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Aubrey LashawayNovember 18, 2010
GISWR 394K.3**Collaborators: Dr. Deana
Erdner and Qiyuan Liu
Effects of Freshwater Inflows on Estuarine Structure and Function
Report Outline
Research Description GISWR Project Focus Remaining Goals
Research DescriptionSouth Texas ideal
location
Variable RainfallNutrient PulsesAltered Plankton
Composition
Research Description
Guadalupe Estuary
Mission-Aransas NERR
Nueces Delta
Microcosm experimentsCopepod population density Δ
Gulf of Mexico
Research Description
• 1 of 2 Texas estuaries labeled as “low risk”
Mission-Aransas NERR Watershed Boundary
Legend
MANEER_Watershed_Boundary
MANEER_Reserve_Boundary
GISWR Project July 2007 Texas precipitation
Extreme freshwater inflow to MANEER
**Some stations averaged MUCH more!
GISWR Project
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Medio Ck nr Beeville, TX
Mission Rv at Refugio, TX
Chiltipin Ck at Sinton, TX
Aransas Rv nr Skidmore, TX
Moody Ck at Welder Wildlife Refuge nr Sinton, TX
Legend
!. Stream_Gage_stations
MANERR_Flowline
MANEER_Watershed_Boundary
MANEER_Reserve_Boundary
PrecipitationJan-June ≈ 30 inches;
13.95 inches above normal
July 4 = 11.5 inches Discharge
Average Daily Precipitation for Bee County, Texas
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Medio Ck nr Beeville, TX
Mission Rv at Refugio, TX
Aransas Rv nr Skidmore, TX
↑ Precipitation↑ Discharge↑ Nutrients↑ Freshwater Inflow↓ Salinity
GISWR Project
Stream Discharge Gages
Salinity Gage Stations
SWMP stations
Copano Bay East and West
• Salinity
GISWR Project Salinity: Copano West
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Creating Stream NetworkInterpolation of SalinityInterpolation of biological data (e.g.
chlorophyll)
Remaining Goals
Baird, D. 2009. An assessment of the functional variability of selected coastal ecosystems in the context of local environmental changes. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: pp. 1520–1527.
Caliman, A., Carneiro, L.S., Santangelo, J.M., Guariento, R.D., Suhett, A.L., Pires, A.P., Marinho, C.C., Lopes, P.M., Quesada, L.B., Sanches, L.F., Azevedo, F.D., Siqueira, V.S., Farjalla, V.F., Bozelli, R.L., and Esteves, F.A. 2010. Temporal Coherence among Tropical Coastal Lagoons: A Search for Patterns and Mechanisms. Brazilian Journal of Biology.
Cavazos, T. 1998. Large-Sclae Circulation Anomalies Conducive to Extreme Precipitation Events and Derivation of Daily Rainfall in Northeastern Mexico and Southeastern Texas. Journal of Climate. Vol 12: pp. 1506-1523.
Harley, C.D.G., Randall Hughes, A., Hultgren, K.M., Miner, B.G., Sorte, C.J.B., Thornber, C.S., Rodriguez, L.F., Tomanek, L. and Williams, S.L. 2006. The impacts of climate change in coastal marine systems. Ecology Letters. 9: pp. 228–241.
Miller, C.J., Roelke, D.L., Davis, S.E., Li, H., and Gable, G. 2008. The role of inflow magnitude and frequency on plankton communities from the Guadalupe estuary, Texas, USA: findings from microcosm experiments. Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science. 80 (2008) pp. 67-73.
Norkko, A., Thrush, S.F., Hewitt, J.E., Cummings, V.J., Norkko, J., Ellis, J.I., Funnell, G.A., Schultz, D., MacDonald, L. 2002. Smothering of estuarine sandflats by terrigenous clay: the role of wind-wave disturbance and bioturbation in site-dependent macrofaunal recovery, Marine Ecology Progress Series 234. pp. 23–41.
Orlando Jr. S.P., Rozas, L.P., Ward, G.H., Klein, C.J. 1993. Salinity characteristics of Gulf of Mexico Estuaries. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Paerl, H.W., Bales, J.D., Ausley, L.W., Buzzelli, C.P., Crowder, L.B., Eby, L.A., Fear, J.M., Go, M., Peierls, B.L., Richardson, T.L., and Ramus, J.S. 2001. Ecosystem impacts of three sequential hurricanes (Dennis, Floyd, and Irene) on the United States' largest lagoonal estuary, Pamlico Sound, NC. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 98(10): pp. 5655-5660.
Pinckney, J.L., Paerl, H.W., Harrington, M.B., and Howe, K.E. 1998. Annual cycles of phytoplankton community structure and bloom dynamics in the Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina. Marine Biology 131: pp. 371-381.
Roelke, D.L. 2000. Copepod food-quality threshold as a mechanism influencing phytoplankton succession and accumulation of biomass, and secondary productivity: a modeling study with management implications. Ecological Modeling. 134. pp. 245–274.
Salen-Picard, C., Arlhac D., and Alliot, E. 2003. Responses of a Mediterranean soft bottom community to short-term (1993–1996) hydrological changes in the Rhone river. Marine Environmental Research 55. pp. 409–427.
Tyler, M.A. 1986. Flow-induced variation in transport and deposition pathways in the concentration: the effect on phytoplankton dominance and anoxia. In: Wolfe, D. A. (ed.)Estuarine variability. Academic Press, New York, pp. 161-175.
Turek, J.G., Goodger, T.E., Bigford, T.E., Nichols, J.S. 1987. Influence of freshwater inflows on estuarine productivity. U.S. Department of Commerce. Northeast Fisheries Center.Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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