Long-term studies are essential for understanding underlying processes driving productive marine ecosystems, with a cross-disciplinary approach necessary for discovering the environmental drivers that influence ecosystem function. Within the context of a changing ocean environment, long-term research provides a valuable framework for understanding ecosystem response to unpredictable events, long-term cycles and progressive directional change. This session seeks to highlight long-term cross-disciplinary studies that advance understanding of resilience, or lack thereof, in marine biomes. We invite submissions from coastal and pelagic ecosystem studies that rely on decadal-scale observations and/or modeling to reveal the processes influencing ecosystem function.
Primary Chair: Russell R Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States
Co-chairs: Jerome Fiechter, University of California Santa Cruz, Ocean Sciences, Santa Cruz, United States, Suzanne Strom, Western Washington University, Shannon Point Marine Center, Anacortes, United States and Ana Aguilar-Islas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States
Primary Liaison: Russell R Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, United States
Moderators: Ana Aguilar-Islas, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, United States and Russell R Hopcroft, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Student Paper Review Liaison: Suzanne Strom, Shannon Point Marine Ctr, Anacortes, United States
Winter Algal Blooms in Abu Dhabi Waters: Definition, Mechanisms and Link to Eutrophication (645443)
Rajan Anbiah1, Rajasekhar Thankamony2, Azza Ahmed AlRaisi2, Ponpandi Perumal2 and Shaikha Ahmed Al Hosani3, (1)Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, Marine Water Quality, Abu Dhabi, United States, (2)Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, Marine Water Quality, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, (3)Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi, Environment Quality Sector, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Phytoplankton Abundance and Community Composition on the Central Coast of California (635624)
Alex Barth1,2, Ryan K Walter3, Ian Robbin4 and Alexis Pasulka4, (1)University of South Carolina, Biological Sciences, Columbia, SC, United States, (2)California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (3)California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, Department of Physics, San Luis Obispo, CA, United States, (4)California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, United States
Population resilience of the copepod Oithona similis to climatic variability: egg production, mortality, and vertical habitat partitioning (640247)
Louise Cornwell1,2, Angus Atkinson3, Helen S Findlay2, Ceri N Lewis4, John Bruun5, Andrew Hirst6, Elaine Fileman2, Andrea McEvoy2, Glen Tarran2, Timothy J Smyth2 and Claudia Castellani2, (1)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (2)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (4)University of Exeter, Department of Biosciences, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter, EX4 4QD, United Kingdom, (5)University of Exeter, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (6)University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Foundation species and biodiversity support and stabilize kelp forest ecosystems (644510)
Robert J. Miller1, Thomas Lamy2, Max Castorani3, Adrian Craig Stier4, Andrew Rassweiler1, Kevin D. Lafferty5 and Daniel Reed6, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara, United States, (3)University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, United States, (4)University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (5)USGS - Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (6)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Unique Colonization Time Series Reveals Long-Term Successional Changes in the Functional Traits of a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Invertebrate Community (646950)
Lauren Dykman1, Stace Beaulieu2, Susan W Mills3, Andrew Solow4 and Lauren S Mullineaux2, (1)University of Victoria, Biology, Victoria, BC, Canada, (2)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Biology, Woods Hole, United States, (4)Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
Using Long-term Monitoring to Assess if Humpback Whales in the Gulf of Alaska are Really in Hot Water (656288)
Jan Straley, University of Alaska, Sitka, AK, United States, Robert M Suryan, NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Laboratories, Juneau, AK, United States, John Richard Moran, NMFS/NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau, AK, United States, Ellen M Chenoweth, University of Alaska Fairbanks, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States, Mayumi Arimitsu, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, AK, United States, Christine M Gabriele, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Humpback Whale Monitoring Program, Gustavus, AK, United States and Janet L Neilson, Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, Humpback Whale Monitoring Program, Gustavus, AK, United States
