Speaker Presentations


Sunday, July 17, 2016

1:00PM - 6:00PM

Flagler Dorm Check-in
(Latecomers must check in with Flagler Security in Ponce de Leon Hall Rotunda, accessible from Kenan Parking Lot)

3:00PM - 6:00PM

Registration Open (Lewis Auditorium Lobby)

3:00PM - 6:00PM

Poster and Sponsor/Exhibitor Move-In (Gymnasium)

Monday, July 18, 2016

9:00AM - 6:00PM

Registration Open (Lewis Auditorium Lobby)

9:00AM - 12NOON

Poster and Sponsor/Exhibitor Move-In (Gymnasium)

12:30PM - 12:45PM

Welcome Remarks by Organizers

12:45PM - 1:40PM

Catherine Lovelock
Keynote Presentation
Deserving of a Better Fate: Mangroves and Sea Level Rise

(View PDF)

Session 1: Biodiversity and Biocomplexity
Moderator: Karen L. McKee

1:40PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

1:45PM

Shing Yip Lee

SEEING THE TREES AS WELL AS THE FOREST: QUANTIFYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HABITAT SPATIAL COMPLEXITY AND MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES  (View PDF)

2:00PM

Janine Adams

DYNAMICS OF MANGROVES ALONG THE SOUTH AFRICAN COASTLINE  (View PDF)

2:15PM

Susan Bell

RECRUITMENT OF AVICENNIA GERMINANS IN A MOSAIC SALTMARSH: A FIELD STUDY OF PATCH-SCALE PLANT INTERACTIONS  (View PDF)

2:30PM

Takashi Yamamoto

GENETIC STRUCTURE AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY OF WIDESPREAD SEA-DISPERSAL PLANTS VIGNA MARINA IN THE PACIFIC

2:45PM

Hanyu Meng

DO NATIVE INTERTIDAL BURROWING CRABS BENEFIT FROM NON-NATIVE SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA? (View PDF)

3:00PM

Anusha Rajkaran

WILL THE EXPANSION OF MANGROVE FORESTS ALTER THE NURSERY FUNCTION OF ESTUARIES IN SOUTH AFRICA

3:15PM

Wayne Sousa

RATES OF MANGROVE FOLIVORY HIGHER THAN ASSUMED  

3:30PM

PM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 2: Historical Ecology and Climate Change
Moderator: Samantha Chapman

3:55PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

4:00PM

Michael Osland

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION OF MANGROVE FORESTS

4:15PM

Donna Devlin

BIODIVERSITY IS INTEGRAL TO THE ABILITY OF FOUNDATION SPECIES TO ADAPT TO CHANGING CLIMATE CONDITIONS

4:30PM

Zachary Cannizzo

AN EXPLORATION OF CHANGING DIET AND BEHAVIOR IN THE RANGE-SHIFTING MANGROVE TREE CRAB (ARATUS PISONII) BETWEEN ITS HISTORIC AND NOVEL HABITATS

4:45PM

Armando Reis Neto

MANGROVES AT THE ARAÇÁ BAY, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL: A HISTORICAL ECOLOGY APPROACH  (View PDF)

5:00PM

Glenn Coldren

ARTIFICIAL WARMING INCREASES ADULT MANGROVE AND SALT MARSH GROWTH RATES AND MAY ENHANCE TRANSITION TO MANGROVE DOMINANCE  (View PDF)

5:15PM

Daniel Murdiyarso

MANAGING TERRESTRIAL CARBON STOCKS THROUGH A LONG-TERM LOGGING ROTATION IN MANGROVE FORESTS IN BINTUNI BAY, WEST PAPUA  (View PDF)

5:30PM

John Parker

WHAT CONTROLS POLEWARD RANGE LIMITS OF MANGROVES?  (View PDF)

5:45PM

Nico Koedam

MANGROVES – CAPTURED BY THE KEEN EYE OF A 17TH CENTURY LANDSCAPE PAINTER

6:00pm – 7:00pm

WELCOME RECEPTION

TUESDAY, JULY 19, 2016

7:30AM - 6:30PM

Registration Open (Lewis Auditorium Lobby)

