: Van de Koppel, Johan^*,, Altieri, Andrew, Silliman, Brian, Bertness, Mark, , Scale-dependent feedback and the spatial structure of coastal ecosystems.

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9:20 AM: Visser, Jenneke^*,1, Sasser, Charles¹, ¹ Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, The effect of multiple stressors on salt marsh end-of-season biomass.

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9:50 AM: Irwin, Andrew^*,1, Finkel, Zoe ², Falkowski, Paul², ¹ Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada² Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, Mining a sea of data: finding order in the ocean by looking for ecosystem transitions.

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10:10 AM: Schalles, John^*,1, Hladik, Christine², ¹ Creighton University, Omaha, NE² Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, Remote Assessment of Chlorophyll Patterns In Estuarine and Coastal Waters.

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10:30 AM: Rowell, Kirsten^*,1, Flessa, Karl¹, Dettman, David¹, Román, Martha ², Findley, Lloyd³, ¹ University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA² Instituto del Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo Sustentable del Estado de Sonora, San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico³ Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico, Isotopic logs from the Sea of Cortez: Environmental and life history records from Totoaba.

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10:50 AM: Minchinton, Todd¹, ¹ University of Wollongong, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, Positive density-dependent interactions promote early regeneration of a temperate mangrove forest.

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11:10 AM: Jedrzejczak, Marcin^*,1, Chelazzi, Lorenzo², Colombini, Isabella^{3, 3}, Scapini, Felicita, Weslawski, Jan Marcin, ¹ Academy of Ecology and Management, Warsaw, Poland² Centre of Study of Tropical Faunistics and Ecology, CNR, Florence, Italy³ Dept. of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Bridging biodiversity and tourism towards sustainable development of sandy beaches.

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