EP13A:
Biological-Physical Processes in Nearshore and Shallow Coastal Environments I


Session ID#: 37839

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:  Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States, 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:  Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States and Heidi L Fuchs, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, 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:

Nearshore Fine-scale physics and biology with riverine influence in the northern California Current (325195)
Robert Cowen1, Kelsey Sweica2, Christian Briseño-Avena1, Su Sponaugle2 and Richard Brodeur3, (1)Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Department of Integrative Biology, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Newport Research Station, Newport, OR, United States
The In Situ Effects of Turbulence Microstructure on Plankton Distributions in River Plumes (323828)
Christian Briseño-Avena1, Sally J Warner2, Adam T Greer3, William M. Graham4, Jim Moum5, Robert Cowen1 and Jeremy David Wiggert3, (1)Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Newport, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State Univeristy, COAS, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (4)The University of Southern Mississippi, Department of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (5)Oregon State University, CEOAS, Corvallis, OR, United States
Quantifying small-scale environmental gradients in coastal ecosystems. (312509)
Kristen A Davis1, Emma Catherine Reid1, Thomas M DeCarlo2 and Anne L Cohen3, (1)University of California Irvine, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Irvine, CA, United States, (2)The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Regional and Long-term Stratification Drive Temperature, Nutrients, and Dissolved Oxygen on Coral Reefs in Pacific Panamá (319593)
James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, Manfredi Manizza, Univ of California--SIO, Geosciences Research Division, La Jolla, CA, United States, Carly Randall, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL, United States, Lauren T Toth, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, FL, United States and Richard B Aronson, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Biological Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States
Coral Mortality in the Flower Garden Banks of the Gulf of Mexico in July 2016: The Consequence of Cross-Shelf Transport of Flood Waters? (315190)
Matthieu Le Henaff, CIMAS/University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Frank E Muller-Karger, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, Vassiliki Kourafalou, Univ of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Daniel Brooks Otis, University of South Florida St. Petersburg, IMaRS, St Petersburg, FL, United States, Kimberley A Johnson, NOAA SEFSC, FL, United States, Lucas McEachron, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), St. Petersburg, FL, United States and HeeSook Kang, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States
Blackfin Snapper Spawning Behavior Patterns and Spatiotemporal Dynamics in West Channel, Palau (319479)
Megan A Cimino1, Patrick Colin2, Travis Allen Schramek1, Steven Lindfield3, Michael Domeier4 and Eric J Terrill5, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Coral Reef Research Foundation, Koror, Palau, (3)Coral Reef Research Foundation, Palau, (4)Marine Conservation Science Institute, CA, United States, (5)SIO, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States
The critical role of physical transport in the initiation of harmful algal blooms in estuaries (323707)
Qubin Qin and Jian Shen, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States
The Faroe Shelf spring bloom is initiated by a shoreward shifted tidal front (317801)
Sólvá Káradóttir Eliasen1, Hjálmar Hátún2 and Karin Margretha Husgard Larsen1, (1)Faroe Marine Research Institute, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, (2)Faroe Marine Research Institute, Environmentl, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Zooplankton Community in Relation to Mesoscale Processes in the Northern Gulf of Mexico (322031)
Jillian Gilmartin, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Galveston, TX, United States and Hui Liu, Texas A&M University at Galveston, Department of Marine Biology, Galveston, TX, United States
Fate and Transport of Giant Kelp in Coastal California Waters (324184)
Jenifer Dugan1, Carter Ohlmann2, Robert J. Miller3, David M Hubbard3, Kyle Emery3, Trenton Koeper2 and Jessica Madden3, (1)University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States

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