7:30AM - 8:30AM

LIGHT MORNING REFRESHMENTS

8:30AM - 10:15AM

MANGROVE RESTORATION FORUM
Moderator: Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III  (View PDF)
Introduction and Review of Past, and Present Opportunities
Jorge Rey, Ron Brockmeyer and Melinda Donnelly  (View PDF)
The Rehabilitation of Impacted Wetlands in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida
Nicole Cormier
Using Surface Elevation as a Tool to Assess Functional Equivalency after Mangrove Forest Restoration
Roy R. "Robin" Lewis III and Laura L. Flynn  (View PDF)
Future? We Have to Learn From Our Mistakes and Implement Early Detection and Preemptive Rehabilitation

10:15AM

AM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 3: Macrobenthos and Marine Communities, Part I
Moderator: Wayne P. Sousa

10:40AM

Presenter

Abstract Title

10:45AM

Mark Huxham

KROPOTKIN’S GARDEN: PLANT-PLANT AND ANIMAL-PLANT FACILITATION IN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS  (View PDF)

11:00AM

Rachel Smith

ENGINEERING COMMUNITY CHANGE FROM THE BOTTOM-UP: MANGROVE EXPANSION ALTERS DETRITAL INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION

11:15AM

Nasreen Peer

INVESTIGATING THE RESILIENCE OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS AND FIDDLER CRABS IN SOUTH AFRICA  (View PDF)

11:30AM

Inga Nordhaus

EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE ON MANGROVE BIODIVERSITY, COMMUNITY DYNAMICS AND ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS IN JAVA, INDONESIA

11:45AM

Daniele Daffonchio

MANGROVE MICROBIOME DYNAMICS IN CRAB BIOTURBATED SEDIMENT

12:00PM

Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo

MODELING TROPHIC FLOWS IN THE WETTEST MANGROVES OF THE TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC REGION  (View PDF)

12:15PM

Karen Diele

FROM SCIENCE TO POLICY: UNDERSTANDING REPRODUCTIVE RHYTHMICITY OF BRAZILIAN MANGROVE CRABS TO IMPROVE THEIR CONSERVATION AND FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

12:30PM - 1:50PM

GROUP LUNCHEON BUFFET

Session 4: Macrobenthos and Marine Communities, Part II
Moderator: Norman C. Duke

1:55PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

2:00PM

Eric Milbrandt

THE BENEFITS OF A MULTIPLE HABITAT RESTORATION STRATEGY BY COMBINING HYDROLOGIC RESTORATION, MANGROVE PROPAGULE PLANTINGS AND OYSTER SUBSTRATE ADDITIONS IN A SEMI-ENCLOSED FLORIDA EMBAYMENT  (View PDF)

2:15PM

Marco Fusi

GILL-BACTERIA SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS IN DUAL-BREATHING ANIMALS LIVING IN MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS

2:30PM

Jessene
Aquino-Thomas

LATITUDE AFFECTS DOMINANCE BY SECONDARY FOUNDATION SPECIES ON RED MANGROVE (RHIZOPHORA MANGLE) PROP ROOTSS  (View PDF)

2:45PM

Richard MacKenzie

UNDERESTIMATING THE ROLE OF LEAF LITTER IN SESARMID CRAB DIETS: THE IMPORTANCE OF ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION VALUES  (View PDF)

3:00PM

Yara Schaeffer-Novelli

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BIOMASS OF MANGROVE ROOTS AND THE DENSITY OF THE POLYCHAETE SPECIES CAPITELLA SP  (View PDF)

3:15PM

Ronald Baker

MARSHES TO MANGROVES: WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE FUNCTIONAL VALUES OF TIDAL WETLANDS FOR FISHERY SPECIES?  (View PDF)

3:30PM

Carole McIver

STABLE ISOTOPES OF MACROBENTHOS AND FISH IN MANGROVE-FOREST FOOD WEBS OF SHARK RIVER, USA

3:45PM

PM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 5: Habitat, Distribution and Connectivity
Moderator: Norman C. Duke

4:10PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

4:15PM

Steven Pennings

VEGETATION REGIME SHIFT IN COASTAL WETLANDS AFFECTS TRAPPING OF WRACK SUBSIDIES FROM SUBTIDAL HABITATS  (View PDF)

4:30PM

Matthew Hayes

THE ROLE OF GROUNDWATER ON GROWTH, BIOMASS ALLOCATION AND DECOMPOSITION IN MANGROVE FORESTS

4:45PM

Erin Kiskaddon

TROPHIC FOOD WEB DYNAMICS ACROSS A MANGROVE/UPLAND ECOTONE  (View PDF)

5:00PM

Lucy Gillis

MIND THE TRAP: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TRAPPING EFFICIENCY OF AVICENNIA AND RHIZOPHORA ROOTS  (View PDF)

5:15PM

Jock Mackenzie

EFFECTS OF SEVERE FLOODING ON ESTUARINE MANGROVES - DISTURBANCE, RESILIENCE AND RESTORATION.

