Presentations | Bucklin Laboratory Group

Selected Presentations from the Bucklin lab (*Invited)

2022

Bucklin, A., P.G. Batta-Lona, J.M. Questel, D.E. Richardson, N.J. Copley, T.D. O’Brien, and P.H. Wiebe (2022) DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton species diversity for ecosystem monitoring on NW Atlantic continental shelf. Ocean Sciences Meeting (March 3, 2022; Virtual). Poster presentation

Batta-Lona, P.G., J.M. Questel, J.K. Llopiz, P.H. Wiebe (2022) DNA metabarcoding analysis of salp diet diversity in the NW Atlantic mesopelagic food web. Ocean Sciences Meeting (March 4, 2022; Virtual). Poster presentation

2021

Bucklin, A. J.K. Llopiz, S.R. Thorrold, A. Govindarajan, P.H. Wiebe, M. Jech, P.E. Caiger, P.G. Batta-Lona, H. McMonagle, M. Wojcicki, S. Glancy, K. Gardner, R. Francolini (2021) Integrative analysis of mesopelagic food webs: metabarcoding, morphological, and stable isotope analysis of diets of salps and fishes in the ocean twilight zone. ICES Annual Science Conference (Sep., 2021; Virtual) Oral presentation

Bucklin, A., P.G. Batta-Lona, D.E. Richardson, T.D. O’Brien, J.M. Questel, P.H. Wiebe (2021) Time-series COI metabarcoding of zooplankton species diversity on the Northwest Atlantic continental shelf. ICES Annual Science Conference (Sep., 2021; Virtual) Oral presentation

Bucklin, A., M. Wojcicki, P.G. Batta-Lona, J.M. Questel, S. Glancy, P. Caiger, R. Francolini, H. McMonagle, A.F. Govindarajan, P.H. Wiebe, J.K. Llopiz (2021) DNA metabarcoding of diet diversity of mesopelagic fishes in the NW Atlantic Slope Water. ASLO Aquatic Sciences (June 2021; Virtual) Oral presentation

Batta-Lona, P.G., J.K. Llopiz, J.M. Questel, P.H. Wiebe, A. Bucklin (2021) Salps in mesopelagic food webs: DNA metabarcoding analysis of diet diversity and trophic dynamics. ASLO Aquatic Sciences (June, 2021; Virtual) Oral presentation

Castellano, K.R., J. Wegrzyn, P.G. Batta-Lona, A. Bucklin, R.J. O’Neill (2020) Salps in bloom: Genome dynamics provide insight into Salpa thompsoni’s reproductive success. ASLO Aquatic Sciences (June, 2021; Virtual). Oral presentation

Frenzel, A., E. Unal, P.G. Batta-Lona, A. Bucklin (2021) Molecular markers of climate adaptation of Thysanoessa longicaudata (Euphausiacea) in the Arctic Ocean. ASLO Aquatic Sciences (June, 2021; Virtual). Poster presentation

Wojcicki, M., H. Baumann, P.G. Batta-Lona, C. Concannon, A. Bucklin (2021) DNA metabarcoding of juvenile Black Sea Bass diets in a coastal estuary, Long Island Sound, NW Atlantic. ASLO Aquatic Sciences (June, 2021; Virtual). Poster presentation

2020

*Bucklin, A., T.D. O’Brien (2020) SCOR WG157 MetaZooGene: Toward a new global view of marine zooplankton biodiversity based on DNA metabarcoding and reference DNA sequence databases; MBON/GOOS/OBPS/OBIS/OceanObsRCN/SCOR Webinar (July 22, 2020; Virtual) Invited presentation

Bucklin, A. P.G. Batta-Lona, M. Wojcicki, S.G. Glancy, A. Govindarajan, et al. (2020) Metabarcoding analysis of diet diversity of mesopelagic fishes and salps. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Feb. 18, 2020; San Diego, CA). Oral presentation

Batta-Lona, P.G. J.L. Llopiz, A.F. Govindarajan, A. Bucklin (2020) Role of salps in mesopelagic food webs: metabarcoding analysis of trophic interactions and diet diversity. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Feb. 18, 2020; San Diego, CA). Oral presentation

