Hi all- We would like to invite you to consider submitting abstracts to a session on connectivity in marine populations at the upcoming 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu. This session is meant to bring together researchers working on a range of different organisms and using various methods to examine advances and challenges in examining connectivity in marine habitats. Abstract submission deadline is Oct 4th (http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2014/default.asp). More info below.
Best- Tatiana Rynearson 032 - Examining connectivity in marine populations, from unicells to metazoans, using novel and integrated approaches Connectivity among populations influences their demographics, genetic structure and response to environmental change. Despite the ecological and evolutionary importance of connectivity among populations, our understanding remains limited, in part due to the difficulty of measuring connectivity marine habitats. New tools for studying connectivity are emerging, including compound-specific stable isotope analyses, advances in geo-location, highly-variable genetic markers, population genomic techniques and coupled bio-physical dispersal models. As measurements of connectivity become more sophisticated, there is a greater need for integrating techniques in order to deepen our understanding of the ecological and evolutionary consequences of connectivity. This session focuses on new insights that have been gained from integrating multiple approaches, the development of new techniques to quantify rates of dispersal and exchange among populations, and attempts to identify unifying themes of connectivity and gene flow across taxa. The session will address taxa ranging from bacteria to whales, and include a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. We encourage submissions that communicate results from empirical, modeling, or integrative studies to a broad audience and that describe basic research or its application to support sustainability of exploited resources. Organizers Tatiana Rynearson , Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island [email protected] Benjamin Walther , University of Texas at Austin [email protected] Erica Goetze , Department of Oceanography, SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa [email protected] Derek Hogan , Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University- Corpus Christi [email protected]
