ME13A:
Advances in Interdisciplinary Research to Understand and Sustain Coastal and Marine Ecosystems III


Session ID#: 11294

Session Description:
The complex challenges facing our oceans and coasts extend beyond the bounds of individual disciplines.  Ocean sciences are interdisciplinary by nature, and studies spanning physical oceanography, biogeochemistry, biology, and ecology are common.  However, understanding how climate change, water quality, fishing, and conservation decisions affect coastal and marine ecosystems requires integrating natural sciences with an understanding of how human actions influence and respond to changes in the ocean.  Building the scientific base for decisions related to resource management and sustainability requires studies that span disciplines and that focus on interactions and feedbacks within and between human and natural systems. 

This session will bring together scientists working at disciplinary interfaces to evaluate how changes in one or multiple components of coastal and marine ecosystems affect ecosystem conditions, resource productivity, and human uses or benefits.  We are particularly interested in contributions that focus on linkages and feedbacks between physical, ecological, and social-economic factors across multiple scales to understand complex issues facing marine ecosystems, such as climate change, fisheries sustainability, and water quality.  In addition, how scientific information is communicated and integrated into decision-making processes shapes its use in management, governance and policy settings, and we encourage contributions that address outreach and policy topics.

Primary Chair:  Katherine Mills, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States
Chairs:  Andrew J Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States, Steven A Murawski, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, David Lindo-Atichati, City University of New York, Dept. of Engineering Science & Physics, New York, NY, United States, Steven James Bograd, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Environmental Research Division, Monterey, CA, United States, Yanyun Liu, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Barbara Muhling, University of California - Santa Cruz, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Moderators:  Andrew J Pershing, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME, United States and Barbara Muhling, University of California - Santa Cruz, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Yanyun Liu, University of Miami, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL, United States
Index Terms:

1699 General or miscellaneous [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4299 General or miscellaneous [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4899 General or miscellaneous [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ED - Education and Outreach
  • HI - Human Use and Impacts
  • P - Policy

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ME13A-01
Predicting Human Mobility Patterns in Marine Ecosystems: Entropy and Home Range Calculations Based on High-Resolution Fishing Vessel Tracking Data (69781)
Steven A Murawski, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States
ME13A-02
Spatial and temporal dynamics of commercial reef-fish fisheries on the West Florida Shelf: Understanding drivers of fleet behavior and the implications for future management (87378)
Marcy Cockrell1, Steven A Murawski1, James N Sanchirico2, Shay OFarrell2 and Andy Strelcheck3, (1)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)University of California-Davis, Environmental Science and Policy, Davis, CA, United States, (3)NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Regional Office, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
ME13A-03
A Driver Pressure State Impact Response (DPSIR) framework applied to an interdisciplinary coastal zone management workshop along the eastern Gulf of Thailand. (91438)
Ellen Hines1, Claudia Baldwin2, Christian Jones3, Rebecca L Lewison4, Scott Lieske2 and Murray Rudd5, (1)Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA, United States, (2)University of the Sunshine Coast, Regional and Urban Planning, Maroochydore, Australia, (3)University of the Sunshine Coast, Faculty of Arts and Business, Maroochydore, Australia, (4)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (5)Emory University, Environmental Sciences, Atlanta, GA, United States
ME13A-04
Potential Impact of North Atlantic Climate Variability on Ocean Biogeochemical Processes (88994)
Yanyun Liu1,2, Barbara Muhling3, Sang-Ki Lee1,2, Frank E Muller-Karger4, David B Enfield2, John T Lamkin5 and Mitchell A Roffer6, (1)PHOD/AOML/NOAA, Miami, FL, United States, (2)University of Miami, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies, Miami, FL, United States, (3)University of California - Santa Cruz, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, San Diego, CA, United States, (4)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (5)NOAA, NMFS, Miami, FL, United States, (6)Roffer's Ocean Fishing Forecasting Service, West Melbourne, FL, United States
ME13A-05
Combining urbanization and hydrodynamics data to evaluate sea level rise impacts on coastal water resources (92452)
Caitlin R Young, University of Florida, Geosciences, Gainesville, FL, United States and Jonathan B. Martin, University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Ft Walton Beach, FL, United States
ME13A-06
Are Seagrass effective Sentinels of Ecosystem Health in Port Phillip Bay, Australia? (88383)
Randall stuart Lee1, Perran L.M. Cook2, Gregory Jenkins3, Sasi Nayar4, Alastair Hirst5, Michael j Keough3, Tim Smith5, Angus Ferguson6, Jennita Gay6, Andrew R Longmore7, Peter Macreadie8, Craig Sherman5, Jeff Ross9 and Paul York10, (1)Environment Protection Authority, Victoria, Applied Sciences Group, Melbourne, Australia, (2)Monash University, Water Studies Centre, Clayton, Australia, (3)university of melbourne, biosciences, melbourne, Australia, (4)SARDI, Aquatic Sciences, Adelaide, Australia, (5)Deakin University, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Geelong, Australia, (6)NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney, Australia, (7)Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identificaction and Management, BioScience, Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia, (8)Deakin University, Burwood, Australia, (9)University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, (10)James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
ME13A-07
Can agent based models effectively reduce fisheries management implementation uncertainty? (93796)
Michael Drexler, Ocean Conservancy, FL
ME13A-08
Can functional equivalency between seagrasses and other coastal habitats offset loss of ecosystem health with reduced seagrass abundance? (91845)
Just Cebrian, University of South Alabama, Marine Science, Mobile, AL, United States, Andrea Anton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Bart Christiaen, Washington State Department of Natural Resources, United States, Rachel Gamble, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, United States and Jason Stutes, Pentec Environmental/Hart Crowser, Inc, United States
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