Program

Sunday 8th January 2023

Registration & Drinks
1500	1900	Registration Reception & Icebreaker \| Stanley Burbury Theatre, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay Campus

Monday 9th January 2023

0730	0800	Introduction to Mindfulness session with Dr Rebecca Chabot
0800	0830	Registration \| Stanley Burbury Theatre
0830	0945	Opening – Plenary Session
0830	0900	Official Opening Welcome to Country \| Greg Lehman Official Opening \| Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC, Governor of Tasmania Symposium Opening \| Prof Craig Johnson, Symposium Chair
0900	0945	Opening Plenary Address: Temperate reef biodiversity change: grand challenges and glimmers of hope Prof Amanda Bates
0945	1030	Morning Tea and move to breakout sessions
1030	1200	Concurrent Session 1
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Long time series and broad spatial scales
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Camille White	Dr David Aguirre	Dr Stanislas Dubois
1030	1045	Keynote: Stability versus shifts on temperate reefs in the Anthropocene Dr Dan Smale	Keynote: Unwrapping the ecological relevance of microscopic stages of annual Macrocystis pyrifera population dynamic processes in southern Chile Prof Alejandro Buschmann	Keynote: Towards predictable science: long time series, broad spatial scales, and expansive taxonomy Prof Graham Edgar
1045	1100
1100	1115	Assessing long-term changes in British Columbia’s kelp forests Dr Samuel Starko	Student Presentation Variation in the spectral quality of seabed light and its effect on macroalgal communities Mr Francois Thoral	Biogeography and predictability of alternative states in an intertidal reef habitat Dr Stanislas Dubois
1115	1130	Turf algae as emergent drivers of ecological function in shallow temperate reefs Dr Albert Pessarrodona Silvestre	Using trait-based approaches to understand morphological variability in macroalgae and its influences on associated communities Dr Talia Stelling-Wood	Assess once, report many! New biodiversity standards and techniques to assess European coastal reef habitats Dr Laurent Guérin
1130	1145	Shifts in understory microbial communities mediated by canopy disturbance on rocky shores Dr Sebastian Vadillo Gonzalez	Network modularity and the spread of perturbations in macroalgal canopies Dr Caterina Mintrone	Post-earthquake reorganization of intertidal algal communities along the Kaikōura coastline Mr Thomas Falconer
1145	1200	Functional response of temperate reef communities as a tool for monitoring nutrient enrichment Dr Camille White	Kelp forest eco-evolutionary dynamics Dr David Aguirre	Student Presentation Safeguarding the threatened: the status of shallow reef species from temperate to tropical Australia Ms Olivia Johnson
1200	1300	Lunch
1300	1500	Concurrent Session 2
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Long time series and broad spatial scales
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	A/Prof Bayden Russell	Prof Christopher McQuaid	Dr Jarrett Byrnes
1300	1315	Functional decline of sea urchins due to ocean acidification can mediate changes in biogenic habitat Dr Ben Harvey	Student Presentation Do host-associated microbiomes influence the response of habitat forming algae to extreme rainfall? Mr Alexander McGrath	Shifts in bentho-pelagic coupling induced by climate change and implications for temperate reef ecosystems Dr Matthew Holland
1315	1330	Overfishing caused the largest sea urchin grazing event observed in the NE Atlantic Dr Kjell Magnus Norderhaug	Thermal legacies promote stability of rocky intertidal biofilm to warming extremes Dr Luca Rindi	Climate change and twenty-five years of declines in intertidal species in the Gulf of Maine Prof Peter Petraitis
1330	1345	Student Presentation Ocean acidification boosts reproduction in urchins to buffer against their population collapse Ms Erin Pichler	Two sides of the same coin: how symbiotic bacteria help shape intertidal communities Prof Christopher McQuaid	Student Presentation Science paper or big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data Miss Charlotte Clubley
