EP13F:
From Ridge to Reef: Terrestrial Sediment Impacts to Coral Reef Ecosystems II

Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Chairs:  Carlos E Ramos-Scharron, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States and Jonathan D Stock, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Carlos E Ramos-Scharron, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States
Co-conveners:  Jonathan D Stock, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Curt Daron Storlazzi, USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Carlos E Ramos-Scharron, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

1:40 PM
 
EVALUATING REDUCTION OF SEDIMENT POLLUTION AS A STRATEGY FOR CONSERVATION OF CORAL REEF IN HIGH C02 WORLD
Joseph M Maina, Wildlife Conservation Society Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Hans de Moel, Institute for Environmental Studies, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Camilo Mora, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Geography, Honolulu, HI, United States, Philip Ward, Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands and James Watson, University of Queensland, School of Geography, planning and Environmental Management, St Lucia, Australia
1:55 PM
 
Fine Sediment Erosion and Transport to the Near Coastal Zone from Watersheds of St. Thomas, USVI
Zhemin Xuan and Gaboury Benoit, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States
2:10 PM
 
From Ridge to Reef, Quantifying Sediment Pollution to Hawaiian Coral Reefs
Jonathan D Stock1, Todd Ericksen2, Gordon Tribble3 and Jim Jacobi3, (1)US Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)HIGP, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)US Geological Survey, PIERC, Honolulu, HI, United States
2:25 PM
 
INTEGRATING MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DELIVERY OF SEDIMENTS TO THE GREAT BARRIER REEF HAS CHANGED OVER SPACE AND TIME
Rebecca Bartley1, Zoe Bainbridge2, Stephen Lewis2, Scott Wilkinson3, Jacky Croke4, Gary Bastin3 and Jon Brodie2, (1)CSIRO, Brisbane, Australia, (2)James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, (3)CSIRO Canberra, Canberra, Australia, (4)University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
2:40 PM
 
10Be constrains the sediment sources and sediment yields to the Great Barrier Reef from the tropical Barron River catchment, Queensland, Australia
Kyle K Nichols, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, Paul R Bierman, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States and Dylan H Rood, University of California, Santa Barabara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
2:55 PM
 
Role of Sediments and Nutrients in the Condition of a Coral Reef Under Tourist Pressure: Akumal México.
Maria Julia Naranjo-Garcia1, David Sergio Vadés Lozano2, Elizabeth Real-De-Leon2, Korinthia Lopez-Aguiar3 and Joaquin Rodrigo Garza-Perez1, (1)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UMDI-Sisal, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Recursos del Mar, Merida Yucatan, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Quimica, Sisal, Mexico City, Mexico
3:10 PM
 
Settlement Effects on Favia fragum (Scleractinia, Faviidae) Exposed to Different Sediment Sources from Puerto Rico
Cheryl Hankins1, Carly Randall2 and Mace Barron1, (1)Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Breeze, Gulf Breeze, FL, United States, (2)Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States
3:25 PM
 
Mid-late Holocene Reef Growth and Sedimentation History at Inshore Fringing Reefs in the Central Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Emma Ryan1, Scott Smithers1, Stephen Lewis1, Jian-Xin Zhao2 and Tara Clark2, (1)James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, (2)University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia