GC21A:
Connecting Climate Projections to Responses in Coastal and Continental Shelf Environments I Posters

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Michael N Fienen, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI, United States and Nathaniel G Plant, U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
Primary Conveners:  E Robert Thieler, USGS, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Co-conveners:  Till Jens Joerg Hanebuth, MARUM - University of Bremen, Marine Sedimentation Systems Group, Bremen, Germany, Michael N Fienen, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI, United States and Nathaniel G Plant, U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Michael N Fienen, USGS Wisconsin Water Science Center, Middleton, WI, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

 
Assessment of the Coastal Landscape Response to Sea-Level Rise Using a Decision-Support Framework
Erika E Lentz1, E Robert Thieler1, Nathaniel G Plant2, Sawyer Stippa1, Radley M Horton3 and Dean B Gesch4, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, (3)Columbia University/NASA GISS, New York, NY, United States, (4)US Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, SD, United States
 
Adapting to Sea Level Rise to the Year 2100 and Beyond in the State of Florida, USA: A Regional Approach Based upon Common Vulnerabilities and the Utility of Shared Resources
Randall W Parkinson, Environmental Remediation & Recovery, Coastal Zone and Watershed Management, Edinboro, PA, United States, Peter W Harlem, Florida International University, GIS-RS Center, Miami, FL, United States and John Meeder, Florida International University, Southeast Environmental Research Center, Miami, FL, United States
 
Exploring the Impacts of Both Climate Change and Decision Making Uncertainty on Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessments in a Policy-Centric Framework
Alexis Mills1, Katherine Serafin2, John Bolte1, Peter Ruggiero2, Eva Lipiec2, Patrick Corcoran3 and John Stevenson3, (1)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Integrating Climate Change Scenarios and Co-developed Policy Scenarios to Inform Coastal Adaptation: Results from a Tillamook County, Oregon Knowledge to Action Network
Eva Lipiec1, Peter Ruggiero1, Katherine Serafin1, John Bolte2, Alexis Mills2, Patrick Corcoran3, John Stevenson3 and Denise Lach3, (1)Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
 
Risks, natural coastal defenses and the Economics of Climate Adaptation in the Gulf Coast
Borja GONZALEZ Reguero1, Michael Beck1, David Bresch2, Juliano Calil1 and Imen Meliane3, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)Zurich Institute of Technology, zurich, Switzerland, (3)The Nature Conservancy, Washington, WA, United States
 
A Bayesian Network to Predict Barrier Island Geomorphologic Characteristics
Benjamin Gutierrez1, Nathaniel G Plant2, E Robert Thieler1, Aaron Turecek3 and Sawyer Stippa1, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, (3)Real Time Research, 52 SW Roosevelt Avenue, Bend, OR, United States
 
Past, present and future of wave climate, storms and morphological impacts on sandy coasts: Spain and Wales coasts examples.
Nelson Guillermo Rangel-Buitrago, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia, Giorgio Anfuso, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain, Mike Phillips, University of Wales Trinity Saint Davis, Swansea, United Kingdom and Tony Thomas, GD Harries and Son, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom
 
Past and future drivers of increased erosion risk in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Thomas Wahl, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, College of Marine Science, St Petersburg, FL, United States and Nathaniel G Plant, U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Empirical Projection of Long-Term Coastal Erosion Hazards in Hawaii Under Rising Sea Levels: Preliminary Findings
Tiffany R Anderson1, Matthew Barbee1, Charles Henry Fletcher II1, Bradley M Romine2 and Sam Lemmo3, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)University of Hawaii, Sea Grant College Program, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands, Honolulu, HI, United States
 
Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Morphological Changes on Tidal Hydrodynamics in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Davina Lisa Passeri1, Scott C Hagen2, Nathaniel G Plant3 and Matthew V Bilskie1, (1)University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (2)Univ Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (3)U.S Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Science Center, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Climate Projection of Maximum Water Level accounting for the Effect of Waves, Storm Surges and Mean Sea Level Changes: an Application to Climate Projections along the Coastline of the Mediterranean Sea
Piero Lionello1,2, Dario Conte2, Luigi Marzo1 and Luca Scarascia2, (1)University of Salento, Lecce, Italy, (2)CMCC Salento, Lecce, Italy
 
Modeled changes in extreme wave climates in the Pacific Ocean during the 21st century and implications for low-lying U.S. and U.S.-affiliated atoll islands
James Brandon Shope1, Curt Daron Storlazzi2, Li H Erikson2 and Christie Hegermiller1, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)USGS Pacific Science Ctr, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
 
Identification of Critical Vulnerable Areas During a Typhoon Haiyan Event in the Metro Manila Area Using Storm Surge Hazard Maps
Jo Brianne Louise Tan Briones1, Jose Victor Puno2, John Phillip Bartolome Lapidez2, Trizia Mae Mallari Muldong2, Michael Marie Ramos2, Carl Vincent Caro2, Christine Ladiero2, Mark Allen Bahala2, John Kenneth Belena Suarez3 and Joy Toriol Santiago3, (1)University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, (2)National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, (3)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
 
Assessment of Coastal Communities’ Vulnerability to Hurricane Surge under Climate Change via Probabilistic Map – A Case Study of the Southwest Coast of Florida
Suwan Shen, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States and Xi Feng, University of Florida, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
 
Assessing Sea Level Rise Impacts on the Surficial Aquifer in the Kennedy Space Center Region
Han Xiao1, Dingbao Wang1, Scott C Hagen2, Stephen C Medeiros3, April M Warnock4 and Carlton R Hall5, (1)University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (2)Univ Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, (3)Univ of Central FL-ENGR2-324, Orlando, FL, United States, (4)SRI International, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (5)Inomedic Health Applications, Inc., Kennedy Space Center, FL, United States
 
