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37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Steering Committee Su Sponaugle, Chair* Robert K Cowen* John Lamkin§ Barbara Muhling* Trika Gerard§ Geoffrey Shideler* *University of Miami—RSMAS

Rafael J Araújo* Sean Bignami* Jessica Luo* Evan D’Alessandro* Claire Paris* Akihiro Shiroza* National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

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© Program designed by Rafael J Araújo for the 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference and printed by AllenPress, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas 66044 U.S.A. The 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference poster was designed by Akihiro Shiroza. Learn about the artist’s work by visiting www.studioelcondor.com/aki.html Photographs courtesy of Evan D’Alessandro, Geoffrey Shideler, and Rafael J Araújo. Fish images courtesy of Akihiro Shiroza.

About the Annual Larval Fish Conference

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he Early Life History Section (ELHS) is an interest-discipline subunit of the American Fisheries Society (AFS) with an international membership of over 400 scientists. It is the only organization of this kind devoted to interests in the early life history of freshwater, estuarine, and marine fishes, and related matters. Through its newsletter, Stages, the AFS’s ELHS encourages and facilitates exchange of knowledge and ideas, updates members on current research, publications, meetings, and other events, provides feature articles and reviews, and communicates Section and pertinent AFS business and concerns.

Welcome to Miami!

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e are delighted that you are able to join us for the 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference! This year, at the time of program printing, approximately 40% of the 142 attendees are students, 60% are professionals. Over 50% of the registrants were not members of the section at the time of registration. We are pleased to see that the conference has attracted a wide diversity of participants hailing from almost 100 different institutions and 23 countries: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Saudia Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. Welcome to all! This conference would not have been possible without the volunteer efforts of many! I thank the LFC Miami Steering Committee (listed on the facing page) and, particularly, Geoffrey Shideler and Rafael Araújo, for much of the heavy lifting from the conference inception! Both win the “Most Valuable Volunteer” Award! I also thank the students who have volunteered

their time both before and during the conference. To our host institutions, the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) and NOAA’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center, many thanks! A very special thank you to Rose Mann and RSMAS for banquet hosting. Next to RSMAS, the Guy Harvey Foundation is our largest co-sponsor of the conference. Their financial backing has made the conference possible and we are truly grateful. Finally, Florida Sea Grant’s initial contribution gave us an early boost to start promoting the conference. I hope you will find the conference venue comfortable, the scientific presentations interesting, the social gatherings enjoyable, and the new friendships forged both productive and long-lasting.

Su Sponaugle, PhD Steering Committee Chair, 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference

The annual Larval Fish Conferences (LFC) that serve as the focal point of ELHS activities evolved from a series of informal, freshwater-oriented symposia that began in 1977. The current LFCs, which are hosted and sponsored by various organizations throughout the world, cover the complete spectrum of research (from all habitats and geographic locations) related to fish early life history. A list of all the LFCs can be found on the ELHS web page (larvalfishcon.org). The dates, locations, host institutions, and publications resulting from this and previous meetings are all available on the web site.

Conference Themes T

he 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference will feature eight theme sessions focusing on a broad range of topics of interest to larval fish scientists worldwide. This is the second time this annual meeting will convene in Miami (the 10th conference was held at the University of Miami in 1986). The city’s proximity to the tropics offers a timely opportunity to examine current research into tropical reef fish as model species in ecology and management. We also want to contribute to the discussion of the effects of ocean acidification and environmental change on the early life history of fishes. In a third session, we plan to explore aspects of the reproduction and early life history of highly migratory species such as tunas, sharks, swordfishes, and billfishes; this session will have particular relevance to the CLIOTOP (Climate Impacts on Oceanic Top Predators) program. Our knowledge of predator-prey interactions in the ocean has continued to expand, thus a fourth session will encompass research on the state of knowledge on the structure of larval fish food webs. A fifth session will discuss recent advances in methodology applied to all aspects of the study of early life history of fishes. Session six will include presentations focusing on all aspects of the ecology of larval fishes. Finally, this year the conference will feature two sessions devoted to NOAA’s FATE (Fisheries and the Environment) program: session seven will include FATE presentations on larval fish studies and session eight will include FATE presentations on other topics.

Welcome and Registration

Session 2B 3:50–5:10

Session 2B 1:40–3:20

Session 2B 3:50–5:30

Session 8B 1:40–3:20

Session 7B 10:20–12:00

Session 7B 9:20–10:00

Lee Fuiman Chris Chambers, Sean Bignami Barbara Muhling Joel Llopiz Bob Cowen, Scott Holt, Klaus Huebert Tom Hurst, Jeff Leis, Tony Miskiewicz, Joan Holt John Lamkin Sam McClatchie, Mandy Karnauskas

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Reproduction and early life history of highly migratory species

Larval food webs and predator-prey interactions

Advances and novel application of methods for the study of early life history stages of fishes

Ecology of early life history stages of larval fishes

FATE Science Meeting (Larval fish studies)

FATE Science Meeting (Other studies)

Session 8A 10:20–12:20

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20

Session 8A 9:00–10:00

Session 6B 10:20–11:20

Session 6B 9:00–10:00

Announcements 8:50–9:00

6 Thursday

•• The banquet, award ceremony and auction will take place on the campus of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science on Virginia Key (transportation from and to the hotel is provided).

•• Posters will be on display in the Kentia Rooms.

•• Conference sessions indicated with the letter B will assemble in the Alexander Rooms.

•• Plenaries and conference sessions indicated with the letter A will convene in the Crystal Ballroom.

•• The Registration/Information Desk will be located between the Palm Terrace and the Asian Gardens and will be open everyday from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

7:00–10:00 PM (bus departure begins at 10:00 PM)

Banquet and Award Winner Announcements

Bus Departs Hotel to Banquet 6:30 PM

Session 6A 3:50–4:50

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50

Session 6A 1:40–3:20

Lunch Break 12:00–1:40

Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes

ELH Business Meeting 5:30–7:00

Session 5A 3:50–5:10

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50

Session 5A 1:40–3:20

Lunch Break 12:00–1:40

Session 5A 10:20–12:00 Session 6B 10:20–12:00 ELHS Brainstorming Session 11:00–12:00

Session 5A 10:20–12:00

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20

Session 5A 9:20–10:00

Plenary: Jon Hare 8:40–9:15

Reef fish as model species in ecology and management

Session 6B 3:50–5:10

Session 6B 1:40–3:20

Session 3B 10:20–11:40

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20

5 Wednesday Announcements 8:30–8:40

SESSION CHAIR

Poster Session 5:30–7:30

Session 4A 3:50–4:50

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50

Session 4A 1:40–3:20

Lunch Break 12:00–1:40

Session 1A 10:20–12:00

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20

Session 5A 9:20–10:00

Session 1A 9:20–10:00

Session 6B 9:20–10:00

Plenary: Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz 8:40–9:15

Session 3B 9:20–10:00

Announcements 8:30–8:40

Plenary: John Dower 8:40–9:15

4 Tuesday

Welcoming Remarks 8:30–8:40

Registration 8:00–8:30

3 Monday

37TH ANNUAL LARVAL FISH CONFERENCE THEMES

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Agenda at a glance

Agenda

37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Sunday, June 2, 2013 Palm Terrace/Asian Gardens

Miami’s Freedom Tower, a US Historic Landmark, was completed in 1925 as the headquarters and printing press site of The Miami Times. Today, the buiding is part of the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College. The structure is an example of the Mediterranean Revival style and is traditionally regarded as a memorial to Cuban immigration to the United States.

5:00–7:00 PM Registration Cabana Rooftop Pool 5:00–7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Monday, June 3, 2013 • Morning Palm Terrace/Asian Gardens 8:00 AM–3:00 PM Registration Crystal Ballroom 8:30–8:40 AM Su Sponaugle, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Steering Committee Chair WELCOMING REMARKS Plenary Talk 8:40–9:15 AM John Dower, University of Victoria, Canada Progress and challenges in studying the feeding and growth of larval fish under natural field conditions Session 1: Reef Fish As Model Species in Ecology And Management Chair: Lee A. Fuiman, University of Texas at Austin 9:20–9:40 AM Shulzitski, K., Sponaugle, S., Cowen, R.K. REEF FISH LARVAE GROW FASTER IN MESOSCALE EDDIES

9:40–10:00 AM Pattrick, P., Strydom, N.A. OCCURRENCE OF LARVAL AND SETTLEMENT STAGE FISHES ON VARYING REEF TYPES IN ALGOA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA, WITH NOTES ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LIGHT TRAPS AS A SAMPLING TOOL 10:00–10:20 AM

Coffee Break

10:20–10:40 AM Miller, S.E., Bartlett, L.S., Oxenford, H.A., Vallès, H. CONTRASTING PATTERNS IN SETTLEMENT DENSITIES OF CO-OCCURRING REEF FISH TAXA: EFFECTS OF PATCH SIZE 10:40–11:00 AM Staaterman, E., Paris, C.B., Kough, A.S., Claro, R., Lindeman, K. EFFECTS OF INTER-ANNUAL CLIMATOLOGY ON LARVAL TRANSPORT FROM SNAPPER SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS IN CUBA 11:00–11:20 AM Mayorga Adame, C.G., Batchelder, H.P., Strub, T. LARVAL FISH CONNECTIVITY IN THE KENYAN-TANZANIAN CORAL REEF REGION: RESULTS FROM PARTICLE TRACKING SIMULATIONS 11:20–11:40 AM Holstein, D.M., Paris, C.B., Mumby, P.J. CONSISTENCY AND INCONSISTENCY IN MULTISPECIES POPULATION NETWORK DYNAMICS OF CORAL REEF ECOSYSTEMS 11:40–Noon D’Alessandro, E.K., Sponaugle, S. EXAMINING THE PROCESS OF SETTLEMENT: COMPARATIVE PREDATION RATES ON LARVAL SNAPPERS (LUTJANIDAE) IN OCEANIC, REEF, AND NEARSHORE WATERS Miami 2013 Larval Fish Conference • 6

Sunday, June 2, 2013 Palm Terrace/Asian Garden

Banquet and Award Winner Announcements

5:00–7:00 PM Welcome and Registration

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lease join us Wednesday April 5 (7:00–10:00 PM) on the campus of the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science to enjoy an evening of Caribbean-themed food and music on Biscayne Bay. We will be announcing the winners of the Sally Leonard Richardson and John H.S. Blaxter awards and holding the annual auction to raise funds for the Blaxter Award. Buses will be departing from the Mayfair Hotel at 6:30 PM. Return trips will begin at 10:00 PM.

Monday, June 3, 2013 Palm Terrace/Asian Garden 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Registration Alexander Room 8:30–8:40 AM Su Sponaugle, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric SLarval Fish Conference Organizing Committee Chair WELCOMING REMARKS Plenary Talk

Monday, June 3, 2013 • Morning Alexander Room Session 3: Reproduction and Early Life History of Highly Migratory Species Chair: Barbara Muhling, University of Miami—RSMAS 9:20–9:40 AM Muhling, B.A., Reglero, P., Ciannelli, L., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Alemany, F., Lamkin, J.T., Roffer, M.A. COMPARING ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF LARVAL BLUEFIN TUNA (THUNNUS THYNNUS) HABITAT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AND WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA 9:40–10:00 AM Franks, J., Tilley, J., Gibson, D., Comyns, B., Hoffmayer, E. AGE ESTIMATES FOR LARVAL ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA (THUNNUS THYNNUS) FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO 10:00–10:20 AM

Many barrier islands and keys cradle the coastline of south Florida. These islands contain sensitive ecosystems—such as coral reefs, mangrove forests, and seagrasses—that harbor a unique mosaic of plant and animal species such as the Blue Heron and Ibises pictured here feeding at low tide on a seagrass bed in Virginia Key.

Coffee Break

10:20–10:40 AM Cornic, M., Alvarado Bremer, J.R. Rooker, J.R. INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF TUNA LARVAE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 10:40–11:00 AM Reglero, P., Ciannelli, L., Balbín, R., Alvarez-Berastegui, D., Alemany, F.J. INTERANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABILITY INFLUENCES THE ANNUAL AND SPATIAL OVERLAP OF TUNA SPECIES DURING THE LARVAL STAGE 11:00–11:20 AM Kitchens, L.L., Rooker, J.R. HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS OF DOLPHINFISH LARVAE (CORYPHAENA SPP.) IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO 11:20–11:40 AM Scholey, V., Margulies, D., Wexler, J., Stein, M. STUDIES OF TUNA EARLY LIFE HISTORY CONDUCTED AT THE INTER-AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISION (IATTC) ACHOTINES LABORATORY, 2012–2013 11:40–Noon D’Alessandro, E.K., Sponaugle, S. EXAMINING THE PROCESS OF SETTLEMENT: COMPARATIVE PREDATION RATES ON LARVAL SNAPPERS (LUTJANIDAE) IN OCEANIC, REEF, AND NEARSHORE WATERS Miami 2013 Larval Fish Conference • 7

Monday, June 3, 2013 • Afternoon

Monday, June 3, 2013 • Afternoon

Crystal Ballroom

Alexander Room

Session 4: Larval Food Webs and Predator-Prey Interactions Chair: Joel Llopiz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes Chair: Tom P. Hurst, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:40–2:00 PM Llopiz, J.K. THE FEEDING OF FISH LARVAE AND THEIR ROLE IN PLANKTONIC FOOD WEBS: WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?

