EP14A:
Biological-Physical Processes in Nearshore and Shallow Coastal Environments II Posters


Session ID#: 28239

Session Description:
In nearshore and shallow coastal systems, ecological processes are forced by hydrodynamics, and understanding this biophysical coupling is challenging. Ecosystem dynamics reflect multiple biological and physical processes spanning many scales of variability. These processes can be very influential in individual, population, community and ecosystem dynamics. For example, cross-shelf transport can determine the exchange of propagules, nutrients, pollutants and water properties between shallow- and deeper-water environments. Identification of the pertinent ecological and hydrodynamic processes, and appraisal of their importance, requires demanding field observations. More and more, ecologists use numerical simulation models to describe hydrodynamic fields and force ecological processes. However, model accuracy depends on empirical estimates of key rates and behaviors, and obtaining these estimates is also difficult, and frequently, numerical simulation models are not tested. This session invites presentations on field or laboratory observations that improve our understanding of fundamental biological-physical processes in shallow coastal systems.
Primary Chair:  Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States
Co-chairs:  Jesús Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Heidi L Fuchs, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Moderators:  Jesús Pineda, WHOI, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Heidi L Fuchs, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Heidi L Fuchs, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
Index Terms:

4546 Nearshore processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4804 Benthic processes, benthos [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4813 Ecological prediction [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
4858 Population dynamics and ecology [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • ES - Ecology and Social Interactions
  • E - Estuarine Processes
  • PS - Physical Oceanography: Mesoscale and Smaller

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Copepod vertical migration and mortality: Cross-channel variability and interaction with deoxygenated bottom water affect copepod population dynamics in an estuary (303033)
James J Pierson1, Nicholas Nidzieko2, Catherine Fitzgerald1 and Michael R Roman1, (1)University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, MD, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
The Effect of Density Gradients on the Distribution and Behavior of Copepods (313889)
Connor Payne Cayson, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States and Jennifer C. Prairie, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States
Assessment of Plankton Population and Community Structures in Glacier Bay National Park (307131)
Faith Mariah Stemmler, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Russell Hopcroft, Graduate advisor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Science, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Plankton Diversity and Internal Waves observed at a Cabled Observatory in Japan (315061)
Yoshinari Endo, Tohoku University, Crest JST, Sendai, Japan, Yasushi Gomi, Tohoku University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Sendai, Japan, Eiji Masunaga, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan, Scott M Gallager, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Hidekatsu Yamazaki, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Crest JST, Tokyo, Japan
The Effects of Wind Stress and Temperature on the Catchability of Spanner Crab (Ranina Ranina) in South-East Queensland, Australia (303373)
David Spencer1, Mark J Doubell2, Ian W Brown3, Charles J Lemckert4,5, Christopher J Brown6 and Ana Redondo Rodriguez2, (1)Griffith University, Cities Research Centre, Gold Coast, Australia, (2)SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Oceanography, Adelaide, Australia, (3)QLD Department of Fisheries (ret'd), Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia, (4)Griffith University, Griffith School of Engineering, Nathan, QLD, Australia, (5)University of Canberra, Built Environment & Design, Canberra, Australia, (6)Griffith University, School of Environment, Nathan, Australia
Rain-Induced Stratification Triggers Spring Bloom in Temperate Continental Shelf Sea (316977)
Jenny Jardine1, Matthew R Palmer2, Claire Mahaffey3, Jason T Holt4, Adam Mellor5, Sarah Wakelin4 and Maria V. Luneva6, (1)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (2)NOCL, United Kingdom, (3)University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (4)National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (5)Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, United Kingdom, (6)National Oceanography Center, Liverpool, L3, United Kingdom
Nutrient Flux and Physical Stability Drive Phytoplankton Biomass Variability Along the Alabama Shelf (317960)
Jenny Rhee1,2, Jeffrey W Krause2,3 and Brian Dzwonkowski2,3, (1)University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States, (2)Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dauphin Island, AL, United States, (3)University of South Alabama, Department of Marine Sciences, Mobile, AL, United States
Physical Control of the Biogeochemical Processes in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River Plume (325527)
Zhaoru Zhang, Meng Zhou and Yisen Zhong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Institute of Oceanography, Shanghai, China
Identification of High Productivity areas within the Patagonia Large Marine Ecosystem, Southwestern Atlantic (323887)
Silvia Ines Romero, Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, Oceanography, CABA, Argentina, Marcela Charo, Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, Oceanography, CABA, Argentina and Magdalena M Carranza, Scripps - UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States
Variability in Ichthyoplankton Distributions and Assemblages Across Salinity Gradients in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (322005)
Kelia Elizabeth Axler1, Su Sponaugle1, Frank Hernandez Jr.2, Christian Briseño-Avena3 and Robert Cowen3, (1)Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)University of Southern Mississippi, Coastal Sciences, Ocean Springs, MS, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States
Determining key variables in the occurrence and distribution of larval Brachyuran populations (Order: Decapoda) in the inner estuary of the Gulf of Guayaquil: perspectives for watershed and fisheries management (320428)
Jose Fernando Ponton1, Antonio Morocho2, María José Bonifaz2, Andrea Mishell Rosado2, María del Mar Quiroga2, Mercy Julia Borbor3, José Rolando Marín-Jarrín4, Luis Dominguez-Granda5,6 and Mireya Pozo-Cajas7, (1)Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (2)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Centro del Agua y Desarrollo Sostenible, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (3)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Facultad de Ingeniería Marítima, Ciencias Oceánicas, Biológicas y Recursos Naturales, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (4)Estación Científica Charles Darwin, Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador, (5)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Centro de Agua y Desarrollo Sustentable, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (6)Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas, Guayaquil, Ecuador, (7)Universidad de Guayaquil, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Guayaquil, Ecuador
Oyster-reef growth and composition across tidal regimes (319881)
Carson Belle Miller, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Antonio B Rodriguez, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC, United States, Justin T Ridge, Duke University, Duke University Marine Lab, Beaufort, NC, United States and Joel Fodrie, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Institute of Marine Sciences, Morehead City, NC, United States

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