1345	1400	Live-fast-die-young: recovery capacity and transgenerational effects of marine heatwaves on an ecologically key urchin A/Prof Bayden Russell	Coastal sponge diversity and demography integrates catchment nutrient supply, sedimentation and oceanography. Prof Chris Battershill	The role of climate in driving population synchrony among fishes of the Salish Sea Dr Christy Pattengill-Semmens
1400	1415	Student Presentation How does temperature influence the impact of urchins on temperate reefs? Ms Claire Butler	The significance of 20oC in ecology and evolution” (with a focus on temperate reefs) Dr Mark Costello	Student Presentation Predicting reef state and regime shift risk using machine learning and the Reef Life Survey Mr Clément Violet
1415	1430	Student Presentation From the bottom up: climate change impacts on seaweed nutritional properties and marine food webs Ms Tanika Shalders	Size-specific costs of living in urchin barrens revealed by combining novel energetic models and experiments Dr Daniel Okamoto \| Dr Lynn Lee	Student Presentation Remotely operated vehicle surveys as a tool for assessing multi-scale habitat associations of demersal fish Dr Darryn Sward
1430	1445	Possible impact of offshore wind park on temperate reef ecosystem – EIA study, Baltic Sea Prof Georg Martin	Student Presentation Deep-sea Octopuses (Muusoctopus leioderma) Consume Infauna in the Shallow Waters of Burrows Bay, WA, USA Miss Maggie MacMahon	Downscaling Global Change with Forty Years of Data from Intertidal and Subtidal Reefs in Maine Dr Jarrett Byrnes
1445	1500	Ocean literacy along the Great Southern Reef: can storytelling be the answer? Dr Prue Francis		Student Presentation Diversity of Scleractinian corals throughout marine habitats Ms Sophie Vuleta
1500	1530	Afternoon Tea
1530	1715	Concurrent Session 3
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Long time series and broad spatial scales
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Anthony Bernard	Hartvig Christie	Prof Gray Williams
1530	1545	Student Presentation Habitat associations and activity patterns of European lobster (Homarus gammarus) within an offshore windfarm Mr Harry Thatcher	Production and dynamics of cold-temperate intertidal benthic communities Prof Mathieu Cusson	Range-shifts and population dynamics of poleward-expanding species in the English Channel since the 1950s. Prof Stephen Hawkins
1545	1600	Conservation of critically endangered red handfish Dr Jemina Stuart-Smith	Can mesopredator densities affect rocky shore macroalgal assemblages and enhance eutrophication effects? Three-years mesocosm studies Mr Hartvig Christie	Student Presentation A decadal study of sea urchin populations in the biogeographic transition zone of southeast Australia Mrs Emily McLaren, Dr Brigitte Sommer, Prof Maria Byrne
1600	1615	Marine reserves, fisheries, and the North-eastern New Zealand Jasus edwardsii population Dr Benn Hanns	Student Presentation Assessing intertidal mussel bed patch-formation dynamics under thermal stress Mr Yi-Fei Gu	Relative importance of niches versus immigration in driving the diversity of intertidal communities Dr Lynette H. L. Loke
1615	1630	Recreational fishing pressure and indicators of sustainable harvest: insights from a recovering paua (abalone) fishery Dr Shane Orchard	Student Presentation Regulating forces of rocky shore assemblages in the seasonal tropics Mr Jackson Wai Ting Lau	Invasive bivalves of Hong Kong: their distribution, spread, and ecological impacts Dr Laura Falkenberg
1630	1645	Student Presentation Cataclysmic mortality, recovery and reopening of an abalone fishery: a modern Tragedy of the Commons Mr Shawn Gerrity Attendance supported by: Malacological Society of London	Student Presentation Thermal heterogeneity and food availability drive seasonal limpet distributions on an earthquake-disturbed coastline Mr Spencer Virgin	Student Presentation The dark side of temperate and tropical reefs Mr Tyson Jones
1645	1700	Is depth a refuge from fishing for reef fish on South Africa’s continental shelf? Dr Anthony Bernard	Student Presentation Withstanding the stress: Behavioural and physiological strategies to survive emersion in tropical intertidal bivalves Mr Sung-Yau Chiu	Student Presentation Long-term population change: Re-assessment of a blackfoot abalone population in New Zealand, after 45 years Mr Finn Ryder