1:40–2:00 PM Deary, A.L., Hilton, E.J. DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHARYNGEAL JAWS IN THE DRUMS (SCIAENIDAE) OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WITH COMPARISONS TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY

2:00–2:20 PM Vinagre, C., Dias, M., Roma, J., Silva A. ROCKY REEF POOLS AS NURSERY AREAS FOR FISH LARVAE: FOOD WEB NETWORK MODELS

2:00–2:20 PM Miskiewicz, A.G. ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL USE OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND PIGMENTATION CHARACTERS DURING LARVAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF GOBIIDAE

2:20–2:40 PM Laiz-Carrion, R., Uriarte, A., Quintanilla, J.M., Cabrero, A., Hernandez De Rojas, A., Rodriguez-Fernandez, L., Rodriguez, J.M., Gago, J., Pinheiro, C., Bode, A., Garcia, A. EARLY LIFE TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF EUROPEAN HAKE MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS BY STABLE ISOTOPES ANALYSIS

2:20–2:40 PM De Forest, L.G., Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Heintz, R.A., Matarese, A.C., Siddon, E.C., Smart, T.I., Spies, I.B. ECOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF THE EARLY LIFE STAGES OF ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER (ATHERESTHES STOMIAS) AND KAMCHATKA FLOUNDER (A. EVERMANNI) IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA

2:40–3:00 PM Ayala, D.J. CANNIBALISM OF LARVAL LESSER SANDEELS (AMMODYTES MARINUS) IN THE NORTH SEA

2:40–3:00 PM Deary, A.L., Pattrick, P., Strydom, N. COMPARISON OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND OSSIFICATION OF THE CRANIUM IN TWO SPECIES OF SOUTH AFRICAN DRUM (SCIAENIDAE), ARGYROSOMUS JAPONICUS AND A. THORPEI

3:00–3:20 PM Hauff, M.J., Sponaugle, S., Walter, K.D., D’Alessandro, E., Cowen, R.K. NUTRITIONAL CONDITION OF CORAL REEF FISH LARVAE VARIES WITH DISPERSAL HISTORY: A SPATIAL ASSESSMENT OF LARVAL GROWTH AND RNA/DNA RATIOS IN THE CONTEXT OF POPULATION CONNECTIVITY

3:00–3:20 PM Perez, K.O., Fuiman, L.A. ADULT DIET AND LARVAL DIET INFLUENCE SURVIVOR SKILLS OF RED DRUM LARVAE

3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break

3:50–4:10 PM Greer, A.T., Cowen, R.K., Hare, J.A., Guigand, C.M. FINE SCALE SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS OF LARVAL FISHES TO PLANKTONIC PREDATORS AND PREY: THE IMPACT OF INTERNAL WAVES

3:50–4:10 PM Morissette, O., Sirois, P., Legault, M., Verreault, G., Lecomte, F. RAPID ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTINGENTS IN A RECENTLY REINTRODUCED STRIPED BASS POPULATION IN THE ST. LAWRENCE ESTUARY (QUEBEC, CANADA)

4:10–4:30 PM Pitois S.G., Armstrong, M. THE GROWTH OF LARVAL ATLANTIC COD AND HADDOCK IN THE IRISH SEA: A MODEL WITH TEMPERATURE, PREY SIZE, AND TURBULENCE FORCING

4:10–4:30 PM Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Ciannelli, L., Vestfals, C., Sohn, D., Stockhausen, W., Ianelli, J., Hoff, G. ECOLOGY OF GREENLAND HALIBUT (REINHARDTIUS HIPPOGLOSSOIDES) IN CANYON AND SLOPE HABITATS OF THE EASTERN BERING SEA

4:30–4:50 PM Shoji, J., Fukuta, A., Schubert, P., Chapman, A., Haukebø, T. VARIABILITY IN PREDATION RISK OF JUVENILE FISHES IN SEAGRASS BEDS EVALUATED FROM PISCIVOROUS FISH BIOMASS AND PREDATION RATES FROM TROPICAL TO SUBARCTIC ZONES

4:30–4:50 PM Malca, E., Vásquez-Yeomans, L., Morales, S., Carrillo, L., Sosa-Cordero, E. Schultz, T., Morris, J. DISTRIBUTION OF LARVAL LIONFISH (PTEROIS VOLITANS) IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA 4:50–5:10 PM Alvarez, I., Catalan, I.A., Rodriguez, J.M., Balbin, R., Alvarez, D., Aparicio, A., Hidalgo, J.M., Alemany, F. MESOSCALE DYNAMICS OF THE SUMMER LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES AROUND THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (NW MEDITERRANEAN)

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Monday, June 3, 2013 • 5:30–7:30 PM

Monday, June 3, 2013 • 5:30–7:30 PM

Kentia Rooms

Kentia Rooms

Session 1: Reef Fish as Model Species in Ecology and Management

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes

[1] Gonçalves, E.J., Faria, A.M. EARLY DEVELOPMENT AND LARVAL BEHAVIOR OF TWO CLINGFISH SPECIES (GOBIESOCIDAE)

[14] Larouche, T., Sirois, P., Legault, L., Dodson, J.J., Lecomte, F. LIVING ON THE EDGE: SPAWNING DYNAMIC OF THE NORTHERNMOST POPULATION OF AMERICAN SHAD IN AN ALTERED RIVERSCAPE (ST. LAWRENCE RIVER, QUEBEC, CANADA)

[2] Goldstein, E.D., Sponaugle, S. SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY IN DAMSELFISH EARLY LIFE HISTORY TRAITS AND SURVIVAL IN THE FLORIDA KEYS [3] Kerber, C.E., Silva, P.K.A., Dos Santos, P.A., Sanches, E.G. CONTRIBUTION TO CULTURE OF EARLY LIFE STAGES OF DUSKY GROUPER EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS (LOWE, 1834) IN BRAZIL Session 3: Reproduction and Early Life History of Highly Migratory Species [4] Elking, B.A., Rulifson, R.A. MATERNAL TRANSFER OF STRIPED BASS: DETERMINING A MOTHER’S LIFE HISTORY STRATEGY FROM THE OFFSPRING Session 4: Larval Food Webs and Predator-Prey Interactions [5] Okazaki, Y., Kubota, H., Takasuka, A., Sakaji, H. COMPARISON OF FEEDING ECOLOGY BETWEEN TWO CO-OCCURRING CLUPEOID SPECIES [6] Garcia, A., Laiz-Carrión, R., Morote, E., Quintanilla, J.M., Uriarte, A., Rodriguez, J.M., Cortés, D., Alemany, F. FIRST APPROACH OF THE EARLY LIFE RELATIVE TROPHIC LEVEL SPECTRA BY STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS OF BLUEFIN (THUNNUS THYNNUS) AND ITS ASSOCIATED TUNA SPECIES OF THE BALEARIC SEA [7] Uriarte, A., Quintanilla, J.M., Garcia, A., Pinheiro, C., Bode A., Laiz-Carrion, R. LIPID CORRECTION FOR STABLE ISOTOPES ANALISIS IN EUROPEAN HAKE MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS EARLY JUVENILES Session 5: Advances and Novel Application of Methods for the Study of Early Life History Stages of Fishes [8] Ayala, D.J., Munk, P., Riemann, L. MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF SARGASSO SEA FISH LARVAE ENABLE FIRST-TIME LARVAL DESCRIPTIONS [9] Shiroza, A., Privoznik, S.l. KEY TO IDENTIFICATIONS OF COMMON SPECIES OF LARVAL SEA BASSES AND HAMLETS (FAMILY SERRANIDAE, SUBFAMILY SERRANINAE) IN THE WESTERN ATLANTIC AND THE CARIBBEAN [10] Rodríguez-Fernández, L., Leal, A., Lago, M.J., Laiz-Carrión, R., Sánchez, F.J., Piñeiro, C. EFFECTS OF PRESERVATION METHOD ON EUROPEAN HAKE MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS LARVAE SIZE

[15] Randall, L., Rooker, J.R. OCEAN INFLUENCES ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF FLYINGFISH LARVAE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO [16] Keyes-Pulido, S., Aké-Canul, R., Burad-Méndez, A., Méndez-Campos, H., VarguezSoberanis, D., Ordóñez-López, U. FISH LARVAE ASSOCIATED WITH A HYPERSALINE GRADIENT IN A COASTAL LAGOON IN THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA, MEXICO [17] Morales, S., Vásquez-Yeomans, L., Carrillo, L., Malca, E., Privoznik, S., Lamkin J.T. PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE LARVAL FISH DISTRIBUTION IN THE LOOP CURRENT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO AFTER THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL [18] Luzuriaga De Cruz, M. SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIATION OF ICHTHYOPLANKTON ABUNDANCE IN FRONT OF ECUADORIAN COAST (2000–2010) [19] Macedo-Soares, L.c.p., Freire, A.s., Muelbert, J.h. BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL EFFECTS IN MESOSCALE ICHTHYOPLANKTON COMPOSITION IN THE SW ATLANTIC [20] Rodriguez, J.M., Cabrero, A., Alvarez, P., Fletcher, C., Hernandez De Rojas, A., Gago, J., Garcia, A., Herreros, M., Laiz-Carrión, R., Vergara-Castaño, A., Piñeiro, C. And Saborido-Rey, F. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE LARVAL FISH COMMUNITY OFF THE NW IBERIAN PENINSULA, IN THE LATE WINTER 2012 [21] Torquato, F.O., Muelbert, J.H. PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL INFLUENCE ON THE VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENGRAULIS ANCHOITA LARVAE IN AN UPWELLING SYSTEM [22] Pattrick, P., Strydom, N.A. ECOLOGY OF EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES OF FISHES IN VARIOUS HABITATS IN ALGOA BAY, SOUTH AFRICA [23] Schmitt, V.B., Muelbert, J.H. ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS CONTRIBUTING TO SMALL SCALE TRANSPORT AND COMPOSITION OF ICHTHYOPLANKTON AT THE MOUTH OF A SUBTROPICAL ESTUARY [24] Pawelczyk, A., Fey, D.P., Wozniczka, A. DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF THE BALTIC SPRING-SPAWNING HERRING LARVAE, CLUPEA HARENGUS MEMBRAS (L.), IN THE ODRA ESTUARY (POLAND)

[11] Catalan, I.A., Dunand, A., Álvarez, I., Alós, J., Nash, R. AN EVALUATION OF SAMPLING METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING SETTLEMENT OF TEMPERATE FISH [25] Matarese, A.C., Blood, D A., De Forest, L.G., Napp, J.M. ONTO SEAGRASS MEADOWS GULF OF ALASKA INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM: OBSERVATIONS ON THE LARVAL FISH [12] Huebert, K.B., Peck, M.A. COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN GULF OF ALASKA FROM 2011 FIELD COLLECTIONS INCORPORATING MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS INTO PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS OF MARINE FISH LARVAE Session 2: Ocean Acidification/Climate Change Impacts on the Early Life History Stages of Fishes [13] Freeburg, E.W., Rhyne, A., Hannigan, R. LABORATORY OCEAN ACIDIFICATION METHODOLOGY USING A HOBBYIST REED TANK CONTROLLER

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Monday, June 3, 2013 • 5:30–7:30 PM Kentia Rooms Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes (Continued) [26] Garsi, L.H., Agostini, S., Durieux, E.D.H., Bisgambiglia, P.A., Pasqualini, V., Ternengo, S., Garrido, M., Gerigny, O., Perrin-Santoni, A. NEW APPROACH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA ON THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF FISHES’ POST-LARVAE OF CORSICAN COASTS [27] Rodríguez-Fernández, L., Quintanilla, J., García, A., Cabanas, J.M., Piñeiro, C. SEASONAL GROWTH RATE VARIABILITY OF YOUNG-OF-THE-YEAR EUROPEAN HAKE (MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS) BASED ON OTOLITH MICRO-STRUCTURE ANALYSIS [28] Doering, K.l., Stowell, M.a., Ciannelli, L., Prahl, F.g. COMPARISON OF JUVENILE ENGLISH SOLE LIPID CONTENT AND FATTY ACID COMPOSITION IN COASTAL AND ESTUARINE HABITATS [29] Berenshtein, I., Kiflawi, M., Shashar, N., Wieler, U., Agiv, H., Paris, C.b. THE USE OF POLARIZED LIGHT FOR ORIENTATION IN CORAL REEF FISH LARVAE [30] Yam-Poot, G., Sosa-Cordero, E., Vasquez Yeomans, L., Lamkin, J.T. REEF FISH RECRUITMENT IN THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN, DEVELOPING AN INDEX BASED UPON A SIMPLE, LOW COST TRAP [31] Faillettaz, R., Irisson, J.O. DRIVERS OF TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF LARVAL FISH RECRUITMENT IN VILLEFRANCHE BAY (NORTHWESTERN MEDITERRANEAN) OVER A SEVEN-YEAR TIME SERIES (2006–2012) [32] Matarese, A.C., De Forest, L.G., Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Smart, T.I., Spies, I.B. IDENTIFCATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE EARLY LIFE STAGES OF ARROWTOOTH (ATHERESTHES STOMIAS) AND KAMCHATKA FLOUNDER (A. EVERMANNI) IN THE EASTERN BERING SEA [33] Baensch, F. FROM OCEAN TO CULTURE TO CAMERA: “CAPTURING” THE TRUE BEAUTY IN A MARINE FISH’S EARLY LIFE HISTORY [34] Snyder, D.E., Bjork, C.L. ILLUSTRATIONS OF LARVAL AND JUVENILE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOUNTAIN WHITEFISH [35] Snyder, D.E., Bjork, C.L. ILLUSTRATIONS OF LARVAL AND JUVENILE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAINS TOPMINNOW [36] Clausen, K.C., Ditty, J.G. IDENTIFICATION OF LARVAE IN THE FAMILY EXOCOETIDAE (FLYINGFISHES) [37] Jimenez-Rosenberg, S.P.A., Sanchez-Velasco, L., Ordoñez-Guillen, F.E. FISH LARVAE IN THE BIOSPHERE RESERVE OF THE UPPER GULF OF CALIFORNIA (JUNE 2008, JUNE 2010) [38] Jimenez-Rosenberg, S.P.A., Gonzalez-Navarro, E., Saldierna-Martinez, R.J., AcevesMedina, G. ELOPOMORPHA LEPTOCEPHALUS LARVAE FROM THE MEXICAN PACIFIC [39] Vasquez-Yeomans, L., Morales, S., Valdez-Moreno, M., Acevedo, D., Martínez, A., Carrillo, L., Malca, E. Victor, B. FISH LARVAE CHECKLIST (PISCES) FROM NORTH OF THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA

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Agenda

37th Annual Larval Fish Conference

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • Morning Crystal Ballroom 8:30–8:40 AM Su Sponaugle, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Steering Committee Chair ANNOUNCEMENTS Plenary Talk 8:40–9:15 AM Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF TRADITIONAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN FISH EARLY LIFE HISTORY STUDIES

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • Morning Alexander Room

Session 5: Advances and Novel Application of Methods for the Study of the Early Life History Stages of Fishes Chair: Bob Cowen, University of Miami—RSMAS

