TP12A Assessment in Tropical Ecosystems
B113 & B114
1:20 PM - 4:40 PM, Tuesday

1:20 PM -

854 :: Biomarkers of pollutant exposure in reef-building corals and their application to coral reef conservation. Richmond, R1, Ostrander, G2, Downs, C3, 1 Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA2 Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA3 EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, USA

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1:40 PM -

855 :: Cellular toxicological responses of the coral Madracis mirabilis to acute Irgarol 1051 exposure. Owen, R1, 2, Downs, C3, Buxton, L2, Downs, A4, 1 UK Environment Agency, Bristol, U.K2 Bermuda Biological Station for Research, St Georges, Bermuda3 Envirtue Biotechnologies, Winchester, VA, U.S.A4 Yale University, New Haven, CT, U.S.A

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2:20 PM -

857 :: Investigation of the association of local environmental factors and the incidence of fibropapillomatosis in green sea turtles. Downs, C1, Fauth, J2, Ehrhart, L2, Reece, J2, 1 EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc., Winchester, Virginia, U.S.A.2 University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.

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2:40 PM -

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3:20 PM -

858 :: Persisten Organic Compounds and lesions in the Mayan Catfish Ariopsis assimilis from Chetumal Bay, Mexico. Gold-Bouchot, G1, Norena-Barroso, E1, Ceja-Moreno, V, Sima-Alvarez, R, 1 Cinvestav Unidad Merida, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

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3:40 PM -

859 :: Coral reef health assessment in the Florida Keys. Woodley, C1, Downs, C2, Fauth, J3, Halas, J4, Muller, P5, Halas, J6, Curry, R7, Fisher, E5, 1 NOAA National Ocean Service, Charleston, SC, U.S.A.2 EnVirtue Biotechnologies, Inc., Winchester, VA, U.S.A.3 University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, U.S.A.4 Environmental Moorings International, Key Largo, FL, U.S.A.5 University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL, U.S.A.6 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Key Largo, FL, U.S.A.7 Biscayne National Park, Homestead, FL, U.S.A.

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4:00 PM -

860 :: How to kill a coral reef : -The coral reefs of Eilat - past, present and future. Loya, Y.1, 1 Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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4:20 PM -

861 :: The application of ecotoxicology to the protection of tropical aquatic ecosystems. Golbuu, Y1, Victor, S1, 1 Palau International Coral Reef Center, Koror, Palau

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