1700	1715	Using a fishery to mitigate the impact of climate change on a temperate reef system Dr Katie Cresswell		Hanging on at the edge: survival strategies of an extreme high shore limpet Prof Gray A. Williams
1715	1800	Travel to TMAG
1800	2000	Welcome Reception\| Supported by

Tuesday 10th January 2023

0730	0800	Meditation Practice with Dr Rebecca Chabot
0800	0830	Registration \| Stanley Burbury Theatre
0830	0915	Plenary Address
0830	0915	Plenary Address: Time series, physiological mechanisms, and ecological genomics: a multi-disciplinary toolbox for the Anthropocene Dr Nova Mieszkowska
0915	0925	Move to breakout rooms
0925	1025	Concurrent Session 4
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Long time series and broad spatial scales
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Prof Catriona Hurd	Dr Scott Bennett	Dr Leigh Tait
0925	0940	Forensic carbon accounting to assess the role of seaweeds in carbon dioxide removal Prof Catriona Hurd	Keynote: Integrating macro- and microbial ecology Dr Ezequiel (Ziggy) Marzinelli	Keynote: From the Holocene and towards the future: tracking changes in the composition and dynamics of rocky shore intertidal communities on the Southeastern Pacific Prof Bernado Broitman
0940	0955	Unravelling the role of kelp forests in coastal carbon sequestration Dr Caitlin Blain
0955	1010	Carbon sequestration potential of seaweeds and other marine primary producers Prof Morten Foldager Pedersen	Tectonic shifts reveal the importance of light availability and macroalgal biomass on blue carbon budgeting Dr Steph Mangan, Dr Leigh Tait, Mr Shawn Gerrity, Prof David Schiel	Regional variation in performance across a large network of Marine Protected Areas complicates adaptive management. Dr Jennifer Caselle
1010	1025	Less is more: a lesson from tropical high shore littorinids Dr Sarah Lau	Student Presentation Large brown algal recruitment in response to an earthquake and ensuing multiple coastal stressors Mr Dan Crossett	Multi-scaled remote sensing for macroalgal biodiversity monitoring Dr Leigh Tait
1025	1100	Morning Tea
1100	1330	Concurrent Session 5
		Macroalgae in a Changing World (Global change and human impacts) Sponsored by:	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Long-time series and broad spatial scales & General temperate reef studies
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Mick Henley	Dr Scott Bennet	Dr Leigh Tait
1100	1115	Keynote: Kelp forest ecology in the Anthropocene: using distributed experiments to scale up inferences Dr Karen Filbee-Dexter	Biogeography, Function and Impacts of Herbivory on Australian Temperate Reefs. Dr Scott Bennett	Student Presentation Evaluating giant kelp resistance and resilience in marine protected areas of California Ms Emelly Villa
1115	1130		Student Presentation From halos to barrens: main factors driving sea urchin herbivory in the Mediterranean Sea Mr Mario Minguito Frutos	Student Presentation The effect of refugia connectivity on northern California kelp recovery Miss Katherine Cavanaugh
1130	1145	A Tale of Two Rockweeds: Modes and Capacities of Resilience on Rocky Shores. Dr Steve Dudgeon	Student Presentation The trophic networks of temperate reefs and seagrass meadows of southwestern Australia Dr Salvador Zarco Perello	Predicting the extent and standing stock of kelp species in the UK and Ireland Prof Michael Burrows
1145	1200	To grow (up) and defend? Kelp polyphenolics and the Optimal Defense Hypothesis Dr Andy Foggo	A coralline algal paradigm revisited: does calcification reduce herbivory? Dr Patrick Martone	Student Presentation A century of loss & resilience: Understanding the spatio-temporal drivers of Haida Gwaii kelp forests Ms Lianna Gendall
1200	1215	Facing up to Climate Change: Macroalgae Community Structure and Functional Trait Composition vary with Aspect Dr Mick Hanley	Evolution in the field of fish-habitat associations: a comprehensive review of years of research Dr Valeriya Komyakova	Long-term variability in giant kelp dynamics across the west coasts of North and South America Dr Henry Houskeeper