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes Chair: Jeff Leis, Australian Museum

9:20–9:40 AM Jina, O., Sung, K. MASSIVE FISH EGG SPECIES IDENTIFICATION FOR THE STUDY ON SPAWNING ECOLOGY OF FISH USING PYROSEQUENCING

9:20–9:40 AM Chambers, R.C. TIME AND TIMING IN THE ECOLOGY OF MARINE FISH EARLY LIFE-STAGES

9:40–10:00 AM Favero, J.M., Katsuragawa, M., Zani-Teixeira, M.L., Turner, J.T. NEW METHODOLOGY TO IDENTIFY ENGRAULIDAE EGGS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN BRAZILIAN BIGHT

9:40–10:00 AM Alós, J., Catalán, I.A., Arlinghaus, R., Palmer, M., Basterretxea, G., Jordi, A., Morales-Nin, B. TOWARDS THE ROLE OF DISPERSAL OF EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES IN EVOLUTIONARY FISHERIES

10:00–10:20 AM

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20 AM

Coffee Break

10:20–10:40 AM Hernandez, F.J., Carassou, L., Graham, W.M., Powers, S.P. EVALUATION OF THE TAXONOMIC SUFFICIENCY APPROACH FOR ICHTHYOPLANKTON

10:20–10:40 AM Paulsen, M., Clemmesen, C., Hammer, C., Polte, P., Von Dorrien, C., Malzahn, A. HABITAT SPECIFIC GROWTH PATTERNS IN LARVAL HERRING (CLUPEA HARENGUS) IN THE WESTERN BALTIC SEA

10:40–11:00 AM Vasquez-Yeomans, L., Morales, S., Valdez-Moreno, M., Acevedo, D., Martínez, A., Carrillo, L., Malca, E. Victor, B. IMPROVING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES OF ELOPOMORPH FISHES IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN USING DNA BARCODING

10:40–11:00 AM Makrakis, M.C., Silva, P.S., Assumpção, L., Makrakis, S., Xavier, R., Fogaça, P.L.C. SPAWNING OF NEOTROPICAL FISH SPECIES DOWNSTREAM OF IGUAÇU FALLS, IGUAÇU RIVER–IGUAÇU NATIONAL PARK

11:00–11:20 AM Konstantinidis, P., Olsson, L., Hilton, E. HOMOLOGY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LARVAL FISHES FOR MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES, WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE JAW MUSCULATURE OF ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISHES

11:00–11:20 AM Boucher, J.M., Chen, C., Sun, Y., Beardsley, R.C. MODELING INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY IN LARVAL SURVIVAL OF GEORGES BANK HADDOCK, MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS, WITH FOCUS ON THE UNUSUAL 2003 RECRUITMENT EVENT

11:20–11:40 AM Wilcox Freeburg, E.D., Rhyne, A.L., Hannigan, R.E. A PICTURE IS WORTH ONE THOUSAND WORDS: IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR OTOLITH STUDIES

11:20–11:40 AM Polte, P., Heiler, J., Beyer, S., Moll, D., Kotterba, P. HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF EARLY HERRING (CLUPEA HARENGUS L.) LIFE STAGES IN A SHALLOW WESTERN BALTIC LAGOON

11:40–Noon Cowen, R.K., Guigand, C., Greer, A.T., Luo, J.Y. IN SITU ICHTHYOPLANKTON IMAGING SYSTEM (ISIIS): DESIGN, CAPABILITIES, AND RESULTS FROM CASE STUDIES

11:40–Noon Flores-Coto, C., Sanvicente-Añorve, L., Zavala-Hidalgo, J., Funes-Rodríguez, R. BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • Afternoon

Tuesday, June 4, 2013 • Afternoon

Crystal Ballroom

Alexander Room

Session 5: Advances and Novel Application of Methods for the Study of Early Life History Stages of Fishes Chair: Scott Holt, University of Texas at Austin

Session 2: Ocean Acidification/Climate Change Impacts on the Early Life History Stages of Fishes Chair: Chris Chambers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:40–2:00 PM Malanski, E., Muelbert, J.H. MEASURING SMALL ORGANISMS UNDER MICROSCOPE: THE CASE FOR FISH LARVAE

1:40–2:00 PM Sswat, M., Clemmesen, C., Jutfelt, F., Riebesell, U. IMPACT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WARMING ON LARVAE OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT FISH SPECIES

2:00–2:20 PM Vikebø F.B., Rønningen, P., Lien, V.S., Meier, S., Grøsvik, B.E. THE USE OF DISPERSANTS TO COMBAT OIL SPILLS MODIFIES THE EXPOSURE RATE OF FISH EGGS AND LARVAE TO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS

2:00–2:20 PM Bignami, S., Enochs, I.C., Manzello, D.P., Sponaugle, S., Cowen, R.K. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ALTERS THE OTOLITHS OF A PANTROPICAL FISH SPECIES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SENSORY FUNCTION

2:20–2:40 PM Stieglitz, J.D., Mager, E.M., Hoenig, R.H., Benetti, D.D., Grosell, M. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INNOVATIVE BIOASSAY SYSTEM (PELEC) FOR USE WITH PELAGIC MARINE FISH EMBRYOS AND LARVAE

2:20–2:40 PM Clemmesen, C., Frommel, A., Maneja, R. Piatkowski, U. EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON HERRING AND COD LARVAE—A COMPARATIVE APPROACH

2:40–3:00 PM Schornagel, D.B., Gregory, R.S., Snelgrove, P.V.R. FINE-SCALE HABITAT USE OF JUVENILE GREENLAND COD (GADUS OGAC) AS REVEALED BY ACOUSTIC TELEMETRY

2:40–3:00 PM Chambers, R.C, Candelmo, A.C., Habeck, E.A., Poach, M.E., Wieczorek, D., Greenfield, C., Cooper K.R., Phelan, B.A. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EFFECTS IN THE EARLY LIFE-STAGES OF SUMMER FLOUNDER, PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS

3:00–3:20 PM Huebert, K.B., Peck, M.A. QUIRKS—A FREE TOOL FOR COMPARATIVE MODELING OF MARINE FISH LARVAE

3:00–3:20 PM Candelmo, A.C., Chambers, R.C., Habeck, E.A., Poach, M.E., Wieczorek, D., Phelan, B.A., Caldarone, E.M., Greenfield, C., Cooper, K.R. THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON THE EARLY LIFE-STAGES OF WINTER FLOUNDER, PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS

3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break

3:50–4:10 PM Nanninga, G.B., Zhan, P., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Hoteit, I., Berumen, M.l. EMPIRICAL FIELD VALIDATION OF A BIOPHYSICAL DISPERSAL MODEL

3:50–4:10 PM Rhyne, A.l., Wilcox-Freeburg, E., Bourque, B., Cerino, D., Tlusty, M., Hannigan, R.E. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT: DIET OVERPRINT IN LARVAL REEF FISH OCEAN ACIDIFICATION STUDIES?

4:10–4:30 PM Karakoylu, E., Ulanowicz, R.E, Miller, T.J. INFORMATION THEORY AND LARVAL RECRUITMENT IN ATLANTIC MENHADEN

4:10–4:30 PM Arula, T., Gröger, J., Ojaveer, H., Simm, M. REGIME SHIFTS IN LARVAL HERRING AND THE RELATED MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL TIME-SERIES: CASE STUDY IN THE GULF OF RIGA (BALTIC SEA) IN 1957–2010

4:30–4:50 PM Glas, M., Tritthart, M., Lechner, A., Keckeis, H., Loisl, F., Humphries, P., Habersack, H. LARVAL DRIFT EXPERIMENTS ON A SHORELINE IN A LARGE RIVER: VALIDATION OF THE PARTICLE TRACING MODEL IN COMBINATION WITH A 3D NUMERICAL MODEL

4:30–4:50 PM Malanski, E., Swalethorp, R., Munk, P., Nielsen, T.G. FOOD PREFERENCES IN ATLANTIC COD LARVAE, GADUS MORHUA, IN GODTHÅBSFJORD, GREENLANDIC WATERS

4:50–5:10 PM Lechner, A.J., Keckeis, H., Glas, M., Tritthart, M., Loisl, F., Humphries, P., Habersack, H. LARVAL DRIFT EXPERIMENTS ON A SHORELINE IN A LARGE RIVER: LARVAL DRIFT IN COMPARISON TO NUMERICAL PASSIVE PARTICLES

4:50–5:10 PM Peck, M.A., Huebert, K.B., Hufnagl, M., Kreus, M., Pätsch, J. MODELLING TROPHODYNAMIC CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON NORTH SEA FISH POPULATIONS

5:30–7:00 PM American Fisheries Society Early Life History Section Business Meeting

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Agenda

37th Annual Larval Fish Conference

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • Morning Crystal Ballroom 8:30–8:40 AM Su Sponaugle, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Steering Committee Chair ANNOUNCEMENTS Plenary Talk 8:40–9:15 AM Jonathan Hare, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration PURSUING HYPOTHESES AND THE FUTURE OF FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • Morning

Session 5: Advances and Novel Application of Methods for the Study of Early Life History Stages of Fishes Chair: Klaus Huebert, University of Hamburg

Session: FATE Science Meeting (Larval Studies) Chair: John Lamkin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

9:20–9:40 AM Donahue, M.J., Karnauskas, M., Toews, C., Paris, C.B. GOOD TIMING: HIGHER LARVAL SUCCESS DURING OBSERVED PERIOD OF SPAWNING AGGREGATION

9:20–9:40 AM Ford, M.D. FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM: OVERVIEW AND UPDATE

9:40–10:00 AM Paris, C.B., Irisson, J., Atema, J., Kingsford, M., Gerlach, G., Guigand, C., Foretich, M. REEF ODOR: A WAKE-UP CALL FOR NAVIGATION IN SETTLEMENT STAGE REEF FISH LARVAE

9:40–10:00 AM Mcclatchie, S., Goericke, R., Weber, E.D., Watson, W., Hill, K., Miller, E., Jacobson, L.D. A NEW ENSO-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL INDEX FOR PACIFIC SARDINE RECRUITMENT

10:00–10:20 AM

10:00–10:20 AM

Alexander Room

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

10:20–10:40 AM Kough, A.S., Paris, C.B., Staaterman, E., Guigand, C. DAY AND NIGHT ORIENTATION OF FISH LARVAE IN THE OPEN OCEAN

10:20–10:40 AM Leising, A.W., Bograd, S.J. DEVELOPMENT OF A CHL-A BASED SPRING BLOOM INDEX FOR THE CCS IEA

10:40–11:00 AM Vaz, A.C., Paris, C.B, Kelley, C., Richards, K.J., Holstein, D. FIRST ESTIMATION OF LARVAL SUPPLY AND CONNECTIVITY OF RESERVES IN THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO

10:40–11:00 AM Karnauskas, M., Walter, J.F. III, Paris, C.B. USE OF THE CONNECTIVITY MODELING SYSTEM TO ESTIMATE MOVEMENTS OF RED SNAPPER (LUTJANUS CAMPECHANUS) RECRUITS IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO

11:00–Noon BRAINSTORMING SESSION WITH CHRIS CHAMBERS

11:00–11:20 AM Sheremet, V., Brooks, L., Lough, G., O’Brien, L., Legault, C., Manning, J., Chen, Y. VALIDATING OCEAN CIRCULATION MODEL USED FOR CALCULATING LARVAL FISH TRANSPORT IN CONNECTION WITH FISH RECRUITMENT AND STOCK MANAGEMENT 11:20–11:40 AM Peterson, B., Rykaczewski, R. THE INFLUENCE OF TEN EL NIÑO EVENTS ON PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE IN THE OREGON UPWELLING ZONE

About FATE

11:40–Noon Hare, J.A., Brooks, E.N., Palmer, M.C., Churchill, J.H. A CAUTIONARY TALE: EVALUATING AN ENVIRONMENTALLY-EXPLICIT STOCK RECRUIT MODEL FOR WESTERN GULF OF MAINE ATLANTIC COD (GADUS MORHUA)

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isheries And The Environment (FATE) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that supports NOAA’s mission to ensure the sustainable use of United States fishery resources under a changing climate. The focus of FATE is on the development, evacuation, and distribution of leading ecological and performance indicators. For more information please visit www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/fate/. he FATE program takes a multidisciplinary approach to developing leading ecological indicators. Similar in concept to leading economic indicators, leading ecological indicators are indices of ecosystem properties and processes that reflect the condition of the ecosystem and the potential for changes in the distribution, growth, or reproductive success of economically or ecologically important species. Stock assessment biologists have recognized the role of environmental forcing on annual production, growth, and catchability for many years. FATE investigators are therefore developing techniques that allow for the rapid incorporation of environmental forcing into assessments. Presentations in the “FATE Science Meeting (Larval Fish Studies)” and “FATE Science Meeting (Other Studies)” sessions will be given by members of FATE; however, all symposium attendees are welcome to attend.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • Afternoon

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 • Afternoon

Crystal Ballroom

Alexander Room

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes Chair: Tony Miskiewicz, Wollongong City Council

Session: FATE Science Meeting (other studies) Chair: Sam McClatchie, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

1:40–2:00 PM Kupchik, M.J., Shaw, R.F. EFFECT OF WINTER COLD FRONT PASSAGES ON DENSITIES OF BREVOORTIA PATRONUS AND MICROPOGONIAS UNDULATUS LARVAE IN A LOUISIANA TIDAL PASS

1:40–2:00 PM Stewart, J.S., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S.J., Byrnes, J.E.K., Foley, D.G., Gilly, W.F., Robison, B.H., Field, J.C. CLIMATE CHANGE BELOW THE SURFACE: TROPHICALLY MEDIATED RANGE EXPANSION OF HUMBOLDT SQUID (DOSIDICUS GIGAS) IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM

2:00–2:20 PM Mavruk, S., Avsar, D., Yuksek, A., Ozyurt, C.E., Kiyaga, V.B. TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON THE EARLY STAGE SPATIAL PREFERENCES OF ANTENNA CODLET (BREGMACEROS ATLANTICUS GOODE AND BEAN, 1886) IN NORTHEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

