Thanks @benthics2016 for an awesome meeting! @WSN_Secretariat - n.b photo booth at the banquet! #benthics2016
Freeman: range expanding castrating zombie-making crab parasite makes you tastier. #thatspecialspice #benthics2016
Steneck: variation in eastern Caribbean islands shows management and reserves crucial for coral reef recovery #benthics2016
Steneck: are coral reefs really zombie ecosystems? #benthics2016
McClenachan: more than half of the coral in the keys from the 1770s is now gone #benthics2016
McClenachan: amazing maps of corals from the 1770s in the Florida Keys to prevent shipwrecks #benthics2016
Opprnheim: model forecasts of lobster recruitment predict long-term declines starting in the next few years #benthics2016
Oppenheim: lobster shell disease on the rise in New England and the GOM #benthics2016
Evans: most tunicates host maritimobacter and novispirillum in high abundance. Symbiosis or substrate for unique community? #benthics2016
Evans: tunicates host diverse unique species-specific communities of microbes in their tunics. What are they doing? #benthics2016
Carman: invasive tunicates beginning to smother eelgrass in some places around Martha's Vineyard #benthics2016
.@hensel_pencil feral hogs can turn a positive feedback between spartina and mussels into a cycle of misery #benthics2016
.@hensel_pencil feral hogs can seriously inhibit recovery of salt marshes in the south #benthics2016
O'Brien: red turf dominance could be inhibiting kelp recovery after disturbances in Nova Scotia #benthics2016
.@Filbeek: urchins lurking in the deep provide a reservoir of individuals ready to migrate shallow and form barrens #benthics2016
Dubkowski: herbivory by kelp crabs absolutely wrecks juvenile bull kelp in WA - strong control of a foundation species #benthics2016
Rhoades: old MPAs make bolder fish - MPAs effects go beyond fish abundance to behaviour #benthics2016
Get ready for the kelp power hour downstairs in Longfellow! #benthics2016
Roy: if a parasite likes your species, your congeners will be more successful than you. #benthics2016 #keepingupwiththeparasitzedjonses
Roy: you may think all shrimps (in the same genera!) are equal, but from a parasite-eye-view, some are far better hosts #benthics2016
W for @benthics2016 - #benthics2016 or #BEM2016 ?
Speights: acidification increases predation rates on oysters via reduced shell strength #benthics2016
Dudgeon: increased temperature can mask or reverse benefit of increased CO2 for algae. Great match to physiological model #benthics2016