February 20-24, 2012 - Sgmeet.com

Program Book
Friday, February 24 - 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
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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
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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: 2008-2010
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, 2008-2010
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 2004 AND 2009
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, 2009–2010
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.com
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