1215	1230	Understanding cause and consequence of change in marine benthic ecosystems Prof Craig Johnson	Multi-decadal shifts in larval rockfish assemblages in relation to MPA placement and environmental change Prof Brice Semmens	Exploring kelp resistance and resilience to climate-driven disturbances with Kelpwatch.org, a visualization and analysis webtool. Ms Vienna Saccomanno
1230	1245	Environmental metrics predicting loss and resilience of kelp forests in Nova Scotia, Canada Dr Kira Krumhansl	Student Presentation Mean reef fish mass decreases dramatically (4x) over 10⁰C spatial gradient: but trophic guild matters Dr Amy Coghlan	Broad-scale distribution and long-term change in seaweed/seagrass beds around Japan Prof Masahiro Nakaoka
1245	1300	Harnessing intraspecific variation in thermal tolerance, and restoring Australia’s endangered giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forests Dr Cayne Layton	Habitat configurations shape trophic and energetic dynamics of reef fishes in a tropical-temperate transition zone Dr Nestor Echedey Bosch Guerra	Student Presentation The Kelp Forest Alliance: A collaborative model for advancing kelp forest conservation and restoration Mr Aaron Eger
1300	1300	Student Presentation Ecology of kelp gametophytes: grazing in a warming ocean Ms Reina Veenhof	Student Presentation Temporal shifts in fish functional diversity in tropicalized reefs are similar to cross-shelf spatial changes Miss Paula Sgarlatta	Under the canopy: macroinvertebrate associations with microhabitats and rocky reef complexity. Dr Jacqui Pocklington
1315	1330	The value of the world’s kelp forests Prof Thomas Wernberg	Student Presentation Tropicalized structure and functioning of a cool-temperate reef ecosystem in a hotspot of warming Mr Matt Rose	Fatty acids of common macroalgae and benthic invertebrates across the Western Antarctic Peninsula Prof Aaron Galloway
1330	1430	Lunch
1430	1545	Concurrent Session 6
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function	Future-proofing temperate reefs
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Prof Maria Byrne	Dr Louise Firth	Prof Sean Connell
1430	1445	Can macroalgae mitigate ocean acidification and hypoxia in situ? Lessons learned from California kelp forests Dr Kerry Nickols	Stability of aggregated variables is meaningless without consideration of species identity and functional traits Prof Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi	Roe enhancement aquaculture: a solution to controlling overabundant sea urchin populations in southern Victoria Dr Fletcher Warren-Myers, Prof Stephen Swearer
1445	1500	Assessing the role of natural kelp forests in modifying seawater chemistry. Dr Elisabeth Strain	Size based Tasmanian rocky reef model shows importance of benthic production for reef ecosystem functioning Dr Asta Audzijonyte	Student Presentation Will a native predator help to control novel, range-extending urchins on temperate reefs in Tasmania? Miss Jennie Smith
1500	1515	Student Presentation Ocean acidification increases the impact of typhoons on algal communities. Mr Callum Hudson	If you can’t beat them, join them: enemy shells as refugia from biotic pressure Dr Louise Firth	Marine rewilding: risk and resilience Prof Sean Connell
1515	1530	Shifting perspectives: from macrophyte collapses (tipping element) to global environmental change mitigation agents Dr Jordi Boada	Student Presentation Tidally-driven currents in the Salish Sea constrain bull kelp’s ability to modify local seawater chemistry Miss Kindall Murie	Student Presentation Does habitat quality influence reef fish biomass recovery in temperate marine protected areas? Miss Ella Clausius
1530	1545	Interactive effects of light pollution and ocean warming on herbivory in temperate reefs Ms Amelia Caley	Student Presentation Subtropical sea urchin poses novel threat to diverse rock wall assemblages in northern New Zealand Miss Celia Balemi	Student Presentation Environmental and procedural effects of Ecklonia radiata seeded on “green gravel” in Northeastern New Zealand Miss Ella Lis
1545	1555	Move to plenary
1555	1630	Plenary Session
1555	1630	David R Schiel – Still crazy after all those years: a post-Covid, post-postmodernism journey of ITRS.
