2012 NGI Annual Conference Posters
Mobile, Alabama
May 17 - 19, 2011
May 17 - 19, 2011
Poster Contest Winners
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John Ramirez-Avila, First PlaceAssessment and prediction of streambank erosion rates in the Town Creek watershedJohn J. Ramirez-Avila* - MSU, William H. McAnally, Eddy J. Langendoen, James L. Martin, Sandra L. Ortega-Achury View Abstract |
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Nicholas Heath, Second PlaceDetermining the Effects of Stokes Drift on the Movement of Oil in the Gulf of MexicoNicholas Heath* - FSU COAPS, Mark Bourassa - COAPS, Dmitry Dukhovskoy - COAPS, Jon Ahlquist - Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science View Abstract |
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Allen Aven, Third Place TieDetection of belted manatees using passive acoustic monitorsA. Aven* and R.H. Carmichael - DISL and University of South Alabama, Mobile AL View Abstract |
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Elise Gornish, Third Place TieHow to use long-term data to predict persisting effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spillElise S. Gornish* and Thomas E. Miller - FSU View Abstract |
All Posters
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WavCIS: A Metocean Observing Network in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Baozhu Liu* - LSU, Felix Jose, Chunyan Li, Yixin Luo, William J. Gibson, Yuliang Chen, Seyed M. SiadatMousavi, Mohammed N. Allahdadi, and Gregory W. Stone Abstract -
Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative: Education and Outreach from the Northern Gulf Institute and the Dauphin Island Sea Lab
JoAnn Mitchell* - DISL and Dr. Tina Miller-Way - DISL Abstract -
Applications for Geospatial Technologies and Decision Support
John Cartwright* - MSU, William H. McAnally, Phil Amburn, and Rita Jackson Abstract -
SULIS - A Tool for Healthy Watersheds, Healthy Oceans, Healthy Ecosystems
William H. McAnally, John Cartwright, Phil Amburn, John van der Zwaag, and Rita Jackson* - MSU Abstract -
Climate-related ichthyofaunal shifts in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Implications for estuarine ecology and nearshore fishery production
K.L. Heck, Jr. - DISL, F. J. Fodrie - Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and D. Byron* - DISL
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Comparisons of Organic Content within Brown Shrimp - Penaeus aztecus Affected by the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Moshogianis, A.M.* - USM, Milroy, S.P. - USM
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Expanding data collection for gelatinous zooplankton during SEAMAP plankton surveys
Andrew F. Millett* - IAP World Services, Inc./ NOAA NMFS SEFSC Mississippi Laboratories, William M. Graham - DISL/University of South Alabama, Glenn A. Zapfe - NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC Mississippi Laboratories
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Using Stable Isotopes to Investigate a Cross-Habitat Linkage Presented by the Post-Mating Migration of Female Blue Crabs in Mobile Bay, Alabama
Anthony Vedral* - DISL, University of Alabama; Behzad Mortazavi - DISL, University of Alabama; John F. Valentine - DISL, University of South Alabama; LaTina Steele - DISL, University of South Alabama
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Changes to Coastal Fish Communities Following Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Charles W. Martin* - DISL and John F. Valentine
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Evaluating Macrobenthic Indicators of Organic Enrichment and Hypoxia within the Coastal Mississippi Hypoxic Zone from Spring 2008 to Autumn 2009
Chet F. Rakocinski* and Daneen P. Menke - USM Department of Coastal Sciences, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
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The variability of certain life-history parameters of early juvenile gag grouper - Mycteroperca microlepis, Pisces: Serrenidae in the northern Gulf of Mexico
E. Easton* - FSU, S. Bourgoin, D., Thistle, S., Harper, C. Koenig, A. David -
Influence of Atlantic and Pacific Modes of Variability on Winter Climatology and Spring Zooplankton Displacement Values in the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Guillermo Sanchez-Rubio* - USM, Harriet M. Perry, and Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz
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The effect of depth, location and substrate relief on hard-bottom sessile invertebrate communities in the northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Schellinger, Jennifer* - FSU
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Methods and Measurements: Effects of Macono Oil and Corexit Dispersant on Bacterial Respiration and Growth
Lynn Wilking, Kevin Dillon* - USM -
Seasonally varying habitat linkages in a northern Gulf of Mexico estuary
LaTina Steele* - DISL, John F. Valentine, Behzad Mortazavi, Lawrence Rozas
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Use of Shallow Estuarine Habitats by Nekton in the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta, Alabama
Lawrence P. Rozas* - NOAA Fisheries Service, SEFSC, Lafayette, LA, John Valentine - DISL, Department of Marine Science, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, Charles Martin - DISL, and Latina Steele - DISL
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Juvenile fish foraging success: An indicator for nursery habitat quality?
