Oral sessions will comprise of short-talks selected from abstracts submitted through the on-line submssion process. Session themes will be identified by the program committee after considering all of the abstracts.
| Day 1, Sunday, August 31 —Arrival during the day |
| 5:30 pm |
Workshop reception and delegates welcome by Huu-ay-aht First Nation Community |
| 7:00 pm |
Evening meal |
| Day 2, Monday, September 1 |
| 8:00 am |
Workshop Welcome |
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Oral session 1: Epiphytes–an important component of seagrass communities Facilitator: Robert Virnstein |
| Mariam Hamisi |
Diurnal nitrogenase activity and cyanobacterial diazotrophs associated with Seagrass Meadows in Western Indian Ocean |
| Francisco Javier Medina |
Development of the TGGE (temperature gradient gel elecrophoresis) technique to detect changes in composition of the eukaryotic leaf-epiphytic community of Posidonia oceanica between two seasons |
| Robert Virnstein |
The structure and productivity of seagrass meadows: algae versus seagrass |
| Immaculate Semesi |
Seagrass photosynthesis determines calcification rates in calcareous macroalgae |
| 9:30 am |
Oral session 1: Discussion forum |
| 10:00 am |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 am |
Oral session 2: Seagrass restoration Facilitator: Mark Fonseca |
| Amy Uhrin |
Factors influencing natural recovery of seagrass beds physically disturbed by motorized vessels |
| Jennifer Verduin |
Rhizome growth and root development in Posidonia australis and Posidonia sinuosa transplants in Western Australia |
| Jessie Jarvis |
Long term viability of annual and perennial Zostera marina seeds |
| Kenneth Moore |
Eelgrass restoration response to water quality conditions: a comparison of Mid-Atlantic coastal lagoon and estuarine systems |
| Eric Paling |
Successful large-scale seagrass restoration to mitigate for harbour development in Western Australia |
| Marieke van Katwijk |
On the role of ecosystem engineering in seagrass restoration |
| John Statton |
Large-scale tank culture of Posidonia seedlings for seagrass restoration: growth responses to light and sediment characteristics |
| Katharyn Boyer |
Restoration of Zostera marina to San Francisco Bay: evaluating a seeding technique |
| Margaret Hall |
Seagrasses as indicators of ecosystem change in South Florida estuaries |
| C. Sarah Cohen |
Seagrass restoration genetics: genetic diversity in experimental and natural population in San Francisco Bay, California |
| Alexandra Cuhna |
BIOMARES a LIFE project to restore and manage the biodiversity of Luiz Saldanha Marine Park |
| 12:00 pm |
Oral session 2: Discussion forum |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
| 2:30 pm |
Oral session 3: Seagrass reproduction and genetics Facilitator: Brigitta van Tussenbroek |
| Masahiro Nakaoka |
Broad-scale analysis of biodiversity and functions of seagrass
beds in Tokyo Bay, Japan |
| Brigitta van Tussenbroek |
Phenology of Thalassia testudinum: the importance of synchronization |
| Onno Diekmann |
Genetic diversity and differentiation in the seagrass species Zostera noltii and Cymodocea nodosa across the Atlantic-Mediterranean divide |
| Jose Wong |
Microsporogenesis in Syringodium filiforme, Kützing (Cymodoceaceae) |
| Yu Ito |
Molecular phylogeny of an aquatic plant, Ruppia L. (Ruppiaceae). |
| Napo Cayabyab |
Distribution, abundance and early development of the natural recruits of Enhalus acoroides and Thalassia hemprichii in Cape Bolinao (NW Philippines) |
| Eric Bricker |
Spatial genetic structure of Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay |
| Raquel Muniz-Salazar |
Phylogeography of Phyllospadix scouleri along the Pacific Coast of North America |
| 3:30 pm |
Oral session 3: Discussion forum |
| 4:00 pm |
Coffee break |
| 4:30 pm |
Poster session 1 |
| 6:00 pm |
Evening meal |
| Day 3, Tuesday, September 2 |
| Morning—Field Trip to look at local seagrasses |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
| 3:00 pm |
