COS 270 - Species Interactions 2

Presentations:

• 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT

  By altering coral reef benthic assemblages, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease threatens reef fish communities
  

  Presenting Author: Sara Devi Swaminathan – University of Florida

  Coauthor: Kevin Lafferty – US Geological Survey

  Coauthor: Nicole Knight – McGill University

  Coauthor: Andrew D. Altieri – University of Florida
• 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM PDT

  Quantifying the effect of higher order interactions in a diverse California annual plant community
  

  Presenting Author: Nathan J. B. Kraft – University of California - Los Angeles

  Coauthor: Jonathan M. Levine – Princeton University
• 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT

  Shortcomings of reusing species interaction networks created by different sets of researchers
  

  Presenting Author: Chris Brimacombe – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Korryn Bodner – MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital

  Coauthor: Matthew Michalska-Smith – Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota

  Coauthor: Timothée Poisot, PhD – Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal

  Coauthor: Marie-Josée Fortin – Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT

  The role of benthic periphyton mats in regulating macrophyte communities in a marl prairie wetland
  

  Presenting Author: Paige M. Kleindl – Florida International University

  Coauthor: Ania Wachnicka – South Florida Water Management District

  Coauthor: Evelyn Gaiser – Florida International University
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM PDT

  Parasitism vs. predation: Species interactions within microbiomes and their impact on host population size and ecosystem function
  

  Presenting Author: Jiaqi Tan – Louisiana State University

  Coauthor: Na Wei, Ph.D. – Holden Arboretum

  Coauthor: Martin M. Turcotte – University of Pittsburgh