Wojcicki, M., S.G. Glancy, P.G. Batta-Lona, J.L. Llopiz, A. Govindarajan, A. Bucklin (2020) Discovering trophic interactions in the ocean twilight zone: metabarcoding analysis of mesopelagic fish diet diversity. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Feb. 18, 2020; San Diego, CA). Poster presentation

2019

*Bucklin, A., DeHart, H.M., L. Blanco-Bercial, M. Passacantando, J.M. Questel (2019) Pathways of pelagic connectivity: Eukrohnia hamata (Chaetognatha) in the Arctic Ocean. ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology. (11-15 March, 2019; Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain). Oral

*Bucklin, A., H.D. Yeh, J.M. Questel, D.E. Richardson, N.J. Copley, and P.H. Wiebe (2019) Zooplankton diversity of the NW Atlantic continental shelf based on 18S rRNA metabarcodes. Norway – U.S. 3rd eDNA Science Workshop (9-10 May 2019, Bergen, Norway). Oral

Bucklin, A., DeHart, H.M., L. Blanco-Bercial, M. Passacantando, J.M. Questel (2019) Pathways of pelagic connectivity: Eukrohnia hamata (Chaetognatha) in the Arctic Ocean. Synoptic Arctic Survey (SAS) Open Planning Workshop (May 15-16, 2019; Woods Hole MA). Oral

Bucklin, A., J.K. Llopiz, S.R. Thorrold, P.G. Batta-Lona, S. Glancy, M. Wojcicki, A. Frenzel (2019) Integrative analysis of the mesopelagic food web: metabarcoding, morphological taxonomy, and stable isotope analysis of the diets of fishes and salps in the ocean twilight zone. ICES Annual Science Conference (Sep 9-12, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Oral presentation K:93

Batta-Lona, P.G., J.K. Llopiz, A. Govindarajan, A. Bucklin (2019) Metabarcoding analysis of salp diets and trophic relationships in mesopelagic food webs. ICES Annual Science Conference (Sep 9-12, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Poster presentation K109

Wojcicki, M.S. Glancy, J.K. Llopiz, A. Bucklin (2019) Discovering food web interactions in the ocean twilight zone: metabarcoding analysis of the diet of mesopelagic fishes. ICES Annual Science Conference (Sep 9-12, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Poster presentation K:106

Wojcicki, M.S. Glancy, J.K. Llopiz, A. Bucklin (2019) Discovering food web interactions in the ocean twilight zone: metabarcoding analysis of the diet of mesopelagic fishes. SCOR MetaZooGene Symposium: Rediscovering pelagic biodiversity: Progress, promise, and challenges of metabarcoding of microbes to mammals (Sep 13, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Poster presentation

Batta-Lona, P.G., J.K. Llopiz, A. Govindarajan, A. Bucklin (2019) Metabarcoding analysis of salp diets and trophic relationships in mesopelagic food webs. SCOR MetaZooGene Symposium: Rediscovering pelagic biodiversity: Progress, promise, and challenges of metabarcoding of microbes to mammals (Sep 13, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Oral presentation

Bucklin, A., J.M. Questel, B. Reese, N.J. Copley, P.H. Wiebe (2019) Time-series analysis of zooplankton diversity of the NW Atlantic continental shelf based on 18S rRNA metabarcodes. SCOR MetaZooGene Symposium: Rediscovering pelagic biodiversity: Progress, promise, and challenges of metabarcoding of microbes to mammals (Sep 13, 2019; Gothenburg, Sweden) Oral presentation

2018

Divito, K.R., N.K. Jue, S. Trusiak, C. Obergfell, A. Bucklin, R.J. O’Neill (2018) Bloom or Bust: Genomic analysis of Salpa thompsoni in a rapidly changing environment. SICB 2018 Meeting (San Francisco, CA; 1/3-7/2018) Poster

Bucklin, A., J.M. Questel, N.J. Copley, and P.H. Wiebe (2018) Zooplankton diversity of the NW Atlantic continental shelf based on 18S rRNA metabarcodes. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Portland OR; 2/16-20/2018). Poster

DeHart, H.M., J.M. Questel, R.R Hopcroft, and A. Bucklin (2018) Metabarcoding Arctic zooplankton: Toward a region-specific reference DNA sequence database. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Portland OR; 2/16-20/2018). Poster

