ME31A:
Biological-Physical Interactions at Organismal Scales from Sediments to the Water Column I


Session ID#: 11345

Session Description:
Considerable advancement in understanding the diverse ways that organisms interact with their environment has been made by applying quantitative, mechanistic approaches based on physical principles. This session welcomes a broad range of studies across habitats and taxa including free and attached unicellular organisms to a range of multicellular invertebrates, from the deep sea to the intertidal, and from sediments to the water column that identify limitations in theory or experimental capability and apply new theoretical frameworks or develop novel techniques. We seek reports of mechanistic approaches leading to advances in understanding of feeding, digestion, and locomotion by infaunal and planktonic organisms, animal-sediment interactions, and impacts of fluid dynamics on ecological functions of organisms. Contributions are welcomed from scientists and educators focused on interactions of organisms and environments that highlight novel syntheses or theory, application of other fields to ecological questions, and integration of theory with experiment.
Primary Chair:  Kelly M Dorgan, Scripps Institution of Oceanog, La Jolla, CA, United States
Chairs:  James E Eckman, California Sea Grant Program, La Jolla, CA, United States, Lee Karp-Boss, University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States and Lawrence M Mayer, Univ Maine, Walpole, ME, United States
Moderators:  Kelly M Dorgan, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, James E Eckman, California Sea Grant Program, La Jolla, CA, United States, Lee Karp-Boss, University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States and Lawrence M Mayer, Univ Maine, Walpole, ME, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison:  Lawrence M Mayer, Univ Maine, Walpole, ME, United States
Index Terms:

4211 Benthic boundary layers [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4273 Physical and biogeochemical interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4804 Benthic processes, benthos [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4855 Phytoplankton [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • MG - Marine Geology & Sedimentology

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ME31A-01
Muddy marine sediments are gels (88411)
Kelly M Dorgan1, William Cyrus Clemo1, Mark Andrew Barry2 and Bruce Johnson2, (1)Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, (2)Pro-Oceanus, Bridgewater, NS, Canada
ME31A-02
Environmental and Spatial Influences on Biogeography and Community Structure of Benthic Diatoms (92633)
Craig Plante1, Kristina Hill-Spanik1 and Jessie Lowry2, (1)College of Charleston, Biology, Charleston, SC, United States, (2)Coker College, Biology, Hartsville, SC, United States
ME31A-03
Long-term Spatial Distribution Patterns of Protozoa in Connected Microhabitats (89665)
Gary L Taghon and Steven J Tuorto, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
ME31A-04
Polychaete Engineers: Transport, Extinction, Juvenile Mortality At Range-Edge Sites (91295)
Sarah Ann Woodin and David S Wethey, University of South Carolina, Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC, United States
ME31A-05
Hydrodynamic Mediation of Killifish Predation on Infaunal Polychaetes (90111)
Brian T Hentschel1, Nicholas T Hayman1 and Todd Anderson2, (1)San Diego State University, Biology, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
ME31A-06
Fluid Mechanics of Inhalant Siphon Flows (93315)
Aaron C True, University of Colorado Boulder, CEAE, Boulder, CO, United States and John P Crimaldi, University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, Boulder, CO, United States
ME31A-07
Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Measurements of Suspension-Feeding Velocities (88786)
Kevin Du Clos1, Ian T Jones2, Tyler J Carrier3 and Peter A. Jumars2, (1)University of South Florida, Integrative Biology, Tampa, FL, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (3)UNC Charlotte, Biology, Charlotte, NC, United States
ME31A-08
Elucidating Small-Scale Animal-Fluid Interactions in the Deep Sea (93612)
Kakani Katija1, Alana Sherman2, Dale Graves2, Chad D Kecy2, Denis Klimov2 and Bruce H Robison2, (1)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Watsonville, CA, United States, (2)Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States
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