PRESENTATIONS. POSTERS. ABSTRACTS.

DeBuysser, J., Butkowski, D., & Candelmo, A. (2017)
Catch Them If You Can: Assessment of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) behavior on Little Cayman, Cayman Islands to aid culling efficiency. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography: Mountains to the Seas Conference. Honolulu, Hawaii. Feb 25 – Mar 3, 2017. Poster. [REU Intern]

DeBuysser, J., Butkowski, D., & Candelmo A. (2017)
Catch Them If You Can: Assessment of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) behavior on Little Cayman, Cayman Islands to aid culling efficiency. Whitman College Undergraduate Conference. Walla Walla, WA. April 12, 2017. Presentation. [REU Intern]

Hsia, S., Ouellette, G., Kerans, C., & Manfrino, C. (2017)
Caves, Carbonates and Climate: Karst Landscape Development through Environmental Forcing, Little Cayman Island. University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences Research Symposium, Austin, Texas, Feb 3, 2017. Poster. [REU Intern]

van Hartesveldt, N., & Foster, G. (2017).
Potential avenues for expediting recovery of long-dead Acropora palmata skeletons. AGU Chapman Conference on Extreme Climate Event Impacts on Aquatic Biogeochemical Cycles and Fluxes, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jan 22-27, 2017. [REU Intern]

Butkowski, D., Sparke, T., & Candelmo, A. (2016)
Volunteers make a difference: Lionfish distribution and successful removal efforts in Little Cayman. 69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, Nov 7-11, 2016, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Camp, M., Shein, K., Foster, K., & Hendee, J. (2016)
Does body type really matter? Relating climate change, coral morphology and resilience. Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2016, New Orleans, LA. [REU Intern]

Camp, M. L., Shein, K., Foster, K., Abbott, J. A., & Manfrino, C. (2016)
Can anyone be a scientist? Exploring the role of citizen science in coral reef research. International Coral Reef Symposium, June 19-24, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Abstract ID:29893).

Candelmo, A.C., Pattengil-Semmens, C.V., McCoy, C.R., Semmens, B.X., Waterhouse, L., Stock, B., & Sparke, T. (2016)
Survival of Nassau and tiger grouper early life stages from a Little Cayman, Cayman Islands spawning aggregation. 69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, Nov 7-11, 2016, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Cook, A., Lohr, K., & Sparke, T. (2016)
Predation, disease, and implications for management of the endangered staghorn coral Acropora cervicornis in varying reef zones. National Council on Undergraduate Research, April 2016, Asheville, NC. [REU Intern]

Cook, A., Lohr, K., & Sparke, T. (2016)
Predation, disease, and implications for management of the endangered coral Acropora cervicornis in varying reef systems. Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2016, Portland, ME. [REU Intern]

Correia, K. & Manfrino, C. (2016)
Where are we now? A ten year AGRRA summary of Little Cayman reefs, Cayman Islands. 69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, Nov 7-11 2016, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

DeBuysser, J., Butkowski, D., & Candelmo, A. (2016)
Catch Me If You Can: Assessment of invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans) behavior on Little Cayman, Cayman Islands to aid culling efficiency. 69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, Nov 7-11, 2016, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Frazer, T. K., Jacoby, C. A., Barry, S. C., Edwards, M. A., Lohr, K. E., & Manfrino, C. (2016)
Impacts of invasive lionfish on native fishes found on contiguous coral reefs surrounding Little Cayman Island, BVI. International Coral Reef Symposium, June 19-24, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Abstract ID: 29631).

Hendee, J., Halas, J., Jankulak, M., Gramer, L., Manfrino, C., Fletcher, P., & Jones, A. (2016)
Implementing a Monitoring Network for Establishing Long-term Data and Ecological Forecasting for Select Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems, 69th GCFI Grand Cayman, November 2016, Abstract, P. 95.