5:30PM

Tom Van der Stocken

A MODELING STUDY ON THE ROLE OF DISPERSAL VECTOR INTERACTIONS IN THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG DISTANCE DISPERSAL IN MANGROVES

5:45PM

Kyle Cavanaugh

REGIONAL VARIABILITY IN THE DYNAMICS OF GLOBAL MANGROVE RANGE LIMITS  (View PDF)

Lightning Round #1: Biodiversity, Habitat and Climate Change
Moderator: Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

6:00 pm - 6:40 pm

Presenter

Abstract Title

6:00 PM

MODERATOR'S INTRODUCTION & TRANSITION

6:04 PM

Shazia Farzana

EFFECTS OF POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (BDE-99 AND BDE-209) ON GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF A MANGROVE PLANT, KANDELIA OBOVATA

6:08 PM

Alexander Forde

MANGROVE SEEDLINGS INVADING SALT MARSHES ARE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY MARSH HERBIVORES AND ALTER THE STRUCTURE OF MARSH ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES

6:12 PM

Amy Langston

INVESTIGATING TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP INFLUENCES ON BLACK MANGROVE (AVICENNIA GERMINANS) ENCROACHMENT IN FORESTED FRESHWATER ISLANDS ALONG THE BIG BEND COAST OF FLORIDA  (View PDF)

6:16 PM

Ed Proffitt

MARSH-MANGROVE INTERACTIONS: SHORT TERM EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND LONGER TERM CONSEQUENCES FOR PLOT DOMINANCE

6:20 PM

Jacqueline Raw

IMPORTANCE OF AUTOCHTHONOUS SOURCES FOR GASTROPOD CONSUMERS IN SUBTROPICAL ESTUARINE MANGROVES: A CASE STUDY FROM SOUTH AFRICA  (View PDF)

6:24 PM

Judith Klein

TROPHIC INTERACTIONS IN BENTHIC FOOD WEBS OF MANGROVES SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE HUMAN ACTIVITIES

6:28 PM

Nelson Miranda

LITTORARIA (GASTROPODA: LITTORINIDAE) AS BIOINDICATORS OF MANGROVE HEALTH  (View PDF)

6:32 PM

Devi Choesin

MANGROVE DISTRIBUTION AND CONDITION IN JAVA, INDONESIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO LEUWEUNG SANCANG NATURE RESERVE, WEST JAVA

6:36 PM

Marguerite Toscano

SEA LEVEL RECONSTRUCTIONS FROM THICK MANGROVE PEAT DEPOSITS IN FLORIDA, BELIZE AND PANAMA – AGE AND PALEO ELEVATIONS OF BASAL PEATS VS. CONTINUOUS SAMPLING, AND RELATIONSHIP TO GEOPHYSICAL SEA LEVEL MODELS  (View PDF)

6:40PM –8:00PM

POSTER SESSION 1 & NETWORKING RECEPTION

WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016

7:00AM - 5:00PM

FIELD TRIP DAY (OPTIONAL)

THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2016

7:30AM - 6:30PM

Registration Open (Lewis Auditorium Lobby)

7:30AM - 8:30AM

LIGHT MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Session 6: Ecophysiology, Biogeochemistry and Sea-Level Rise, Part I
Moderator: Yara Schaeffer-Novelli

8:25AM

Presenter

Abstract Title

8:30AM

Samantha Chapman

MANGROVE ENCROACHMENT INTO MARSHES ALTERS BELOWGROUND ORGANIC MATTER DYNAMICS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SURFACE ELEVATION  (View PDF)

8:45AM

Andre Rovai

ECOGEOMORPHOLOGY: TOWARDS A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS

9:00AM

Krishna Ray

OSMOTIC ADAPTATION IN MANGROVES AND ASSOCIATES-A CHALLENGE FOR DEGRADED MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM

9:15AM

Gordon Anderson

TEN YEARS AFTER: WILMA STORM DEPOSITS EFFECT ON VERTICAL SOIL ACCRETION IN A COASTAL MANGROVE FOREST (2005-2015), EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, FL, USA.

