SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The symposium starts at Monday April 25th at 1800 with a welcome
reception at the Sven Lovèn Centre for Marine Science
and ends on Friday April 29th after lunch (around 1400)
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS
All regular talks are scheduled for 15 minutes with 5 minutes for
setup/questions (total 20 minutes). Powerpoint
presentations are supported. If you are unsure whether your talk will have
compatibility issues (i.e. mac, new version of powerpoint, open office etc) please
save presentation as a pdf file.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
There will be a poster session/reception Tuesday evening April 26th
from 1630-1800 in the entrance of the main building. Dimensions of poster
boards are 90cm wide by 190cm tall.
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Scientific Program |
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1800-2200 |
Arrival, registration and reception at the Sven Lovén
Centre for Marine Sciences – pizza dinner |
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Tuesday
April 26th |
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0730-0830 |
Breakfast |
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0900-0930 |
Introduction and Orientation (conference organizers) |
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Morning session: Sexual Selection & Mating
Systems Chair: Kenyon Mobley |
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0930-1030 |
Anders Berglund, Uppsala University. “Sexual selection in pipefish” |
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1030-1100 |
Coffee break/fika |
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1100-1120 |
Onno Diekmann, Universidade Algarve.
“The genetic mating system of the black striped pipefish Syngnathus abaster” |
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1120-1140 |
Tonje Aronsen, Norwegian University of Science and
Technology. “The effects of density and operational sex ratio on the genetic
mating system of the broad-nosed pipefish (Syngnathus typhle)” |
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1140-1200 |
Jorge Palma, Universidade Algarve.
“Courtship behavior and sex ratio effect on the reproductive behavior of the
long snout seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus” |
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1200-1220 |
J Pedro
Andrade. Universidade Algarve. “Potential reproductive rates in male and female Hippocampus guttulatus,
with a note on the occurrence of female bigamy” |
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1230-1330 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon session: Sexual Selection & Mating
Systems Chair: Anders Berglund |
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1330-1350 |
Kimberly Paczolt, Texas A&M
University. “Tradeoffs between growth and reproduction in the Gulf pipefish” |
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1350-1410 |
Gry Sagebakken, Göteborg University.
“Factors affecting embryo survival in the brood pouch of Syngnathus typhle” |
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1410-1430 |
Gunilla Rosenqvist, Norwegian University of Science
and Technology. “Sexual signals and mating patterns in Syngnathidae” |
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1430-1450 |
Kenyon Mobley, Umeå University. “Temporal
patterns of sexual selection in broad-nosed pipefish, Syngnathus typhle” |
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1450-1520 |
Coffee break/fika |
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1520-1620 |
Charlotta Kvarnemo, Göteborg
University. “Sexual selection in a monogamous seahorse” |
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1630-1800 |
Poster session/reception |
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1800-2000 |
Dinner |
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Wednesday April 27th |
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0730-0830 |
Breakfast |
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Morning session: Evolution, Sexual Selection and
Hormones Chair: Thorsten Reusch |
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0900-1000 |
Adam Jones, Texas A&M University. “The past, present and future of
mating system and sexual selection research in syngnathid fishes” |
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1000-1020 |
Charlyn Partridge, Washington University. “The effects of environmental estrogen
on mating dynamics and gene expression in a sex-role reversed pipefish” |
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1020-1040 |
Emily Rose, Texas A&M University. “Effects of synthetic estrogen
EE2 on sexual selection in Gulf pipefish.” |
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1040-1110 |
Coffee break/fika |
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1110-1130 |
Sunny Scobell, Texas A&M University.
“Hormonal mediation of female competition and male pregnancy in syngnathids” |
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1130-1230 |
Tony Wilson, Zurich Natural History Museum. “The evolutionary origins of syngnathid fishes” |
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1230-1330 |
Lunch |
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1330-1800 |
Free time/Excursions (hiking, ferry to Lysekil,
etc) |
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1800-2000 |
Dinner |
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2000-2200 |
Workshop: IUCN red listing for syngnathids Chair: Amanda Vincent |
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Thursday April 28th |
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0730-0830 |
Breakfast |
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Morning session: Physiology & Hormones
Chair: Charlyn Partridge |
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0900-1000 |
Nuno Monteiro, CIBIO University of
Porto. “There is a time and place for
everything” |
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1000-1020 |
Ines Braga
Goncalves, Göteborg University. “Embryo
oxygenation in pipefish brood pouches: novel insights” |
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1020-1040 |
Jorge Palma, Universidade do Algarve. “Size
of prey ingested by long snout seahorse, Hippocampus
guttulatus. Are Hippocampus spp.
gape-limited predators?” |
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1040-1110 |
Coffee break/fika |
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1110-1130 |
Thorsten Reusch, Liebniz
Institute for Marine Sciences, Kiel. “A pipefish with a strange immune
system? Transcriptomic insights into the immunogenetics of Syngnathus
typhle” |
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1130-1150 |
Angela Bahr, University of Zurich. “Does sexual selection act on MHC
genes in sex-role reversed species? Insights from the potbellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)” |
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1150-1210 |
Olivia Roth, Liebniz Institute for Marine
Sciences, Kiel. “Bateman’s principle revisited: sex-specific immune
dimorphism in a sex-role reversed pipefish” |
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1210-1230 |
Susanne Landis, Liebniz Institute for Marine
Sciences, Kiel. “Who will win the hot water race?” |
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1230-1330 |
Lunch |
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Afternoon Session: Conservation Chair: Lotta Kvarnemo |
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1330-1430 |
Amanda Vincent, Project Seahorse/University of British Columbia.
“Current state of seahorse trade globally” |
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1430-1450 |
Mohammad Shokri, Shahid
Beheshti University. “The effectiveness of
seahorses and pipefish (Pisces: Syngnathidae) as a flagship group to evaluate
the conservation value of estuarine seagrass beds” |
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1450-1520 |
Coffee break/Fika |
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1520-1540 |
Lucy Woodall, Project Seahorse/University of Stirling.
“The conservation genetics of the European long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus” |
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1540-1600 |
Adam Lim, University of Malaya. “Diversity of syngnathid fishes in
Malaysia with implications for conservation” |
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1600-1700 |
Sara Lourie, McGill University. “Taking
conservation action in the face of taxonomic confusion: seahorses as a case
study” |
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1830-2100 |
Banquet Dinner |
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2100- |
Disco Pub |
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Friday April 29th |
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0730-0830 |
Breakfast |
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Morning session: Conservation & Climate Change Chair: Gunilla Rosenqvist |
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0900-1000 |
Ingrid Ahnesjö, Uppsala University. “Time perspectives
on paternal pipefish pregnancies” |
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1000-1020 |
Miguel Correia. Project Seahorse/ Universidade Algarve. “Human influences on seahorse
populations in the Ria Formosa lagoon, south
Portugal” |
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1020-1040 |
Ierecê Rosa, Universidade Federal da Paraíba.
“ Conservation of seahorses (Hippocampus
spp.) in Brazil” |
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1040-1110 |
Coffee break/fika |
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1110-1130 |
Mariana Padron, California Academy of
Sciences. “Distinct phylogeographic patterns of sympatric west Atlantic
exploited seahorses” |
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1130-1150 |
Bram Couperus, IMARES, Netherlands. “The snake pipefish: a coastal and
truly oceanic species” |
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1150-1210 |
Josefin Sundin, Uppsala University. “Behavioral
responses to a changing environment” |
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1210-1230 |
Concluding Remarks (Conference Organizers) |
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1230-1330 |
Lunch |
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**End** |
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