Hsia, S., Ouellette, G., & Manfrino, C. (2016)
Caves, Carbonates and Climate: Karst Landscape Development through Environmental Forcing, Little Cayman Island. American Geophysical Union 47th Fall Meeting Conference, Dec 12-16, 2016, San Francisco, CA. Poster. [REU Intern]

Indergard, M., & Foster, K. (2016)
The preferred habitat of Elliptical Star Coral (Dichocoenia stokesi). Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Multicultural Program, Ocean Sciences Meeting, February 2016, New Orleans, LA. [REU Intern]

Lohr, K. E., Manfrino, C., & Patterson, J. T. (2016)
Initial outplant performance of Acropora cervicornis across three reef zones in the Cayman Islands, International Coral Reef Symposium, June 19-24, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Abstract ID: 28354).

Monaghan, E., Koch, M., & Foster, K. (2016)
Lobophora variegata has photosynthetic competitive advantage over crustose coralline algae on coral reefs and walls of Little Cayman. Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2016, Portland, ME. [REU Intern]

Peach, K., Koch, M., Blackwelder, P., & Manfrino, C. (2016)
Calcification and Crystallography Responses of a Tropical Macroalgal Reef Sediment Producer, Halimeda spp., to Year 2100 pCO2 Levels Under High and Low Irradiance, ASLO, Feb 21-26, 2016, New Orleans, LA. (Abstract # 90335).

Reda, O., Hetzinger, S., Yamazaki, A., & Foster, K. (2016)
Measurements of the past for a better future: Coral growth bands as a climate record in Little Cayman. 45th Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 16-19, 2016, Portland, ME. [REU Intern]

Shein, K. A., Camp, M., Gramer, L. J., Hendee, J. C., Foster, K. A., Manfrino, C., Hetzinger, S., & Hughes, H. (2016)
Comparing in situ and satellite-based water temperature data over tropical coral reefs: Implications for environmental monitoring and ecological forecasting. International Coral Reef Symposium, June 19-24, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii (Abstract ID: 29432).

Sparke, T., Correia, K., & Candelmo, A. (2016)
Criminal Fish Investigation (CFI): Cracking the case of the villainous lionfish by transforming science into education. 69th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Conference, Nov 7-11, 2016, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.

Treadwell, A., Frazer, T., & Foster, K. (2016)
Diadema dilemma in Little Cayman. Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2016, Portland, ME. [REU Intern]

Butkowski, D., Candelmo, A., & Foster, K. (2015)
It’s a trap! Effectiveness of Lionfish traps in seagrass habitats. 68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting, Lionfish Symposium, November 2015, Panama City, Panama. [REU Intern]

Candelmo, A., Frazer, T., & Butkowski, D. (2015)
Spawning frequency of invasive lionfish (Pterois spp).   68th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting, Lionfish Symposium, November 2015, Panama.

Griffiths, B., Foster, G., & Frazer, T. (2015)
The phenotypic plasticity of the Caribbean climax seagrass Thalassia testudinum. Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium, October 2015, Arlington, VA. [REU Intern]

Luis, K., Hetzinger, S., von Reumont, J., Manfrino, C., & Degregori, S. (2015)
Comparative analysis of modern and fossil coral community structure at Little Cayman, Central Caribbean. Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Science Meeting, February 2015, Granada, Spain. [REU Intern]

McCollough, M., Foster, K.A., Jacoby, C.A. (2015)
A “Fan” of Fungus: A Study of Aspergillosis on Gorgonian spp. off Little Cayman Island. Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2015. Quebec City, Canada. [REU Intern]

McCollough, M., Foster, K.A., Jacoby, C.A. (2015)
A soft spot for sea fans: A study of Gorgonian spp. off Little Cayman Island. Association of Marine Labs of the Caribbean, May 2015, Willenstad, Curacao. [REU Intern]

Piotrowski, S., Foster, G., & Manfrino, C. (2015)
Acropora palmata, proponent or inhibitor of reef resilience: evaluating the role of dead-standing skeletons in future projections of coral reef recovery. Association of Marine Labs of the Caribbean, May 2015, Willenstad, Curacao. [REU Intern]

White, M. (2015)
Ecologies, Encounters, and Enactments in Little Cayman. American Folklore Society annual meeting, Long Beach, CA (Abstracts): 125.

