Session Overview

Explore cutting-edge research in organismal biology and adaptation across diverse marine environments. This session showcases how our scientists are advancing our understanding of species interactions, environmental responses, and evolutionary patterns in aquatic organisms.

Research Highlights:

• Environmental contaminants in mangrove systems
• Mesozooplankton community dynamics
• Tropical fish trophic relationships
• Crustacean morphological adaptation
• Insect-plant interactions in emerging crops

Each session features 12-minute presentations followed by 3-minute Q&A periods.

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Session Presentations:

• Maurine Kerubo Arori: Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the surface sediments of Mwache Mangrove wetland in the Kenyan coast
• Ceiça Chioze: Abundance and distribution of mesozooplankton communities on the southern and central Mozambique shelf
• Myrna Elis Ferreira Santos: Trophic traits and phylogenetic relatedness in tropical carnivorous fish assemblages
• Valéria Vale: Under Pressure, Rolling Down On Me: Female Body Shape Insights For a Hermit Crab Along the South Atlantic Coast
• Ellen Adjeiwaa: Preference and Survival of Diamondback Moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) Larvae on Pennycress (Brassicales: Brassicaceae) in Choice and No-choice Tests
• Madeleine R. Stewart: Ontogeny of Sexual Size Dimorphism in Juvenile Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris)

To read each presentation abstract, visit the Speaker's page below.

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