Evolutionary Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

Tyler Carrier is an NSF Gradate Research Fellow, an NSF Graduate Research Opportunity Worldwide awardee, and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He received his B.S. from the University of Maine in 2015, was a visiting research scholar at Brown University that summer, and began his Ph.D. that fall. His research interests are in how oceanographic phenomena shape evolution in the sea with an emphasis on marine invertebrate larvae, as well as host-microbiota partnerships and how these relationships promote evolutionary innovation. He has been the recipient of a number of competitive nation grants, and has published six peer-reviewed papers in international journals. Adam Reitzel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Reitzel's research combines comparative development, physiology, and gene expression to determine mechanisms mediating organism-environment interactions. He obtained his M.Sc. degree from the University of Florida in 2002, a Ph.D. from Boston University in 2008, and was a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Dr. Reitzel has published more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and organized various meetings and symposia. Dr. Reitzel has received funding from federal (NSF, NIH) and international (Human Frontiers) agencies in support of his research program. Andreas Heyland is Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph. Dr. Heyland is interested in understanding the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying marine invertebrate life histories. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Zoology from the University of Zurich, a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Florida in 2004, and between 2004 and 2007 trained as a postdoctoral fellow with Leonid Moroz at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences. Dr. Heyland has published more than 44 peer reviewed scientific articles in international journals such as BioEssays, Evolution, Evolution & Development, Nature, and Cell. He co-edited the book: Mechanisms of Life History Evolution with Thomas Flatt. He is regularly invited to speak at Universities and conferences and to review journal articles and grant proposals.

1: Claus Nielsen: Origin and Diversity of Marine Larvae
2: Heather Marlow: Evolutionary Development of Marine Larvae
3: Dustin Marshall, Justin McAlister, and Adam Retizel: Evolutionary Ecology of Parental Investment and Larval Diversity
4: Rachel Collin and Amy Moran: Evolutionary Transitions in Mode of Development
5: Jonathan D. Allen, Adam M. Reitzel, and William Jaeckle: Asexual Reproduction of Marine Invertebrate Embryos and Larvae
6: Section 1 Summary - Evolutionary Origins and Transitions in Developmental Mode
7: Bruno Pernet: Larval Feeding: Mechanisms, Rates, and Performance in Nature
8: Justin S. McAlister and Benjamin G. Miner: Phenotypic Plasticity of Feeding Structures in Marine Invertebrate Larvae
9: William Jaeckle: Physiology of Larval Feeding
10: Section 2 Summary - Functional Morphology and Ecology of Larval Forms
11: Jesús Pineda and Nathalie Reyns: Larval Transport in the Coastal Zone: Biological and Physical Processes
12: Peter B. Marko and Michael W. Hart: Genetic Analysis of Larval Dispersal, Gene Flow, and Connectivity
13: Jason Hodin, Matthew C. Ferner, Andreas Heyland, and Brian Gaylord: I Feel That! Fluid Dynamics and Sensory Aspects of Larval Settlement Across Scales
14: Jan A. Pechenik: Latent Effects: Surprising Consequences of Embryonic and Larval Experience on Life After Metamorphosis
15: Section 3 Summary - Larval Transport, Settlement, and Metamorphosis
16: Craig M. Young, Shawn M. Arellano, Jean-François Hamel, and Annie Mercier: Ecology and Evolution of Larval Dispersal in the Deep Sea
17: Maria Byrne, Pauline M Ross, Symon A. Dworjanyn, and Laura Parker: Larval Ecology in the Face of Changing Climate - Impacts of Ocean Warming and Ocean Acidification
18: Ilaria Corsi and Luis Fernando Marques-Santos: Ecotoxicology in Marine Environments: the Protective Role of ABC Transporters in Sea Urchin Embryos and Larvae
19: Elizabeth A. Williams and Tyler J. Carrier: An -omics Perspective on Marine Invertebrate Larvae
20: Section 4 Summary - Larval Ecology at the Extremes
21: Alan C. Love and Richard R. Strathmann: Marine Invertebrate Larvae: Model Life Histories for Development, Ecology, and Evolution