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Thematic Plenaries

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Olmi, E.; Christian, R.; Newton, J., Thematic Plenary: Where is the C in IOOS? The Relevancy of the Integrated Ocean Observing System to Coastal and Estuarine Scientists and Managers

Palmer, M., Thematic Plenary: Ecological Restoration and Coastal Watersheds: Pipe Dreams vs. Portfolios

Rosenberg, A.; Leslie, H.; McLeod, K.; Fogarty, M., Thematic Plenary: Ecosystem-Based Management from Science to Policy

Sanders, J.; Kling, C.; Howarth, R.; Scavia, D.; Turner, R.; Boynton, W.; Conley, D., Thematic Plenary: The EPA’s Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Assessment

Schubel, J.; Boesch, D.; Connor, M.; Davidson, M., Thematic Plenary: Science in Coastal Decision-Making: A Panel Discussion

Twilley, R., Thematic Plenary: Science, Engineering and Policy to Reduce Risks in Coastal Landscapes: Unintended Consequences and Unnatural Hazards

Oral and Poster Sessions

SCI-002 - Climate Effects on Tidal Wetlands

Alphin, T.; Leonard, L.; Posey, M.; Avery, G.; Hackney, C., Tidal Wetland Habitat Response to Changes in Tidal Amplitude, Salt Water, and Freshwater Input

Anisfeld, S.; Orson, R.; Linn, J., Tidal Marsh Submergence in the Quinnipiac River, Connecticut

Argow, B.; Hughes, Z.; FitzGerald, D., Comparative Importance of Winter Processes on New England Back-barrier High Marsh Sediment Budgets

Blum, L.; Brinson, M.; Christian, R., Influence of Climate Variability on Marsh Surface Elevation Dynamics

Bromberg, K.; Bertness, M., A Foundation Species Moderates the Effect of Warming in a New England Salt Marsh Community

Cahoon, D., Climate Effects on Wetland Elevation Dynamics

Devlin, D.; Proffitt, C.; Middleton, B., Ill Winds in Louisiana: Experimental Analyses of Uca and Littoraria Effects on Salt Marsh Recovery Following Hurricane Rita

FitzGerald, D.; Howes, N.; Kulp, M.; Hughes, Z.; Georgiou, I.; Penland, S., Katrina Impacts to the Caernarvon Wetlands, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana

Fleckenstein, E.; Hackney, C., Effect of Salinity on Germination and Seedling Survival of Taxodium distichum from Northeast Cape Fear River, NC

Fuller, R.; Dunwiddie, P.; Hall, S.; Heatwole, D.; Ingraham, M.; Shaber Nelson, K., Changing Climate, Changing Goals: Conservation and Measuring Success in the Face of an Uncertain Future

Hester, M.; Mendelssohn, I.; Alber, M.; Joye, S., Climate-Linked Alteration of Ecosystem Services in Tidal Salt Marshes of Georgia and Louisiana: Preliminary Findings

Horton, B.; Kemp, A., Onset of Recent Rapid Sea-level Rise

Kunz, D.; Brinson, M., Spatial Pattern of Shorezone Wetlands in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, USA

Langley, J.; Megonigal, J., Plant Response to Elevated CO₂ and Nitrogen Drives Soil Accretion in a High Brackish Marsh

Michaels, R.; Zieman, J., How Increased Flooding Affects Pore Water Biogeochemical Profiles Within Salt Marsh Sediments, a Mesocosm Experiment

Miller, D.; Dale, R., Thermal Regime in Intertidal Sediments: Pattern and Tempo of Temperature in Delaware Salt Marshes

Morris, J., The Relative Importance of Mineral and Organic Matter Accumulation in Maintaining Marsh Elevation

Piehler, M.; Smyth, A.; Thompson, S., Denitrification and Sediment Nutrient Fluxes in Shallow Water Estuarine Habitats

Raabe, E.; Gauron, L., Historic Records Shed Light on Marsh to Mangrove Change in Tidal Wetlands

Reed, D., Climate Change and Coastal Marshes: Storms and Sediments, Floods and Droughts

Reyes, E.; Buzzelli, C., A Spatial Model to Forecast Responses to Relative Sea Level Rise in North Carolina

Stotts, S.; Reiter, M., Quantifying Vegetation Changes in the St. Jones River, Delaware: an Examination of Flow, Community Structure, Sea Level Rise, and Salinity

Van Proosdij, D., Seasonal Variations in the Ecomorphodynamics of Fundy Salt Marshes: Implications of Climate Change

Voss, C.; Christian, R.; Morris, J., Response of Dominant Marsh Macrophytes to Inundation Regime

Weston, N.; Vile, M.; Velinsky, D.; Neubauer, S.; Joye, S., Shifting Pathways and Magnitude of Organic Matter Mineralization in Tidal Freshwater Marshes Following Sea-Level Rise

Zogg, G.; MacKenzie, R., Nutrient and Hydrological Effects on Organic Matter Decomposition in Tidal, Saline Wetlands

SCI-003 - Coastal Ecosystem Planning: Interdisciplinary Science-based Approaches

Bain, M., Ecosystem Planning: A System Network Approach

Coffey, R., Submarine Groundwater Discharge as an Environmental “Currency” Limiting Population and Development on Islands

Dalton, T.; Thompson, R., Exploring Spatial Dynamics of Human Interactions with Coastal Ecosystems

Gilbert, S., Ecosystem Planning: The Collaborative Process, "Lifeblood" of Ecosystem-Based Management

Hayes, L.; Porter, D., Implementing the Use of Low Impact Development Practices (LIDs) in Coastal, South Carolina

Ko, J.; Merrell, W.; Hastings, M.; Ekstrom, N.; Shelton, E., Valuation of Ecosystem Services for Galveston Bay: A Case Study for Managing Urbanizing Estuarine Ecosystem

Meixler, M., Ecosystem Planning: A Spatial Analysis Approach

Mills, K., Use of Indicators for Coastal Ecosystem Planning and Management

Quinn, B., Coastal Change and Regeneration: Long Term Approaches for Design and Planning on Rhode Island's Shore

Suszkowski, D.; Lodge, J.; Bain, M., Ecosystem Planning: A Target Setting Approach

Wilson, J., The Problem with Irish Estuaries: who does what?

SCI-004 - Microbes: A Synthesis of Diversity, Community Composition and Biogeochemical Function

Apple, J.; Boyd, T.; Crump, B., Transferable Patterns in the Biogeography of Estuarine Bacterioplankton Communities

Booth, M.; Schoen, B., Utilizing nasA and ¹⁵N-NO₃^- Uptake to Characterize and Quantify Nitrate Assimilation in Estuarine Heterotrophic Bacterioplankton

Bowen, J.; Kroeger, K.; Crump, B.; Crusius, J.; Bratton, J., Microbial Community Composition Along a Salinity Gradient in a Subterranean Estuary

Caffrey, J.; Bano, N.; Kalanetra, K.; Hollibaugh, J., Ammonia Oxidation and Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea Populations from Estuaries with Differing Hypoxia Histories

Crump, B.; Bowen, J.; Apple, J., An Overview of Estuarine Gradients and the Microbes that live in them

Crump, B.; Peranteau, C.; Beckingham, B.; Cornwell, J., Respiratory Succession and Community Succession of Bacterioplankton in Seasonally Anoxic Estuarine Waters

Fogarty, C.; Fulweiler, R.; Nixon, S.; Jenkins, B., Environmental Change and Controls on Activities of Nitrogen Fixers and Denitrifiers in Narragansett Bay Sediments

Fortunato, C.; Bushaw-Newton, K., Assessing the Nitrogen Cycle of a Freshwater Tidal Estuary through Microbial Community and Nutrient Composition

Gihring, T.; Humphrys, M.; Mills, H.; Kostka, J., Microbial Populations Mediating Phytodetritus Degradation and Denitrification in Shallow Marine Permeable Sediments

Hollibaugh, J.; Ransom, B., Comparison of Fish Species Reveals Major Differences in the Composition of Gut Microflora

Jacobs, J.; Wood, R.; Sturgis, B.; Rhodes, M.; Kelsey, R., Eutrophication and Bacterial Pathogen Abundance in Maryland and Virginia Coastal Bays, USA

Landry, Z.; Bernhard, A., Crenarchaeota Are Differentially Distributedin Relation to Salinity in a New England Estuary

Malpezzi, M.; Kiss, E.; Crump, B., Bacterial Production and Particulate Organic Matter Composition in the Chesapeake Bay ETM

Menden-Deuer, S.; Fredrickson, K.; Wright, H., The Role of Biological Drivers in the Formation of Plankton Layers

Menden-Deuer, S., Integrating Models, Experiments and Field Observations to Examine Predator-Prey Interactions in the Plankton

Moisander, P.; Paerl, H.; Zehr, J., Taxa Specific Responses in Growth and nifH Expression in Cyanobacteria in a Nitrogen-limited Subtropical Estuary

Murrell, M.; Vickery, S.; Stanley, R., Bacterioplankton Dynamics and Community Respiration on the Louisiana Continental Shelf

Peierls, B.; Paerl, H., Variation in the Control of Bacterioplankton Metabolism Along an Estuarine Salinity Gradient

Rynearson, T., Connectivity and Gene Flow Among Populations of a Bloom-forming Diatom from Coastal and Estuarine Environments

Smith, E.; Buck, T.; Lakish, B.; Willman, A., Microbial Heterotrophy in Tidal Creeks of a Southeastern U.S. Salt Marsh Estuary

Williams, C.; Jaffé, R.; Jochem, F., Tracking Carbon Sources for Heterotrophic Bacteria in a Subtropical Seagrass Estuary

SCI-005 - Toward Successful Management of Estuarine and Coastal Eutrophication

Andersen, J.; Bricker, S., Session Introduction

Andersen, J., From Indicators to Multi Metric Assessment Tools: A Case Study from the Baltic Sea

Bricker, S.; Longstaff, B.; Dennison, W.; Jones, A.; Woerner, J.; Wicks, E.; Boicourt, K., National Estuarine Eutrophication Assessment: Effects of Nutrient Enrichment in the Nation’s Estuaries 1999–2004

Brush, G., Land Use and Coastal Eutrophication

Carstensen, J., Pathways of Ecosystem Responses to Eutrophication and Oligotrophication

Claussen, U.; Zevenboom, W., Pan-European Assessment of the Eutrophication Status of Rivers, Lakes, Coastal and Marine Waters

Ferreira, J.; Bricker, S.; Xiao, Y.; Zhang, X.; Zhu, M., Application of Eutrophication Screening Models to Coastal Bays in China: The case of Jiaozhou Bay, an example of top-down control, and lessons for integrated coastal zone management in China

Kidwell, D.; Lewitus, A.; Magnien, R., Ecological Impacts of Hypoxia on Living Resources Workshop: Recommendations to Facilitate Management

Lipton, D., Developing an Economic Indicator of Estuarine Eutrophication: The Asset Value of Estuaries

Rabalais, N.; Turner, R., Why, How, and How Much to Reduce Nutrients that Cause Gulf of Mexico Eutrophication

Stacey, P.; Tedesco, M., Progress and Benefits of Eutrophication Management Efforts for Long Island Sound, New York and Connecticut

Tango, P.; Johnson, J.; Batiuk, R., Towards Developing a Harmful Algal Bloom-based estuarine Chlorophyll a criteria in Chesapeake Bay

Teichberg, M.; Valiela, I.; Fox, S.; Kinney, E., Practical Developments in the Assessment of Coastal Eutrophication

Wood, R.; Jacobs, J.; Kelsey, R.; Zhang, X.; Bahner, L., An Integrated Ecological Assessment in Chesapeake Bay: linking stressors, water quality, and ecosystem goods and services

SCI-006 - Ecosystem Services Associated with Bivalve Shellfish: the Key to a New Management Paradigm?

Coen, L.; Grizzle, R., The Importance of Molluscan Habitat Along the Atlantic US Coast: Overview of a New ASMFC Review

Getchis, T.; Vaudrey, J.; Britton, R.; Kremer, J.; Markow, J.; Shaw, K., Assessing the Physical and Ecological Footprint of Shellfish Aquaculture Gear in Long Island Sound, Connecticut

Grabowski, J.; Peterson, C.; Piehler, M.; Conrad, R., Restoring Oyster Reefs to Recover Ecosystem Services

Grizzle, R.; Greene, J.; Coen, L., Quantification of Chlorophyll a Removal by Intertidal Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Reefs Using in situ Fluorometry and a Comparison to Previous Laboratory Measurements

Heck, K.; Cebrian, J.; Powers, S.; Major, K.; Byron, D.; Plutchak, R.; Geraldi, N., Ecosystem Services Provided by Oyster Reefs: an Experimental Assessment

Hertler, H.; Martinez, L.; Kreeger, D.; Ramirez, G.; Minnigh, H., Flat Tree Oysters as Indicators in Sub-Tropical Climates

Kreeger, D., From the Headwaters to Coast: a Watershed-based Perspective on Ecosystem Services Furnished by Bivalve Shellfish

McLaughlin, S.; Collier, L.; Howard, D.; Bingaman, R., Pathobiology of Macoma balthica and Other Bivalves of Chesapeake Bay

Ozbay, G.; Erbland, P.; Marenghi, F., Habitat Value of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Aquaculture in Delaware Inland Bays

Poirrier, M.; Spalding, E., Hurricane Katrina Effects on Lake Pontchartrain Benthos and Water Quality Changes from Rangia Clam Loss

Taylor, J.; Bushek, D., Nekton Utilization of Constructed Intertidal Oyster Reefs and Aquaculture Structures in Delaware Bay, USA

Wall, C.; Peterson, B.; Gobler, C., The Facilitation of Eelgrass Growth by Bivalve Filtration in Eutrophied Environments

SCI-007 - Hydrologic Processes: From Shoreline Seepage to Shelf Dynamics

Anderson, G.; Smith III, T., Sediment Deposition from Hurricane Wilma Altered Flooding Regimes in Everglades National Park Mangroves

Blair, A.; White, D.; Holland, F., Modeling Stormwater Runoff in South Carolina Tidal Creek Watersheds

Bokuniewicz, H., Mixology: just how does salt get into the sediment in the face of rapid SGD?

Cable, J.; Cherrier, J.; Martin, J.; Smith, C.; Dorsett, A.; Roy, M., Groundwater Discharge Impacts on Benthic Carbon Fluxes to a Coastal Lagoon

Coley, T.; Robbins, B.; Crean, D.; Krupa, S., Freshwater Flows from Groundwater Discharge into Biscayne Bay, Florida:How Many, How Much, How Far?

Davis, S.; Roelke, D.; Gable, G.; Li, H.; Liu, K.; Miller, C.; Pinckney, J.; Quigg, A., River Inflow Effects on Spatial and Temporal Water Quality Patterns in Two Texas Estuaries

Dulaiova, H.; Charette, M.; Burnett, W.; Gonneea, M.; Henderson, P., Groundwater Seepage from Subterranean to Surface Estuaries – Examples from Geochemical Tracer Surveys

Erban, L.; Crusius, J.; Koopmans, D.; Giblin, A.; Kroeger, K.; Foreman, K.; Bratton, J., Radon-222 as a Tracer of Coastal Groundwater Discharge: Examining Controls on Spatial Variability of Radon-222

Gardner, B.; Chen, R.; Huang, W.; Peri, F., Colored Dissolved Organic Matter: From Watershed to Ocean

Gonneea, M.; Henderson, P.; Mulligan, A.; Charette, M., Submarine Groundwater Discharge and Associated Transport of Nutrients to the Coastal Ocean Along Southwest Florida

Marshall, F.; Smith, D.; Buckingham, C., The Use of Statistical Models with Paleosalinity Data to Simulate the Everglades Pre-Drainage Hydrology

Paulsen, R., Linking Groundwater, Pesticides and Submarine Groundwater Discharge

Porubsky, W.; Meile, C.; Joye, S., Using Field Measurements, Laboratory-Assays, and Modeling to Examine Flow Conditions and Variations in Groundwater Biogeochemistry

Rao, A.; Charette, M., Trace Element Cycling in a Subterranean Estuary (Waquoit Bay, Cape Cod, MA)

Swenson, E.; Cable, J.; Snedden, G., Influence of a Freshwater Diversion on Overland Flow in a Louisiana Deltaic Plain Estuary

Wolanski, E., Estuarine and Coastal Zone Ecohydrology

SCI-008 - Water Quality Monitoring: Linking Local Efforts to a National Program

Caffrey, J.; Mallard, G.; Hameedi, J.; Spooner, C., Estuarine Monitoring within the National Water Quality Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters and their Tributaries

Connor, M., Regional Monitoring as Storytelling: San Francisco Bay’s Regional Monitoring Program

DiDonato, E.; McManus, M.; Morton, D.; Robinson, N., Water Quality Monitoring through Partnerships at Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

Hayes, K.; Wilde, S.; Lewitus, A.; White, D., Reassessing Water Quality Along Coastal South Carolina Waters

Trench, E.; Mullaney, J.; Hickman, R.; Schwarz, G.; Moore, R.; Ahearn, E., Nutrient Trends and Transport in Northeastern U.S. Rivers

Williams, J.; Czajkowski, K., Tracking Water and Soil Quality in the Maumee River Watershed using GIS and Remote Sensoring. 

SCI-009 - The Science and Management of Native and Introduced Phragmites australis

Burdick, D.; Peter, C.; Moore, G., Response of Native and European Varieties of Phragmites australis After Transplanting in a Salt Marsh

Casagrande, R.; Blossey, B., Biological Control of Phragmites australis

Chambers, R.; Havens, K., Common Reed Occurrence Along Estuarine Shoreline in Chesapeake Bay

Hays, R., A Decade of Distributional Changes of Phragmites australis in the Great Marsh, Lewes, DE (1992-2002)

Howard, R.; Travis, S., Stress Tolerance in Eurasian versus U.S. Gulf of Mexico clones of Phragmites australis

Lambert, A., Exotic Insect Herbivores Mediate Native and Exotic Phragmites australis Interactions

Meyerson, L., Intraspecific Hybridization of Native and Introduced Subspecies of Phragmites australis in North America

Peter, C.; Burdick, D., Can Competition and Diversity Reduce the Success of Invasive Phragmites australis in a Tidal Marsh?

Windham-Myers, L., How does Phragmites australis Tolerate Metal-contaminated Conditions: physiological approaches and ecosystem feedbacks in brackish marshes of New Jersey

SCI-010 - Impacts of Climate Change and Energy Scarcity on Coastal Ecosystems

Costanza, R., The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection

Day, J., Coastal Ecology in Times of Scarcity

Hall, C.; Powers, B.; Schoenberg, W., Modeling our Economic Future in Response to a Changing Net Energy Future

Ibañez, C., Impacts of Climate Change and Energy Scarcity on Mediterranean Watersheds and Deltas

Shaffer, G.; Lundberg, C.; Wood, W., Reducing Hurricane Damage by Using Nutrient-Rich Point Sources of Freshwater to Regenerate Cypress – Tupelo Swamps

Yanez-Arancibia, A.; Day Jr., J., Challenges for Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management in Latin America

SCI-011 - Beyond Monitoring and Observing Systems: Scientific Tools and Applications

Batiuk, R.; Dennison, B.; Giordano, S.; Jasinski, D.; Longstaff, B.; Phillips, S.; Shenk, G., Source to Resource: Quantitatively Connecting Watershed Implementation Actions to Chesapeake Bay Restoration

Campbell, D.; Schuetz, N.; Wigand, C., The Real Wealth Purchased in a New England Fish Platter

Carr, S.; Crist, P., Technology Tools for Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Management

Dalton, C.; Dillon, F.; Bricker, S.; Dionne, M., Synthesis of SWMP Data for ASSETS Eutrophication Assessment of the North Atlantic Region NERR Systems

Detenbeck, N.; Pelletier, M.; Campbell, D., e-Estuary: A Proposed Decision-support System for Coastal Management

Gallegos, C., Management Tools for Setting Water Quality Goals for Seagrass Restoration

Janicki, A.; Greening, H.; Poe, A., A Process for Tracking Progress Towards Water Quality Targets in Tampa Bay Using Monitoring Data

Kelley, J.; Wengren, M.; Greenlaw, J.; Schindler, S., A GIS Web Mapping Portal for Displaying Real-Time Environmental Information from the Top of the Watershed to the High Seas

Longstaff, B.; Williams, M.; Dennison, B.; Wicks, E.; Jasinski, D.; Tango, P.; Conner, C.; Keisman, J.; Batiuk, R., Supporting Management Through an Annual Cycle of Ecological Forecasting and Integrated Assessment

Lovelace, S.; White, D., The Tidal Creeks Model, Integrating Man and Nature

Pontee, N.; Hosking, A., Managing (Knowledge) to Manage Estuaries and Coasts

Reed, R.; Burkholder, J.; Dickey, D.; Kinder, C.; Brownie, C., Temporal and Spatial Variability in High Resolution Cross-estuarine Physical-Chemical Structure in the Neuse Estuary, North Carolina, USA

Shyka, T.; Morse, R.; Gale, T., If You Build It, (and Ask Them) They Will Come: Engaging End Users in the Product Development Process

Taylor, K.; Veeck, D.; Saul, D.; Strickler, T., Washington State's Enhanced, Interactive Coastal Atlas: Providing Information for Improving Shoreline Regulations and Projects

Tilburg, C.; Keeley, D.; Russell-Robinson, S.; Shyka, T.; Gale, T., Developing Integrated Geospatial Tools for Coastal and Ocean Managers in the Transboundary Gulf of Maine

Woodruff, D.; Copping, A.; Thom, R.; Graves, S.; Bolte, J.; Hardin, D.; Judd, K.; Judd, C.; Quattrochi, D.; Engel-Cox, J.; Gajewski, S.; Guzy, M.; Conover, H.; Keiser, K.; Estes, M.; Barrett, C.; Gulbransen, T., The Gulf of Mexico Regional Collaborative (GoMRC): Developing Tools for Coastal Habitat Restoration Planning

SCI-012 - Arctic Estuarine Ecosystems: Sources, Transport and Fate of Riverine Inputs

Amon, R.; Rinehart, A.; Peterson, B.; Holmes, R.; McClelland, J., Biogeochemistry of Arctic river DOM - linking our understanding of watershed processes to the Arctic Ocean 

Cooper, L.; Gibson, J.; McClelland, J.; Holmes, R.; Peterson, B., Isotopic Indicators of Water Cycle Variability and Biogeochemical Processes in Arctic Ocean Runoff

Holmes, R.; McClelland, J.; Peterson, B.; Zhulidov, A.; Bulygina, E.; Cooper, L.; Repeta, D., Fluvial DON Transport to the Arctic Ocean: Amount, Lability, and Potential Implications for Coastal Productivity

Raymond, P.; Holmes, R.; McClelland, J.; Peterson, B.; Aiken, G.; Striegl, R., An Carbon Isotopic Study of the Flux of Organic Carbon to the Arctic Ocean

Trefry, J.; Trocine, R.; Semmler, C.; Alkire, M.; Savoie, M.; Rember, R., Transport and Fate of Spring Floodwater from Rivers in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

SCI-014 - Marine Aquatic Invasive Species and Ecosystem Management

Anderson, J.; Epifanio, C., Characterizing Metamorphic Cues for the Asian Shore Crab: a Combined Laboratory and Field Approach

Baker, P.; Baker, S., Nonindigenous Green Mussels, Perna viridis, in the Southeastern United States: patterns and limits of dispersal

Banas, N.; McDonald, P.; Armstrong, D., Green Crab Larval Retention in Willapa Bay, Washington: An intensive Lagrangian modeling approach

Drake, L., Potential Dispersal of Cholera by Biofilms in Ships’ Ballast Tanks

Heatwole, D.; Morgan, N.; Fuller, R., Experimental Comparison of Treatment Methods for Sparsely Distributed Spartina anglica Infestations

Herborg, L.; Therriault, T., Predicting the Invasion of Non-indigenous Mitten Crabs in Canada

Hoagland, K.; Carman, M., Invasive Tunicates and Patterns of Ecosystem Change in New England

Kleckner, A.; Wilkerson, F., Consequences of an Invasive Clam on the San Francisco Estuarine Nitrogen Cycle

Leissing, J.; Martucci, N.; Green, D.; Donnelly, M.; Walters, L., Allelopathic Effects of the Exotic Brazilian Pepper Schinus terebinthifolius on Growth of Native Saltmarsh Flora

Locke, A., How do Marine Invasive Species Affect the Ability to Manage Ecosystems in Atlantic Canada?