9:30AM

Cyril Marchand

MAIN FACTORS DRIVING GHG EMISSIONS FROM MANGROVE SEDIMENTS.

9:45AM

Joshua Breithaupt

ASSESSING THE APPLICABILITY OF DIFFERENT TIMESCALES FOR QUANTIFYING COASTAL WETLAND VULNERABILITY TO SEA LEVEL RISE

10:00AM

AM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 7: Ecophysiology, Biogeochemistry and Sea-Level Rise, Part II
Moderator: Donna J. Devlin

10:25AM

Presenter

Abstract Title

10:30AM

John Kominoski

BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC DRIVERS OF CARBON STORAGE DURING MANGROVE ESTABLISHMENT IN SALT AND FRESHWATER MARSH ECOSYSTEMS: A MECHANISTIC FRAMEWORK

10:45AM

Todd Osborne

CARBON BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES ALONG A MANGROVE-SALTMARSH ECOTONE  (View PDF)

11:00AM

Thorsten Balke

WHAT DETERMINES THE SEAWARD LIMIT OF MANGROVE AND SALT-MARSH VEGETATION?  (View PDF)

11:15AM

Pierre Taillardat

LATERAL CARBON AND NUTRIENTS EXCHANGES IN A LOW LATITUDE MANGROVE TIDAL CREEK: A MULTI-STABLE ISOTOPE APPROACH  (View PDF)

11:30AM

Martin Zimmer

ORIGIN OF SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTER AND ITS FATE UPON DECOMPOSITION  (View PDF)

11:45AM

Kerrylee Rogers

MANGROVE DISTRIBUTION CHANGES IN AUSTRALIA AND THE VULNERABILITY OF MANGROVE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE

12NOON - 1:20PM

GROUP LUNCHEON BUFFET

Session 8: Socio-Ecology and Ecosystem Services
Moderator: Mark Huxham

1:25PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

1:30PM

Benjamin Brown

RAPID FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENTS FOR DETERMINING APPROPRIATE MANGROVE RECOVERY INTERVENTIONS AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE IN INDONESIA  (View PDF)

1:45PM

Cheryl Doughty

HOW WILL MANGROVE ENCROACHMENT AND ERODING IMPOUNDMENTS IMPACT COASTAL PROTECTION OF INTERTIDAL WETLANDS IN THE MERRITT ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE?  (View PDF)

2:00PM

Clare Duncan

BIODIVERSITY INFLUENCES ON MANGROVE FOREST ECOSYSTEM SERVICES DELIVERY  (View PDF)

2:15PM

Dan Friess

OIL PALM - A RAPIDLY INCREASING CAUSE OF MANGROVE DEFORESTATION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

2:30PM

Mohammad Mahmudul Islam

DRIVERS OF CHANGES IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE SUNDARBANS MANGROVE ECOSYSTEM IN BANGLADESH

2:45PM

Nguyen Thi Huynh Phuong

AN INVESTIGATION INTO SOCIAL LEARNING DYNAMICS AND CONVERSION TO SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED MANGROVE SHRIMP FARMING IN BINH DAI DISTRICT, BEN TRE PROVINCE, VIETNAM

3:00PM

Philine zu Ermgassen

MODELLING THE VALUE OF MANGROVE FISHERIES

3:15PM

PM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 9: Blue Carbon
Moderator: Joe Lee

3:40PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

3:45PM

Lola Fatoyinbo

HIGH-RESOLUTION 3-D MAPPING OF FOREST STRUCTURE AND ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS STOCKS IN BLUE CARBON ECOSYSTEMS IN THE AMERICAS, AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA

4:00PM

Sean Charles

INCREASING MANGROVE DENSITY INCREASES CARBON STORAGE BUT DECREASES SEDIMENT ACCRETION IN COASTAL WETLANDS: EVIDENCE FROM LARGE-SCALE EXPERIMENTAL MANIPULATIONS  (View PDF)

