CORRECTIONS TO PROGRAM BOOKLET
Friday afternoon, session III: Name of session chair should read "Julien Lartigue."
Poster session: The bar opened at 17:00, not 16:30.
Benthic Bop: Saturday night after the banquet, the doors were opened to all registrants, and a DJ played music for dancing until midnight.
American Academy of Underwater Sciences (Poster #29) was presented by T. Maney.
Businski and Ambrose (Poster #65) traded places with Meltzer and Ambrose and was presented orally Sunday morning, session I, 9:30.
Carman and Pinckney was added and was presented Friday morning, session IV, 11:45.
Cleveland and Lavalli (Poster #12) was withdrawn. Lavalli et al. (originally scheduled for Friday afternoon, session IV, 14:30) was presented as a poster in its place.
Fisher and the RIDGE 2000 Steering Committee (Poster #25) was presented by Breea Govenar.
Genovese (Poster #110) was added (abstract below).
Hardman (Poster #113) was added (no abstract available).
Helies and Stancyk (Poster #88) was withdrawn.
Kübler and Dudgeon (Poster #89) was presented by J. Kübler.
Lavalli et al. (Friday afternoon, session IV, 14:30) was cancelled and was presented as Poster #12 instead.
Lipcius and Seitz (Saturday morning, session II, 8:45) traded places with Moore et al. and was presented Saturday morning, session IV, 11:45.
Lopez et al. (Friday afternoon, session II, 14:15) was cancelled and was presented as Poster #111 instead.
Malcom and Lavalli (Poster #19) was presented by K. Lavalli.
Meltzer and Ambrose (Sunday morning, session I, 9:30) traded places with Businski and Ambrose and was presented as Poster #65.
Moore et al. (Saturday morning, session IV, 11:45) traded places with Lipcius and Seitz and was presented Saturday morning, session II, 8:45.
Morales et al. (Poster #44): The first author's initial was incorrect. The name should appear as "F. Morales" throughout the program booklet.
Prerost (Poster #112) was added (abstract below).
Rezek et al. (Poster #91) was withdrawn.
Thistle et al. (Poster #52) was presented by David Thistle.
Toonen (Saturday afternoon, session I, 13:45) was presented by the author.
Vopel et al. (Poster #52) was presented by Michael Teasdale.
Webster et al. (Poster #51) was presented by D. L. Smee.
Ziebis et al. (Poster #106) was presented by Lisa Levin
E-MAIL ADDRESSESS MISSING FROM THE INDEX
Gelber, Adam,
Govenar, Breea,
Hardman, Ron,
Heaney, Martin R.,
Henry, Mark,
Prerost, Julie,
Slingsby, Shauna,
Vitale, Lisa D.,
CARMAN AND PINCKNEY, Friday morning, session IV, 11:45
"Please pass the diatoms": meiofaunal consumers and primary production in a Louisiana salt marsh
K. R. Carman1 and J. Pinckney.2 1Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA; 2Texas A&M University, College Station, TX.
ABSTRACT OF POSTER #110
The East/West Marine Biology Program: Training the next generation of marine scientists for nearly 20 years
Sal Genovese. East/West Marine Biology Program, Marine Science Center, East Point, Nahant, Massachusetts 01908, USA.
For nearly 20 years, the East/West Marine Biology Program has provided students who wish to move beyond the confines of the traditional classroom, the opportunity to spend a year studying marine biology in three different marine environments: the Pacific Northwest, the Caribbean, and New England. This program is unique in that no other college program in marine biology offers the opportunity to learn in three diverse locations, explore the field in such depth, and enroll in a variety of marine biology courses. The East/West Program is ideal for advanced undergraduates and first-year graduate students with a strong interest in marine biology. Many of our students have recently completed an undergraduate degree and find the East/West Program helps narrow their focus while also providing valuable contacts for graduate school or a career in marine science. Alumni of the East/West Program have gained admission to the best graduate programs, and are now leaders in their field.
ABSTRACT OF POSTER #112
Top down control of Squilla empusa population size and structure by Lutjanus campechanus, red snapper, in the north central Gulf of Mexico
Prerost, Julie E. Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688-0002, USA, and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, 101 Bienville Blvd., Dauphin Island, AL 36528, USA
Squilla empusa, a mantis shrimp, is found burrowed in muddy sediments throughout the north central Gulf of Mexico. An important portion of the diet of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, is composed of both the benthic adult and pelagic larval stages of mantis shrimp. The length and sexual composition of adult mantis shrimp collected by trawl and from stomach contents of red snapper have been compared to determine the impact of red snapper on the size and sexual structure of Squilla empusa populations. The data collected will be used in conjunction with behavioral experiments in order to examine the role of behavior and burrows in the predation on mantis shrimp by red snapper.