DiGregorio, S., Hetzinger, S., & Manfrino, C. (2014)
Tidal influence on lagoonal temperature in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, Central Caribbean, Using high-resolution in-situ temperature measurements. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 46, No. 6. Session No. 52 “T30. Sea-Level Changes from Minutes to Millennia (Posters),” October 2014, Vancouver.

James, R., Camp, L., Davidson, J., Lemchak, K., Foster, K., & Manfrino, C. (2014)
Flux of Marine Debris on Sea Turtle Nesting Beaches and the Impacts of Small-Scale Storms, Little Cayman Island. American Geophysical Union, Honolulu, Ocean Sciences Meeting, February, 2014.

Lohr, K.E., Bejarano, S., Lirman, D., & Manfrino, C. (2014)
Optimizing productivity of a coral nursery focused on Acropora cervicornis. 43rd Benthic Ecology Meeting, March 2014, Jacksonville, FL.

Luis, K., Hetzinger, S., Von Reumont, J., DiGregorio, S., & Manfrino, C. (2014)
Comparative analysis of modern and fossil coral community structures at Little Cayman, Central Caribbean. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 46, No. 6, Session No. 42 “Paleoclimatology/ Paleooceanography (Posters), October 2014, Vancouver. (Abstract No: 250177).

Manfrino, C., Foster, G., & Foster, K. (2014)
The paradoxical roles of climate stressors on disturbance and recovery of coral reef ecosystems at Little Cayman Island. 2014 International Marine Conservation Congress, Aug 18, 2014, Scotland.

Yamazaki, A., Hetzinger, S., von Reumont, J., Manfrino, C., Tsunogai, U., & Watanabe, T. (2014)
The 90-year variation of north Atlantic nitrogen fixation in the Caribbean coral skeletons. Annual meeting of The Geochemical society of Japan, Sep 16-18, 2014, Toyama, Japan.

Yamazaki, A., Hetzinger, S., Reumont, J, Manfrino, C., Tsunogai, U., & Watanabe, T. (2014)
Variation of North Atlantic nitrogen fixation in Caribbean coral skeletons, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Session: B-PT02 Biocalcification and the Geochemistry of Proxies, May 1, 2014.

Camp, E., Manfrino, C., Smith, D., & Suggett, D. (2013)
Considering Species Tolerance to Climate Change in Conservation Management at Little Cayman’s Coral Reefs. American Geophysical Union, Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico, IN21B-02. Methods for Integrating Climate Information Into Marine Resource Management. (Student best paper). May 2013.

Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A., Edwards, M.A., Gardner, P.G., Barry, S.C., Lohr, K.E., & Manfrino, C. (2013)
Assessing the Efficacy of Lionfish Removal Efforts in the Cayman Islands, Joint Nature Conservation Commission, Grand Cayman, Workshop. July 2013.

Frazer, T.K., Jacoby, C.A, Edwards, M.A., Gardner, P.G., Barry, S.C., Lohr, K.E., & Manfrino, C. (2013)
Assessing the efficacy of lionfish removals. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 2013 Lionfish Summit, October 2013, Cocoa Beach, FL.

Manfrino, C., Foster, G., & Camp, E. (2013)
The Paradoxical Roles of Climate Stressors on Disturbance and Recovery of Coral Reef Ecosystems. American Geophysical Union, Meeting of the Americas, Cancun, Mexico U53A-06. Identifying and Quantifying Critical Climatic Conditions for Coral Reef Ecosystem Impacts. May 2013.

Von Reumont, J., Hetzinger, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Manfrino, C., Grove, C.A., Dullo, W.C. (2013)
Calibration of coral Sr/Ca and δ18O using high-resolution in situ temperature data: A case study from the Cayman Islands, Caribbean Sea, International Sclerochronology Conference in Wales. (PhD Student Prize). May 2013.

Batha, C., Krames, J., Dunne, L., Handel, E., Ducote, R., Coelho, V., & Manfrino C. (2008)
Macroalgal Cover and Coral Recruit Abundance in Little Cayman’s Shallow Water Reefs in 2003 and 2005. 22nd National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Salisbury, Maryland.