Marcoval, M.; Pan, J., The Effect of an Exotic Serpulid on the Planktonic Community in Estuarine Environments

McDonald, P.; Holsman, K.; Barreyro, P.; Armstrong, D., The Impact of Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, on Dungeness Crab, Cancer magister, in Willapa Bay, Washington

Minton, M.; McCann, L.; Miller, A.; Ruiz, G., Changes in Ballast Water Management and Delivery to the Chesapeake Bay: 1993 – 2005

Nañez-James, S.; Tunnell Jr., J.; Felder, D.; Camp, D., An Early Warning System for Invasive Species: The Texas Marine Species List

Preisler, R., Biogeographic Investigation of Variation in Abundance, Morphology, and Behavior of the European Green Crab

See, K., Using an Individual-Based Model to Investigate the Underlying Causes of Carcinus maenas Recruitment Patterns

Sullivan, M.; Howland, M.; Andersen, T.; Able, K., An Unwelcome Guest? Status of the American Eel Parasite Anguillicola crassus in New Jersey Estuaries

Therriault, T.; Mandrak, N., A Canadian Perspective on Conducting Risk Assessments: Recent Application and Experiences

Thomas, J.; Burfeind, D.; Udy, J.; Dennison, W., Caulerpa taxifolia in Moreton Bay, Australia—native or nuisance?

Thompson, J.; Parchaso, F., Corbicula and Corbula are Stressing the Restoration: Can we manage freshwater to limit their success?

Whitcraft, C.; Talley, D., The Impacts of Perennial Pepperweed Invasion in Wetlands Along an Inundation Gradient

Williams, S., Non-native Species in Seagrass Beds: A Review

SCI-015 - Eutrophication and Aquaculture: Friends, Enemies or Allies?

Ferreira, J.; Hawkins, A.; Bricker, S.; Lipton, D.; Rothschild, B.; Xiao, Y., Virtual Oysters in Chesapeake Bay – A modeling study of productivity and top-down control of eutrophication

Hawkins, A.; Ferreira, J.; Bricker, S., Predicting the Impact of Shellfish Farms on Water Quality

Solidoro, C.; Beran, A.; Cabrini, M.; Cummaudo, F.; Del Negro, P.; De Vittor, C.; Libralato, S.; Lipizer, M.; Minocci, M.; Monti, M., Dynamic and Ecological Role of Mussel Farms in a Mediterranean Coastal Area

Zhang, X.; Zhu, M.; Li, R.; Wang, Z., The Changes of Sanggou Bay Ecosystem Suggest Top-Down Control of Plankton

Zhu, C.; Ferreira, J.; Donato, M.; Hawkins, A.; Yan, X.; Nobre, A., LMPrawn - A Model for Management of Cultivated Penaeid Shrimp

Zhu, M.; Ferreira, J.; Hawkins, A.; Zhang, X.; Li, R., Sustainable Development of Mariculture in Chinese Coastal Waters

SCI-016 - Interdisciplinary Tools for Science Translation

Elmer, H.; Lopez, F.; Klarer, D.; Van Zoest, P., Technical Assistance for Community Based Watershed Planning

Feurt, C., Fostering Coastal Stewardship: New Tools for Bridging the Science to Management Divide (Synthesis)

Hauser, E., Integrated Approach to Training for Habitat Restoration

Pollack, J., Toward Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management: Assessing Managers’ Needs for Coastal Environmental Information

Szivak, R.; Pollack, J., Needs Assessment: the First Step in Designing Coastal Environmental Education for Professional Decision Makers

West, J., Conservation Development for a Healthy Bay

SCI-017 - Florida Bay: Current Status and Trends

Armitage, A.; Frankovich, T.; Fourqurean, J., Long-term Shifts in Seagrass Community Structure Follow Experimental Nutrient Enrichment in Florida Bay

Briceno, H.; Boyer, J., Long-term Nutrient Dynamics in Florida Bay Waters, USA

Cornwell, J.; Owens, M.; Kemp, M., Nitrogen Biogeochemistry in Florida Bay Sediments

Glibert, P.; Heil, C.; Alexander, J.; Murasko, S.; Neely, M., Role of Dissolved Organic Material in Supporting Microalgal Communities in Florida Bay

Heil, C.; Glibert, P.; Madden, C.; Seitzinger, S.; Neely, M.; Murasko, S.; Alexander, J.; Leard, J., Differential Mechanisms Regulating the Northeastern Florida Bay Picocyanobacterial Bloom in October 2006

Herbert, D.; Fourqurean, J., Long-term Effects of Short-term and Long-term Nutrient Loading in an Oligotrophic Seagrass Ecosystem

Hoare, A.; Hollander, D.; Heil, C.; Glibert, P.; Revilla, M.; Alexander, J.; Murasko, S., Stable Isotopic Tracers Link Florida Bay Ecosystem Response to Changing Nutrient Inputs from the Everglades

Kelly, S.; Cunniff, K.; Madden, C.; Rudnick, D., Analysis of Restoration Trade-Offs: a Case Study of Causeway Removal in Florida Bay

Koch, M.; Madden, C.; McDonald, A.; Nielsen, O.; Jensen, H., Phosphorus Cycling in Florida Bay: A Synthesis

McDonald, A.; Madden, C., A Modeling Study of Competition, Salinity, and Nutrient Control of the Florida Bay Seagrass Community

Nagel, J.; Kemp, M.; Cornwell, J.; Owens, M.; Hinkle, D.; Madden, C., Seasonal and Regional Variations in Net Ecosystem Production in Thalassia testudinum Communities Throughout Florida Bay

Neely, M.; Vargo, G., Benthic Microalgal Standing Stock and Benthic Nutrient Flux in Florida Bay

Richardson, R., Physiological Characteristics and Competitive Strategies of Bloom Forming Cyanobacteria and Diatoms of Florida Bay

Rudnick, D.; Boyer, J.; Blair, S.; Madden, C.; Kelly, S.; Cunniff, K.; Kelble, C., Disturbance and Ecosystem Change in Florida Bay and Southern Biscayne Bay

Steidinger, K.; Neely, M.; Richardson, R., Florida Bay Phytoplankton Dynamics, 1994-1997

Vargo, G.; Neely, M.; Hitchcock, G.; Jurado, J., Growth Rates of Phytoplankton During Blooms in Northwestern and South Central Florida Bay

Wall, C., The Role of Sponges in Regulating Algal Blooms in Florida Bay, FL, USA

SCI-018 - Comparability of Estuarine and Coastal Zone Indicators at Varying Spatial Scales

Engle, V.; Burgan, B., The National Coastal Condition Report III

Nelson, J.; Tolan, J., Is Dissolved Oxygen Concentration a Major Determinant of Overall Ecosystem Health in Texas Tidal Streams ?

Simone, E.; Cunningham, P.; Engle, V.; Burgan, B., The National Estuary Program Coastal Condition Report

Tolan, J., Community-level Response to Freshwater Inflow: Do we need a different measuring stick?

SCI-019 - Modeling Hypoxia: Approaches and Application to Management

Adamack, A.; Rose, K.; Cerco, C., Simulating the Response of Chesapeake Bay Bay Anchovy to Changed Nutrient Loads Using Coupled Models

Bahng, B.; Kawase, M.; Newton, J.; Devol, A.; Ruef, W., Numerical Simulation of Hypoxia in Hood Canal, Puget Sound

Bennett, D.; O'Donnell, J., Interpreting Seasonal Patterns of Horizontal Transport in Long Island Sound

Brady, D.; Di Toro, D.; Kirby, J.; Xu, L.; Targett, T., Water Quality Modeling of Diel-cycling Hypoxia in Delaware’s Coastal Bays

Brown, D.; Goodrich, K.; Rouleau, T., Building Consensus in a Non-Regulatory Approach: How Science Can be a Valuable Ally

Burroughs, R., Policy Responses to Hypoxia: A Punctuated Equilibrium Model

Codiga, D., Transferable, General Models for Evolving Stratification and Hypoxia: An empirical input-output approach (Narragansett Bay CHRP)

Dam, H.; Siuda, A., A Synthesis of Water Quality and Planktonic Resource Monitoring Data for Long Island Sound

Davias, L.; Breitburg, D.; Hondorp, D., Hypoxia, Eutrophication, and Fisheries: A Cross-estuary Comparison of Fishery Landings

Del Toro-Silva, F.; Taylor, J.; Ellis, T.; Miller, J., Modeling the Effects of Oxygen Dynamics on Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) Nursery Habitat Quality: an eco-physiological approach

Eldridge, P.; Roelke, D., Hypoxia on the Louisiana Shelf: Simulations of Coupled Phytoplankton Population and Geochemical Models

Fennel, K.; Hetland, R.; DiMarco, S., Coupled Physical-Biogeochemical Modeling of the Louisiana Dead Zone

Geobel, N.; Kremer, J., Pelagic Respiration in Western Long Island Sound (WLIS) in Relation to Available Carbon

Green, R.; Gould, R.; Ko, D.; Hagy, J., Predicting Satellite-Derived Phytoplankton Absorption Over the Louisiana Shelf: Effects of Nutrients and Physical Forcing

Greene, R.; Lehrter, J.; Hagy, J., Mississippi River Flow, Nutrient Concentrations and Midsummer Hypoxia - Statistical Predictions and Error Estimation

Hondorp, D.; Breitburg, D.; Davias, L., Impacts of Eutrophication and Hypoxia on the Composition of Fisheries Landings

Jasinski, D.; Longstaff, B.; Shenk, G.; Perry, E.; Dennison, W., A Suite of Models for Forecasting Summer Anoxic and Hypoxic Volume in the Chesapeake Bay

Justic, D.; Fry, B.; Quiñones-Rivera, Z.; Wissel, B., Multi-Budget Hypoxia Models: Approach, Advantages and Limitations

Maloy, C.; Albertson, S.; Bos, J.; Pelletier, G.; Roberts, M.; Stutes, A.; McEliece, R.; Hoffer, S., South Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Study – An overview

McCardell, G.; O'Donnell, J., Vertical Mixing Rates and Hypoxia in Western Long Island Sound

Nelson, K., Long-term Data and Web Services Facilitate Hypoxia Modeling

Rakocinski, C., Linking the Peters Mass Balance Model to Macrofaunal Indicators of Hypoxia

Roberts, M.; Pelletier, G.; Albertson, S.; Kolluru, V., South Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Modeling

Scavia, D.; Stow, C., Bayesian Ensemble Estimation in a Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Model: Part II

Stow, C.; Scavia, D., Bayesian Ensemble Estimation in a Chesapeake Bay Hypoxia Model: Part I

Vaudrey, J.; Kremer, J.; Codiga, D., Spatially Coherent Intermittent Stratification and Hypoxia in Disparate Sub-regions of an Estuary (Narragansett Bay CHRP)

SCI-020 - Nutrient Criteria for Estuaries: Strategies for Managing Water Quality

Decker, E., The Importance of Numeric Nutrient Criteria for Estuaries

Dettmann, E., Nitrogen-Chlorophyll Relationships for Ten U.S. Atlantic and Gulf Coast Estuaries: Implications for Management

Dugdale, R.; Sharp, J.; Wilkerson, F.; Parker, A., DIN is an Inadequate Descriptor for Evaluating Nitrogen Based Effects on Estuarine Ecosystems

Hagy, J.; Kurtz, J.; Greene, R., An Approach for Developing Numeric Nutrient Criteria for a Gulf Coast Estuary

Kurtz, J.; Hagy, J.; Greene, R., Relevance of Estuarine Classification for Nutrient Criteria Development

Nelson, W.; Brown, C.; Boese, B.; DeWitt, T.; Eldridge, P.; Kaldy, J.; Lee II, H.; Power, J.; Young, D., Developing Nutrient Criteria for Estuaries with Variable Ocean Inputs: An example from the Pacific Northwest

Selman, M.; Greenhalgh, S.; Branosky, E., Eutrophication Policy Responses: Comparative Studies of the Pearl River, Black Sea and Gulf of Mexico

Smith, R.; Madden, C., Application of an Estuarine Classification for Development of Estuarine Nutrient Criteria

Trebitz, A.; Morrice, J.; Sierszen, M.; Thompson, J.; Kelly, J., Towards Criteria Development for Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands - a Summary of Successes, Challenges, and Recommendations

Trowbridge, P.; Morrison, J.; Latimer, J.; Pennock, J.; Langan, R.; Short, F., Toward a New Conceptual Model for Nutrient Criteria Development in a New Hampshire Macrotidal Estuary

SCI-021 - Tracking Changes in Ecosystem Structure: How do we know what is Changing?

Cole, L.; McGlathery, K., Evaluating Restoration of Zostera marina (L.) and Ecosystem Succession in the Coastal Lagoons of Virginia

Courtenay, S.; Thériault, M.; Weldon, J., The Community Aquatic Monitoring Program (CAMP)

Couvillion, B.; Steyer, G.; Barras, J.; Suir, G., The Use of Vegetation Indices to Track Marsh Changes following Hurricane Disturbances

Freeman, A.; Short, F.; Isnain, I.; Razak, F.; Coles, R., Seagrass on the Edge: local land-use practices threaten coastal seagrass communities in Sabah (Malaysia)

Greenawalt-Boswell, J., Coastal Shoreline Mapping: Combining photo-interpretation technology with on-the-ground volunteer observations

Hall, M.; Durako, M., Seagrasses as Indicators of Ecosystem Change in South Florida Estuaries

Hanson, J., Evolution of the Northumberland Strait Ecosystem Survey: Responding to Changing Management Demands and Priorities

Henry, K.; Nixon, S., Changing Growth Rate of the Hard Clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, in Narragansett Bay, RI (USA)

Johnson, R.; Perez, K.; Davey, E.; Rocha, K., Proposed Criterion to Define Anthropogenic Impact on Estuarine Benthic Communities using Bray-Curtis Similarity Index

Peebles, E.; Greenwood, M., Convergence of Spatial Abundance Quantiles as a Measure of Estuarine Organism Crowding During Low-inflow Periods

Shirley, T.; Simons, J.; Lester, L.; Schultz, T.; Vega-Cendejas, M., A Proposed Trophic Database for the Gulf of Mexico Large Marine Ecosystem: An ecological interaction database

Yarbro, L.; Carlson, P.; Arnold, H.; Sunderman, S.; Ketron, A., Seagrass Losses in Old Tampa Bay, Florida: Is It Bioturbation or Water Quality?

SCI-022 - Prediction and Understanding: Model Approaches, Applications and Performance

Bierman, V.; Hinz, S.; Rucinski, D.; Haywood, C.; Buchanan, C.; Nagel, A., Transport and Fate Model for PCBs in the Potomac River Estuary

Bourne, S.; Fox, S.; Sucsy, P.; Montague, C.; Ceric, A.; Kinser, P., ACES: Building a GIS-based Analytical Framework for Coastal and Estuarine Study

Brown, C.; Kaldy, J., Quantifying Seasonal Shifts In Nitrogen Sources To Oregon Estuaries. Part II: Transport Modeling

Brush, M., Improving Model Predictability Through Parallel Formulations, System-level Validation, and Stochastic Simulation (CHRP Narragansett Bay)

Cowles, G.; Helenbrook, B., Implicit Solution of the Shallow Water Equations on Unstructured Grids using Dual-Time-Stepping

DeAngelis, D.; Trexler, J.; Mooij, W.; Donalson, D., Applying Ecological Models to Environmental Restoration in the Everglades

Fox, S.; Ceric, A.; Bourne, S.; Sucsy, P.; Montague, C.; Kinser, P., Assessment of Water Quality in the Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas Estuary: A first application of the ACES workbench

Fulton, E.; Pantus, F., Ecosystem Models and Sensitivity Analysis: An Impossible Combination?

Furukawa, K.; Hinata, H., "Asari (short-necked clam) Project" as an Example of Interaction between Science and Policy

Ganju, N.; Schoellhamer, D., Applying a Tidal-timescale Model to Simulate Decadal-timescale Scenarios of Estuarine Geomorphic Change

Harris, L.; Vallino, J., Using Fundamental Laws to Simulate Salt Marsh Response to Sea Level Rise

Herman, J.; Shen, J.; Huang, J.; Hershner, C., Management Applications of Water Residence Times and Tidal Flushing Characteristics Using Water Quality Modeling Techniques

Johnston, R.; Wang, P.; Skahill, B.; May, C.; Cullinan, V.; Roberts, M.; Lawrence, S., Integrated Modeling and Monitoring to Assess the Impact of Runoff at the Watershed Scale

Kokubu, Y.; Hidekatsu, Y., Water Exchange Controlled by Mixing Process at the Mouth of Tokyo Bay

Kremer, J.; Bergondo, D.; Brush, M.; Codiga, D.; Kincaid, C.; Nasota, N.; Ullman, D.; Vaudrey, J., GEM Box: Simulating Circulation in Estuarine Ecosystem Models at Ecologically Appropriate Scales (Narragansett Bay CHRP)

Linker, L.; Johnson, T.; Wang, P.; Cerco, C., Evaluating 2030 Climate Change in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and Estuary

Lucas, L.; Monsen, N.; Cloern, J., Modeling Phytoplankton Dynamics to Understand Sources and Losses in a Complex Tidal Low-Productivity System

Ma, H.; Townsend, H.; Zhang, X.; Sigrist, M., Fisheries Ecosystem Model in Chesapeake Bay and its Links with Water Quality

Madden, C.; McDonald, A., A Modeling Study of Alternate Stable States in Florida Bay

North, E.; Schlag, Z., Using Particle-tracking Models to Improve our Understanding of Larval Transport: methods and case studies

Rybczyk, J.; Kairis, P., Sea Level Rise and Eelgrass Productivity in Padilla Bay, Washington: A Field and Modeling Study

Ryu, S.; Ryu, C.; Yoon, H., A Study on the Characteristics of Deposition in Nakdong Estuary

Satoh, C.; Furukawa, K.; Nakayama, K., Coupling of Public Participated Observation and 3-D Circulation Model to Restore Canal Environment

Stoughton, M.; Zimmerman, R., The Biooptics of Syringodium Filiforme Canopies: Effects of Cylindrical Leaves on Light Distribution and Absorption

Walker, S.; Porter, D., An Integrated Model for Monitoring and Predicting Phragmites australis Colonization in a Managed Estuarine Reserve

Wu, J.; Burgholzer, R.; Shenk, G.; Linker, L., An Automatic, Mass-balance Approach for Nutrient Calibration in Chesapeake Bay Watershed Model

Yamazaki, H.; Nagai, T., Lagrangian Simulation of Upper Ocean Planktonic Ecosystem Dynamics

Zhang, X.; Bahner, L.; Wood, R.; Houde, E.; Annis, E.; Harding, L.; Kelsey, R.; Ludsin, S.; Brandt, S., Modeling the Temporal and Spatial Variability in Bay Anchovy Habitat Suitability in Chesapeake Bay

SCI-023 - Narrowing the Gap between Science and Policy for Effective Management

Benson, W.; Birchfield, N.; Stiber, N.; Calvert, A.; Summers, J., Performance Metrics: An Overview of Ecological “Outcome” Measurement at EPA

Boehme, S.; Tuchman, M., Ruddiman Creek Great Lakes Legacy Act Sediment Remediation: A Community-Driven Sediment Cleanup Project

Lawrence, L.; Hinchey, E.; Nestlerode, J.; Lerberg, S., Narrowing the Gap between Science and Policy to Effectively Enable Management: How do We Know it's Working?

Miller, B., Achieving Impact With Science Through Effective Engagement

Sanger, D.; Hernandez, D., Connecting Scientists and Decision-Makers: Lessons Learned in South Carolina

Van Dolah, R.; Bergquist, D.; Chestnut, D., South Carolina's Approach to Probability-based Monitoring: Trends and Uses

SCI-024 - Linking Landscapes, Food Webs and Fisheries

Brame, A.; McIvor, C., A Holistic Approach to Determining Juvenile Snook Habitat Use in a Tampa Bay Tidal Wetland

Cloern, J., Habitat Fragmentation can Reduce the Productivity and Energetic Carrying Capacity of Estuarine Ecosystems

DiMilla, P.; Nixon, S.; Altabet, M.; McKinney, R., Using Isotopes to Evaluate the Importance of Local and Far-field Nitrogen Sources in Greenwich Bay

Hoffman, J., Using Fish Larvae to Assess Across-ecosystem Energy Flows at the Landscape-scale

Kelly, J.; Niemi, G., Making Connections Between Coastal Landscapes and Coastal Ecosystems

Limburg, K., Linking Estuaries, Land, and People – the Hudson River Estuary and Beyond

Malkin, E.; Hollander, D.; Peebles, E., Land Use Specific Nutrients and Selective Remineralization Supporting Fish Biomass in Southwest Florida’s Tidal Rivers

Mallin, M., Coastal Urbanization and Loss of Shellfishing Harvest in North Carolina

Putland, J.; Iverson, R., Ecology of Microzooplankton in a Subtropical Estuary and Implications of River Water Diversion

Rozas, L.; Minello, T., Nekton Habitat Use Associated with Landscape Features and Salinity Regimes of the Barataria Estuary, Louisiana

Turner, R.; Rabalais, N., Linking Agricultural Landscapes, Food Webs and Fisheries in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Waltham, N.; Connolly, R., Stable Isotopes in Space: The Importance of Seagrass Meadows to Food Webs Beyond their Borders

York, P.; Kelaher, B.; Booth, D., Can Ecological Models Predict Food Chain Dynamics? Trophic Responses to Nutrient Increases in Seagrass Beds

SCI-025 - Physical Dynamics and Pathways for Production in River-Estuary Transition Zones

Cartwright, G.; Friedrichs, C., Properties of Muddy Flocs in RETZs of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries

Cohen, R.; Slaughter, A.; Carpenter, E., Salinities in the Upper San Francisco Estuary Affect Phytoplankton Biomass and Dissolved Organic Carbon Availability

Gould, A.; Kimmerer, W., Population Dynamics of Limnoithona tetraspina: The success of an introduced copepod in San Francisco Estuary

Harrison, P., Physical-Biological Coupling in the Pearl River Estuary and Hong Kong Waters

Hood, R.; Keller, D.; Lee, D.; Crump, B., Primary Production in the Chesapeake Bay ETM: Rates, Sources and Contribution to Higher Trophic Level Production

Houk, A., Observations of the Spatial Structure of Turbulent Mixing in a River Plume Front

Jahn, G.; North, E., Do Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) Spawn in Response to High Flow Events?

