EC54A:
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:
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)
Neha A Ghaisas1, Kanchan Maiti2 and Victor H Rivera-Monroy1, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
Organic Carbon and Trace Element Cycling in a River-Dominated Tidal Coastal Wetland System (Tampa Bay, FL, USA) (91316)
Ryan P Moyer, Florida FWC, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Joseph M Smoak, University of South Florida Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, FL, United States, Simon E Engelhart, University of Rhode Island, Department of Geosciences, Narragansett, RI, United States, Christina Powell, FL Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Amanda R Chappel, FL Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, Matthew J Gerlach, University of Rhode Island, Geosciences, Kingston, RI, United States, Andrew Kemp, Tufts University, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Medford, United States and Joshua L Breithaupt, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Coastal Marsh Longevity, Ecological Succession, and Organic Carbon Dynamics During Early Holocene Sea-Level Rise (93376)
Lael Vetter1, Kathryn M Schreiner2, Brad E Rosenheim3 and Torbjorn E Tornqvist1, (1)Tulane University of Louisiana, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States, (2)University of Minnesota Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory, Duluth, MN, United States, (3)University of South Florida St. Petersburg, College of Marine Science, St Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Coastal Meringues: Are Salt Marshes Inflated with Excess Void Spaces? (93035)
John Robert Gunnell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Marine Sciences, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
 
Sedimentary Phosphorus Dynamics in a Coastal Louisiana Prograding Delta (91750)
Kiran Upreti, Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Kanchan Maiti, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Victor H Rivera-Monroy, Louisiana State University, School of the Coast and the Enivronment, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
 
The Rate and Process of Mangrove Forest Expansion on Above and Below Ground Carbon Relations in Coastal Louisiana (92717)
Thanh Hai Pham, Nong Lam University, Forestry, HoChiMinhCity, Vietnam, Manuel R Reyes, North Carolina A&T State University, Biological Engineering, Greensboro, NC, United States, Thomas W Doyle, USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Lafayette, LA, United States and John R. Meriwether, University of Louisiana, Physics, Lafayette, LA, United States
 
Coupled Biogeochemical and Hydrodynamic Measurements over a Palauan Seagrass Bed: Can Seagrasses Mitigate Local Acidification Stress? (89020)
Heidi Hirsh, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States, Walter Inglis Torres, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, CA, United States and Meghan Shea, Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States
 
Characteristics of organic carbon accumulation in subtropical seagrass meadows (93234)
Toko Tanaya1, Kenta Watanabe1, Shoji Yamamoto2, Chuki Hongo3, Hajime Kayanne2 and Tomohiro Kuwae1, (1)Port & Airport Research Inst, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)The University of Tokyo, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, (3)University of the Ryukyus, Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Marine Science, Nishihara, Okinawa, Japan
 
Carbon Sequestration Processes in a Shallow Seagrass Meadow: Isotopic Approaches (87799)
Kenta Watanabe and Tomohiro Kuwae, Port & Airport Research Inst, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
 
The Effect of Eelgrass on the Air-Sea Heat Flux and Vertical Temperature Profile in a Shallow Embayment (90143)
Michelle C Fogarty1, Melanie R Fewings1, Heidi M Dierssen1, James B Edson2 and Jamie MP Vaudrey1, (1)University of Connecticut, Groton, CT, United States, (2)University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences, Groton, CT, United States
 
Carbon Sequestration and Carbonate Preservation within Northeast Pacific Seagrass Beds (91908)
Brady Charles O'Donnell1,2, Tessa M Hill1,2, Brian Gaylord3, Kristy Kroeker4, Eric Sanford2, Aaron Takeo Ninokawa2 and Grant M Susner2, (1)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (2)Bodega Marine Laboratory, UC Davis, Bodega Bay, CA, United States, (3)Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California Davis, Bodega Bay, CA, United States, (4)University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
 
Recurrence of Seagrass Mortality in Florida Bay: The Role of Climate Change and Implications for Carbon Sequestration (91978)
Paul R Carlson Jr and Laura Yarbro, Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, St. Petersburg, FL, United States
 
Comparative Sedimentology Between Caribbean and North Pacific Seagrass Beds (92433)
Rachael Alyese Kalin1, Brady Charles O'Donnell2, Gregg Brooks1, Rebekka A Larson3 and Tessa M Hill4, (1)Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Davis, CA, United States, (3)University of South Florida St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL, United States, (4)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
 
Photosynthetically Driven Cycles Produce Extreme pCO2Variability in a Large Eelgrass Meadow and Readily Measured Proxies Can Be Used to Estimate These Changes (92436)
Brooke Arlite Love, Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Bellingham, WA, United States, Colleen O'Brien, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, United States and Heath Bohlmann, Padilla Bay National Estuarine Reserve
 
The Role of Carbon Concentrating Mechanisms in the Varied Response of the Green Macroalga, Ulva Lactuca, To Ocean Acidification (92961)
Samuel R Scoma1, Janet Kubler2 and Anne-marin Nisumaa2, (1)California State University Northridge, Biology, Northridge, CA, United States, (2)California State University at Northridge, Biology, Northridge, CA, United States