EC54A:
Response and Mitigation Potential of Coastal Vegetated Habitats to Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Ocean Acidification II Posters
EC54A:
Response and Mitigation Potential of Coastal Vegetated Habitats to Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Ocean Acidification II Posters
Response and Mitigation Potential of Coastal Vegetated Habitats to Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, and Ocean Acidification II Posters
Session ID#: 9443
Session Description:
In this session, we will highlight observations of biogeochemical, ecological and physical parameters associated with vegetated habitats (e.g., salt marshes, mangroves, seagrass beds, kelp forests, and algal beds) in the context of climate change and ocean acidification. Predicting the response of marine ecosystems to climate change, ocean acidification and hypoxia requires a better understanding of the natural variability of a variaty of parameters in coastal and estuarine environments. This is particularly important for nearshore areas, where the carbon system is more complex and variable than the open ocean. How will vegetated habitats respond to climate change and do they present unique strategies (e.g., ‘blue carbon’) for coping with coastal biogeochemical change? Research focusing on laboratory, theoretical and field experiments documenting the role, response and importance of photosynthetic habitats are welcomed, as well as research focused on the sequestration of organic and inorganic carbon in these habitats.
Primary Chair: Tessa M Hill, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Chairs: Brian Gaylord, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, CA, United States and Kerry Jean Nickols, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
Moderators: Ryan P Moyer, Florida FWC, St Petersburg, FL, United States and Kerry Jean Nickols, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons: Tessa M Hill, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Kerry Jean Nickols, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, United States
Index Terms:
1605 Abrupt/rapid climate change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1615 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4235 Estuarine processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Co-Sponsor(s):
- B - Biogeochemistry and Nutrients
- ME - Marine Ecosystems
- PC - Past, Present and Future Climate
- PP - Phytoplankton and Primary Production
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
CH4 and CO2 production relative to carbon burial in wetlands undergoing sediment loss and accretion in coastal Louisiana (91539)
Organic Carbon and Trace Element Cycling in a River-Dominated Tidal Coastal Wetland System (Tampa Bay, FL, USA) (91316)
Coastal Marsh Longevity, Ecological Succession, and Organic Carbon Dynamics During Early Holocene Sea-Level Rise (93376)
The Rate and Process of Mangrove Forest Expansion on Above and Below Ground Carbon Relations in Coastal Louisiana (92717)
Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrodynamic Measurements over a Palauan Seagrass Bed: Can Seagrasses Mitigate Local Acidification Stress? (89020)
The Effect of Eelgrass on the Air-Sea Heat Flux and Vertical Temperature Profile in a Shallow Embayment (90143)
Carbon Sequestration and Carbonate Preservation within Northeast Pacific Seagrass Beds (91908)
Recurrence of Seagrass Mortality in Florida Bay: The Role of Climate Change and Implications for Carbon Sequestration (91978)
Photosynthetically Driven Cycles Produce Extreme pCO2Variability in a Large Eelgrass Meadow and Readily Measured Proxies Can Be Used to Estimate These Changes (92436)
The Role of Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in the Varied Response of the Green Macroalga, Ulva Lactuca, To Ocean Acidification (92961)
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