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Informing the trophic dynamics of the giant Pacific octopus across Alaska
through the application of stable isotope analysis

Ben Jevons, 
Alaska Pacific University

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Diet analysis of the burrowing octopus, Muusoctopus leioderma, using stable isotopes


​Katherine Pekar, 
Walla Walla University

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Immune function in Octopus rubescens in response to ocean acidification and warming


​Monica Culler,
Walla Walla University

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Toward a sustainable, closedsystem cephalopod breeding system:
laboratory culture of Japanese bobtail squids and the life cycle of Euprymna berryi and Euprymna morsei

Jeffery Jolly,
Okinawa Institute of
​Science and Technology

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An anecdotal guide to Euprymna scolopes husbandry at SEA LIFE Kansas City

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Brittany Stopp,
SEALIFE Kansas City


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The influence of nociceptive sensitization and self-referential visual cues
from superficial injuries on camouflage behaviors of IndoPacific octopuses

Ryan Howard,
San Francisco State University

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Visual response properties and functional organization of the octopus optic lobe


​Judit Pungor,
University of Oregon

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Collective decision-making in the arms of the octopus


​Dominic M. Sivitilli,
University of Washington

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A brief retrospective on using the Octopus Behavioral Matrix

Trevor Erdmann
and Lance Hayes,
Oregon Coast Aquarium

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Implications of the physiological changes during senescence
on the welfare of the giant Pacific octopus


​Meghan Holst,
Aquarium of the Bay

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Improving keeping and welfare for captive Octopus cyanea through environmental enrichment

Keishu Asada,
Okinawa Institute of
​Science and Technology

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Octopus Week at the Seattle Aquarium


​Katie Hart, Kathryn Kegel
and Lindsay Holladay,
Seattle Aquarium

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