[Coral-List] Biological-physical interactions Ocean Sciences 2020 (ASLO/TOS/AGU)

[Jesús Pineda]

Dear colleagues,

 

I wanted to call your attention to the session on “Biological coupling to
physical forcing on shallow water ecosystems: using observations to reveal
patterns and test mechanisms” [
https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/prelim.cgi/Session/85062 ]  at the 2020
Ocean Sciences Meeting organized by ASLO, TOS and AGU. 

 

Abstract are due 11 September 2019. We look forward seeing you in San Diego
16-21 February of next year!

 

Session Chairs: 

Jes’us Pineda, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Heidi Fuchs, Rutgers University

Nathalie Reyns, University of San Diego

James Leichter, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

 

Session ID: PI001

Topic Area: Physical-Biological Interactions

Session Description: Marine ecological processes are forced by physical
dynamics, yet understanding biological-physical coupling, particularly in
nearshore and shallow coastal systems, presents large logistic and
conceptual challenges. Ecosystem dynamics reflect multiple biological and
physical processes spanning many scales of variability. Linked
biological-physical processes influence population, community and ecosystem
dynamics and can modulate the effects of large-scale disturbances on
shallow-water ecosystems. For example, temperature variability can mitigate
coral bleaching, surface waves elicit distinct larval behaviors, and water
column stratification mediates cross-shore larval distributions, transport,
and intertidal settlement. Identifying the pertinent ecological and
hydrodynamic processes, and appraising their relative contribution, requires
demanding field observations and time-series data collection. Ecologists
increasingly use numerical simulation models to describe near-shore
hydrodynamics and ecological dynamics. However, model development depends on
including relevant physical processes and using empirical estimates of key
biological rates and behaviors, often requiring field observations. Such
observations and estimates are difficult to obtain, and frequently,
numerical simulation models are untested. This session invites presentations
on observational, experimental and time-series approaches that improve our
understanding of fundamental biological-physical processes in shallow
coastal systems from the surf zone to the shelf edge.