Jay, D., Changes in Tidal Properties and Habitat in the Columbia River Tidal-Fluvial Zone

Jenkins, G.; Hindell, J.; Swearer, S.; Western, A.; Gee, E.; Morison, S.; Nicholson, G., Freshwater Flow and the Productivity of the Black Bream Fishery in Gippsland Lakes, Australis

Kimmerer, W., Foodweb Support for Pelagic Fishes of the Upper San Francisco Estuary: Subtle Interactions and Subsidies

Lara-Dominguez, A.; Sainz, E.; Day, J., Dynamics of Fish Community in a Tropical Ephemeral Inlet, La Mancha Lagoon, Gulf of Mexico

Lee, D.; Hood, R.; Crump, B., Community Metabolism of Estuarine Turbidity Maximum in Chesapeake Bay: Primary Production, Respiration, and Size-Fractionated Respiration

Lee, Y.; Yoon, H.; Ryu, C., Tidal Exchange Variation on Pier Bridge between Busan New-port and Nakdong Estuary

MacCready, P., Estuarine Adjustment

Martino, E.; North, E.; Houde, E., Environmental Variability, Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum Dynamics, and Survival of Striped Bass Larvae

North, E.; Houde, E.; Chao, S.; Crump, B.; Friedrichs, C.; Hood, R.; Kimmel, D.; Martino, E.; Roman, M.; Pierson, J.; Sanford, L., A Synthesis of Biological-Physical Interactions in the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum

Parker, A.; Hogue, V.; Wilkerson, F.; Dugdale, R., Evaluating the Contribution of Bacterioplankton Carbon to the Foodweb of the Northern San Francisco Estuary

Sanford, L.; Kim, Y.; Suttles, S., High Frequency Physical Variability in the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum

Shoji, J., Physical and Biological Properties of the Estuarine Turbidity Maximum Region of the Chikugo River estuary, Japan: significance of spring bloom of Sinocalanus sinensis for early survival of an estuarine-dependent fish, Japanese seabass

Sommerfield, C.; Yang, H.; Wong, K., Mechanisms of Sediment Flux and Turbidity Maintenance in the Delaware River Estuary

Talke, S.; De Swart, H.; De Jonge, V., Modelling the Distribution of Oxygen Deficits in Highly Turbid Estuaries

Tilburg, C.; Dittel, A.; Epifanio, C., Retention of Crab Larvae in a Coastal Null Zone

Ullman, D.; Hebert, D., Enhancement of Vertical Mixing at a Constriction in a Partially Mixed Estuary (CHRP Narragansett Bay Project)

Urban-Rich, J.; Baer, S.; Sutor, M., Using FDOM to Detect Zooplankton in the Gulf of Mexico

Winkler, G.; Dodson, J., Food Web Structure and Cryptic Biodiversity Patterns in the St. Lawrence Estuarine Transition Zone

York, J.; McManus, G.; Kimmerer, W., Microzooplankton Dynamics in the Upper San Francisco Estuary

SCI-026 - Watershed-based Nutrient Accounting: Coupling Catchments to Coastal Waters

Crean, D.; Iricanin, N.; Doering, P., Effects of Extreme Climatic events on Nutrient Loads into Two Maneaged Estuaries in South Florida

Gold, A.; Groffman, P.; Addy, K.; Kellogg, D.; Joubert, L., Managing Watershed Nitrogen Export at the Local Level: Accounting for Nitrogen Sinks

Han, H.; Allan, J., Spatio-temporal Variation in NANI to Watersheds of the Lake Michigan Basin Over the 20^th Century

Hayes, K.; Wilde, S.; Williams, P.; Lewitus, A., Transfer of Pollutants and Harmful Algae from Stormwater Ponds into Adjacent Estuarine Systems

Henderson, P.; Gonneea, M.; Charette, M., Nitrogen Loading within Quonochontaug Pond: The use of computer generated models

Hong, B.; Swaney, D.; Howarth, R., Improving Regional Nutrient Management Model: new estimates of nitrogen loads in 16 northeastern US watersheds

Johnes, P., Nutrient Flux Estimates in UK Catchments: Developing multi-proxy approaches for freshwater, estuarine and coastal waters

Jordan, T.; Fogel, M.; Fisher, T.; Sutton, A., Nitrogen Budgets for Agricultural Watersheds and the Nitrogen and Oxygen Isotope Abundance in Discharged Nitrate

Kile, D.; Schell, T.; Osgood, D., Effects of Floodplain Restoration on Sediment Loading within the Delaware Bay Watershed

Lussier, S.; Da Silva, S.; Wigand, C., Linkages between Watershed Development, Streams, and Receiving Salt Marshes

Mayorga, E.; Seitzinger, S.; Beusen, A.; Bouwman, L.; Dumont, E.; Harrison, J.; Kroeze, C.; Lee, R.; Wisser, D., Scenarios of Watershed Nutrient Sources, Forms and Exports: a Millennium Ecosystem Assessment "Global NEWS" Application

McIsaac, G.; David, M., Net Anthropogenic Nitrogen Inputs (NANI) and Riverine N Fluxes in the Mississippi River Basin 

Molisani, M.; Becker, H.; Hijo, C., Effect of the Large Dam on Land-Sea Fluvial Transport in a Brazilian Semi-Arid Watershed

Parrish, A.; Maqway, M.; Nkotagu, H.; O’Reilly, C., Deforestation and the Disruption of Nutrient and Sediment Composition in Aquatic Ecosystems of Northeastern Tanzania

Poleto, J.; Brush, M.; Anderson, I., Application of a Nitrogen Loading Model to a Virginia Eastern Shore Watershed

Pregnall, M.; Cunningham, M.; Menking, K.; Belli, S.; Schlessman, M., Changing Land Use Effects on Water Quality in the Casperkill, a Hudson River Estuary Tributary

Prezioso, J.; McKinney, R.; Oczkowski, A., Spatial Variability of Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Particulate Material from Northwest Atlantic Continental Shelf Waters

Russell, M.; Jordan, T.; Weller, D., Nitrogen to Phosphorus Ratios in Anthropogenic Inputs and Watershed Discharges to Chesapeake Bay

Schaefer, S.; Alber, M., Temperature as a Control on Proportional Nitrogen Export to Coastal Ecosystems: An application of the SCOPE nitrogen budgeting method

Selman, M.; Guiling, J.; Branosky, E., NutrientNet: An Online Tool for Estimating Nonpoint Source Nutrient Losses

Sobczak, W., Urban Stream Syndrome and the Impairment of Downstream Estuarine Ecosystems: Blackstone River and Narrangansett Bay

Woodbury, P.; Swaney, D.; Howarth, R., Modeling Nitrogen in the Susquehanna Basin USA Using the SCOPE-NANI Approach

SCI-027 - Coastal Outfalls: Environmental Responses to Sewage Effluent

Blake, J.; Maciolek, N.; Keay, K., Benthic Community Structure and Biodiversity following Effluent Upgrades and Sewage Diversion from Boston Harbor to Massachusetts Bay

Bronk, D.; Mulholland, M.; Canuel, E.; Love, N., Bioavailability of Effluent Organic Nitrogen

Dahlen, D.; Hunt, C.; Keay, K., Long-term Evaluation of Sediment Quality Following Diversion of Sewage Effluent Discharge to Massachusetts Bay

Durell, G.; Dahlen, D.; Hunt, C.; Keay, K., Response of Sewage Tracers and Contaminants in Boston Harbor Sediments Following Improvements to Sewage Treatment

Fitzpatrick, J.; Isleib, R.; Guha, B., Is Dilution the Solution to Pollution? An Intercomparison of Two Urbanized Systems - Boston Harbor and Jamaica Bay

Frick, W.; Ge, Z., Using Hydrographic Data and EPA’s Virtual Beach Model to Test Predictions of Beach Bacteria Concentrations

Hunt, C.; Oviatt, C., Setting the Stage for Environmental Responses to Sewage Effluent Discharged from Coastal Outfalls: Objectives and Expectations

Hunt, C., Long-term Chemical Monitoring Using Indigenous and Caged Mussels Yield Similar Trends in Boston Harbor

Hyde, K.; Oviatt, C.; O'Reilly, J.; Borkman, D., Spatial, Seasonal and Interannual Phytoplankton Variability in Massachusetts Bay from SeaWiFS and in situ Data

Isleib, R.; Fitzpatrick, J., A Post-Audit Analysis of the Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Relocation on the Massachusetts Bays System

Juanes, J.; Echavarri, B.; Puente, A.; Álvarez, C.; García, A.; Revilla, J.; Garcia-Castrillo, G., Monitoring Bioaccumulation Effects of Submarine Outfall Discharges in the North Coast of Spain

Kelsey, S.; Tucker, J.; Giblin, A.; Howes, B.; Hopkinson, C., Long Term Trends in Sediment Fluxes in Boston Harbor Since Outfall Relocation

La Sota, N.; Bergondo, D.; Kincaid, C., Observational and Numerical Experiments on the Flushing of Nutrients in the Providence River Estuary

Libby, P.; Mickelson, M.; Hunt, C., Fifteen Years of MWRA Water Quality Monitoring – Long-term Observations, Regional Patterns and Outfall Diversion

Moore, M.; Lefkovitz, L.; Pembroke, A.; Hall, M., Reduced Winter Flounder Contaminant Burden and Neoplastic Effect Associated with Sewage Upgrades in Massachusetts Bay

Precht, W., Long-Term Benthic Monitoring of Gulfstream Reef Shows “No-Effect” of Upstream Delray/Boynton Wastewater Outfall

Spivey, M.; Mallin, M.; Song, B.; Rublee, P., The Use of PCR as a Means of Identifying Sources of Fecal Bacteria Pollution in the Tidal Creeks of New Hanover County, North Carolina

Taylor, D., Ocean Outfalls, and Improvements to the Original Receiving-systems: Lessons from Boston Harbor

Tucker, J.; Giblin, A.; Kelsey, S.; Howes, B.; Hopkinson, C., A Tale of Two Outfalls: Benthic Nutrient Cycling in Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay

Turner, J.; Borkman, D.; Libby, S., Water Column and Plankton Monitoring (1992-2006) and the Boston Harbor Outfall

Van Gils, J.; Van Der Kaaij, T.; Postma, L., Impact Assessment by 3D Numerical Modelling: the Hong Kong Stonecutters Island Outfall

Weisberg, S., Trends in Condition of the Southern California Bight: A Clean Water Act Success Story

Yuan, X.; Ho, A.; Xu, J.; Yin, K.; Harrison, P., Bacterial Abundance and Production in Hong Kong Waters: Influence of Sewage and Pearl River Inputs

SCI-028 - Morphological Evolution of Tidal Wetlands and Tidal Flats

Bearman, J.; Friedrichs, C.; Foxgrover, A.; Jaffe, B., Factors Controlling Tidal Flat Morphology in South San Francisco Bay

Currin, C.; Greene, M., Controlling the Marsh Edge: Wave Energy, Sediment Accretion and Vegetation Dynamics in Fringing Spartina Marshes

Cuvilliez, A.; Deloffre, J.; Lafite, R.; Bessineton, C., Morphological Effects on an Estuarine Intertidal Mudflat Caused by Human Installations: the Seine Estuary, France

Deloffre, J.; Lafite, R.; Lesueur, P.; Mesnage, V.; Motelay-Massei, A.; Ouddane, B.; Petit, F., Influence of Physical Processes on the Interpretation of Geochemical Profiles: the Seine Estuary (France)

Diefenderfer, H.; Montgomery, D.; Borde, A.; Coleman, A., Pool Spacing, Channel Morphology, and Restoration in Tidal Forested Picea sitchensis Wetlands of the Columbia River Estuary, U.S.A

Feagin, R.; Lozada-Bernard, S.; Ravens, T.; Irish, J., Do Plants Really Reduce Salt Marsh Erosion?

Friedrichs, C.; Wells, J.; Bearman, J., Morphodynamics of Tidal Flat Coastlines: A Synthesis

Jaffe, B.; Foxgrover, A., Sediment Supply Control on Intertidal Mudflat Area in Northern San Francisco Bay

Kirwan, M.; Murray, A., The Influence of Vegetation on the Morphologic Stability of Marshes and Channel Networks

Lane, A.; Huthnance, J.; Karunarathna, H.; Manning, A.; Norton, P.; Reeve, D.; Soulsby, R.; Spearman, J.; Townend, I.; Wright, A., Morphological Models for Flood Risk Management in UK Estuaries

LeMay, L.; Friedrichs, C., Impact of Drainage Ditches on Salt Marsh Flow Patterns, Sedimentation and Morphology: Rowley River, Massachusetts

Moskalski, S.; Sommerfield, C., Factors Influencing Water Level Variability and Turbidity in a Central Delaware Tidal River

Pritchard, D., Modeling Settling Lag and Sediment Sorting in Intertidal Settings

Wicks, E.; Koch, E., Do Retreating Marshes Create Seagrass Habitat? The importance of sand, plant morphology, and hydrodynamics

SCI-029 - Valuation of Estuarine and Aquatic Restoration

Johnston, R.; Schultz, E.; Segerson, K.; Besedin, E.; Kukielka, J.; Joglekar, D., Bioindicator-Based Stated Preference Valuation of Estuarine Restoration: An Application to Rhode Island Fish Passage

Johnston, R., Introductory Remarks for SCI-029

Kirkley, J., The Restored Chesapeake Bay: What is Preferred?

Lupi, F.; Kaplowitz, M.; Hoehn, J., Public Preferences and Values for Wetland Restoration Programs

Parsons, G.; Appleman, K., Economic Values for Shorebird Use and Nonuse in the Delware Estuary

Strange, E.; Allen II, P.; Mills, D., Ecological Issues in the Valuation of Estuarine Resources: A California Case Study

Wenczel, A.; Parsons, G.; Anderson, L.; Lipton, D., A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Nutrient Reductions through Oyster Restoration within Chesapeake Bay

SCI-030 - Applications of Coastal Observing Systems for Research and Management

Ambler, J.; McLenegan, E.; Moisan, T.; Blanco, J.; Makinen, C.; VanSant, K., Summer Zooplankton from Wallops Island Coastal Observation System, and Plumes from Delaware and Chesapeake Bays

Anderson, B.; Moore, K.; Reay, W.; Friedrichs, C.; Wilcox, D.; Hoffman, F.; Nelson, T., Virginia Estuarine and Coastal Observing System: Water Quality and Physical Monitoring for Virginia's Estuaries

Ayres, D.; Trainer, V.; Hickey, B., An Ocean Observing System for Early Warning of Harmful Algal Blooms in Washington State

Balcom, P.; Fitzgerald, W., Measuring Sediment Oxygen Demand Using Benthic Chambers - Long Island Sound Integrated Coastal Observing System (LISICOS)

Buskey, E., Research and Monitoring Programs at the new Mission Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve

Byrd, M.; Loeffler, C., Texas HAB Detection and Management

Crawford, G.; Shaughnessy, F.; Walker, S.; Dugaw, C.; Fenton, C., What Controls Turbidity Levels in Humboldt Bay, California?

Devol, A.; Ruef, W.; Newton, J.; Kawase, M., Hypoxia and Fish Kills in Hood Canal (Washington State)

Dorton, J.; Leonard, L.; Fletcher, M.; Purvis, C.; Pfaff, S., Carolinas Coast Marine Weather Portal, COOS and NOAA’s NWS Working Together for the Marine Community

Ellison, R., A New Paradigm for Water Quality Monitoring – Man-deployable, Water Quality Mapping AUV for the Masses

Glenn, S.; Schofield, O.; Chant, R.; Kohut, J.; McDonnell, J., Implementing a New Paradign in Ocean Observing: A view from the COOLroom

Kamer, K.; Garfield, N.; Jones, B.; Paduan, J.; Terrill, E.; Dojiri, M.; Kerkering, H.; Peck, S., Aiding Short-term Environmental Decision Making Using California’s Coastal Ocean Currents Monitoring Program (COCMP)

Leonard, L.; Dorton, J., Application of Coastal Ocean Observing Technologies: Serving North Carolina’s Needs for Weather and Water Information

Lie, H.; Cho, C.; Lee, S.; Lim, E., Integrated Monitoring Program on the Marine Environment in the Saemangeum Coastal Area, West of Korea

Luther, M.; Meyers, S.; Gilbert, S.; Subramanian, V.; Wilson, M.; Holm, H.; Linville, A.; Scudder, J., A Coastal Ocean Observing and Prediction System for Tampa Bay, Florida

Martin, R.; Beegle-Krause, C., The Role of Real Time Ocean-Observing Data in Oil Spill Response: Examples from the Gulf of Mexico

McDonald, E.; Porter, D.; Davis, B.; Sanger, D.; Drescher, S., Integrating Marine Observing Systems for Improved Water Quality Management in Long Bay, South Carolina

McLean, S.; Lewis, M.; Cullen, J.; Adams, S.; Andrea, J.; Feener, S.; Johnson, K.; Jannasch, H.; Coletti, L.; Fitzwater, S.; Moore, C.; Barnard, A., High Resolution Real-Time Monitoring of a Spring Bloom with the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory (LOBO)

Meyer, G.; Luczkovich, J.; Brinson, M.; West, T., Do Distance to Inlets and Orientation of Nursery Areas Affect Juvenile Fish Abundance in NC?

Milbrandt, E.; Martignette, A.; McLean, S.; Zimmerman, R., Improving Seagrass and Ecosystem Management with High Resolution Water Quality Instrumentation

Morrison, J.; Trowbridge, P.; Gregory, T.; Novak, M., Investigating Water Quality and Clarity Variability in Great Bay NH with a Coastal Observing System

Nardello, I.; Zimmerman, R.; Hill, V.; Ruble, D., Use of Remotely Sensed Ocean Color to Retrieve Biogeochemical Properties in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

Needoba, J.; Haskins, J.; Johnson, K., High Resolution Dissolved O₂ Measurements Reveal Productivity and Respiration Dynamics of the Elkhorn Slough Estuary

Newton, J.; Martin, D.; Hannafious, D., Informing Decisions on Washington State’s Hood Canal Hypoxia from Integrated Observations and Modeling as Part of NANOOS

O'Donnell, J.; Dam, H.; Bohlen, F., Observations of Circulation and Water Quality in Long Island Sound

Olmi, G.; Kamer, K.; Newton, J.; Quintrell, J.; Easter, D., Session Introduction - Applications of Coastal Observing Systems for Estuarine and Coastal Research and Management

Pahl, J.; Lee, D.; Raynie, R.; Steyer, G.; Kleiss, B., Developing a Barrier Island Comprehensive Monitoring Program within the Louisiana System-Wide Assessment & Monitoring Plan

Peri, F.; Chen, R.; Gardner, B.; Pollard, M.; Calder, M., Wireless Sensor Network Measurements of the Temperature Field in Savin Hill Cove

Pershing, A., From Buoys to Whales: Enhancing Ecosystem-Based Management through Observing System Data

Saumweber, W.; White, S., The National Estuarine Research Reserve Observations Pipeline: Improving Coastal Management with Assessments, Capability, and Delivery

Scarborough, R.; Carter, D.; Arndt, T.; Mensinger, M., Mispillion Harbor: An Example of Integrating Observing and Remote Sensing Data for Restoration and Management

Siegel, E.; Alford, M.; Ruef, W.; Devol, A., High Resolution Current Velocity Measurements in Support of Dissolved Oxygen Study in Hood Canal, Washington

Smith, E.; Koterba, M., Chesapeake Bay Observing System—Subregional Association of IOOS

Stumpf, R.; Wynne, T.; Hyde, K.; Warner, R.; Litaker, W.; Tester, P.; Tomlinson, M., Satellite Detection of Algal Blooms in Colored Water with Pamlico Sound, North Carolina as an Example

Wells, T.; Powell, J.; Runnels, D.; Rudnick, R.; Boettcher, A., A Change Detection Study of a Coastal Saltmarsh in Mississippi

Wynne, T.; Tomlinson, M.; Stumpf, R., Detecting Cyanobacteria in the Great Lakes Using Satellite Imagery

Zhang, J.; Baptista, A., Virtual Coastal Margins: Are they for real as management-supporting tools?

Zimmerman, R.; Dierssen, H.; Bissett, P., Remote Sensing Assessment of Kelp Forest and Seagrass Meadow Productivity

SCI-031 - Human and Climatic Factors Affecting Eutrophication of Coastal Lagoons

Berounsky, V.; Nixon, S., Historical and Recent Anthropogenic Inputs Affecting the Water Quality of the Pettaquamscutt River Estuary (RI)

Boyer, J.; Briceno, H., A Tale of Two Estuaries: Hydrology and Nutrient Loading in Biscayne and Florida Bays, USA

Christian, R.; Bondavalli, C.; Tyler, A.; Anderson, I.; McGlathery, K.; Ulanowicz, R.; Viaroli, P.; Voss, C., Ecosystem Health Indexed through Networks of Nitrogen Cycling

Dunton, K.; Schonberg, S.; Townsend-Small, A., Incorporation of Anthropogenic Nitrogen into Estuarine Food Webs of the western Gulf of Mexico

Fong, P.; Boyer, K.; Armitage, A., Macroalgae Identify the Relative Importance of Upwelling vs. Terrestrial Supplies of Nutrients to Coastal Estuaries

Glibert, P.; Wazniak, C.; Hall, M.; Sturgis, B., Seasonal and Interannual Trends in Nitrogen and Brown Tide in Maryland’s Coastal Bays

Haag, S.; Kennish, M.; Sakowicz, G., Nitrogen Enrichment and Declining Seagrass Habitat in the Barnegat Bay-Little Egg Harbor Estuary, New Jersey

Hanisak, M.; Sanderson, K., Water Quality in Indian River Lagoon, Florida: "Wet" vs. "Dry" Years

Hardison, A.; Veuger, B.; Anderson, I.; Canuel, E., Fate of Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestered by Macroalgae in a Coastal Lagoon

Herrera-Silveira, J.; Morales-Ojeda, S., Coastal Lagoons of the SE Gulf of Mexico: Eutrophication Assessment

Holland, F.; Sanger, D.; DiDonato, G.; Fulton, M.; Stewart, J.; Van Dolah, R., Assessing the Impact of Coastal Development on Ecosystem and Public Health in the Southeast 

Kane, T.; Fong, P., Quantifying Rates and Mechanisms Controlling Sediment Nitrogen Fixation and Denitrification in a Eutrophic Estuary

Kennish, M.; Bricker, S.; Haag, S., Eutrophic Condition of Mid-Atlantic Coastal Lagoons

Livingston, R., Long-term Climatological Effects on Coastal Plankton Blooms and Response of Associated Food Webs

McGlathery, K.; Ferdie, M.; Berg, P.; Foreman, K.; Giblin, A.; Howarth, R.; Marino, R., Biotic Feedbacks During Eutrophication of Coastal Bays: The role of plants in the "coastal filter"

Oczkowski, A.; Nixon, S., Fertilizing the Land, Lagoons, and Sea; Stable Isotopic Insight into the Eutrophication of Coastal Egypt

Paerl, H.; Peierls, B.; Rossignol, K., Assessing Eutrophication Dynamics of the U.S.’s Largest Lagoonal Ecosystem (Pamlico Sound, NC) During a Period of Elevated Hurricane Activity

SCI-032 - Population Growth, Land Use and Atmospheric Nitrogen Inputs

Bettez, N.; Howarth, R.; Marino, R.; Davidson, E., Indications of Nitrogen Saturation in Forests Adjacent to Roadways Due to Mobile Source Emissions

Dennis, R., Insights on Urban N Deposition from Atmospheric Modeling: What We Have Been Missing

Marino, R.; Howarth, R.; Bettez, N.; Davidson, E.; Molodovskaya, M., Estimating the Importance of Near-Source Deposition of Nitrogen from Vehicle Emissions to Cape Cod

Poor, N.; Eckenrod, R., Impact of Urban Growth on Atmospheric Deposition of Nitrogen to Tampa Bay

SCI-033 - Evaluation of Non-native Oyster Introduction

Bushek, D.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Allen, S.; Bishop, M.; Kelly, C.; Kennedy, V.; Luckenbach, M.; Newell, R.; Merritt, D.; Padeletti, A.; Paynter, K.; Peterson, C.; Tamburri, M., Potential Direct and Indirect Interactions Between Crassostrea ariakensis and Crassostrea virginica

Carnegie, R.; Alavi, M.; Alphin, T.; Audemard, C.; Bishop, M.; Brown, G.; Burreson, E.; Bushek, D.; Dungan, C.; Fisher, R.; Ford, S.; Guo, X.; Hill, K.; Landau, B.; Moss, J.; Paynter, K.; Peterson, C.; Posey, M.; Reece, K.; Robledo, J.; Scarpa, E.; Schott, E.; Stokes, N.; Wilbur, A.; Vasta, G., Disease Considerations Relative to the Proposed Introduction of Exotic Suminoe Oysters to the Mid-Atlantic

Choudhury, A.; Lundstrom, R.; Scott, G., Ploidy Validation of Crassostrea ariakensis by Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction

Guo, X.; Wang, H.; Reece, K.; Cordes, J.; Allen, S.; Harwell, H.; Luckenbach, M., Understanding C. ariakensis in Its Native Range

Harwell, H.; Kingsley-Smith, P.; Kellogg, M.; Allen Jr., S.; Meritt, D.; Paynter, K.; Luckenbach, M., Effects of Oyster Species, Habitat Complexity and Habitat Location on Reef-associated Fauna in Chesapeake Bay

Kelly, C.; Newell, R.; Scarpa, J.; Laramore, S.; Dungan, C.; Carnegie, R., Diploid Crassostrea virginica and Crassostrea ariakensis Studies in Mesocosms Simulating Chesapeake Bay and Florida Estuaries

Lipton, D.; Murray, T.; Kirkley, J.; Leggett, T., Economic Aspects of Native and Non-native Oyster Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

Luckenbach, M.; King, J.; Newell, R., Potential Introduction of Non-native Oysters to Chesapeake Bay:What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

Padilla, D., Introducing Non-Native Species: The Importance of a Broader Geographical and Temporal Context

Wieland, R., Management of Native Oysters and Implications for Managing Non-Native Oysters in Maryland

SCI-034 - Coastal Records Help Understand Causes and Consequences of Climate Variability

Borkman, D.; Smayda, T., Long-Term Changes in Skeletonema costatum Abundance and Seasonal Pattern in Narragansett Bay

Chen, J.; Lan, D.; Cai, F.; Xu, J., Diatoms and their Palaeoenvironments from the Cores of the Delta of Pearl-River,South China

Donnelly, J.; Lane, P.; Scileppi, E.; Woodruff, J., Coastal Archives of Intense Hurricane Activity over the last 6000 years: Patterns and Climatic Forcing

Elston, S.; Beard, M.; Pettigrew, N., Event Exploration and Characterization Using Data from the Gulf of Maine Observing Network

Giosan, L., Role of Abrupt Climate Change in River Delta Development

Helmuth, B.; Szathmary, L.; Hilbish, J.; Wethey, D., Whether to Worry About Weather: Understanding the Climate of Body Temperature in the Intertidal Zone

Horton, B., What Have we Learnt from the Holocene Sea-level Records?

Kolker, A.; Hameed, S., Dynamically Driven Sea Level Change: Are there undiscovered climatic signatures embedded in tide gauge records?

