NH024
Impacts and Resiliency of Coastal Ecosystems to Transient Disturbances
Session ID#: 247735
Session Description:
Coastal and estuarine ecosystems are important for ecosystem health, carbon cycling, water quality, and hazard mitigation. But, increasing exposure to transient disturbances such as hurricanes, storm surges, and extreme rainfall events can quickly alter these ecosystem functions. Combined with long-term stressors such as sea-level rise and land-use changes, these complex interactions can shape the long-term resistance and resilience of the coastal systems across the land-estuary-ocean (LEO) continuum. This session invites interdisciplinary contributions that examine physical, ecological, and biogeochemical responses to disturbance events across climate zones and coastal morphologies. We particularly encourage studies integrating field observations, satellite data, and numerical models to investigate hydrologic connectivity, wetland loss, estuarine dynamics, and recovery timescales. Comparative and regional assessments that inform broader coastal resilience frameworks and stakeholder engagement are especially welcome. By highlighting system-scale responses to extreme events, this session aims to advance predictive understanding and support adaptive management strategies in a changing climate.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
0414 Biogeochemical cycles, processes, and modeling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1821 Floods [HYDROLOGY]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4313 Extreme events [NATURAL HAZARDS]
Primary Convener: Z. George Xue, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Conveners: Kanchan Maiti, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, Xinping Hu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, United States and David Lagomasino, East Carolina University, Department of Coastal Studies, Greenville, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Xiaochen Zhao, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States
Nutrient Escape Routes: Following the Trail from River to Gulf with Isotopes and Acoustics (1844613)
Ziran Wei, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Kanchan Maiti, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, Chunyan Li, Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, Kirk Cochran, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States and team radium ADCP
Localized Decline in Tidal Overtides Reveals Anthropogenic Smoothing of the Delaware Estuary (1894275)
Md Nurul Kadir1, Taznin Naher1, Jorge Lorenzo-Trueba1, Stefan A Talke2, Thomas Wahl3, Sönke Dangendorf4 and Serena Blyth Lee2, (1)University of Florida, Geological Sciences, Gainesville, United States, (2)California Polytechnic State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Luis Obispo, California, United States, (3)Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering & National Center for Integrated Coastal Research, University of Central Florida, Orlando, United States, (4)Tulane University, Department of River-Coastal Sciences & Engineering, New Orleans, United States
Biodiversity Loss Under Rainfall Deficit Undermines Coastal Wetland Stability (1903619)
Xueke Wang1, Liming Yan1, Ming Jiang1, Zhenyu Wang1, Huizhu Li1, Jiaming Shi1, Wei Liu1, Guangxuan Han2 and Jianyang Xia1, (1)East China Normal University, School of Ecological and Environmental Sciences, Shanghai, China, (2)Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yellow River Delta Field Observation and Research Station of Coastal Wetland Ecosystem, Yantai, China
Investigation of the Morphological Responses of Benthic Foraminifera to Climate-Change-Induced Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay (1905733)
Shekinah Mba, Wesleyan University, College of the Environment, Middletown, United States, Raquel Bryant, Wesleyan University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Middletown, CT, United States, Allison Burgess, George Mason University, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fairfax, United States and Brittany Nicole Hupp, George Mason University, Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center, Woodbridge, United States
Resilience of Lagoonal Estuaries South Texas Coast: Salinity Recovery from Compound Flooding Induced by Hurricane Harvey (2017) (1913519)
Ziyan Lei1, Xiaochen Zhao2,3, Z. George Xue4,5, Daoyang Bao6, Yixuan Wang6, Yanda Ou1,3 and Zhengchen Zang1,7, (1)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Center for Computation and Technology, Baton Rouge, United States, (4)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (5)Louisiana State University, Center for Computation and Technology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (6)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (7)Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Houma, United States
Storm-Driven Responses to Carbon Cycling Along the Land-Estuary-Ocean continuum in the Mississippi River Delta (1932951)
Mukseet Mahmood1, Kanchan Maiti2, Yixuan Wang3 and Z. George Xue1, (1)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Circulation of Fecal-contaminated Floodwaters in Back-barrier Bay Marshes Following Tidal Floods (1976541)
Alexis Jacobson1, Thomas Thelen1, Katherine Anarde2, Elizabeth Farquhar3, Natalie Nelson4, Angela Harris5, Derek Jeffrey Grimes6, Benjamin Middour7 and Nicolette Volp8, (1)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Raleigh, NC, United States, (2)North Carolina State University, Raleigh, United States, (3)University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, United States, (4)North Carolina State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Raleigh, United States, (5)North Carolina State University Raleigh, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Raleigh, NC, United States, (6)University of North Carolina Wilmington, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Wilmington, United States, (7)University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Physics and Physical Oceanography, Wilmington, United States, (8)University of Twente, Twente, Netherlands
Optimizing beach nourishment design for turtle nesting: A case study in southeast Florida, USA (1981414)
Lara Novalvos Hernandez, University of South Florida Tampa, Tampa, FL, United States, Ping Wang, Univ South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States, Robbin Trindell, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Imperiled Species Management, Tallahassee, United States and David Thompson, USGS Coastal and Marine Science Center St. Petersburg, Coastal and Marine Science Center, St Petersburg, United States
Impact on Estuarine-shelf Exchange Flows Through the Barrier Island Tidal Inlets of the Mississippi Sound during the Extreme Events of Bonnet Carré Spillway Double Opening and Hurricane Barry in 2019. (1981728)
Ardian Rizal1, Hameed Ajibade2, Marc Diard3, Brandy Armstrong4, Sandeep Kalathupurath Kuttan3, Mustafa Kemal Cambazoglu5 and Jeremy David Wiggert6, (1)University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)University of Southern Mississippi, Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States, (3)University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States, (4)University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States, (5)The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Stennis Space Center, United States, (6)The University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, United States
Characterizing Forest Response Pathways in the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Region (1984318)
Sara Typrin1, Brandon Alveshere2, Lisa Haber2, Kayla Preisler3, Melinda Martinez4 and Christopher Michael Gough5, (1)Carleton College, Physics and Astronomy, Northfield, United States, (2)Virginia Commonwealth University, Biology, Richmond, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States, (4)Stanford University, Earth System Science, Palo Alto, United States, (5)Virginia Commonwealth University, Biology, Richmond, VA, United States
Enhanced estuarine respiration caused by coastal vegetation die-off after a winter storm (1996216)
Xinping Hu, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, United States, Christian Amos, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Corpus Christi, United States and Zhanfei Liu, University of Texas at Austin- Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, United States