2:00–2:20 PM Whitlock, R., Hazen, E.L., Bograd, S., Foley, D., Bailey, H., Block, B.A. USING MOVEMENT MODELS, FORAGING EVENTS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA TO IDENTIFY BLUEFIN TUNA HOTSPOTS IN THE CALIFORNIA CURRENT

2:20–2:40 PM Carrillo, L., Vasquez-Yeomans, L., Malca, E., Muhling, B., Smith, R., Johns, L., Sosa-Cordero, E., Lamkin, J.T. PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES OF FISHES IN THE MESOAMERICAN REEF SYSTEM

2:20–2:40 PM Nye, J.A., Lynch, P., Hare, J., Stock, C., Alexander, M., Scott, J., Curti, K., Drew, K. POTENTIAL INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON ANADROMOUS RIVER HERRING IN THEIR MARINE HABITAT

2:40–3:00 PM Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Smart, T., Mueter, F., Curchitser, E., Petrik, C. DYNAMICS OF THE EARLY LIFE STAGES OF WALLEYE POLLOCK OVER THE EASTERN BERING SEA SHELF

2:40–3:00 PM Xu, Y., Nieto, K., Mcclatchie, S., Holmes, J., Teo, S.L.H., Bograd, S. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON ALBACORE TUNA (THUNNUS ALALUNGA) DISTRIBUTION IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS AND RESULTS

3:00–3:20 PM Macedo-Soares, L.C.P., Freire, A.S., Muelbert, J.H. SPECIES CO-OCCURRENCE AND LATITUDINAL CROSS-SHELF VARIABILITY IN LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES IN THE SW ATLANTIC

3:00–3:20 PM Ford, M.D. GELATINOUS ZOOPLANKTON AT THE SHELF SCALE: MOVING TOWARD INVESTIGATING IMPACTS ON FISHERY RESOURCES

3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break 3:20–3:50 PM

Coffee Break

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes (cont'd)

Session 2: Ocean Acidification/Climate Change Impacts on the Early Life History Stages of Fishes Chair: Sean Bignami, University of Miami—RSMAS

3:50–4:10 PM Garsi, L.-H., Thomas, C., Crec’hriou, R., Agostini, S., Lecaillon, G., Ternengo, S., Garcia-Charton, J., Murenu, M., Muntoni, M., Lenfant, P. SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF FISH POST-LARVAE AROUND FRENCH MEDITERRANEAN COASTS: FIRST KNOWLEDGE TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONING OF FISH BIODIVERSITY

3:50–4:10 PM Pitois, S.G. IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON FISH POPULATIONS, USING THE FISH LARVAE DATASET FROM THE CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDER

4:10–4:30 PM Ehrler, C.P., Steinbeck, J.R. SEASONAL AND ANNUAL VARIABILITY OF LARVAL FISH RECRUITMENT AT THREE LOCATIONS ON OAHU

4:10–4:30 PM Johnson, D.R. CLIMATE RELATED LARVAL TRANSPORT ANOMALIES

4:30–4:50 PM Havel, L.N., Fuiman, L.A. LARVAL RED DRUM (SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS) RESPOND TO DISSOLVED CHEMICALS FROM THE ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT

4:30–4:50 PM Caridad, J.F., Able, K.W. CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON LARVAL FISH COMPOSITION IN LITTLE EGG INLET, NEW JERSEY 4:50–5:10 PM Hurst, T.P., Magel, C.R., Mathis, J.A, Turner, K.A. OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EFFECTS ON BEHAVIOR OF JUVENILE WALLEYE POLLOCK 5:10–5:30 PM Diaz-Gil, C., Alos, J., Catalan, I.A., Palmer, M., Steckbauer, A., Duarte, C.M. COMBINED EFFECTS OF HYPOXIA AND ACIDIFICATION ON ANTIPREDATOR RESPONSE OF JUVENILE EUROPEAN SEABASS

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37th Annual Larval Fish Conference

Thursday, June 6, 2013 • Morning Crystal Ballroom 8:30–8:40 AM Su Sponaugle, University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Thursday, June 6, 2013 Science and 37th Annual Larval Fish Conference Organizing Committee Chair ANNOUNCEMENTS Alexander Room

• Morning

Session: FATE Science Meeting (other studies) Chair: Mandy Karnauskas, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Session 6: Ecology of Early Life History Stages of Larval Fishes Chair: Joan Holt, University of Texas at Austin

9:00–9:20 AM Langseth, B.J., Craig, J.K., Smith, J.W., Schueller, A.M., Shertzer, K.W. DOES HYPOXIA INFLUENCE THE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CATCHES IN THE COMMERCIAL REDUCTION FISHERY FOR GULF MENHADEN?

9:00–9:20 AM Zens, B., Glas, M., Tritthart, M., Lechner, A., Loisl, F., Humphries, P., Keckeis, H., Habersack, H. MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF FISH LARVAE IN RELATION TO FLOW-VELOCITY AND ORIENTATION ALONG THE CURRENT VECTOR IN AN EXPERIMENTAL FLUME

9:20–9:40 AM Muhling, B.A., Ingram, G.W. JR., Cass-Calay, S.L., Walter, J.F. INCORPORATING INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUITABILITY AND CATCHABILITY INTO EXISTING ATLANTIC BLUEFIN TUNA ABUNDANCE INDICES FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO

9:20–9:40 AM Leis, J.M., Paris, C.B., Irisson, J.-O.,Yerman, M.N., Siebeck, U.E. IN SITU STUDY SHOWS PELAGIC ORIENTATION BY LARVAL REEF FISH IS INDEPENDENT OF LOCATION AND YEAR BUT DEPENDS ON TIME OF DAY

9:40–10:00 AM Barcelo, C., Brodeur, R., Daly, E., Ciannelli, L. SCALE DEPENDENT DYNAMICS OF THE PELAGIC NEKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM

9:40–10:00 AM Paris, C.B., Irisson, J.-O., Leis, J.M., Bogucki, D., Piskozub, J., Siebeck, U., Guigand, C.M. SUN COMPASS ORIENTATION FOR REEF-FISH LARVAE

10:00–10:20 AM

Coffee Break 10:00–10:20 AM

Coffee Break

10:20–10:40 AM Large, S.I., Fay, G, Friedland, K.D., Link, J.S. QUANTIFYING TRENDS AND THRESHOLDS IN RESPONSES OF ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS TO THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF FISHING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURE

10:20–10:40 AM Faria A.M., Gonçalves, E.J., Borges, R. CRITICAL SWIMMING BEHAVIOR OF SAND-SMELT LARVAE (ATHERINA PRESBYTER, CUVIER 1829) — IMPLICATIONS FOR LARVAL DISPERSAL AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER TEMPERATE SPECIES

10:40–11:00 AM Stawitz, C.C., Stachura, M.M., Essington, T.E., Branch, T.A., Haltuch, M.A., Hollowed, A.B., Mantua, N.J., Spencer, P.D. IMPROVING ECOSYSTEM-BASED STOCK ASSESSMENT AND FORECASTING BY USING A HIERARCHICAL APPROACH TO LINK FISH PRODUCTIVITY TO ENVIRONMENTAL DRIVERS

10:40–11:00 AM Hurst, T.P., Cooper, D.W., Duffy-Anderson, J.T., Farley, E.V. INSHORE AND OFFSHORE HABITAT USE BY JUVENILE PACIFIC COD IN THE BERING SEA

11:00–11:20 AM Li, Y., Ji, R., Chen, C., Fratantoni, P., Hare, J.A. STRATIFICATION INDICES FOR STOCK AND ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENTS FROM A DATA ASSIMILATIVE CIRCULATION MODEL

11:00–11:20 AM Neidetcher, S.K., Ciannelli, L. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE OF SPAWNING PHENOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY TO LARVAL TRANSPORT MODELS FOR TWO IMPORTANT ALASKAN GADIDS

11:20–11:40 AM Zador, S., Ormseth, O., Renner, H. RED FLAGS OR RED HERRINGS? USING ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS TO DETECT ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IN 2011 11:40–Noon Murphy, M.D. HOW PRECISE AND/OR ACCURATE DO FORECASTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS NEED TO BE TO BE USEFUL TO STOCK ASSESSMENTS? Noon–12:20 PM Kaplan, I.C., Siedlecki, S., Bond, N., Hermann, A., Levin, P., Williams, G., Newton, J., Peterson, W. DEVELOPMENT OF A PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR CALIFORNIA CURRENT OCEAN CONDITIONS

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Plenary talks Monday, June 3 — 8:40 AM

Crystal Ballroom

Progress and challenges in studying the feeding and growth of larval fish under natural field conditions DOWER, J.F., PEPIN, P., MONTAGNES, D.J.S. In the century since Hjort’s seminal work first linked larval survival to recruitment variability, much has been learned about the ecology of the early life history stages of fishes. In particular, considerable effort has been devoted to studying larval feeding and growth in both the lab and (to a lesser extent) under natural field conditions. Despite this, considerable gaps remain in our understanding of how, and under what conditions, variability in feeding and growth translates into measurable effects on larval survival. For example, we are still constrained by our inability to properly quantify the natural variability experienced by larval fish in the field. To what extent can larvae buffer against variability in prey availability and/or food quality? How big (or how long) a change in prey availability and/or food quality is required to elicit a “biologically significant” effect on larval growth or survival? Likewise, there remains much to learn about food-web and predator-prey interactions that involve larval fish. For example, historically the focus has been on energy transfer via the classic “diatom–copepod–larval fish” food chain. However, there is growing evidence that food chains involving the microbial loop contribute significantly to larval fish diets. Might this account, in part, for the dearth of evidence that observations of starving larvae under natural field conditions are rare? In an attempt to tie these themes together we will review our current understanding of these topics and offer some suggestions for the application of emerging field and lab techniques to the study of larval fish. Dr. John Dower is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology and the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. He was born and raised in Newfoundland, where his family was involved in the cod fishery for nearly 200 years. Dower completed his PhD in 1994 focusing on the biophysical linkages that promote high productivity around shallow seamounts. It was during this research that Dower first became interested in ichthyoplankton, after finding high abundances of coastal rockfish larvae above a seamount 500 km off the Washington coast. A postdoc position with Bill Leggett subsequently introduced him to the broader field of fisheries oceanography. Dower’s research focuses on the ways in which physical forcing affects the production of zooplankton and links to the feeding, growth, and survival of larval fish. His research program is primarily field-based, and involves work on both Canada’s east and west coasts. Tuesday, June 4 — 8:40 AM

Crystal Ballroom

OVERCOMING THE LIMITATIONS OF TRADITIONAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN FISH EARLY LIFE HISTORY STUDIES LYCZKOWSKI-SHULTZ J., MARANCIK K.E., HERNANDEZ, JR. F.J., BAYHA, K.M. National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC/Mississippi Laboratories, 3209 Frederic Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567. Email: Joanne.Lyczkowski-Shultz@ noaa.gov

An ever-growing demand for information on the early life stages of fishes highlights the frustrating reality that we cannot reliably identify the larvae of most marine species. In the western central North Atlantic, for example, larval descriptions are available for only 40% of the region's over 2,000 known species (globally, the percentage is much lower, approximately 10%). Even these estimates are deceiving because for many large families the larvae of relatively few species have been described making it difficult to determine the

diagnostic characters that will reliably distinguish the described larvae from the undescribed ones. Eggs and the smallest, preflexion larvae are often unknown or the least described, yet they potentially provide valuable fisheries-independent information critical for management (e.g. spawning stock biomass). Within the past several decades, however, advances in molecular genetic techniques have given us a viable alternative approach to identifying fish eggs and larvae. Ideally genetically identified specimens can be used to formally describe the morphology of developmental stages. Then these descriptions can be used thereafter to identify larvae in field collections. However, when distinguishing morphological characters are not available, less expensive genetic analyses are being developed that can be implemented as a routine component of the identification process. Here we review the applications of molecular techniques in early life history studies, and present examples of how data gained from genetically identified eggs and larvae have led to the fuller utilization of early life history stages in fisheries assessment, management and ecology. Dr. Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz has been a Research Fishery Biologist at the NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Laboratory in Pascagoula, MS, since 1993 where she heads up the SEAMAP Plankton Team. Prior to joining the NMFS she worked at the Univ. of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory in Ocean Springs, MS, and Oregon State University, School of Oceanography, Corvallis, OR. She received her Master’s degree from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science in 1971 and her PhD from the University of Maine, Ira C. Darling Center at Walpole, ME in 1980. Her interest in the early life history of fishes began while diving in the Damariscotta River, Maine, in winter months to observe and collect the eggs and larvae of sculpins. Among the accomplishments she values most over her career are the young scientists she has mentored and the productive collaborations she has had with fellow researchers in both the Fisheries Service and academia. Wednesday, June 5 — 8:40 AM

Crystal Ballroom

PURSUING HYPOTHESES AND THE FUTURE OF FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY HARE, J.A. NOAA Narragansett Laboratory, 28 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882. Email: [email protected]

Fisheries oceanography is largely an applied discipline with a major goal of improving fisheries management and marine conservation. Hjort’s critical period hypothesis, and its decedents, remain a dominant theme and focuses on early life stage survival as mediated by prey availability and feeding. A second hypothesis focuses on the sequential transfer of energy from primary productivity to fishery productivity. Four relatively recent hypotheses challenge these traditional bottom-up hypotheses: predation of early life stages, maternal condition, over-winter mortality, and shifting migration pathways. Support for these hypotheses from the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf will be reviewed and their implications to fisheries management and marine conservation will be described. It is important that these recent hypotheses continue to be pursued and tested. The results must then be integrated into current and future assessments and management decisions. Dr. Jonathan Hare is the director of the NOAA Narragansett Laboratory and oversees the operational oceanography programs for the Northeast Fisheries Science Center. He is also involved in regional and international ocean observing activities. Jon received a BA in Biology from Wesleyan University and a PhD in Oceanography from SUNY Stony Brook. He received a National Research Council Research Associate in 1994 to work at the NOAA Beaufort Laboratory and was hired by NOAA in 1997. His research has focused on fisheries oceanography: understanding the interactions between the ocean environment and fisheries populations with an aim of contributing to assessments and management. Recently, Jon has started to examine the effect of climate change on fish population dynamics. This work involves coupling the output of IPCC-class climate models with fish population models to simulate the effects of climate change on population dynamics.

