Abstracts
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Abstracts for oral and poster presentations must be submitted online at the same time that you register for the meeting using the above link.
Abstracts for film festival presentations must be submitted separately using this link:
http://www.beneaththewavesfilmfest.org/
The 2012 Benthic Ecology Meeting will accept abstracts for oral presentations on the following topics:
- Chemical Ecology
- Fisheries
- Physical Processes
- Behavior
- Physiological and Molecular Ecology
- Macroecology
- Introduced Species
- Life History Strategies
- Recruitment/Larval Ecology
- Restoration
- Evolution
- Conservation
- Trophic Relationships
- Community Ecology
- Biodiversity
- Ecosystem Functioning
- Parasite-host Relationshipss
- Anthropogenic Impacts
- Genetic Connectivity and Metapopulations
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PREPARING ORAL & POSTER ABSTRACTS
(Please follow these instructions carefully!)
All abstracts must be in English and submitted as a Word document (*.doc). Use Times Roman font throughout and 1" page margins.
Title: Use 12 point font in bold. Do not exceed 150 characters with spaces.
Authors: Use 12 point font. List author names separated by semicolons. Underline presenting author. If authors have different affiliations, use superscripts as shown in the example.
Affiliations: Use 10 point font. If authors have different affiliations, use superscripts. On a separate line, add email address of the presenting author.
Abstract Text: Use 12 point font without indentation. Do not exceed 200 words. Use metric units and italics for scientific names. Do not include illustrations, figures, or photos. Use single spacing throughout and right paragraph justification.
Additional Information: Below the abstract text, please indicate the following:
(a) Presenting author's status:"Faculty" for faculty, postdocs, and professionals; "Grad" for graduate students; "Undergrad" for undergraduate students.
(b) Presentation preference: "Oral" or "Poster"
EXAMPLE ABSTRACT:
Bottom-up or top-down control of ecosystem function in tropical seagrass beds
Flooglehorn, Chester R. 1; Spazbladder, Igotta1; Roaringlizard, Esther.2; Fleebknocker, Winky B.2 1Dolphin-Hugger Research Center, Swamptown, SC 23576;
2Whatsamatta University, Kneedeepinit, NY 00122.
floogc@dhrc.edu
There is debate over the relative importance of top-down and bottom-up forces on ecosystem function in tropical seagrass communities. In 2009, we began a series of studies in the Florida Keys (Conch Republic) to examine changes in seagrass productivity and nutrient cycling in sea grass beds that harbor mermaids (Homo ichthyus) compared to beds devoid of these iconic sirenians. Seagrass productivity and CH4 flux was significantly higher in areas frequented by roving bands of H. ichthyus at all depths and light regimes that we investigated. Our results confirm the importance of top-down biotic forces in seagrass communities.
Presenting author status: Grad
Preferred Presentation type: Oral