Yeh, H.D., J.M. Questel, and A. Bucklin (2018) Metagenetic analysis of temporal changes in diet composition of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Portland OR; 2/16-20/2018). Poster

Questel, J.M., R.R. Hopcroft, and A. Bucklin (2018) Pan-Arctic biodiversity and phylogeography of zooplankton: molecular analysis of impacts of water column structure and currents. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Portland OR; 2/16-20/2018). Oral

Bucklin, A., K. DiVito, P.G. Batta-Lona, P.H. Wiebe, J.M. Questel, R.J. O‘Neill (2018) Genomic basis of environmental adaptation of the Southern Ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni. POLAR2018 Open Science Conference (19-23 June 2018; Davos, Switzerland). Oral

Questel, J.M., O.N.S. Aarbakke, L. Blanco-Bercial, R.R. Hopcroft, F. Norrbin, C. Halsband, A. Weydmann, E.A. Ershova, K.N. Kosobokova and A. Bucklin (2018) Pan-Arctic phylogeography and connectivity of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda). POLAR2018 Open Science Conference (19-23 June 2018; Davos, Switzerland). Poster

Govindarajan, A., J.A. Breier, A. Bucklin, A. Lavery, K. Tradd, P.H. Wiebe, D. Yoerger (2018) Integrative metabarcoding analysis of mesopelagic biodiversity based on new sampling and sensing technologies. ICES Annual Science Conference (24-27 Sep 2018; Hamburg, Germany). Oral presentation

Bucklin, A., H.D. Yeh, J.M. Questel, B. Reese, N.J. Copley, and P.H. Wiebe (2018) Comparative molecular (metabarcoding) and morphological analysis of zooplankton diversity on the NW Atlantic continental shelf during 2002-2012. ICES Annual Science Conference (24-27 Sep 2018; Hamburg, Germany). Poster

DeHart, H.M., J.M. Questel, R.R. Hopcroft, K.N. Kosobokova and A. Bucklin (2018) Reference COI barcode database for Arctic zooplankton: a critical resource for integrative taxonomy. ICES Annual Science Conference (24-27 Sep 2018; Hamburg, Germany). Poster

Erikson. K.B., L. Blanco-Bercial, N.J. Copley, P.H. Wiebe and A. Bucklin (2018) Species-specific patterns of distribution and abundance of the cryptic copepods Pseudocalanus moultoni and P. newmani on Georges Bank (NW Atlantic Ocean) 1995-2012. ICES Annual Science Conference (24-27 Sep 2018; Hamburg, Germany). Poster

2017

*Bucklin A (2017) Discovering the hidden biodiversity of marine zooplankton: New views from DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. Ridway Lecture, Mystic Aquarium (Mystic, CT; 6/17/2017). Invited seminar.

Govindarajan AF, Copley N, Questel J, Bucklin A, Wares JP, Breier J (2017) Metagenetic zooplankton analyses to explore water column biodiversity. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii; 3/26/2017 – 4/3/2017). Poster

Nilsson, B, Bucklin A, Jepsen PM, and Hansen BW (2017) Do copepods experience stress caused by handling? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (New Orleans, LA; 1/5-8/2017) Oral

Questel JM, Aarbakke ONS, Blanco-Bercial L, Norrbin F, Halsband C, Hopcroft RR, and Bucklin A (2017) Pan-Arctic phylogeography, connectivity and demographic history of species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). Arctic Frontiers Conference (Tromsø, Norway; 1/22-27/2017). Oral

Questel JM, Hopcroft RR, and Bucklin A (2017) Metagenetic analysis of zooplankton biodiversity of the Chukchi Borderlands Arctic / Pacific region. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii; 3/26/2017 – 4/3/2017). Oral

Questel JM, Aarbakke ONS, Blanco-Bercial L, Hopcroft RR, Norrbin F, Halsband C, E. Ershova, K. Kosobokova, Weydmann A, and Bucklin A (2017) Pan-Arctic phylogeography and connectivity of species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). 2017 Ecosystem Studies of Subarctic and Arctic Seas (Tromsø, Norway; 6/12-15/2017) Oral