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Miscellany

About the Larval Fish Conference Awards Presented by the American Fisheries Society Early Life History Section

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he Sally Leonard Richardson Award is presented every year to the best student oral paper delivered at the Larval Fish Conference. Winners have been selected since 1986. This year, 28 presenters are competing for this award. he John H.S. Blaxter Award is given annually to the best student poster presented at the Larval Fish Conference. Winners have been selected since 2004. Twelve posters are competing for this award.

About the Student Award Raffle and Auction

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unds to support the Sally Leonard Richardson Award will be raised through the traditional raffle. Donate items and purchase raffle tickets to show your support! ollowing tradition, the Blaxter Award Committee will hold an auction during the 2013 Larval Fish Conference Banquet on Wednesday night to raise funds to continue to support this award. Bid early and often!

About the Early Life History Business Meeting

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he Business Meeting of the Early Life History Section of the American Fisheries Society is an informal gathering to inform interested people about current and future activities in the section. The meeting is open to everyone, but only full AFS members are eligible to vote. The elected officers (Secretary and Treasurer) will report on the current membership numbers and demographics. You will be informed about the financial status of the section and the Richardson and Blaxter award funds. Appointed officers (Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, Historian, Nomination and Ballot Committee Chair, Time and Place Committee Chair, Awards Committee Chairs) will report on their activities since our most recent meeting in Bergen. This is an opportunity to approach section officers with questions and suggestions. Please get involved… New ideas and dedicated new people are always needed!

About the Brainstorming Session with Chris Chambers

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pen discussion about how to make the Early Life History Section and the Larval Fish Conference even better. We want to keep this community vibrant and growing. Please bring and voice your thoughts on organization and conference structure, meeting venues, themes, mentoring, social media, and other new ideas.

Are you interested in hosting a future conference?

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n important component of the Business Meeting will be the discussion about future meeting locations. Quebec City, Canada, is hosting a joint meeting with AFS August 17–21, 2014. Pascal Sirois, Dominique Robert, John Dower, Marc Mingelbier, Patrick Oullet, and Martin Castonguay are in charge of organizing next year’s conference. As for future meetings, we have received offers from places around the globe. Come and join the discussions about offers for our Larval Fish Conferences in 2015 and 2016!

Abstracts in alphabetical order by presenter’s name (in bold) Oral presentation Poster presentation

Presentation type: Oral Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Tuesday, June 4 — 9:40 AM

Alexander Room

TOWARDS THE ROLE OF DISPERSAL OF EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES IN EVOLUTIONARY FISHERIES ALÓS, J., CATALÁN, I.A., ARLINGHAUS, R., PALMER, M., BASTERRETXEA, G., JORDI, A., MORALES-NIN, B. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/ Miquel Marqués 21, 07190, Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain. Telephone: + 00 34 971 61 08 29, Fax: + 00 34 971 61 17 61, Email: pep.alos@ uib.es

of early life-stages exposed to the oceanographic dynamics in an important marine coastal Mediterranean species highly targeted by recreational fisheries (Serranus scriba). We based our larval fish dispersal estimations on highresolution hydrodynamic model simulations (sbPOM) of the circulation along the southern coast of Mallorca island (Mediterranean) and mean Lagrangian trajectories of virtual particles (eggs and larvae) released from 25 different coastal sub-populations. The dispersal of early life history stages estimated from the oceanographic particle motion model identified relatively isolated sub-populations therefore presenting limited gene flow. Based on individual life-history traits estimated from the various sub-populations, we provide compelling evidence that such limited gene flow can induce evolutionary responses to fishing at surprisingly small geographical scales. We propose that the dispersal of early life-history stages can play a major role in the evolutionary trajectory of most harvested marine populations.

The pelagic nature of early life-stages is the only mechanism of gene flow and dispersal for many sedentary coastal fish. Contrary to the common wisdom, recent development in genetics and transport models show that many marine fish populations are not as open as expected even at scales of a few kilometres. Therefore, the degree of dispersal of such pelagic early life history stages, and the population’s underlying gene flow, should play a role in understanding and anticipating the evolutionary responses to trait-selective fishing. Capitalising on this idea, we analyzed the influence of population’s connectivity on the evolutionary responses of coastal fish species by exploring the spatial dynamics Miami 2013 Larval Fish Conference • 19

Presentation type: Oral

Presentation type: Poster

Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Tuesday, June 4 — 4:10 PM

Alexander Room

REGIME SHIFTS IN LARVAL HERRING AND THE RELATED MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL TIME-SERIES: CASE STUDY IN THE GULF OF RIGA (BALTIC SEA) IN 1957–2010 ARULA, T., GRÖGER, J., OJAVEER, H., SIMM, M. Estonian Marine Institute, Univ. of Tartu, Lootsi 2A, Pärnu 80012, Estonia. Email: [email protected]

Detection and analysis of regime shifts was conducted in the Gulf of Riga (Baltic Sea) by applying the iterative shiftogram method to selected single and multivariate factors focused on the early life-history stages of the local herring population. Altogether nineteen variables were used, both in univariate and multivariate levels during the 1957–2010, describing abiotic and biotic components of the environment. In addition, phenology of the herring larvae and Eurytemora affinis was included. All investigated univariate time-series of the early life history stages of herring as well the studied multivariate scores by the major three complexes (abiotic, biotic and phenology components) exhibited changes over time with variable types and timings. However, the multivariate shiftogram pooling nineteen variables identified two distinct states in the ecosystem. The first state occurred during 1957–1985, followed by a smooth transition period, lasting 1986–1991 and entered into a new phase since 1992 onwards. Major implications of regime shift on herring larvae and recruitment were increased and more variable abundance dynamics after regime shift. The studied environment was mainly regulated by abiotic conditions related to the temperature, while phenological aspect and biotic components had substantially minor role.

John H.S. Blaxter Award Candidate

MOLECULAR ANALYSES OF SARGASSO SEA FISH LARVAE ENABLE FIRST-TIME LARVAL DESCRIPTIONS AYALA, D.J., MUNK, P., RIEMANN, L. Denmark's National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Jaegersborg Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark. Email: [email protected]

Molecular analyses of Sargasso Sea fish larvae have led to several new and ongoing down-stream discoveries. Several first-time larval descriptions have been enabled by linking DNA barcodes of investigated unknown and undescribed larval specimens, to juvenile and adult identifiers. We here show first-ever larval developmental series for the lanternfish Lampanyctus photonotus, and the first confirmed larval descriptions of the barbeled Dragonfish Chirostomias pliopterus. Genetic sequence analysis of several specimens of the roundnose lanternfish Centrobranchus nigroocellatus indicated high genetic similarity among Sargasso Sea specimens, which showed clear divergence from specimens from other oceanic regions. Molecular analysis gives larval fish researchers several new tools to expand the depth and breadth of larval development understanding. Presentation type: Poster Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes

FROM OCEAN TO CULTURE TO CAMERA: “CAPTURING” THE TRUE BEAUTY IN A MARINE FISH’S EARLY LIFE HISTORY BAENSCH, F.

Presentation type: Oral Session: Larval food webs and predator-prey interactions Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Monday, June 3 — 2:40 PM

Session: Advances and novel application of methods for the study of early life history stages of fishes

Crystal Ballroom

CANNIBALISM OF LARVAL LESSER SANDEELS (AMMODYTES MARINUS) IN THE NORTH SEA AYALA, D.J. Denmark's National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Jaegersborg Allé 1, 2920 Charlottenlund, Denmark. Email: [email protected]

Predation upon larval fishes by other fish species, and in the special case of cannibalism, is an important component of overall mortality, yet is still a factor whose scale and scope are not well understood. Cannibalism of larval lesser sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) by juveniles and adults was investigated in the North Sea. Stomach-content analysis confirmed larval A. marinus as a dietary component of all investigated older year-classes. Analyses concurrently indicate a highly variable contribution of larval A. marinus in the overall diet. This is the first study reporting a direct trophic linkage between early life history stages, and adults, of this commercial and ecological key species, and simultaneously heightens the need for further investigations into density-dependent mortality of larvae among this species.

Reef Culture Technologies, 4079 Koko Dr., Honolulu HI 96816. Email: rct@hawaii. rr.com

The diverse, natural beauty of developing marine fish larvae is rarely presented since most conventional larval descriptions rely on dead specimens. Collecting wild eggs in the ocean can provide a diversity of species for laboratory rearing to document the development of live and healthy larvae. The Early Life History Project utilizes wild egg collection and larval rearing techniques to study the reproductive patterns, culture requirements and larval ontogeny of Hawaiian marine fish. The project provides the opportunity to document the development of living marine fish larvae; to present their true pigmentation and size; and to show their natural beauty. This poster presents photographs of selected stages for some of the families that have been cultured to date. These include Acanthuridae, Blenniidae, Callionymidae, Carangidae, Chaetodontidae, Diodontidae, Fistularidae, Kyphosidae, Lutjanidae, Malacanthidae, Molidae, Ostraciidae, Pleuronectidae, Pomacanthidae, Pomacentridae, Priacanthidae, Scaridae, Scorpaenidae, Serranidae.

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Presentation type: Oral Session: FATE Science Meeting (Other Studies) Thursday, June 6 — 9:40 AM

Crystal Ballroom

SCALE DEPENDENT DYNAMICS OF THE PELAGIC NEKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CURRENT ECOSYSTEM

directionality was positively and strongly affected by the sky clarity (absence of clouds and haze). Moreover, larvae swimming under fully polarized light exhibited a distinct behavior of tracking the polarization axis, as it rotated along with the DISC. This behavior was not observed under partially-polarized light. We view these findings as clear indication for the potential use of sun-related cues by orienting coral reef fish larvae. Presentation type: Oral

BARCELO, C., BRODEUR, R., DALY, E., CIANNELLI, L. 104 CEOAS Admin. Bldg., College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97330. Email: [email protected]. edu

Understanding the relative influence of different spatial and temporal scale determinants on the pelagic nekton community composition will likely increase the accuracy and precision of future ecosystem based management tools in the California Current. Towards this goal, we characterized the pelagic forage fish and predator community composition sampled in the Northern California Current (from ~ 44 - 48°N) between 1998 and 2011 at multiple spatial and temporal scales using local, regional and basin scale environmental covariates. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination was used to assess the dimensionality of the multi-species abundance data and to quantify the variability in community composition at distinct scales of data aggregation. Generalized additive models (GAMs) were used to characterize the spatial and temporal differences in assemblage structure as a function of distinct environmental variables. Using individual hauls as sample units, the most important environmental variables structuring the community of pelagic fish included wind stress, upwelling, and discharge volume from the Columbia River. At the individual cruise scale, regional and basin scale variables such as NPGO, PDO and the summer upwelling index are important correlates describing variability in community composition. Additionally, we present maps of the spatial extents of distinct pelagic nekton communities as well as the distributions of individual forage fish and predator species sampled during the 14-year survey period. We conclude by summarizing some of our recent and ongoing contributions to NOAA's California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment, including indicators used for assessing NCC pelagic ecosystem health. Presentation type: Poster Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes John H.S. Blaxter Award Candidate

THE USE OF POLARIZED LIGHT FOR ORIENTATION IN CORAL REEF FISH LARVAE BERENSHTEIN, I., KIFLAWI, M., SHASHAR, N., WIELER, U., AGIV, H., PARIS, C.B. Interuniveristy Institute & Ben Gurion University, Zehurit st. 2/17 Eilat, Israel. Email: [email protected]

Recent studies of the larvae of coral-reef fishes reveal that these tiny vertebrates possess remarkable swimming capabilities, as well as the ability to orient to olfactory, auditory, and visual cues. While navigation according to reefgenerated chemicals and sounds can significantly affect dispersal, the affect is limited to the vicinity of the reef. Effective long-distance navigation requires at least one other capacity – the ability to maintain a bearing using, for example, a sun compass. Directional information in the sun's position can take the form of a brightness gradient and/or the pattern of light polarization. We examined the response to both cues using commercially-reared larvae of the clown-fish Premnas biaculeatus. Initial optomotor trials indicated that these larvae are sensitive to linearly polarized light (39 of 48 larvae showed a positive response). Directional swimming was then tested using a Drifting In-situ Chamber (DISC), which allowed us to examine the larvae’s response to natural variation in light conditions and manipulated levels of light polarization. Under natural light conditions, 25 of 28 larvae showed significant directional swimming (Rayleigh’s test p< 0.05), but to no particular direction. Swimming

Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Tuesday, June 4 — 2:00 PM

Alexander Room

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ALTERS THE OTOLITHS OF A PANTROPICAL FISH SPECIES WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR SENSORY FUNCTION BIGNAMI, S., ENOCHS, I.C., MANZELLO, D.P., SPONAUGLE, S., COWEN, R.K. Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sci., Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, 4600 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami, FL 33149. Email: sbignami@rsmas. miami.edu

Ocean acidification affects a wide diversity of marine organisms and is of particular concern for vulnerable larval stages critical to population replenishment and connectivity. While it is well known that ocean acidification will negatively affect a range of calcareous taxa, the study of fishes is more limited in both depth of understanding and diversity of study species. We utilized new three-dimensional microcomputed tomography to conduct in situ analysis of the impact of ocean acidification on otolith (ear stone) size and density of larval cobia (Rachycentron canadum), a large, economically important, pan-tropical fish species that shares many life history traits with a diversity of high-value, tropical pelagic fishes. We show that 2100 μatm pCO2 ocean acidification significantly increases not only otolith size (up to 50% greater volume and 58% greater mass) but also otolith density (6% higher), with 800 μatm pCO2producing significantly greater mass (14%) and a similar but non-significant trend for otolith size. By using a modeling approach, we demonstrate that these changes could affect auditory sensitivity including a ~50% increase in hearing range at 2100 μatm pCO2, which may alter the perception of auditory information by larval cobia in a high-CO2 ocean. Our results indicate that ocean acidification has a graded effect on cobia otoliths, with the potential to substantially influence the dispersal, survival, and recruitment of a pelagic fish species. These results have important implications for population maintenance/replenishment, connectivity, and conservation efforts for other valuable fish stocks that are already being deleteriously impacted by overfishing. Presentation type: Oral Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Tuesday, June 4 — 11:00 AM

