JAMSTEC International Coral Reef Symposium
PROGRAM
23 February, 2000
09:20-10:00 Special Session US-Japan collaborative coral reef study
1. The importance of public education to coral reef biology and conservation
Gregory Stone, New England Aquarium, USA
10:10-12:10 Session I Biology of Coral Reef
2. Developing predictive and reactive tools for monitoring coral health
Bette Willis, James Cook University, Australia
3. Early development of two Pocilloporid corals
Michio Hidaka, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
4. Ecological distribution, population structure and reproduction of a coral Oulangia stockesiana miltoni in Mutsu Bay
Moritaka Nishihira, Tohoku University, Japan
5. Sex allocation in scleractinian corals
Kazuhiko Sakai, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
6. Grazing effect of the sea urchin Echinometra mathaei (Type A) on coral recruits
Satoshi Nojima, Kyushu University, Japan
7. Are COTS larvae food limited in the Great Barrier Reef waters?
Ken Okaji, Kanso Co., Japan
13:10-15:10 Session IIa Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
8. Condition of reef-building corals in Akajima Island; effect of the heavy coral bleaching in 1998
Hiroki Taniguchi, Akajima Marine Science Laboratory, Japan
9. Coral distribution and health at Sekisei Lagoon, Yaeyama Islands
Mineo Okamoto, JAMSTEC, Japan
10. Coral Zonation on fringing reefs of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands
Kaoru Sugihara, Fukuoka University, Japan
11. Species diversity and coverage of coral communities during ecological succession in the Ishigaki-jima, southwestern Japan
Toru Nakamori, Tohoku University, Japan
12. Modeling the recovery process after mass bleaching
Soyoka Muko, Kyushu University, Japan
13. Reproductive ecology of coral reef fishes: effect of fluctuating environments
Tomoyuki Kokita, Kyushu University, Japan
15:20-17:00 Session IIb Dynamics of Coral Ecosystem
14. Reef fish biodiversity and the role of fishes on coral reefs
David R. Bellwood, James Cook University, Australia
15. Enduring marriages forged in hell:
Insidious symbioses and coral reef conservation
Leslie Kaufman, Boston University Marine Program, USA
16. What does a long-term coral recruitment study tell us about reef recovery
Emre Turak, Coral Reef Monitoring, Ecology and Conservation, France
17. Changes in coral reproduction following slight changes in temperature
Selina Ward, The University of Queensland, Australia
24 February, 2000
09:00-10:35 Session IIIa Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
18. The effects of anthropogenic disturbance on reproduction and recruitment of corals
Robert H. Richmond, University of Guam, USA
19. Benthic marine algae for assessing and monitoring coral reefs
Robert S. Steneck, University of Maine, USA
20. Species diversity in tropical seagrass beds and environmental fluctuation
Hiroshi Mukai, Hokkaido University, Japan
21. Physiological responses of coral boring bivalves to change in suspended sediment and salinity at Sichang Islands, the Gulf of Thailand
Nittharatana Paphavasit, Chulalongkom University, Thailand
10:45-12:00 Session IIIb Dynamics of Coastal Ecosystem
22. Processes regulating coral community diversity:
towards bridging the empirical-theoretical gap
Robert van Woesik, University of the Ryukyus, Japan
23. Population decline and recovery in coral populations
Terry P. Hughes, James Cook University, Australia
24. Remote sensing, nutrient dynamics and calcification of coral reef ecosystems
Marlin J. Atkinson, University of Hawaii, USA
13:00-15:05 Session IVa Coral Reef and Human Existence
25. Regeneration processes in scleractinian corals
Yossi Loya, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
26. Evidence for systematic declines in growth rates of corals from the Florida reef tract
Peter Swart, University of Miami, USA
27. Direct effect of elevated atmospheric CO2 on the health of coral reefs
Chris Langdon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, USA
28. Impacts of fishing on coral reefs
Takafumi Arimoto, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan
29. Degradation of coral reef: Are indirect effects of overfishing a major contributor to coral decline?
Alina M. Szmant, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington, USA
15:15-17:00 Session IVb Coral Reef and Human Existence
30. Ecosystem function and human activities in coral reefs
Makoto Tsuchiya, University of Ryukyus, Japan
31. Global climate change and the thermal tolerance of corals: Implications for the 21st century
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Univ. of Sydney, Australia
32. Australian perspectives on global climate change and coral bleaching I: 1997-1998 Sea surface temperatures at local to global scales
Janice M. Lough, AIMS, Australia
33. Australian perspective on global climate change and coral bleaching III: The 1998 event on the Great Barrier Reef.
Terry Done, AIMS, Australia
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