4:15PM

Sahadev Sharma

RESTORATION MAY INCREASE CARBON STOCK OF DEGRADED MANGROVE FORESTS ACROSS CAMBODIA  (View PDF)

4:30PM

Edward Castaneda

CARBON STORAGE AND SOIL BURIAL RATES IN RIVERINE AND SCRUB MANGROVE FORESTS OF THE FLORIDA COASTAL EVERGLADES, USA  (View PDF)

4:45PM

Audrey Leopold

NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGES BETWEEN A DWARF AVICENNIA MARINA VAR. AUSTRALASICA MANGROVE AND THE ATMOSPHERE: APPLICATION OF THE EDDY-COVARIANCE FLUX TOWER TO “LE COEUR DE VOH” MANGROVE (NEW CALEDONIA).  (View PDF)

5:00PM

Sarah Mack

STATUS AND CHALLENGES OF MANGROVES IN CARBON MARKETS  (View PDF)

5:15PM

Tim Jennerjahn

BLUE CARBON – RELEVANCE OF THE MANGROVE STOREHOUSE

Lightning Round #2: Ecosystem Services, Community Structure and Restoration
Moderator: Daniel A. Friess

5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Presenter

Abstract Title

5:30 PM

MODERATOR'S INTRODUCTION & TRANSITION

5:35 PM

Chelsea Barreto

WARMING AND MANGROVE ENCROACHMENT INFLUENCE MARSH MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION  (View PDF)

5:39 PM

Martin Keeley

MANGROVES AND NATURE DEFICIT DISORDER  (View PDF)

5:43 PM

Katherine Vande Velde

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: THE LAST(ING) MANGROVES OF SINGAPORE  (View PDF)

5:47 PM

Jhoanata Bolivar

ESTIMATION OF CARBON STOCKS IN COLOMBIAN MANGROVES AND ASSOCIATED UNCERTAINTIES

5:51 PM

Derrick Y.F. Lai

EFFECTS OF LAND COVER CHANGE ON SOIL ORGANIC CARBON FRACTIONS IN A SUBTROPICAL MANGROVE WETLAND

5:55 PM

Sandip Kumar Basak

MANGROVE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ANALYSIS IN WESTERN SUNDARBANS IN INDIA-A GUIDE FOR DESIGNING MANGROVE RESTORATION

5:59 PM

John Paul Kennedy

GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION OF EAST FLORIDA BLACK MANGROVE (AVICENNIA GERMINANS)  (View PDF)

6:03 PM

Kayla Marie Castro

A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IN ASSESSING TYPHOON-DAMAGED MANGROVE FORESTS IN THE PHILIPPINES

6:07 PM

Emma Asbridge

MANGROVE RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

6:15PM – 7:35PM

POSTER SESSION 2 & NETWORKING RECEPTION

FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2016

7:30AM - 3:00PM

Registration Open (Lewis Auditorium Lobby)

7:30AM - 8:30AM

LIGHT MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Session 10: Forest and Community Structure, Part I
Moderator: Nico Koedam

8:25AM

Presenter

Abstract Title

8:30AM

Neil Saintilan

TROPHIC STRUCTURE OF MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE INPUT OF ANTHROPOGENIC N: INSIGHTS FROM STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS.  (View PDF)

8:45AM

Koji Takayama

GENETIC AND EVOLUTIONARY CONSEQUENCES OF EXTREME LONG-DISTANCE SEED DISPERSAL OF THE MANGROVE GENERA, RHIZOPHORA AND HIBISCUS

9:00AM

Michael Ross

DISTURBANCE, SITE AND VEGETATION FEEDBACKS CREATE LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE IN SOUTH FLORIDA COASTAL WETLANDS  (View PDF)

9:15AM

Marilia Cunha-Lignon

INVASIVE SPECIES OF AQUATIC MACROPHYTES AFFECTING MANGROVE FORESTS STRUCTURE AND CONSERVATION IN PROTECTED AREAS  (View PDF)

9:30AM

Alison Kim Shan Wee

MANGROVES IN A CHANGING WORLD: FROM POPULATION GENETICS TO ECOLOGICAL GENOMICS  (View PDF)