Rapid Changes on Sediment Accumulation Rates within Submarine Canyons Caused By Bottom Trawling Activities
Pere Puig1, Pere Masque2, Jacobo Martin1,3, Sarah Paradis2, Xènia Juan2, Miguel Toro2 and Albert Palanques1, (1)ICM-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, (2)Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain, (3)Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC-CONICET), Ushuaia, Argentina
 
Evaluating Local and Regional Sources of Trace Element Contamination in a Rural Sub Estuary of the Upper Chesapeake Bay
Christian Krahforst1,2, Samuel Hartman3, Leslie Sherman1,4 and Karl Kehm1,5, (1)Washington College, Department of Environmental Science and Studies, Chestertown, MD, United States, (2)Washington College, Center for Environment and Society, Chestertown, MD, United States, (3)West/Rhode Riverkeeper Organization, Shady Side, MD, United States, (4)Washington College, Department of Chemistry, Chestertown, MD, United States, (5)Washington College, Department of Physics, Chestertown, MD, United States
 
Sedimentary Environment and Climate Evolution at the Northern Continental Margin of the South China Sea During the Last Glacial Cycle and Holocene
Michal Tomczak1, Jerome Kaiser2, Ryszard Krzysztof Borowka1, Hongjun Chen3, Jinpeng Zhang3, Jan Harff1,2, Yan Qiu3 and Andrzej Witkowski1, (1)University of Szczecin, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Szczecin, Poland, (2)Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende, Rostock, Germany, (3)Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, Guangzhou, China
 
Anthropogenic perturbation of coral reef environments near Natal, Brazil: Clues from symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera
Patricia Eichler1, Helenice Vital1 and Barun K. Sen Gupta2, (1)UFRN Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil, (2)Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
How Does One of the Largest Hypoxia in the World Occur on the Shelf of the East China Sea?
Feng Zhou1, Huijie Xue2, Daji Huang3, Fei Chai2, Peng Xiu4, Jiliang Xuan1 and Xiaobo Ni1, (1)State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China, (2)University of Maine, Orono, ME, United States, (3)Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanographic Administration of China, Hangzhou, China, (4)SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Acaademy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
 
Assessment of changes in nutrient and sediment delivery to and carbon accumulation in coastal oceans of the Eastern United States
Brian A Bergamaschi1, Richard A Smith2, Jhih-Shyang Shih3, Terry L Sohl4, Benjamin M Sleeter5 and Zhiliang Zhu2, (1)California State University Sacramento, Sacramento, CA, United States, (2)USGS, Reston, VA, United States, (3)Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, United States, (4)USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, (5)USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States
 
Enrichment Factors (EF) on Superficial Sediments of Santos Estuarine System, Southeasthern Brazil
Bianca Sung Mi Kim, USP University of Sao Paulo, institute of oceanography, São Paulo, Brazil, Alexandre Barbosa Salaroli, Instituto Oceanografico da USP, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Michel Mahiques, Univ Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Rubens Figueira, Instituto Oceanografico da USP, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
 
Gulf of Mexico Sediment Phosphorus Fractionation: Implication for Hypoxia
Puspa Lal Adhikari, John R White, Kanchan Maiti and Nathan Nguyen, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
Metal Enrichment and Toxicity Levels in Sediments from the Tourist Beaches of Southern Durban, South Africa
Shruti Venkata Chari1, E Vetrimurugan2, M.P Jonathan3 and Pedro F. Rodriguez-Espinosa3, (1)CIIEMAD Interdisciplinary Center for Research and Studiews on Environemnt and Development, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)University Of Zululand, Department of Hydrology, KwaDlangezwa,3886, South Africa, (3)Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, México DF, Mexico
 
Stratigraphic signature of sub-orbital climate and sea-level changes in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean Sea)
Serge P Berne1, Maria Angela Bassetti1, Juliette Baumann1, Bernard Dennielou2, Gwenael Jouet2, Marie Mauffrey1 and Francisco J Sierro3, (1)University of Perpignan, CEFREM, Perpignan, France, (2)IFREMER, GM, Plouzané, France, (3)University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
 
Distribution and Potential Toxicity of Trace Metals in the Surface Sediments of Sundarban Mangrove Ecosystem, Bangladesh
Alok Kumar1, Algappan Ramanathan1, Bala Krishna Prasad Mathukumalli2 and Dilip Kumar Datta3, (1)Jawaharlal Nehru University, School of Environmental Sciences, New Delhi, India, (2)ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, MD, United States, (3)Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna 9208, Bangladesh, Khulna, Bangladesh
 
Quality of Tourist Beaches in Huatulco, SW of Mexico: Multiproxy Studies
Ivonne Retama1, M.P Jonathan2 and Pedro F. Rodriguez-Espinosa2, (1)INP National Polytechnic Institute of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (2)Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Interdisciplinario de Investigaciones y Estudios sobre Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo, México DF, Mexico
 
Sedimentary Records of Harmful Bloom-Producing Dinoflagellates from Alvarado Lagoon (Southwestern Gulf of Mexico)
Audrey Limoges1, Kenneth N Mertens2, Ana c ruiz-Fernandez3, Joan Albert Sánchez Cabeza3 and Anne de Vernal4, (1)GEOTOP-UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Ghent University, Research Unit of Paleontology, Ghent, Belgium, (3)Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, (4)University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada
 
Satellite-based quantification of the bottom trawling induced sediment resuspension over an entire shelf
Ferdinand J Oberle, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Olivia M Cheriton, USGS California Water Science Center Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Till Jens Joerg Hanebuth, MARUM - University of Bremen, Marine Sedimentation Systems Group, Bremen, Germany