Kelp Forest Ecology Symposium 2007

1. Niche partitioning of Spider Crabs (Brachyura, Majidae): Avoidance of intraspecific and interspecific competition within a central California kelp forest.

Chelsea D. Parrish-Kuhn, Alexis C. Howard, Scott S. Gabara & Benjamin P. Weitzman

2. The Effects of Drift Kelp on Kelp Forest Fish Species

Doug O'Meara, Kelly Hickman, and Kevin Von der Porten

3. Invertebrate assemblages on two species of Red Algae: Chondracanthus corymbifera and Cryptopleura ruprechtiana

Jessica Couture & James Willis

4. Does a Kelp Forest Dominated by Macrocystis pyrifera have a Baffling Effect on Noise?

Isaac Simpson

5. Drift Kelp as a Habitat and Food Source for KGB YOY

Armand Barilotti, Patrick Lane, Sean Berton-Sniderman

6. Distributions of Three Filter Feeder Taxa on Rock Faces in A Kelp Forest: Urochordata, Bryozoa and Porifera

Lindsay Marks, Pearl Rojas and Angela Johnson

7. Distribution and Habitat Type for Urticina piscivora in Monterey Bay, CA

Ryan Mayeda & Daniel Genter

8. Effect of M. pyrifera density on S. atrovirens density, habitat preference and aggregate behavior

Devona Yates and Marcos Grabiel

9. Size distribution relative to patch formation of Diopatra ornata.

Christian Orsini and Leon Roullard

10. Pycnopodia helianthoides

James Cowley, Alex Feck, Paul Leary, Reed Vander Schaaf

11. Species competition and overgrowth on rocky subtidal boulders of Central CA

Moriah Sevier & Laura Reinhard

12. Kelp Forest Crevices as Refuges

Alex Matsumoto