Location: Auditorium, College of Marine Science ( 海科院演講廳 3F)

1. Symposium of Kuroshio Current - related Studies黑潮與相關研究研討會December 4~5, 2007 • Tsen-Chien Chen (陳正虔) • Effects of Modifying Center of Gravity on Rates of Damage to • Corals by Scuba Divers. • Bao-Sen Shieh (謝寶森) • Using structural equation modeling (SEM) for Kuroshio marine • ecosystem research. • Hsueh-Wen Chang (張學文) • Tse-Min Lee (李澤民) • Competition between seagrass and epiphyte: light and • photosynthesis. • Hin-Kiu Mok (莫顯蕎) • On the temporal change in species composition at a speciose • site (Wei-an) on the Pascadore Islands. • Yuh-Wen Chiu (邱郁文) • Li-Lian Liu (劉莉蓮) • The mollusk biodiversity in seagrass beds of southern Taiwan. • B. Genetic differentiation among populations of the coral-inhabiting snail Coralliophila violacea in regions of the Kuroshio and the South China Sea. • Shui-Kai Chang (張水鍇) • Overview on flyingfish fisheries in the eastern Taiwan - current • situation and challenges. • Meng-Hsieh Chen (陳孟仙) • Estuarine utilization and reproduction of splendid ponyfish, • Leiognathus splendens, in Kaoping River, Southwestern Taiwan. • Hao-Hsien Chang (張豪賢) • What can respiration rates tell about the ecological significance • of mesozooplankton? –with special respect to gelatinous • zooplankton. Paul J. Harrison Ichiro Mine Tetsuo Harada Plutomeo M. Nieves Nemesio Montano Relative Daily Growth Rates (RDGR) of Farmed Carrageenophytes taken from Tawitawi and transplanted in Bulusan,Sorsogon in the Pacific Ocean Coast ofLuzon Island,Philippines. Chon-Lin Lee (李宗霖) Atmospheric Transport of Terrestrial Hydrophobic Organic Pollutants to the Kuroshio Sphere. Jia-Jang Hung (洪佳章) Seasonal Variability of Net Community Metabolism in the Northern South China Sea.  Ruo-Shan Tseng (曾若玄) Observations of Kuroshio's flow structure east of Taiwan along 22 N. Yuh-ling Lee Chen (李玉玲) Seasonal dynamics of new production from Trichodesmium N2 fixation and nitrate uptake in the upstream Kuroshio and South China Sea basin.  Houng-Yung Chen (陳宏遠) Iron sufficiency in Trichodesmium in upstream Kuroshio. Wen-Tseng Lo (羅文增) Influence of tropical cyclones (typhoons) on hydrography and siphonophores in the Kuroshio sphere around Taiwan. Ker-Yea Soong (宋克義) Does seasonality of recruitment contribute to high species diversity of coral reefs? Location: Auditorium, College of Marine Science(海科院演講廳3F) Sponsor: Asia-Pacific Ocean Research Center (亞太海洋研究中心) Registration Website: http://kuroshio.nsysu.edu.tw/~kuroshio Deadline for registration: November 28, 2007