Moore, K.; Jarvis, J., The Impact of Global Warming Events on Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Beds in the Lower Chesapeake Bay

Sheldon, J.; Burd, A., Seasonal Effects of the Southern Oscillation and Bermuda High on Freshwater Delivery to Coastal Georgia, U.S.A

Smayda, T.; Borkman, D., Long-term Winter Bloom Disappearance of a Cryophilic Diatom in Narrangansett Bay and Winter Warming

Vinhateiro, N.; King, J.; Robinson, R.; Reddy, C., Holocene Stratigraphy and Environmental History of a Shallow Water Embayment in Narragansett Bay, RI

Walker, H.; Berounsky, V.; Yarnal, B.; Jaworski, N.; Dettmann, E.; Latimer, J., Climate and Anthopogenic Change and Consequences in the Potomac Watershed and Chesapeake Bay

Wethey, D.; Brin, L.; Helmuth, B., Ecological Forecasting in the Intertidal Zone: From Weather Forecasts to Body Temperatures and Mortality Risks

Wilson, C., Wave Climate Effects on Louisiana's Eroding Marshes

Woodruff, J.; Donnelly, J., Reconstructions of Tropical Cyclone Activity from Lagoons in the Western North Pacific

SCI-035 - Managing Shellfisheries: Models, HABs and Other Current Issues

Anderson, D.; Keafer, B.; McGillicuddy, D.; He, R., The 2005 and 2006 New England Red Tides: Mechanisms, Management Challenges, and Future Forecasting Capabilities

Bricelj, V.; Hofmann, E.; Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Kraeuter, J., An Individual-based Model Simulates the Effects of Brown Tide on Hard Clam Larvae

Grant, J., Management of Shellfish Aquaculture: Application of the Right Spatial Scale

Harding, J.; Picariello, A.; Mann, R.; Powell, E., Growth Rates of the Atlantic Surf Clam, Spisula solidissima, in Relation to Bottom Water Temperatures in the Middle Atlantic Bight

Hégaret, H.; Shumway, S.; Wikfors, G., Mitigating the Risk of Introducing Harmful Algae During Relocation of Bivalves

Hofmann, E.; Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Hedgecock, D., Understanding Crassostrea gigas Population Variability Using a Genetics-Based Model

Klinck, J.; Powell, E., Is Oyster Shell A Sustainable Estuarine Resource?

Kraeuter, J.; Klinck, J.; Powell, E.; Hofmann, E.; Buckner, S.; Grizzle, R.; Bricelj, V., Fishery Effects on the Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) Population in Great South Bay, NY: A modeling study

Mann, R.; Southworth, M.; Harding, J.; Wesson, J., Shell Budgets for the James River, VA Oyster Resource

Na, G.; Kim, D.; Park, S., The Effect of Extermination Materials for Red Tide in the Critical Period of Spats larvae

Powell, E.; Klinck, J.; Ashton-Alcox, K., The Import of Broodstock-Recruitment and Broodstock-Mortality Relationships in the Managing of Oyster Populations

Zarnoch, C.; Abdelhadi, Y.; Schreibman, M.; Sclafani, M., Physiological Responses of Juvenile Mercenaria mercenaria to Over-Winter Stress in New York, USA

SCI-036 - Restoration Metrics to Assess Nekton Habitat Quality

Bennett, R.; Lorenz, J.; Frezza, P.; Cañedo, L., Relationships Between Habitat Structure and Forage Fish in the Southern Everglades Mangrove Ecotone

Cogburn, S.; Baltz, D.; Braud, D., Contrasting Nekton Densities Between Spartina Marsh-edge Sites Identified as Healthy or At Risk

Ellis, W.; Bell, S., Is Fish Habitat Quality Best Measured in Numbers or Nibbles?: Guidance from In Situ Video Recordings

Kimball, M.; Able, K., Intertidal Creek Nekton Response to Phragmites Removal: Evaluating Traditional Sampling Gears Versus Underwater Video

Kneib, R., Individual Growth Rates and Residence Times as Success Metrics in Estuarine Nekton Habitat Restoration

Krebs, J.; McIvor, C.; Bell, S., Assessing Restoration Success Using Nekton-Based Metrics of Habitat Quality in a Tidal Mangrove Wetland

Piazza, B.; La Peyre, M., Evaluating High-volume Freshwater Inputs: Effects on Nekton Growth and Condition in Breton Sound, LA

Smith, L.; Nestlerode, J.; Bourgeois, P.; Harwell, L., Estimating Estuarine Habitat Suitability for Targeted Restoration at Multiple Scales in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Trexler, J.; DeAngelis, D., Challenges for Use of Fish Metrics to Evaluate Everglades Restoration

Weinstein, M.; Litvin, S.; Guida, V., Habitat Restoraton in Estuaries: Can we Move Beyond Structural Criteria

Wilgis, E.; Posey, M.; Alphin, T., Nekton Utilization of Created Oyster Reefs in Intertidal and Shallow Subtidal Habitats of North Carolina

SCI-037 - The Impacts of Human and Natural Disturbance on Mangroves

Barreto, M., Influence of Human Activities and Climate Variability on Mangrove Mortality in Venezuelan Caribbean Coast

Castaneda-Moya, E.; Rivera-Monroy, V.; Twilley, R.; Ewe, S.; Childers, D.; Coronado-Molina, C., Long-term Patterns of Above- and Belowground Primary Productivity of Two Florida Coastal Everglades Mangrove Forests

Day, R., Mangroves and Climate in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, USA: A Study in Extremes

Demopoulos, A.; MacKenzie, R.; Cormier, N., Catastrophic Disturbance as Regulators of Wetland Community Structure and Function: typhoon impacts on mangrove benthos

Doyle, T.; Krauss, K., Modeling Forest Recovery and Eco-physiological Function of Mangrove Stands: Life Without a Closed Canopy

Feller, I.; Lovelock, C., Nutrient Enrichment Intensifies Hurricane Damage and Prolongs Recovery in Indian River Lagoon Mangrove Ecosystems

Fox, S.; Valiela, I., Changes in Mangrove Forests: World-wide losses, and potential alterations from tropical deforestation

MacKenzie, R.; Cormier, N., The Habitat Value of Micronesian Mangroves and the Impacts of Natural and Human Induced Disturbances

Naidoo, G., Coal Dust Pollution Effects on Mangroves

Smith III, T., Mangroves as Protection from Storm Surges and Tsunamis: What Hydrodynamic Models and Actual Forests Reveal

Teutli - Hernandez, C.; Herrera-Silveira, J.; Zaldivar-Jimenez, A.; Hernandez-Saavedra, R., Mangrove Natural Regeneration Influenced by Artificial Nutrient Discharges in Karstic Areas

Tiling, G.; Smith III, T.; Anderson, G.; Balentine, K.; Ward, G.; Whelan, K., Spatial Analysis of Long-term Recovery of a Mangrove Forest Following the Passage of Hurricane Andrew

SCI-039 - Research Supporting Adaptive Management of Freshwater Flows

Chen, G.; Riechers, R.; Matsumoto, J.; Solis, R., Application of Geospatial Analysis to Freshwater Inflow Recommendation for Mission-Aransas Bay, Texas, USA

Doering, P.; Qiu, C., A Probabilistic Routine for Predicting Estuarine Salinity to Inform Management Decisions

Flannery, M.; Heyl, M., Freshwater Inflow Recommendations Based on Shifts and Reductions in Nursery Habitats in Tidal River Estuaries

Heyl, M., Setting Minimum Flows and Levels for A Spring-Dominated River System on Florida's West Coast

Loeffler, C., Protecting Freshwater Inflows in Texas

Montagna, P.; Hill, E.; Allen, R.; Moulton, B., Adaptive Management of the Nueces River System to Provide Stable Water Supplies and Environmental Flows

Yoskowitz, D.; Montagna, P., Economic Valuation of Freshwater Inflow and Ecosystem Services: A Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice Approach

SCI-040 - Responses to Habitat Restoration: Build it and they will Come?

Altimari, C., Monitoring the Natural Recovery of a Restored New England Salt Marsh in Rye, New Hampshire

Archer, P.; Miller, J.; Vander Schaaf, D., Re-establishment of the Native Olympia Oyster, Ostrea conchaphila, in Netarts Bay, Oregon

Bowron, T.; Neatt, N.; Lundholm, J.; Van Proosdij, D., Rapid Colonization of Halophytic Vegetation Following Restoration of an Upper Bay of Fundy Salt Marsh

Donnelly, M.; Brockmeyer, R.; Stewart, J.; Greening, W.; Walters, L., Recovery of Saltmarsh Flora and Fauna at Restored Mosquito Impoundments in Mosquito Lagoon (Volusia County, FL)

Hyun, K.; Hinojosa-Huerta, O.; Calvo-Fonseca, A.; Flessa, K., Can Agricultural Run-off Be Effective in Estuarine Restoration? A Proposal for the Colorado River Delta in Mexico

Leonard, A.; Michele, D., Nekton Response to Hydrologic Restoration of New England Salt Marsh-Estuarine Ecosystems

Neatt, N.; Bowron, T.; Van Proosdij, D.; Lundholm, J., Learning to Crawl Before Learning to Walk - Macro & Meso-tidal Wetland Restoration (Compensation) in Atlantic Canada

Nemerson, D., Innovative, Spatially-Explicit Monitoring Tracks Wetland Elevation and Vegetation Dynamics at Badly Eroding Maryland (USA) Refuge

Oakley, D., Amtrak Culvert Improvement Project for Salt Marsh Restoration, Branford to Stonington, Connecticut

Rodney, W., Interaction of Bottom Up and Top Down Factors in Oyster Reef Microcosms: Implications for Restoration

Staver, L.; Stevenson, J.; Owens, M.; Cornwell, J., Chesapeake Bay Marshes Restored With Dredged Materials: Biogeochemistry and Plant Success in the First Two Years

SCI-041 - Processes Linking Estuarine Organic Matter to Continental Shelf Eutrophication

Cai, W.; Guo, X.; Chen, F.; Hartmann, J.; Huang, W.; Lohrenz, S.; Wang, Y., The Dynamics of CO₂ in the Mississippi River Plume and Northern Gulf of Mexico

Dagg, M.; Powell, R.; Semmler, C.; Atilla, N.; Rabalais, J., Marsh–Coastal Exchanges and the Net Metabolic State of Terrebonne Bay

Das, A.; Justic, D.; Swenson, E., Estuarine Shelf Exchanges in a Deltaic Louisiana Estuary: Implications for Coastal Carbon Budgets

Fry, B.; Hagy, J.; Kurtz, J.; Lehrter, J.; Murrell, M., Stable Isotope Studies of Plankton Dynamics Across the Louisiana Shelf

Lehrter, J.; Murrell, M.; Kurtz, J.; Hagy, J.; Greene, R., Primary Production and Community Respiration Rates on the Louisiana Continental Shelf Indicate Carbon Subsidies

Lohrenz, S.; Redalje, D.; Cai, W., Temporal Relationships Between Nutrient Inputs and Phytoplankton Biomass and Productivity in the Mississippi River Plume

Schaeffer, B.; Greene, R.; Lehrter, J.; Hagy, J., A Comparison of Phytoplankton, Detrital, and CDOM Absorption Coefficients in Barataria, Terrebonne, and Atchafalaya Bays

SCI-042 - Integrating Biophysical, Social and Policy Sciences into Restoration

Ayvazian, S., A Recipe for Ecological Restoration of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystems: an Example from South-western Australia

Bowen, R., Linking Socio-economic and Environmental Indicators to Achieve Coastal Restoration Objectives

Duff, J., The Promise and Pitfalls of Integrating Ecosystem Concepts into Workable Laws

Finn, J.; Muth, R.; Mather, M.; Zwick, R., Putting it all Together: Interdisciplinary Integration through Agent-based Modeling

Hopkinson, C.; Vallino, J.; Claessens, L.; Deegan, L.; Giblin, A.; Peterson, B.; Pontius, G.; Valentine, V.; Williams, M.; Wollheim, W., Interdisciplinary Long Term Research in the Coupled Watershed and Estuary of Plum Island Sound

Levinton, J., Anatomy of a Superfund Cleanup: Successes and Failures at Foundry Cove (Hudson River)

Mather, M.; Muth, R.; Finn, J.; Zwick, R., Integrating Objective Scientific Information on Biophysical Conditions into River-Herring Restoration Decisions in the Ipswich River

Muth, R.; Mather, M.; Finn, J.; Zwick, R., Integrating Biophysical, Social and Policy Sciences into Restoration

Muth, R.; Mather, M.; Finn, J.; Zwick, R., Integrating Socioeconomic and Institutional Considerations into Coastal Restoration Decisions

Pelto, K., Integrating Science into Coastal Restoration Decisions: Bridging the Divide Between Scientists and Policy Makers

Simenstad, C.; Leschine, T., Interdisciplinary Science and Human Dimensions of Strategic Restoration: Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration in Puget Sound, WA

Stein, R.; Gaden, M., Science-based, Multi-Jurisdictional Fishery Management in the Laurentian Great Lakes: What Makes It Work?

Stockwell, J., Decision Analysis: Application to Sustainable Management of Coastal Ecosystems

SCI-043 - Fundulus heteroclitus: Model Species for Environmental Research

Cheek, A., Intermittent Hypoxia Alters Fecundity in the Gulf Killifish, Fundulus grandis

Chen, C.; Shaw, J.; Fisher, N.; Dutton, J., Fundulus heteroclitus: A model organism for metal exposure and biotransfer from sediments in intertidal habitats

Cohen, S.; Yang, G.; Tam, S.; Champlin, D.; Nacci, D., Relaxed Selection on a Biotransformation Locus in Estuarine Fish Populations Exposed to Chemical Contaminants

Goto, D.; Wallace, W., Anthropogenic Impacts on the Feeding Ecology and Bioenergetics of Mummichogs in an Urban Estuary

Hahn, M.; Karchner, S.; Franks, D.; Evans, B.; Tarrant, A.; Cohen, C.; Champlin, D.; Nacci, D., Evolved Resistance to Dioxin-like Compounds in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus): Role of Receptor Polymorphisms

MacLatchy, D., Development of a Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) Bioassay for Endocrine Disruption

SCI-044 - Coastal Land Use: Permitting, Law and Management

Barnicle, K.; Schall, D., The Massachusetts Endangered Species Act and Coastal Areas

Ernst, L.; McKay, K.; Boyle, J.; Silveira, L., Redeveloping the Urban Estuarine Waterfront: Permitting the Tockwotton on Waterfront Drive Project on Narragansett Bay

Humphries, S., Storm Damage Prevention and Flood Control Provided by a Barrier Beach, Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts

Kelty, R.; Bliven, S., Small Dock Management: A Case Study for Bringing Science to Permitting and Policy Generation

McGregor, G., U.S. Supreme Court & Limits of Governmental Power: Regulatory Takings & Eminent Domain

Moura, S., The Massachusetts Ocean Partnership Fund An Innovative Collaboration to Advance Integrated Ocean Management

Neubert, P.; Mitchell, D.; Wilson, S.; McCrossin, J., Evaluation of SedCon Turbo^® System Effect to Bivalve Bioaccumulation at a Berthing Facility within the Arthur Kill, NJ

Paul, R., Motivating Local Government to Protect Estuarine Water Quality through Land Use Practices

Weber, M., Mapping Coastal Habitats for Compliance with EFH Guidelines and its Implications for Mitigation Measures

SCI-045 - Rapid Assessments and Indicators of Tidal Wetland Functions and Condition

Carlisle, B.; Smith, J.; Carullo, M.; Wigand, C., Developing the New England Rapid Assessment Method (NERAM) for Assessing Condition of Tidal Wetlands

Cole Ekberg, M.; Ferguson, W.; McKinney, R., Rapid Assessment of Stable Isotopes in Support of Habitat Restoration

Collins, J., Comprehensive Wetland Monitoring in California

Dionne, M.; Haas, M.; Leonard, A., Developing a Nekton Index of Ecological State for Gulf of Maine Fringing Tidal Marsh

Fillis, D.; Howard, A.; Jacobs, A., The Application of the New England Rapid Assessment Method (NERAM) and the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM) to Delaware's Tidal Wetlands

Findlay, S.; Arrigoni, A.; Tockner, K., Predicting Carbon and Nutrient Transformations in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands of the Hudson River

Hernandez-Saavedra, R.; Zaldivar-Jimenez, A.; Herrera-Silveira, J.; Teutli-Hernandez, C., Above and Belowground Mangrove Forest Production in Karstic Setting with Groundwater Discharge (Yucatan, SE Mexico)

Macauley, J.; Nestlerode, J.; Engle, V.; Bourgeois, P.; Heitmuller, T., Gulf of Mexico Coastal Wetlands Survey: An Integrated Approach toward Assessing Ecosystem Function and Services

Millard, K.; Redden, A.; Hopkinson, C.; Webster, T.; Stewart, H., The Use of High Resolution Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) Data to Provide Direction for Salt Marsh Restoration Initiatives at Fort Beausejour Salt Marsh, New Brunswick

Morgan, P.; Miller, J.; Dalton, C., Indicators of Fringing Salt Marsh Ecological Function that are Responsive to Shoreline Development Pressures

Nestlerode, J.; Collins, J.; Heitmuller, T.; Macauley, J.; Steyer, G.; Sutula, M., Application of the Gulf Rapid Assessment Method (GRAM) to Measure Broad-Scale Gulf of Mexico Coastal Wetlands Condition

Raposa, K., A Protocol for Rapidly Assessing Nekton Use of Salt Marsh Habitats

Rheinhardt, R., Components of a Reference-based Approach for Assessing the Condition of Tidal Freshwater Swamps

Schalles, J.; Hladik, C.; Volkmer, M.; Saucedo, D., Geospatial Mapping of Species and Biomass in Georgia Salt Marshes using AISA Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery

Wigand, C.; Davey, E.; Roman, C.; Brennan, P.; Stolt, M., Use of Computer Aided Tomography Scan Imaging and Soil Respiration to Assess Salt Marsh Condition

SCI-046 - Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Biogeochemistry

Brin, L.; Valiela, I., Future Complications: Estuaries in a 21^st century of climate and human-driven ecological change

Buzzelli, C.; Reyes, E.; Piehler, M.; Wong, M.; Peterson, C., Forecasting the Effects of Relative Sea Level Rise on Near Shore Habitats of North Carolina

Canuel, E.; Waterson, E.; Dickhut, R.; Kuehl, S.; Bianchi, T.; Wakeham, S., Use of Sediment Records to Understand Anthropogenic Impacts on Carbon Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

Duarte, C.; Conley, D., Return to Neverland: Reverting Coastal Eutrophication

Fuller, J.; Wilkerson, F.; Parker, A.; Dugdale, R.; Marchi, A.; Hogue, V., Using Estuarine Phytoplankton to Study the Physiological Effects of Elevated pCO₂ on Algal Growth

Fulweiler, R.; Nixon, S., The Impact of Climate Change on Benthic Remineralization and Net Sediment N₂ Flux

Giblin, A.; Weston, N.; Tucker, J.; Banta, G.; Bernhard, A.; Hopkinson, C., Salinity Effects on Nitrogen Cycling in Estuaries

Grout, A.; Georgianna, T., Trends in Central Puget Sound Dissolved Oxygen Levels

Howarth, R.; Swaney, D., The Influence of Climate on the Flux of Nitrogen from Large Watersheds

Hunt, C.; Salisbury, J.; Vandemark, D.; Campbell, J.; McGillis, W., Seasonal and Episodic Variability of Carbon in a Large New England Estuary and its Delivery to the Coastal Zone

Lyons, G.; Benitez-Nelson, C.; Thunell, R., Phosphorus Composition of Sinking Particles from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California

Mitra, S.; Dunn, J.; Hunsinger, G., Evidence of Fires in Pre-Industrial Revolution Chesapeake Bay Sediments

Moller, O.; Vaz, A.; Castello, J., The Effect of River Discharge on the Interannual Variability of Pink Shrimp Production in Patos Lagoon

Nuzzi, R., Climate Change, Harmful Algal Blooms, and the Apparent Oligotrophication of the Peconic Estuary

O'Connor, M.; Piehler, M.; Ladwig, L.; Violin, C., Temperature and Seasonality of Benthic Macro- and Microalgal Production

Segarra, K.; Joye, S.; Samarkin, V., Temperature Driven Variations of Terminal Metabolism in Methanogenic Freshwater Sediments

Soniat, T.; Hofmann, E.; Klinck, J.; Powell, E., Climate and Oyster Disease

Townsend, D.; Thomas, A.; Ji, R.; Rebuck, N.; Mountain, D., Inter-annual Variability in Spring Phytoplankton Blooms in the Gulf of Maine – Georges Bank Region of the Northwest Atlantic Continental Shelf

SCI-048 - Assessing Ecological Integrity: Using Multiple Indices and Ecosystem Components

Benyi, S.; Kiddon, J.; Hollister, J.; Walker, H., Interpreting Differences in Several Benthic Indices

Borja, A., Using Multiple Ecosystem Components in Assessing Ecological Quality in Spanish Marine Waters

Connelly, W.; Houde, E., Evaluating Fish Community Structure from Size Spectra Indicators in Salt-front Regions of Estuaries

Dauer, D., Integrative Approaches to Assessing Estuarine Ecosystem Integrity: actions, awareness and accountability

Dauvin, J., The Estuarine Quality Paradox: Is it Possible to Define an Ecological Quality Status of Specific Modified and Naturally Stressed Estuarine Ecosystems?

DiDonato, G.; Bergquist, D.; Holland, F.; Sanger, D.; Van Dolah, R., Tidal Creek Classification: Developing a Preliminary Framework to Characterize this Sentinel Habitat

Lamberson, J.; Lee II, H.; Nelson, W., Probabilistic Survey of Fish Tissue Contamination from the Continental Shelf of the US West Coast

Llanso, R.; Dauer, D.; Volstad, J., Assessing Ecological Integrity for Impaired Waters Decisions in Chesapeake Bay, USA

Morales-Ojeda, S.; Herrera-Silveira, J., Coastal Condition Assessment of Yucatan (SE, Mexico) Subregions

Mutchler, T.; Dunton, K., Evaluating Potential Predictors of Seagrass Community Structure and Density in South Texas Lagoons

Pelletier, A.; Freedman, B.; Wells, P.; Beazley, K.; McCarthy, C.; Ure, D., Selecting and Developing Measures of Coastal Ecological Integrity for the Kejimkujik National Park Seaside Adjunct, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ranasinghe, A.; Weisberg, S.; Smith, R.; Montagne, D.; Thompson, B.; Oakden, J.; Huff, D., A Measure of Benthic Invertebrate Community Condition for California Bays and Estuaries

Schaffner, L.; Gillett, D.; Stanhope, J.; Anderson, I., Benthic Community Responses to Multiple Stressors in Shallow Water Habitats of Chesapeake Bay

Smith, T.; Schaffner, L., Responses of Benthic Macrofauna to Environmental Stressors: Is There a Characteristic Stressor Response?

Summers, J., Selecting, Developing, and Maintaining Ecological Indicators/Indices of Estuarine Condition: The National Coastal Assessment Experience

Williams, M.; Longstaff, B.; Buchanan, C.; Llanso, R.; Dennison, B., Development of an Integrated and Spatially Explicit Index of Chesapeake Bay Health (Bay Health Index)

Wilson, S.; Fredette, T.; Carey, D.; Germano, J.; Neubert, P., Plan View Photos, Benthic Grabs, and Sediment-Profile Images: Using Complimentary Techniques to Assess Response to Seafloor Disturbance

SCI-049 - Causes and Consequences of Genetic Variation in Estuarine Systems

Bricker, E.; Zieman, J.; Waycott, M., Using High Resolution Microsatellite Markers to Assess Population Genetics of Thalassia testudinum in Florida Bay

Crow, K., Hybridization Between Hexagrammos Fishes In A Coastal Marine Ecosystem: How Genomic Incompatibilities Maintain Species Boundaries

Erwin, M., Effective Population Size Estimates of Red Drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus ) in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Mackie, J.; Levinton, J., Rapid Fluctuations in Heavy Metal Resistance Seen in a Freshwater Worm

Nacci, D.; Champlin, D.; Gomez-Chiari, M.; Cohen, S., Evolved Tolerance to Chemical Pollutants in Populations of the Non-migratory Estuarine Fish, Fundulus heteroclitus

Peyton, K., Grappling with Diversity in the Seagrass Ruppia in North America and Hawaii Using Molecular Phylogenetics

Proffitt, C.; Travis, S.; Devlin, D., Genetic Ecology of Salt Marsh and Mangrove Plant Species

Reitzel, A., Population Genetic Structure and the Search for Adaptive Polymorphisms in the Estuarine Anemone Nematostella vectensis

Richards, C.; Pigliucci, M., Genetic and Epigentic Components of Fallopia Invasion of Novel Salt Marsh Habitat

Van Dijk, J.; Van Tussenbroek, B.; Ouborg, J., High Levels of Gene Flow Related to High Dispersal Potential of the Seagrass Thalassia testudinum

Wyllie-Echeverria, S.; Talbot, S.; Dowty, P.; Takesue, R.; Allphin, L.; Shoemaker, G., An Interdisciplinary Approach to Evaluate Regional Stability of Seagrass Populations

SCI-050 - Long-term Shifts in Faunal Assemblages in Eastern North America

Able, K.; Sullivan, M., Patterns of Larval Fish Ingress Into a New Jersey Inlet: Response to Climate Change

Aguilar, R.; Hines, A.; Kramer, M.; Goodison, M., Long-term Variation of Fish Assemblage Structure and Diversity in an Upper Chesapeake Bay Subestuary

Allen, D.; Ogburn-Matthews, V.; Buck, T., Responses and Resilience of Zooplankton and Nekton to Climate Change in a Southeastern U.S. Estuary

Benoit, H.; Swain, D., Changes in Species Composition of Fish and Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

Breitburg, D.; Cottingham, K., Are Multiple Stressors More Likely to Cause Threshold Responses than Individual Severe Stressors?

