EP11A:
From Ridge to Reef: Terrestrial Sediment Impacts to Coral Reef Ecosystems I Posters

Session ID#: 4389

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Poster Hall (Moscone_South)
Chairs:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States
Primary Convener:  Carlos E Ramos-Scharron, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Jonathan D Stock, USGS, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, Curt Daron Storlazzi, US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0478 Pollution: urban, regional and global [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1815 Erosion [HYDROLOGY]
1834 Human impacts [HYDROLOGY]
4220 Coral reef systems [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Virtual Option?: No

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Eulerian and Lagrangian Measurements of Water Flow and Residence Time in a Fringing Coral Reef Embayment (10543)
Curt Daron Storlazzi1, Alex M Messina2, Olivia M Cheriton3 and Trent W Biggs2, (1)US Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, United States, (2)San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States, (3)USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
 
Fringing coral reef condition decline: assembling the puzzle of human impact associated to coastal development. (26763)
Joaquin Rodrigo Garza-Perez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UMDI-Sisal, Sisal, YC, Mexico, Araceli Lopez-Patoni, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UMDI-Sisal, Mexico City, Mexico and Maria Julia Naranjo-Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UMDI-Sisal, Sisal, Mexico
 
Coral Reef Habitat Change Detection Using Landsats 5, 7 and 8: A Case Study in the Red Sea (Hurghada, Egypt) (13242)
Jingjing Li, California State University Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Geology, and Environment, Los Angeles, United States, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, CA, United States, S.H. Abd El-Mawla, Arab Academy for science , technology and maritime transport, Alexandria, Egypt, M. M. El-Hattab, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt and M. El-Raey, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
 
Monitoring Watershed Water Quality Impacts on Near-Shore Coral Reef Ecosystems in American Samoa using NASA Earth Observations (14247)
Aimee Teaby1,2, Jessica R. P. Sutton2,3, David Minovitz1,2, Lauren Makely2,4, Juan Luis Torres-Perez2,5, Cindy Schmidt5,6, Liane S Guild7 and Sherry L. Palacios8, (1)California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, United States, (2)NASA DEVELOP National Program, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (3)University of South Carolina, School of Earth Ocean and Environment, Columbia, SC, United States, (4)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (5)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (6)NASA DEVELOP National Program, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (7)NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (8)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
 
Contributions of human activities to suspended-sediment yield during storm events from a steep, small, tropical watershed, American Samoa (18257)
Alex T Messina, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States
 
Assessing the short- and long-term effects of land development on watershed erosion and sediment delivery to marine ecosystems of the U.S. Virgin Islands (19657)
Carlos E Ramos-Scharron1, Sarah C Gray2, Whitney Sears2, Gregg Brooks3 and Rebekka A Larson4, (1)Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of San Diego, Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States, (3)Eckerd College, Marine Science, St. Petersburg, United States, (4)Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Human Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems in Puerto Rico (HICE-PR): A Long-Term Remote Sensing, Hydrologic, Ecologic, and Socio-Economic Assessment with Management Implications (10368)
Juan Luis Torres-Perez, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Maritza Barreto, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Planning School, San Juan, PR, United States, Jorge Ortiz-Zayas, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, PR, United States, Luis Santiago, University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Cidra, PR, United States, Shimelis Gebriye Setegn, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States, Liane S Guild, NASA Ames Research Center, Biospheric Science Branch, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Carlos E Ramos-Scharron, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, Roy Armstrong, University of Puerto Rico, Department of Marine Sciences, Lajas, United States and Yasmin Detres, University of Puerto Rico, Dept. Marine Sciences, Lajas, PR, United States
 
Streambank-Derived Sediment Delivery to the Great Barrier Reef from the Burnett River over Multiple Time Scales: Implications for Sediment Management (21118)
Andrew Simon1, Natasha Bankhead1 and Peter Wilson2, (1)Cardno ENTRIX Oxford, Oxford, MS, United States, (2)Burnett-Mary Regional Group, Bundaberg, Australia
 
Monitoring Approaches to Assess the Impact of Watershed Development and Restoration on Land-based Sedimentation in the US Virgin Islands: Lessons Learned (19901)
Sarah C Gray1, Whitney Sears1, Stephen Campbell1, Carlos E Ramos-Scharron2, Heidi Hirsh1 and Tyler Barnes1, (1)University of San Diego, Department of Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
 
Evaluation of Hydrologic Models to Predict Sediment Export With Changing Land Use in Leeward Hawaiian Watersheds (31285)
Kim A Falinski1, Kirsten Oleson2 and Jeff Nielson1, (1)University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Mānoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Honolulu, United States