Workshop 1: Seagrass management: priorities, credibility and scale Coordinators: P. Erftemeijer, M. Fonseca, R. Coles |
| 6:00 pm |
Evening meal |
| 7.30 pm |
Workshop 2: A conceptual framework for global seagrasses Coordinators: T. Carruthers, G. Di Carlo |
| Day 4, Wednesday, September 3 |
| 8:30 am |
Oral session 4: Living in shallow marine ecosystems–seagrass interactions with light and hydrodynamics Facilitator: Mike van Keulen |
| Anitra Thorhaug |
Short-term diminished light in Western Atlantic seagrasses: spectral reflectance and partial absorbance |
| Miguel Lara |
Hydrodynamic ‘edge effects’ within a Cymodocea nodosa patch |
| Julien Lassauque |
Depth adaptation of Posidonia oceanica as measured by PAM-fluorescence |
| Katie McKone |
Going and growing with the flow: linking water-flow induced seagrass morphology, shoot density, and light availability |
| Anja Schanz |
Investigating eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) stressors in greater puget sound–a project overview |
| Lora Harris |
Optimizing Zostera marina transplanting protocols using insights from the Virtual Eelgrass Meadow |
| 9:30 am |
Oral session 4: Discussion forum |
| 10:00 am |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 am |
Oral Session 5: Seagrass monitoring Facilitator: Michael Rasheed |
| Jane Mellors |
Monitoring of inter-tidal seagrass meadows for the GBR Water
Quality Protection Plan |
| Len McKenzie |
Intertidal seagrass condition, Seagrass-Watch and the
Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program: developing
indices of water quality |
| Anchana Prathep |
SeagrassNet monitoring initiative in the southern Andaman Sea, Thailand |
| Frederick Short |
A global seagrass report card from SeagrassNet |
| Michael Rasheed |
Dynamics of a tropical deepwater seagrass community during a major dredging campaign |
| Richard Unsworth |
Monitoring the exploitation and management of seagrass ecosystems in the Indo-Pacific |
| Dorothee Pete |
Importance of the microbenthic loop of Posidonia oceanica meadows to detect anthropogenic perturbations early: First results |
| Yayu Anugrah La Nafie |
The mapping of seagrass distribution and condition in Spermonde Archipelago, South Sulawesi |
| Jeff Gaeckle |
Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) monitoring in greater Puget Sound: evidence of decline within large-scale stability |
| Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria |
An interdisciplinary investigation of seagrass loss in the Salish Sea region of Washington State |
| Colette Wabnitz |
Regional-scale seagrass habitat mapping in the Wider Caribbean region |
| Aaren Freeman |
Seagrass on the edge: local land-use practices threaten coastal seagrass communities in Sabah (Malaysia). |
| 12:00 pm |
Oral Session 5: Discussion forum |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
| 2:00 pm |
Oral Session 6: Ecological modeling–flow, fauna and landscapes Facilitator: Patrick Polte |
| Per-Olav Moksnes |
Predation versus resource control of biomass and species diversity in a temperate seagrass community |
| Edward Morris |
Biological-hydrodynamic interactions within submerged macrophyte landscapes: Influence on ecosystem processes |
| Paul Erftemeijer |
Predicting seagrass distribution based on habitat characteristics: a validated model for Venice Lagoon |
| Patricia Harris |
Comparison of eelgrass characteristics and associated fish assemblages among four southeastern Alaskan regions |
| Robert Mooney |
Use of spatially explicit modeling to predict eelgrass distribution for resource management and restoration in San Francisco Bay |
| Alana Grech |
A predictive seagrass habitat model for eco-system scale marine planning in the GBRWHA (Rob Coles presenting) |
| 3:00 pm |
Oral Session 6: Discussion forum |
| 3:30 pm |
Workshop 3: Evaluating the mechanisms of seagrass dispersal–what are the functions of dispersal in the spatial and temporal dynamics of seagrass meadows and seagrass ecosystems Coordinator(s): J. Kenworthy, J. Jarvis, G. Di Carlo and M. Rasheed |
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Coffee will be served during the workshop |
