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RECAP OF THE 91TH ANNUAL MEETING IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
The following are the judges' selections for the best student posters and presentations
POSTERS
Winner
Mach TRADING GREEN BACKS FOR GREEN CRABS: POTENTIAL IMPACT OF EUROPEAN GREEN CRAB INVASION ON SHELLFISH HARVEST IN PUGET SOUND
Tie for honorable mention
Castorani, Max. ANTAGONISTIC ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY STATES IN INTERTIDAL MUDFLATS: AN EMPIRICAL TEST OF SCALE-DEPENDENCE
Kehrier, Christopher., EXTRA-OCULAR MUSCLES AS A POSSIBLE SOURCE OF HEAT FOR CRANIAL ENDOTHERMY IN LAMNID SHARKS
PAPERS
Applied Ecology / Conservation Biology
Winner - Kelly, Morgan W. LIMITED POTENTIAL FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE TIDEPOOL COPEPOD TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS
Honorable Mention - Goldstein, Miriam C. ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLASTIC MICRODEBRIS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC CENTRAL GYRE
Community and Ecosystem Ecology
Winner - Kroeker, Kristy J QUANTIFYING THE VARIATION IN BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
Honorable mention - Darling, Emily S. ALL STRESSED OUT? SYNERGIES, RESILIENCE AND COTOLERANCE ON EAST AFRICAN CORAL REEFS
Population and Organismal Ecology
Winners (tie) - Marhaver, Kristen L. DISTANCE-DEPENDENT MORTALITY OF JUVENILE CORALS IS MICROBE-MEDIATED, SPECIES-SPECIFIC AND MAY DRIVE BEHAVIORAL EVOLUTION OF LARVAE
Nickols, Kerry J. NEARSHORE VELOCITY GRADIENTS LOWER THE SPEED LIMIT FOR COASTAL DISPERSERS
Honorable mention - Wells, Elizabeth H. RAPID AND DIFFERENTIAL LEARNING FOR AN INVASIVE CRAB PREDATOR ON TWO NON-NATIVE SNAILS