Chant, R., Cross-shelf Mixing of Fresh Water in the New York Bight and Implications in its Long Term Variability

Chmura, G.; Van Guelpen, L.; Pohle, G., Climate Change and Range Shifts of Northwest Atlantic Commercial Species

Danila, D.; Landers, D., Changes in the Fish and Macroinvertebrate Assemblage near Millstone Point, CT over the Past 30 Years

Hale, S., Biogeography of Marine Benthic Invertebrates along the Northeast U.S. Coast

Keenan, S.; Matheson, R.; Switzer, T.; Greenwood, M.; McMichael Jr., R., Nekton Community Change in an Urbanized Estuary: Tampa Bay, Florida

Kimmel, D.; Newell, R., The Influence of Climate on Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Juvenile Abundance in Chesapeake Bay

Lynch, T.; Lee, L., Spatial and Temporal Tends of Species Assemblages in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: 1990–2006

Mitchell, W.; Buckel, J.; Taylor, J.; Bath Martin, G.; Shertzer, K., Icthyoplankton Ingress Patterns at a North Carolina Inlet: Evidence for Temporal Shifts in Species Assemblage

O'Connor, M.; Juanes, F., Relating Long-term Trends in Hudson River Estuarine Fish Abundances to Climate Signals

Rountree, R.; Juanes, F., Long-term Shifts in Faunal Assemblages in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Ruck, C.; Kraus, R.; Jones, C.; Kelso, D., Decadal Changes in the Tidal Freshwater Fish Assemblage of a Potomac River Embayment

Whitlatch, R.; Osman, R., Linkages between Climate Change and the Facilitation of Invasive Species: long-term changes in fouling assemblages in southern New England, USA

Wingate, R.; Secor, D., Seasonal Preconditioning of a Nearshore Fish Assemblage in the Chesapeake Bay, USA

SCI-051 - Sudden Vegetation Dieback in Tidal Wetlands: A New Phenomenon in the U.S.?

Adamowicz, S.; Tash, J.; Strickland, S., Report on the Investigations into Salt Marsh Dieback in Northern New England: Occurrences and Transplant Studies

Alber, M.; Mackinnon, J.; Hurley, D.; Curran, M., Salt Marsh Dieback in Georgia

Curran, M.; Frischer, M.; King, J.; Walters, T.; Mace, T., Constructing an Index of Salt Marsh (S. alterniflora) Health and Productivity

Elmer, W.; LaMondia, J.; Robertson, C.; Useman, S.; Schneider, R.; O'Donnell, K.; Marra, R.; Caruso, F., Incidence of Plant Pathogens in Salt Marshes Affected by Sudden Wetland Dieback

Holdredge, C.; Bertness, M., The Role of Sesarma reticulatum in Generating New England Salt Marsh Die Offs

Jacobs, A.; Fillis, D.; Howard, A.; Bason, C., The Impacts of Sudden Wetland Dieback in the Inland Bays of Delaware

Mendelssohn, I., An Analysis of the Proximal Causes of Drought-induced Salt Marsh Dieback in Coastal Louisiana

Pate, W.; Morris, J., Relationships Among DMSP Concentration in Spartina alterniflora, Salt Marsh Dieback and Littoraria irrorata

Smith, S.; Portnoy, J.; Chapman, K., Understanding Salt Marsh Dieback on Cape Cod: Timelines, Patterns, and Processes

Stagg, C.; Mendelssohn, I., Remediating the Effects of Global Climate Change on Salt Marsh Functions

Stevenson, J.; Staver, L.; Owens, M.; Cornwell, J., Reasons for Sudden Marsh Dieback in 2006 on a Restoration Site at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge

SCI-052 - Connectivity in Estuarine and Coastal Populations of Fish and Invertebrates

Anderson, G.; Simenstad, C., From Food Webs to Resilience: Using stable isotopes to connect the dots for juvenile Chinook in the Columbia River estuary

Biermann, J.; North, E.; Schlag, Z., The Role of Behavior in the Transport of Larvae Between Coastal and Estuarine Nursery Habitats

Chintala, M.; Meng, L.; Benyi, S.; Huber, M., Nekton Use of Salt Marshes Along a Gradient of Watershed Land Use

Dantin, D.; Lindquist, L.; Harvey, J.; Almario, A., Growth and Survival of Penaeid Shrimp in Four Estuary Habitat Types in the NE Gulf

Fodrie, J., Multiple Metrics of Habitat Connectivity and Value: nursery utilization and population dynamics of California halibut

Jones, C., Natural Tags to Estimate Philopatry and Connectivity in Aquatic Animals

Jordan, S.; Smith, L.; Dantin, D.; Nestlerode, J.; Raimondo, S.; Campbell, J., Are Gulf of Mexico Crustacean Fisheries Habitat-Dependent? Hypotheses, Scales, and Uncertainties

Kerr, L.; Secor, D., Application of the Nursery-role Hypothesis to Five Sub-populations of White Perch (Morone americana) in the Chesapeake Bay

Lochet, A.; Rochard, E., Estuarine Use by Sympatric Species: Allis Shad and Twaite Shad in the Gironde System

Loehrke, J.; Martins, D.; Cadrin, S., Is Biocomplexity Important for New England Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Resources?

Luthy, S.; Allen, D.; Garwood, J.; Young, R.; Dame, R., Fine Scale Habitat Heterogeneity and Growth of Young-of-the-year Transient Fishes

McIvor, C.; Krebs, J.; Brame, A., Connectivity to Tidal Exchange Largely Controls Nekton Assemblage Structure in Mangrove-lined Wetland Ponds

Paris, C., Influence of Individual Trophic Interactions of Larval Fishes on Population Networks

Pautzke, S.; Mather, M.; Finn, J.; Muth, R.; Deegan, L., Habitat Use, Behaviors, and Movements of Migratory Striped Bass During Summer Residence in Massachusetts

Pfeiffer-Herbert, A.; Kincaid, C.; Bergondo, D.; Collie, J.; Rogers, J., Physical and Biological Processes of Estuarine-Shelf Exchange in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Reyier, E.; Lowers, R.; Scheidt, D.; Adams, D., Movement Patterns of Adult Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) in a shallow Florida lagoon as Determined by Passive Acoustic Telemetry

Secor, D., Introduction to Session: Population connectivity in coastal fishes

Tuzzolino, D.; Targett, T.; Diaz, R., The Role of Hypoxia in Mediating Predator-Prey Relationships in Estuarine Habitats

Vasconcelos, R.; Reis Santos, P.; Tanner, S.; Fonseca, V.; Maia, A.; Ruano, M.; Latkoczy, C.; Günther, D.; Costa, M.; Cabral, H., Exploring Connectivity Between Estuarine Fish Nurseries and Coastal Populations Using Otolith Elemental Fingerprints

Wilkerson, C.; McGeachy, C.; Wilson, H.; Day, R.; Wooden, E., Comparison of Nekton Utilization of Three Intertidal Habitats in the Hampton River (Chesapeake Bay, Va)

Woodland, R.; Secor, D., Seasonal Structure and Diversity of a Mid-Atlantic Nearshore Marine Fish Community

SCI-053 - Reconstructing Historical Ecosystem Structures and Function

Baptista, A.; Seaton, C.; Burla, M.; Zhang, J.; Hyde, N., Columbia River Circulation and Physical Habitat Opportunity: distinguishing natural variability from anthropogenic change

Burke, J.; Simenstad, C., Linking Landscape Change with Ecological Function and Processes in the Columbia River Estuary

Burningham, H.; Barrett-Mold, C., Historical Eco-Geomorphology of Coastal Dunes on the Northwest Coast of Ireland

Cooper, S.; Brandenberger, J.; Crecelius, E.; Louchouarn, P., Puget Sound and Hood Canal: Past 300 Years

Grossinger, R.; Collins, J., Changes in San Francisco Bay Wetlands, 1850-2000

Healy, M.; Hickey, K., The Shannon Estuary Wetlands Complex, Western Ireland: conservation and conflicts

Hood, W., Ecological Interactions between Historical Tidal Shrub Habitat, Beaver, and Juvenile Salmon in the Skagit Delta

Ryves, D.; Rasmussen, P.; Clark, A.; Leavitt, P.; Lewis, J.; Petersen, K.; Vinebrooke, R., Linking Sea and Society: Holocene Environmental and Cultural Change in the Danish Baltic

Van Dyke, E.; Wasson, K., Estuarine Habitat Change: What Can (and Can’t) We Learn From Historic Maps and Aerial Photographs?

Wingard, G., Reconstructing Historical Salinity Patterns in Florida and Biscayne Bays: providing a framework for restoration targets

SCI-054 - Nutrient Budgets for Coastal Waters: Methodologies and Applications

Boynton, W.; Hagy, J.; Cornwell, J.; Kemp, M.; Greene, S.; Owens, M., Nitrogen Budgets for Ecology and Management: Patuxent River Estuary Case Study

Duernberger, K.; Tobias, C.; Mallin, M., Nitrogen Processing within an Urbanized Tidal Creek Determined by an In Situ Isotope Tracer

Gazeau, F., Net Ecosystem Metabolism in two European Estuaries: Evaluation of methods

Johnson, K.; Needoba, J.; Coletti, L.; Jannasch, H.; Fitzwater, S.; Plant, J.; Sakamoto, C., Nitrate and Ammonium Fluxes Observed with Real-Time Sensors in the Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory

Oliveira Monteiro, R.; Limburg, K., Nutrient Loadings of Coastal Watersheds Draining into Estuarine Nursery Areas of the Gulf of Maine

Solidoro, C.; Cossarini, G.; Melaku canu, D., Uncertainty and Accuracy of Indexes Derived by Budgeting Procedures

Steven, A.; Ford, P.; Cook, P.; Grigg, N.; Billerbeck, M., Estimating Catchment Discharges and Loads to the Great Barrier Reef

Swaney, D., LOICZ Budgets: methodology and applications

Zeldis, J., Management Outcomes from LOICZ Biogeochemical Budgeting in New Zealand

SCI-055 - Challenges of Collaboration across Science, Policy and Education Disciplines

Bando, K., Challenges and Opportunities for International Cooperation in Coastal Resource Management

Beem, N.; Short, F., Eelgrass in the Great Bay Estuary: human growth, eelgrass decline and the need for education

Cardenas, N.; Granillo, I.; Morrison, S., Developing Effective Strategies and Partnerships for the Conservation of Bahia de San Quintin, Mexico

Greene, J.; Grizzle, R.; Odell, J.; La Valley, K., Developing Partnerships with the Local Community to Encourage Participation in Oyster Restoration Projects

Hoskins, D., The SSU Coast Camp: A Model Ocean Literacy Camp for Youth

Morzaria-Luna, H.; Castillo-López, A.; Valdivia-Jímenez, P.; Iris-Maldonado, A.; Rosemartin, A.; López-Alvirde, S.; Reyes-Fiol, S.; Turk Boyer, P., Linking Science, Education & Conservation in a Coastal Wetland in the Northern Gulf of California, México

Ott, J.; Wells, H.; Ellin, R., Classification of Habitats of the North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve to Inform Coastal Management

Owens, A.; Carruthers, T.; Dennison, B.; Raynie, R.; Reed, D.; Steyer, G.; Twilley, R.; Visser, J., Using Conceptual Diagrams to Convey Scientific and Restoration Concepts to Stakeholders in Coastal Louisiana

Talley, D.; Fisler, S., Challenges of Collaboration across Science, Policy and Education Disciplines

Turek, J., Diadromous Fish Passage Restoration – A Decade of Experience in the Northeast

White, S., Building Bridges: NOAA Federal-State Partnerships in Ecosystem Research, Data Dissemination and Outreach Programs 

Zimmerman, T.; Halversen, C.; Strang, C., Preparing Future Generations of Scientists for Cross-discipline Communication and Collaboration: The Communicating Ocean Sciences Model

SCI-056 - Protection and Restoration: Are we Having an Effect?

Beck, M.; Brumbaugh, R.; Ferdana, Z.; Toropova, C.; Udelhoven, J., New Tools for Restoration: From Multi-objective Planning to Protecting Investments

Boesch, D., Accountability Systems for Adaptive Management in the Restoration of Regional Ecosystems

Dominguez, J., Restoring Cape Cod Salt Marshes: Placing Success in the Context of Community Valuation

Ehlinger, G.; Brown, E.; Sime, P.; Buckingham, C.; Boudreaux, M., Development of Predictive Performance Measures to Evaluate Proposed Alternatives for Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan Projects

Fonseca, M., Addy Revisited: What has Changed with Seagrass Restoration in 58 Years?

Greening, H., Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay, FL: Sweating the Small Stuff Also

Haas, E.; Marcoe, K., Estuarine Restoration Prioritization in the Lower Columbia River

Khangaonkar, T.; Yang, Z.; Breithaupt, S.; Lee, C., A High Resolution Hydrodynamic Model of Puget Sound to Support Nearshore Restoration Feasibility and Design

Kurzbach, E.; Sime, P.; Graves, G.; Harwell, M., The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) Monitoring and Assessment Plan's (MAP) Role in Everglades Restoration

Minello, T.; Caldwell, P.; Rozas, L., Fishery Habitat Restoration (1995-2005) in the Galveston Island State Park, Texas

Ogden, J., Defining System-wide Success for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan using a Science-based Process

Raynie, R.; Steyer, G.; Lee, D.; Richards, C.; Pahl, J., Coastal Restoration and Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana: Building on Science, Policy, and Partnerships

Teal, J.; Weishar, L., We have had an effect!

Thom, R.; Diefenderfer, H.; Johnson, G.; Borde, A.; Sobocinski, K.; Roegner, G.; Whiting, A.; Dawley, E.; Skalski, J.; Ebberts, B., Cumulative Ecosystem Response to Restoration Projects: An Approach in the Columbia River Estuary

Zedler, J., The Importance of Topographic Heterogeneity in Salt Marsh Restoration

SCI-057 - Applying Coastal and Estuarine Science and Technology to Resource Management

Bliven, S., Scientists and Decision-makers in Coastal Resource Management; Their Roles and Responsibilities

Charette, M.; Helminger, A., Lessons Learned on the Pathway to Technology Transfer of an Automated Seepage Meter

Karl, H., Why Does Science continue to be marginalized in Natural Resource Management and Environmental Pollcy?

Konisky, R.; Burdick, D., Five Years of Modeling Experience with a Saltmarsh Restoration Design Tool

Roseen, R.; Ballestero, T.; Houle, J., Regional Results from Research-Based Outreach and Education at the UNH Stormwater Center

SCI-058 - Advancing Benthic Habitat Mapping

Allee, R.; Finkbeiner, M.; Stevenson, B., Implementing the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard: Developing Mapping Guidance

Boothroyd, J., Coastal Geologic Habitats

Bradley, M.; Stolt, M.; Turrenne, J.; Payne, M., Mapping Shallow-subtidal Benthic Habitats Using Pedologic Approaches

Carey, D.; Valente, R.; Esten, M.; Wilbur, T.; Sampson, D.; Ackerman, S.; Ford, K.; Carullo, M.; Glenn, R.; Woods, C.; Berman, G.; Neubert, P., Between a Rock and a Sponge: Applying benthic habitat mapping schemes to seafloor mapping data

Cowan, D., Mapping Lobster Nursery Habitat

Diaz, R.; McNinch, J.; Wilber, P., Mapping the Relative Trophic Value of the Benthos

Ford, K., Backscatter Mapping Using Synthetic Aperture Sonar in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts

Germano, J.; Browning, D., Mapping Wood Waste in the Marine Environment: Deleterious Substance or Chips Ahoy?

Hill, V.; Zimmerman, R.; Bissett, P.; Dierssen, H., Hyperspectral Mapping of Seagrass Abundance and Distribution in Saint Josephs Bay, Florida

Kenney, G.; Higgs, A.; Kahnle, A.; Dufour, M., Linking Fish and Habitat: Habitat utilization of Atlantic Sturgeon in the Hudson River Estuary

King, J., BayMap: A Project to Map the Habitats and Cultural Landscape of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Madsen, J.; Wilson, B.; Carter, D., Delaware Bay Benthic Mapping Project: Sub-Bottom Imaging to Constrain Geologic Setting and Potential Sand Resources

Martin, A.; Prell, W.; Murray, D.; Heggie, K., Benthic Foraminifers as Proxies for the Spatial and Temporal Extent of Hypoxia (Narragansett Bay CHRP)

Oakley, B.; Boothroyd, J., Mapping Benthic Geologic Habitats in Narragansett Bay and Block Island Sound

Rocha, K.; Perez, K.; Davey, E.; Johnson, R., Using Acoustic Sediment Mapping and Computer Aided Tomography (CT) to Characterize Shallow Water Estuarine Systems

Slacum, H.; Lazar, J.; Llanso, R.; Giordano, S.; Levin, D.; Bruce, D.; Little, C., Characterizing Chesapeake Bay Benthic Biotopes Using Sampling and Acoustic Habitat Mapping to Enhance Ecosystem Management

Valente, R., Taking Pictures of Mud from Different Angles: Implications for Benthic Habitat Characterization

Wilson, B.; Madsen, J.; Fox, D.; Bisson, K.; Bruce, D.; Carter, D., Mapping The Distribution of Bottom Sediments and Key Habitats in the Delaware Bay and River

SCI-059 - Hydrodynamics of Tropical and Subtropical Semi-enclosed Systems

Dierssen, H.; Zimmerman, R.; Burdige, D., Bahamian Windrows and Whitings: Benthic Processes shaped by Wind-driven Langmuir Supercells

Durazo, R.; Flores, X.; Souza, A.; Camacho, V., Subtidal Circulation in San Quintin Bay, Mexico, a Mediterranean Coastal Lagoon

Fernandes, E.; Blanton, J.; Muelbert, J., Effects of Bathymetry, Friction and Rotation on the Exchange of Larvae between the Patos Lagoon Estuary and the Ocean

Garrett, A.; Blanton, J.; Bollinger, J.; Hayes, D.; Amft, J.; Koffman, L., Retention of a Conservative Tracer in Marshes with Large Intertidal Areas

Mehta, A.; Alkhalidi, M., Some Observations on the Sedimentary Regime of the Loxahatchee Estuary in Florida

Monismith, S.; Hench, J.; Leichter, J.; Lowe, R.; Falter, J.; Atkinson, M., Waves, Tides and Buoyancy: A tale of two coral reef estuaries

Ponte, A.; Gutiérrez de Velasco, G.; Valle-Levinson, A.; Winant, C.; Winters, K., Circulation in a Semi-enclosed Bay Driven by Sea Level Variations and Wind

Schettini, C.; Truccolo, E., Comparative Hydrodynamics of Two Contrasting Bays

Souza, A.; Camacho-Ibar, V.; Durazo, R.; Aveytua, L., The Importance of Tidal Pumping in a Mediterranean Lagoon

Valle-Levinson, A., Observations of Residual Exchange Flows in Subtropical Estuaries

Winant, C.; Guttierez de velasco, G., Circulation in a Semi-arid Lagoon: Laguna San Ignacio

SCI-060 - Innovations in Collection, Interpretation and Application of Monitoring Data

Aurin, D.; Dierssen, H., Ocean Color Algorithms for Remote Monitoring of Bio-optical Properties in Long Island Sound

Boothman, W.; Coiro, L., Molybdenum Accumulation in Marine Sediments as an Indicator of Hypoxic Water Conditions

Boswell, K.; McClure, R.; Wilson, C., Horizontal Hydroacoustics for Measurement of Fish Abundance and Habitat Preference in Shallow Waters

Calder, M.; Wang, A.; Peri, F.; Morris, R., A Platform Independent Approach to Data Streaming with Community Driven Standards

Carlson, P.; Yarbro, L.; Sunderman, S., Seagrass Recovery in Tampa Bay: Techniques to Assess Progress and Refine Targets

Cerco, C.; Noel, M., Use of Benthos Monitoring Data in a Predictive Eutrophication Model of Chesapeake Bay

Condon, E.; Brush, M.; Moore, K., Hurricanes and Hypoxia: Analyzing Responses of Shallow-Water Systems to Storms Using High-Frequency Data

Corbett, C.; Wessel, M., Assessment of the Optical Model used to Establish Water Quality Targets in Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Fan, C.; Schalles, J., Characterization of Hyperspectral Reflectance Spectra in Estuary Waters

Herman, J.; Friedrichs, C.; Hershner, C., Suspended Sediment Flux in Chesapeake Bay and Tidal Tributaries Based on Monitoring and Modeling Data

Hopkins, K.; Halka, J., Developing Shoreline Sediment Erosion Estimates for the Chesapeake Bay

Jacobson, P.; Perry, E., Time-space Criteria for Water Quality in Chesapeake Bay

Jones, S.; Trowbridge, P., Detecting Water Quality Trends in New Hampshireﾒs Estuaries Using National Coastal Assessment Probabilistic Monitoring Data

Karrh, R.; Fisher, T.; Gustafson, A.; Perry, E.; Anderson, J.; Michael, B., Application of a Nutrient Limitation Model as an Assessment Tool for Increases in Algal Biomass

Kator, H.; Anderson, I.; Brush, M.; Shen, J.; Haas, L., Assessing Dissolved Oxygen Criteria Attainment in Virginiaﾒs Estuaries Using a Towed Undulating Vehicle

Keisman, J.; Fisher, T.; Shenk, G., Application of a Standardized Method for Locating Upper and Lower Pycnocline Boundaries in Chesapeake Bay

Keith, D., Estimating Chlorophyll Condition in Southern New England Coastal Waters from their Hyperspectral Aircraft Remote Sensing

Kelsey, R.; Leight, A.; Wood, R.; Zhang, X., Linking Land Use to Water Quality within an Integrated Assessment in Chesapeake Bay

Kiddon, J.; Walker, H.; Buffum, H., Estuarine Condition in National Estuary Program Sites in Northeast U.S.: Assessing the Assessments

Kutcher, T., A Comprehensive Classification Scheme for Coastal Habitats and Land Cover

Lacouture, R., Use of an Index of Biotic Integrity to Assess Phytoplankton Habitat Conditions in Chesapeake Bay

Michael, B.; Trice, T.; Trumbauer, C.; Golden, R., Management Applications for Chesapeake Bay Shallow Water Monitoring

Moesel, S.; Boynton, W.; Bailey, E., Spatially Intensive Mapping for the Assessment of Water Quality and Shallow Water Habitat

Orth, R.; Marion, S.; Moore, K.; Wilcox, D.; Carruthers, T.; Dennison, B.; Kemp, M.; Stevenson, J.; Williams, M.; Weinberg, H.; Naylor, M.; Bergstrom, P.; Koch, E.; Rybicki, N., Annual and Decadal Trends in Distribution and Abundance of Chesapeake Bay Submersed Aquatic Vegetation: 1984-2004

Perry, E.; Jacobson, P., A Review of Issues with Implementation of the Cumulative Frequency Distribution for Water Quality Assessment

St. George, T.; Vlahos, P., Organic Contaminants in the Thames River Estuary: Development of a passive sampler for the sediment-water interface

Tang, K.; Freund, C.; Parrish, A.; Bickel, S., A Simple Staining Method for Differentiating Live and Dead Copepods in Natural Samples

Wang, P.; Linker, L., Analysis of Water Clarity in the Shallow Water

Wilson, D.; Pierce, H., The Chesapeake Bay Interpretive Buoy System: Targeting Multiple User Groups

Yang, C.; Mackenzie, K.; Demello, K., Development of Autonomous Sensor Platform for Environmental Monitoring

SCI-061 - Ecology, Modeling and Management -- Getting it all Together

Arhonditsis, G.; Borsuk, M.; Stow, C.; Kenney, M.; Reckhow, K., Eutrophication Modeling in the Neuse River Estuary: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives

Armstrong, S.; Arega, F.; Whitaker, J.; Badr, A., Development of Recommendations for Breaching a Causeway to Re-unite Two Estuaries

