› Molecular systematics: toward understanding the diversity of Corallinophycidae - Viviana Pena, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE)., BioCost Research Group, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
10:45-11:25 (40min)
› Simplified coralline specimens' DNA preparation, mini barcoding & HRM analysis targeting a short psbA section - Marc Anglès d'Auriac, Norwegian Institute for Water Research
11:25-11:40 (15min)
› Reassessment of Lithophyllum kotschyanum and L. okamurae in the North-Western Pacific Ocean - Aki Kato, Hiroshima University
11:40-11:55 (15min)
› Phymatolithopsis gen. nov. (Hapalidiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on molecular and morphological evidence - So Young Jeong, Department of Life Science, Chosun University
11:55-12:10 (15min)
› Morpho-anatomical descriptions and DNA sequencing of the species of the genus Porolithon occurring in the Great Barrier Reef - Alexandra Ordóñez, School of Environment and Science, and Australian Rivers Institute, Nathan Campus, Griffith University
12:10-12:25 (15min)
› Effect of seawater carbonate chemistry and other environmental drivers on the calcification physiology of two rhodoliths - Steeve Comeau, Sorbonne Université, CNRS-INSU
14:15-14:30 (15min)
› Short- and long-term effects of high CO2 on the photosynthesis and calcification of the free-living coralline algae Phymatolithon lusitanicum - João Silva, Centre of Marine Sciences
14:30-14:45 (15min)
› Physiological responses of tropical (Lithophyllum pygmaeum) and temperate (Corallina officinalis) branching coralline algae to future climate change conditions - Bonnie Lewis, University of Glasgow
14:45-15:00 (15min)
› Role of evolutionary history in the responses of tropical crustose coralline algae to ocean acidification - Guillermo Diaz-Pulido, Griffith University
15:00-15:15 (15min)
› Combined effects of global climate changes and nutrient enrichment on the physiology of three temperate maerl species - Zujaila Qui Minet, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin
15:15-15:30 (15min)
› Impact of ocean acidification and warming on the diversity and the functioning of a maerl bed community - Erwann Legrand, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin
15:30-15:45 (15min)
› Coralline algal recruits gain tolerance to ocean acidification over successive generations of exposure - Christopher E. Cornwall, Present address: School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute and Oceans Graduate School, The University of Western Australia
16:15-16:30 (15min)
› Rhodolith communities in a changing ocean: species-specific responses of Brazilian subtropical rhodoliths to global and local stressors - Nadine Schubert, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
16:30-16:45 (15min)
› Maerl bed community physiology is impacted by elevated CO2 - Heidi Burdett, Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University
16:45-17:00 (15min)
› Relative importance of temperature and irradiance on rhodolith (Lithothamnion glaciale) growth - Patrick Gagnon, Memorial University of Newfoundland
17:00-17:15 (15min)
› Causes and consequences of rhodolith bed primary productivity: when descriptive ecology meets physiology - Paulo Horta, Federal University of Santa Catarina
17:15-17:30 (15min)
› CaCO3 production rate estimates of a southeastern Newfoundland rhodolith bed - Laura Teed, Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland
17:30-17:45 (15min)
› Community production and calcification in a sub-arctic rhodolith beds in northwestern Iceland - Karl Gunnarsson, Marine and freshwater Research Institute
17:45-18:00 (15min)
› Evidence of Coralline White Patch Disease in a rhodolith bed of the Egadi Islands - Daniela Basso, University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CoNISMa, local research unit of Milano-Bicocca
18:30-18:35 (05min)
› Quantifying the contribution of coralline species in rhodoliths as a tool for paleobathymetric reconstructions - Daniela Basso, University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CoNISMa, local research unit of Milano-Bicocca
18:35-18:40 (05min)