Bucklin A, Questel JM, DeHart HM, DiVito K, and Reese B (2017) Metabarcoding planktonic copepods: Evaluating taxonomic resolution and OTU identification using 18S rRNA V4 and V9 regions for NW Atlantic and Pan-Arctic samples. 13th International Conference on Copepoda (Los Angeles CA; 7/16-21/2017) Oral

Questel JM, Aarbakke ONS, Blanco-Bercial L, Hopcroft RR, Norrbin F, Halsband C, Ershova E, Kosobokova K, Weydmann A, and Bucklin A (2017) Pan-Arctic phylogeography and connectivity of species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda, Calanoida). 13th International Conference on Copepoda (Los Angeles CA; 7/16-21/2017) Oral

Bucklin A, Questel JM, Reese B, Copley NJ, and Wiebe PH (2017) Time-series analysis of zooplankton diversity of the NW Atlantic continental shelf based on COI and 18S rRNA metabarcodes. ICES Annual Science Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 9/16-21/2017) Oral

DeHart HM, Questel JM, Hopcroft RR, Kosobokova KN, and Bucklin A (2017) DNA Barcoding Pan-Arctic Copepod Assemblages: Toward a Regional Reference DNA Sequence Database for COI and 18S rRNA. ICES Annual Science Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 9/16-21/2017) Oral

Govindarajan AF, Questel JM, Copley NJ, Wares JP, Bucklin A. (2017) Multi-gene metabarcoding of plankton tow samples and eDNA: a comparative morphological-molecular analysis of coastal zooplankton diversity. ICES Annual Science Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 9/16-21/2017) Oral

Questel JM, Hopcroft RR, and Bucklin A (2017) Metabarcoding analysis of zooplankton biodiversity of the Pacific-Arctic Chukchi Borderlands region. ICES Annual Science Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 9/16-21/2017) Oral

Yeh H, Questel JM, and Bucklin A (2017) Metagenetic analysis of the pelagic food web: prey choice and selectivity of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine (NW Atlantic). ICES Annual Science Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL; 9/16-21/2017) Oral

Bernhard, J.M., L. Fisher, M. Reilly, A. Bucklin, J.M. Questel, V. Le Roux, P.T. Visscher (2017) Can freshwater foraminifera impact stromatolite fabric? Geological Society of America (Seattle, WA; 10/22-26/2017). Oral

2016

Bucklin, A., A.M. Tarrant, K.R. Divito, B. Reese, R.J. O’Neill, T. Knutsen, and P.H. Wiebe (2016) Transcriptomic markers of lipid synthesis and deposition in the Arctic planktonic copepod Calanus glacialis. 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting (New Orleans, LA; February 22-26, 2016) Poster

*Bucklin, A. (2016) Name that species: the need for reference DNA barcode databases for analysis of zooplankton diversity using barcoding and metabarcoding. ICES / PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium (Bergen, Norway; May 7-12, 2016) Invited oral

Lehtiniemi, M., Olenin, S., Ojaveer, H., Bucklin, A. (2016) Information system on aquatic non-indigenous and cryptogenic species AquaNIS with integrated DNA barcode information. ICES / PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium (Bergen, Norway; May 7-12, 2016) Poster

Bucklin, A., DiVito, K., Reese, B., Copley, N., O’Neill, R. J., Wiebe, P. (2016) Metabarcoding analysis of zooplankton diversity: applications for monitoring regional and interannual variation of the pelagic assemblage of the NW Atlantic continental shelf. ICES / PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium (Bergen, Norway; May 7-12, 2016) Poster

Bucklin, A. (2016) Toward a DNA Barcode Reference Database: Contributions from the ICES Working Group on Integrated Morphological and Molecular Taxonomy (WGIMT). ICES / PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium (Bergen, Norway; May 7-12, 2016) Poster

2015

Questel, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial, R.R. Hopcroft, and A. Bucklin (2015) Phylogeography and connectivity of four sibling species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the North Pacific and Arctic Ocean. Alaska Marine Science Symposium (Anchorage, AK; January 19-23, 2015) Oral

Gervase, L., C. Bateson, G. Ballou, A.N.S. Siuda, L. Amaral-Zettler and A. Bucklin (2015) Leptocephali biodiversity in the Sargasso Sea: spatial and diel patterns. New York Chapter of the American Fisheries Society (Lake Placid, NY; February 4-6, 2015). Poster – Recipient of Conference Best Poster Award