9:45AM

Norm Duke

LARGE-SCALE DIEBACK OF MANGROVES IN AUSTRALIA’S GULF OF CARPENTARIA : CO-INCIDENT WITH RECENT HOT DRY CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THE REGION 2015-2016

10:00AM

AM REFRESHMENT BREAK

Session 11: Forest and Community Structure, Part II
Moderator: Uta Berger

10:25AM

Presenter

Abstract Title

10:30AM

Gustavo Maruyama Mori

WESTERN MANGROVE SPECIES IN FACE OF PAST AND CURRENT CLIMATE CHANGES: A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH

10:45AM

Mark Hester

SPATIAL VARIATION IN MANGROVE COMMUNITY ZONATION IN THE LOWER FLORIDA KEYS, USA  (View PDF)

11:00AM

Tadashi Kajita

TOWARD THE CONSERVATION GENETICS OF MANGROVES ON A GLOBAL SCALE

11:15AM

Mériadec Sillanpää

MANGROVE REGENERATION IN CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT: A WEST PAPUA CASE STUDY

11:30AM

Juliana Vantellingen

DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR SUSTAINABLE MANGROVE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN WEST PAPUA, INDONESIA: ASSESSING SUSTAINABLE HARVEST YIELDS AND REGENERATION STRATEGIES

11:45AM

Marc Simard

GLOBAL TRENDS IN MANGROVE FOREST STRUCTURE

12NOON - 1:20PM

Group Luncheon Buffet

1:30PM - 2:25PM

Robert Twilley
Keynote Presentation
Using Ecogeomorphology Models to Scale Global Estimates of
Biomass, Productivity and Carbon Dynamics in Mangrove Ecosystems

(View PDF)

Session 12: Restoration, Rehabilitation and Remote Sensing, Part I
Moderator: Michael J. Osland

2:25PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

2:30PM

Norm Duke

MANAGING OIL SPILL IMPACTS ON MANGROVES: SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED?  (View PDF)

2:45PM

Uta Berger

FACILITATION AND MANGROVE RESTORATION: CONCEPT, EVIDENCE AND PRACTICES

3:00PM

Mathiventhan Thavanayagam

PRESENT STATUS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION IN BATTICALOA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA: IS IT SUCCESS?  (View PDF)

3:15PM

Duncan Hill

EXPLORING THE FULLY-POLARIMETRIC CAPABILITIES OF RADARSAT-2 FOR MONITORING A DEGRADED WHITE MANGROVE (LAGUNCULARIA RACEMOSA) FOREST OF THE MEXICAN PACIFIC

3:30PM

Severino III Salmo

A COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGES AND REGENERATION PATTERNS BETWEEN PLANTED AND NATURAL MANGROVE STANDS AFTER CATASTROPHIC TYPHOONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

3:45PM

PM REFRESHMENT BREAK

3:30PM - 5:00PM

Poster & Sponsor Displays Move Out

Session 13: Restoration, Rehabilitation and Remote Sensing, Part II
Moderators: C. Edward Proffitt

4:10PM

Presenter

Abstract Title

4:15PM

Dan Peng

RESPONSES OF GROWTH, INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MANGROVES AND SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA ACROSS TIDAL ELEVATION GRADIENT

4:30PM

Clint Cameron

TOWARDS AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF CARBON STORAGE, SEQUESTRATION AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION BENEFITS RESULTING FROM REHABILITATING MANGROVE ECOSYSTEMS IN INDONESIA  (View PDF)

4:45PM

Danielle Ogurcak

THE DETECTION OF DISTURBANCE IN THE SOUTHEAST SALINE EVERGLADES AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO MANGROVE FOREST TRANSGRESSION  (View PDF)

5:00PM

Damien Burrows

APPLICATION OF MANGROVEWATCH FOR BROAD-SCALE ASSESSMENT OF MANGROVE CONDITION AND DYNAMICS IN THE TORRES STRAIT – THE NORTHERN MOST AUSTRALIAN ISLANDS  (View PDF)

5:15PM

Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

ISLAND-WIDE COASTAL VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SRI LANKA REVEALS SAND DUNES, PLANTED TREES AND NATURAL VEGETATION AS POTENTIAL BARRIERS AGAINST OCEAN SURGES

5:30PM

Closing Remarks

6:00pm

Conference Concludes

 




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