1630	1900	Poster Night

Wednesday 11th January 2023

0815	0845	Learning to Breathe Better with Dr Rebecca Chabot
0845	0915	Registration \| Stanley Burbury Theatre
0915	1000	Plenary Address
0915	1000	Plenary Address: Climate-driven shifting genetic hotspots and baselines in marine forests Prof Ester Serrão
1000	1045	Morning Tea & move to breakout rooms
1045	1200	Concurrent Session 7
		Global change and human impacts	Environmental and biological drivers of ecological function & General temperate reef Studies	Future-proofing temperate reefs
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Ljiljana Iveša	Dr João N. Franco	Dr John Keane
1045	1100	Patterns and extent of intertidal mass mortalities following the 2021 Western North American Heatwave Dr Christopher Harley	Student Presentation Spatial-ecological relationships of remnant Sydney rock oyster reefs across multiple spatial scales Mr Rick Leong Attendance supported by: Malacological Society of London	Predicting the impacts of marine heatwaves on future mariculture production in east and southeast Asia Dr Rhian Evans
1100	1115	Facilitation cascades increase biodiversity but can be destroyed by disturbances and heatwaves Dr Mads Thomsen	The dark side of the red algae Asparagopsis armata: potential negative effects on kelp habitats Dr João N. Franco	Identifying the potential of floating artificial benthic ecosystems to underpin offshore development Miss Brigette Wright
1115	1130	Student Presentation Effects of hypercapnia and heatwave versus static exposure on the thermal performance of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Mr Nathan Spindel	Student Presentation Life on the forest floor: spatio-temporal variation in Laminaria hyperborea understorey assemblages across the UK Miss Hannah Earp	Student Presentation Build a reef workshop: Identifying artificial reef characteristics for fisheries benefit and deployment success Miss Deepika Satchithananthan
1130	1145	Novel effects of an unprecedented marine heat wave on a temperate reef ecosystem Dr Arie Spyksma	Student Presentation Changes in Laminaria hyperborea holdfast and stipe-associated macroinvertebrate assemblages along gradients of historic mining pollution Mr Harry Catherall	Student Presentation Developing an evidence-based artificial reef risk assessment tool: analysing impacts of noise and light pollution Miss Ariane Easton
1145	1200	Effects of extreme temperature on fucalean forests in a shallow lagoon of the northern Adriatic Dr Ljiljana Iveša	Student Presentation Oyster reefs as a bioremediation tool Miss Giulia Filippini Attendance supported by: Malacological Society of London	Fishing for climate: establishing a harvest industry on a range-extender to protect a reef ecosystem Dr John Keane
1200	1215	Student Presentation A toxic twist to the cardiac performance of Siphonaria capensis under acute thermal exposure Mr Liam Connell Attendance supported by: Malacological Society of London		Student Presentation Are warm-edge populations of habitat-forming seaweeds more tolerant to warming? Ms Catalina Musrri
1215	1315	Lunch
1315	1530	Concurrent Session 8
		Global change and human impacts	Restoration on temperate reefs Sponsored by:	Future-proofing temperate reefs
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Kathryn Smith	Dr Ana Bugnot	Dr Ohad Peleg
1315	1330	Student Presentation Global and regional trends in MHWs and a case study of impacts from New Zealand Miss Shinae Montie	Where to restore? Modeling kelp stability to optimize kelp restoration activities Dr Ana Maria Giraldo Ospina	Keynote: Future Proofing Kelp Forests Associate Prof Melinda Coleman
1330	1345	Student Presentation Ecophysiological responses of kelps and seagrasses to simulated marine heatwaves Miss Alissa Bass	Spatial-temporal scales of kelp colonization on a large artificial reef: implications for kelp forest restoration Dr Dan Reed