| 6:00 pm |
Evening meal |
| Day 5, Thursday, September 4 |
| 8:30 am |
Oral Session 7: The role of nutrients in seagrass beds–when is enough enough? Facilitator: Just Cebrian |
| Pérez Marta |
Uncertainties in using sulphur isotopic signature in seagrass tissues to assess sediment organic enrichment |
| João Silva |
Daily carbon budgets of intertidal Zostera noltii meadows |
| Margot Hessing-Lewis |
Determining seagrass-macroalgae interactions under upwelling-influenced nutrient inputs |
| Xiaoping Huang |
Research on TN & TP Contents of Enhalus acoroides and its Responses to Nutrient Loadings in Xincun Bay, Hainan, China |
| Just Cebrian |
The effects of short-term shading and sediment nutrient enrichment on shoalgrass (Halodule wrightii) growth dynamics |
| Robert Coles |
Productivity, carbon assimilation and intra-annual change in tropical reef platform seagrass communities of the Torres Strait, north-eastern Australia |
| Renae Hovey |
Do roots in Posidonia transplants respond to nutrient addition and planting time? |
| 9:30 am |
Oral Session 7: Discussion forum |
| 10:00 am |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 am – 12.30 pm |
Workshop 4: seagrassonline.org, towards a comprehensive web site as a portal for seagrass information: ISBW8 developing regional web pages Coordinator(s): M. Waycott, S. Livingstone, L. McKenzie, J. Mellors |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
| 2:00 pm |
Oral Session 8: Seagrasses of the globe Facilitator: Len McKenzie |
| Dessale Fishazion Zemikiel |
Species composition, abundance and distribution of seagrasses in the Eritrean Sea |
| Wawan Kiswara |
Drift of fallen seagrasses at Kuta Bay, Lombok-Indonesia |
| W. Judson Kenworthy |
Seagrasses, barrier islands and sea level rise; how the unique bioengineering properties of seagrass meadows will play a vital role in the future of North Carolina’s estuaries |
| Ichwan Nasution |
Seagrasses of Cendrawasih Bay, Papua, Indonesia |
| William Poirier |
The influence of the maintenance of submarine cables on the growth of eel-grass in foreshore areas |
| Hildie Nacorda |
Broad patterns of seagrass distribution and diversity in North Palawan (Philippines) |
| Siti Yaakub |
Singapore’s seagrasses: Linking public awareness and conservation |
| Suzanne Livingstone |
Red List assessment of seagrasses |
| 3:30 pm |
Oral Session 8: Discussion forum |
| 4:00 pm |
Coffee break |
| 4:30 pm |
Poster session 2: Seagrass monitoring and restoration |
| Evening |
ISBW8 Banquet, held at the House of Huu-ay-aht First Nation. |
| Day 6, Friday, September 5 |
| 8:30 am |
Oral Session 9: Plant–Animal interactions Facilitator: Per-Olav Moksnes |
| Kimberly Peyton |
Why is Ruppia scarce in Hawaii: Fishing for the answers |
| Johan Eklöf |
Seagrass loss and feedback mechanisms: multiple regimes in seagrass ecosystems |
| Chittima Aryuthaka |
Characteristics and recovery of seagrasses in the natural feeding trails of dugongs in the Talibong seagrass bed, Trang province |
| Virginie Dos Santos |
Consumption and damage of seagrass meadows by black swans |
| Martin Gullström |
Ecological connectivity in a mangrove-seagrass-coral reef continuum |
| Kimberly Holzer |
Simulated herbivory modifies the effect of nutrient addition in Thalassia testudinum |
| Genevieve Regino |
Leaf Growth Response of the Seagrass Enhalus acoroides to Biodeposits of the Giant Clam, Tridacna gigas, in Bolinao, Pangasinan, Northern Philippines |
| Patrick Polte |
Quality of shallow water fish assemblages in the northern Wadden Sea, seven decades after the major eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) loss |
| 9:30 am |
Oral session 9: Discussion forum |
| 10:00 am |
Coffee break |
| 10:30 am |
Workshop 5: Plant-Animal-Bacteria interactions Coordinators: K. Heck, D. Welsh, B. Peterson |
| 12:30 pm |
Lunch break |
| 2:00 pm |
WSA General Meeting |
| 4:00 pm |
Wrap-up and goodbye |
| 6:00 pm |
Evening meal |
| Day 7, Saturday, September 6 |
| Morning |
Depart Bamfield and Vancouver Island |