› Insight in coralline composition and main morphotypes of Tuscan Archipelago rhodolith beds (Tyrrhenian Sea) - annalisa falace, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, CoNISMa LRU
18:40-18:45 (05min)
› Composition and heterogeneity of Mediterranean rhodolith beds: the case of Apulia (Italy) - annalisa falace, Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, CoNISMa LRU
18:45-18:50 (05min)
› Mapping subtropical and tropical rhodolith seabeds using Side Scan Sonar technology - Marcial Cosme, Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación, IU-ECOAQUA, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria,
18:50-18:55 (05min)
› Ultra-morphology and phylogeny of Phymatolithon purpureum and P. laevigatum (Hapalidiaceae, Rhodophyta) based on comparison of type materials - So Young Jeong, Department of Life Science, Chosun University
18:55-19:00 (05min)
› Ultra-morphology of Lithothamnion japonicum (Hapalidiaceae, Rhodophyta): A little-known species from the Northwest Pacific - So Young Jeong, Department of Life Science, Chosun University
19:00-19:05 (05min)
› May grazers influence the response of coralline algae to ocean acidification and warming? - Erwann Legrand, Laboratoire Adaptation et Diversité en Milieu Marin
19:05-19:10 (05min)
› Weak latitudinal but strong local effects in Phymatolithon calcareum are shaping the genetic structure of Atlantic European maerl beds - Viviana Pena, Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB, UMR 7205 CNRS MNHN UPMC EPHE)., BioCost Research Group, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña
19:10-19:15 (05min)
› Characterization of different rhodolith beds off the Campania Coast (Tyrrhenian Sea) - Francesco Rendina, Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples "Parthenope", 80143 Naples, Centro Direzionale Is. C4, Italy
19:20-19:25 (05min)
› Norways hidden marine biodiversity: the hunt for cryptic species within the coralline algae - Eli Rinde, Norwegian Institute for Water Research
19:25-19:30 (05min)
› Vermetid gastropods as associated fauna in rhodolith beds along the Brazilian coast - Paula Spotorno-Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
19:30-19:35 (05min)
› Deep-water coralline algal rhodoliths forming an extensive pavement on the Brazilian continental shelf - Frederico Tâmega, Laboratório de Geologia e Paleontologia, Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
19:35-19:40 (05min)
› Coralline algae in space and time: A palaeontological perspective - Julio Aguirre, Dpto. Estratigrafía y Paleontología, Facultad de Ciencias
09:00-09:40 (40min)
› How corallines calcify, build reefs and evolution of biomineralisation - Merinda Nash, Smithsonian Institution, Australian National University
09:40-09:55 (15min)
› Rhodoliths as pCO₂ records: acidification in the pre-instrumental era - Ellen MacDonald, University of Glasgow
09:55-10:10 (15min)
› Sclerochronological study in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (Northwest Atlantic): A new method to explore growth patterns of Clathromorphum compactum for paleoenvironmental reconstruction - Valentin Siebert, Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin
10:10-10:25 (15min)
› Modelling maerl habitat dynamics in response to increased storminess - Siddhi Joshi, Discipline of Geography and Ryan Institute for Environment, Marine and Energy
11:00-11:15 (15min)
› Coralline algal habitats in a late Miocene platform in Sierra de Gádor, Almería, SE Spain - Juan Braga, Université de Grenade, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología
11:15-11:30 (15min)
› Coralline algae in Pleistocene reefs in the Danakil Depression (Afar Triangle, Ethiopia) - Juan Braga, Université de Grenade, Departamento de Estratigrafía y Paleontología
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› Spatio-temporal study of the diversification of coralline species (Rhodophyta) - Line Le Gall, Muséum National d\'Histoire Naturelle - Cedrine Merat, Muséum National d\'Histoire Naturelle - Viviana Peña, Universidade da Coruña
14:55-15:10 (15min)
› Deep-water rhodoliths off Pico Island, Azores (NE Atlantic) - Ana Cristina Rebelo, Instituto Hidrográfico
15:10-15:25 (15min)
