Schedule
Thursday, October 19th, 2023
Poster Presentations
Posters located in the SCDNR MRRI main hallway. Preview poster links will be posted prior to the event.
Introduction, Opening Remarks, and Keynote Address in the SCDNR MRRI Auditorium.
Abstracts of Poster Presentations
Time | Presenter | |
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM | Poster Session I: Presenters at odd-numbered posters | |
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM | Break | |
2:30 PM – 3:45 PM | Poster Session II: Presenters at even-numbered posters | |
3:45 PM – 4:00 PM | Break | |
4:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Introduction and Opening Remarks |
Dr. Jody Beers and Dr. Craig Plante, College of Charleston |
4:15 PM – 4:30 PM | Introduction of Keynote Speaker | Dr. Heather Spalding, College of Charleston |
4:30 PM – 5:45 PM | Keynote Address | Dr. Jackie Padilla-Gamíno, University of Washington |
6:00 PM |
Introduction of New Students and Lowcountry Boil (SCDNR Outdoor Classroom) |
Friday, October 20th, 2023
Oral Presentations
All talks are located in the SCDNR MRRI Auditorium.
Abstracts of Oral Presentations
Time |
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Presenter |
8:30 AM – 8:45 AM |
Opening Remarks and Introductions |
Dr. Jody Beers, College of Charleston |
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM |
Red Fish, Blue Fish, Who Eats Who Fish: Juvenile Snapper-Grouper Diet Composition |
Gabrielle Tutelo |
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM |
Examining Variation in Response to Marine Diesel Fuel Exposure Between Tall- and Short-Form Saltmarsh Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora) |
Raven Ferguson |
9:15 AM – 9:30 AM |
Physiological effects of temperature on blood chemistry, metabolism, and metabolomic profiles of the Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus |
Kerryanne Litzenberg |
9:30 AM – 9:45 AM |
Using drones to monitor the body condition of Tamanend’s bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops erebennus) spatially and seasonally in Charleston, South Carolina |
Colin Perkins-Taylor |
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM |
Break |
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10:00 AM – 10:15 AM |
Exploring the Spatial Reproductive Variability of Red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the Southeast, US |
Catlyn Wells |
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM |
Reducing Uncertainty and Spatial Biases in Blue Carbon Monitoring via in-situ and Remote Sensing Techniques of Charleston, SC Salt Marshes |
Jesseca Kusher |
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM |
Characterizing invertebrate communities associated with the cryptogenic alga Chondria tumulosa in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawai‘i |
Ray Radick |
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM |
Break |
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11:00 AM – 11:15 AM |
Closing Remarks and Awards Presentation |
Dr. Jody Beers, College of Charleston |
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM |
Lunch (SCDNR Outdoor Classroom) |
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