The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean

CONTENTS

ALMC Comité organizador / AMLC Organizing Committee.………………………………………………….. VII
Agradecimiento Especial – Patrocinadores / Acknowledgment – Sponsors.………………………………….. VIII
Bienvenida / Welcome.………………………………………………………………………………………….. IX
PROGRAM for the 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. XI
POSTERS for the 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean.……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. XIV

Lucy Bunkley-Williams & Ernest H. Williams, Jr.
New records of parasites for culture Cobia, Rachycentron canadum (Perciformes: rachycentridae) in
Puerto Rico.……………………………………………………………………………………………………..		 1-7

V.H. Garrison, W.T. Foreman, S. Genualdi, D.W. Griffin, C.A. Kellogg, M.S. Majewski, A. Mohammed, A. Ramsubhag, E.A. Shinn, S.L. Simonich & G.W. Smith
Saharan dust – a carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?.……………..		 9-21

Judith C. Lang & Robert N. Ginsburg
A vision for regular, rapid assessments of the tropical northwestern Atlantic’s coral reefs.……………………..		 23-29

I. Nagelkerken
Relationship between anthropogenic impacts and bleaching-associated tissue mortality of corals in
Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles).……………………………………………………………………………..		 31-43

A.W. Bruckner & R.J. Bruckner
the recent decline of Montastraea annularis (complex) coral populations in western Curaçao:
a cause for concern?.……………………………………………………………………………………………..		 45-58

D.L. Gil-Agudelo, G.W. Smith & E. Weil
The white band disease type II pathogen in Puerto Rico.………………………………………………………..		 59-67

Elizabeth Kadison, Richard S. Nemeth, Steve Herzlieb & Jeremiah Blondeau
temporal and spatial dynamics of Lutjanus cyanopterus (Pisces: Lutjanidae) and L. jocu spawning
aggregations in the United States Virgin Islands.………………………………………………………………..		 69-78

I.M. Sandeman
Fragmentation of the gastrodermis and detachment of zooxanthellae in symbiotic cnidarians: a role for hydrogen peroxide and Ca2+ in coral bleaching and algal density control.……………………………………..		 79-96

S.C.C. Steiner & S.M.Williams
A recent increase in the abundance of the echinoid Diadema antillarum in Dominica
(Lesser Antilles): 2001-2005.…………………………………………………………………………………..		 97-103

Norman J. Quinn & Barbara L. Kojis
Evaluating the potential of natural reproduction and artificial techniques to increase Acropora cervicornis populations at Discovery Bay, Jamaica.…………………………………………………………………..		 105-116

Carlos Lira, Juan Bolaños, Gonzalo Hernández & Jesús Hernández
A case of bilateral cheliped hypertrophya crab Uca cumulanta (Decapoda: Ocypodidae).
[In Spanish with English abstract].……………………………………………………………………………..		 117-119

Johanna Fernández & Mayré Jiménez P.
Mollusc community structure and trophic relations in the rochy littoral zone in Sucre State, Venezuela.
[In Spanish with English abstract].……………………………………………………………………………..		 121-130

Juan Bolaños, Carlos Lira, Gonzalo Hernández & Régulo López
The crab Heterocrypta tommasii (Decapoda: Parthenopidae): an addition to the carcinofauna of Venezuela.
[In Spanish with English abstract].…………………………………………………………………………..		 131-134

Sioliz Villafranca & Mayré Jiménez
Mollusc communities associated with the green mussel Perna viridis (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and their trophic
relations on the north coast of Araya Peninsula, Sucre State, Venezuela.
[In Spanish with English abstract].…………………………………………………………………………..		 135-144

D.E. Williams & M.W. Miller
Morphology offers no clues to asexual vs sexual origin of small Acropora cervicornis
(Scleractinia: Acroporidae) colonies.…………………………………………………………………………..		 145-151

M.M. Nugues & I. Nagelkerken
Status of aspergillosis and sea fan populations in Curaçao ten years after the 1995 Caribbean epizootic ..……..		 153-160

Ernest H. Williams, Jr. & Lucy Bunkley-Williams
Three anomalies: A scythebill in the Greater Antillean Grackle (blackbird), a crown pattern in
the Rock Beauty (angelfish), and a double spot in the Butter Hamlet (grouper), and their possible
genetic significance ..…………………………………………………………………………………………..		 161-169

Ernest H. Williams, Jr., Lucy Bunkley-Williams, Caroline S. Rogers & Robert Fenner
New geographic records of Hamlets, Hypoplectrus spp. (Serranidae), in the Caribbean Sea.…………………..		 171-173

Lucy Bunkley-Williams, Ernest H. Williams, Jr. & Abul K.M. Bashirullah
Isopods (Isopoda: Aegidae, Cymothoidae, Gnathiidae) associated with Venezuelan marine fishes
(Elasmobranchii, Actinopterygii).………………………………………………………………………………..		 175-188

Arda Kazanjian & Milagros Fariñas
Biological activity of an aqueons extract of the sponge Aplysina lacunosa (Porifera: Aplysinidae).
[In Spanish with English abstract].…………………………………………………………………………..		 189-200
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