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

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Curt Daron Storlazzi, USGS California Water Science Center Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, San Diego, 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:  Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

3483
 
Eulerian and Lagrangian Measurements of Water Flow and Residence Time in a Fringing Coral Reef Embayment
Curt Daron Storlazzi1, Alex M Messina2, Olivia M Cheriton1 and Trent W Biggs3, (1)USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)San Diego State University, Department of Geography, San Diego, CA, United States, (3)San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
3484
 
Fringing coral reef condition decline: assembling the puzzle of human impact associated to coastal development.
Joaquin Rodrigo Garza-Perez, Araceli Lopez-Patoni and Maria Julia Naranjo-Garcia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Facultad de Ciencias, UMDI-Sisal, Mexico City, Mexico
3485
 
Coral Reef Habitat Change Detection Using Landsats 5, 7 and 8: A Case Study in the Red Sea (Hurghada, Egypt)
Jingjing Li, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary, Chapman Univ, 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
3486
 
Monitoring Watershed Water Quality Impacts on Near-Shore Coral Reef Ecosystems in American Samoa using NASA Earth Observations
Aimee Teaby1,2, Jessica Price2,3, David Minovitz1,2, Lauren Makely2,4, Juan L. Torres-Perez2,5, Cindy Schmidt2,5, Liane S Guild6 and Sherry L. Palacios6, (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, 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 Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
3487
 
Contributions of human activities to suspended-sediment yield during storm events from a steep, small, tropical watershed, American Samoa
Alex T Messina and Trent W Biggs, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States
3488
 
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
Carlos E Ramos-Scharron1, Sarah C. Gray2, Whitney Sears2, Gregg Brooks3 and Rebekka A Larson3, (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, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
3489
 
Human Impacts to Coastal Ecosystems in Puerto Rico (HICE-PR): A Long-Term Remote Sensing, Hydrologic, Ecologic, and Socio-Economic Assessment with Management Implications
Juan L. Torres-Perez1, Maritza Barreto-Orta2, Jorge Ortiz2, Luis Santiago2, Shimelis Gebriye Setegn3, Liane S Guild4, Carlos E Ramos-Scharron5, Roy Armstrong6 and Yasmin Detres6, (1)Bay Area Environmental Research Institute Moffett Field, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (2)University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras Campus, Cidra, PR, United States, (3)Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, (5)Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, United States, (6)University of Puerto Rico, Lajas, PR, United States
3490
 
Streambank-Derived Sediment Delivery to the Great Barrier Reef from the Burnett River over Multiple Time Scales: Implications for Sediment Management
Andrew Simon1, Natasha Bankhead1 and Peter Wilson2, (1)Cardno ENTRIX Oxford, Oxford, MS, United States, (2)Burnett-Mary Regional Group, Bundaberg, Australia
3491
 
Terrigenous Sedimentation Patterns at Reefs Adjacent to the Guanica Bay Watershed, Southwest Puerto Rico
Clark Sherman, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, Mayaguez, PR, United States and David Whitall, NOAA-NCCOS, Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment, Silver Spring, MD, United States
3492
 
Monitoring Approaches to Assess the Impact of Watershed Development and Restoration on Land-based Sedimentation in the US Virgin Islands: Lessons Learned
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
3493
 
Evaluation of Hydrologic Models to Predict Sediment Export With Changing Land Use in Leeward Hawaiian Watersheds
Kim A Falinski, Kirsten Oleson and Jeff Nielson, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
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