1345	1400	Determining the drivers reducing the resilience of kelp forest to harvesting: post-extraction recovery of Lessonia trabeculata along northern-central coast of Chile Prof Pippa Moore	Global change, phase-shifts and recovery potential of Tasmania’s rapidly warming reef ecosystems A/Prof Scott Ling	Student Presentation Visualizing Giant Kelp’s Heat Stress Response: An Artist’s Perspective Ms Emma Akmakdjian
1400	1415	Mega-fires: an exploratory study of the effects on rocky reef communities in the Mediterranean Sea Dr Simone Farina	Student Presentation Large-scale sea urchin removal as a tool for restoring kelp forests in northeastern New Zealand Ms Kelsey Miller	Effects of adult kelp on the survival and growth of conspecifics cultured on artificial substrates Mr David Aguirre
1415	1430	Broad-scale impacts of marine heatwaves on kelp forests Dr Kathryn Smith	Managing a culturally important sea urchin to enhance kelp forests and associated ecosystem services Dr Nick Shears	Kelp bed resilience in a changing world: can being flexible and well-connected make the difference? Prof Anna Metaxas
1430	1445	Student Presentation Temperature tolerance and physiological performance of the understudied endemic Tasmanian kelp, Lessonia corrugata Ms Cody James	Chiix̱uu Tll iinasdll: Indigenous and scientific leadership in kelp restoration build knowledge and connections together Dr Lynn Lee	Student Presentation Seascape genomics and selection of the kelp Ecklonia radiata in a global warming hot-spot Mr Antoine Minne
1445	1500	Student Presentation Intraspecific variation in seasonal performance of Ecklonia radiata Ms Celina Burkholz	Student Presentation Restoration suitability modelling for (threatened) temperate reef ecosystems: leveraging spatial data and incorporating stakeholder knowledge Miss Alice Howie	Long-term marine protection enhances kelp forest ecosystem stability Dr Ohad Peleg, Dr Caitlin Blain, Dr Nick Shears
1500	1515	Student Presentation Bull kelp thermotolerance does not differ across thermo-regions within the Salish Sea Ms Robin Fales	Habitat formers affect surrounding sediment function via biodiversity shifts Dr Ana Bugnot	Kelp forest recovery in previous sea urchin barrens; rebuilding of ecosystem functioning Dr Eli Rinde
1515	1530		Student Presentation Maximising the benefits of kelp restoration for fish in Port Phillip Bay Ms Erin Campbell-Hooper	Student Presentation Kelp blue carbon transformation and fate on the Great Southern Reef Mrs Taylor Simpkins
1530	1600	Afternoon Tea
1600	1730	Concurrent Session 9
		Global change and human impacts & General temperate reef Studies	Restoration on temperate reefs Sponsored by:	Species on the move (and gene flow)
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Iacopo Bertocci	Dr Mat Vanderklift	Dr Ezequiel (Ziggy) Marzinelli
1600	1615	Student Presentation Evaluating environmental DNA (eDNA) as a tool to monitor Rockfish Conservation Areas (RCAs) Miss Neha Acharya-Patel	The value of kelp forests for supporting fisheries Dr Cristina Piñeiro-Corbeira	Keynote: Redistribution: Unpacking the processes behind climate-driven changes in reef communities Associate Prof Rick Stuart-Smith
1615	1630	Student Presentation Detecting a rare and cryptic coastal fish using eDNA and 3D-printed models Mr Tyson Bessell	Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Wellington harbour: Status, responses to marine heatwaves, and restoration challenges Dr Christopher Cornwall
1630	1645	Environmental DNA in practice: a roadmap towards integrating eDNA methods in marine monitoring programs Dr Maarten De Brauwer	Student Presentation Patterns of oyster recruitment across tidal elevation gradients are dependent on predator mitigation methods Mr Juan Esquivel-Muelbert	Marine heatwaves leap tropical, herbivorous fish into temperate ecosystems and threaten future kelp strongholds Dr Sahira Bell
1645	1700	Student Presentation Temperate reef assemblages across pollution gradients, what can eDNA reveal compared to ‘traditional’ sampling methods? Ms Lara Denis-Roy	Student Presentation Can restoring oyster reefs boost seagrass restoration? Ms Ishtar kenny	Student Presentation What are the implications of tropicalisation for trophodynamics on temperate reefs? Miss Erin McCosker