Blanco-Bercial, L. and A. Bucklin (2015) The other side of the coin for zooplankton population connectivity: measuring the flow; ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Grenada, Spain; February 22-27, 2015) Poster

Erikson, K., L. Leocadio Blanco-Bercial, D.R. Richardson, J. Hare, and A. Bucklin (2015) Understanding the importance of cryptic species diversity: time-series analysis of Pseudocalanus spp. (Copepoda, Calanoida) on the NW Atlantic shelf; ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Grenada, Spain; February 22-27, 2015) Poster

Hauff, M.J., J.K. Llopiz, L. Blanco-Bercial and A. Bucklin (2015) Gelatinous prey of fishes: qPCR analysis of an overlooked pathway in mesopelagic foodwebs; ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Grenada, Spain; February 22-27, 2015) Oral

Questel, J.M., L. Blanco-Bercial, R.R. Hopcroft, and A. Bucklin (2015) Phylogeography and connectivity of four sibling species of Pseudocalanus (Copepoda; Calanoida) in the North Pacific and Arctic Oceans; ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (Grenada, Spain; February 22-27, 2015) Oral

*Bucklin, A. (2015) Integrative molecular-morphological approaches: species to populations; DNA sequence analysis (Computer laboratory); SAHFOS Crustacean Zooplankton Identification Workshop (Plymouth, UK; June 22-26, 2015). Invited seminar.

Bucklin, A., L. Blanco-Bercial, K.B. Erikson, D. Richardson, and P.H. Wiebe (2015) Environmental sequencing and metagenetic analysis of zooplankton diversity: applications for monitoring seasonal and regional variation of the pelagic assemblage of the NW Atlantic continental shelf. ICES Annual Science Conference (Copenhagen, Denmark; September, 2015) Poster

2014

Blanco-Bercial, L., A. Bucklin, and A. Cornils (2014) DNA barcoding of marine copepods: assessment of analytical approaches to species identification; 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain; November 17-21, 2014) Poster

*Bucklin, A., L. Blanco-Bercial, R.K. Colwell and K. Erikson (2014) Metagenetic analysis of zooplankton diversity in time-series surveys (1994-2013) of the NW Atlantic; 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain; November 17-21, 2014) Oral

Hauff, M.J., A. Bucklin, L. Blanco-Bercial (2014) Molecular detection of gelatinous prey in mesopelagic food webs; 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain; November 17-21, 2014) Oral

Wiebe, P.H., S. Kaartvedt and A. Bucklin (2014) Vertical distribution of euphausiid species in the Red Sea; 2nd International Ocean Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain; November 17-21, 2014) Poster

Blanco Bercial, Leocadio Blanco, Bucklin, Ann, O’Neill, Rachel J, “New view of population genetics of zooplankton: rad-seq analysis reveals population structure of the N Atlantic planktonic copepod Centropages typicus”, Ocean Sciences Meeting. (February 2014). Oral

Erikson, Kayla B, Blanco-Bercial, Leocadio, Richardson, David, Hare, Jon, Bucklin, Ann, “Watching time fly: Visualization of zooplankton population dynamics 1977-2013 from NOAA-NEFSC Ecosystem Monitoring of the NW Atlantic continental shelf”, 2014 Joint Aquatic Marine Sciences Meeting, ASLO. (May 18, 2014 – May 23, 2014). Poster

*Bucklin, Ann, “Census of Marine Zooplankton (CMarZ)”, Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Course, Sea Education Association. (April 4, 2014). Invited seminar.

*Bucklin, Ann, “Update and review of ICES Study Group on Integrative Morphological – Molecular Taxonomy”, ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. (March 24, 2014 – March 28, 2014). Oral

Bucklin, Ann, “Biodiversity of the deep sea”, UConn Talks, UConn. (March 12, 2014). Invited oral presentation

Bucklin, Ann, Blanco-Bercial, Leocadio, Wiebe, Peter H, Copley, Nancy J, “Toward metagenetic analysis of biodiversity of zooplankton communities”, 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO. (February 22, 2014). Poster

Batta-Lona, Paola G, Wiebe, Peter H, O’Neill, Rachel, Bucklin, Ann, “Transcriptome-wide profiles of gene expression of Salpa thompsoni in relation to variation of the pelagic environment of the Southern Ocean”, 2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO. (February 22, 2014 – February 25, 2014). Oral

2013

Batta-Lona, P.G., Wiebe, P.H., O’Neill, R., and Bucklin, A.Salpa thompsoni: Potential impact of Ongoing Climate-Change in the Southern Ocean Environment. XIth Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research, Biology Symposium (Barcelona, Spain; July 2013) Oral

*Bucklin, A. Population connectivity of zooplankton: ecological, evolutionary and oceanographic interpretations. University of Massachusetts – Dartmouth, Invited Seminar April 2, 2013.

