THURSDAY TOS/AGU/ASLO <strong>20</strong>12 Ocean Sciences Meeting A0651 Carrera, A.; Vélez, S.; Ortiz, E.; Sastre, M.: PLANKTONIC DIVERSITY IN LAGUNA GRANDE, PUERTO RICO A0652 Harvey, T. E.; Bona, S. R.; Strickler, J. R.: DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHY OF FEEDING MECHANISMS IN DAPHNIA ON COLONIAL DIATOMS A0653 Walechka, J. M.: ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING OF LAKE BEMIDJI A0654 Rueda, D.; Muller, F.; Mendoza, J.: SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY OF SARDINE (SARDINELLA AURITA) BIOMASS IN SOUTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN RELATED TO THE UPWELLING CYCLE A0655 Satoh, Y.; Hama, T.: COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CHLOROPHYLL DERIVATIVES BY CHROMIC OXIDATION METHOD A0656 Ng, J. L.; Sonoda, K.; Yamamoto, S.; Kurosawa, N.: COMPARISON OF HYDROCARBON BIODEGRADABILITY IN ALCANIVORAX STRAINS ISOLATED FROM TEMPERATE AND TROPICAL SEAWATER 118 A0657 Byun, G. H.; Choi, K. S.; Choy, E. J.; Lee, D. S.; Park, H. S.; Shim, W. J.; Kang, C. K.: CONDITION, REPRODUCTION, AND GROSS BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE PACIFIC OYSTER CRASSOSTREA GIGAS AFTER THE HEBEI SPIRIT OIL SPILL ON THE WEST COAST OF KOREA A0658 Morales-Nuñez, A. G.; Alfaro, M.; Heard, R. W.; Arocho, N. E.: TAXONOMIC STRUCTURE OF TANAIDACEA (CRUSTACEA: PERACARIDA) AT LA PARGUERA, PUERTO RICO A0659 Ruiz-de la Torre, M. C.; Maske, H.; Almeda-Jauregui, C. O.; Ochoa-de la Torre, J.; Moreno-Willerer, M.: NEAR - SURFACE TEMPERATURE STRATIFICATION IN DENSE SURFACE ALGAL BLOOMS AND WIND TRANSPORT. A0660 McManus, G.; Santoferrara, L.; Alder, V.: TWO-LOCUS MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF MORPHOSPECIES WITHIN THE ORDER TINTINNIDA (CILIOPHORA, SPIROTRICHEA): IMPLICATIONS FOR TAXONOMY AND DIVERSITY
Program Book Friday, <strong>February</strong> <strong>24</strong> - Orals 011 Biology, Biogeochemistry, And Bio-Optics Of The Pacific Sector Of The Arctic Ocean Chair(s): Donald Perovich , donald.k.perovich@usace.army.mil Kevin R. Arrigo, arrigo@stanford.edu Marcel Babin, Marcel.Babin@takuvik.ulaval.ca Location: Ballroom B 14:00 Arrigo, K. R.; The ICESCAPE Team, .: MASSIVE PHYTOPLANKTON BLOOMS BELOW ARCTIC SEA ICE 14:15 Chen, B.; Cai, W.; Chen, L.: INCREASED BIOLOGICAL CO UPTAKE 2 FOLLOWING SEA-ICE RETREAT IN THE PACIFIC SECTOR OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN 14:30 Mills, M. M.; Brown, Z. W.; Ortega-Retuerta, E.; Laney, S. R.; Van Dijken, G. L.; Lowry, K. E.; Martin, S. A.; Brownlee, E.; Arrigo, K. R.: NITRATE UTILIZATION BY PHYTOPLANKTON AND BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CHUKCHI SEA 14:45 Granger, J.; Sigman, D. M.: DISTINCTION OF ATLANTIC VS. PACIFIC NITRATE IN THE BEAUFORT SEA FROM THE COUPLED N AND O ISOTOPE RATIOS OF NITRATE 15:00 Frey, K. E.; Cooper, L. W.; Grebmeier, J. M.; Light, B.; Mayer, D. P.; Perovich, D. K.; Polashenski, C. M.; Trusel, L. D.; Wood, C. L.: LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH OCEAN WATERS BENEATH MELT- SEASON SEA ICE IN THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS 15:15 Babin, M.; Bélanger, S.: LIGHT-DRIVEN CARBON FLUXES IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN: SYNTHESIS OF THE RESULTS FROM THE MALINA PROJECT 15:30 Reynolds, R. A.; Stramski, D.; Ehn, J. K.; Zheng, G.; Tatarkiewicz, J. J.: PARTICLE BACKSCATTERING, SIZE DISTRIBUTION, AND COMPOSITION IN ARCTIC WATERS 15:45 Mitchell, B. G.; Seegers, B.; Schieber, B.; Kahru, M.; Arrigo, K. R.; Mills, M. M.: REGULATION OF OCEAN COLOR RELATIONSHIPS BY ABSORPTION COMPONENTS IN THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS 012 The Chukchi Sea Region: Rapid Changes In The Pacific Gateway To The Arctic Chair(s): Jacqueline E. Grebmeier, jgrebmei@umces.edu Russell R. Hopcroft, hopcroft@ims.uaf.edu Sue E. Moore, sue.moore@noaa.gov Robert S. Pickart, rpickart@whoi.edu Bill Williams, bill.williams@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Location: Ballroom F 08:00 Hutchings, J. K.; Rigor, I. G.; Orlich, A. R.: THE ROLE OF SEA ICE DYNAMICS IN INCREASING LATITUDINAL EXPANSE OF THE SEASONAL ICE ZONE IN THE CHUKCHI AND BEAUFORT SEAS. 08:15 Luchin, V.; Panteleev, G.: THERMAL REGIMES IN THE CHUKCHI SEA SINCE 1941-PRESENT. 08:30 Gong, D.; Pickart, R. S.: OBSERVATIONS OF CIRCULATION AND WATER MASS TRANSFORMATION IN THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA 08:45 Motoyo Itoh, M.; Shigeto Nishino, S.; Yusuke Kawaguchi, Y.; Takashi Kikuchi, T.: BARROW CANYON FLUXES OF VOLUME, HEAT AND FRESH WATER BY YEAR-ROUND MOORINGS 09:00 Winsor, P.; Weingartner, T. J.; Statscewich, H.; Potter, R. A.; Merck, M. M.: AUV GLIDER AND HF RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF CIRCULATION AND STRATIFICATION FEATURES IN THE CHUKCHI SEA 09:15 Christensen, J. P.; Melling, H.: MESOSCALE DISTRIBUTION OF SPRINGTIME WATERS AND NUTRIENTS NEAR THE SHELF BREAK, BEAUFORT SEA, ALASKA 09:30 Watanabe Eiji, E.; Kishi J. Micho, .; Ishida Akio, .; Aita Noguchi Maki, .: MODELING STUDY ON THE WESTERN ARCTIC PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY REGULATED BY SHELFBREAK WARM EDDIES 09:45 Spitz, Y. H.; Ashjian, C. J.; Backlund, C. M.; Campbell, R. G.; Perlin, N.; Steele, M.; Zhang, J.: INTENSIFICATION OF THE BEAUFORT GYRE AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM IN THE CANADA BASIN AND SHALLOWER SEAS IN THE PACIFIC SECTOR OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN 119 TOS/AGU/ASLO 10:30 Mathis, J. T.; Cross, J. N.; Bates, N. R.: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND THE SUPPRESSION AND UNDERSATURATION OF CARBONATE MINERAL SATURATION STATES IN THE PACIFIC-ARCTIC REGION 10:45 Bronk, D. A.; Sipler, R. E.; Sanderson, M. P.; Killberg-Thoreson, L.; Roberts, Q. N.; Mulholland, M. R.: NITROGEN FIXATION - A NEW SOURCE OF NITROGEN IN THE CHANGING WESTERN ARCTIC? 11:00 Trefry, J. H.; Trocine, R. P.; Fox, A. L.; Cooper, L. W.: PRESENT-DAY DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND SOURCES OF METALS IN SEDIMENTS AND SEAWATER FROM THE EASTERN CHUKCHI SEA 11:15 Fujiwara, A.; Hirawake, T.; Suzuki, K.; Saitoh, S. I.: HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTION OF PHYTOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES DURING LATE SUMMER IN THE WESTERN ARCTIC 11:30 Ershova, E.