AMLC Meeting Announcement
Laurie Richardson
richardl at fiu.edu
Thu Feb 6 11:07:02 EST 2003
> MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 31st Scientific Meeting of the
> ASSOCIATION OF MARINE LABORATORIES OF THE CARIBBEAN
> Crowne Plaza Hotel
> Port of Spain, Trinidad
>
> July 14-18, 2003
>
> We are pleased to announce our upcoming scientific meeting of the
> Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean. The meeting
> will be centered around scientific presentations and will include a
> field trip to enjoy our locale, which this year is the island of
> Trinidad. As in the past, presenters may submit papers of their
> presentations for potential publication in the peer-reviewed journal
> proceedings of the meeting. Presentations will include poster- as
> well as verbal presentations. In keeping with the AMLC purpose of
> promoting the exchange of scientific and technical information
> concerning Caribbean marine sciences, the themes of this scientific
> meeting will be:
>
> … Ornamental Marine Organisms and Fisheries
> … Diseases of Coral Reef Organisms
> … Remote Sensing and GIS in the Wider Caribbean
> … Caribbean Oceanography and Coastal Processes
> … Pollution and Anthropogenic Issues
> … Public Awareness and Education
> … Biodiversity, MPAs, and Conservation
> … Fisheries and Aquaculture
> … General Caribbean Marine Sciences
>
> Other topics will be considered subject to session time limitations.
> Abstracts must be received by May 1, 2003, and may be in English or
> Spanish. Abstracts must be submitted in the form described in the
> Abstract Format instructions at the end of this message. Upon receipt
> of your
> abstract, a brief description of the associated peer-reviewed paper
> guidelines for authors and submission requirements will be sent to
> you, along with confirmation of receipt of your abstract. It will be
> helpful if you assure that your e-mail address is clearly provided
> when you submit your abstract.
>
> If using postal service to submit your abstract, include a hard copy
> and an electronic copy on diskette. If using e-mail, attach your
> abstract to your message - do not incorporate your abstract in the
> body of your message - attach the Word file. Submit your abstract(s)
> to:
>
> Dr. Laurie Richardson
> Biology Department
> Florida International University
> Miami, FL 33199 USA
> E-mail: Laurie.Richardson at fiu.edu
>
> REGISTRATION
>
> A Registration Form accompanies this Meeting Announcement. Please
> note that substantial cost saving may be realized by early (before
> May 1, 2003) registration. A second way to save for non-members of
> AMLC is to join the association by completing the attached Membership
> Form and adding membership fees to the amount remitted for
> registration.
>
> The registration fee covers the initial reception, all meeting rooms,
> two coffee breaks per day, a book of abstracts, the program, the
> published meeting proceedings, and a souvenir T-shirt. Tickets to
> the closing banquet and local field trips will be sold for nominal
> prices at the registration desk when you arrive.
>
> ACCOMODATIONS
>
> The venue hotel will be the Crowne Plaza in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
> Our special AMLC room rates are U.S. $82.00 for single occupancy, and
> U.S. 90.00 for double occupancy. These rates include taxes and a
> buffet breakfast, and they assume that we rent a minimum number of
> rooms, so we encourage all attendees to stay at the venue hotel. We
> suggest you make early reservations to assure your getting these
> great special rates. You will need a credit card to confirm your
> reservation. To make your hotel reservations, contact:
>
> Mr. Jerome Dinzey
> Sales Manager
> Crowne Plaza Trinidad
> Wrightson Road
> Port of Spain, Trinidad
> Tel: 1-868-625-3366
> Fax: 1-868-625-4166
> E-mail: eoffice at crowneplaza.co.tt
>
> TRAVEL
>
> You may need a visa for travel to Trinidad, so we suggest you check
> with your travel agent and secure this visa early.
>
> Because shuttle service is not provided by the hotel, we suggest
> using a taxi. The cost of a taxi from the airport to Port of Spain
> is U.S. $20 before 10:00 p.m., and U.S. $30 after 10:00 p.m.
>
> WE WILL SEE YOU ALL IN TRINIDAD!
>
> 31st SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
> MARINE LABORATORIES OF THE CARIBBEAN
> TRINIDAD, JULY 14-18, 2003
>
> Name
> ____
> __________________________________________________________________________
>
> Position :
> _________________
> _____________________________________________________________
> Organization:
> _____________
> ______________________________________________________________
> Address:
> ________
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
>
________________________________________________________________________________
>
> City: __________________________________
> State:______________________ Postal Code: ____________
> Country: ____________________ Tel: ___________________ E-mail:
> _______________________________
> Accompanying person (s)
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> Mark (X) your registration status: Early registration
> Late registration
> Before May 1, 2003
> After May 1, 2003
> Current Members of AMLC
> Full ($ 250.00) ________
> ($ 290.00) _______
> Student ($ 100.00) ________ ($
> 130.00) _______
> Non-Members of AMLC
> Full ($ 300.00) ________
> ($ 340.00) _______
> Student ($ 130.00) ________ ($
> 160.00) _______
> Accompanying person ($ 100.00) ________ ($
> 130.00) _______
> AMLC Membership Fee ________
> _______
> Non-members may join now and pay Members Fees; see the attached
> Membership Form.