Hauff, M.J., Ortman, B.D., Bucklin, A.What do mesopelagic fish really eat?: Quantitative PCR detection of gelatinous prey in gut contents. ICES 2013 Annual Science Conference (Rekjavik, Iceland; September 23-26, 2013) Oral

Pivor, J., Daniel, J., Siuda, A. N., Bucklin, A., Blanco-Bercial, L., Amaral-Zettler, L., Zettler, E. Sweepstakes reproductive success of the Caribbean spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) in the Sargasso Sea. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; February 17-22, 2013) Oral

Questel, J. M., Hopcroft, R. R., Blanco-Bercial, L., Bucklin, A. Distribution of Pseudocalanus spp. in the pacific-arctic as revealed by molecular markers. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting (New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; February 17-22, 2013) Poster

2012

Blanco-Bercial, L., Cornils, A., Copley, N., Bucklin, A. A question of scale: connectivity of planktonic copepod populations within and between ocean basins. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; February 20-24, 2012) Oral

Bucklin, A., Shank, T.M. Population connectivity in pelagic and benthic marine communities: comparative analysis using DNA Barcodes to next-gen sequencing. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; February 20-24, 2012) Poster

*Bucklin, A. Salp (and krill) hunting in the Western Antarctic Peninsula region. UConn Marine Sciences Department Seminar (May, 2012)

*Bucklin, A, E. Unal and P. Batta-Lona, From transcriptomes to bugs: using ‘omics to understand climate responses of marine zooplankton. PICES/ICES/IOC 2nd International Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans, Yeosu, Korea (May 15-20, 2012) Invited Plenary Talk.

Bucklin, A., Blanco-Bercial, L., Copley, N.J., Wiebe, P.H. How can genetic analisys of connectivity contribute to sustainable management? ICES Annual Science Conference (Bergen, Norway; September 17-21, 2012) Poster

*Bucklin, A. Time/space patterns of genetic diversity and structure of open-ocean zooplankton:
Why small-scale patchiness matters. CES Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland (Invited seminar, October 17, 2012)

Unal, E., Bucklin, A. Population genetic diversity and structure of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus across the North Atlantic Basin. Ocean Sciences Meeting (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; February 20-24, 2012) Poster

2011

Batta-Lona, P.G., R. O’Neill, C. Obergfell and A. Bucklin. Adaptation in a changing antarctic environment: Transcriptomics of the southern ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni. Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile; March 14-18, 2011) Poster

Batta-Lona, P.G., O’Neill, R., Obergfell, C. and Bucklin, A. Molecular indicators of adaptation in a changing Antarctic environment: Genomics of the Southern Ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni. World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Aberdeen, Scotland; September 2011), Oral

Blanco-Bercial, L., A. Bucklin, A. Cornils, N.J. Copley, P.H. Wiebe. Cool cosmopolites: biodiversity, phylogeography, and connectivity of Atlantic Ocean copepods. World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (Aberdeen, Scotland; September 2011) Oral

*Bradford-Grieve, J. and L. Blanco-Bercial. Calanoid genes and morphology: working together towards a phylogeny. 11th International Conference on Copepoda (Merida, Mexico; July 10-15, 2011) Oral

*Bucklin, A. Census of Marine Zooplankton. (2011) Ocean Literacy Summit, New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative, Durham, NH (November 12, 2010) Invited panel member

Bucklin, A. and L. Blanco-Bercial, Comparative phylogeography and connectivity of zooplankton based on DNA barcodes. Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile; March 14-18, 2011) Poster

