EP21B:
Biological-Physical Processes in Nearshore and Shallow Coastal Environments III


Session ID#: 37845

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, Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, 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 Liaison:  Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, 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:

A Ratchet to Shore: Transport of Quasi-Lagrangian Plankton Mimics by Nonlinear Internal Waves (304954)
Jessica C. Garwood1, Peter J. S. Franks1, Perry Naughton2, Paul L. D. Roberts1, Andrew Lucas1 and Jules S Jaffe1, (1)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)University of California, San Diego, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CA, United States
Surface slicks as biological hotspots in west Hawaii: biophysical interactions, larval behavior and their implications on transport and recruitment. (315483)
Jonathan Whitney1,2, Katharine Smith3, Jamison Gove2, Joey Lecky2, Donald Kobayashi2 and Margaret Anne McManus3, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States
Physical Drivers of Biological Accumulation in Surface Slicks and Small-Scale Fronts Along Hawaii’s Western Coast (324407)
Katharine Smith1, Jonathan Whitney2, Joey Lecky2, Adrienne Copeland3, Jamison Gove2, Donald Kobayashi2 and Margaret Anne McManus1, (1)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Oceanography, Honolulu, HI, United States, (2)NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Multiple Temporal Scales and Processes in Nearshore Larval Transport (314015)
Jesús Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego, Environmental and Ocean Sciences, San Diego, CA, United States and Steven J Lentz, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Depth regulation of invertebrate larvae across nearshore fronts (311625)
Nicolas Weidberg, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Paula Pattrick, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Private Bay 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa, Wayne Goschen, South African Environmental Observation Netwrok, Engagasini Node, Cape Town, South Africa, Jennifer Jackson, Hakai Institute, BC, Canada, Christopher McQuaid, Rhodes University, South Africa and Francesca Porri, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa
Surf Zones Regulate Subsidies of Planktonic Food and Larvae to Nearshore Communities (315100)
Steven Morgan, University of California Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, Bodega Bay, CA, United States, Alan Shanks, University of Oregon, Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Coos Bay, OR, United States, Jamie MacMahan, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, Adrianus J Reniers, Delft University of Technology, Delft, 5612, Netherlands and Atsushi Fujimura, University of Guam, Marine Laboratory, Mangilao Village, Guam
In situ measurement of the biophonic signature of seagrass Posidonia oceanica in the perspective of post-larval recruitment (317467)
Julie Lossent1, Cedric Gervaise1, Lucia di Iorio1, Laurent Beguery2, Romain Tricarico2, cathy-Anna valentini-Poirier3 and Pierre Boissery4, (1)Chorus, Grenoble, France, (2)ALSEAMAR, 9 Europarc Sainte Victoire, Meyreuil, France, (3)agence de l'eau RMC, France, (4)agence de l'eau RMC, Marseille, France
The Response of Reef Fish Settlement to Coral Reef Soundscapes: A Field Experiment (324149)
Justin Joseph Suca1, Ashlee Lillis2, Ian Jones3, Amy Apprill4, Joel Llopiz5 and T. Aran Mooney2, (1)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (5)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States

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