Modeling and Monitoring the Impact of the Loop Current / Florida Current System on the Physical Connectivity Among South Florida Coral Reefs

HeeSook Kang1, Vassiliki Kourafalou2, Ioannis Androulidakis1, Ryan H Smith3 and Arnoldo Valle-Levinson4, (1)University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, (2)U. Miami, RSMAS, Miami, FL, United States, (3)Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Miami, FL, United States, (4)University of Florida, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, Gainesville, FL, United States