Proceedings of the 2013 Scientific Meeting

The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean

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Proceedings of the 36^TH Scientific Meeting of the
Memorias de la 36^VA Reunión Científica de la
AMLC / ALMC
Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean
Asociación de Laboratorios Marinos del Caribe

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Abigael C. Brownell & Laurie L. Richardson Sulfate reducing bacteria as secondary and necessary pathogens	1
Andrew W. Bruckner, Brian Beck & Phil Renaud The status of coral reefs and associated fishes and invertebrates of commercial importance in Pedro Bank, Jamaica	11
Ian M. Sandeman Unexpected results from direct measurement, with a torsion microbalance in a closed system, of calcification rates of the coral Agaricia agaricites (Scleractinia:Agariicidae) and concomitant changes in seawater pH	25
Denise A. Chin, Dale F.S. Webber & Mona K. Webber Satus of the coral reefs in Foul and Folly Bays, Morant Wetlands, south-eastern Jamaica, with emphasis on corals and macroalgae	39
Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Carmen M. González-Ramos & Pedro J. Alejandro-Camis Large-scale coral recruitment patterns on Mona Island, Puerto Rico: evidence of a transitional community trajectory after massive coral bleaching and mortality	49
Marcia Creary Ford, Loureene Jones Smith & Sean O. Green The results of long term coral reef monitoring at three locations in Jamaica: Monkey Island, “Gorgo City” and Southeast Cay	65
Elizabeth A. Larson, David S. Gilliam, Mauricio López Padierna & Brian K. Walker Possible recovery of Acropora palmata (Scleractinia:Acroporidae) within the Veracruz Reef System, Gulf of Mexico: a survey of 24 reefs to assess the benthic communities	74
K. Martínez, D. Bone, A. Cróquer & A. López-Ordaz Population assessment of Acropora palmata (Scleractinia: Acroporidae): relationship between habitat and reef associated species	85
Andrew M. Ross Genet and reef position effects in out-planting of nursery-grown Acropora cervicornis (Scleractinia:Acroporidae) in Montego Bay, Jamaica	94
Camilo Trench, Hugh Small, Lydia Morrison, Dale Webber, Mona Webber Coral and algal community primary succession on new vertical substrate at Rackham’s Cay, Port Royal, Jamaica	107
Yranzo. A, E. Villamizar, M. Romero & H. Boadas Estructura de las comunidades de corales y octocorales de Isla de Aves, Venezuela, Caribe Nororiental Structure of the coral and octocoral communities of Isla de Aves, Venezuela, Northeast Caribbean. [In Spanish with English abstract]	115
M. James C. Crabbe Evidence of initial coral community recovery at Discovery Bay on Jamaica’s North Coast	137
Zahra Ennis & Karl Aiken Spearfishing as a potential threat to fishery sustainability in Jamaica: a survey of 23 fishing beaches	141
Esteban A. Agudo & Eduardo Klein Salas Lionfish abundance, size structure and spatial distribution along the Venezuelan coast (Pterois volitans, Pteroinae: Scorpaenidae)	150
Peter J. Ainsworth & Dale F. St. G. Webber Breeding success of the masked booby (Sula dactylatra dactylatra, Pelecaniformes:Sulidae) at Middle Cay, Pedro Bank, Jamaica	159
Jahson B. Alemu I. Fish assemblages on fringing reefs in the southern Caribbean: biodiversity, biomass and feeding types	168
Edwin A. Hernández-Delgado, Alfredo Montañez-Acuña, Abimarie Otaño-Cruz & Samuel E. Suleimán-Ramos Bom-cratered coral reefs in Puerto Rico, the untold story about a novel habitat: from reef destruction to community-based ecological rehabilitation	182
Luis Alfonso Ascencio A., Martha Enriquez D., Imelda Martinez M. & Dalila Aldana A Variación del ciclo gonádico del ostión americano, Crassostrea virginica (Ostreoida: Ostreidae) en función de su talla en la laguna de Tamiahua, Veracruz, México Variation of gonadal cycle of the american oyster, Crassostrea virginica (Ostreoida: Ostreidae) as a function of height in Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz, Mexico. [In Spanish with English abstract]	201
Dalila Aldana Aranda, José Francisco Chávez Villegas & Manuel Sánchez Crespo Is the Queen conch Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) a species with Allee effect?	207
Mariana Noguez Núñez & Dalila Aldana Aranda Eco-etología básica del caracol rosa Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae), en Xel-Há, Yucatán, Caribe mexicano Basic eco-ethology of the queen conch, Strombus gigas (Mesogastropoda: Strombidae) in Xel-Há, Yucatán, Mexican Caribbean. [In Spanish with English abstract]	214
José Francisco Chávez Villegas, Martha Enríquez Díaz & Dalila Aldana Aranda Abundancia y diversidad larval de gasterópodos en el Caribe Mexicano en relación con la temperatura, la salinidad y el oxígeno disuelto	223
Patrice A. Francis, Stacy A. Maxam & Mona K. Webber Rapid reassessment of the eutrophication status of Kingston Harbour, Jamaica using the zooplankton community	231
Helen A. Liu, Sheree A. Broomfield, Anya F. Duncan, Leon O. Grant, Patrice A. Francis, Dale F. Webber & Mona K. Webber Assessing the phytoplankton and water quality of Kingston Harbour and Hellshire coast, Jamaica, after the implementation of a waste water treatment facility	240
Achsah A. Mitchell, Mona K. Webber, Dayne Buddo & Dale Webber Development of a protocol for sampling and analysis of ballast water in Jamaica	249
Hugh Small, Kristoffer Lue, Dale Webber & Mona Webber The planktonic communities of the Jamaican south-east coast; a comparison of harbor, shelf and oceanic areas	258
Robert Anderson, Clare Morrall, Jonathan Jossart, Steve Nimrod, Emily Bolda, Katie Musser, Craig Berg & Robert Balza Marine Protected Area monitoring in the nearshore waters of Grenada, Eastern Caribbean: benthic cover and fish populations	273
M. James C. Crabbe Capacity building and policy development in Belize marine protected areas, an example for Caribbean integrated coastal management	287
Orville P. Grey, Dale F. St. G. Webber, Shimelis G. Setegn & Assefa M. Melesse Appliation of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT Model) on a small tropical island (Great River Watershed, Jamaica) as a tool in Integrated Watershed and Coastal Zone Management	292

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