Copping, A.; Khangaonkar, T.; Williams, T.; Walls, T.; Yang, Z., Managing a Developing Estuary – Integration of Hydrodynamic Models, Ecological Understanding, and Resource Management

Craw, V.; Zajac, C., Development of an Optical Water Quality Model in the Springs Coast Region of Southwest Florida

Desbonnet, A.; Costa-Pierce, B., An Ecofunctional Approach to Ecosystem-based Management for Narrangansett Bay, Rhode Island

Hearn, C., Models for Management: the top three questions

Nielsen, C.; Ladewig, M., Got Swarms? Successful Management of the Non-biting Midge Population in Seekonk River, Rhode Island

Nuttle, W.; Dennison, W.; Wicks, C., Adaptive Management as a Dialog in Plato’s Cave

Roelke, D.; Eldridge, P., Mixing of Supersaturated Phytoplankton Assemblages and the Precipitous Loss of Species

Volstad, J.; Christman, M.; North, E.; Weber, E.; Lewis, D.; Dew, J., Projecting Population Dynamics of Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) and Non-native Suminoe Oysters (C. ariakensis) For Proposed Restoration Scenarios

Williams, B., Ecology, Modeling, and Management

SCI-062 - 15N as a Tracer of Nitrogen Pollution Sources (Emergent session from 26 - Watershed-based Nutrient Accounting)

Barnes, R.; Raymond, P., Scaling up to the Whole: Using Nitrate Isotopic Signatures to Assess Processing and Export

Carmichael, R.; Hattenrath, T.; Alexander, R.; Valiela, I., Stable Isotope Ratios in Bivalve Shells Trace Wastewater Inputs from Watershed to Estuaries Through Time

Fertig, B.; Carruthers, T.; Dennison, B., Identifying Anthropogenic Nutrient Loading in Maryland’s Coastal Bays Using Stable Isotope Analysis of Biological Indicators

Kaldy, J.; Brown, C., Quantifying Seasonly Shifts in Nitrogen Sources to Oregon Estuaries. Part I: Empirical 15N Macroalgae Data

Kinney, E.; Valiela, I., δ¹⁵N Signatures in Salt Marsh Plants and Sediments as Indicators of Eutrophication

SCI-063 - Nekton Growth, Condition and Habitat Relationships (Emergent session from 109 - Fish Ecology)

Fonseca, V.; Vasconcelos, R.; Reis Santos, P.; Tanner, S.; Cabral, H., Growth and Condition Models for Juvenile Solea senegalensis and Dicentrarchus labrax: Effects of Temperature, Salinity and Food Supply

França, S.; Costa, M.; Cabral, H., Assessing Habitat Specific Fish Assemblages in Estuaries Along the Portuguese Coast

McQuarrie, D.; Secor, D., White Perch Bioenergetic Responses to Temperature, Salinity and Dissolved Oxygen

Posey, M.; Alphin, T.; Rogers, S., Influence of Erosion Control Structures on Nekton and Benthos

Wuenschel, M.; Able, K.; Byrne, D., Habitat and Diet Overlap of Piscivorous Fishes on the Inner Continental Shelf off New Jersey

SCI-064 - Habitat Effects on Nekton Communities (Emergent session from 109 - Fish Ecology)

Greenwood, M., Tampa Bay Tidal Creeks As Nekton Habitat: Comparisons with Adjacent Habitats and Differences Between Creeks

Johnson, E.; Hines, A.; Young, A.; Kramer, M.; Goodison, M.; Aguilar, R.; Zohar, Y.; Zmora, O., Field Assessment of the Feasibility of Enhancing Blue Crab Stocks in Upper Chesapeake Bay

Reese, M.; Stunz, G.; Bushon, A., The Opening of Packery Channel in Corpus Christi, Texas: Impacts to Estuarine Nekton Recruitment

Stunz, G.; Minello, T.; Rozas, L., Oyster Reef as Essential Habitat for Finfishes and Invertebrates

SCI-065 - Stress and Habitat Effects on Nekton (Emergent session from 109 - Fish Ecology)

Burfeind, D.; Tibbetts, I.; Udy, J., Faunal Assemblages and Habitat Preference in Caulerpa taxifolia and Seagrass Beds in Moreton Bay Queensland

Crowe, J.; Baltz, D., Hurricane Katrina's Effects on Nekton Communities in Seagrass and Bare Substrates in a Louisiana Estuary

Hart, K.; Deehr, R.; Clough, L.; Luczkovich, J., The Potential Effects of Shrimp Trawling on Abundance and Diets of Some Fishes in Core Sound, North Carolina

MacDonald, J.; Weis, J., Prop Root Epibionts Enhance Fish Diversity and Biomass in Fringing R. mangle

Robbins, B.; Boyes, A., Seagrass Habitat Dynamics and Their Effect on Fish Community Structure

Roth, A.; Baltz, D., Anthropogenic and Natural Stress Effects on Nekton Community Structure in Barataria Bay, Louisiana

SCI-066 - Nekton at the River-Estuary Transition Zone (Emergent session from 109 - Fish Ecology)

Ferraro, S.; Cole, F., Nekton−Habitat Associations in a Pacific Northwest (USA) Estuary

Giordano, S.; Slacum, H.; Lazar, J.; Volstad, J.; Levin, D.; Bruce, D.; Little, C., A Novel Approach to Quantifying the Effects of Derelict Crab Traps in Chesapeake Bay

McNatt, R.; Hinton, S.; Bottom, D., Chinook Salmon Rearing in the Lower Columbia River Estuary

Power, J.; Johnson, S.; Wilson, D.; Ray, J., Downstream Migration of Salmonid Smolts in Oregon Rivers and Estuaries

Spilseth, S., Competitive Interactions between Juvenile Chinook Salmon and Threespine Stickleback in the Columbia River Estuary

Stevens, P.; Idelberger, C.; Blewett, D., Mainstem and Backwater Fish Assemblages of the Tidal Caloosahatchee River: Implications for Freshwater Inflow Studies

SCI-070 - Seagrass Habitat (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Carruthers, T.; Williams, S.; Waycott, M.; Dennison, W.; Duarte, C.; Fourqurean, J.; Heck, K.; Hughes, A.; Kendrick, G.; Kenworthy, W.; Olyarnik, S.; Orth, R.; Short, F., Could Climate Change and Eutrophication Promote Ruppia as the Seagrass of the Future?

Ferdie, M.; McGlathery, K.; Zieman, J., Disturbance, Gap Recovery and Patch Dynamics of Subtropical Intertidal Species-Rich Seagrass Communities

Kendrick, G.; Holmes, K.; Van Niel, K., Multi-scale Spatial Patterns of Three Seagrass Species with Different Growth Dynamics

Kenworthy, W.; Di Carlo, G.; Reid, J.; Merello, M., Can Grazing Manatees Alter Species Composition and Abundance in Tropical Seagrass Communities in Puerto Rico?

Skinner, M.; Courtenay, S., Assessing the Relative Habitat Value of Suspended Oyster Aquaculture Infrastructure to Coastal and Estuarine Epibenthic Fauna

Steeves, C.; Heck, K., The Effect of Habitat Complexity on Predation Success: Re-evaluating the Current Paradigm in Seagrass Beds

Villanueva, S.; Bell, S., Insight from a Die-off: linking changes in macrophyte cover with ontogeny of infaunal communities

SCI-071 - Seagrass Restoration and Recovery (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Cambridge, M.; Kendrick, G., Long-term Growth Responses of Seagrass Posidonia Transplants to Nutrient Addition

Carr, L.; Boyer, K., Patterns of Epifaunal Abundance and Amphipod Grazing on Eelgrass (Zostera marina) in San Francisco Bay

Di Carlo, G.; Kenworthy, W., Evaluation of Belowground Biomass Recovery in Physically Disturbed Seagrass Meadows

Duffey, R.; Hale, J., Using Habitat Suitability Models to Characterize Seagrass Distribution in Charlotte Harbor, Florida

Jarvis, J.; Moore, K., The Role of Seeds and Seedlings in the Recovery of Eelgrass Beds in Chesapeake Bay USA

Kim, Y.; Park, J.; Park, S.; Kim, J.; Kim, T.; Lee, K., Establishment of the Eelgrass, Zostera marina Transplants on the South Coast of Korea

Marion, S.; Orth, R., A Wide Scale Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Die-off in Chesapeake Bay and Mechanisms of Initial Recovery

Tanner, C.; Hunter, S.; Reel, J.; Parham, T.; Naylor, M.; Karrh, L.; Preen, K.; Golden, R.; Lewandowski, M.; Rybicki, N.; Schenk, E., Evaluating Eelgrass Restoration Success in a Large Scale Project in the Lower Potomac Estuary

Tuxbury, S., Large-scale Eelgrass Restoration Techniques: Lessons Learned from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

SCI-072 - Seagrass Monitoring and Assessment (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Bologna, P., Assessment of Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Community Structure in New Jersey, 1998-2006

Cho, H.; May, C., Status of Seagrass Beds at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi

Gaeckle, J.; Dowty, P.; Reeves, B.; Berry, H.; Wyllie-Echeverria, S.; Mumford, T., Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) Status and Trends in Greater Puget Sound: local change within large-scale stability

Manuel, S.; Coates, K.; Fourqurean, J.; Kenworthy, W.; Hammond, M.; Shailer, M., Seagrass Habitat Monitoring and Management in Bermuda

Sanderson, K.; Hanisak, M., Seagrass Status Following the Hurricanes of 2004 in Indian River Lagoon, Florida

Short, F.; Coles, R.; Freeman, A.; Koch, E.; Fortes, M.; Victor, S., Seagrass Ecosystems in Trouble: A Global Report Card from SeagrassNet

Virnstein, R.; Morris, L., The enigmatic Halophila johnsonii: rare, yet highly dynamic

SCI-073 - Seagrass Ecophysiology (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Bulthuis, D.; Margerum, P.; Burnett, N., Nutrients in an Eelgrass Dominated Bay: Diurnal and Seasonal Fluctuations in the Water Column

Durako, M., Leaf Optical Properties and Photosynthetic Leaf Absorptances in Seagrasses

Frezza, P.; Cañedo, L.; Lorenz, J., Effects of Salinity Variability on the Submerged Aquatic Vegetation within the Coastal Mangrove Zone of Northeastern Florida Bay

Huntington, B.; Boyer, K., Macroalgal Impacts and Patterns of Nutrient Supply to Eelgrass Beds in Tomales Bay, California

Jordan, T.; Koch, E.; Davison, I., Hydrodynamically Mediated Carbon Uptake in Zostera marina Grown in Two Sediment Types

Kahn, A.; Durako, M.; Beal, J., In Situ Responses of Halophila johnsonii to Hurricane-like Water Quality Conditions

Kim, J.; Park, S.; Kang, C.; Lee, K., Production Dynamics of the Intertidal Seagrass, Zostera japonica on the South Coast of Korea

Kiriakopolos, S.; Norden, W.; Boyer, K., The Role of Environment and Depth in Driving Phenotypic Differences in Zostera marina

McKone, K.; Koch, E., Going and Growing with the Flow: Linking Water-flow Induced Seagrass Morphology, Shoot Density, and Light Availability

Meyers, A.; Bell, S.; Thomas, F., Seagrass and Depositional Processes: Experimental Evaluation of the Influence of Flow Regimes and Shoot Density

Moore, G.; Sokoloff, P.; Short, F., A Mesocosm Study to Determine the Effect of Lowered Salinity on Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.)

Park, S.; Lee, K., Photosynthetic Responses of the Intertidal and Subtidal Populations of Zostera marina Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence

Tigani, K.; Gallagher, J.; Seliskar, D., Steps Towards the Development of a Tissue Culture Protocol for Zostera marina.

Young, D.; Brown, C.; Specht, D.; Clinton, P.; Lee, H.; Ozretich, R.; Marko, K., Relationships among Seagrasses, Benthic Macroalgae and Nutrients in a Pacific Northwest Estuary

SCI-074 - Climate Change and Anthropogenic Impacts on Seagrass (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Kaufman, K.; Grant, W.; Heyl, M., Evaluating Relationships between Mapped Seagrass Coverage and River Discharge: An Emphasis on Management Strategies

Kirkman, H.; Houridis, H.; Cohen, A., A Practical Seagrass Shading Method to Resemble a Dredging Plume

Marbà, N.; Díaz-Almela, E.; Álvarez, E.; Duarte, C., Trajectories of Mediterranean Seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) Populations during 1999-2007: Meadow Stability and Climate Change

Novak, A.; Short, F., Leaf Reddening in Seagrasses: A Result of Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Global Climate Change?

Tomasko, D.; Keenan, E.; Alderson, M.; Raulerson, G., Impact of Sea-Level Rise on Water Quality Targets in Sarasota Bay

Waycott, M.; Collier, C.; McMahon, K.; Ralph, P.; McKenzie, L.; Udy, J.; Grech, A., Vulnerability of Seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef to Climate Change

SCI-075 - Monitoring and Assessment of Seagrass (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Boyes, A.; Gannon, J.; Raulerson, G.; Robbins, B., Sarasota Bay Seagrass Monitoring Study: A Hierarchical Evaluation of Seagrass Polygon Dynamics

Dennison, W.; Carruthers, T.; Duarte, C.; Fourqurean, J.; Heck, K.; Hughes, A.; Kendrick, G.; Kenworthy, W.; Olyarnik, S.; Orth, R.; Short, F.; Waycott, M.; Williams, S., Global Trajectories of Seagrasses: A Quantitative Assessment

DeWitt, T.; Lattin, P.; Clinton, P.; Stecher III, H.; Folger, C.; Strickland, S., Automated Production of Seagrass Maps from Sidescan Sonar Imagery: Accuracy, Variability and Patch Resolution

Hudson, R.; Tuxbury, S., Biomass Sampling Used as a Tool to Monitor Eelgrass, Zostera marina, Transplant Success in Narragansett Bay

Kunzelman, J., Monitoring of an Endangered Seagrass Species, Halophila johnsonii, by Permanent Transects

May, C.; Cho, H.; Watters, C., Short-term Variation of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Mississippi

McMahon, K.; Lavery, P.; Mulligan, M.; Brearley, A.; Gartner, A., Indicators of the Indirect Effects of Dredging in a Temperate Seagrass System, Western Australia

Morris, L.; Virnstein, R., A Seagrass Paradox: Density Declines as the Beds Expand

Neckles, H.; Kopp, B.; Peterson, B.; Pooler Eisenbies, P., A Hierarchical Framework for Seagrass Monitoring in Northeastern Estuaries

Park, J.; Kim, Y.; Kim, J.; Lee, K., Seasonal Dynamics of Surfgrass, Phyllospadix japonicus on the Southeast Coast of Korea

Short, F.; Coles, R.; Gaeckle, J.; McKenzie, L.; Fortes, M.; Koch, E., Testing the Effectiveness of the SeagrassNet Monitoring Protocol

SCI-076 - Seagrass Ecosystems (Emergent session from 127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats)

Bergstrom, P.; Karrh, L.; Golden, R.; Moore, K.; Anderson, B., Relating SAV Area to Water Clarity in Chesapeake Bay

Frankovich, T.; Armitage, A.; Fourqurean, J.; Wachnicka, A.; Gaiser, E., P Enrichment of Seagrass Meadows Causes Changes in Epiphyte Community Structure at Different Taxonomic Levels

Green, S.; Swenson, E.; Fry, B., Effects of River Inputs on Nutrient Cycling of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Lake Cataouatche, Louisiana

Milbrandt, E.; Sokoloff, P.; Greenawalt-Boswell, J., Seagrass Transplant Success Linked to Sediment Bacterial Communities

Prado, P.; Collier, C.; Aloverro, T.; Romero, J., Patterns of Within-Shoot Nutrient Translocation Following Simulated Herbivory in the Seagrass Posidonia oceanica

SCI-077 - Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology

Abler, A.; Ming, L.; Zhong, L., How do Hurricane Tracks Affect Storm Surges in the Chesapeake Bay?

Aguilera, R.; Davis, S.; Childers, D., A Case for Carbon-controlled Phosphorus Cycling in the Southern Everglades Mangrove Ecotone

Burrell, C.; Cerrato, J.; Dietrich, A., Managing Manganese in Water Supplies and Distribution Systems: Implications for Metals and Microbes in Tap Water

Crim, R.; Strom, S., Effects of Salinity on Growth and Toxicity of the Bloom-forming Raphidophyte, Heterosigma akashiwo

Davis, J.; Montalvo, N.; Hill, R., Characterization of Novel Sponge-associated Bacteria from the Giant Barrel Sponge, Xestospongia muta

Leissing, J.; Martucci, N.; Green, D.; Donnelly, M., Allelopathic Effects of the Exotic Brazilian Pepper Schinus terebinthifolius on Growth of Native Saltmarsh Flora

Logwood, A.; Krauss, K.; Day, R.; Doyle, T.; Conner, W.; Benson, B., Patterns of Soil Fertility in Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands in the Southeastern United States

Losada, G., Describing Bacterial Communities in a Seasonally Flushed Ecotone Region of the Florida Everglades

McDonald, A.; Mitchelmore, C., Acute and Sub-lethal Effects of Chemically and Physically Dispersed Oil on the Soft Coral Xenia elongata

Nguluwe, B.; Johnson, A.; Lang, K.; Richards, A., Comparison of Two Methods of Aging Monkfish: Vertebrae VS Illica

Norris, S., Identifying Economic Indicators for Ecosystem-based Estuarine Management: A case study in the Elkhorn Slough

Nosach, C., Influence of Environmental Factors on the Germination of South Florida Vallisneria americana

Rodelo, A.; Cohen, C., Behavioral Responses of Invasive Colonial Ascidians to Estuarine-like Salinity Variation

Taylor, A., An Investigation of Sediment Transport Behind the Texas City Dike

Williams, K.; Tang, K.; Gibson, D., DREAMS – Enhancing Research, Academic and Leadership Training of Underrepresented Students in Marine Science

SCI-101 - Benthic Ecology

Anderson, I.; Stanhope, J.; Schaffner, L., Benthic Metabolism and Nutrient Cycling Across Salinity Gradients in Shallow Estuarine and Lagoonal Systems

Bailey, E.; Boynton, W.; Moesel, S., FLUXZILLA: A Comprehensive Analysis of over 7000 Sediment Oxygen and Nutrient Exchanges in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems

Baustian, M.; Rabalais, N., Detecting Benthic Primary Producers in the Hypoxia Region of the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Brown, J.; Miller, D., Settlement and Vertical Tube Growth of Sabellaria vulgaris in Delaware Bay

Bryson, S., Protection From Grazers: an associational defense between kelp and an epiphytic bryozoan

Calabretta, C.; Oviatt, C., A Characterization of Benthic Macrofaunal Communities Present at Anthropogenically Impacted Environments Within Narragansett Bay, RI

Cassidy, K.; Dumbauld, B., Age Determination and Assessment of Neotrypaea californiensis Using Extractable Lipofuscin as an Age Biomarker

Collado-Vides, L.; Fourqurean, J., Halimeda Dynamics Relative to Nutrients Availability in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

Corona, A.; Raz-Guzman, A.; Soto, L., Zoogeographic Patterns of Gammarid Amphipods (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from Laguna Madre and Laguna de Tamiahua, Mexico

Dumbauld, B.; Chapman, J., Is Estuarine Recruitment of a Burrowing Shrimp Host Population Controlled by an Invading Parasite?

Godinez-Dominguez, E.; Flores, J.; Garcia-Calvo, B.; Bernardez, C.; Rojo-Vazquez, J.; Franco-Gordo, C.; Kosonoy, D.; Hinojosa, J.; Freire, J., Settlement Patterns of Commercial Penaeid Shrimps in a Tropical Estuary

Holzer, K.; McGlathery, K., Consumer Control of Seagrass Productivity Along an Environmental Gradient in Bermuda

Hyndes, G., Reef Kelp Subsidizes Secondary Production Other Marine Habitats

Iwaniec, D.; Childers, D., Controls on Stability and Resilience of Microbial Mats from the Florida Everglades

Kostka, J.; Gihring, T.; Gao, H.; Mills, H.; Liu, S.; Collins, G.; Lavik, G.; Van Beusekom, J.; Kuypers, M., Rates and Pathways of Nitrogen Removal from Shallow Permeable Sediments of the Wadden Sea

Mahl, U.; Tyler, A.; McLenaghan, N.; Howarth, R.; Berg, P.; Giblin, A.; Marino, R., Linking Benthic Invertebrate Density and Diversity to Nutrient Cycling and Eutrophication in Shallow Estuaries

McKay, K.; Heck, K., Does Prior Grazing by the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus Affect Palatability of Turtlegrass, Thalassia testudinum?

McLenaghan, N.; Tyler, A.; Mahl, U.; Marino, R.; Howarth, R., The Role of Invertebrate Functional Diversity in Regulating Benthic Algal Dynamics

Norden, W.; Martin, L.; McNaught, D., Evaluating the Ecosystem Services of Eelgrass Habitat to Invertebrate Larval Recruitment and Adult Fish Populations

Parker, F.; Anderson, I., Tracking the Uptake and Fate of Benthic Microalgal Carbon and Nitrogen: A Dual Isotopic Approach

Pascal, P.; Dupuy, C.; Richard, P.; Armynot Du Chatelet, E.; Mallet, C.; Niquil, N., Trophic Role of Benthic Bacteria Along the Year in an Intertidal Mudflat

Pinckney, J., Spatiotemporal Patterns of Subtidal Benthic Microalgal Biomass and Community Composition in Galveston Bay, TX

Puente, A.; Calderón, G.; Juanes, J.; García, A.; Revilla, J.; Álvarez, C., Medium-Term Assessment of the Prestige Oil Spill Effects on Estuarine Benthic Communities of Cantabria (N Spain, Gulf of Biscay)

Ryckman, L.; Montagna, P.; Kalke, R., Effects of Hypoxia on Harpacticoid Copepod Reproduction in the Northern Gulf of Mexico

Seitz, R.; Long, W., Impact of Hypoxia on the Functional Response of Predators

Sundback, K.; Larson, F.; Groth Petersen, D.; Alsterberg, C.; Dahllof, I., Are Illuminated Shallow-water Sediments Robust Systems – or too Complex for Detection of Clear Stressor Effects?

