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CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

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Please note there will be further minor changes prior to conference so please check back for programme updates. 

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Current version: 9 July v20

POSTER LIST

Posters are listed alphabetically by presenter surname.  Poster numbers refer to the location of the poster on-site at the conference.

Tommaso Alestra  - poster no. 16

Fabrication and trial of artificial rock pools at Lyttelton Port Company: a cost-effective approach for small-scale eco-engineering

Samuel Clough - poster no. 17

New investigations suggest ontogenetic diet and habitat change in the Angolan flying squid (Todarodes angolensis)

Kat Cooper poster no. 18

An investigation into the diet of Elephant fish (Callorhinchus milii) in Aotearoa/New Zealand

Sharon De Luca - poster no. 3

Marine Ecological Valuation Guidelines

Alain de Verneil - poster no. 1

Transport and mixing of energy and material in Cook Strait/Te Moana o Raukawa

Jordan Elvy - poster no. 8

Thermal Resilience of the Green-lipped Mussel Perna canaliculus is influenced by Parental Origin and Offspring Age

Logan Kallam - poster no. 4

Do ray (whai repo) perturbations influence intertidal seagrass patch dynamics  and resilience?

Ben Knight - poster no. 14

Towards cost-effective spectral sensing of phytoplankton

Holly Adams - poster no. 9

Increasing complexities in habitats draws in more marine life

Louis Olsen - poster no. 2

Deep-Sea biodiversity in the western Pacific Ocean: implications for managing human activities.

Matt Pinkerton  - poster no. 15

Zooplankton and microplastic in the Southern Ocean: Continuous Plankton Recorder sampling to 2023 with special focus on the Ross Sea sector

Leteisha Prescott  - poster no. 10

Fit Fish, Strong Hearts: Mitochondrial function underpins exercise-enhanced thermal tolerance

Morgan Puklowski - poster no. 19

Feeding in Focus: A Behavioural and Machine Learning Approach to Larval Fish Nutrition Research

Laura Read - poster no. 13

Filling the Gaps: Mapping Marine Habitats with Divers, Aerial Imagery, and Algorithms

Mollie Rickwood  - poster no. 5

Understanding the contribution of temperate mesophotic ecosystems to fish production

Benjamin Shirey - poster no. 11

Sorting strawberry squid: A systematic and ecological review the deep-sea squid family Histioteuthidae (Verrill, 1881)

Samuel Vander Velpen - poster no. 20

AI-driven tool for invasive species data search and integration

Connor Wallace - poster no. 12

Consquidering Populations: Evaluating Population Connectivity in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Arrow Squids

Paul Wolf - poster no. 7

Sex, Settlement, and Sessility: Adaptive Pathways in Marine Invertebrate Life Histories

Paul Wolf  - poster no. 6

Counting What Counts: How Inconsistent Taxonomic Resolution Skews Benthic Bioindicator Data

KEY DATES

Call for sessions and special sessions 19 Jan

Call for session suggestions close 20 Feb

Abstract submissions open 26 Jan

Abstracts Close 28 April

Author Notification 13 May

 

Registrations Open 16 Feb
Early Registration Discount Ends 29 May

Standard Registrations Close 26 June

Conference 1-3 July

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
 

Nick Ward (Chair)

Ash Rabel

Ulla von Ammon

Sam Thomas

Gemma Scott

Michele Rogalin Henderson

Pete Wilson

Armagan Sabetian

CONFERENCE ORGANISER
 

Tracy Young

On-Cue Conferences
Tel: 03 928 0620
Email: tracy@on-cue.co.nz

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