Alexander Room

MODELING INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY IN LARVAL SURVIVAL OF GEORGES BANK HADDOCK, MELANOGRAMMUS AEGLEFINUS, WITH FOCUS ON THE UNUSUAL 2003 RECRUITMENT EVENT BOUCHER, J.M., CHEN, C., SUN, Y., BEARDSLEY, R.C. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, School for Marine Science and Technology, 706 Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA 02744. Email: [email protected]

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Recruitment of the Georges Bank haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) stock in 2003 vastly exceeded any year on record since assessments began. While the causes of this event have been investigated, no definitive explanations have been put forward. Utilizing an individual-based model coupling the FiniteVolume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) physical circulation fields with the FVCOM-based I-State Configuration Model (FISCM), we attempted to determine if a model of haddock early life history is capable of resolving the dynamics that produced the large recruitment event. Two primary sources of mortality, starvation and advection from the nursery area, are compared for haddock spawned on the Northeast Peak of Georges Bank annually from 1995 through 2009. Above average retention of passive individuals occurred in 2003 with comparable rates for 2000 and 2002, which did not have recruitment events of similar magnitude. The potential for larval transport from Browns Bank to Georges Bank was simulated as an extension to the advection hypothesis, with highly variable transport from Browns Bank suggesting a supplemental source of larvae in some years. Larvae exhibited the lowest growth rates in 2003, associated with higher temperatures and shear dispersion on Georges Bank producing a poor model foraging environment. Results from our simulations indicate that high retention rates on Georges Bank combined with additional supply from Browns Bank are necessary for increased recruitment success, but did not provide a sufficient explanation for recruitment in 2003 when low growth rates were considered. Presentation type: Oral Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Tuesday, June 4 — 3:00 PM

Alexander Room

THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON THE EARLY LIFESTAGES OF WINTER FLOUNDER, PSEUDOPLEURONECTES AMERICANUS CANDELMO, A.C., CHAMBERS, R.C., HABECK, E.A., POACH, M.E., WIECZOREK, D., PHELAN, B.A., CALDARONE, E.M., GREENFIELD, C., COOPER, K.R. Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries, 74 Magruder Road, Highlands, NJ 07732. Email: [email protected]

Limited evidence to date supports the expectations that effects of elevated levels of CO2 in finfish will differ across species, will be subtle, and will interact with other stressors. CO2 and temperature effects were tested on the embryos and larvae of an ecologically important marine fish, winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). Initial results show that increased CO2 had little effect on the survival of winter flounder embryos with subtle signs of reduced survival with increased CO2 and warmer waters. The mean lengths of larvae were longer at higher CO2 levels, with this trend more pronounced in larvae of older ages that experience warmer water. Mean protein mass was also greater in more advanced larvae exposed to higher CO2 levels. Preliminary results indicate mortality at earlier ages of smaller, less developed individuals in higher CO2 environments, which may account for the larger mean length and mass calculated for survivors. In addition, the ratio of RNA/DNA was lower in young larvae (1-week old) exposed to elevated CO2 levels and especially at colder temperatures. Finally, winter flounder larvae exposed to high CO2 levels showed increased cranial-facial, ocular, and muscular abnormalities, and an increased occurrence of hepatic lesions. Overall, winter flounder embryos may be relatively tolerant to high levels of CO2 due to their residence in relatively variable benthic inshore habitats. Winter flounder larvae, however, may be more vulnerable than embryos to high CO2 levels, as expressed by decreased condition, increased abnormalities and lesions, and lower survivorship to metamorphosis.

Presentation type: Oral Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Wednesday, June 5 — 4:30 PM

Alexander Room

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON LARVAL FISH COMPOSITION IN LITTLE EGG INLET, NEW JERSEY CARIDAD, J.F., ABLE, K.W. Rutgers University Marine Field Station, 800 C/O 132 Great Bay Blvd., Tuckerton, NJ 08087. Email: [email protected]

There is increasing evidence for the effects of climate change on ecosystems; however it is more difficult to assess these impacts in marine systems. Studies have shown that shallow temperate estuaries can be greatly affected by increasing temperatures. Utilizing data collected from long term water temperature monitoring (1976–present) and weekly ichthyoplankton sampling programs (1989–2010, > 350,000 individuals) at Little Egg Inlet, NJ, there is evidence that rising temperatures may have influenced the ingress of larval fish into the estuary. There have been significant changes in community structure when comparing pre-2000 and post-2000 species compositions, especially in the fall and winter months. Biodiversity has also increased over the sampling period and the organisms that are contributing the most to the overall variation in community structure have been identified. Understanding these impacts is imperative when assessing management strategies because increased mortality due to climate change can dramatically reduce the already low survival rate fish experience during their larval stage. Because of the importance of estuaries to the early life history of important commercial and recreational fishes and their prey, the impacts of climate change can greatly affect not only the ecology of the estuary, but also its societal and economic importance. Presentation type: Oral Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes Wednesday, June 5 — 2:20 PM

Crystal Ballroom

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE ON THE EARLY LIFE HISTORY STAGES OF FISHES IN THE MESOAMERICAN REEF SYSTEM CARRILLO, L., VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, L., MALCA, E., MUHLING, B., SMITH, R., JOHNS, L., SOSA-CORDERO, E., LAMKIN, J.T. EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR, Av. Centenario km 5.5, Col. Pacto Obrero, Chetumal, Quintana Roo. Email: [email protected]

The Mesoamerican reef system (MRS), in the western Caribbean, represents the second largest coral reef barrier in the world. There have been several collaborative efforts in key environmental issues, including the spatial distribution of the early life history (ELH) stages of fishes in the MRS. There is a clear agreement that the physical oceanographic processes in different scales in this region are one of the key factors to understand the distribution and ultimate fate of the ELH stages of fishes. This work is an attempt to provide a broad review of the knowledge of physical oceanographic processes linked to the ELH stages of fishes distribution in the MRS, illustrated by observational physical oceanographic information from three oceanographic campaigns in the MRS and coastal data collection. Data collected during the campaigns included hydrographic (CTD casts), currents from shipboard ADCP and satellite tracked ARGOS drifters, while the coastal current observations were analyzed from Acoustic Doppler profilers. A regionalization of the MRS according to dynamics aspects

such as circulation, water masses, mesoscale features and bathymetric aspects is suggested and also compared to preliminary results of the ELH of fishes distribution. The interaction of the oceanic currents with the coast such as the Yucatan Current played the more relevant important role in the northern region of the MRS, meanwhile the southern part of the MRS, weaker and variable currents determined a potential retention zone. Presentation type: Poster Session: Advances and novel application of methods for the study of early life history stages of fishes

mixed water. A common set of 143 stations for both years was analyzed, and the larval fish assemblage (Hellinger transformation) was used as a multivariate response variable within a Redundancy Analysis Model. Eight physical and biological variables were used as potential explanatory variables. A subset of 5 explanatory variables were significantly related to the response taxonomic structure in both years, with depth, dynamic height and geostrophic velocity dominating the first two RDA axes in both years. While the depth contribution was more related to adult spawning areas (oceanic vs coastal species), we show how mesopelagic species and some epipelagic ones including tuna distributions are widely determined by dynamic height distribution, which relates to eddy dynamics and water masses in the area.

AN EVALUATION OF SAMPLING METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING SETTLEMENT OF TEMPERATE FISH ONTO SEAGRASS MEADOWS

Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes

CATALAN, I.A., DUNAND, A., ÁLVAREZ, I., ALÓS, J., NASH, R.

Tuesday, June 4 — 9:20 AM

Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Studies, C/Miquel Marqués 21, CP 07190, Esporles, Balearic Islands, Spain. Email: [email protected]

TIME AND TIMING IN THE ECOLOGY OF MARINE FISH EARLY LIFE-STAGES

Demersal fish species generally shift from a pelagic to a benthic life style through a rapid settlement process. Understanding and measuring settlement is important for fisheries management and biodiversity conservation, but sampling fish at the time of settlement is challenging due to the spatial concretion, pulsed and rapid nature of the process. Although the combination of several sampling methods was highlighted as the best sampling strategy in coral reefs, its effectiveness in temperate areas is still unknown. Here we compare the effectiveness of six different sampling methods in terms of species composition, catch properties and size-spectra of pre-settlers and recent settlers in order to determine the best combination of techniques to utilize over the Posidonia oceanica, an endemic seagrass of the Mediterranean Sea of key importance for coastal fisheries. We considered three types of pelagic nets, two types of light-traps to sample pre-settled stages, and a low-impact experimental fine-mesh beam trawl for recent settlers. Our results show significantly different size-spectra for each method, within a continuous range of sizes from 2 mm to 200 mm. The optimal strategy for sampling key littoral fish species during the settlement period is to utilize a combination of the Ecocean (CARE) light trap combined with a small-scale experimental beam trawl. The results of this study provide quantitative evidence for the selection of sampling protocols designed for assessing the settlement process in temperate coastal areas, and can be useful for the identification of essential fish habitats and the design of marine protected areas. Presentation type: Oral Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes Monday, June 3 — 4:50 PM

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CHAMBERS, R.C. NOAA Fisheries NEFSC, 74 Magruder Rd, Highlands, New Jersey 07732. Email: [email protected]

The importance of time and timing in marine fish ecology and recruitment has long been appreciated. Timing is fundamental to Hjort’s critical period hypothesis of marine fish recruitment, and to the subsequent derivative matchmismatch and stable-oceans hypotheses, the growth-mortality hypothesis and the predation hypothesis. In all, time is either an explicit or implicit part of the purported recruitment mechanism. Here the role of timing in ecology is considered especially as it pertains to marine fish early life-stages. First, the portrayal of time in ecological relevant units or increments linked to the key environmental drivers is likely to simplify the characterization of the underlying processes. The notion of physiological time is an example of such a simplification. The quantification of physiological time is presented, as are the ways that environmental factors map astronomical to physiological time. Second, using the thermal environment as an example of this mapping, the types of models that have been proposed to relate biological responses to temperature are summarized. Third, the key features of these models are described including biological zero, thermal summation, and curvature, as are the ways that these features affect ecological prediction. Fourth, examples are given of the early life-stage responses to a range of time-mapping environments (i.e., phenotypic plasticity), and the relative importance of these environments is discussed. Lastly, time compression and attenuation can occur in seasonal environments and an example is given of the special case of physiological time thresholds in winter.

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MESOSCALE DYNAMICS OF THE SUMMER LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGES AROUND THE BALEARIC ISLANDS (NW MEDITERRANEAN) ALVAREZ, I., CATALAN, I.A., RODRIGUEZ, J.M., BALBIN, R., ALVAREZ, D., APARICIO, A., HIDALGO, J.M., ALEMANY, F. IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB), C/Miquel Marqués 21, Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Esporles 07012. Email: [email protected]

We analyzed two consecutive summer ichthyoplankton cruises (2004, 2005) around the Balearic Archipelago (NW Mediterranean, Spain). In both years, two contrasting hydrographic situations were observed, which characterize the summer dynamics of this area. In 2004 the oceanographic structure was characterized by the presence of Western Intermediate Water (WIW) in the Ibiza channel, making the meridional position of the (salinity driven) density front that separates the new from the resident Atlantic Waters (AW) reach the southern part of Menorca Island. In 2005, the other typical situation in the area was observed, the absence of the WIW in the channel allowed the new AW progress through the Ibiza and Mallorca channels and causing higher levels of

Presentation type: Oral Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Tuesday, June 4 — 2:40 PM

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OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EFFECTS IN THE EARLY LIFE-STAGES OF SUMMER FLOUNDER, PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS CHAMBERS, R.C, CANDELMO, A.C., HABECK, E.A., POACH, M.E., WIECZOREK, D., GREENFIELD, C., COOPER K.R., PHELAN, B.A. NOAA Fisheries NEFSC, 74 Magruder Rd, Highlands, New Jersey 07732. Email: [email protected]

Early life stage (ELS) responses of summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) were evaluated for responses to ocean acidification (OA). Survival of embryos was reduced by 50% below survival at local ambient conditions when maintained at the intermediate conditions (7.4 pH, 1860 ppm pCO2), and by 75% below local ambient survival when maintained at the most acidic conditions tested (7.1 pH, 4,715 ppm pCO2). Reduced embryo survival was consistent among

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three females used as sources of embryos. Sizes and shapes of larvae were altered by elevated CO2 levels. Larvae were longer at hatching (but with less energy reserves) to midway through the larval period. Larvae from the most acidic conditions initiated metamorphosis earlier and at smaller sizes than those from more moderate and ambient conditions. Tissue damage and altered cranialfacial (CF) features were evident in older larvae (> 14-d posthatching) from both elevated CO2 levels. Effects in CF features changed with larval ages: CF elements of larvae from ambient CO2 environments were comparable or smaller than those from elevated CO2 environments at 7 and 14-d posthatching but larger at older ages. The degree of impairment in the ELS of summer flounder due to elevated CO2 levels suggests that this species will be challenged by OA in the near future. Further experimental comparative studies on marine fish are encouraged in order to identify the species, life-stages, ecologies, and responses that are most sensitive to increased levels of CO2 and acidity in near-future ocean waters.

Presentation type: Oral Session: Reproduction and early life history of highly migratory species Sally Leonard Richardson Award Candidate Monday, June 3 — 10:20 AM

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INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF TUNA LARVAE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO

Presentation type: Poster Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes

CORNIC, M., ALVARADO BREMER, J.R., ROOKER, J.R.

John H.S. Blaxter Award Candidate

IDENTIFICATION OF LARVAE IN THE FAMILY EXOCOETIDAE (FLYINGFISHES) CLAUSEN, K.C., DITTY, J.G. Texas A&M University at Galveston, NOAA/NMFS, 4700 Avenue U Bldg. 302, Galveston, TX 77551. Email: [email protected]

Flyingfish are an important resource worldwide, both as a fishery and as a food source for large pelagic fishes. It is important to be able to accurately identify larval flyingfish in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) due to their association as a prey species to fishes such as billfish and tuna. Increasing our knowledge of flyingfish may help inform management decisions pertaining to both flyingfish and large pelagic fisheries. There are ten species of flyingfish in the GoM, and of these species only five are identifiable at the larval stage using the current literature. Similarities in pigmentation, body shape, fin length, fin ray counts, and fin placement make these species particularly challenging to visually identify. This study combines the use of genetic identification and morphological measurements to determine distinctive characteristics which will facilitate identification of larval flyingfish. Presentation type: Oral Session: Ocean acidification/climate change impacts on the early life history stages of fishes Tuesday, June 4 — 2:20 PM

whereas the picture was not as clear in cod larvae. Otolith calcification was significantly affected by increasing seawater CO2 concentration. However the direct effects were different between the species with cod showing an increase in otolith size and herring a decrease. The observed changes in the otoliths were not reflected in a change in swimming behavior. Results from the two species will be presented and reasons for differences and similarities in reaction pattern will be discussed.