Mollie A. Taylor* - FSU, J. Kevin Craig, and Jennifer Wanat
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Using Zooplankton Community Distribution to Identify Large Marine Ecosystem Sub-Units within the Northern Gulf of Mexico
WM Graham* - DISL, FJ Hernandez, Jr, AF Millett, L Carassou, KM Bayha, R Collini, G Zapfe, KL Robinson, J Lyczkowski-Shultz
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Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the health and growth of estuarine fish and ecosystem functionality
Rachel A. Brewton* - USM, R. J. Griffitt and R.S. Fulford - USM, Gulf Coast Research Lab
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Aquatic Primary Productivity and spatial/temporal water quality variations of the Breton Sound Estuary and Impacts of Oil Pollution
Robert R. Lane* - LSU, John W. Day, Jr., and Chris J. Lundberg
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Microbial Community Response to the Deepwater Horizon Spill, a Functional Gene Approach
R. Chang* - DISL, N. Ortell, L. Wang, S. M. Ni Chadhain, and A. C. Ortmann
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Temporal dynamics of salt-marsh and seagrass utilization of commercial shellfish species in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Impact of the oil spill?
Sara Kerner* - DISL, Ryan Moody, Lindsay Biermann, Just Cebrian, Kenneth Heck, Jr.
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Diversity and Distribution of Portunid Crab Megalopae from SEAMAP Plankton Samples – Preliminary Results
Carley Knight* - USM-GCRL, Sara E. LeCroy* - USM-GCRL, Chet F. Rakocinski - USM-GCRL and Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz - NMFS-Pascagoula
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Chemical and physiological measures on oysters from oil-exposed sites in Louisiana
Sarah M. King* - Pontchartrain Institute for Environmental Science, Matthew A. Tarr, Megan A. Thorne, Thomas M. Soniat
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Habitat use of littoral regions by terrestrial consumers in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama
Taylor C. Kauffman* - DISL, Charles W. Martin, and John F. Valentine
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Objective evaluation of oil spill models using SAR imagery
Dukhovskoy, D. S.* - FSU, Morey, S. L., Chassignet, E. P., Garcia, O., MacDonald, I.
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The use of standard elemental analysis-isotope ratio mass spectrometry to quantify the amount and origin of hydrocarbons in marshes along the northeastern Gulf coast
Garland, Hanna G.* - FSU, Kimbro, David L., Hughes, Randall, A., and Thomas R. Maddox
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Hydrocarbons as subsidy energy for food web production in coastal Gulf of Mexico waters
Robert H. Condon* - DISL, William M. Graham - DISL, Jay Brandes - Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Ronald P. Kiene - DISL, Laura J. Linn - DISL, Alice C. Ortmann - DISL, Naomi L. Shelton - DISL
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A comprehensive assessment of oil distribution, transport, fate and impacts on ecosystems and the Deepwater Horizon oil release
Steven Lohrenz* - USM, Kjell Gundersen, Laodong Guo, Alan M. Shiller, Stephan Howden, Kevin Briggs, Charlotte A. Brunner, Vernon L. Asper, Scott Milroy, Kevin Yeager
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Modeling and simulation of hydrodynamics and dye transport in Grand Bay, MS, and Perdido Bay, FL.
