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Poster/Talks Presentations

Rhett Lyles* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). Showcase Day. Genetic analysis of a pantropical sea urchin at the southeastern edge of a Caribbean population. University of Tennessee Southern, Pulaski, Tennessee. April 18, 2024.
 
Hannah Oliver* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). Showcase Day. Using barcoding to identify shallow-water zooxanthellate zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) along the north-eastern coast of Toco, Trinidad. University of Tennessee Southern, Pulaski, Tennessee. April 18, 2024.
 
Rebecka Roddy* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). Showcase Day. Combining molecular analyses with morphology to identify zoantharians located at Toco, Trinidad, southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. University of Tennessee Southern, Pulaski, Tennessee. April 18, 2024.
Rhett Lyles* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). 85th Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Genetic analysis of a pantropical sea urchin at the southeastern edge of a Caribbean population. Chattanooga, Tennessee. March 20-23, 2024.
 
Hannah Oliver* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). 85th Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Using barcoding to identify shallow-water zooxanthellate zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) along the north-eastern coast of Toco, Trinidad. Chattanooga, Tennessee. March 20-23, 2024.
 
Rebecka Roddy* and Stanton G. Belford. 2024 (poster). 85th Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Combining molecular analyses with morphology to identify zoantharians located at Toco, Trinidad, southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. Chattanooga, Tennessee. March 20-23, 2024.

Belford, S.G. 2024 (talk). The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Combining molecular analyses with reef surveys: Monitoring benthic components on reefs located at Toco, Trinidad, southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. Seattle, Washington. January 2-6, 2024.

 

Rebecka Roddy* and Stanton G. Belford. 2023 (poster). 133rd Tennessee Academy of Science. Combining molecular and morphology to identify zoantharians located at Toco, Trinidad, southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. Memphis, Tennessee. November 18, 2023.

 

Belford, S.G. 2023 (Talk) POSea Conference. Combining molecular analyses with reef monitoring to add knowledge about benthic components on reefs located at Toco, Trinidad, southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. October 29, 2023. Virtual Conference.

Angel Pool* and Stanton G. Belford. 2023 (poster). 84th Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Molecular analyses and benthic distribution of shallow-water zooxanthellate zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia) and their symbionts Symbiodiniaceae along the north-eastern coast of Toco, Trinidad. Winston-Salem, North Carolina. March 23-26, 2023.

 

Galloway, H.*, Cummins, C.*, Hanes, S.,  Belford, S.G. 2022 (poster). 132th Tennessee Academy of Science. Report on distribution and size abundance of the Saddleback crayfish Faxonius durelli (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Cambaridae) located in Giles County, Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. November 18, 2022.

 

Belford, S.G. and Cummins, C.* 2022 (poster). 132th Tennessee Academy of Science. Towards the phylogenetic identification of zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) found on reefs along the northeastern coast of Toco, Trinidad. Nashville, Tennessee. November 18, 2022.

 

Belford, S.G. 2022 (Talk) POSea Conference. Morphological and molecular analyses of zoantharians located at the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. September 29-October 1, 2022. Virtual Conference. 

Belford, S.G. 2022 (poster) International Coral Reef Symposium. Island biodiversity and phylogeny on coral reef communities in the wake of ecological risks associated with port development in a developing country. Bremen, Germany, July 3-8, 2022.

Chloe E. Cummins*, Samantha Kilian*, S.G. Belford. 2022 (poster) 83rd Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Morphological and molecular analyses of zoantharians located at the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. Little Rock, Arkansas. March 30-April 1, 2022.

 

Briley E. Bain*, S.G. Belford, Shanna Hanes. 2022 (poster) 83rd Association of Southeastern Biologists conference. Symbiodiniaceae diversity of zooxanthellate zoantharians at the southern edge of the Caribbean Sea. Little Rock, Arkansas. March 30-April 1, 2022.

 

Briley E. Bain*, Chloe E. Cummins*, S.G. Belford, Doug Dorer, and Shanna Hanes. 2021 (poster) 131th Tennessee Academy of Science conference. Molecular analysis of zoantharians located at the southernmost region of the Caribbean Sea. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. November 6, 2021.

Stanton G. Belford. 2021. (poster) 131th Tennessee Academy of Science conference. Molecular identification of zoantharians (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from Trinidad, southern Caribbean. Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee. November 6, 2021.

 

Rainey Tyler*, Samantha Kilian*, Stanton Belford. 2021 (poster) Association of Southeastern Biologists. Morphological and molecular identification of the Saddle Crayfish: Faxonius durelli (Decapoda: Cambaridae) along streams throughout Giles County, Tennessee. Virtual Conference. March 2021.

