EP44C:
Topographic Influences on Oceanographic Processes, Marine Communities, and Ecology I Posters
EP44C:
Topographic Influences on Oceanographic Processes, Marine Communities, and Ecology I Posters
Topographic Influences on Oceanographic Processes, Marine Communities, and Ecology I Posters
Session ID#: 27897
Session Description:
Abrupt topographies such as seamounts, ridges, and submarine canyons can have dramatic impacts on local oceanography and therefore on the ecology, abundance, and diversity of marine communities. The biological communities living at, on, and around these features likely experience different hydrodynamic (enhanced current velocities, turbulence, and shear), geological (enhanced substrate and slope heterogeneity), and biological (enhanced POC flux, food, and nutrient availability) forcing relative to proximate habitats. The main focus of this session is on the nature of the impacts of abrupt topographies on physical and biological oceanographic processes on various scales. Biological scales range from meiofauna to megafauna and from phytoplankton to top predators, and physical processes from mesoscale to turbulence.
Primary Chair: Astrid Brigitta Leitner, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Co-Chair: Glenn S Carter, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Moderators: Glenn S Carter, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States and Astrid Brigitta Leitner, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Astrid Brigitta Leitner, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Index Terms:
4562 Topographic/bathymetric interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4815 Ecosystems, structure, dynamics, and modeling [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4830 Higher trophic levels [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4858 Population dynamics and ecology [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Cross-Topics:
- B - Biodiversity
- PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
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