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Texas A&M University at Galveston, P.O. Box 1675, Galveston TX, 77553. Email: [email protected]

Summer ichtyoplankton surveys were conducted in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GoM), and catch data were used to characterize patterns of distribution and abundance of tuna larvae (Thunnus spp.) within this region. Overall, 12,674 larvae in the genus Thunnus were collected from 2007 to 2010. Mean density and percent frequency of occurrence of Thunnus larvae was 0.98 larvae 1000 m−3 and 78.5%, respectively. Temporal variability in catch numbers of Thunnus larvae were observed with the lowest density present in June (0.51 larvae 1000 m−3) and in 2010 (0.42 larvae 1000 m−3), the summer following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. To determine the species composition of Thunnus larvae in our collections, 2,975 larvae were genetically identified using high resolution melting analysis. Four different species were observed: blackfin tuna Thunnus atlanticus (87%), yellowfin tuna T. albacares (10%), bluefin tuna T. thynnus (3%), and bigeye tuna T. obsesus (97% similarity to reference sequences in the BOLD database, frequently allowing identification to the species level. Three orders were identified: Anguilliformes, represented by 6 families including 23 genera, i.e. Congridae, Chlopsidae, Moringuidae, Muraenidae, Nettastomatidae and Ophichthidae; Elopiformes comprising Elopidae and Megalopidae with 2 genera; and Albuliformes with Albulidae and the single genus Albula. We present new records for the region and unknown stages for some species of Elopomorpha. At present, the ECOSUR Collection for early stages of Elopomopha is the most complete in the Caribbean. Presentation type: Poster Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes

FISH LARVAE CHECKLIST (PISCES) FROM NORTH OF THE YUCATÁN PENINSULA VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, L., Morales, S., Valdez-Moreno, M., Acevedo, D., Martínez, A., Carrillo, L., Malca, E. Victor, B. ECOSUR Chetumal Q. Roo. Mexico, Ave. Centenario Km.5.5 Col. Pacto obrero. C.P. 77014 Chetumal Quintana Roo, Mexico. Email: [email protected]

A taxonomic checklist for fish larvae occurring at Dzilam (May 1992–April 1993), Celestún ( July 1994–June 1995), La Carbonera ( July 1995–June 1996), Chuburná ( July 1995–June 1996), Río Lagartos (November 1996– October 1997), Chelem ( July 1999–June 2000) and Yalahau ( June 2001– May 2002) lagoons located in the north of the Yucatán Peninsula is presented. Sampling was carried out for five min. using a zooplankton net for fish larvae. This work aims to provide the current state of the taxonomic composition and general distribution for 45,471 fish larvae. From those, two classes, 17 orders, 45 families, 86 genera and 127 species were caught, including 10 new records, where 24 have been found only in the Gulf of Mexico, four in the Caribbean Sea, and 90 are common to both regions. This study updates and increases the number of species in stages fish larvae reported by previous workers. It was found that early reef larval stages were more abundant towards the East of the Yucatán Peninsula and less to the West. The high number of shared species (127) suggests that the north region of the Yucatán Peninsula is a transition zone for fish larval and juvenile between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

Presentation type: Poster Session: Ecology of early life history stages of fishes

REEF FISH RECRUITMENT IN THE MEXICAN CARIBBEAN, DEVELOPING AN INDEX BASED UPON A SIMPLE, LOW COST TRAP YAM-POOT, G., SOSA-CORDERO, E., VASQUEZ YEOMANS, L., LAMKIN, J.T. Lourdes Vasquez-Yeomans, Ave. Centenario km. 5.5 Col. Pacto Obrero Chetumal Quintana Roo. C.P. 77014 México. Email: [email protected]

Recruitment is a major process driving abundance changes in fish populations. In reef fish, recruitment can be viewed as a combination of three steps: i) influx of pelagic postlarvae to coastal areas mediated by physical processes; ii) settlement of postlarvae in selected benthic habitats; iii) post-settlement survival of juvenile stage to adult. It is of commercial and ecological interest to monitor reef fish recruitment and its variation in space and time, along the Caribbean. This study developed a recruitment index for reef fish using a simple, inexpensive trap deployed in two reef areas of the Mexican Caribbean: Punta Allen and Xcalak. Each sampling station consisted of multiple sets of traps in the reef lagoon adjacent to patch reefs, at a mean depth of 2 m, and was checked daily for larval fish recruitment for 2-3 days during the new moon of May-August and October 2004. In total, 952 postlarvae were caught, and 49 species were identified, pertaining to 37 genera of 25 families. The most abundant fish was the labrid Doratonotus megalepis, with 202 postlarvae specimens (21.2% of the total catch). Six species of the commercially valuable snapper (Lutjanidae) were collected; with the Schoolmaster Lutjanus apodus being the most abundant with 80 postlarvae (8.4% of the total catch). Length ranged greatly (4.6 to 107.3 mm total length). The potential of this trap as an inexpensive sampling gear for monitoring the influx of postlarval reef fish at a regional level is discussed, and guidelines for sampling design are also given. Presentation type: Oral Session: Advances and novel application of methods for the study of early life history stages of fishes Wednesday, June 5 — 10:40 AM

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FIRST ESTIMATION OF LARVAL SUPPLY AND CONNECTIVITY OF RESERVES IN THE HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO VAZ, A.C., PARIS, C.B, KELLEY, C., RICHARDS, K.J., HOLSTEIN, D. RSMAS, 4600 Rickenbacker CSWY, Miami, FL, 33149. Email: [email protected]. edu

This study investigates larval dispersal among reserves in the Hawaiian Archipelago, focusing on bottomfish species (Pristipomoides filamentosus, Etelis carbunculus and Etelis coruscans) by simulating larval dispersal using an Individual-based model (IBM) and flow fields from hydrodynamics models. A range of biological traits were implemented in the IBM their effect on larval dispersal, and in shaping the demographics of bottomfish populations, and this information was linked to local fisheries management issues. We addressed two key questions regarding the location of the reserves in the Hawaiian Islands: i) are the reserves efficient in supporting populations through larval retention and connectivity and thus what are the relative contribution of local retention and export to other protected sites, ii) are the reserves potentially effective at replenishing fisheries resources through larval dispersal? Larval transport results indicated that the species considered presented shared connectivity patterns. Specifically, connectivity was limited between the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM) and the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI), indicating the need of distinct management measures to maintain fisheries stocks along the archipelago. Most of the viable larvae spawned inside MHI reserves were exported to fishing sites. Therefore, these areas are potentially achieving their role to replenish fisheries populations by larval export. However, the reserve network presented limited demographic

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connectivity suggesting that many reserves are relying on larval subsidy from fishing sites to sustain their populations. The designation of more reserves could improve the efficiency of the reserve network. Presentation type: Oral Session: Advances and novel application of methods for the study of early life history stages of fishes Tuesday, June 4 — 2:00 PM

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THE USE OF DISPERSANTS TO COMBAT OIL SPILLS MODIFIES THE EXPOSURE RATE OF FISH EGGS AND LARVAE TO POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS VIKEBØ F.B., RØNNINGEN, P., LIEN, V.S., MEIER, S., GRØSVIK, B.E. Institute of Marine Research, Box 1870 Nordnes, N-5817, Bergen, Norway. Email: [email protected]

Forcing an oil drift and fates model (Oscar) and an individual-based model (IBM) for Northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua) eggs and larvae with circulation, hydrography and turbulence from the ocean model ROMS, enables us to integrate the individual exposure of eggs and larvae to oil from various oil spill scenarios at daily time steps. We can thus evaluate the effect of time and location of oil spill and spawning grounds on the degree of exposure. By distinguishing between the egg and larval stage, and including numerical algorithms for their vertical distribution, we are able to quantify the importance of individual dynamical vertical positioning of eggs and the vertical behavior of larvae for exposure to simulated oil concentrations. However, the fates model also includes the possibility of introducing dispersants to combat the oil spill. Here, we quantify how this modifies the exposure of egg and larval stages to total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which explains most of the toxicity in weathered oil.

Session: Reef fish as model species in ecology and management Tuesday, June 4 — 11:20 AM

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A PICTURE IS WORTH ONE THOUSAND WORDS: IMAGE ANALYSIS TOOLS FOR OTOLITH STUDIES WILCOX FREEBURG, E.D. , RHYNE, A.L., HANNIGAN, R.E. University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, 100 Morrissey Blvd., Boston, MA 02155. Email: [email protected]

The fish inner ear bones, or otoliths, have been the subject for much study. A concise toolset for comparable metrics has been developed for otolith morphology and surface roughness. Morphology tools have been used to assess growth changes, but often require programming knowledge to replicate. Using a MATLAB script written specifically for this sample type, sample morphology characteristics and ellipsoid approximation are generated. Roughness characteristics have never been calculated for these sample types. Using local normalization procedures, SEM imagery can be used to calculate roughness indices based on grayscale values. Using these two toolsets, advanced microstructural analysis can be carried out on sub-mm scale objects, such as larval fish otoliths for use in applied studies. Presentation type: Oral Session: FATE Science Meeting (Other Studies) Wednesday, June 5 — 2:40 PM

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ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES ON ALBACORE TUNA (THUNNUS ALALUNGA) DISTRIBUTION IN THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC: PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS AND RESULTS XU, Y., NIETO, K., MCCLATCHIE, S., HOLMES, J., TEO, S.L.H., BOGRAD, S. NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Fisheries Resources Division, 8901 La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037-1509. Email: [email protected]

Presentation type: Oral Session: Larval food webs and predator-prey interactions Monday, June 3 — 2:00 PM

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ROCKY REEF POOLS AS NURSERY AREAS FOR FISH LARVAE: FOOD WEB NETWORK MODELS VINAGRE, C., Dias, M., Roma, J., Silva A. Centro de Oceanografia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal. Email: [email protected]

Rocky reef tidal pools of southern Europe act as nursery areas for larval and 0-group juvenile marine organisms. Among these organisms are commercially important fish species like the white seabream Diplodus sargus and other abundant coastal species like the sand smelt Atherina boyeri and the grey mullet Liza ramada. Occasionally, species like the European sardine, Sardina pilchardus, the Zebra seabream, Diplodus cervinus, the Baillon’s wrasse Symphodus bailloni and the Lesser weever Echiichthys vipera also occur in tidal pools. Larval forms of D. sargus, A. boyeri and L. ramada reach very high densities in spring. In summer, most of these larvae reach the juvenile stage, yet continue to occupy this habitat. Gut contents of fish larvae and juveniles were analyzed. The food webs of 6 tidal pools, in 4 rocky beaches, were compiled and food web models were built. Their network structure and properties were investigated. Fish larvae rely heavily on larval forms of other organisms that also concentrate in tidal pools, especially those of shrimp. In turn fish larvae constitute an abundant food resource for juvenile fish and shrimp.

The north Pacific albacore surface fishery is the most important highly migratory species fishery on the west coast of the US and Canada. However, relatively little is known about the environmental influences on albacore distribution in the northeast Pacific (NEP). This study aims to improve our understanding of the environmental influences on albacore distribution in the NEP and develop environmental time-series that reflect albacore availability to NEP fisheries. For our preliminary analysis, we assembled a database of catch and effort data from logbooks of surface fishery vessels targeting albacore from 1998 to 2011. Weekly fields of SST, SSH anomalies, frontal gradients, and chl-a concentrations were used as environmental predictors. We also examine the influence of the North Pacific Current (NPC) bifurcation latitude on albacore distribution. Statistical models were used to relate environmental predictors to normalized albacore catch rate. The model domain covered the NEP and was divided into two sub-regions to study coastal and open ocean spatial fields. We divided the data into training and testing datasets. Preliminary results show that the open ocean and coastal ocean oceanographic conditions affected albacore distribution differently. SST frontal gradients and NPC bifurcation latitude shifts appear to influence albacore distribution. Predicted albacore CPUEs showed good agreement with observed CPUEs for both training and testing datasets. If these relationships are found to be robust, then these types of analyses could be integrated into population dynamic models to help improve fisheries management in the face of environmental changes.

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Presentation type: Oral Session: FATE Science Meeting (Other Studies) Thursday, June 6 — 11:20 AM

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RED FLAGS OR RED HERRINGS? USING ECOSYSTEM INDICATORS TO DETECT ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS IN THE GULF OF ALASKA IN 2011 ZADOR, S., ORMSETH, O., RENNER, H. NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Building 4, Seattle, WA 98115. Email: [email protected]

NOAA compiles and synthesizes information about the Alaska marine ecosystem annually into an ecosystem considerations report primarily for the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, but also the scientific community and the public. The goal of this report is to provide stronger links between ecosystem research and fishery management and to spur new understanding of the connections between ecosystem components by bringing together many diverse research efforts into one document. There are more than one hundred time series of physical and biological indicators that are tracked and updated, many annually. The status and trends of these indicators are monitored for early signals of ecosystem change that may have management implications. Here we present the status of ecosystem indicators that cumulatively suggest that anomalous conditions occurred in the Gulf of Alaska during 2011. The first indications were noted in upper trophic organisms (seabirds and Pacific halibut) that experienced reproductive failures and potential nutrient deficiencies, respectively. Abundance indices of plankton and forage fish; halibut stomach contents; and ocean surface currents also indicate anomalous conditions occurred during 2011. We compare multiple lines of evidence that suggest that changes in bottom-up forcing factors negatively influenced productivity at the lower trophic level that in turn negatively influenced upper trophic organisms. We conclude that: (1) synthesis of indicators’ status across multiple trophic levels can reveal broad-scale changes in the environment that may have important biological and management implications, and (2) upper trophic organisms in particular serve as integrative indicators that provide near real-time cues of environmental state.