Stanton Belford. 2021 (poster) Association of Southeastern Biologists. Coastal biodiversity and phylogeny on coral reef communities along the north-eastern coast of Trinidad: A race to share scientific knowledge in the wake of ecological risks associated with benthic destruction resulting from a proposed port development. Virtual Conference. March 2021. 

Stanton Belford. 2021 (poster) CADASE. Collegiate student perspectives on coastal conservation. Virtual Conference. March 2021.

 

Samantha Kilian*, Stanton G. Belford. 2020 (poster) 130th Tennessee Academy of Science Conference. Molecular identification of three freshwater crayfish species at streams in Giles County, Tennessee. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. November 21, 2020.

 

Stanton Belford. 2020 (poster). 14th International Coral Reef Symposium. Island biodiversity and phylogeny on coral reef communities in the wake of ecological risks associated with port development in a developing country. Bremen, Germany, July 6-8, 2020. (Abstract accepted).

 

Samantha Davenport*, Madison Yurewitch* Stanton Belford. 2019. (poster) Association of Southeastern Biologists (ASB) Conference. Morphology and comparative survey of the crayfish Faxonius sp. At streams in Giles County, Tennessee. Memphis, Tennessee. April 3-6, 2019.

 

Stanton Belford. 2019 (lightening talk) Association of Southeastern Biologists. Adding knowledge of molecular phylogenetic relationships of the rock-boring sea urchin Echinometra lucunter. Memphis, Tennessee. April 3-6, 2019.

 

Aleigha Carroll*, Stanton G. Belford. 2018 (poster) 128th Tennessee Academy of Science Conference. Comparing undergraduate biology majors’ outlook on science to that of undergraduate non-majors. Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. November 17, 2018.

Stanton G. Belford. 2018 (poster) Association of Southeastern Biologists. Zoantharian abundance in benthic communities within the vicinity of human activities along the northeastern coast of Trinidad, West Indies. Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. March 28-31, 2018.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2017 (poster). 127th Tennessee Academy of Science Conference. Sharing shared shelf science sea life in the classroom. University of Tennessee-Martin, Martin, Tennessee. November 17, 2017.

Stanton G. Belford & Richard Madden. 2016 (talk). Council of Independent Colleges, Consortium on Digital Resources for Teaching and Research National Workshop. Washington D.C. September 8-10, 2016.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2016 (poster). Mid-Atlantic Association of Science Teachers Meeting “Incorporating Informal Science Education to determine students’ perception of the marine environment. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. September 22-24, 2016.

Markeyta Bledsoe* & Stanton Belford. 2016 (poster) Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) Annual Meeting. Distribution of sea urchin density and community structure in different habitats along the northeastern coast of Trinidad. Clarksville, Tennessee. November 19, 2016.

 

Brad Crye* & Stanton Belford. 2015 (poster) Tennessee Academy of Science (TAS) Annual Meeting. Distribution and density of the rock-boring sea urchin along the northeastern coast of Trinidad, West Indies. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. November 20, 2015.

Stanton Belford & Melody Russell. 2015 (talk) National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST). Rural Science Education: Promoting environmental awareness through informal science education. Chicago, IL.. April 11-14, 2015.

 

Stanton Belford & Melody Russell. 2014 (talk) Southeastern Association for Science Teacher Education (SASTE). Informal science education and rural science: A look at a seventh grade life science classroom in the southern US. Savanna, Georgia. September 26, 2014.

David Laurencio, Laura Crowe, Stanton Belford, and Melody Russell. 2013 (talk) A NanoBio Science Partnership for the Alabama Black Belt Region First Annual MSP Conference on Science Teaching and Learning. Exploring Alternative Field Placements: Preservice Science Teachers and the Informal Science Setting. , Tuskegee, Alabama. August 17, 2013.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2013 (talk) Post Graduate Forum 2012/2013. Liming next to Toco’s Reefs, No drinks allowed. University of Trinidad and Tobago, O’Meara Campus. August 15,

2013.


Stanton G. Belford. 2013 Teachers’ workshop at the Destination Malawi 2013 Program. Lumbadzi Primary School, Lilongwe, Malawi. June 6, 2013.

Stanton G. Belford. 2010 (poster). Benthic Ecology Meeting. Effects of mutualism on population dynamics in anemonefish symbiosis. UNC-Willmington. March 2010.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2008 (poster) Middle Tennessee State University Scholars Day. Monitoring the distribution of coral reef-builders growing in harsh environmental conditions. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. April 2008.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2008 (talk) Southeastern Ecology and Evolution Conference (SEEC). Analysis of coral distribution and coral symbionts in two reef “systems” in the southern Caribbean. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. March 2008.

 

Stanton G. Belford. 2007 (poster) Middle Tennessee State University Scholars Day 2007. Baseline coral density data: a simple way to know what’s out there. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. April 2007.

* Student presenters.

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