1700	1715	Tracking long-term biogenic changes in response to an earthquake and a modified physical environment Dr Robyn Dunmore	Student Presentation Oyster larvae swim along gradients of sound: Restoring shellfish reefs using acoustic enrichment Ms Brittany Williams Attendance supported by: Malacological Society of London	Student Presentation Revisiting historical kelp forests in a biogeographic transition zone: determining ocean warming winners and losers Miss Nora Salland
1715	1730	The role of life-history traits in explaining the ecological effects of temporal clustering of disturbance Dr Iacopo Bertocci	Student Presentation Beyond single-species restoration: co-restoring kelp forests with oyster reefs Mr Lachlan McLeod	Student Presentation Climate-Warming induced changes in fish biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in the Norwegian and Barents Sea Francesc Gordo Vilaseca
1730	1800	Travel to FuP Night for Students
1800	1900	Stuff Up night (For Students only) \| IMAS \| Salamanca \| Supported by Gee Chapman and Tony Underwood
1900	2130	Student Gathering \| IMAS \| Salamanca \| Supported by Gee Chapman and Tony Underwood

Thursday 12th January 2023

0730	0800	Path to Happiness with Dr Rebecca Chabot
0800	0830	Registration \| Stanley Burbury Theatre
0830	0915	Plenary Address
0830	0915	Plenary Address: Ocean Solutions for Nature and People Prof Fiorenza Micheli
0915	0925	Move to concurrent session
0925	1110	Concurrent Session 10
		Urban ecology	Restoration on temperate reefs Sponsored by:	Species on the move (and gene flow)
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Tony Knights	Dr Rita Franco-Santos	Prof Dominique Davoult
0925	0940	Keynote: Associate Prof Katie Dafforn	Experimental research combined with monitoring oyster reef restoration Dr Victoria Cole	A framework for studying the within-range structure of species with discontinuous distributions under climate change Dr Amelia Curd
0940	0955	Keynote: Associate Prof Katie Dafforn	Enriching marine soundscapes accelerates habitat building on restored oyster reefs Dr Dominic McAfee	Characterising how reef-to-reef connectivity shapes metapopulation structure along the French Atlantic coastline to inform conservation Dr Martin Marzloff
0955	1010	More or Less: Scaling-up ecological enhancement trials on coastal infrastructure Prof Roger Herbert	Implementing shellfish reef restoration of Australia’s most endangered temperate reef community Mr Brett Dal Pozzo	Student Presentation Changes in the distribution limits of Australian shallow water reef species over the past decade Mr Yann Herrera Fuchs
1010	1025	3D printed artificial reef deployment in the Atlantic coast: project overview, monitoring and results Dr Pieter van der Linden	Making bivalve-reef restoration financially viable: using growth models to quantify fluxes of carbon and nitrogen Dr Camilla Bertolini, Prof Roberto Pastres	The population history and demography of the Long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Aotearoa A/Prof Libby Liggins
1025	1040	Artificial light at night alters locomotory activity and diet in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus Prof Elena Maggi	Developing a consistent approach to monitoring, evaluation and reporting for temperate reef restoration projects. Dr Simon Reeves, Simon Branigan, Dr Francisco Martinez-Baena	Student Presentation Looking for Jasus: Challenges and implications of tracking rock lobster in a temperate marine reserve Ms Hayley Nessia
1040	1055	Eco-engineering through enhancement of habitat complexity: it’s not one-size-fits-all Prof Melanie Bishop	Genetic tools to inform and future-proof global seaweed conservation, restoration and farming actions Dr Georgina Wood	Student Presentation The spatial distribution of resident species influences the recruitment of the subtropical coral P. aliciae Mr Christopher Cooney