The sun sets on Everglades National Park, South Florida’s largest subtropical wilderness. The park was among the first national parks estalished to protect fragile ecosystems. The park has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve, a Wetland of International Importance, and a World Heritage Site. Among its many delicate ecosystems, the Everglades contain cypress and mangrove forests, Florida pinelands, tropical hardwood hammocks, freshwater sloughs, and marl prairies. The marine portion of the park contains Florida Bay, home to an incredible diversity of marine and estuarine species, many of which support a robust sport fishing industry.

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Author Index Able, K.W., 22 Acevedo, D., 56, 57 Aceves-Medina, G., 36 Agiv, H., 21 Agostini, S., 25, 31 Aké-Canul, R., 38 Alemany, F.J., 23, 30, 47, 52 Alexander, M., 48 Alós, J., 19, 23, 26 Alvarado Bremer, J.R., 24 Alvarez-Berastegui, D., 47, 52 Alvarez, D., 23 Álvarez, I., 23 Alvarez, P., 31 Aparicio, A., 23 Arlinghaus, R., 19 Armstrong, M., 51 Arula, T., 20 Assumpção, L., 43 Atema, J., 30 Avsar, D., 44 Ayala, D.J., 20 Baensch, F., 20 Bailey, H., 33 Balbín, R., 23, 52 Barcelo, C., 21 Bartlett, L.S., 45 Basterretxea, G., 19 Batchelder, H.P., 45 Beardsley, R.C., 21 Benetti, D.D., 56 Berenshtein, I., 21 Berumen, M.L., 47 Beyer, S., 52 Bignami, S., 21 Bisgambiglia, P.A., 31 Bjork, C.L., 54, 55 Block, B.A., 33 Blood, D.A., 44 Bode A., 39 Bograd, S.J., 33, 41, 56, 58 Bogucki, D., 49 Bond, N., 37 Borges, R., 28 Boucher, J.M., 21 Bourque, B., 53 Branch, T.A., 55 Brodeur, R., 21 Brooks, E.N., 32 Brooks, L., 54 Burad-Méndez, A., 38 Byrnes, J.E.K., 56 Cabanas, J.M., 51 Cabrero, A., 31, 39 Caldarone, E.M., 22 Candelmo, A.C., 22, 23 Carassou, L., 34 Caridad, J.F., 22 Carrillo, L., 22, 43, 46, 56, 57 Cass-Calay, S.L., 46 Catalán, I.A., 19, 23, 26

Cerino, D., 53 Chambers, R.C., 22, 23 Chapman, A., 54 Chen, C., 21, 32 Chen, Y., 54 Churchill, J.H., 32 Ciannelli, L., 21, 27, 47, 48, 52 Claro, R., 55 Clausen, K.C., 24 Clemmesen, C., 24, 49, 55 Comyns, B., 30 Cooper, D.W., 35 Cooper, K.R., 22, 23 Cornic, M., 24 Cortés, D., 30 Cowen, R.K., 21, 24, 32, 33, 54 Craig, J.K., 40 Crec’hriou, R., 25 Curchitser, E., 27 Curti, K., 48 D’Alessandro, E.K., 25, 33 Daly, E., 21 De Forest, L.G., 26, 44 Deary, A.L., 25 Dias, M., 58 Diaz-Gil, C., 26 Ditty, J.G., 24 Dodson, J.J., 40 Doering, K.l., 27 Donahue, M.J., 27 Dos Santos, P.A., 38 Dower, J., 17 Drew, K., 48 Duarte, C.M., 26 Duffy-Anderson, J.T., 26, 27, 35, 44 Dunand, A., 23 Durieux, E.D.H., 31 Ehrler, C.P., 28 Elking, B.A., 28 Enochs, I.C., 21 Essington, T.E., 55 Faillettaz, R., 28 Faria, A.M., 28, 32 Farley, E.V., 35 Favero, J.M., 29 Fay, G., 40 Fey, D.P., 50 Field, J.C., 56 Fletcher, C., 31 Flores-Coto, C., 29 Fogaça, P.L.C., 43 Foley, D.G., 33, 56 Ford, M.D., 29 Foretich, M., 30 Franks, J., 30 Fratantoni, P., 23 Freeburg, E.W., 30 Freire, A.S., 42 Friedland, K.D., 40 Frommel, A., 24 Fuiman, L.A., 33, 50

Fukuta, A., 54 Funes-Rodríguez, R., 29 Gago, J., 31, 39 Garcia-Charton, J., 25 García, A., 30, 31, 39, 51 Garrido, M., 31 Garsi, L.H., 25, 31 Gerigny, O., 31 Gerlach, G., 30 Gibson, D., 30 Gilly, W.F., 56 Glas, M., 31, 37, 40 Goericke, R., 45 Goldstein, E.D., 31 Gonçalves, E.J., 28, 32 Gonzalez-Navarro, E., 36 Graham, W.M., 34 Greenfield, C., 22, 23 Greer, A.T., 24, 32 Gregory, R.S., 53 Gröger, J., 20 Grosell, M., 56 Grøsvik, B.E., 58 Guigand, C.M., 24, 30, 32, 38, 49 Habeck, E.A., 22, 23 Habersack, H., 31, 37, 40 Haltuch, M.A., 55 Hammer, C., 49 Hannigan, R.E., 30, 53, 58 Hare, J.A., 17, 32, 48 Hauff, M.J., 33 Haukebø, T., 54 Havel, L.N., 33 Hazen, E.L., 33, 56 Heiler, J., 52 Heintz, R.A., 26 Hermann, A., 37 Hernandez De Rojas, A., 31, 39 Hernandez, F.J., 34 Herreros, M., 31 Hidalgo, J.M., 23 Hill, K., 45 Hilton, E.J., 25, 48 Hoenig, R.H., 56 Hoff, G., 27 Hoffmayer, E., 30 Hollowed, A.B., 55 Holmes, J., 58 Holstein, D.M., 34, 57 Hoteit, I., 47 Huebert, K.B., 35 Hufnagl, M., 35 Humphries, P., 31, 37, 40 Hurst, T.P., 35, 36 Ianelli, J., 27 Ingram, G.W. Jr., 46 Irisson, J.O., 28, 30, 41, 49 Jacobson, L.D., 45 Ji, R., 32 Jimenez-Rosenberg, S.P.A., 36 Jina, O., 36

Johns, L., 22 Johnson, D.R., 37 Jordi, A., 19 Jutfelt, F., 55 Kaplan, I.C., 37 Karakoylu, E., 45 Karnauskas, M., 27, 37 Katsuragawa, M., 29 Keckeis, H., 31, 37, 40 Kelley, C., 57 Kerber, C.E., 38 Keyes-Pulido, S., 38 Kiflawi, M., 21 Kingsford, M., 30 Kitchens, L.L., 38 Kiyaga, V.B., 44 Konstantinidis, P., 48 Kotterba, P., 52 Kough, A.S., 38, 55 Kreus, M., 35 Kubota, H., 48 Kupchik, M.J., 39 Lago, M.J., 50 Laiz-Carrión, R., 30, 31, 39, 50 Lamkin, J.T., 22, 46, 47, 57 Langseth, B.J., 40 Large, S.I., 40 Larouche, T., 40 Leal, A., 50 Lecaillon, G., 25 Lechner, A.J., 31, 37, 40 Lecomte, F., 40, 46 Legault, C., 54 Legault, L., 40 Legault, M., 46 Leis, J.M., 41, 49 Leising, A.W., 41 Lenfant, P., 25 Levin, P., 37 Li, Y., 32 Lien, V.S., 58 Lindeman, K., 55 Link, J.S., 40 Llopiz, J.K., 41 Loisl, F., 31, 37, 40 Lough, G., 54 Luo, J.Y., 24 Luzuriaga De Cruz, M., 41 Lyczkowski-Shultz, J., 17 Lynch, P., 48 Macedo-Soares, L.C.P., 42 Magel, C.R., 36 Mager, E.M., 56 Makrakis, M.C., 43 Makrakis, S., 43 Malanski, E., 43 Malca, E., 22, 43, 46, 56, 57 Malzahn, A., 49 Maneja, R., 24 Manning, J., 54 Mantua, N.J., 55

Manzello, D.P., 21 Margulies, D., 53 Martínez, A., 56, 57 Matarese, A.C., 26, 44 Mathis, J.A., 36 Mavruk, S., 44 Mayorga Adame, C.G., 45 Mcclatchie, S., 45, 58 Meier, S., 58 Méndez-Campos, H., 38 Miller, E., 45 Miller, S.E., 45 Miller, T.J., 45 Miskiewicz, A.G., 46 Moll, D., 52 Morales-Nin, B., 19 Morales, S., 43, 46, 56, 57 Morissette, O., 46 Morote, E., 30 Morris, J., 43 Muelbert, J.H., 42, 43, 53, 56 Mueter, F., 27 Muhling, B.A. 22, 46, 47 Mumby, P.J., 34 Munk, P., 20, 43 Muntoni, M., 25 Murenu, M., 25 Murphy, M.D., 47 Nanninga, G.B., 47 Napp, J.M., 44 Nash, R., 23 Neidetcher, S.K., 48 Newton, J., 37 Nielsen, T.G., 43 Nieto, K., 58 Nye, J.A., 48 O’Brien, L., 54 Ojaveer, H., 20 Okazaki, Y., 48 Olsson, L., 48 Ordóñez-López, U., 38 Ordoñez-Guillen, F.E., 36 Ormseth, O., 59 Oxenford, H.A., 45 Ozyurt, C.E., 44 Palmer, M.C., 19, 26, 32 Paris, C.B., 21, 27, 30, 34, 37, 38, 41, 49, 55, 57 Pasqualini, V., 31 Pätsch, J., 35 Pattrick, P., 25, 49 Paulsen, M., 49 Pawelczyk, A., 50 Peck, M.A., 35 Perez, K.O., 50 Perrin-Santoni, A., 31 Peterson, B., 50 Peterson, W., 37 Petrik, C., 27 Phelan, B.A., 22, 23 Piatkowski, U., 24 Piñeiro, C., 31, 50, 51 Pinheiro, C., 39 Piskozub, J., 49 Pitois, S.G., 51 Poach, M.E., 22, 23 Polte, P., 49, 52

Powers, S.P., 34 Prahl, F.G., 27 Privoznik, S.L., 46, 52 Quintanilla, J.M., 30, 39, 51 Randall, L., 52 Reglero, P., 47, 52 Renner, H., 59 Rhyne, A.L., 30, 53, 58 Richards, K.J., 57 Riebesell, U., 55 Riemann, L., 20 Robison, B.H., 56 Rodríguez-Fernández, L., 39, 50, 51 Rodriguez, J.M., 23, 30, 31, 39 Roffer, M.A., 47 Roma, J., 58 Rønningen, P., 58 Rooker, J.R., 24, 38, 52 Rulifson, R.A., 28 Rykaczewski, R., 50 Saborido-Rey, F., 31 Saenz-Agudelo, P., 47 Sakaji, H., 48 Saldierna-Martinez, R.J., 36 Sanches, E.G., 38 Sanchez-Velasco, L., 36 Sánchez, F.J., 50 Sanvicente-Añorve, L., 29 Schmitt, V.B., 53 Scholey, V., 53 Schornagel, D.B., 53 Schubert, P., 54 Schueller, A.M., 40 Schultz, E.T., 43 Scott, J., 48 Shashar, N., 21 Shaw, R.F., 39 Sheremet, V., 54 Shertzer, K.W., 40 Shiroza, A., 52 Shoji, J., 54 Shulzitski, K., 54 Siddon, E.C., 26 Siebeck, U.E., 41, 49 Siedlecki, S., 37 Silva, A., 58 Silva, P.K.A., 38 Silva, P.S., 43 Simm, M., 20 Sirois, P., 40, 46 Smart, T.I., 26, 27, 44 Smith, J.W., 40 Smith, R., 22 Snelgrove, P.V.R., 53 Snyder, D.E., 54, 55 Sohn, D., 27 Sosa-Cordero, E., 22, 43, 57 Spencer, P.D., 55 Spies, I.B., 26, 44 Sponaugle, S., 21, 25, 31, 33, 54 Sswat, M., 55 Staaterman, E., 38, 55 Stachura, M.M., 55 Stawitz, C.C., 55 Steckbauer, A., 26 Stein, M., 53 Steinbeck, J.R., 28

Stewart, J.S., 56 Stieglitz, J.D., 56 Stock, C., 48 Stockhausen, W., 27 Stowell, M.A., 27 Strub, T., 45 Strydom, N.A., 25, 49 Sun, Y., 21 Sung, K., 36 Swalethorp, R., 43 Takasuka, A., 48 Teo, S.L.H., 58 Ternengo, S., 25, 31 Thomas, C., 25 Tilley, J., 30 Tlusty, M., 53 Toews, C., 27 Torquato, F.O., 56 Tritthart, M., 31, 37, 40 Turner, J.T., 29 Turner, K.A., 36 Ulanowicz, R.E., 45 Uriarte, A., 30, 39 Valdez-Moreno, M., 56, 57 Valles, H., 45 Varguez-Soberanis, D., 38 Vásquez-Yeomans, L., 22, 43, 46, 56, 57 Vaz, A.C., 57 Vergara-Castaño, A., 31 Verreault, G., 46 Vestfals, C., 27 Victor, B., 56, 57 Vikebø Frode B., 58 Vinagre, C., 58 Von Dorrien, C., 49 Walter, J.F. III, 37, 46 Walter, K.D., 33 Watson, W., 45 Weber, E.D., 45 Wexler, J., 53 Whitlock, R., 33 Wieczorek, D., 22, 23 Wieler, U., 21 Wilcox Freeburg, E.D., 53, 58 Williams, G., 37 Wozniczka, A., 50 Xavier, R., 43 Xu, Y., 58 Yam-Poot, G., 57 Yerman, M.N., 41 Yuksek, A., 44 Zador, S., 59 Zani-Teixeira, M.L., 29 Zavala-Hidalgo, J., 29 Zens, B., 37 Zhan, P., 47

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Thank you

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We will meet again at the 38th Annual Larval Fish Conference Quebec City, Quebec, Canada 17–21 August, 2014

For information contact Pascal Sirois Email: [email protected]