JANUARY 21-23, 2010
Hilton Cocoa Beach Oceanfront
Cocoa Beach, Florida
Accepted Presentations and Posters
The call for abstracts and presentations has ended. The 2010 Florida Artificial Reef Summit organizing committee is pleased to announced these accepted presentations and posters:
Presentations
Fisheries Management and Artificial Reefs
| Thursday, January 21, 2010 | |
| 2:20-2:40 | Utilization of Obsolete Vessels as Artificial Reefs to Restore Oculina Varicosa Habitat (M. Barnette) |
| 2:40-3:00 | Why birds don’t live in doghouses? Which Habitat for which Species, Artificial Habitat examples from Japan and France (S. Pioch) |
| 3:30-3:50 | Recovery of the Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus itajara) Population of Florida: Significance of Artificial Reefs (C. Koenig) |
| 3:50-4:10 | Fisheries-Independent Monitoring of Reef Fishes on the West Florida Shelf: A Programmatic Overview and Preliminary Results from Sampling Artificial and Natural Habitats (S. Keenan) |
| 4:10-4:30 | Monitoring Faunal Utilization of Artificial Reefs in Tampa and Sarasota Bays, Florida (J. Leverone) |
| 4:30-4:50 | Using Reef Structure to Enhance Reef Function (T. Cuba) |
| 4:50-5:10 | River Reefs: Martin County’s Inshore Artificial Reef Program: A Fisheries Management Approach to Restoring Estuarine Nursery Habitat (T. Martin) |
| 5:10-5:30 | Biological Impact of a Red Tide Event on a Natural and Artificial Reef (H. Mathews) |
Lessons Learned and Adaptive Management Strategies
| Friday, January 22, 2010 | |
| 1:00-1:20 | The Economic Impact of Artificial Reefs in Southwest Florida (R. Swett) |
| 1:20-1:40 | Multi-Purpose Artificial Reefs for Coastal Protection, Ecological and Amenity Enhancement (J. Hearin) |
| 1:40-2:00 | Artificial Reef Optimization using Google Earth as a Collaborative Platform for Mitigation, Monitoring and More (T. Barber) |
| 2:00-2:20 | Nearshore Artificial Reefs of Sand Key, Pinellas County: A Case Study for Managing Mitigation for Nearshore Hardbottom with Implications for Other Regions of South Florida (J. Craft) |
| 2:20-2:40 | Ex-USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg Design, Preparation and Deployment as Artificial Reef Substrate at a Permitted Site off of Key West, Florida (J. Dey) |
Citizen Involvement in Monitoring and Reef Development
| Saturday, January 23, 2010 | |
| 9:00-9:20 | Goliath Grouper Aggregation Report (M.J. Phelan) |
| 9:20-9:40 | Apparent Preference of Tubastraea coccinea for Artificial Reef Habitats: Ecological Consequences of This Introduced Coral (T. Shearer) |
| 9:40-10 | Planning, Organizing, and Executing an Artificial Reef Clean-up Event (N. Hoier) |
| 10:30-10:50 | Our Underwater Desert (D. Powell) |
| 10:50-11:10 | Reestablishing an Artificial Reef Placement and Monitoring program in Northeast Florida (S. Wilcox) |
| 11:10-11:30 | Quality Long-term Monitoring on a Shoestring Budget (J. Phipps) |
Posters
Posters will be on display throughout the meeting. A special poster network session is planned for Thursday evening. Maximum poster size should be 36″ H x 48″ W.
| J. Shipley | Spatial Implications of Artificial Reef Placement: a red snapper ecosystem and fuzzy rule-based model |
| D. Addis | Site Fidelity and Movement of Reef Fishes Tagged at Unreported Artificial Reef Sites off Northwest Florida |
| D. Shively | Texas Clipper Ship Artificial Reef Project: A Case Study |
| T.P. Quinn | The Influence of Artificial Reef Associated Fish Assemblages and Varying Substrates On Coral Recruitment |
| W. Huth | Economic Aspects Associated with Large Ship Artificial Reefs |
| S. Thanner | Comparison of Fish and Benthic Assemblages on a Mitigation Artificial Reef and Adjacent Natural Reefs: Year 10 Post-placement Assessment |
| M. Sathe | Effects of Proximity and Depth of Placement on Benthic and Fish Assemblages on Miami-Dade Artificial Reef Modules |
| D. Snyder | Microhabitat Use by Newly Settled Grunts (Haemulidae) and other Taxa on Natural and Artificial Hardbottom in Southeast Florida |
| Z. Biesinger | Fine-Scale Movement and Habitat Data for Gag Grouper |
| R. DeBruler | Fish Surveys at Four Charlotte County Artificial Reef Sites |
| E. Ault | Snook Population Dynamics Utilizing Acoustic Tracking Technology |
| B. Dean | Acoustic Monitoring of Near-shore Natural and Artificial Reefs |
| C.Mata | Digitizing the Florida Artificial Reef Program Reference Library Using EndNote X2 |
| S. Wilcox | Reestablishing an Artificial Reef Placement and Monitoring program in Northeast Florida |
| E. Reyier | Fishes Inhabiting the Trident Submarine Basin and Adjacent Public Waters within Port Canaveral, East-Central Florida |
| K. Holloway-Adkins | Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Macroalgae Colonizing Rock Revetments at Port Canaveral Harbor, Florida |
| D. R. Deis | Coral Recruitment on Artificial Reefs off Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| L.S. Jackson | Assessment of Nearshore Artificial Reefs in Okaloosa County, Florida by Volunteers Using Side Scan Sona |
| K. Cuevas | Utilizing Side Scan Sonar as an Artificial Reef Management Too |
| J. Vogt | Assessment of Potential Factors Causing Burial of Artificial Mitigation Reef |
| S. Prekel | A Comparison between Artificial Reef Boulders and Natural Hardbottom Communities in Broward and Palm Beach Counties |
| J. Robinson | Reef-Roc: Assessment of a New Design in Artificial Reefs of Natural Limestone |
| J. Robinson | Effects of a Novel Invertebrate Substrate on Assemblages of Fish Associated with Concrete Modules |