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Kosobokova, K.: A LONG-TERM CENSUS OF THE ZOOPLANKTON COMMUNITIES OF THE PACIFIC ARCTIC 11:45 Ashjian, C. J.; Campbell, R. G.; Kuletz, K. J.; Laney, S. R.; Longnecker, K. L.; Mordy, C. W.; Okkonen, S. R.; Stockwell, D. A.: A WINTER EXPEDITION TO EXPLORE THE BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE BERING, CHUKCHI, AND SOUTHERN BEAUFORT SEAS 12:00 Questel, J. M.; Hariharan, P.; Hopcroft, R. R.; Clarke, C.: INTER- ANNUAL VARIABILITY OF THE PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA: <strong>20</strong>08-<strong>20</strong>10 12:15 Dunton, K. H.; Schonberg, S. V.: THE DISTRIBUTION, ABUNDANCE, AND DIVERSITY OF BENTHIC INFAUNA OF THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA 14:00 Kedra, M.; Grebmeier, J. M.; Cooper, L. W.: BENTHIC POPULATION DYNAMICS AND DIVERSITY IN THE WARMING CHUKCHI SEA 14:15 Knowlton, A. L.; Blanchard, A. L.: BENTHIC FAUNA OF THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA, <strong>20</strong>08-<strong>20</strong>10 14:30 Bluhm, B. A.; Iken, K.; Sirenko, B. I.; Hardy, S. M.; Holladay, B. A.; Dunton, K.: FOOD WEB STRUCTURE AND EPIBENTHIC MEGAFAUNA IN THE CHUKCHI SEA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN <strong>20</strong>04 AND <strong>20</strong>09 14:45 Ravelo, A. M.; Konar, B.; Trefry, J. H.; Grebmeier, J. M.: EPIBENTHIC COMMUNITY VARIABILITY ON THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA CONTINENTAL SHELF 15:00 Edenfield, L. E.; Norcross, B. L.; Carroll, S. S.; Holladay, B. A.: TROPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF FIVE SPECIES OF DEMERSAL FISHES IN THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA, <strong>20</strong>09–<strong>20</strong>10 15:15 Moore, S. E.; Grebmeier, J. M.; Overland, J. E.: MARINE MAMMALS AND SEA ICE LOSS IN THE PACIFIC ARCTIC: TRACKING ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES TO THE –NEW NORMAL- DURING A PERIOD OF RAPID CHANGE 15:30 Jay, C. V.; Grebmeier, J. M.; Fischbach, A. S.: EFFECTS OF REDUCED SUMMER SEA ICE ON WALRUS DISTRIBUTION AND BENTHIC FORAGING PATTERNS 15:45 Gall, A. E.; Day, R. H.; Weingartner, T. J.: INFLUENCE OF WATER MASSES ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF SEABIRDS IN THE NORTHEASTERN CHUKCHI SEA 015 Nearshore Processes Chair(s): Jennifer L. Irish, jirish@vt.edu Alex Apotsos, aapotsos@gmail.<strong>com</strong> Location: Ballroom I 08:00 Brodie, K. L.; McNinch, J. E.; Slocum, R. K.: HOURLY MEASUREMENTS OF BEACH TOPOGRAPHY, WAVE RUNUP, AND SURF-ZONE WAVE HEIGHTS DURING HURRICANE IRENE FROM A TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNER AT DUCK, NC 08:15 Hapke, C. J.; Lentz, E. E.; List, J.; Warner, J. C.: IMPACTS OF HURRICANE IRENE AT FIRE ISLAND, NEW YORK: A BEACH BUILDING EVENT 08:30 Wadman, H. M.; Hathaway, K. K.; McNinch, J. E.; Mulligan, R. P.: WIND- DRIVEN STORM SURGE AND SEICHING IN THE CURRITUCK AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS DURING HURRICANE IRENE 08:45 Luettich, R.; Beardsley, R.; Chen, C.; Hansen, J.; Perrie, W.; Rhome, J.; Slinn, D.; Wang, H.; Weisberg, R.; Westerink, J.: A TESTBED FOR THE EVALUATION OF COUPLED WAVE, STORM SURGE AND INUNDATION MODELS FRIDAY