Thornton, D., Measurement of Acid Polysaccharides (APS) in Coastal Sediments

Tobias, C., Linking Benthic Microalgae to Coupled Denitrification

Turner, C.; Tyler, A.; Mahl, U.; Marino, R.; Howarth, R., Eutrophication and Benthic Macrofauna: Impacts on Porewater Chemistry in Sediments of Varying Organic Matter

Tyler, A.; Turner, C.; Mahl, U.; Berg, P.; Marino, R.; Howarth, R., Feedbacks Among Benthic Invertebrates, Microalgae and Sediment Biogeochemistry in Shallow Estuarine Sediments

Underwood, G., Microalgal Biofilms as Key Elements in Coastal Benthic Carbon Cycling

Woodin, S.; Wethey, D., Spheres of Influence, Recruitment, and Community Dynamics

SCI-102 - Biogeochemistry - Organic and Inorganic

Camacho-Ibar, V.; Durazo, R.; Souza, A.; Santamaria, E.; Mejia, A.; Hernández-Ayón, J.; González, A., Upwelling Intensification Enhances Nutrient Supply to a Coastal Lagoon in Baja California during Spring 2005

Devereux, R.; Kurtz, J.; Beddick Jr., D.; Yates, D.; Eldridge, P., Sediment Biogeochemistry on the Louisiana Coastal Shelf Dead Zone

Gardner, W.; McCarthy, M., Comparative Florida Bay nitrogen dynamics in August 2004, January 2005, and November 2006

Hume, A.; Berg, P.; McGlathery, K., Oxygen Exchange Dynamics in Seagrass Meadows Measured with the New Eddy Correlation Technique

Lenaker, P.; Rivera-Monroy, V.; Twilley, R.; Castaneda-Moya, E., Temperature Effects on Spatial Patterns of Denitrification During River Pulsing Events in Breton Sound, Louisiana

Long, M.; McGlathery, K.; Zieman, J.; Berg, P., The Role of Organic Acid Exudates in Liberating Phosphorus from Seagrass-Vegetated Carbonate Sediments

Mozdzer, T.; Zieman, J.; McGlathery, K., Latitudinal Variation in the Availability and Utilization of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen by Spartina alterniflora

O'Keefe, J.; Cornwell, J., Iron, Sulfur, and Phosphorus Biogeochemistry Across the Estuarine Salinity Gradient of the Patuxent River, Maryland, USA

Palomo, L.; Dickhudt, P.; Brylawski, A.; Friedrichs, C.; Schaffner, L.; Canuel, E., Short-term Degradation of Fatty Acids in Biological vs. Physical Mixing Regimes in the York River Estuary

Rellinger, A.; Heintzman, S.; Kiene, R., Accumulation and Release of DMSP and DMS by the Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Mobile Bay

Souza, A.; Pease, T., Microbial Potential Hydrolytic Activity and Kinetics in Estuarine Sediments

Sun, M.; Dai, J., Biogeochemical Cycling of POM in Altamaha River Estuarine Sediments: Sources, Relative Reactivities, and Bacterial Utilization

Taillefert, M.; Meiggs, D.; Bristow, G.; Beckler, J.; Jones, M.; Salome, K.; Wilson, P.; Wu, H., Role of Iron in the Remineralization of Carbon in Coastal Marine Sediments

Troxler, T.; Ikenaga, M.; Scinto, L.; Boyer, J.; Giraldo, B.; Dean, A.; Collin, R., Bacterial Diversity, Enzyme Activities and Soil CO₂ Flux Along a P Gradient in a Coastal Peatland, Panama

Vlahos, P.; Dam, H.; Kremer, J.; O'Donnell, J., Carbon Transport and Cycling in Western Long Island Sound

SCI-103 - Carbon, Nutrient and other Material Budgets

Arreola, A., Fluxes of Nutrients, Net Metabolism, and Trophic State in a Semiarid Subtropical Coastal Lagoon, Mexico

Delgadillo-Hinojosa, F.; Zirino, A.; Holm-Hansen, O.; Hernández-Ayón, J.; Boyd, T.; Chadwick, B.; Rivera-Duarte, I., Net Ecosystem Metabolism in a Hypersaline Estuary: San Diego Bay

Elsey, T.; Gallagher, J.; Seliskar, D., Nitrogen and Carbon Sequestration in Salt Marsh Plants When Eutrophication and Sea Level Rise Affect Our Estuaries

Hayn, M.; Howarth, R.; Marino, R.; Berg, P.; Foreman, K.; Giblin, A.; McGlathery, K., Nitrogen Input-Output Dynamics in a Shallow Tidal Estuary on Cape Cod

Hill, J.; Wells, D.; Ortt, R.; VanRyswick, S., Basin-wide Extrapolation of Sediment Oxygen Demand Based on Sediment Physical and Bulk Chemical Properties

Huang, W.; Chen, R.; Gardner, B., Behavior of Riverine Dissolved Organic Matter in Hudson Estuary

Kathilankal, J.; Fuentes, J., Environmental Forcings on Ecosystem Level Fluxes of Carbon and Energy from a Salt Marsh

Rivera-Monroy, V.; Twilley, R.; Castaneda-Moya, E.; Lenaker, P.; Childers, D., Nitrogen Cycling in Estuarine Wetlands of Taylor River, Florida

Silva, J.; Santos, R., Short-term and Long-term Carbon Budgets of the Intertidal Seagrass Zostera noltii in South Portugal

Wang, W.; Morris, J., Belowground CO₂ Evolution in East Coast Salt Marshes, USA

Zhao, Y.; Raymond, P., Carbon Export from a New England Salt Marsh

SCI-105 - Contaminants and Pathogens

Boettcher, A.; Sherman, T.; Martin, D.; Boone, E.; Caldwell, M.; Garcias, N.; Wyllie-Echeverria, S., New Insights into the Wasting Disease Pathogen, Labyrinthula

Brinkmeyer, R., Adenoviruses as Fecal Contaminant Source Trackers in Buffalo and Whiteoak Bayous, Tributaries into Galveston Bay

Candelmo, A.; Deshpande, A.; Weis, J., Trophic Transfer and Effects on Bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, Consuming Contaminated Prey

Cheney, D.; Brudner, M.; Aulisio, D.; Gardner, K.; White, J., Seaweed Uptake of Organic Pollutants & Their Affect on Grazers: PCBs and PAHs

Culbertson, J.; Valiela, I.; Pickart, M.; Peacock, E.; Reddy, C., Response of Salt Marsh Grass to Residual Petroleum Spilled 38 Years Ago in Wild Harbor, MA

DeLorenzo, M.; Pennington, P.; Finnegan, M.; Chung, K.; Sapozhnikova, Y.; Fulton, M., Toxicity of the Antifouling Compound Irgarol in Estuarine Systems

Finnegan, M.; DeLorenzo, M., Use of the Marine Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsleta, to Assess Toxicity of an Estuarine Contaminant, Irgarol 1051

Gilbert, L.; Brinkmeyer, R., Association of Virulent Vibrio spp. Bacteria with Hard Head and Gafftop Catfish in Galveston Bay, Texas

Guillen, G., Interaction between Basin Morphology and Water Quality: Case Study Marinas and Canal Subdivisions

Helming, S.; Ho, L.; Taylor, D.; O'Shea, S., Trace Heavy Metal Analysis of a Benthic Food Chain in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Hieke, A.; Santschi, P.; Yeager, K.; Brinkmeyer, R., Diversity and Distribution of Bacterial Communities in Dioxin-Contaminated Sediments from the Houston Ship Channel

Johnson, J.; Rhodes, M.; Jacobs, J.; Wood, R., Ambient Microbial Pathogen Monitoring in Chesapeake Bay: Linking Pathogen Abundance to Ecosystem Health

Johnston, M.; Porter, D.; Scott, G.; Webster, L.; Rhodes, W., Isolation of Fecal Coliform Bacteria from the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

Kang, A.; Parsons, G., Developing a Non-Monetary Compensation Policy in the Case of Losing Public Beaches

Matso, K., A Comparative Study on Alternative versus Traditional Indicators of Fecal Pollution at Swimming Beaches

Meyer, S.; Long, R., Patchy Distribution of a Marine Human Pathogen, Vibrio vulnificus, in a Texas Bay

Motelay-Massei, A.; Larcher-Tiphagne, K.; Deloffre, J.; Ollivon, D., Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Seine Estuary Mudflats: Contamination levels and links with sedimentary processes

Payne, E.; Taylor, D., Variability in the Total Mercury Concentration of Winter Flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) and Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Piraino, M.; Taylor, D., Mercury Bioaccumulation Rates in Striped Bass and Tautog in Narragansett Bay, RI, and Potential Implications to Human Health

Straub, P.; Deshpande, A.; Phoel, W.; Higham, M.; Dockum, B., Gene Expression Signatures in Young of the Year Bluefish from Degraded Habitats

Szczebak, J.; Taylor, D., Correlation Analysis of Young-of-the-year Winter Flounder, Bluefish, and Tautog Relative to Bioavailable Mercury in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Taylor, D., Bioaccumulation of Total Mercury in Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Williams, J.; Jackson, B.; Mayes, B.; Shaw, J.; Chen, C., Trophic Transfer Patterns and Bioavailability of Metals (As, Cd, Pb, Zn) in Pristine and Contaminated Estuaries

SCI-107 - Estuarine Restoration

Canavan, R.; Slomp, C., Examining Potential Sediment P-Release in Response to Estuarine Restoration Using Biogeochemical Modeling

Castanedo, S.; Olabarrieta, M.; Mendez, F.; Medina, R.; Baston, S., Hydrodynamic Study for the Oyambre Estuary Restoration (Bay of Biscay, Spain)

Chapman, K., A Trial of New Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in a Tidally Restricted Coastal Lagoon, Cape Cod

Day, J.; Moerschbaecher, M.; Day, J.; Lane, R.; Hunter, R., The Impact of the Caernarvon Freshwater Diversion on Above- and Belowground Productivity in the Breton Sound Estuary after Hurricane Katrina

Eberhardt, A.; Burdick, D.; Dionne, M., Response of the American Eel to Saltmarsh Restoration and Its Role in Trophic Dynamics

Gossman, B.; Piazza, B.; La Peyre, M., Thin-layer Deposition of Dredged Material: A technique for brackish marsh enhancement?

Grablow, K.; Walters, L., Recovery Rate of Seagrass from Boat Propeller Scars in Mosquito Lagoon, FL

Hanks, K.; Barber, T.; Jadot, C.; Krumholz, J., Oyster Restoration Project to Restore Hard Bottom Habitat, Improve Water Quality and Reduce Shoreline Erosion

Lane, R.; Day, J.; Day, J., Marsh Edge Erosion and the Effectiveness of Sediment Fences in a Louisiana Estuary

Laudenbach-Nelson, K.; Largay, E.; Ferree, C.; Kreeger, D.; Maxwell-Doyle, M., Application of the National Vegetation Classification System to Regional Initiatives in the Delaware Estuary Watershed

Leschen, A.; Kessler, R.; Estrella, B., Successful Eelgrass Restoration in a Previously Degraded Estuary (Boston Harbor): Lessons Learned

Mills, D., The Economic Value in Restoration Cost Estimates

Pickerell, C.; Schott, S.; Petersen, K., Eelgrass Establishment at a High Energy Site: A case study along Long Island’s north shore

Rafferty, P.; James-Pirri, M.; Roman, C.; Mellander, M.; Frame, G.; Adamo, D.; Foley, M.; Alvarez, M., Monitoring Salt Marsh Restoration at Elders Point, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York, USA

Stark, K.; Woodruff, D.; Boyle, M.; Bookheim, B.; Arber, L., Collaborative Effort to Restore Eelgrass Habitat in Puget Sound, WA

Thébault, J.; Schraga, T.; Cloern, J., Unintended Aquaculture: Productivity in a South San Francisco Bay Salt Pond (California)

Travis, S.; Grace, J., Genetic Methods for the Identification of Suitable Smooth Cordgrass Transplants During Tidal Marsh Restoration

Venherm, C.; Alexander, C.; Robinson, M., Evaluating Wetland Remediation Success of an Abandoned Rice Plantation in SE Georgia

SCI-108 - Eutrophication/Water Quality

Berman, M.; Melrose, C., Annual Cycles in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Bos, J.; Albertson, S.; Maloy, C.; Stutes, A., Nutrient Levels in Puget Sound: Decadal Changes and Controlling Factors in Regional Basins

Buchanan, C., A Phytoplankton Habitat Index for Estuarine Open Water Environments

Bukaveckas, P.; Aufdenkampe, A., Effects of Autochthonous Production on Biochemical Properties of Riverine Seston

Chong, K., Spring- neap Tidal Cycle on Bottom DO Dynamics: Implication of hypoxia formation

Corcoran, A.; Reifel, K.; Shipe, R., Effects of Stormwater Runoff on Phytoplankton Dynamics in Santa Monica Bay, CA 

Deegan, L.; Peterson, B.; Drake, D.; Warren, R., Tracing the Fate of Added NO₃^- in a Whole System Saltmarsh Eutrophication Experiment

Drescher, S.; Messersmith, M.; Davis, B.; Sanger, D.; Rada, M., South Carolina Coastal Research Initiative: A new focus on stormwater ponds

Ellis, G.; Hollander, D., Stable Isotopic Composition of Shell Organic Matrix as a Means of Reconstructing Estuarine Nutrient History

Fear, J.; Rossignol, K.; Braddy, J.; Calendra, E.; Paerl, H., Potential Impacts of Atmospheric Emissions from an Egg Laying Factory on the Nutrient Sensitive Surface Waters of Eastern North Carolina

Foreman, K.; McHorney, R.; Vincent, A.; Moreau, S.; Anderson, M.; Lombardo, P.; Vallino, J., Can Permeable Reactive Barriers Really Work to Remediate Groundwater-borne Nitrate Inputs to Coastal Ecosystems?

Fox, S.; Teichberg, M.; Tomasky, G.; Valiela, I., Decadal Changes in Macrophyte Abundance in Response to Different Land-derived N Loads in Waquoit Bay, Massachusetts

Funk, C.; McHorney, R.; Foreman, K.; Crusius, J.; Howarth, R.; Marino, R.; McGlathery, K.; Berg, P., Watershed and Estuarine Processing of Groundwater Borne Nutrients

Gobler, C.; Koch, F., The Effect of Tidal Export from Salt Marsh Ditches on Estuarine Water Quality

Graham, S.; Mendelssohn, I.; Laursen, K., Eutrophication Potential of an Oligohaline Marsh Subjected to Differential Nitrogen and Phosphorus Enrichment

Guarinello, M., Characterizing Benthic Habitats and Water Quality in a Rhode Island Coastal Lagoon with Restricted Sub-basin Circulation

Haas, L.; Anderson, I.; Brush, M.; Kator, H., Causes of Hypoxia in the York River, Virginia: Observations Using an ACROBAT Towed Undulating Vehicle

Hartzell, J.; Jordan, T., Differences in Sediment Burial Among Three Different Chesapeake Bay Subestuaries

Hayami, Y.; Tsugeki, N.; Shuto, T., Environmental and Biological Factors Associated with the Red Tide Increase in the Ariake Sea, Japan

Hinga, K., Prospects for Reducing Agricultural Runoff of Nutrients, Sediments, and Pesticides

Ivins, K.; DiDonato, E., Water Quality Monitoring at Fort Pulaski National Monument, Savannah, Georgia

Johnson, C.; Koepfler, E., Relationship between Coastal Water Quality and Recreational Landings of Fishes in Long Bay, South Carolina

Kennison, R.; Fong, P., Field Experiments Provide Evidence that Nutrient Supply, Scouring, and Drag Control Macroalgal Accumulation in Estuaries

King, L.; Koepfler, E.; Johnson, C.; Lake, S.; Bennett, J.; Libes, S., Coastal Hypoxia and Pier Sampling of Water Quality Parameters in Long Bay, South Carolina

Koepfler, E.; Lake, S.; Smith, E.; Bennett, J.; Libes, S., Examination of Inner Shelf Water Quality in Long Bay, South Carolina, using Dataflow

Lake, S.; Koepfler, E.; Hunter, A., Temporal-spatial Variability of Water Quality in a Tropical Bay Ecosystem and the Surrounding Coastal Habitat

Lasi, M.; Trefry, J.; Steward, J.; Tweedale, W., Turbidity in Southern Mosquito Lagoon, Florida: Composition, Sources, and Effects on Light Attenuation

Li, H.; Roelke, D.; Davis, S.; Liu, K.; Gable, G., Impacts of Freshwater Inflows on Two Subtropical Estuaries, Texas

Maier, G.; Glegg, G.; Tappin, A.; Worsfold, P., The Potential of Modified Agricultural Practices to Mitigate Eutrophication Events in the Taw Estuary (UK)

Marchi, A.; Dugdale, R.; Parker, A.; Hogue, V.; Lew, K.; Fuller, J.; Wilkerson, F., Influence of San Francisco Estuary Outflow on the Near-shore Gulf of the Farallones Phytoplankton Communities

Melrose, C.; Berman, M., Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Narragansett Bay, RI

Neikirk, B.; Moore, K., Long Term Trends in Estuarine Water Quality in the York River, Virginia Littoral Zone

Neu, A.; Redalje, D.; Natter, M.; Rowe, E.; Sawant, P.; Pluhar, R.; Schilling, B., Using Geographic Information System (GIS) to Model the Water Quality of the Bay of St. Louis, Mississippi

Owens, M.; Cornwell, J., Temporal Changes in Sedimentary Denitrification Efficiency: The Effects of Bioirrigation and Reduced Bottom Water Oxygen

Peterson, S.; Teal, J.; Weishar, L., Natural Attenuation of Nitrogen in Wetlands and Waterbodies

Poucher, S.; Carey, C., Evaluating Dissolved Oxygen in Narragansett Bay using new Rhode Island State Standards

Prell, W.; Murray, D.; Orchardo, J.; Deacutis, C.; Saarman, E., Episodic Summer-Time Hypoxia in Narragansett Bay (Narragansett Bay CHRP)

Prins, T.; Blauw, A.; Baretta-Bekker, H.; Laane, R., Eutrophication and Transboundary Nutrient Transport in Dutch Coastal Waters

Sakowicz, G.; Haag, S.; Kennish, M., Videographic Imaging of Seagrass Beds to Characterize Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in a Eutrophic Coastal Bay System

Shumchenia, E.; King, J.; Burgess, R.; Rego, S.; Pelletier, M., Characterizing the Benthic Response to Seasonal Hypoxia in Greenwich Bay, Rhode Island, USA

Steward, J.; Lasi, M.; Tweedale, W., Setting Targets for Water Quality Relevant to Seagrass Recovery and Protection in the Indian River and Banana River Lagoons, Florida

Stoffel, H.; Codiga, D.; Deacutis, C.; Kiernan, S.; Oviatt, C., Characterizing Recent Hypoxic Events in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island using a Time-Series Approach

Sutula, M.; Kamer, K.; Cable, J.; Collis, H.; Berelson, W., Importance of Benthic N Flux as a Source of Nitrogen to Upper Newport Bay, California

Trice, T.; Michael, B.; Hall, M.; Trumbauer, C.; Cole, B.; Romano, W.; Boynton, W.; Moesel, S.; Bailey, E.; Tanner, C.; Bush, H.; Moore, K.; Anderson, B.; Neikirk, B.; Tango, P., Monitoring the Nation’s River – High Frequency Water Quality Monitoring of the Potomac River, USA

Wilkerson, F.; Hogue, V.; Parker, A.; Dugdale, R.; Marchi, A.; Kleckner, A.; Fuller, J., Anomalously Low Phytoplankton Productivity in the Northern San Francisco Estuary

SCI-112 - Geomorphology and Sediment Processes

Baldwin, J.; Leonard, L.; Snedden, G., Factors Influencing Spatial and Temporal Variability in Beach Topography, Oak Island, North Carolina

Buonassissi, C.; Dierssen, H., Measuring Suspended Sediments Using LISST Instruments

Cowart, L.; Corbett, D.; Walsh, J., Analysis of Shoreline Change within the Albemarle-Pamlico Estuarine System, North Carolina

Croft, A.; Leonard, L.; Childers, D.; Solo-Gabriele, H., Documenting the Importance of Water Flow and Sediment Transport in Upper Everglades National Park

Dellapenna, T.; Simons, J., Natural Responses to Anthropogenic Alterations of the Matagorda Bay System, Northern Gulf of Mexico

Fielder, B.; Dellapenna, T., Anthropogenic and Natural Influences on Sediment Deposition in Naples Bay, Florida

Halka, J.; Sanford, L., Erosion of a Consolidated Fine-grained Shore and Contributions to Nearshore Turbidity

Heath, K.; Kineke, G.; Milligan, T.; Law, B., Fluid Mud Formation in the Petitcodiac River Estuary, New Brunswick, Canada

Hunsinger, G.; Mitra, S., Hydrodynamic Effects on Particulate PAH Exchange in Tivoli Bays, Hudson River Estuary, NY

Jackson, N.; Nordstrom, K.; Smith, D.; Saini, S.; Raineault, N.; Reyes, D., Effects of Bulkheads on Bay Beaches

Kenna, T.; Nitsche, F.; Haberman, M., Improving the Spatial Resolution of Sediment Core Studies: Rapid Down Core Metal Distributions and Inventories

Lermon, M.; Kineke, G.; Bentley, S.; Fredericks, J.; Girard, A.; Sisson, J.; Traykovski, P.; Trowbridge, J., Sediment Resuspension During Passage of Cold Fronts on the Inner Shelf, Chenier Plain Coast, Louisiana

Moore, R.; Wolf, J.; Souza, A.; Flint, S., The Morphology and Tidal Propagation of the Dee Estuary, UK

Nitsche, F.; Kenna, T.; Haberman, M., Detailed Quantification of Estuarine Sediment Deposits in the Hudson River Estuary: An Integrated Approach

Ryu, C.; Yoon, H., A Study on the Characteristics of Deposition in Nakdong Estuary

Sigleo, A., Suspended and Benthic Sediment Relationships in the Yaquina Estuary, Oregon: Nutrient Processing

Xu, K.; Harris, C.; Hetland, R.; Kaihatu, J., Towards a Sediment Transport Model of the Louisiana / Texas Shelf

SCI-113 - Harmful Algal Blooms

Donovan, C., A Submersible Active Fluorometer Used to Monitor Photosynthetic Parameters and Algal Biomass

Hall, N.; Litaker, W.; Fensin, E.; Adolf, J.; Bowers, H.; Place, A.; Paerl, H., Environmental Factors Modulating an Ichthyotoxic Dinoflagellate (Karlodinium veneficum) Bloom in the Neuse River Estuary, NC

Lanerolle, L.; Patchen, R., Numerical Modeling of the Initiation and Fate of Harmful Algal Blooms on the West Florida Shelf

Lehman, P.; Boyer, G.; Satchwell, M.; Waller, S., Microcystis in the San Francisco Estuary

Mendoza, W.; Mead, R., Detected Brevetoxins in Surficial Marine Sediments as Potential Sedimentary Molecular Biomarkers in Reconstructing HAB events

Sekula, E.; Benitez-Nelson, C.; Thunell, R.; Morton, S.; Burns, J.; Ferry, J., Persistence of the Marine Biotoxin Domoic Acid at Depth in the Santa Barbara Basin, California

Yonghui, G.; Zhiming, Y.; Xiuxian, S., Clay Flocculation: A Possible Mitigation Method in Algal Bloom

SCI-115 - Hydrodynamics and Physical Properties

Chen, S.; Sanford, L., Lateral Circulation Driven by Boundary Mixing and the Associated Transport of Sediments in Idealized Partially-Mixed Estuaries

Chernetskyy, O.; Talke, S.; Schuttelaars, H.; De Swart, H., The Effect of Deepening the Ems Estuary on Tidal Dynamics and Residual Circulation Patterns

Davis, E.; Boicourt, W., Observation and Modeling of Tributary Estuaries in Chesapeake Bay

DiMarco, S.; Chapman, P., Influence of Richardson Number on Water Column Dissolved Oxygen Concentration and Nutrient Cycling on the Eastern Texas-Louisiana Shelf

Geyer, W.; Lerczak, J.; Scully, M.; Ralston, D., The Long and Short of Estuarine Dynamics

Giddings, S.; Fong, D.; Monismith, S.; Edwards, K., Tidal Intrusion Front Dynamics in a Shallow, Macrotidal Estuary

Huijts, K.; Schramkowski, G.; Schuttelaars, H.; De Swart, H., Transverse Distribution of Flow and Suspended Sediment in Estuaries:Combined Analytical and Numerical Modeling Approach

Kawase, M.; Sarason, C., Structure and Variability of the Exchange Circulation in Puget Sound, Washington: A Model Study

Lerczak, J.; Geyer, W.; Ralston, D.; Scully, M., Tidal and Baroclinic Exchange at the Mouth of a Salt Wedge Estuary

Li, C.; Walker, N.; Hou, A.; Laws, E.; Lin, H., Tidal Jets and Wind Straining on Mixing in Lake Pontchartrain: Numerical Modeling Using FVCOM

Lin, J.; Xie, L.; Pietrafesa, L.; Shen, J.; Mallin, M.; Durako, M., Dissolved Oxygen Stratification in Two Micro-tidal Partially-mixed Estuaries

Long, W.; Xu, J.; Lanerolle, L.; Hood, R.; Gross, T.; Wiggert, J.; Murtugudde, R.; Brown, C., Internal Variability of the Chesapeake Bay Physics

MacVean, L.; Stacey, M., Effects of Estuarine Habitat Restoration: The Influence of Recovering Perimeter Habitat on Estuarine Hydrodynamics

Marques, W.; Monteiro, I.; Moraes, B.; Flores, E.; Fernandes, E.; Möller, O., Patos Lagoon Coastal Plume Study Using Numerical Modeling and Modis Images

Massei, N.; Deloffre, J.; Motelay-Massei, A.; Mesquita, J.; Lafite, R.; Laignel, B., The Temporal Variability of Seine River Discharge as a Key Parameter of Estuarine Hydrosedimentary Evolution

Mied, R.; Chen, W.; Shen, C.; Evans, T., Han River Estuary Surface Velocities from Satellite Imagery

Najjar, R.; Hilton, T.; Katz, B.; Mann, M.; Li, M.; Zhong, L., Is there a Signal of Sea-level Rise in the Salinity of mid-Atlantic Estuaries?

Nidzieko, N.; Monismith, S., Seasonal Patterns of Residual Circulation in Elkhorn Slough: Physical Mechanisms and Their Ecological Role

Ransibrahmanakul, V.; Pirhalla, D.; Mavor, T.; Clark, R.; Christensen, J., Use of Satellite to Identify Monthly-seasonal Mesoscale Surface Boundary Features in Pacific Northwest Marine Environments

Rogers, J.; Kincaid, C.; NOAA-CHRP Group, N., Circulation in the Heart of Narragansett Bay and Exchange with the Impacted Extremities

Scully, M.; Geyer, W., Residual Circulation in the Hudson River Estuary

Walker, N.; Li, C.; Shaw, R.; Weeks, E., Mapping of 3D Flow Field in an Intersection of Tidal Channels and Calculation of Transport

Xia, M.; Pietrafesa, L.; Xie, L.; Peng, M.; Bao, S., The Hydrodynamic Modeling of Croatan-Albemarle-Pamlico Estuary System

Xu, J.; Long, W.; Lanerolle, L.; Hood, R.; Gross, T.; Brown, C.; Murtugudde, R.; Wiggert, J., Studying the Interannual Variability in the Chesapeake Bay using the ChesROMS Community Model

SCI-116 - Innovative Technological Applications

Chekalyuk, A., Advanced Laser Fluorescence Characterization of Phytoplankton Pigments, Physiology and Community in Coastal and Estuarine Waters

Copeland, J.; Kiddon, J.; Walker, H.; Charpentier, M.; Buffum, H.; Cormier, C.; Cunningham, N.; Audette, C., Technology Transfer of Analytical Tools to State Partners for the National Coastal Assessment

Faldetta, S.; Robinson, D.; King, J.; Gardner, J., Identifying Archaeologically Sensitive Paleosols in the Offshore Environment: An Integrated Approach

Howe, B.; Baptista, A., Can 3D Visualization Play a Role in Estuary Management?

