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17:15 Dr. Samuel Shephard17:30Mr. Wouter vanBroekhoven17:45 Ms. Mareike Volkenandt18.00 – 19.30 Poster SessionThe spatial footprint of fishing leaves de facto refugia for CelticSea elasmobranchs.Nutrient regeneration by mussel Mytilus edulis spat collectors ina productive macrotidal system.Irish Celtic Sea Herring fishery – a story of a successful stockrecovery and its characteristics.Wednesday August 21, 201309.00 – 10.30 Biodiversity and ecosystem function09:00 Dr. Clifton Nunnally09:15 Ms. Nolwenn Quillien09:30 Dr. Karin Troost09:45 Prof. Sarah Ann Woodin10:00 Prof. Andrey Azovsky10:15 Ms. Bryony PearceDual environmental stressors and the associated recovery ofbenthic macrofauna on a river dominated continental shelf:hypoxia and hurricanes in the Mississippi “Dead Zone”.Influence of green macroalgal blooms (Ulva sp. L. 1753) on thefunctioning of macrotidal sandy beaches of Brittany.Expansion of non-native Pacific oysters in the Wadden Sea:threats and opportunities for native blue mussels.Range Extensions by Larval Transport versus HumanAssistance: Diopatra biscayensis in Northern France.Taxononic Diversity of Marine Benthic Harpacticoid Copepods:Comparison Between Low and High Latitudes.Macrofaunal Diversity Supported by Sabellaria spinulosa Reefs:Implications for Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)Monitoring.- 23 -