Vladimir J. Alarcon* - MSU, William McAnally, Yi Xiong, James L. Martin
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Identification of Synoptic-Scale Hurricane Intensification Factors Using Advanced Statistics
Andrew Mercer* - MSU, Jamie L. Dyer - MSU
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Using Proximal Sensing to Monitor the Oil Spill Impact on Wetlands Across Gulf States
Chris Downs* - MSU, Shuvankar Ghosh, Deepak Mishra
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Circulation Dynamics and larval transport in the Florida Big Bend
Austin C. Todd* - FSU, Steven L. Morey, Eric P. Chassignet
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Advanced Surge Guidance System - ASGS – A Multi-State Hurricane Forecast Effort
Carola Kaiser* - School of the Coast and Environment, LSU, Hartmut Kaiser - Center of Computation and Technology, LSU, Robert Twilley - University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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A study of the effect of surface ocean waves on total transport
Jay Wallmark* - USM, Dr. Vladimir Kamenkovich - USM, Dr. Dmitri Nechaev - USM
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Directional Spectra of Hurricane Waves in the Gulf of Mexico
Kelin Hu* - LSU and Q. Jim Chen - LSU
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Effects of Vegetation Properties on Coastal Wetland Hydrodynamics in Southern Louisiana
Kimberly Marsh* - LSU
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Uncertainty Quantification of Oil Spills
J. Eilertsen - FSU, K.A. Gallivan* - FSU, L. Mathelin - Laboratoire d'Informatique pour la Mécanique et les Sciences de l'Ingénieur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, S. Morey - FSU
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Hurricane wind analyses schemes using HWRF GSI and 4DVAR
Fitzpatrick, P. J.* - MSU, C. M. Hill, Y. Lau, H. Karan, and G. Mostovoy
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Identifying critical habitat across multiple scales for estuarine-dependent fishes with a landscape modeling approach
R.S. Fulford* - USM, M.S. Peterson, and P.O. Grammer
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Assessment of sea-level-affecting-marshes-model - SLAMM applying neutral models of landscape change
Wei Wu* - USM, Richard Fulford, Mark S. Peterson
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Multi-Year Current Observations Near the Florida Big Bend Coast
Ekaterina Maksimova* - FSU, Allan Clarke
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Waves and Currents at FSU NGI Sites
Kevin Speer, Stephanie White, Nicolas Wienders, Markus Huettel, Elizabeth Simons* - FSU
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Hydrological Survey of NGI Apalachicola Bay Sites
Carlowen Smith, Kevin Speer, Nicolas Wienders, Eric Mortenson, Elizabeth Simons* - FSU
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Raw Data Processing in SAMOS 2.0
Geoff Montee* - FSU-COAPS, Shawn Smith - FSU-COAPS, Mark Bourassa - FSU-COAPS
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Using Multiple Gear Types for a Fisheries Independent Assessment of the Red Snapper Population in Alabama's Reef Permit Zone
Lela Schlenker* - DISL, Kevan Gregalis, Marcus Drymon, Sean Powers
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Visualization of River Forecast Ensembles
Jibonananda Sanyal* - MSU, Philip Amburn, Jamie Dyer, Song Zhang, Robert J. Moorhead
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FloodViz - Visual Analytics for Assessment and Interpretation of Simulated River Flooding
John van der Zwaag*, Derek Irby, Jibonananda Sanyal, Philip Amburn - MSU, Jamie Dyer, Song Zhang
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Sediment and Mercury analysis in Weeks Bay Alabama and MeHg production potential
Henry A. Stauffenberg* - MSU, Karen S. McNeal, David Evans, Calista Guthrie, John E. Ezell
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Spatial and Temporal variations in nutrient species in Lake Pontchartrain
Huijun He* - USM and Laodong Guo - USM
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Sediment and Mercury Path and Fate Modeling
William H. McAnally, David W. Evans, James L. Martin, Jennifer Sloan, Vladimir Alarcon* - MSU
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Inter-annual variations and export flux of biogenic silica from the Mississippi River
Weifeng Yang* - USM, Huijun He - USM and Laodong Guo - USM
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Variability of organic and inorganic particles in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Qiang Dong* - MSU, Zhongping Lee
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Numerical experiments on ecosystem restoration and flood risks reduction in the Northern Gulf Coast – a need for integrated cyberinfrastructure
Kelin Hu* - LSU and Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory, Q. Jim Chen - LSU, Haihong Zhao - LSU, Jian Tao - LSU, Lei Jiang - LSU and Steven R. Brandt - LSU
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Cyber-Enabled Coastal Data Factory for the Northern Gulf
Lei Jiang* - LSU – Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory, Jian Tao, Kelin Hu, Haihong Zhao, Steven R. Brandt, Qin Chen, Honggao Liu
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Collaboration Environment for the Coastal Hazards Collaboratory in the Northern Gulf Coast
Sara Graves* - Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory et al
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Enhancements to Support Dynamic Digital Elevation Model Capabilities for Geospatial Applications
Steven Lohrenz* - USM – Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory, Jerry Wiggert, David Dodd, David Sliman
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River-Watershed Flood and Ecosystem Modeling
John Cartwright* - MSU-Northern Gulf Coastal Hazards Collaboratory, Phil Amburn, Vladimir Alarcon, William H. McAnally
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The Northern Gulf Coastal Hazard Collaboratory: using visualizations in K-gray education
Tina Miller-Way* - DISL – Northern Gulf Coastal Hazard Collaboratory, Patrick Hesp - LSU, Thomas Richardson - Jackson State University
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Investigating the relative value of seagrass beds to spotted seatrout and other upper trophic level nekton in Apalachicola Bay
Travis Richards* and K. Craig - FSU
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