› Use of high-resolution 3D imaging to identify the light-harvesting capacity of coralline algal carbonate nodules - Beauregard Marsh, Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University
15:25-15:40 (15min)
› What have coralline red algae inside their cells? - Paulo Horta, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina [Florianópolis]
15:40-15:55 (15min)
› Coralline algal skeletal mineralogy affects grazer impacts - Sophie McCoy, Florida State University
16:30-16:45 (15min)
› An experimental comparison of bacterial diversity and function in the maerl Lithothamnion glaciale Kjellman (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) from southwestern Greenland - Kathryn Schoenrock, National University of Ireland [Galway], University of Glasgow
16:45-17:00 (15min)
› Assessment of maerl beds structure and vitality by image analyses across a dredge-fishing pressure gradient in the Bay of Brest (Brittany, France) - Guillaume Bernard, Environnements et Paléoenvironnements Océaniques et Continentaux UMR 5805
17:00-17:15 (15min)
› More species, more functions? The influence of maerl beds on polychaetes assemblages - Aurélien Boyé, Laboratoire des Sciences de lʹEnvironnement Marin
17:15-17:30 (15min)
› Macroinvertebrates associated with the rhodolith beds from euphotic and mesophotic zones in the South Atlantic: Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil - Priscila Veras, Universidade Federal do ABC
17:30-17:45 (15min)
› The abundant and diverse meiofauna from maerl beds: a first insight from the Bay of Brest (Brittany) - Federica Rebecchi, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, IFREMER- Département Etude des Ecosystèmes Profonds, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer
17:45-18:00 (15min)
› Rhodolith Taxa: Agents of Benthic Community Change on Tropical Pacific Reefs? - Tom Schils, Marine Laboratory, University of Guam
09:40-09:55 (15min)
› Heterogeneity rather than size determines faunal colonization of discrete habitat units: a case study with rhodolith-associated macrofauna - Otero Ferrer Francisco, Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Instituto Universitario en Acuicultura Sostenible y Ecosistemas Marinos, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
09:55-10:10 (15min)
› Assessing the relative habitat value of maerl compared to adjacent sediment habitats. - Samantha Blampied, Societe Jersiaise Marine Biology Section, University of Plymouth Marine Insititute
10:10-10:25 (15min)
› Depth determines structure and functioning of rhodolith habitats in Central-Eastern Atlantic - Otero Ferrer Francisco, Grupo en Biodiversidad y Conservacion, Instituto Universitario en Acuicultura Sostenible y Ecosistemas Marinos (IU-ECOAQUA), Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Marine Scientific and Technological Park
11:00-11:15 (15min)
› Brazilian rhodoliths - a world heritage under threat - Paulo Horta, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina [Florian´opolis] (UFSC) – R. Eng. Agronˆomico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n - Trindade, Florian´opolis - SC, 88040-900, Brazil
11:15-11:30 (15min)
› Changes in the Milford Haven maerl bed between 2005 and 2016 - Francis Bunker, Bournemouth University [Poole]
11:30-11:45 (15min)
› Macrofauna community shifts in fished maerl beds in the Bay of Brest, France - Michael Pantalos, Observatoire Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer
11:45-12:00 (15min)
› Global status of rhodolith (maerl) research: looking back to move forward - Diana L. Steller, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
14:00-14:20 (20min)
› The whole is greater than the sum of its parts: Rhodolith Ecosystem Ecology and COnservation Network (REECON) - Patrick Gagnon, Memorial University of Newfoundland
14:20-14:40 (20min)
› Rhodolith formation in the deep water off Marettimo, Egadi Islands, Sicily - Daniela Basso, University of Milano-Bicocca, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, CoNISMa, local research unit of Milano-Bicocca
14:40-15:00 (20min)
› Maerl Fossil, a biomarker of paleoenvironmental fluctuations for the past 2000 years in the Bay of Brest - Jacques Grall, Institut Universitaire de la Mer
15:00-15:20 (20min)
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