Kessler, R.; Leschen, A.; Estrella, B., Using Models as a Tool to Aid Strategic Eelgrass Restoration Efforts

Luczkovich, J.; Clough, L.; Deehr, R.; Hart, K., Using Sonar and Trawls to Estimate Fish Biomass in Core Sound, NC

MacDonald, D., Alternative Options for Heat Discharge in Mt. Hope Bay

Powell, S.; Porter, D.; Allen, W.; Walker, S.; Hibbert, J., Using GIS/Remote Sensing to Evaluate Impervious Surfaces in Support of Coastal Land Use Planning

Stanhope, J.; Anderson, I.; Brush, M.; Kator, H.; Haas, L.; Walker, H., ACROBAT: Modification of a Towed Undulating Vehicle for Determining Water Quality in Three-Dimensional Space

White, D.; Sanger, D.; Blair, A.; Felber, J.; Holland, F., Development of a Correction Factor for the National Land Cover Database 2001 Imperviousness Product in Southeastern Tidal Creek Watersheds

SCI-118 - Large Scale Natural Events

Antón, A.; Cebrián, J.; Sheehan, K.; Foster, C.; Miller, M.; Goff, J., The Impact of Hurricane Katrina on the Structure and Functioning of Seagrass Meadows

Byron, D.; Heck, K., Hurricane Effects on Seagrasses Along the Northern Gulf Coast

Cebrian, J.; Foster, D.; Plutchak, R.; Sheehan, K.; Miller, M.; Anton, A.; Major, K.; Heck, K.; Powers, S., The Impact of Hurricane Ivan on the Primary Productivity and Metabolism of Marsh Tidal Creeks in the Northcentral Gulf of Mexico

Hosking, A.; Cowan, J.; Porthouse, J., Sustainability in Coastal Louisiana: Integrating ecosystem and community needs

Jacoby, C.; Frazer, T., Effects of Storm-induced Salinity Changes on Submersed Aquatic Vegetation in Kings Bay, Florida

Kotowicz, D., Case Study in Thailand of Post-Tsunami Livelihood Rehabilitation for Greater Coastal Resilience

Lapointe, B.; Bedford, B.; Yentsch, C., Recent Hurricanes and Their Impacts on Harmful Algal Blooms in South Florida

Orlando, B.; Robbins, B.; Conrad, C.; Haunert, K., Hurricane Impacts on SAV Coverage in Southwest Florida Estuarine Systems

Piazza, S.; Steyer, G.; Sasser, C.; Visser, J.; Perez, B.; Holm, G.; Sapkota, S., Impact and Recovery of Vegetative Structure in Coastal Louisiana Marsh Communities Following the Hurricanes of 2005

Powers, S.; Benfield, M., Response of Fishes and Mobile Invertebrates to Benthic Habitat Degradation Resulting from Hurricane Landfall

Sharp, L.; Steyer, G.; Meriwether, J., Hurricane Rita Sediment Deposition on the Chenier Plain of Coastal Southwest Louisiana

Steyer, G.; Piazza, S.; Perez, B.; Sharp, L.; Sapkota, S., Influence of Saltwater Storm Surge from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Coastal Louisiana Marsh Landscapes

Tomasko, D.; Anastasiou, C., The Role of Natural vs. Anthropogenic Impacts Associated with Large-scale Hypoxia Following Hurricane Charley

Weston, J., Short-term Water Quality Responses to Storm Events at Two Microtidal Estuaries

Wilson, M.; Luther, M.; Meyers, S.; Holm, H.; Linville, A.; Gilbert, S.; Subramanian, V., Effects of Extreme Events on Residual Circulation for Tampa Bay, Florida

SCI-120 - Marine Protected Areas

Clark, R.; Battista, T.; Pittman, S.; Costa, B.; Hartwell, I.; Desch, A., Biogeographic Characterization of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary and the Gulf of Maine

Sandifer, P.; Allan, J.; Beck, M.; Fautin, D.; Fogarty, M.; Halpern, B.; Incze, L.; Leong, J.; Norse, E.; Stachowicz, J.; Wall, D.; Palumbi, S., Could Conservation of Biodiversity be a Unifying Goal for Marine Ecosystem-Based Management?

Scheidt, D.; Garreau, C.; Holloway-Adkins, K., Watercraft Use Patterns Within the Federally Managed Waters of Mosquito Lagoon, East-Central Florida

Ward, K.; Grizzle, R.; Abeels, H.; Greene, J., Effects of the Western Gulf of Maine Closure Area on Groundfish Populations in Rocky Habitats

SCI-121 - Modeling

Abdelrhman, M., Simplified Modeling of Constituent Concentration for Biological Response

Alade, L., Evaluating a Movement-mortality Model through Simulation

Archbald, G.; Boyer, K., Modeling Connectivity between Eelgrass (Zostera marina) Populations in San Francisco Bay

Aveytua Alcazar, L.; Camacho, V.; Souza, A.; Allen, J., Modeling of Nutrient Dynamics in a Coastal Lagoon Through Ecosystem Model

Bacopoulos, P.; Hagen, S.; Sucsy, P., An Evaluation of the Estuary/Tidal Marsh Circulation Effects for the St. Johns River, Florida

Brown, G.; Barry, K., Numerical Modeling of the Impacts of Chilled Fresh Water Discharge in a Salt-Stressed Marsh

Christian, D., Sediment Modeling in Indian River Lagoon, FL

Hendrickson, J.; Sucsy, P., Residence Time Effects on Internal Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Load in a Southeast U.S. Coastal Plain River

Hoeppner, S.; Rose, K., Swamp Succession in Coastal Louisiana: an Individual-based Modeling Approach

Lee, S.; Lie, H.; Kim, H.; Cho, C.; Song, K., Change of Marine Environments after the Saemangeum Dike Closure, Korea

Park, K., The Effects of Urban and Industrial Developments and Hydrologic Alterations on Indian River Lagoon Salinity

Shenk, G.; Wu, J.; Linker, L., Automated Riverine Water Quality Calibration of The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Watershed Model

Stewart, J.; Suscy, P., Hydrodynamic and Circulation Study of Crescent Lake in the St Johns River, Florida

Yang, Z.; Khangaonkar, T., Modeling of the Snohomish River Estuary Plume: Spatial and Temporal Variability

Zheng, L.; Weisberg, R., A Baroclinic Circulation Simulation for the Shallow Florida Rookery Bay Estuary

SCI-122 - Monitoring and Indicators

Delgado, P.; Hall, M.; Swarth, C.; Trice, T.; Zimmerelli, J.; Trumbauer, C.; Thompson, S., Land Use and Water Quality Trends within the Maryland Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve

Hollister, J.; Morzillo, A.; Weissberger, E.; Nestlerode, J.; Paul, J., Comparing Apples to Apples: Generating a Nationally Consistent Index of Benthic Biology in Estuarine Waters

Langtimm, C.; Beck, C.; Bonde, R.; Teague, A.; Curtin, K.; Reid, J.; Meigs-Friend, G.; Krohn, M., Comparing Annual Adult Survival Rates of Florida Manatees with Unusual Mortality Events of Dolphins

Lee, W.; Hamlin, L., Habitat Utilization by Selected Fish and Shellfish in Galveston Bay System, Texas

Llewellyn, C.; La Peyre, M., Application of Stable Isotopes in the Assessment of Functional Equivalency of Beneficial Dredge Use Marshes

Longval, B.; Oviatt, C., Fish Biomass Size Spectra in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

Messick, G.; Jacobs, J.; McLaughlin, S.; Leight, A.; Lewis, J., Bio-indicators of Ecosystem Stress: Using Pathobiology to Assess Environmental Health

Murray, D.; Prell, W.; Rincon, C., Grain Size Patterns and Elemental Composition of Surface Sediments from Narragansett Bay

Richardson, D.; Shervette, V.; Bobo, M.; Hadley, N.; Hollis, A.; Keppler, C.; Gooch, J.; Thompson, B.; Coen, L.; Van Dolah, R., SCECAP Monitoring of Oyster Diseases, Cellular Responses, and Oyster Tissue Contaminants Along Coastal South Carolina

SCI-123 - Plankton Ecology

Avery, D.; Dam, H., A Novel Explanation for the Effects of Food Type and Food Concentration on Copepod Fecal Pellets

Bradley, P.; Bronk, D., Phytoplankton and Bacterial Nitrogen Uptake in Chesapeake Bay Measured Using a Flow Cytometric Sorting Approach

Burrell, R.; Breitburg, D., Swimming Behavior and Vertical Distribution of Chrysaora quinquecirrha Relative to Water Currents in Shallow Systems

Cooney, S.; Stoecker, D.; Coats, D., Ecology of the Fish Associated Dinoflagellate Crepidoodinium cyprinodontum

DuRant, E.; Mallin, M.; Cahoon, L., The Cape Fear River Plume as a Localized Region of Zooplankton Aggregation

Evans, J.; Nelson, J.; Bachelor, B.; Burghart, S.; Tolley, G., Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Ichthyoplankton and Gelatinous Zooplankton in Estero Bay, Florida

Fenucci, J.; Marcoval, M.; Pan, J., Brachyuran Zoeae Obtain UV-radiation Protection from Diatom Prey

Foster, S.; Cloern, J., Are Estuaries as Productive as we think? A Comparative Analysis of Estuarine Phytoplankton Productivity

Hartsig, A.; Lacouture, R.; Imirie, A., Increases in Cyanobacteria during Summer in Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay, 1985-2006

Hunter, R.; Izdepski, C.; Lane, R.; Day, J., Impact of Mississippi River Water on Aquatic Primary Productivity in the Breton Sound Estuary

Mulligan, C.; Johnson, K., Immediate Local-Scale Observations Reveal Counter-Intuitive Relationship Between Wind and Barnacle Recruitment

Nelson, J.; Evans, J.; Bachelor, B.; Burghart, S.; Tolley, G., Influence of Freshwater Inflow on the Distribution of Decapod Zooplankton in Estero Bay, Florida

Pierson, J.; Roman, M.; Kimmel, D.; Hood, R.; Crump, B.; Keller, D.; Malpezzi, M., Winter Zooplankton Abundance, Distribution, and Vital Rates in the Chesapeake Bay Estuarine Turbidity Maximum

Rothenberger, M.; Burkholder, J.; Wentworth, T., Multivariate Analysis of Phytoplankton and Environmental Factors in a Eutrophic Estuary

Schuman, C.; Urban-Rich, J., Seasonal Changes in CDOM Composition in Savin Hill Cove, Massachusetts Bay

Sellner, S.; Olson, M.; Lacouture, R.; Jacobs, F.; Burton, W.; Sellner, K., Chesapeake Bay Zooplankton: Changes in Community Structure Over Four Decades

Sexton, M.; Hood, R.; Decker, M., Sea Nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha in Chesapeake Bay: Factors Influencing Disappearance and Variability

Tomasky, G.; Olson, R.; Valiela, I., Temporal and Spatial Response of Size-fractionated Phytoplankton to Nutrient Supply in Three Cape Cod Estuaries

SCI-126 - Shellfish Ecology and Management

Beseres, J.; Kim, H.; Montagna, P., Using Oysters as Bioindicators of Freshwater Inflow Effects

Geoghegan, P.; Gurshin, C.; Legendre, A., The Relationship between the Larval and Older Lifestages of Softshell Clams (Mya arenaria)

Hubner, M.; Withers, K., Status of Bay Scallops (Argopecten irradians) in the Upper Laguna Madre, TX

Kellogg, M.; Chen, M.; Kennedy, V.; Paynter, K., Factors Influencing Sex Ratios in Restored Oyster Populations in the Chesapeake Bay

Lazar, J.; Levin, D.; Bruce, D.; Giordano, S.; Slacum, H.; Little, C., Benthic Habitat Mapping in Support of Native Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Restoration in Chesapeake Bay

Markwith, A.; Posey, M.; Alphin, T., Distribution of Ostreola equestris in southeastern North Carolina

Paynter, K.; Kellogg, M., Large-scale Oyster Population Manipulation in the Chester River, a Low Salinity Subestuary of Chesapeake Bay

Ray, S.; Soniat, T.; Robinson, L., Oysters: Bay Sentinels of Freshwater Inflows

Thomas, R.; Kreeger, D., Spatial and Temporal Variation of Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Spat Dynamics in San Antonio Bay, Texas

Ybanez, C.; Thomas, R.; Stunz, G., Effect of Heat Shock Protein Expression on Dermo Resistance in Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica)

SCI-127 - Submerged Aquatic Habitats

Hosokawa, S.; Nakamura, Y., Branching and Mortality of Eelgrass Shoots Examined by Indoor Mesocosm Experiments

Johansson, J.; Avery, W.; Hennenfent, K.; Pacowta, J., Near-Shore Water Quality and Seagrass Depth Limits in Upper Tampa Bay, Florida

Kangas, P., A Life History Model of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Community Structure in the Chesapeake Bay

Shields, E.; Moore, K., SAV Resurgence in Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Tributaries: The Role of Environmental Conditions and Interspecific Competition

Zinecker, E., Evaluation of Substrates for SAV Nursery Growth Potential

SCI-128 - Tidal Emergent Wetlands

Baustian, J.; Mendelssohn, I.; Lin, Q.; Rapp, J., Functional and Structural Recovery of an Intermediate Marsh in Coastal Louisiana Following an Oil Spill and In-situ Burn

Buchsbaum, R.; Hines, M.; Brace, G., The Effects of Salt Marsh Haying on the Ecology of Plum Island Sound, MA Marshes

Creemers, J.; Van Wingerden, M.; Vandenbruwaene, W.; Temmerman, S.; Smith III, T., Sediment Elevation Changes in Wetlands of the Scheldt (Belgium) and Shark River (USA) Estuaries

Eulie, D.; Croft, A.; Leonard, L., Surface Elevation and Sediment Deposition in Riparian Wetlands of the Lower Cape Fear River Estuary

Halchak, J.; Seliskar, D.; Gallagher, J., Transition from Agricultural Lands to Wetlands during Sea Level Rise: Managing the Ecology and Economics

Haramis, G.; Kearns, G., Herbivory by Resident Geese: The Loss and Recovery of Wild Rice Along the Tidal Patuxent River

Hoskins, D.; Allen, L., An Evaluation of the Use of Benthic Infauna to Assess Marsh Health and Recovery

Koop-Jakobsen, K.; Giblin, A., A New Approach to Measuring Denitrification in Vegetated Salt Marsh Sediments

McFarlin, C.; Kenemer, B.; Alber, M.; Hester, M.; Bishop, D., A Comparison of Dieback Effects on Salt Marsh Invertebrates in Georgia and Louisiana

Miller, C.; Davis, S.; Roelke, D.; Li, H.; Driffill, M., Factors Influencing Algal Biomass in Hydrologically Dynamic Salt Ponds in a Subtropical Salt Marsh Landscape

Neubauer, S., Vertical Accretion in Tidal Freshwater Marshes Supported by Both Organic and Inorganic Contributions

Park, S.; Kim, J.; An, S.; Kang, C.; Chung, I.; Lee, T.; Lee, K., Growth Dynamics of Three Major Primary Producers at Nakdong River Estuary in Korea

Perry, C.; Mendelssohn, I., Effects of Avicennia germinans on Essential Ecosystem Processes in a Southeastern Louisiana Spartina alterniflora Saltmarsh

Rasser, M.; Fowler, N.; Dunton, K., Halophyte Zonation in a Western Gulf of Mexico Salt Marsh: Roles of Salinity, Competition and Inundation

Sobocinski, K.; Borde, A.; Thom, R.; Leary, J., Tidal Freshwater Vegetation Monitoring in the Columbia River Estuary

Warren, R.; Hoover, M., Response of Salt Marsh Vegetation to Chronic Nutrient Enrichment

Yu, O.; Chmura, G., Sheep Grazing on a St. Lawrence Estuary Salt Marsh

SCI-129 - Trophic Dynamics and Food Webs

Annis, E.; Houde, E.; Harding, L.; Wilberg, M.; Mallonee, M., Linking Primary Production to Menhaden Growth in Chesapeake Bay

Blake, R.; Duffy, J., Response of Primary Producers and Consumers to Environmental Stressors in an Experimental Seagrass Community

Deehr, R.; Luczkovich, J.; Hart, K.; Clough, L.; Johnson, J.; Griffith, D., Comparing Seasonal Ecopath Food Web Models of Areas Open and Closed to Trawling in Core Sound, North Carolina, USA

Galván, K.; Fleeger, J.; Deegan, L.; Peterson, B., Natural Stable Isotopes and Multiple Enriched Isotope Additions Reveal the Diet of Saltmarsh Consumers

Gillett, D.; Schaffner, L.; Anderson, I., Benthic Habitat Quality and its Effects on Food Web Structure and Trophic Efficiency

Hamdan, L.; Osburn, C.; Jonas, R.; Apple, J.; Boyd, T., Diel Variability in the Production and Accumulation of Autochonous Dissolved Organic Carbon in the Potomac River Estuary

Johnson, D.; Fleeger, J.; Deegan, L., Top-down and Bottom-up Interactions Induce Behavioral Shifts in an Intertidal Amphipod

Lebreton, B.; Richard, P.; Radenac, G.; Bordes, M.; Bréret, M.; Arnaud, C.; Guillou, G.; Mornet, F.; Pfleger, C.; Blanchard, G., Stable Isotope Assessment of the Food Web in an Intertidal Zostera noltii Bed

Loglisci, C.; Dam, H., Mass Balance Approach to Understanding Copepod Fecal Pellet Cycling in Long Island Sound

Lonsdale, D.; Cerrato, R.; Caron, D.; Holland, R.; Mass, A.; Holt, L.; Schaffner, R.; Pan, J., The Influence of Suspension-feeding Bivalves on the Pelagic Food Webs of Shallow Enclosed Bays

Olsen, Y.; Valiela, I., Experimental Manipulation of Nutrients and Grazing on a Tropical Seagrass Meadow in Jobos Bay, PR

Pan, J.; Cerrato, R.; Lonsdale, D., Effects of Ribbed Mussel Grazing on the Planktonic Community of Long Island Bays

Reichmuth, J.; Place, A.; Weis, J., Predator-prey Behavior in Two Populations of Blue Crab in New Jersey

Siuda, A.; Dam, H., Effect of an Estuarine Eutrophication Gradient on In Situ Plankton Trophic Interactions

Spivak, A.; Canuel, E.; Duffy, J.; Douglass, J.; Richardson, J., Trophic Structure and Resource Availability Alter SOM Composition in a Seagrass System: a Field Experiment

Sullivan, M.; Fry, B.; Symonds, E., Short-term Uptake of ¹⁵N Tracer by Autotrophs and Grazers in a Seagrass Bed

Wozniak, J.; Davis, S.; Hoeinghaus, D., Using Stable Isotopes to Assess Food Web Dynamics in the Coastal Marshes of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, TX

Wrast, J.; Simons, J.; Stunz, G., Spatial and Temporal Variability in Oyster Reef Food Web Structure Compared to Other Estuarine Habitats

SCI-130 - Tropical Systems

Aronson, R.; Precht, W., Rapid Range Expansion of Acroporid Corals in Response to Climatic Warming

Chartrand, K.; Durako, M., Siderastrea in Florida Bay: Photophysiological Response to Hyposaline Stress in a Marginal Coral Habitat

Harwell, L.; Smith, L.; Nelson, W., National Coastal Assessment: Island Style

Hughes, A.; Grottoli, A.; Pease, T., Thermally Induced Bleaching Alters Carbon Flow Between Host, Symbiont and Skeleton in two Hawaiian Corals

Hurley, L.; Hughes, A.; Grottoli, A.; Pease, T., Spatial Variability of δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C in Tissues of the Hawaiian Coral Porites compressa.

Knoppers, B.; Medeiros, P.; Souza, W.; Oliveira, E.; Lorenzzetti, J.; Jennerjahn, T., The São Francisco River Estuary and Coastal Plume, Brazil: Dam Impacts upon Material Transport

Lin, H.; Liu, P.; Fan, T.; Lin, S., Response of Corals, Macroalgae, and Sea Anemones to Nutrient Enrichment — A Mesocosm Experiment

Ramanathan, A.; Balakrishna, P.; Sabarathinam, C., Human Disturbances on Biogeochemical Processes in the South Asia Mangrove Ecosystem: Case Study from India

SCI-131 - Urban Estuaries

Addy, K.; Gold, A.; Stolt, M.; Groffman, P., Groundwater Denitrification within Filled Salt Marshes

Frashure, K.; Chen, R.; Yong, T., A Remote Sensing Model for Indicators of Ecosystem Health in Urban Estuaries

Gonzalez, L.; Lester, L.; Johnston, S., Ecosystem Indicators Developed for a Texas-sized Urban Estuary: The Galveston Bay Indicator Framework

Griffith, D.; Raymond, P., The Upside-down Hudson River Estuary

Lee, S.; Connolly, R.; Young, R., Use of Biotic Indicators for Assessing the Impact of Urban Influx on Coastal Wetlands: a Case Study of Coombabah Lake, Queensland, Australia

Phelps, H., Active Biomonitoring (Corbicula fluminea) for Contaminant Sources in the Urban Anacostia Estuary Watershed (MD, DC)

Shaw, M.; Stokley, J.; Tiedemann, J.; Howson, U., Spatial and Temporal Variability in Fish Community Structure in an Urban Estuary

Viaroli, P.; Azzoni, R.; Bartoli, M.; Nizzoli, D.; Marcomini, A., Biogeochemical Processes and Water Quality in Two Canals in the Urban Centre of Venice

SCI-133 - Wildlife and Birds

Glenn, S., As the Heron Flies: Trends in Population Abundance and Distribution of Texas Coastal Colonial Waterbirds

Green, L.; Fong, P., Food Web Impacts by Blooming Macroalgae in a Southern California Estuary

McKinney, R.; Raposa, K.; Kutcher, T.; Comeau, C., Differential Habitat use by Coastal Birds in an Urban Environment

Montague, C., Beach Nourishment: An Essential Tool for Sea Turtle Conservation After a Century of Dredging and Jetties

Rein, C., Offshore Wind and Birds: Avian Data Collection for the Cape Wind Energy Project

Rush, S.; Woodrey, M.; Fisk, A.; Cooper, R., The Ecological Niche of Clapper Rails in Mississippi’s Tidal Marshes

Van Deventer, M.; Atwood, K.; Flewelling, L.; Vargo, G.; Landsberg, J.; Stanek, D., Impacts of Karenia brevis Blooms on Marine Birds on the Central West Florida Coast

SCI-138 - Adaptive Management Solutions

Brooks, R.; Aubele, M.; Schmidt, J., Avoiding and Minimizing Impacts When Planning an Offshore Pipeline: An Example from Tampa Bay, Florida

Orr, T.; Heater, H., Permitting Offshore Wind Power: the Challenges of Following a Changing Regulatory Road Map

Pederson, J., Gulf of Maine Regional Ocean Science Planning

Sklar, F., A BACI and Repeated Measure Adaptive Management Approach for the Decompartmentalization of the Everglades

SCI-139 - Mangrove Systems

Balentine, K.; Butler, M.; Tiling, G.; Whelan, K.; Smith III, T., Crab Burrows and Sediment Elevation in Mangroves of Tampa Bay and the Everglades, of Florida

Chapman, S.; Feller, I., How Does Biodiversity Impact Mangrove Litter Decomposition and Plant Productivity?

Krumholz, J.; Barber, T.; Jadot, C., Designing a “Reef-Safe” Slow Release Fertilizer for Mangrove Restoration Projects

Liu, K.; Li, H.; Davis, S.; Rivera, V.; Twilley, R.; Childers, D., Seasonal Nutrient Dynamics in the Mangrove Ecotone of Taylor River, Florida

Zaldivar-Jimenez, A.; Perez-Ceballos, R.; Herrera-Silveira, J.; Euan-Avila, J.; Pacheco-Avila, J., Mangrove Wetland and Ground Water Discharge (GW) in Karst Hydrogeological Setting (SE Mexico)

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