ICCB 2013 Program - Society for Conservation Biology

Poster session: 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.
Marine Conservation
53 Marine Conservation: Status and Challenges in Nigerian Coastal Environment
Fisayo Olakolu, Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research(NIOMR); Oyeronke Adegbile, Nigerian Institute for
Oceanography and Marine Research(NIOMR)
54 Fishing scallops, oysters and associated epifauna in Baja California Peninsula: Loss of non-officially recorded biodiversity
Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste; Lucía Campos, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del
Noroeste; Laura Rivera, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
55 The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s Avian Research in the Western Atlantic
Sally Valdes, Bueua of Ocean Energy Management, The U.S. Department of the Interior
Tuesday
56 Developing a New Diagnostic Technique for Domoic Acid Toxicosis in Zalophus californianus, a Sentinel Species of
Oceanic Health
Christiana Wittmaack, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center; Caryn Self-Sullivan, Nova Southeastern University
Oceanographic Center; Curtis Burney, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center; Garet Lahvis, Oregon Health and Science
University; Denise Greig, the Marine Mammal Center; William Van Bonn, the Marine Mammal Center; Edward Keith, Nova
Southeastern University Oceanographic Center
Overexploitation of Natural Resources
57 Recalibrating human-environment relations: Public trust thinking and the role of conservation biology
Darragh Hare, Cornell University
58 The role of secondary vegetation in providing medicinal plants for women’s health and childcare in Bénin, West Africa
Alexandra Towns, Naturalis Biodiversity Center (section NHN), Leiden University; Tinde van Andel, Naturalis Biodiversity Center
(section NHN), Leiden University; Sofie Ruysschaert, Ghent University
Plastics and Debris Pollution
60 Microplastics in the marine environment: Potential effects in US National Parks
Catherine Toline, National Park Service; Alex Chow, Clemson University; Xubiao Yu, Clemson University
Population Dynamics
61 Demographic trends and Streptococcus outbreaks in a synanthropic population of macaques (Macaca fascicularis), Bali
(Indonesia)
Fany Brotcorne, University of Liège; Nengah Wandia, Universitas Udayana; Roseline Beudels-Jamar, Royal Belgian Institute of
Natural Sciences; Marie-Claude Huynen, University of Liège
62 How many Asian elephants are killed illegally for ivory and in conflicts A matrix modeling exercise of populations with
varying sex ratios in India
Karpagam Chelliah, Centre for Ecological Sciences; Raman Sukumar, Centre for Ecological Sciences
63 Distinguishing local and remote drivers of change in migratory bird populations
Kiran Dhanjal-Adams, University of Queensland; Howard Wilson, University of Queensland; Bruce Kendall, University of
California Santa Barbara; Colin Studds, University of Queensland; Richard Fuller, University of Queensland
64 Identification of Microbial Biodiversity and Community Structure in the Baltimore Harbor
Laura Grammer, Stevenson University; Kimberly Tucker, Stevenson University; Katie Mistretta, Stevenson University; Hadassa
Guttman, Stevenson University
65 Small mammals as potential seed dispersers of American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.)
Amy Hruska, West Virginia University; James McGraw, West Virginia University
Population Viability Analysis
66 PVA’s beware: Greater than expected first-year survival rates for migratory songbirds
Noah Perlut, University of New England; Allan Strong, University of Vermont
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