1055	1110	Assessing marine coastal urbanisation and biodiversity loss: A tale of scale and biodiversity metrics Dr Tony Knights	Student Presentation Thermal physiology of pulmonate limpets: a preliminary comparison of Siphonaria from Thailand and Hong Kong Miss Suphatsara Sangphueak	Comparison of in situ productivity of co-occurring kelps Prof Dominique Davoult
1110	1145	Morning Tea
1145	1400	Concurrent Session 11
		Urban ecology	Socioecology – links with human society Sponsored by:	General temperate reef studies
	Room:	Sir Stanley Burbury Theatre (Room 208)	Social Sciences Building – Lecture Theatre (Room 209)	Physics Building – Lecture Theatre 1 (Room 212)
	Chair:	Dr Veronica Farrugia Drakard	Dr Katie Cresswell	Prof Marti Anderson
1145	1200	Effects of eco-engineering interventions on subtidal fish and fouling communities Sydney Harbour Dr Mariana Mayer Pinto	Keynote: Why Future Progress in Marine Science and Policy Needs to Look to the Past and People Prof Anne Salomon	Student Presentation Do different kelp forests support distinct communities? Comparing biodiversity in Tasmanian Macrocystis and Ecklonia forests Mr Hunter Forbes
1200	1215	The effects of substrate and habitat diversity on biodiversity: insights across experiments for ecological engineering Dr Matthew Perkins		Offshore transport of kelp detritus by dense shelf water cascades in Australia’s Great Southern Reef Dr Mirjam van der Mheen
1215	1230	Modelling Mediterranean macroalgal forests-turfs-barrens dynamics under global and local human impacts Dr Laura Tamburello	Student Presentation Kelp forests overlooked within international environmental governance frameworks Mr Jurgen Valckenaere	Student Presentation Management of rocky reefs following kelp habitat loss driven by overabundant urchins Mr Tristan Graham
1230	1245	Student Presentation Kelp and the City: Assessing Impacts of Coastal Urbanization on Macrocystis pyrifera with Citizen Science Mr Isaac Rosenthal	Building resilient and sustainable rock lobster supply chains Dr Roshni Subramaniam	Student Presentation The Kelp Node: a transboundary network of kelp practitioners Miss Jasmin Schuster
1245	1300	Student Presentation We’ve made the bed, do mussels want to lie in it? Miss Dayanitha Damodaran	A best practice framework for co-created citizen science Dr Heather Sugden	Combining drone imagery and deep learning to automate species-level mapping of kelp forests Ms Luba Reshitnyk
1300	1315	Spatial patterns of intertidal assemblages of organisms on seawalls in relation to storm-drains and/or population-density Dr Mark Anthony Browne	Socio-ecological challenges in managing overabundant urchins on temperate reefs Prof Stephen Swearer	Valuation methods and evidence for ecosystem services from kelp forests Dr Johanna Sophie Zimmerhackel
1315	1330	Marine Reserves are no panacea for effective coastal management Prof David Schiel	Partially Protected Marine Areas: Red Herrings in Conservation Dr John Turnbull	Testing for mean differences when dispersions differ: A solution to the Behrens‐Fisher problem Prof Marti J. Anderson
1330	1345	Artificial rockpools: seaweed colonisation and productivity vary between sites but are consistent across environmental contexts Dr Veronica Farrugia Drakard	Switching natural reefs for human-made reefs to compensate the environmental impacts of dive tourism Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop	Variability in temperate mesophotic reef fish assemblages explained by fine scale bathymetry data Dr Joel Williams
1345	1400		Understanding and predicting social-ecological tipping points: a temperate marine case study of Tasmania’s east coast Dr Delphi Ward
1400	1445	Lunch
1445	1530	Closing Plenary
1445	1530	Student Presentation and Poster prizes announced, sponsored by CMS Announcement of venue for 14th ITRS Symposium Close
1530		Scientific Program concludes
1730	2345	Peppermint Bay Cruise & Dinner Incl Awards & 2024 Announcement \| Peppermint Bay (Meet at Brooke Street Pier, Hobart) \| Sponsored by

Friday 13th January 2023

Join us as we explore southern Tasmanian. Click here to view the five (5) tours you can choose from

16th – 20th January 2023

PERMANOVA+ workshop, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.