COS 243 - Parasitism And Host-Parasite Interactions 1

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT

  Thermal fluctuations increase disease transmission of a fungal parasite in a zooplankton host at the individual and population scale
  

  Presenting Author: Katie Schroeder – Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

  Coauthor: Alexander T. Strauss – Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia

  Coauthor: Daniel Suh – Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
• 8:15 AM – 8:30 AM PDT

  Prevalence and distribution of two salmonid parasites and their invertebrate host to inform salmon reestablishment post-dam removal.
  

  Presenting Author: Elliott Cameron – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Sascha Hallett – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Jerri Bartholomew – Oregon State University

  Coauthor: Julie Alexander – Oregon State University
• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM PDT

  How does parasite transmission stage concentration change before, during, and after disease outbreaks?
  

  Presenting Author: Libby Davenport – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Marcin K. Dziuba – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Logan Jacobson – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Siobhan Calhoun – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Kira Monell – University of Michigan

  Coauthor: Meghan A. Duffy – University of Michigan
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM PDT

  Thermal tolerance of the anther-smut fungus, Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae: High temperatures reduce growth, infection, and disease expression
  

  Presenting Author: Dalia Chen – University of Maryland

  Coauthor: Sam Slowinski, PhD – University of Maryland

  Coauthor: Allyson Kido – University of Maryland Baltimore County

  Coauthor: Emily Bruns, PhD – University of Maryland
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM PDT

  Toward resolution in diversity-disease theory: an empirical investigation of mechanism and scale, and a whole-ecosystem manipulation
  

  Presenting Author: Tara Stewart Merrill – Florida State University

  Coauthor: Brendan Hobart – University of Colorado at Boulder

  Coauthor: Andy Fenton – University of Liverpool

  Coauthor: Andrew Dean – University of Liverpool

  Coauthor: Pieter Johnson – University of Colorado Boulder
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM PDT

  Estimating encounters between blacklegged ticks and hosts
  

  Presenting Author: Emily Burton – Washington State University

  Coauthor: Richard Ostfeld – Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

  Coauthor: Jesse Brunner – Washington State University