OB41B:
Linking the Biology, Geochemistry, and Circulation of the Gulf of Mexico I
Session ID#: 93141
Session Description:
The Gulf of Mexico is a small, dynamic marginal sea that supports a broad range of oceanographic environments, including eutrophic coastal systems, oligotrophic open ocean waters, hydrocarbon-impacted waters and sediments, and shelf waters that are susceptible to frequent harmful algal blooms. Large atmospheric, riverine, and submarine groundwater fluxes strongly influence the biogeochemistry of near-shore and open ocean waters, yielding a high degree of spatial and temporal variability. Several recent studies have focused on characterizing the biogeochemistry of the Gulf of Mexico using a range of interdisciplinary approaches. Following on a successful 2018 OSM Town Hall led by GEOTRACES and OCB, this session will bring together interested investigators to highlight new results from the Gulf and identify potential areas of common interest and collaborative opportunities to help inform future planning in GEOTRACES, OCB, and other relevant programs. We invite contributions that characterize the variability in the biology, geochemistry, and/or physical oceanography of the Gulf of Mexico, and especially the linkages between them. Suggested contributions may include, but are not limited to descriptions of water column and benthic geochemical distributions, biogeochemical rate measurements, characterizations of molecular ecology, geochemical fluxes, and descriptions of circulation that impact Gulf biogeochemical dynamics.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Primary Chair: Angela N Knapp, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Co-chairs: Alan M Shiller, University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Heather M Benway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, United States and Juan Carlos Herguera, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
Primary Liaison: Angela N Knapp, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Tallahassee, FL, United States
Moderators: Alan M Shiller, University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States and Juan Carlos Herguera, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico
Student Paper Review Liaison: Heather M Benway, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., Woods Hole, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Novel insights into deep ventilation of the Gulf of Mexico and its linkage to the Labrador Sea (654380)
Rainer M W Amon1, Jose Ochoa2, Julio Candela3, Julio Sheinbaum4, Juan Carlos Herguera5, Sharon Z Herzka6, Paula Perez-Brunius4, Jose Martin Martín Hernandez-Ayon7, Victor F Camacho-Ibar8 and Robert M Key9, (1)Texas A&M University at Galveston, Marine Sciences, Galveston, TX, United States, (2)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, (3)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (4)CICESE, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (5)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (6)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Biological Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (7)Autonomous University of Baja California UABC, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (8)Autonomous University of Baja California- UABC, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico, (9)Princeton Univ, Princeton, NJ, United States
Slope currents in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico (651185)
Cathrine Hancock, Florida State University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Kevin Speer, Florida State University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute(GFDI), Department of Scientific Computing(DSC), Tallahassee, United States, Joao Marcos Souza, New Zealand Meteorological Service (MetService), MetOcean Division, Raglan, New Zealand and Steven L Morey, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Distinguished Research Scientists, NOAA Center for Coastal and Marine Ecosystems, and Professor, Tallahassee, United States
Gliders observations of mesoscale and submesoscale flow structures in the Gulf of Mexico: over three years of continuous monitoring. (655155)
Enric Pallas Sanz1, Miguel Costa Tenreiro2, Thomas Meunier2, Esther Portela3, Elva Rosmery Sosa Gutiérrez4, Marco Julio Ulloa5, Jose Ochoa6, Angel Ruiz Angulo7, Simó Cusí8, Eliot Aranda9 and Adrián Villicaña9, (1)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (3)IFREMER, Plouzané, France, (4)Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Physical Oceanography, Ensenada, Mexico, (5)Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA, Altamira, TM, Mexico, (6)CICESE, Ensenada, Baja Calif, Mexico, (7)Icelandic Meteorological Office, Reykjavik, Iceland, (8)Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, (9)Centro de Investigación y Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), BJ, Mexico
Increase of Caribbean Water Incursion into the Gulf of Mexico: The Need in Biochemistry Studies of a New Characterization of the Upper Waters of the central Gulf of México (657913)
Jose Martin Martin Hernandez-Ayon, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas, Ensenada, BC, BJ, Mexico, Juan Delgado, Instituto Tecnologico de Guaymas, Guaymas, SO, Mexico, Gabriela Cervantes, Autonomous University of Baja California UABC, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, Sorayda Tanahara, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico, Ivonne Montes, IRD/LEGOS/GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, Joël Sudre, LEGOS/CNRS, SYSCO2, Toulouse, France, Sharon Z Herzka, Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada, Biological Oceanography, Ensenada, BJ, Mexico and Victor F Camacho-Ibar, Autonomous University of Baja California- UABC, Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Ensenada, Mexico
Does Submarine Groundwater Discharge Play a Role in Seasonal Hypoxia in the Mississippi Sound? (647275)
Amy Moody1, Alan M Shiller1, Troy Pierce2 and Alejandro Almario3, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf of Mexico Division, Gulfport, MS, United States, (3)Environmental Protection Agency Gulf Breeze, Gulf Ecology Division, Gulf Breeze, FL, United States
How Did Hurricane Harvey Affect Oxygen and Nutrient Dynamics over the Texas Shelf? (654080)
Piers Chapman, Texas A&M University College Station, Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States, Steven Francis DiMarco, Texas A&M University, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), College Station, United States, Anthony Hayden Knap, Texas A&M University, Geochemical and Environmental Research Group (GERG), College Station, Texas, United States and Henry Potter, Texas A&M University, Department of Oceanography, College Station, TX, United States
