Chairs: Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Tech University, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States, Philip Camill, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, United States and Thomas Gordon Huntington, USGS Maine Water Science Center, Augusta, ME, United States
Primary Conveners: Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez, Michigan Tech University, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Co-conveners: Philip Camill, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, United States, Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States and Thomas Gordon Huntington, USGS Maine Water Science Center, Augusta, ME, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Nancy H F French, Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States
8:00 AM
Assessing Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Terrestiral-Ocean Fluxes of Carbon and Nutrients and their Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems
Steven E Lohrenz, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA, United States, Hanqin Tian, Auburn University at Montgomery, Auburn, AL, United States, Ruoying He, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, United States, Wei-Jun Cai, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States and Z. George Xue, NC State Univ-MEAS, Raleigh, NC, United States
8:20 AM
Developing and Applying a Multi-scale Framework to Study the Relationship between Landscapes and Coastal Waters in the Texas Gulf Coast in a Changing Climate
Zong-Liang Yang1, James W McClelland2, Hua Su3, Xitian Cai1, Peirong Lin3, Ahmad A Tavakoly3, Claire G Griffin2, Evan Turner4, David R Maidment5 and Paul Montagna4, (1)Univ Texas Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, United States, (3)University of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (4)Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, United States, (5)CRWR, Austin, TX, United States
8:40 AM
Linking a Large-Watershed Hydrogeochemical Model to a Wetland Community-Ecosystem Model to Estimate Plant Invasion Risk in the Coastal Great Lakes Region, USA
William S. Currie1, Laura L Bourgeau-Chavez2, Kenneth J. Elgersma3, Nancy H F French4, Deborah E. Goldberg5, Stephanie Hart1, David W Hyndman6, Anthony D Kendall6, Sherry L Martin6 and Jason Philip Martina1,5, (1)University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Northern Iowa, Department of Biology, Cedar Falls, IA, United States, (4)Michigan Technological University, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (6)Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States
9:40 AM
Climate Change-Related Hydrologic Variation Affects Dissolved Organic Carbon Export to the Gulf of Maine
Thomas Gordon Huntington1, William M Balch2, George Aiken3, Kenna Butler3, Michael Billmire4, Collin S Roesler5, Philip Camill5 and Anna Bourakovsky5, (1)USGS Maine Water Science Center, Augusta, ME, United States, (2)Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States, (3)USGS Colorado Water Science Center Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)Michigan Technological University, Research Institute, Houghton, MI, United States, (5)Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, United States