Bucklin, A., L. Blanco-Bercial, N.J. Copley, and P.H. Wiebe (2011) Crustacean cross-roads: Comparative analysis of population connectivity of copepods and euphausiids in the North Atlantic Ocean. ICES Annual Science Conference (ICES CM 2011/J:02, Aberdeen, Scotland; September, 2011) Oral

Cepeda, G., L. Blanco-Bercial, A. Bucklin, C. Berón and M.D. Viñas, Molecular systematics and biogeography of Oithona spp of the Atlantic Ocean. Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile; March 14-18, 2011) Poster

Cornils, A., L. Blanco-Bercial, S.B. Schnack-Schiel and A. Bucklin, Molecular and morphological phylogeny of Paracalanidae, Giesbrecht 1892 (Copepoda: Calanoida). Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile, March 14-18, 2011) Poster

*Lenz, P.H., R. P. Hassett, P. Batta Lona, E. Unal, B. King, A. Bucklin and D.W. Towle. Microarray studies in a calanoid copepod, Calanus finmarchicus. Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile, March 14-18, 2011) Oral

*Unal, E. P.H. Lenz, D. Towle and A. Bucklin, Gene expression analysis of time-series collections of Calanus finmarchicus in the Gulf of Maine, NW Atlantic Ocean. Fifth International Conference on Zooplankton Production (Pucon, Chile, March 14-18, 2011) Oral

2010

Aarbakke, O. N., F. Norrbin, and A. Bucklin, Pseudocalanus in Norwegian waters: more species than previously assumed. AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences meeting (Portland Oregon; February 21-26, 2010) Oral

Batta-Lona, P.G., A. Bucklin and P.H. Wiebe, Environmental genomics of the Southern Ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni: Searching for molecular indicators of adaptation and bloom formation. AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences meeting (Portland Oregon; February 21-26, 2010) Oral

Batta-Lona, P.G., R. O’Neill, C. Obergfell, and A. Bucklin, Molecular indicators of adaptation in a changing Antarctic environment: transcriptomics of the Southern Ocean salp, Salpa thompsoni. ASLO Summer Meetings (Sante Fe, NM; June 5-6, 2010) Oral

Blanco-Bercial, L., A. Bucklin, M. Viñas, and A. Cornils, Zooplankton phylogeography as a measure of Atlantic Ocean ecosystem connectivity, AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences meeting (Portland Oregon; February 21-26, 2010) Oral

Blanco-Bercial, L., L.M. Nigro, J. Bradford-Grieve, and A. Bucklin, How many genes? – optimizing the molecular phylogeny of calanoid copepods. ICES Annual Science Conference (Berlin, Germany; September 21-26, 2009) Oral

*Bucklin, A., A Rosetta stone for zooplankton: DNA barcode analysis of holozooplankton diversity. Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science and Marine Biological Association (Plymouth, UK – August 6, 2010) Invited Seminar

*Bucklin, A., Census of Marine Zooplankton, 2010 Ocean Literacy Summit, New England Ocean Sciences Education Collaborative, University of New Hampshire (Durham, NH; November 12, 2010) Invited presentation; Panel discussion

Bucklin A., L. Blanco-Bercial, N.J. Copley, and P.H. Wiebe, Genetic fingerprinting of pelagic ecosystems by the Census of Marine Zooplankton. AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Conference (Portland Oregon; February 21-26, 2010) Poster

Bucklin, A., B.D. Ortman, R.M. Jennings, and L.M. Nigro, DNA barcoding of North Atlantic zooplankton. CMARZ Symposium and Steering Group Meeting (Qingdao, China; May 2010) Oral

Govindarajan, A.F., K.R. Sutherland, A. Bucklin, and L.P. Madin, An evolutionary perspective on the Thaliacea, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (Santa Fe, NM; June 2010) Poster

Gudmundsdottir, R., C. Halsband-Lenk, F. Norrbin, O.N. Aarbakke and A. Bucklin, Pseudocalanus populations in arctic fjords – can we disentangle confusing taxonomy? Oslo Science Conference, International Polar Year (Oslo, Norway; 8-12 June 2010) Oral

Madin, L.P., A.F. Govindarajan, and A. Bucklin, New insights into phylogeny and evolution of Thaliaceans, CMARZ Symposium and Steering Group Meeting (Qingdao, China; May 2010) Oral