> Total included with this registration $ _______________
>
> ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE BY BANK DRAFT PAYABLE TO THE
> "INSTITUTE OF MARINE AFFAIRS."
> Please send completed registration form with your payment to:
> If by postal mail: If by
> courier (e.g. Federal Express):
> Denise Williams-Dummett, Executive Assistant Denise
> Williams-Dummett, Executive Assistant
> Institute of Marine Affairs
> Institute of Marine Affairs
> P.O. Box 3160, Carenage Post Office Hilltop Lane
> Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies Chaguaramas,
> Trinidad, West Indies
> For information and inquiries, you may contact Ms. Williams-Dummett
> at:
> Tel: 1-868-634-4291/4 or by E-mail at: director at ima.gov.tt
>
> NEW MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION INFORMATION
>
> TO BE USED WITH REGISTRATION FOR THE 2003 SCIENCE MEETING IN
> TRINIDAD
>
> Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
>
> Thank you for your interest in joining the AMLC. Our membership
> categories and fees are as follows:
>
> _Student ($5.00) _ Regular($25.00) _
> Sponsor ($30.00)
> _ Sustaining ($50.00) _ Patron ($100.00)
>
> Please indicate (above) at which level you are joining, and add that
> amount to your registration payment for the Trinidad meeting (July,
> 2003).
>
> Next, please fill out the following information and mail the
> completed form with your meeting registration materials.
>
> Name and Address Information:
>
> Name:
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> Address:
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
>
> ____________________________________________________________________
>
> Scientific interests:
> ____________________________________________________________
>
> Telephone: ____________________________ Fax:
> ______________________________
>
> E-mail:___________________________________________
>
ABSTRACT GUIDELINES
>
> THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF AMLC!
> 31st SCIENTIFIC MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF
> MARINE LABORATORIES OF THE CARIBBEAN
> TRINIDAD, JULY 14-18, 2003
>
> Deadline for submitting the abstract is May 1, 2003.
> The abstract should be in the following IBM or compatible format:
> Word processor: MS Word 6- or higher. Font: Times-Roman (size 11) -
> Margins: 1.0" all sides. Title - All in capital letters; font size
> 11. Title should be short (2 lines maximum) and include Order and
> Family of organisms when needed. Scientific names should be in
> italics. In the next line, name (s) of author (s) with presenter
> underlined, a complete, but short, address for the senior author and
> his/her e-mail. Text: Leave one line, and then write the 300 word
> (maximum), single paragraph text (single space between lines) of the
> abstract, leave one line and write four keywords for the abstract,
> the session you want to give your presentation, and if it will be an
> oral presentation or a poster. Please, let us know if you would like
> to co-chair a session.
>
> Example:
>
> ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A NOVEL STRATEGY OF ASEXUAL
> REPRODUCTION IN CARIBBEAN MASSIVE CORALS.
> E.Weil*, A.L. Ortiz, H. Ruiz & M. Schärer.
> *Department of Marine Sciences, University of Puerto Rico. P.O. BOX
> 908, Lajas, PR 00667, USA. eweil at caribe.net
>
> Corals can reproduce asexually by at least five described strategies.
> Only fragmentation and asexual larvae have been reported for the
> Caribbean. A novel strategy of asexual reproduction was observed in
> massive colonies of the genera Diploria and Dendrogyra in the
> Caribbean. These species produce asexual buds which develop as
> soft-tissue outgrowths on the ridges, and deposit a well organized
> skeleton which is not connected to the parent colony. We have termed
> these propagules gemma (pl. gemmae). Gemmae may stay attached until
> they get large and heavy and/or surge conditions are strong.
> Detached, surviving gemmae form "rolling stones" or re-attach to the
> substrate. Some ecological characteristics were assessed by band
> transects, counts of number of gemmae per colony, depth distribution,
> etc., in several coral reef areas across the wider Caribbean. Results
> indicate that: (1) gemmae are widely distributed from Bermuda to
> Venezuela, and were restricted to shallow areas (< 5 m); (2) in
> Puerto Rico, D. clivosa had a higher abundance of colonies with
> gemmae (25.5 %) compared to D. strigosa (11.7 %) and D.
> labyrinthiformis (8.7 %); (3) D. strigosa and D. clivosa had
> significantly higher average number of gemmae per colony (14.9 and
> 6.8 respectively) than D. labyrinthiformis (1.2); (4) the number and
> size of gemmae was not related to parent colony size; (5) average
> size of gemmae was similar between the three species in Puerto Rico,
> and significantly larger in D. strigosa (5.49 mm) compared to
> Venezuela (3.62 mm). Maximum size was found in D. clivosa (26 mm).
> This strategy could have evolved as a response to the environmental
> instability of shallow reef habitats, and may explain the dominance
> of Diploria in these habitats. Further research on the genetic
> composition of populations of Diplorias in shallow reef habitats, and
> the ecological consequences of this strategy is needed.
>
> Keywords:. Massive scleractinian corals, asexual reproduction,
> gemmae, Caribbean.
> Session: General Caribbean Marine Sciences
>
> Oral Presentation __________
> Poster Presentation _________
>
> Chair or co-chair this session ____________
> Other session ______ specify which session
> ________________________________________
>
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