Brandt, M.E., & Manfrino, C. (2006)
White Plague Disease and the Decline of a Caribbean Coral Reef. EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87 (36) Ocean Sci. Meet (Honolulu). Suppl. Abstract 0S26G-18.

Brown, A., Deo, R., Earp, J., Harvey, J., Johnson, K., May, J., Tang-Smith, S., Coelho, V., & Manfrino, C. (2006)
Status of Coral Reefs of Little Cayman in 2005, EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87 (36) Ocean Sci. Meet (Honolulu). Suppl. Abstract 0S46N-06

Coelho, V., Boonstra, R.K., Schittone, J., Surface, J.R., Manfrino, C. (2007) Status of the Reefs in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, in 2006, 33rd Scientific Meeting of the AMLC, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands Proceedings.

Coelho, V.R., Manfrino, C., Ducote, R.,Elias, K.J.,Tew, C.G., & Whitney, E. (2005)
No-take marine parks are not enough: a case study from Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. 32nd Scientific Meeting of the Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Coelho, V.R., Manfrino, C., King, W., & Williams, D. (2004)
Algal biomass in relation to depth and proximity to marine parks at leeward and windward sites in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. 10th Coral Reef International Symposium, Okinawa, Japan (Abstracts): 342.

Krames, J.P., Organist, P., Cruz, K.D., Pacheco, D., Manfrino C., & Coelho V. (2010)
Upright Macroalgal Biomass Inside and Outside Marine No-take Reserves in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands, 22nd National Council Undergraduate Research, Salisbury, Maryland.

Manfrino, C., Hernández-Pacheco, R., & Hernández-Delgado, E.A. (2012)
Upper Mesophotic to Shallow Reef Biodiversity, Bloody Bay, Little Cayman, Intl. Coral Reef Symposium, July 2012, Cairns, Australia. Abstract only.

Manfrino C., van Hooidonk, R., & Manzello D. (2011)
The Delineation of Coral Bleaching Thresholds and Future Reef Health, Little Cayman Cayman Islands, Session: Multi-scale Ocean Modeling and Opportunities for Coastal Marine and Ecosystem Forecast Services II No. OS53B-1780. American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, Dec. 5-9, 2011, San Francisco, CA.

Manfrino, C., & Whiteman, L. (2008)
Recruitment and Resilience on Coral Reefs, 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. p. 350.

Manfrino, C., Harvey, E.K., & Coelho, V.R. (2006)
Coral reef health and community structure over the past 6 years in Little Cayman, American Geophysical Union, 87 (36) Ocean Sci. Meet (Honolulu). Suppl. Abstract 0S461-04.

Manfrino, C., Coelho, V.R., & Soranno, A. (2004)
Coral diversity and mortality between 1999 and 2002 at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (Abstracts): 319.

Manfrino, C., Coelho, V.R., & Soranno, A. (2004)
Another apparent shift in the structural diversity of reefs, Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. 10th Coral Reef International Symposium, Okinawa, Japan (Abstracts): 259.

Tanis, M., Youngster, T., & Manfrino, C. (2011)
Evidence for harvesting sexually immature conch despite marine protection in Little Cayman’s Bloody Bay Marine Park, The Association of Marine Laboratories of the Caribbean 35th Scientific Conference, May 23-27, 2011, San Jose, Costa Rica.

Tyminski, W.P. Jr, Garcia, J., Sosa, T.A., Ziegler, D., O’Keefe, A.J., Allshouse, M.E., Coelho, V.R., & Manfrino, C. (2004)
Coral reef diversity and health inside and outside marine protected areas in Little Cayman, Cayman Islands. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA: 319.

White, M. (2010)
Who Knows What? Lay vs. Expert Knowledge in Little Cayman. American Folklore Society annual meeting, Nashville, TN (Abstracts): 96.

White, M. (2009)
Contested Ethics of Place in Little Cayman. American Folklore Society annual meeting, Boise, ID (Abstracts): 103.

White, M. (2008)
Common Ground? Community and Identity in Little Cayman. American Folklore Society annual meeting, Louisville, KY (Abstracts): 116.

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